on of the bill described above caused a breach between
his majesty and his ministers; a breach which admitted of no reparation.
Confidence, indeed, between his majesty and his cabinet had never
existed; for the king had accepted his ministers, not by choice, but by
necessity. This was well known; and it is easy to believe, as some have
represented, that his suspicion of them was increased by the whispers of
men who were in search of place and power. Secret advisers, it is
said, encouraged his majesty's scruples on the subject of the catholic
question, while on the other hand it is asserted that the cabinet sought
to impose the bill on his majesty by unfair means. Be this as it may, it
led to their dismissal. On the 24th of March, Lord Grenville received a
letter from his majesty, directing him and his colleagues to appear at
the Queen's palace on the morrow, at half-past eleven o'clock, for the
purpose of delivering up their seals of office. This mandate was obeyed;
and "all the talents" ministry was thus dissolved.

NEW CABINET.

Previous to the dismissal of "all the talents" ministry, the king had
been engaging successors. Between the 26th and the 31st of March the
following appointments were announced:--the Duke of Portland, first lord
of the treasury; Lord Hawkesbury, secretary for the home department;
Canning, secretary for foreign affairs; Lord Castlereagh, secretary
for war and the colonies; the Earl of Chatham, master of the ordnance;
Spencer Perceval, chancellor of the exchequer and under-treasurer of the
exchequer; Earl Camden, lord-president of the council; Earl Bathurst,
president of the board of trade, with George Rose for his vice; and the
Earl of Westmoreland, keeper of the privy-seal. Lord Erskine had been
permitted to retain the great seal for a week, in order that he might
have time to pronounce his decrees on some chancery-suits which had been
argued before him; but on the 1st of April, Lord Eldon was appointed,
and sworn in in his stead. On the same day the Duke of Richmond was made
lord-lieutenant of Ireland; and on the 3rd of April Lord Mulgrave was
named first lord of the admiralty, and the honourable Dundas, president
of the board of control. The remaining offices were filled up a few days
after; and, among other appointments, George Rose became treasurer
of the navy. The late ministry seems to have obtained not only the
displeasure of his majesty, but of the country, by their introduction