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own him so much ill-will. He advised the employment of the old whig aristocracy. I know, said he, the administration cannot last; should I take in it the place of President of the Council, I should deserve to be CHAP. VI.} 1763. April. treated like a madman. Bedford to Bute, Paris, 7 April, 1763, in Wiffen, II. 525, and in Bedford Correspondence, III. 228. So unattractive was Grenville! The triumvirate, of whom not one was beloved by the people, became a general joke, Walpole to Mann, 30 April, 1763. and was laughed at as a three-headed monster, Wilkes to Lord Temple, in Grenville Papers. quieted by being gorged with patronage and office. The business of the session was rapidly brought to a close. Grenville's bill for the effectual enforcement of the acts of navigation received the royal assent. The scheme of taxing the colonies did but lie over for the next session; but at the prorogation, the king's speech announced the purpose of improving the revenue, which, as