Pitt; Some Chapters of His Life and Times (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 77 CHAPTER HI Orde's birth?Family?Delicacy?His letters?Importance of just commercial relations between England and Ireland?Pitt did not hurry? His letter to Orde on general Irish position?Further letter?Orde to Pitt?Pitt to Orde on importance of establishing fixed principles?Just commercial arrangement?Refonn?Resolution to create no Dukes? Pitt lays down fundamental principles of policy towards Ireland? Consulting the judges?Effort to call a Congress?Orde on the Congress?Pitt anxious to find out opinions as to reforms?Congress? Proceedings against Conveners?Pitt to Rutland and Orde?Anxious for same duties as in Great Britain on foreign articles?-Resolutions introduced?Orde made concessions?Pitt took quick exception? Rose?His views?Pitt carrying resolutions through Westminster? Orde's pocket-book about M.P.'s?Paper as to price of M.P.'s?Orde's frequent letters?Very adroit?Orde's health not good?Offered to resign?Pitt pressed him to stay on?Arthur Wellesley. The Eight Honourable Thomas Orde,1 the first Chief Secretary under Pitt, was a member of an old Northumbrian family, whose brother was a distinguished naval officer, a comrade of Nelson. He was an able, experienced, and most loyal and industrious public servant, who won the confidence ofPitt and the esteem and friendship of the Duke of Eutland. Although only thirty-six when appointed to Ireland, almost all through his official life there he was not in good health, and suffered from his eyes and general delicacy. He had to go several times to Bath and to Spa, both then great health resorts, but he stuck steadily to his work as long as he could. He was a copious letter-writer and took great care of his correspondence. He kept three large letter-books?one with copies of some of his own more important letters, another wi...