trade laws
of this kingdom on the same extended principles. I own this did
not strike me as being sufficiently extensive. I mentioned the
insertion of the word rights--commerce and rights--but he did
not at all seem to give into it. He said that we were not ripe
for that; that the best thing that could be done was that we
should adhere exactly to the settlement; that it was a bond from
which we ought in no instance to depart; and that a steady
Government would enable us to stand to it in Ireland as well as
here. Above all, he said he looked to the effects of a full
confidence between you and himself, which union and concurrence
would be more important for Government than any other point
whatever--that it gave more strength than even abilities or
weight. With this I closed in, seeing it in vain to push the
other, and told him that the appearance of confidence and
support here would, I was convinced, assist you more than even
the adoption of any specific measure; that in the case of a
peace, I did not doubt that you would be sufficiently strong to
carry on your Government with ease, but that I could not answer
for the event of a continuance of the war. He answered, that the
situation of Ireland weighed very materially with him in his
wishes for peace, and that, although he never wished to shift
off responsibility, yet he trusted in your integrity and honour;
that, if he found it necessary, he should be enabled to state
that part of the subject from the best authority. To this I
thought myself justified in answering, that most certainly you
would never abandon a ground which you had already stated to
him, and which every hour made clearer to you; and that such a
consideration certainly ought to weigh with Government in making
the peace.

He then went on to say, that he had in general no doubt but that
you would find your Government easy and prosperous; he
enumerated the advantages with which you will meet the
Parliament _in October_--a settled ministry here, things
arranged in Ireland, the Parliament fully canvassed, and
possibly a peace. I said, that when I saw him before, I had
stated the possibility of your being driven to meet the
Parliament in the spring; that I had stated it as a possible
evil; and that I wished to explain to him that the necessity of
this woul