House of Commons, to remove Lord Sandwich. Lord Bristol was allowed to have a chair, and he spoke sitting. I went with the king to the play, but was in time afterward for the division, which was not till between twelve and one. Lord Lyttleton spoke against us, but did not divide. Derby and Egremont went to Ranelagh, and were too late for the division. I do not hear who is to be secretary of state. The usual people are here. I have little to do, and shall certainly not lose as much as I did last meeting. Farewell, my dear friend. Yours very sincerely, QUEENSBERRY. P. S. Pembroke voted against us. Coventry said that he had no particular dislike to any one part of the administration, and that he should have liked the motion better if it had been to remove the whole. I think Coventry right, for that is certainly what they mean. Our numbers were eighty-eight to thirty-nine. AUGUSTUS JOHN, EARL OF BRISTOL. AUGUSTUS JOHN, third Earl of Bristol, whose name has frequently occurred in the course of this admiralty. The motion was negatived by a large majority in favour of the ministry, as was also a similar motion brought forward the same day by the Earl of Bristol in the House of Lords. |