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r.s U, Iouv HotLANp Ross Ma
,pui,r.,. ve outlined shat tr- author hss
tu .av nrDgf 'he uuhIi,al and uolticu-''.o-
n,nt.ral D,,t...4ueu.,, 1T AusterIs ur"
sli hsafs f Hald unv and 'h"n that ~ ,
a.fsai of 'hs A,lie- In thai hattie NJ. ~
William pitt Mr. Ro=' points uuf 'hnf
-. nnnular version - 'h- Engli.h s'at"--
man. dra'h i- mur" m"ludrimatir than
correct y, doubt PIT wa- sor" stricken
by M" new. ~ Aust~r's and th" -ub~"-
au-nt d-f,.-,tnn Il Aust ria Among III"
many causes. howcNer. that bfuk" lis
hith.rto uub~nding spirit. tho tid,nss -
the miserable result - ~" HanoNeriAn
TSr-ditinn was III" las, end sryrrr~t II
s.sm- that tho Foreign ufcc paI"r- which
our author hs- found =" -"rNi Nic"able yicld
proof 81 the hopes which IN" British tshine'
cherished oven after Vienna was in Ma
p,leun'- hands Lord liarr"wbv. the
British envoy. wss urged - do everything
a. his power short of concrdtug Hanover
to- bring Pr,is-i, into tho fold. In which
ca. nearly thr'-e hundred thousand men
viii be sNauahI. from North Germany at
the h"ginniug of th. ncSt campaign. which
viii include ,OoIo British and llanov"riin
pri~.- To this hope Pitt chung even
after hearing tho news Of AuSterlit2. and
4 was duuh'le.s this hop. which enabled
him To- t"ar Li- la-t Journey from Bath ~
Putnoy Heath with lcs- fatigue than had
been expected Ne reached home on
Saturday night. Jan. n. isos On the
following "Wednesday hi- friend George
Rc-a called on him. and found that serious
- - - d, I.V
had happ-ned IN IN. in'srim' u appears
from Roses diary that on SUNDAY, Jan u,
Pit was b-tt"r and coutn nued improving
till Monday in the afternoon. when Lord
Cas,lsreagh insisted on seeing him. and.
having Obtained access "a him. entered
Unrd Havke-bury beins slso present. on
points of public business 4 tho most ~.rious
hmp"rtance principally rrsrn''inG the
bringing home tho British troops from 'he
Continent. IL affected him visibly that
evening and the next day, and tins morn
ing the effect was more plainly observed
his cOtlntsnance - extremely changed, his
voice weak ana his body almost wasted
The medical evidence given hv G"org"
Ross in his diary also confirms the belief
that The news from Hanover vas the cause
Of the sudden and unfavorahl. changr in
Ilt' = fOUtllfu Niu wv Ilf'N lfAs sum
day. that j.. iusi after the fat que of tho
three DAYS Journey hr- physicians thought
there was a reasonable prospect - Mr.
Puts recovery. that the probability was
IN favor 81 IT, and that. II hl- complaint
should not take an unfavorahe turn, he
might b. ahlo 20 attend 10 business IN about
a month Tho dreaded turn took Tlac"
and PIT lost all hope under the dis' rcSsins
sly. Au-'crli'z had depressed him But
that defeat after all did not involve British
honor and tho dearest interests - his mas
ter That Frederick William of Prussia,
however. from whom 80 much had lecr
eNpectsd. ard 10 whom England was on
tire point Of advancing a great subsidy,
should now fall away. should talk 81 peace
with Napoleon and claim Hanover, should
forbld an INVASION - Holland and request
the British forces 10 evacuate North Ger
many this was n blow To George Ill. 20
lugiauds military prestige ana 10 the
nnw 'otteriug British Ministry. How could
ptt face the Opposition with a Kings
sIs'oh IN which this was the chief news
Losing hoTc. PIT lost all hold on life. he
sank rapidly. H. tho last hours his thoughts
wandered away to berlin and Lord HAr-
ffNbN. W ia' J. lhe N4Nn' ~ hSh''ti
Past. that will do that will bring him
fl~t.' hc inurmured On Jan -. about
Eaif an hour u";or. he hr~hrhed his last.
servant heard him say MY country,
o.. nv country
IN one of IN" most striking pages 81 a
s'rik,ng book. our author gives the reason
fur holding thai only superficial reading
Of PIT, career can repres~u, him As eager
for war and a foe To- popular progress
His host friends know full we'll his pride
In the great financial achievements Of
i7s4-6. his r-solute clinsing to peace In
I7g2. and ms longing for a racihcA,lon In
100. 1871 and 100, provided II could b~
gained without detriment TO our allies and
e. the vital interests of Britain. His de-
fence lee buried AMID the documents of
our Record Office and has not vet nillv
s.-en the light For he vas a reserved
man. the warmth Of whose nature bios
somed forth only 20 n few friends or on
such occasions as his inspired speech on
the emancipation of slaves To outsiders
he had more than tho usual fund of English
ccldness: he wrote no memoirs he left few
letters. hs had scant mean. OF influencing
public opinion, and he viewed with lofty
disdAin the French clamor that II was he
VINO maze anu heiil up 'ue war. bioW "
no said: the Jacubin- CIV louder than We
can. and make themselves heard He
was. In fact. a typicsl champio Of our
rather dumb and s,olid race. that plods
along TO tho end Of tho appointed stage
scarcely needing tho cloud Of stineing
fies. Both tho people and lts champion
were III fitted 10 cope with Napoleon
While. however, none ~ tho British
statesmen had the Latin tact and the his
trionic gifts neednil To fathom Napolcon's
guile. 20 arouse public opinion against him
or 10 expose his double dealing. PITT was
unfortunate above all the o'hcr- II was his
fate "a begin hi. career in an age ~ medioc-
rtirs. and TO finish II In an almost single
combat with a giant He VAS no match
for Napoleon The l'hipiI coalition which
the Gar and he did 80 much O. form was a
house. 81 cards that fell At the conqurror's
tr-t touch, and the Pru-sian alliance nov
proved 10 be broken reed HIS notions
of strategy were Tn~rilr III" French
Emperor Was not to be heatsn bv small
forces tapping AZ his outvorks and Austria
might reasonably complain iha, our neg
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