PUBLISHED BY HIS SON, RICHARD WATSON, LL.B. PREBENDARY OF LANDAFF AND WELLS. Second Edition. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND; BY J. M'CREERY, BLACK-HORSE-COURT. ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD WATSON, BISHOP OF LANDAFF. On the 25th of January, 1795, the Duke of Bedford made a motion in the House of Lords, "That no form of government, which may prevail in France, should preclude a negotiation with that country, or prevent a peace whenever it could be made consistently with the honour, interest, and security of this nation." Though I had been told by one of my brethren, that the King had expressed his dislike of bishops interfering in political matters, I was not deterred by the fear of His Majesty's displeasure from making a speech in the House of Lords in support of the Duke of Bedford's motion. I was the only bishop |