George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life

d's-Lady Bolingbroke -Almack's-The Duke of Bedford-Lord Clive-The Nabobs-Corporation of Oxford sell the representation of the borough-Madame du Deffand -Publication of

teenth century. The letters are written in the bright and unaffected manner which Madame de Sevigne, whose style Selwyn so much admired, had introduced in France. Filled with human interest and easily expressed, they differ materially from Walpole's letters in that they are characterised by a greater simplicity, and a less egotistical tone. They show a keener interest in his correspondent. There is in them a delightful frankness, an unconventional freshness. Walpole's correspondence, invaluable as it is, always bears

ower. 1777. Treasurer of Household. 1778. Commissioner to America. 1779. Lord of Trade and Plant

as affectations. They were, however, a fashion of the day; nor should we forget that Selw

illy Williams to Selwyn in the previous year. The words were written without serious intent, but they are noticeable b

greater interest than would be expected of the nearest of relatives, and with this he united a singularly warm and open-hearted affection not only for Carlisle but for his family.

alities that mark a leader of men. He did not attain, however, to the eminence a

able country gentleman. His grandfather, Charles, third Earl of Carlisle, had, however, filled an important place in his day. His local influen

for taking a large share in public affairs than when the fifth Earl attained his majority. It was natural, therefore, that a

t the position of an official at Court was such as "damps all views of ambition which might arise from that quarter." But in 1778

progress are told by Carlisle in a letter preserved at Castle Howard, which he addressed to his friend and former tutor, Mr. Ekins. It is doubtful if the King ever really hoped or

ank can be regarded as a failure, and it may be that he was satisfied with what he had achieved by the age of five-and-thirty. With a versatility and serenity rare among those who have once felt the pleasure and excitement of political power and responsibility, he turned to literature, and at Castle Howard and Naworth he produced poems and dramas which, in spite of Byron's sharp attack, who thus avenged himself for the inattention of his guardian on his entrance to public life,* though they have had no posthumous fame, gave him a reput

but were nearly related; it is a singular fact that Ca

the King. For obvious constitutional reasons it was impossible for him to marry her, but day after day the town told how he used to ride to and fro in front of Holland House to catch a glimpse of Lady Sarah. At the drawing room after the royal marriage,

third Duke of

vue assez de suite pour avoir pu bien demeler ce qu'on doit pensez d'elle; je la trouve aimable, elle est douce, vive et polie. Dans notre nation elle passerait pour etre coquette. Je ne crois pas qu'elle le soit; elle aime a se divertir; elle a pu etre flattee de tous les empressements

mplete du Mme. du De

d Holland had taken his family abroad, and Charles James Fox, whose brilliant public career Carlisl

iously awaiting the delayed green ribbon, and his investiture by the King of Sardinia. He is in close association with the foremost men of that and a la

ess distinct and less recognised than in the nineteenth century. Chatham still held the office of Lord Privy Seal, which he had accepted on the formation of his Ministry in 1766. But by this time ill-health had rendered him unable to take any part in public affairs. In October, 1768, Chath

urpose, the third Duke of Grafton was a man who obtained the goodwill and lost the respect of his contemporarie

pondence speak for itself; as has been

tibes, the other at Nice, here yesterday, which gave me every degree of pleasure and satisfaction that a letter can give; it could never

ich was an occupation for the whole morning. The Antiquities of France have furnished me with the knowledge of some places through which you have passed. Mme de Sevigne(3) did, long ago

of yours to any one, not even to L(ady) S(arah),(4) who hinted to me she wanted to see your last, without your leave; but as for burning them directly, I c

so heedless. But that, the wild boars, the Alps, precipices, felouques, changes of climate, are all to me such things as,

Calais of the one-inch plank that is between me and Eternity. I have assured myself that as long as the time will appear in passing now, I shall th

ve walked Out-but the deep snow has prevented that-I sh

g a mare's nest, as they say, and fancied he should be this week nominated either of the Admiralty or Boa

f happy that a dish-clout was not pinned to his tail. March(10) is passing Xmas between Lord Spencer's and the Duke of Grafton's.(11) There is no O

end of this week, and go in search of further news for your entertainment. The journal which you suppose me to keep i

y. I'm sorry that you told me nothing of poor Rover; pray bring him back

more and more, as the time of election approaches, to find me a competitor, and put me, if they cannot, to a needless expense, but I believe their schemes will

