[13] There is verily “nothing new under the sun.” On January 22nd, the first Parliament of the United Kingdom met. Addington was chosen Speaker, and members were sworn in. On the 2nd of February the King opened the Session with a speech, and on the very next day, 3rd of February, _an Irish member was twice called to order by the Speaker_. He was a Mr. Martin of Galway, a gentleman who afterwards complained of his speech being reported in italics, and plaintively asked, “Mr. Speaker, did I speak in italics?” [14] Signed by the Marquis Cornwallis for England, Joseph Bonaparte for France, Azara for Spain, and Schimmelpenninck for Holland. [15] “Memoirs of the Later Years of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox.” By John Bernard Trotter, Esq., late private secretary to Mr. Fox. London. 1811. [16] “Parliamentary History,” vol. xxxvi. p. 346, &c. 806. k. 1. [17] Notably the following, —————————— Squibs on Bonaparte’s 1——154 threatened Invasion; 1890 e. Miss Banks’ Collection, Threatened Invasion; and 554 f. 25 Squibs on the Threatened French Invasion. [18] On the site of which The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, now stands. [19] In two advertisements only of voluntary offers of horses and carriages, in August, we find they amount to 2,370 horses and 510 carriages. [20] _Morning Herald_, February 18, 1804. [21] Pitt says, as he looks from the Salt-box, “How do you do, cookey?” She exclaims, “Curse the fellow, how he has frightened me. I think in my heart he is getting in everywhere! Who the deuce would have thought of finding him in the Salt-box!!!” [22] September 11, 1805. [23] _Morning Post_, January 8, 1806. [24] _Morning Post_, January 3, 1806. [25] _Morning Post_, January 26, 1806 [26] Ibid., January 21, 1806. [27] _Annual Register_, vol. xlviii. p. 916. [28] “Parliamentary Debates,” vol. x. [29] Napoleon met the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia at Tilsit. His historical meeting with the former took place on the 25th of June, 1807, on a barge, or raft, sumptuously appointed, moored in the middle of the river Niemen. [30] The King of Portugal, and his family, fled to the Brazils, protected by a British squadron, November 29, 1807. [31] “A General History of England from the Landing of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution of 1688,” by William Guthrie, London, 1744 1751, vol. ii. p. 213. [32] The Bachelors had provided about twenty bushels of plum pudding. [33] This version is taken from “The Life of the Right Hon. George Canning,” by Robert Bell, London, 1846. The first line, however, is generally rendered, “The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn.” [34] The number of dollars issued by the Bank of England to February 8, 1810, inclusive, was: Dollars stamped in 1797 and issued 2,325,099 ” ” 1804 ” 1,419,484 ” ” 1809 and 1810 ” 1,073,051 ————- Total 4,817,634 [35] The account of Sir F. Burdett’s arrest, &c., is mainly taken from the _Annual Register_, vol. lii.