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THE LETTERS of HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD:

INCLUDING NUMEROUS LETTERS NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES
VOL. 2. 1749-1759.



CONTENTS OF VOL. II

[Those Letters now first collected are marked N.]


1749.

1. To Sir Horace Mann, March 4.-Proceedings in Parliament.
Formidable minority headed by the Prince. Character'-of Lord
Egmont. Innovations in the Mutiny Bill. New Navy Bill ;13

2. To the same, March 23.-Debates on the Military Bills. Jar at
Leicester House. King Theodore of Corsica. The two black
Princes of Anamaboe. Spread of Methodism. Stories of his
brother Ned's envy-16

3. To the same, May 3.-Rejoicings for the peace. Jubilee
masquerade. Fire-works. English credulity. Subscription
masquerade. Projected chastisement of Oxford. Union between the
Prince's party and the Jacobites. Disgrace of Maurepas. Epigram
on Lord Egmont's opposition to the Mutiny Bill. Bon-mot by
Wall; and of Lady Townshend. Increase of Methodism, drinking,
and gambling.-19

4. To the same, May 17.--The Duke of Richmond's fireworks in
celebration of the peace. Second jubilee masquerade. Miss
Chudleigh. Lady Rochford. Death of Miss Jenny Conway.
Publication of Lord Bolingbroke's letters. Anecdotes of Pope
and Bolingbroke.-23

5. To George Montagu, Esq. May 18.-The Duke of Richmond's
fireworks. The Violette and Garrick. Story of the Duchess of
Queensberry. Mary Queen of Scots. Dignity of human nature.
Anecdote of Fielding. West's Pindar. Story of Charles Townshend
.-27

6. To Sir Horace Mann, June 4.-Stories of Pope, Bolingbroke,
and Atterbury.-30

7. To the same, June 25.-Cambridge installation. Installation
of six Knights of the Bath. Garrick's marriage to the Violette.
Lord Mountford's cricket-matches.-32

8. To George Montagu, Esq. July 5.-Improvements at Mistley.
Visit to the Prince of Wales. Anecdote of Lady Anson. Epigram.-
35

9. To the same, July 20.-Excursions. Layer Marney. Messing
parsonage. Death of the Duke of Montagu. His will.-36

10. To Sir Horace Mann, July 24.-Death of the Duke of Montagu.
Principles of the Methodists .-38

11. To the same, Aug. 17.-Fire at Kensington Palace.-40

12. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 26.-Expedition to Arundel
Castle. Petworth. Cowdry.-42

13. To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 12.-Madame de Mirepoix. Madame
S`evign`e's Letters.-43

14. To John Chute, Esq. Sept. 22.--45

15. To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 28.-Church at Cheneys. Tombs of
the Bedfords. Latimers. Stoke church--45

16. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 27-Dodington first minister at
Carlton House. Lady Yarmouth.-46

17. To the same, Nov. 17.-Robbery of Walpole in Hyde Park.
Riots at the new French theatre.-47



1750.

18. To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 10.-Montesquieu's Esprit des Loix.
Hainault's Abr`eg`e de L'Histoire de la France. Westminster
election. Death of Lord Pembroke. His character. Death of
lord Crawford. Story of General Wade. Sir John Barnard's scheme
for the reduction of interest.-48

19. To the same Jan. 31.-Numerous robberies. Secession on the
mutiny-bill. Hurricane in the East Indies. Bon-mot of the
Chevalier Lorenzi.-52

20. To the same, Feb. 25.-Ministerial quarrels. Dispute of
precedence. Bon-mot of a chair-maker. Westminster election.
Extraordinary wager. Death of the Duke of Somerset. Madame
Munchausen. Horrors of the slave-trade. Montesquieu's Esprit
des Loix. Grecian architecture.-53

21. To the same, March 11.-The earthquakes. Middlesex election.
Story Of Marie Mignot.-58

22. To the same, April 2.-Terror occasioned by the earthquake.
Death of Lady Bolingbroke. Death of Lady Dalkeith. Mr. Mason's
pedigree. Epigram on Lady Caroline Petersham, and the Lady
Bingley. Madame du Boccage.-60

