subject, which has appeared in the Sun and other London prints supposed to be patronized by the British Government. I wish this may be done, from a love of peace and a desire of preventing the fatal effects of party misrepresentation, which must ever foster irritation and prejudices. I have many other matters to mention to his Lordship at his return hither. In my present hurry, which you will excuse, I have not time to detail them. Yours most faithfully, J. T. TROY. The Right Hon. George Rose to the Right Hon. Isaac Corry. Holwood, November 23, 1799. Dear Sir-Mr. Pitt is very unwilling to raise a difficulty about anything that is thought of importance to so material an object as the tranquillity of Dublin; but he entertains some doubts whether he should be-justified in sending six or eight thousand sacks of flour to the capital of Ireland, at a time when the prices of wheat are so infinitely lower in that country than they are here. You heard what Mr. Beresford said yesterday of the state of the corn-market at Waterford, &c., and you have probably information of it in other parts. Mr. Pitt wishes you, therefore, to have the goodness to consider the whole subject, and, if you shall continue to desire such a supply from hence as above mentioned, he will direct it to be sent. If wheat can be had at Waterford for 48s. a quarter, you may certainly lay in the store at Dublin much cheaper than we can sell you. I shall be in town on Monday morning. I am, &c., GEORGE ROSE. Private. Mr. Pitt to Lord Castlereagh. Downing Street, Tuesday, November 26, 1799. My dear Lord-I have just seen Lord Downshire. His conversation was friendly in manner, and full of assurances of general good disposition to Government on other points; but I could not obtain from him any thing decisive on the great subject in question. At one time, he said that his mind was still open to hear what might be stated, and hinted that his opinion might depend on the nature of the terms; but he did not convey to me any specific idea what terms would content him, except that, as far as relates to representation, he thought thirty-two Peers much too little, and that three hundred in the House of Commons would not be more than a just share. In another part of the conversation, he seemed to hold out that he should probably act on this occasion as he had done on some others (particularly the concessions to the Catholics) when, thinking Government wrong, he had refused to support but had not opposed. But, on my endeavouring to fix him to an assurance that he would not oppose, he said that he could not pledge himself, but should go to the House of Lords, determined to do whatever his duty required. I have endeavoured to give you as correct an idea as I could of a long and desultory conversation which was mixed with much complaint (though he professed to be abore complaining) of the manner in which himself and others had been neglected, and of the way in which the measure was attempted. On the whole, particularly from what he threw out about the members, I think the result is that he will probably join in the Opposition, if he sees a prospect of its being effectual. At the same time, I do not believe that he has positively made up his mind as to his general line of conduct; and I am pretty clear that he has not formed any precise idea on anything connected with the real merits of the question. In this situation, I see nothing more that I can attempt; and indeed I find that he is going to Ireland immediately. Ever, my dear Lord, yours very sincerely, W. PITT. Private. Sir J. C. Hippisley to Lord Castlereagh. Grosvenor Street, December 11, 1799. My Lord-I received from Dr. Fallon's agent yesterday evening the enclosed extract, and your Lordship will permit me to suggest that it might be a very useful measure, if your Lordship could hint to Dr. Troy that, in the present vacancy, it would be more advisable that some respectable secular priest should be recommended to fill it. My intelligence was probably despatched to Dr. Troy on the 9th inst., so that your Lordship may be in time to prevent his recommending any other regular priest of his own order. Dr. Moylan concurred with me in thinking the measure of recommending Concanen as exceptionable, on the grounds I stated to your Lordship; and the Speaker told me that Mr. Pitt thought with me entirely in respect of the distinction between regular and secular clergy of the Roman communion. The Duke of Portland has requested me to draw up a summary of a variety of Papers on this subject, to be laid before the