Note 143 — BOOK THE SECOND 1810 TO JUNE, 1812 (continued 2)
Reading edition
This passage was written in the autumn of 1821. Within three months the remark was in some senses practically refuted, for Lord Wellesley was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, but whether at the suggestion of Lord Liverpool’s Ministry or with its reluctant and extorted consent, I cannot determine. March, 1822.—V.H.