Excerpt from The Courts of Europe at the Close of the Last Century, Vol. 2 of 2 It is supposed the Duke of Rutland and Mr. Pitt are both favourable to the Catholics. The latter is said to be religiously inclined. A person in office told Wraxall an anecdote which he thought illustrative of the different ministers. When, in 1783, some concession from Russia arrived, which was very unexpected, but about which they were extremely anxious, (i believe some assistance the empress agreed to give with regard to her fieet, ) this person had to deliver the intelligence. On hearing it, Pitt's exclamation was, Thank God! Rose said, No, has she indeed! And Lord Caermarthen, The devil she has! Lord George Gordon has been about, trying to excite riots, and is outlawed from the parish of Marylebone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.