_a majority of 261 to 148._ The motion for the amendment to the address
was rejected on the opening day of the session by a vote of 226 to 107,
an indication that the House was less crowded than had been expected.
_Mr Charles Townshend._ Charles Townshend (1728-1810), nephew of the
third Viscount Townshend; M.P. for Yarmouth; cr. Baron Bayning of Foxley,
1797.
_Mr Charles Turner._ Charles Turner (1726?-1803), M.P. for York; cr. a
baronet, 1782. He was a staunch Whig and according to Nathaniel Wraxall
“one of the most eccentric men who ever sat in Parliament” (_Historical
and Posthumous Memoirs_, II, 267).