[427] The Opposition used every effort to make political capital
out of the dispute between Keppel and Palliser. Motions were
proposed by them on December 11, 1778, for the trial of Sir Hugh
Palliser; on February 19, 1779, for the dismissal of Sir H.
Palliser from the Navy; March 3, for a censure on the Admiralty
for sending out Admiral Keppel with too small a force; on April
19, for the removal of the Earl of Sandwich from the Admiralty.
369.
_To his Stepmother._
Bentinck Street, 21st March, 1779.