23. To George Montagu, Esq. May 15.-Westminster election.-65

24. To Sir Horace Mann, May 19.-Absurdities committed after the
earthquake. Westminster election. Commotion in Dublin. Bower's
History of the Popes.-66

25. To George Montagu, Esq. June 23.-Character of Mr. Bentley.
Account of a party of pleasure at Vauxhall.-68

26. To Sir Horace Mann, July 25.-The Houghton lantern. King
Theodore of Corsica in prison for debt. Mr. Ashton. Dr.
Mead.-71

27. To the same, Aug. 2.-Tuscan villas. Improvement in the
seats about London. Consequences of the excessive heat of the
weather. Death of Dr. Middleton, and of Tacitus Gordon. Account
of M'Lean, the fashionable highwayman.-73

28. To the same, Sept. 1.-Pedigrees. Young Craggs's epitaph.
Story of old Craggs. George Selwyn's passion for coffins and
executions. Death of the Duke OF Richmond. Lord Granby's
marriage. Hanoverian duel. Singular bet at White's.-76

29. To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 10.-Death of General
Handasyde, and of Sir Gerard Vanneck. hopes conducive to
happiness.-80

30. To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 20.-Dr. Mead. Sermon against Dr.
Middleton. Ecclesiastical absurdity. Project for publishing an
edition of the Bible without pointings or stops. Sir Charles
William's letters. Frequency of robberies. Visit to Spence.-81

31. To the same, Oct. 18.-Treaty of commerce with Spain.
M'Lean's condemnation and execution. Rage for visiting him in
Newgate.-83

32. To the same, Nov. 19.-Shattered state of the ministry.
State of parties.-84

33. To the same, Dec. 19.-Interministerium. Droll cause in
Westminster Hall. The Duke of Cumberland and Edward Bright. Sir
Ralph Gore. Bon-mots of Quin.-86

34. To the same, Dec. 22.-Miss Chudleigh. FOntenelle. Reply of
Lord Cornbury. Old Cibber's soliciting the laureateship for
Harry Jones. A very odd new story. Ashton's ingratitude.-88



1751.

35. To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 9.-Debates in Parliament.
"Constitutional queries." Westminster petition. Proceedings
against Mr. Murray. Account of young Wortley Montagu.-91

36. To the same, March 1,3.-Further proceedings against Mr.
Murray. Lady Vane's memoirs of her own life. Fashionable
theatricals. The English "a grave nation".-94

37. To the same, March 21.-Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Conduct of the King .-95

38. To the same, April 1.-Death of Mr. Whithed; his will.
Death of the Earl of Orford. Harmony between the King and
Princess of Wales. Prince George. Prince Edward.-97

39. To the same, April 22.-Dodington's project of a ministry
upset by the death of the Prince. Story of Bootle. Character of
Dr. Lee. Prince George created Prince of Wales. His household.
Bishop Hayter and Archbishop Blackburn. The young Earl of
Orford.-99

40. To the same, May 30.-Emptiness and vanity of life. Match
between Lord Orford and the rich Miss Nicholl broken off.
Debates on the Regency bill.-103

41. To George Montagu, Esq. May 30.-Lady Orford and Mr. Shirley
married.-103

42. To the Rev. Joseph Spence, June 3.-With a translation of a
couplet on Tibullus. [N.]-105

43. To George Montagu, Esq. June 13.-Change of ministry.
Bon-mot on Lord North's Wedding. Spenser, with Kent's designs.
Bentley's ray. Warburton's Pope. Edwards's Canons of
Criticism.-106

44. To Sir Horace Mann, June 18.-Resignations. New ministry.
Epigram on Lord Holderness. The two Miss Gunnings. Extravagant
dinner at White's. Bubb de Tristibus. Dodington's bombastic
eulogium on the Prince. Sale of the pictures at Houghton.-107

