That  the  administration  was  now  tottering  to  its
fall,  and  that  Chatham  was  intent  upon  its  destruction,
there  is  little  doubt.  It  would  take  but  little  to  induce
Grafton  to  desert  a  cabinet  in  which  he  was  being
outvoted  and  over-ruled,  and  in  his  autobiography
he  confesses  that  after  his  defeat  over  the  repeal  of
the  revenue  act  he  formed  the  resolution,  "  to  withdraw
myself  from  my  office,  which  was  become  very  un-
comfortable and  irksome  to  me,  on  the  first  favourable
opportunity  that  offered  itself." 3  Such  a  deter-
mination on  his  part  is  more  deserving  of  praise  than
censure ;  but  Camden  and  Granby  were  guilty  of  more
dubious  conduct.  The  lord  chancellor,  indeed,  had
ample  cause  for  discontent,  convinced  as  he  was  that

1  Add.  MS.,  35375,  f.  19.  2  Burke's  Correspondence,  1,  201-207.
3  Grafton's  Autobiography,  p.  234.
