... then quite uneventful ; but at the dissolution in 1780, he found that his security at Gloucester was threatened. He was not Whig enough for that constituency, and had throughout supported the war with America. He offered himself, of course, but was rejected ...

... that this is at all probable ; but, seeing that the Tory party has determined on siding w’ith the South, it may be that the Whigs, allowing themselves to be influenced partyrivalries rather than sound policy, may be indisposed to countenance any attempts ...