Walpole recommended his Majesty to compromise the grave issue which had
risen. An order was issued restricting the importation of Wood's copper
coin to the sum of 40,000_l._ instead of 108,000_l._, to be current only
amongst those who should be willing to accept them. But the dispute had
risen too high to admit of accommodation. The real grievance of this
measure lay rather in its principle than its immediate effects. The merits
and details of the question are now laid aside. Even Wood is almost
forgotten in the vehemence of rage, that a nation should be exposed to the
menaces or mercies of such an adventurer.