[61] The subject of this correspondence was a remark of Lord Kenyon in June 1799, when in dealing with a case, Host _v._ Whalley, he mentioned that General Fitzpatrick had lost 400_l._ or 500_l._ in a gaming house, which he refused to pay, and animadverted somewhat severely on his conduct. General Fitzpatrick, in his first letter, dated August 27, 1799, denied that these were the true facts. He stated his reasons for refusing to discharge his debt for the present to Mr. Martindale, an undischarged bankrupt, and informed him that he had the latter’s sanction to the course he was taking. He said he hoped, therefore, that Lord Kenyon would take an early opportunity of correcting his statement, but as he did not do so, he wrote again, on January 20, that his only course was to publish his letters. These appeared in the _True Briton_, March 5, 1800. [62] Sir Archibald Macdonald, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. [63] Sylvester Douglas (1743–1823), created Lord Glenbervie in 1800. [64] Jacques Etienne Macdonald (1765–1840), one of Napoleon’s generals; made a Marshal, and created Duke of Tarento, after Wagram. [65] Benedetto Menzini (1646–1704), Italian poet and satirist. [66] Louis Léon de Brancas, Duc de Lauragais (1733–1824), French _savant_ and writer. [67] The island was captured by the English in 1655. [68] The Royal Institution, founded in March 1799 by Count Rumford, Sir Joseph Banks, and others. It was incorporated January 13, 1800, by royal charter. [69] Horne Tooke opposed Fox and Sir Alan Gardner at Westminster in the election of 1796, and was returned at the bottom of the poll. He was ordained in 1760, at his father’s bidding, but did very little clerical duty. After he obtained a seat in Parliament for Old Sarum in 1801, a bill was brought in by Addington declaring the ineligibility of clergy. This was passed, but Tooke was allowed to retain his seat until the end of that Parliament. [70] Charles François de Riffardeau, Marquis de Rivière (1763–1828). He left France with the Comte d’Artois, but returning was implicated in the Cadoudal conspiracy in 1804, and was condemned to death. The sentence was commuted by Napoleon to perpetual imprisonment, and it was not until the Restoration that he regained his liberty. He was Ambassador at Constantinople from 1816 to 1820. [71] Sir Benjamin Hobhouse (1757–1831), son of John Hobhouse, of Bristol, and father of John Cam Hobhouse, created Lord Broughton. He sat in Parliament from 1797 until 1818, and was made a Baronet in 1812. [72] The Duc de la Rochefoucauld was killed in 1792 by the revolutionaries at Gisors. The Duc de Liancourt was his first cousin. [73] Claude Carloman de Rulhière (1735–1791), a French writer, was aide-de-camp to the Maréchal de Richelieu for some years.