HISTORY OF EUROPE. 



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Mr. Pitt, whom they represented 

 as sincerely iamenting it, but. on the 

 oae hand, to objections said to pre- 

 vail iathe'llOYAL BRKAST against 

 tic admission of i\Ir. Fox to sta- 

 tions such as those which Air. Pitt 

 fead recoiumeiidef?. to be offered to 

 him : aad on the other hand, to a 

 tletermiiiation, on the part of the 

 " new opposition," to withhold, 

 without sufficient motive, those ser- 

 vices which both their soTereign and 

 their country were entitied to de- 

 mand from them. 



The public opinion appeared, 

 however, by no means to coiucide 

 with those who sought to apologise 

 for the contrafted and coiit'cssedly 

 inadequate scale onw'hich a gos'ern- 

 ment was now formed, destined to 

 replace that, which the new minis- 

 ters themselves iud opposed in par- 



liament on no other gronnd, than 

 that of its alledged insufficiency to 

 meet the dangers of the crisis. All 

 considerate men lamented to see the 

 sacred character and person of the 

 sovereign brought forward on such 

 an occasion, and mixed in questions 

 of political discussion among his 

 sifljjedts. Nor could they avoid con- 

 demning the principle of resorting 

 to his name, as au apology for mea, 

 suros, which by that very use of it. 

 vvere confessed to be objeftionable- 

 It was sufficiently obvious, that if 

 this practice were once admitted, 

 no minister could be made respon- 

 sible for any part of his public con- 

 duct ; nor could the dignity of the 

 crown of itself be maintained in that 

 situation of sacred and inviolable 

 reverence in which the constitution 

 has placed it, when it has said, 



that 



The new arrangements stood, therefore, as follows : 



!\Ir. Pitt, First Loid of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, zice Mr. 

 Addingtoii. 



Lord Melville (late Mr. Dundas) First Lord of the Admiralty, vice the Earl of St, 

 Vincent. 



Lord Harrowby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, vice Lord Hawkesburj'. 



Eiirl of Camden, Secretary of State for the Department of War and the Colonies, 

 Ticc I/Ofd Ilobart. 



And Lord Muljirave, Chancellor of the Dur.hy of Lancaster (with a seat in the 

 Cabinet) rue Lord I'elharn. 



Thus it will be seen that a majority of the late cabinet ministers were retained, 

 and formed a majority also of the present administration. 



The government of Ireland contiTuied unchanged, with the exception of Mr. 

 V.'ickhara; Chief .Secretary, who retired, from ill health, and was succeeded by Sir 

 Evan Nf>pcan. Nor were there any changes mude in the law dcpartmeuti of eithef 

 country. 



The alterations in the different public offices were as follows ; 

 The Rii[ht Hon. Win. Dundas. Secretary at War, vice Mr. Braggc. 

 J^'ght Hon. fJeori^e Canning, Treasurer of the Navy, vice Mr. Tierney. 

 i^'s}.:l Hon. Ceorir*' Kose. 7 Joint I'ayniasters of C Mr. Steele, 



Itiftlit Hon. Lord Charles Somerset, 5 the Forces, vice i Mr. Hiley Addington. 

 Duk>; of Moatro=p, Joint i'ostmaster-Oeneral, vice Lord Auckland. 



William Hii'^kisson, e-s'j. "I - . • . .1 rp • fMr. Vansittart. 



,,. c «i 1)1, 1^4. y .secretaries to the Treasury, wee i ^r c 



Wiil.amSturgc; JJoiirne, esq./ ■" \_ Air. Sargent. 



With various dianncs in the hiijh olhces in t!\e king and queen's household. For 

 the p:oticiil:u-s of whicli, we refer our readers to the "Promotions," at the end of 

 the "Chrouiclc" of the present volume. 



