the period for my relief, fixed by Lord North for six weeks
hence, after a resignation on the 12th of March, has not much
soothed me. I shall regret any injury to the public service, but
I have my private feelings, and they will not suffer me to
remain in such a situation for such a time, even if the state of
this kingdom justified such an addition to the absolute
interregnum which has existed now since the second week in
February: but at the moment in which I write I remain totally
uninformed upon any of the voluminous details which I have
submitted, and particularly upon the subject the most delicate
from every consideration which depends upon it, I mean the
Parliament, which stands for next Tuesday. These facts, which I
have shortly detailed, press strongly on my mind. I have wished
to show every attention to your Grace, from whom I have
experienced great kindness, and to reconcile my private
sensations to a treatment which I must think unjustifiable, and
which I totally separate from the great political considerations
which have guided our respective lives, and with which I doubt
not we are both equally satisfied. These considerations never
would for a moment have broken in upon private friendship and
regard, but it severely pains me to think that I have reason to
complain of the personal conduct of a Ministry in which your
Grace has taken so distinguished a part, and in which I must
conclude, from your letter to me, that the powers of Government
are solely invested in those who had the advantage of being
denominated the friends of the late Lord Rockingham.

I am to apologize to your Grace for the length of this letter,
but I cannot conclude it without thanking you for the assurances
of your regard and good-will.

I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Grace's obedient humble servant,
N. T.

The despatch alluded to, dated 24th, officially addressed to Lord North,
stated in detail, and with equal earnestness and decision, the just
grounds of complaint here repeated to the Duke of Portland. Mr.
Grenville, having no option in a matter of so much moment, and which
admitted of no pause or remedy, forwarded the despatch to Lord North;
although he would gladly have withheld it, under an apprehension that it
might expose Lord Temple to injurious imputations, not only on the score
of impa