kner to Hemmins; if a courier goes before I come, I hope he will carry it. Lady Carlisle(16) was to go and see it. I take it for granted that Sir W. Musgrave(17) will have an eye to the courier's going. I believe, at least the papers say so, the other two Ribbands are given awa

tre. I beg my best and kindest compliments to him, Lady Holland,(19) and to Charles, to whom I wrote by the last post. I desired him to do me the favour to stick a pen now and then into your hand, that I might hear o

d Holl[an]d's criticism upon Beauc[hamp] is not just; he will get nine daughters if he

ord, pour aujourd'hui. God preserve you from boars of any kind, but one, which is the writer of a long letter; for

ing from

Glouc

her "Letters"; he read them assiduously, and passionately collected any information re

and, Sir Charles Bunbury, the well-known racing baronet, in 1776; married, for the second time, George Napier, sixth son of Francis, fifth Lord Napier, in 1702; mother of the distinguished soldiers, Sir Charles James Napier, Sir George Thomas N

ign Affairs in the Rockingham Ministry; in 1783 he became again Secretary of State in the memorable Coalition Ministry formed by himself and Lord North under the nominal premiership of the Duke of Portland. When the Whigs at length re

fourth Visco

; appointed Receiver-General of Excise in 1774. It was he of whom it was said that he was wittiest among the witty and gayest among the gay, and his socie

of Marlborough; M.P. for Oxfordshire 1761-1784, and again 1796-

, however, that he was best known. One of the original members of the Jockey Club, he had a racing partnership with Lord March, and rode in

; he was good-natured and shrewd, and not without interest in politics and literature. At the time of the King's madness, in 1788, he openly declared for the Prince of Wales, and voted for the regency; he entertained the princes and Fox with reckless prodigality until the King regained his reason, when he lost his place at C

in 1771 Lord Privy Seal in Lord North's Government, stipulating at the same time that he should not be "summoned to any Cabinet." He resigned in 1775, but joined

Wob

was a correspondent of David Hume and of Mme. du Deffand, who always referred to him affectionately as "Mon petit Crauford"; in a letter in which she urges her desire that he should become more intimate with Horace Walpole, she writes, "Vous etes melancholique, et lui e

ch attached to him. Sir Joshua Reynolds introduced him in his

Thistle had just been

n 1743 she became the second wife of the fourth Earl of Carlisle, who died in 175

mmissioner of Customs and a well-known personage in London Society. He

tary of State, 1735 Paymaster General, 1757; Leader of the House of Commons, 17

uke of Richmond. Her runaway marriage to Lord Holland, then Mr. Fox

on of Francis, Earl of Hertford, af

to Lady Pembroke. She was celebrated for her high character, beauty, and accomplishments. Two d

easure of being a witness of. When I came to town yesterday from Gloucestershire, I received, to my surprise and great satisf

any expression of formality, which you seem to have observed, and which I certainly did not intend, because I know it would not be acceptable to you; and ther

h them to-day, when I hope I shall see Harry; I have not seen him yet. I have been absent, it is now above a fortnight. I shall not seal up my letter till I have been in Privy Garden. I was asked to dine at Lord George's(22) to-da

will endeavour to see him to-day, as the post goes out; I don't know particularly w

t ago. I think some answer should have been made to it; although I think the controversy very unequal, and a paper war with such a low fellow very disagreeable. But the assertions in this advertisement will gain him credit. As I live with but one set of people, I do not hea

ghbour, was a few nights ago stopped, when the chair was s

hand[s] to-morrow; the others soon after. Lord Gower(27) is the only one who has kissed hands as yet. Fanshaw is

the good fortune to survive Alps, &c., and ever come to Castle Howard, t

to send the Badge safely. I hope he sends my letters regularly. March is st

ur sake and mine that they are still in town. I shall not forget to faire valoir tous v

ment an election. I thank you for your offer of a Circassian in case you travel into Gre

and pernicious a practice, it would be your condemnation of it. Heureusement pour moi, the occasion fails me more than my prudence would serve me, if that offered. T

in that state of retreat and indolence in which you have been at Nice. I owe much to your friendship and great complaisance on all occasions, but I cannot expect to interfere with what will

ow if all my letters h

rset. A Member of Parliament and a soldier, he became in 1775 Secretary of State for the Colonies in Lord North's Administration until the fall of his chief. His rise to the peerage

h Duke of Gordon and of Lord George of the Gor

d in Lord Carlisle's well-known verses on his Eton school

ving the army had become a g

uncle, the famous Henry St. John, in 1751, and married in 1757 Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of the third Duke of Marl