45. To the same, July 16.-Announcing Mr. Conway's intended
visit to Florence.-109

46. To George Montagu, Esq. July 22.-Projected edition of
Grammont. Visit to Wimbledon. Ragley. Warwick Castle.
"Capability" Brown. Easton Neston. Stowe.-110

47. To Sir Horace Mann, Aug. 31.-Story of the Gunnings, and of
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in durance in the Brescian. Lord
Orford and Miss Nicholl.-112

48. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 8.-Description of Woburn.-114

49. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 14.-Death of the Prince of Orange.
Lady Pembroke. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Letters. Lady
Russell's Letters.-115

50. To the same, Nov. 22.-Unanimity of Parliament. Plots in the
Duke of Burgundy's cradle. Verses stuck up on the Louvre. Young
Wortley Montagu's imprisonment at Paris. Bon-mot of Lord Coke.
Anecdote of the King.-118


51. To the same, Dec. 12.-Lord Stormont. Death of Lord
Bolingbroke. The wonderful tooth-drawer.-119



1752.

52. To George Montagu, Esq. Jan. 9.-The St. James's Evening
Post parodied.-120

53. To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 2.-Debates on the treaty with
Saxony. A black-ball at White's.-122

54. To the same, Feb. 27.-Death of Sir Horace Mann's father.
Marriage of the Miss Gunnings to Lord Coventry and the Duke of
Hamilton.-123

55. To the same, March 23.-Sir Horace Mann's portrait. The Duke
of Argyle's Job. The Duchess of Hamilton at court. Miss
Jefferies and Miss Blandy. Frequency of executions.-124

56. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 5.-On Mr. Conway's infant
daughter.-[N.] 126

57. To George Montagu, Esq. May 12.-Irish politics. Mother
Midnight's oratory. Captain Hotham's bon-mot.-127

58. To Sir Horace Mann, May 13.-Irish politics. Miss Blandy's
execution.-128

59. To George Montagu, Esq. June 6.-Capture of a housebreaker
at Strawberry Hill. Gray's Odes. Story of Lord Bury.-129

60. To the same.-131

61. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 23.-Story of Mr. Seymour and
Lady Di. Egerton. Distress and poverty of France. Profligacy of
the court. Births and marriages.-132

62. To George Montagu, Esq. July 20.-Alarm at the visit of a
King's messenger. The "M`emoires"133

63. To Sir Horace Mann,.July @7.-Fire at Lincoln's-inn.
Princess Emily and Richmond Park. Discussions concerning the
tutorhood of the Prince of Wales. Portraits of Cr`ebillon and
Marivaux, by Liotard.-134

64. To Richard Bentley. Aug. 5.-Excursion to Kent and Sussex.
Bishop's palace, Rochester. Knowle. Tunbridge. Summer Hill.
Bayham Abbey. Hurst Monceaux. Battle Abbey. Silver Hill.
Penshurst. Mereworth. Sissinghurst. Becton Malherbe. Leeds
Castle.-137

65. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 28.-Adventure at Mrs.
Boscawen's. Privilege of Parliament. Standing Army. Gray's
Odes.-145

66. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 28.-Projected trip to Florence..
Madame de Brionne. Lady Coventry at Paris. Duke Hamilton and
his Duchess. Anecdotes. Parisian indecorums. Madame Pompadour's
husband. Trait of Louis the Fifteenth. Epigram on the quarrel
of the Pretender and his second son. Astley's pictures.-146

67. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Nov. 8 [N.].-150

68. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 3. Lord Harcourt's removal
from the Governorship of the Prince of Wales. Bon-mot of George
Selwyn.-150

69. To Sir Horace Mann, Dec. 11.-Education of the Prince of
Wales. Resignation of Lord Harcourt and the Bishop of Norwich.
The Bishop of Gloucester the new preceptor. And Lord Waldegrave
the new governor.-151



1753.

