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inorca; freedom to assist the king of-Prussia; and British ascendency in the East Indies. The ministers of Spain and Austria could not conceal their exultation. Aug. My honor, replied Choiseul to the English envoy, will be the same fifty years hence as now; I am as indifferent to my place as Pitt can be; I admit with out the least reserve the king's propensity to peace, his Majesty may sign such a treaty as England demands, but my hand shall never be to that deed. Thackeray's Life of Chatham, II. 580. And claiming the right to interfere in Spanish affairs, chap. XVII.} 1761. Aug. with the approbation of Spain, he submitted modifications of the British offer. He still desired peace; Bussy to Pitt, 5 Aug., 1761. but he already was convinced that Pitt would never agree to a reasonable treaty, and his only hope was in delay. Thus far Pitt had encountered in the cabinet no avowed opposition except from Bedford. On this point the king and his friends made a rally, Wiffen