shrank from all personal intercourse
that could be avoided with the new allies of his former favourite, he
turned for succour to men like Lord Temple, who preserved their honour
unsullied, however their political views, on some subjects, might have
differed from his own. If it cannot be said of His Majesty in this
crisis, that "royalty conspired to remove" these Ministers, the language
of His Majesty's letter (in itself an excellent specimen of his pure
English style and practical good sense) plainly and unreservedly
declares his resolution to get rid of them as soon as possible by all
the means the Constitution placed in his hands. Lord Temple's answer
frankly indicates the course he was prepared to take during the
existence of what the writer designates as the "unprincipled coalition."
It will be seen in the sequel how fully he justified the confidence
reposed in him by the King.

LORD TEMPLE TO THE KING.

Dublin Castle,

April 6th, 1783, Thirty minutes past Eleven, P.M.

Sire,

This moment has brought to me your Majesty's letter. Every
anxiety which I felt, and which my letter so faintly expressed,
is relieved by that condescension with which your Majesty has
deigned to accept the state of Ireland, and of my situation.
Permit me to express my thanks, with every assurance of that
attachment which has your Majesty's service as my only object,
and of that heartfelt concern which presses upon me at the
detail of the situation of your Majesty's health and feelings,
as well as of the kingdom. May Providence long secure to us that
health and life; a resource upon which our all depends. To
yourself, Sire, and to posterity, you stand acquitted for every
consequence, which nothing but the frenzy of the moment could
have forced upon you. The interval is truly painful, but a short
time must rescue your Government from the fetters thrown round
it. My respectful, and (suffer me to say) cordial attachment to
your person, and to that best of political Constitutions which
is hourly threatened, will ever lead me to sacrifice every
private feeling to your service. I must, however, say, and say
truly, that every feeling of ambition is deadened by these times
and circumstances; and that a public situation has none of those
charms for me which have brought forward this unprincipled
coalition. But I have, and ever must retain th