70. To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 14.-Death of Sir Hans Sloane; his
Museum.-155

71. To Mr. Gray, Feb. 20.-New edition of Gray's Odes with
Bentley's designs.-157

72. To Sir Horace Mann, March 4.-Lord Ravensworth's accusation
of Stone, Murray, and the Bishop of Gloucester, on the
information of Fawcett. Liotard. Cr`ebillon's portrait.-158

73. To the same, March 27.-Debates in the Lords on the charges
against Stone, Murray, and Bishop Johnson.-159

74. To the same, April 16.-161

75. To the same, April 27.-Progress of improvements at
Strawberry Hill. Account of the taking of Dr. Cameron. Paper in
"The World," to promote a subscription for King Theodore. Lord
Bath and the Craftsman.-161

76. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 5.-Madame de Mezi`eres. Sir
Charles Williams's distich on the Queen of Hungary. Lord
Bolingbroke's Works. Anecdote of Lady Harrington.-164

77. To George Montagu, Esq. May 22.-Debates on the Marriage
Bill.-165


78. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 24.-Debates on the Marriage
Bill.-167

79. To George Montagu, Esq. June 11.-Parliamentary
altercations. Clandestine Marriage Bill. Bon-mot of Keith's.-
169

80. To Sir Horace Mann, June 12.-Description of Strawberry
Hill. Clandestine Marriage Bill. Execution of Dr. Cameron.-170

81. To George Montagu, Esq. July 17.-Death of Miss Brown. Tom
Hervey's letter to Sir William Bunbury. Story of Dr. Suckling.
George Selwyn's bon-mot. Elopement. Marriage Bill.-173

82. To Sir Horace Mann, July 21.-Electioneering. Snuff-taking.
Death of Lord Pomfret.-174

83. To John Chute, Esq. Aug. 4.-Visit to Greatworth. Sir Harry
Danvers described. White-knights. Middleton. Wroxton. Steane
Chapel. Stowe. Temple of Friendship. Warkworth.-176

84. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 16.-Stowe. Sir Harry Danvers.-
179

85. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Sept.-New Camden's "Britannia."
Oxford. Birmingham. Hagley. Worcester. Malvern Abbey. Visit to
George Selwyn at Matson. Gloucester Cathedral. Hutchinsonians.-
180

86. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 6.-The Modenese treaty. Gothic
amusements.-186

87. To the same, Dec. 6.-Prince Heraclius. Party feuds in
Ireland. Bianca Capello.-187

88. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 6.-Death of his uncle Erismus
Shorter, and of Lord Burlington. The Opera. Glover's
"Boadicea." Lord Huntingdon and Stormont.-188

89. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Dec. 19.-Eulogy on his drawings.
Deaths of Lords Clarendon, Thanet, and Burlington. "Sir Charles
Grandison." Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty." Wood's "Palmyra."
Opera. The Niccolini.-190



1754.


90. To Sir Horace Mann, January 28.-Story of Bianca Capello.
Sortes Walpolianae. Serendipity. Dissuades him from taking the
name of Guise. Sir James Gray. His father's maxim. The Opera
and Niccolini. Miss Elizabeth Pitt.-191


91. To Richard Bentley, Esq. March 2.-The Duke of Cumberland's
visit to Strawberry Hill. Proceedings in Parliament. New
Mutiny-bill. Death of Dr. Mead. Sortes Walpolianae.-194

92. To the same, March 6.-Ironical account of the death of Mr.
Pelham. Francis's tragedy of "Constantine." Crisp's "Virginia."
Lord Bolingbroke's works.-196

93. To Sir Horace Mann, March 7.-State of parties. The new
candidates for office. Particulars of the death of Mr. Pelham.-
198

94. To Richard Bentley, Esq. March 17.-The new ministry. George
Selwyn's bon-mots. Orator Henley. Beckford and Delaval at
Shaftesbury.-200

