L29/568/121

Grantham, Whitehall to Fitzherbert, Paris (private, copy) Basilico arrived in time and Grantham confessed his error to the House and stated that it was rectified. Fitzherbert did right in contradicting French letters to Petersburg and Vienna. Deliberation on the Preliminaries in Parliament. Carried in the Lords by 69 to 55, but lost in the Commons by 209 to 224. "The American Treaty, the Loyalists & the Limits were the great arguments. Our Peace was much entered upon & condemned by Lord Stormont & Ld. Loughborough, but well defended by Ld. Shelburne & by Myself as well as I could doing Justice to the Propriety of giving Way to some things to secure the East....All Parties agree in keeping the Peace, but this Measure, this Fluctuation, this unnatural Union is not made to inspire Confidence Abroad, for it will be difficult to trust our Ministries if so rapidly succeeded by each other". Two things for Fitzherbert to consider - Britain will "go on in the straight way of concluding the Peace" and it is necessary for France to force Holland into laying down her arms.

18 Feb 1783

From: 1783 To: 1783

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Lucas,
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron,
Fitzherbert, Alleyn,
Basilico,
Shelburne, William Petty, 3rd Earl,
Mansfield, David Murray, 2nd Earl,
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl

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