(1166) Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke, an intelligent lover of the arts, and an amateur architect of considerable merit.  Walpole says of him, in his account of Sculptors and Architects, The soul of Inigo Jones, who had been patronised by his ancestors, seemed still to hover over its favourite Wilton, and to have assisted the Muses of Arts in the education of this noble person.  No man had a purer taste in building than Earl Henry, of which he gave a few specimens:  besides his works at Wilton, the new Lodge in Windsor Park; the Countess of Suffolk’s house, at Marble Hill, Twickenham; the Water-house, in Lord Orford’s park at Houghton, are incontestable proofs of Lord Pembroke’s taste:  it was more than taste; it was passion for the utility and honour of his country that engaged his lordship to promote and assiduously overlook the construction of Westminster Bridge by the ingenious M. Lahelye, a man that deserves more notice than this slight encomium can bestow.”  He died in January 1750-1.-E.

(1167) “Feb. 13.  Lord Bolingbroke told me, that Bath had resigned, and all was now over.  He approved of what had been done, though he owned that Walpole’S faction had done what he had wrote every King must expect who nurses up a faction by governing by a party; and that it was a most indecent thing, and must render the King contemptible.  Lord Cobham told me, that the King had yesterday sent Winnington to stop the resignations; that he had offered Winnington the seat of exchequer, after Bath had resigned it; but Winnington said it would not do.  At court I met Lord Granville, who is still secretary, but declared to be ready to resign when the King pleases.”  Marchmont Diary.-E.

(1168) In a letter to the Duke of Newcastle, of the 18th, Lord Chesterfield says, " Your victory is complete:  for God’s sake pursue it.  Good policy still more than resentment, requires that Granville and Bath should be marked-out,’and all their people cut off.  Every body now sees and knows that you have the power; let them see and know too, that you will use it.  A general run ought to be made upon Bath by all your followers and writers."-E.

(1169) The projectors of this ,attempt to remove the ministers were overwhelmed with ridicule.  Among other jeux d’esprit, was “A History of the Long Administration,” bound up like the works printed for children, and sold for a penny; and of which one would suspect Walpole to be the author.  It concluded as follows:  “And thus endeth the second and last part of this astonishing administration, which lasted forty-eight hours, three quarters, seven minutes, and eleven seconds; which may be truly called the most wise and most Honest of all administrations, the minister having, to the astonishment of all wise men, never transacted one rash thing, and, what is more marvellous, left as much money in the treasury as he found in it.  This worthy history I have faithfully recorded in this mighty volume, that it may be read with the valuable works of our immortal countryman, Thomas Thumb, by our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, to the end of the world:’-E.