95. To George Montagu, Esq. March 19.-The Newcastle
administration.-201

96. To Sir Horace Mann, March 28.-,The new ministry.
Resignation of Lord Gower.-202

97. To the same, April 24.-The Duke of Newcastle all-powerful.
The new Parliament. Irish politics. Drummond's "Travels".-204

98. To John Chute, Esq. April 30.-Whitehead's tragedy of
"Creusa." Tragi-comedy at the Opera.-205

99. To the same, May 14.-Anecdote of Prince Poniatowski and the
Duchess of Gordon.-206

100. To Richard Bentley, Esq. May 18.-Progress of improvement
at Strawberry Hill. Trial of Betty Canning. Regency-bill.-207

101. To George Montagu, Esq. May 21.-Death of Mr. Chute's
father.-209

102. To Sir Horace Mann, May 23.-War of the Delmontis. Death of
Mr. Chutes father. Regency-bill.-210

103. To the same, June 5.-Mr. Brand of the Hoo. Lady Caroline
Pierpont. Affair of Lord Orford and Miss Nicholl. Election
petitions.-211

104. To George Montagu, Esq. June 8.-Invitation to Strawberry
Hill.-212

105. To the same, June 29.-Lady Caroline Petersham's
christening.-213

106. To Sir Horace Mann, July 5.-Effects of warm Weather in
England. Old courtiers. Separation between Lady Orford and Mr.
Shirley. Dr. Cocchi's "Greek Physicians." French encroachments
in Virginia. Revocation of the Parliament of Paris. Irish
Parliament.-213

107. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 6.-Notice of gold fish to
be sent to him.-215

108. To Richard Bentley, Esq. July 9.-Sir Charles Williams and
his daughter. His mother's monument in Westminster Abbey. Story
of Sampson Gideon. Nugent and the Jew-bill. An admirable
curiosity.--215

109. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 8-The Duke of Cumberland's
accident [N.].-217

110. To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 29.-218

111. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 6.-Prospect of an East and West
Indian war. French encroachments. Re-establishment of the
Inquisition at Florence. The Boccaneri. Major Washington.
General Guise at Carthagena.-218

112. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 24,-Congratulation on his
being appointed groom of the bedchamber. And on his choice of a
wife.-[N.] 220

113. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Nov. 3.-Visit to Mr. Burret at
Bellhouse. Mrs. Clive. West Indian war. The Ontaouknoucs.
General Braddock.-221

114. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Nov. 11.-Ambassadorial
circumspection. Death of the Queen Dowager of Prussia. New
volumes of Madame S`evign`e's Letters.-224

115. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 16.-Parts and merit of Lord
North. Marriage of Mr. Pitt with Lady Hester Grenville. A new
fashion.-225

116. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Nov. 20.-On projectors. Advises
him to lay aside visionary projects. Parliamentary divisions.
Elections. The Prince of Hesse turned Roman Catholic. Operas.
The Mingotti. Bon-mot of Madame S`evign`e.-226

117. To Sir Horace Mann, Dec. 1.-Spring-tide of politics. Mr.
Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle. Lord Cork. Lord Bolingbroke's
works. George the First at New Park. Dissensions in Ireland.-
228


118. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Dec. 13.-Pitt and Fox
dissatisfied with the Duke of Newcastle. Ministerial changes.
Mr. Pitt turned out. Sale of Dr. Mead's library.-230

119. To the same, Dec. 24.-Madame S`evign`e's new letters. Dr.
Browne's tragedy of "Barbarossa." Walpole's papers in the
"World." Turning out of Mr. Pitt. The last new madness.
Macklin's "British Inquisition".-231



1755.


