[42] ["Vetus" [Edward Sterling] contributed a series of letters to the _Times_, 1812, 1813. They were afterwards republished. Vetus was not a Little Englander, and his political sentiments recall the _obiter dicta_ of contemporary patriots; _e.g._ "the only legitimate basis for a treaty, if not on the part of the Continental Allies, at least for England herself [is] that she should conquer all she can, and keep all she conquers. This is not by way of retaliation, however just, upon so obdurate and rapacious an enemy--but as an indispensable condition of her own safety and existence." The letters were reviewed under the heading of "Illustrations of Vetus," in the _Morning Chronicle_, December 2, 10, 16, 18; 1813. The reviewer and Byron did not take the patriotic view of the situation.] [43] [Robert Banks Jenkinson (1770-1828), second Earl of Liverpool, on the assassination of Perceval, became Prime Minister, June 7, 1812; John Fane (1759-1841), tenth Earl of Westmoreland, was Lord Privy Seal, 1798-1827; Charles Howard (1746-1815), eleventh Duke of Norfolk, known as "Jockey of Norfolk," was a Protestant and a Liberal, and at one time a friend of the Prince of Wales. Wraxall, _Posthumous Memoirs_, 1836, i. 29, says that "he might have been mistaken for a grazier or a butcher by his dress and appearance." He figures _largely_ in Gillray, see _e.g._ "Meeting of the Moneyed Interest," December, 1798. John Pitt (1756-1835), second Earl of Chatham, the hero of the abortive Walcheren expedition, had been made a general in the army January 1, 1812. He "inherited," says Wraxall, _ibid._, iii. 129, "his illustrious father's form and figure; but not his mind."] [44] [Edward Law (1750-1818), first Baron Ellenborough, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1802-18, was given to the use of strong language. His temper (see Moore's "Sale of the Tools") was "none of the best." On one occasion, speaking in the House of Lords (March 22, 1813) with regard to the "delicate investigation," he asserted that the accusation ["that the persons intrusted had thought fit to fabricate an unauthorized document"] "was as false as hell;" and by way of protest against the tedious harangues of old Lord Darnley, "I am answerable to God for my time, and what account can I give at the day of judgment if I stay here longer?"] [45] [Compare Moore's "Insurrection of the Papers"-- "Last night I toss'd and turn'd in bed, But could not sleep--at length I said, 'I'll think of Viscount C--stl--r--gh, And of his speeches--that's the way.'"]