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istration—He does not offer a place to Shelburne—Discussion of the reasons of his exclusion—Shelburne's views on the India Bill—Mr. Francis Baring—The King, Lord Temple, and Mr. Rose all hostile to Shelburne on different grounds—Correspondence with Orde—Death of Oswald—Barr becomes blind—Jekyll succeeds Barré as member for Calne—Death of Lord Ashburton—The Duke of Rutland dissatisfied with the exclusion of Shelburne—He conveys his opinion to Pitt—Correspondence between Shelburne and Pitt—Shelburne becomes Marquess of Lansdowne—Interview between him and Pitt—The Satirists of the Rolliad on the situation—Influence of Jenkinson |
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Shelburne the precursor of Pitt in regard to commercial and economic questions—Speech on the French Treaty—Controversy with the Duke of Richmond on the Fortifications of Portsmouth—Retirement at Bowood—Shelburne's large correspondence—Views on the condition of the rural labourer—Condorcet's Life of Turgot—Objections to a meddlesome foreign policy—The capture of private property at sea—Mirabeau and Romilly at Bowood—John Britton—The Gallery of Statues at Lansdowne House—Gavin Hamilton's Excavations—Dr. Ingenhousz—Jeremy Bentham—His depreciation of Dunning—Lord Lansdowne on the character of Dunning—Bentham on the character of his host—Bentham's picture of the society at Bowood—Miss Fox and the Miss Vernons—Dr. Priestley—Mr. William Petty—Reasons of the termination of the connection with Priestley—Lord Henry Petty—A prophecy as to George Canning |
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Lord Shelburne on Men and Things
Rules for guidance in life—To be bound for no man—To see with your own eyes—Land agents and lawyers—Importance of supervision of property by the principal—Economy consists in half-yearly receipts and weekly expenditure—Hospitality—Education—Repairs—Representation—Private expenses—The Clergy—Religion—The occupation of land—Relations of landlord and tenant—The rural labourer—Agreements should be in writing—Two valuations should be made as to rent—The ownership of land—Why did the feudal system develop differently in England and in Continental countries?—Reason to be sought in the weakness of the English Sovereigns after Queen Elizabeth and the ability and strength of the French Kings after Henry IV.—Primogeniture and rights of Nobility—Boroughs and political patronage—The Crown and the House of Commons—The value of borough patronage likely to fall—Public opinion supreme—Ireland—Books that should be read—Condition of the country—Cromwell's view that Ireland was a clean paper on which experiments could be tried—Reforms necessary in the management of Irish property and in Ecclesiastical affairs—Repetition of views as to land agents and lawyers |
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