120. To George Montagu, Esq. Jan. 7.-Nuptials of Mr. Harris and
Miss Ashe. Countess Chamfelt.-233

121. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Jan. 9.-Death of Lord Albemarle.
Story of Lord Montford's suicide. Gamesters. Insurance office
for voluntary deaths. Ministerial changes. New nostrums and
inventions.-234

122. To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 9.-Congratulation on his being
created a baronet. Lord Albemarle's sudden death. Lord Bury.
Lady Albemarle's dream. Lord Montford's suicide. The age of
abortions. The Chevalier Taylor.-236

123. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Feb. 8.-The Russian ambassador's
masquerade.-238

124. To the same, Feb, 23.-Oxfordshire and Colchester
elections. Sir John Bland's suicide. English Opera. "Midsummer
Night's Dream." Walpole at a fire. Lady Herbert's providence.
Fire at Fonthill.-239

125. To the same, March 6.-Prospect of a war with France. Lord
Holderness's ball. Dancing senators.-241

126. To Sir Horace Mann, March 10.-Lord Hertford's embassy to
Paris. Warlike prospects. Progress of election trials. Lord
Pomfret's collection of statues. Cerberus.-242

127. To Richard Bentley, Esq, March 27.-Hume's "History of
England." Motto for a ruby ring. Party struggles. Prospects of
war. Sale of Dr. Mead's pictures.-243

128. To the same, April 13.-Prospects of war. French
preparations for invasion. Lord Chesterfield's prophecy.-245

129. To Sir Horace Mann, April 22.-French preparations. Secret
expedition. Motto-hunting.-247

130. To Richard Bentley, Esq. April 24.-Political rumours. M.
Herault and Lady Harrington.-248

131. To George Montagu, Esq. May 4.-Prince of Nassau Welbourg.
George Selwyn and Lady Petersham.-250

132. To Richard Bentley, Esq. May 6.-Lord Poulet's motion
against the King's visiting Hanover. Mr. Legge's pun. The
Regency. Ball at Bedford House. Great breakfast at Strawberry
Hill. "Anecdotes Litt`eraires." "M@,is`eres des Scavans."
Gray's observation on learning.-250

133. To George Montagu, Esq. May 13.-Invitation to Strawberry
Hill.-252

134. To the same, MAY 19.-King of Prussia's victory near
Prague.-252

135. To Richard Bentley, Esq. June 10.-Arrival of Mr. M`untz4.
Deluge at Strawberry Hill. New gunpowder-plot. Venneschi
apprehended.-253

136. To Sir Horace Mann, June 15.-The Countess of Orford and
Mr. Shirley. Lord Orford described. Warlike preparations.
Fureur des cabriolets.-256

137. To Richard Bentley, Esq. July 5.-Expostulation on his love
of visionary projects. Mr. M`untz. Visit to Chaffont.
Bulstrode. Latimers. First visit to Greenwich Park.-257

138. To Sir Horace Mann, July 16.-War commenced. Captain
Howe's attack on the French Squadron. Chapel at the Vine.-259

139. To Richard Bentley, Esq. July 17.-Attack on the French
squadron. State of parties in Ireland. Domestic news. Lord
Bath's verses on Strawberry Hill. Wanstead House. Marquis de
St. Simon.-260

140. To George Montagu, Esq. July 17.-Farming. Lord Bath's
ballad.-263

141. To the same, July 26.-Charles Townshend's marriage.-263

142. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Aug. 4.-St. Swithin. Capture of
Beau S`ejoure. Marquis de St. Simon's translation of the "Tale
of a Tub." Intimacy with Garrick.-264

143. To the same, Aug. 15.-Compliments him on his drawings.
P`er`efixe's "Henry the Fourth." Dinner at Garrick's.
Flattery.-266

144. To Sir Horace Mann, Aug. 21.-West India expeditions.
Character of General Braddock. Story of Fanny Braddock. Hessian
treaty.-268

145. To the same, Aug. 28.-Defeat and death of General
Braddock. Anecdotes of him.-270

146. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Aug. 28.-General Braddock's
defeat and death. Quarrel between Lords Lincoln and Anson.
Visit to Harwich. Orford Castle. Sudborn. Secretary Naunton's
house. Ipswich and its church.-271

147. To the Rev. Henry Etough, Sept. 10.-273

148. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Sept. 18.-Jaunt to Winchester.
Its cathedral. Bevismount. Netley Abbey. Capture of Governor
Lyttelton. Gray's "Bard".-273

149. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 23.-Irish politics.
Russian and Hessian treaties.-275

150. To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 29.-M. Seychelles. French
finances. Opposition to the Russian and Hessian treaties.
Ministerial bickerings and changes. Tranquillity of Ireland.-
277

151. To John Chute, Esq. Sept. 29.-Opposition in Parliament to
the Russian and Hessian treaties [N.).-279

152. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Sept. 30.-Political sermon. Mr.
Legge's opposition to the Hessian treaty. Subsidy.
Pacification of Ireland. Ministerial changes.-280

153. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 7.-On the death of Miss
Montagu.-281

154. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Oct. 19.-On the fears of
invasion. Mr. Fox's ministry. Follies of the Opera.
Impertinences of the Mingotti.-281

155. To John Chute, Esq. Oct. 20.-Expectations of an invasion.
Parliamentary politics. Subsidiary treaties [N.].-284

156. To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 27.-Preparations against invasion
.-285

157. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Oct. 31.-Defeat of' the French in
America by General Johnson. Lord Chesterfield at Bath. Suicide
of Sir John Bland. Longevity of Beau Nash and Cibber.-286

158. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 8.-Progress of planting.-287

159. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Nov. 15.-Debates in Parliament
on the treaties. Single-speech Hamilton. Pitt's speech.-289

160. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Nov. 16.-Debates in the House of
Commons on the treaties. Riots at Drury-Lane. French dancers.-
291


161. To Sir Horace Mann, Nov. 16.-Parliamentary proceedings.
Changes and counter-changes. French inactivity.-292

162. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 25.-Earthquake at Lisbon.
Political changes.-293

163. To Sir Horace Mann, Dec. 4.-Earthquake at Lisbon. State of
the Opposition.-294

164. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Dec. 17.-Mr. Pitts speech on the
subsidiary treaties. Ministerial changes. Postponement of the
invasion.-295

165. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 20.-Political changes. The
new Opposition.-297

166. To Sir Horace Mann, Dec. 21.-Expectations of a peace.
Catalogue of ministerial alterations. Dodington again revolved
to the court. Case of Lord Fitzwalter.-298

167. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 30.-299



1756.

168. To Richard Bentley, Esq. Jan. 6.-Attack of the gout.
Overflow of the Thames. Progress of the Memoires. Mr. M`untz.-
300

169. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Jan. 22.-Parliament and
politics. French Billingsgate memorial. Guarantee with Prussia.
M. Michell. Dismissal of Sir Harry Erskine. Mr. Fox's repartee
(N.].-302

170. To the same, Jan. 24.-Beckford's accusation against
Admiral Knowles. Sir George Lyttelton's budget-speech. Lady
Petersham and her footman Richard.-303

171. To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 25.-Health of Sir Horace's
brother. Prussian guarantee. M. Rouill`e's memorial. The new
Opposition nibbling, but not popular.-304

172. To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 5.-Account of his brother's
health. War considered inevitable.-306

173. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Feb. 12.-Bickerings in
Parliament. The Pennsylvanian regiment. Story of the Duke of
Newcastle. Moral effects of the earthquake. Sir Eustace
Drawbridge-court.-307

174. To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 23.-The King of France and Madame
Pompadour gone into devotion. Debates on the West Indian
regiment. Plot of the Papists against Bower. France determined
to try invasion.-309

175. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, March 4.-Debates in Parliament.
Speeches of Hamilton and Charles Townshend. The Militia-bill.
The new taxes. Embargo. Old Nugent and Lady Essex. Bons-mots.
An epigram.-312

176. To Sir Horace Mann, March 18.-Progress of the armaments.
Danger for Port-Mahon. Naivete of Lady Coventry.-314

177. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, March 25.-Mr. Pitt's gout. The
plate tax. Projected invasion signified to Parliament. The
Paddington road-bill. Lady Lincoln's assembly [N.].-315