THE following extracts from the diary and correspondence of the late Lord Colchester have been selected from a great mass of MSS. papers left by him, including a complete collection of his official and other speeches while Speaker of the House of Commons; memoranda of his life previous to his entrance into Parliament in 1795; and a regular diary from that date to the very last day of his life.
Those portions which related to strictly private or family affairs have been excluded as uninteresting to the Public; those now submitted to the reader may, it is hoped, assist to illustrate the political transactions of an important era in the history of the country.