Cabinet. Much of the outline I have already had the honour to communicate to your Lordship. I have letters from Venice of the 16th of November, which inform me that the Conclave was to open, or rather shut, on the 23rd following; that Cardinals Albini and Braschi were at the head of one party; Borgia and Caprara of another; and Antonelli of a third. The favourite cardinals were Chiaramonti, Caraffa, Mattei, and Levizani. I should much doubt, however, if the choice fell on either. Dr. Concanen is pleased to pay me a compliment, as your Lordship will perceive; but I do not think so highly of my powers of persuasion over a provisional Neapolitan government. Vienna, I should think, must ultimately dictate the choice of the successor à la tiare; and I should presume but little of the patrimony of St. Peter would be left to support its dignity. I have letters from Cardinal Borgia: thirty-four cardinals are assembled at the convent of San Giorgio, which, your Lordship may recollect, is on an island opposite to the Piazza San Marco, and celebrated for the fine Paul Veronese of the marriage at Cana. I will request the favour of your Lordship to let the accompanying letter be forwarded to Dr. Moylan. I have the honour to be, &c., J. C. HIPPISLEY. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Concanen to the Rome, Minima.1 You have my most sincere and grateful thanks for the care and diligence you have taken of my affairs. Conscious of my own inability for the episcopal charges, I have renounced to the united Sees of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, and determined to finish my days in my retired and humble state of life. You cannot conceive the misery that yet reigns in this ruined country, and that is likely to possess it for a long time. The new provisional Neapolitan government seems not at all disposed to give back the Church lands usurped and alienated by the late Republic. The Regulars especially stand a very bad chance of ever recovering their property. We are doing all we can to recover the lands and revenues of the British colleges and convents, with the assistance of a Mr. Fagan, an English painter, who appears as agent for his countrymen. How I should wish that Sir John Hippisley were now in Rome; from his activity and patriotic spirit, we could expect many advantages from him. I beg my respects to him. Confidential. Sir J. C. Hippisley to Lord Castlereagh. December 11, 1799. I venture to enclose a copy of a letter from Cardinal Borgia, in the persuasion that your Lordship will hear with pleasure A convent of Dominicans. that it has produced the sensation which the Cardinal justly anticipated. It is before the Cabinet; and the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chatham, the Duke of Portland, Lord Spencer, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Wyndham, assure me respectively that the business is in a good train. There is no doubt but the unfortunate Cardinal York will immediately receive adequate relief, and I trust Mr. P. will crown in Parliament the decorous act of extending our liberality to the last of so illustrious a race, who is not responsible for the folly or imprudence of his ancestors. I will, in the same confidence, inform your Lordship of the specific act when settled. Cardinal Borgia to Sir J. C. Hippisley. Padoue, ce 14 Septembre, 1799. Monsieur le Chevalier-L'amitié dont vous m'avez honoré pendant vôtre séjour à Rome m'encourage à vous exposer maintenant un cas bien digne de vos plus mures réflexions, et le voici. Parmi les Cardinaux refugiés à Padoue il se trouve le Cardinal Duc, dont la situation facheuse me cause la peine la plus sensible. On ne peut voir, en effet, sans émotion un personnage si grand, et le dernier descendant du sang royal, réduit si à l'étroit par les Français, qui l'ont dépouillé cruellement de tout ce qu'ils lui ont pu enlever; s'ils lui n'ont pas ôté la vie, ce n'a été que par une grace du Seigneur, qui l'a protégé dans sa fuite, tant par mer que par terre. Les fatigues cependant qu'il a enduré, jointes à son grand âge (de 75 ans,) n'ont pas peu contribué à altérer sa santé, en lui causant une plaie douloureuse dans une jambe. Des personnes bien informées des affaires particulières de ce digne Cardinal m'assurent que depuis sa fuite, qui fût suivi de près du pillage total de son riche et somptueux ameublement de Rome et de Frascati, il ne subsiste que par la foible ressource de la vaisselle qu'il emporta avec lui, et qu'il vendit en partie à Messine, et j'ai oui dire qu'il en avoit vendu la dernière |