President of the Council. He resigned in 1779. Upon Pitt's accession to power in 1783 he became again Lord President of the Council; in 1784 left this office and was appointed Lord Privy Seal;

ish banke

ip, that a second club, known as The Young Club at White's, was established. It had the same rules and was in the same house as the Old Club, the mem

nd found The Button with a letter in his hand, which he desired me to direct to you

have received Hume's Hist[ory],(31) that Lord Pembroke(32) was to carry for you to Sir J. Lamb[er]t. The apology for Lord B.,

pour elle; but that cannot be. She told me she had a favour to ask of me, which was, that I would use my endeavours that she might see her children. Bully is at present out of town, but to be sure, I shall have no difficulty in that negotiation. I have supped at Lady S. several times, and last night went home with her and Miss B. from the play. J

e to say upon those points. Parker(36) gave us a great dinner, but the company was not numerous. I dine to-morrow at Lord Harrington's,(37) and, I am told, with t

, so I had a tete a tete. Mr. Radclif(42) is still talked of for Lady F., but I have not ask

ou are maitre de vos biens, as the French say, you will not invite Scot, Parker, or Shafto(44) to partake it with you. Your condition of life, and the necessary expenses of it, will not allow that coalition. I never kept so long from play yet, but I frankly own I have not much virtue to boast of by that contine

with the courier till Thursday; and Hemmins did call, and assured me that on Thursday the Badge sho

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first that made any attempt to literary merit. The first edition was publis

794). He married in 1756 Elizabeth, second

ht against him, but the prosecution brought forward facts sufficient to justify the pu

names in the history of the social life of the last half of the eighteenth century-the Duke of Queensberry left him a legacy in recognition of his fine manners. He was the talented and accomplished friend of Fox, whose excesses in gaming and in all the fashionable follies of the day he rivalled. He se

of Charles, second Duke of Grafton. She marr

on of George, second Earl of Macclesfield. H

filled various high official and court offices; he was a Chance

he Government at the end of 1767, and Lord Sandwich

he second Duke of Grafton. She married Lord

Lady Stanhope, daughter of William, Earl of Harrington. He was notorious as a skilful gambler. He

d co-heir of Herbert, second Viscount Wind

ied Lady Frances Howard,

rmed for the purpose of high play; one of the rules reads: "Every person playing at the new quinze table shall keep fifty guineas before him." At play it was the fashion to wear a grea

tworth, M.P. for Durham-f

Horace Walpole writes of them as Lord Corydon and Captain Corydon. He was a Groom of the Bedcham

without any foundation; however, en tous cas, I hope this will find you at Nice, and not at Turin, where Lady Carlis

ce of the courier, which, for going and coming, is above 150 pounds. I shall apply to Lord Clive(46) through his former secretary, my neighbour Mr. Walsh. Lord Clive is going to Nice, although I suppose by a slow progress, and can supply this c

Sarah, your sister, and His R[oyal] H[ighness] did nothing but dance cotillons in the new blue damask room, which by the way was intended for cards. The Duchess of Gordon(49) made her fir

self, and makes every [one] else so that looks at him. They have no speculation in them, as Shakespear says; what should be white is red, and there is no sight o

as much as I can of Lady Sarah, and her name shall be in every other li

cer's to-day. He and V

re to be in town to-m

d knows what. I dine

ke, Sir Ch[arles], &

ose that, bei

ble with my seat in Parliament. Sir G. Mac sat last night at supper between Lady Bute(55) and his future, who by the way is laide a

with the St. Andrew. He has so much abuse from me every day, that I believe he wishes that I had been crucified instead of St. Andrew. He swears

been, for the Jockeys and Macaronis.(56) Garrick criticised your picture of mine, which he saw at Humphry's; he has that and Sir Charles's; it is like, but not so go

st night for wearing his under his coat; son Altesse R. a

Holland and my love to Charles and Harry.(58) Charles is in my debt a letter; I shall be glad to hear from him. Crawfurd desired me to make his (e

er of this country. Let what would happen, he has given a conge to his friends to do what they will, and it shall not be looked upon as desertion.

