FOR 
in ae 1774, lord Holland died, bequeathing Mr. Fox, 
the death of his b brother Henry was now a — 
eo 
clination for gaming, his mind did not bend conde: the cala- fein 
Mity ; it feemed to rebound from the fall, and inftead of offices. more generous policy was adopted ia regard to 
finking in defpair, to have a@ually rifen into may wane and nd: a general peace was meditated, an merica 
Wi iaghe following ep ep 
“agi generally, ota he 
uring dies ede conteft in dire&t oppo- 
fiti inal fytlemn which, as nt had ae fondly 
and fallacioutly prognofticated, was to produce the uncon- 
ditional fubmiffion of the Gunes. = them proftrate 
at the feet of dhe: mother country. ength all the evils 
that had been forefeen were realize  "Avverica cae 
herfelf independent ; nte 
t the ae ral ele@tion in 
Midhurft faving ae into different po 
{cious of his own powers, b anne i the city 
of Wetuiaher. i: in which, after aviclent nteft, he fuc- 
ceeded, though oppofed by the isuitable Satereft of the 
Newcaitle family, and by the whole large of the crown. 
ang now hi reprefentative of a great city, he appeared 
cone 
n a more dignified aan, and acquired a Am 
in parliam i 
conliderable increal of confequence to his po iene charac- 
In himfelf st tpi nae oe re 
lived and aed | in i bo fom it eafine 
no 
mente : hia 
ance, 
nown g po cee, im a juit claim to 
the cee fo. ie ealied to him, of «The man of the 
people 
The fubj jets of debate in the new Fre difplay afford d 
o 
defpair, were obliged to a ign, ras hoped that they 
would have been made really ccipontble for all the milchiels 
and bloodfhed that ge occurred doring their calamitous ad- 
miniftration. T ‘he R 
ngland. - 
1780, the = borough of 
r. Fo 
d 
finally {plit, and Bs acco 
Trelar > 
which could be reftored, was at leaft to be conciliated. 
he mi thefe promfing dear ates ea marquis 
who was the fupport of t admini- 
y died, an cant which ae the — 
and divided the friends of liberty. The council board w: 
inftantly torn in pieces by political {chifms: a Sats, as 
had been forefeen, immediately took place refpeG@ting the 
perfon who fhould fucceed as firft lord of the treafury. The 
candidates were lor 
fuppofed to have the ear of the king, and a majority in the 
cabinet, was immediately entrufted with the reins Vo O- 
one ma 
now ou Soaend for th e gove 
of premier, and maintained the fituation for more 
than ety years 
ne of. popularity a fet in fo ftrongly againft Mr. 
t at the general eleGion many of his moft ative 
friends me partizans loft thes feats in the haufe of commons, 
and he himlelf was waely oad a “4 3 and expenfive conteit 
for the city o >a 
been originally re Mae: fe ie egies by the voice of: the 
inhabitants, in -oppofition to — influence ‘of. oe grown 
rited 
