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Pitt relinquishes for a time his attendance in the House of CommonsHis conference with Rose-Correspondence with Lord Chatham - Prince of Wales's Debts- Dissensions with France Interview of Lord Whitworth with the First Consul - Trial of Peltier Expose to the Corps Législatif - Armaments in France and Holland - Energetic measures of the British Ministry - Public anxiety for Pitt's return to office - Proposal conveyed to him by Lord Melville Subsequent overtures from Addington - Death of the Dowager Countess of Chatham.

PITT at Walmer Castle had a return of gout, and also a sharp bilious attack, which confined him to his room for some days. During his retirement he had ample leisure to review the state of politics. He was more than ever convinced that Addington had committed some serious errors, both in foreign affairs and in measures of finance. He knew that he could not attend the House of Commons without being called upon to speak. He knew that he could not speak as he felt without damaging, and, perhaps, even overthrowing the Government. On the other hand he could not deny that a high part was

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