I went to town on Wednesday the 7th, in the afternoon, concluding that Rockingham and Newcastle would have prevailed on Mr. Conway to defer resigning for a day or two. So it had happened, though the Duke of Richmond had been convinced by me that they must resign. But in the morning, when the Ministers had gone in to the King, his Majesty, with the most frank indifference, and without even thanking them for their services, and for having undertaken the Administration at his own earnest solicitation, acquainted them severally that he had sent for Mr. Pitt; and lest this declaration should want a comment, to Newcastle he said, “I have not two faces.” Newcastle replied, “Does your Majesty know if Mr. Pitt will come?” “Yes,” said the King, “I have reason to think he is disposed to come;” and then added, “I wish you all well, particularly Lord Rockingham.” Nothing could be harsher to Newcastle, in whose presence this was uttered. To the Duke of Richmond the King was not tolerably civil; and, in truth, I believe the Seals which I had obtained for his Grace were a mighty ingredient towards the fall of that Administration. To Conway alone his Majesty was gracious, and told him he hoped never to have an Administration of which he should not be one. This looked as if the plan was settled, and that the King knew Mr. Pitt intended to retain Conway, for his Majesty loved him no better than the rest; and at Lord Rochford’s return from Spain had ridiculed Conway’s despatches, and said, he fancied Lord Rochford had had difficulty to know how to act, as they were sometimes warm, sometimes cold. This remark had been furnished by the Chancellor, when the offer made by the King of Spain of taking the King of Prussia for arbitrator on the money due for the ransom of the Manillas, had neither been accepted nor rejected. When the King told Conway he had sent for Pitt, he replied, “Sir, I am glad of it; I always thought it the best thing your Majesty could do. I wish it may answer: Mr. Pitt is a great man; but as nobody is without faults, he is not unexceptionable.” CHAPTER XVI. Mr. Pitt proposes to Conway to remain in the Ministry.--Quarrel with Lord Temple.--Townshend Chancellor of the Exchequer.--Rockingham displaced to make way for Grafton.--Resignation of Lord John Cavendish.--Lord Rockingham affronts Pitt.--Unpopularity of the new Lord Chatham.--Changes and Preferments.--Foreign Policy.-- Disturbed State of the Country.--Chatham’s Interview with Walpole.