or the Duke of Newcastle was not in Chatham's Ministry, which was for

turned from India in bad health

rs of Lord

r brother of George III.; no

ke. She was a social leader of the Tory party, and a confidante of

hess of Gloucester and mistress to the Duke. "The Duchess remained indeed its nominal mis

er clients, made a feeble effort to arrive at an understanding with Lord Rockingham about a common policy; but he could not keep his followers for five minutes together off the subject that was next their hearts. Rigby bade the two noblemen take the Court Calendar and give their friends one, two, and three thousand a year all round ("The Early History of Charles James Fox," p. 132). An overbearing manner and t

ad been received in the best houses in England. "I think I never saw such perfect affection an

nd. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. "The man I have liked the best in Paris is an Englishman, Lord Ossory, who is the most sensible young man I

Lord Chatham on the fall of Lord North. In 1782 he again became Secretary of State in Lord Rockingham's Ministry, and First Lord of the Treasury on the death of Rockingham. His Government came to an end on the coalition of Fox and

he daughter of Lady

Brooks's, noted for their affectation in dress and manner;

olds would stand as a candidate for the Borough of Plympton, and all the town was laughing at him, Se

Fox, youngest so

office until 1756, having on the death of his brother, Henry Pelham, in 1754, become First Lord of the Treasury. In 1757 he returned as Prime Minister to office with the elder Pitt, resigning again in

e charge of it, as the surest conveyance. The courier was rejected as too expensive, and Mr. Ward as too uncertain. I have enclosed a schedule of what the packet delivered to Lord Clive contains. It is addressed to Sir J. Lambert and

of an epidemical disorder at Turin has alarmed Lady Carlisle, and I have caught some of the fright of

ight robbers prove to be soldiers in the Foot Guards, which I suspected; we have not recovered our terrors,

J. Lambert will take care of all the rest. The Badge is pretty, excepting that the shape of it is

but I believe I told you so in my last. I will write the res

in hopes of one from you. I have received one by this post from Charles of the 6th of this month; and he says

ay soon. She received a long letter from Lady Holland while we were at dinner, but only said that Lord H[ollan]d was well, whic

le, by expectation. I am in great hopes from Charles's letter that you are still at Nice. Not that I think but, being so near Turin, if there was anything to be

sfied that Sir J. Lambert is punctual in forwarding my letters; pray let me know it. Those who have been to see me think you

seful. You will find the benefit of it your whole life. There are lacunes to be fi

J. L[ambert] keeps them. There [they] are no more worth his keeping than your receiving, but they give me the p

made no secret of his r

ugh, daughter of George, Duke of

William

a seat in Parliament for his own purposes, just as the sinecurist did for his, and he was able to outbid the home purchaser. The jealousy with which the Court party regarded the encroachments of these returned Anglo-Indians in their

that it makes me wish away five days out of seven, and at my age that is too great an abatement. I intended to have called to-day upon Sir W[illiam] Musgrave in consequence of it, but neither he [n]or

but he gave the letter which he was to carry to Sir J. L[ambert] to Mr. H

at Paris till next Saturday, or Sunday probably; but Sir J. L[ambert] will be prepared to have sent these things, by a safe ha

e evening of your intended departure, and whether it prevented you or not, is still for me a scavoir. I hope it did, all things considered. But if you really went to Turin last Wednesday, then you will have been there perhaps near three weeks before your Investiture. I hope no part of this delay will be imputed to me. You will not have passed your time, I sho

u, and I hope you will take care that that is not too habitual. The inconveniences of it you may not find immediately, but they are certain, and very great, of which I could enumerate very remarkable instances; but they do not interest me as that does which concerns yourself. I find by Sir W[illiam] that you have already heard all that your family knows

es will depend upon yourself, as I hope and suppose. I do not wonder that Lady Carl, prefers Reynolds' pi

. The Bedfords are in extraordinary good humour; that elevation of spirit does them no more credit than their precedent abasement; the equus animus seems a stranger

of Castle Howard I have the most partiality to him, although I really believe Louis to be a very good servant. I

t in respect to your travelling; I cannot be so selfish as not to be glad that you make the tour of Italy, but

anything that I know of. The Duchess of North[umberlan]d(69) according to her present arrangement sets out for Paris, or some place or place

e effectual prevention of bribery and keeping out nabobs, commissaries, and agents of the House of Commons, or at least from their encroachments upon the

ir old members, who told them in answer to their modest proposal that as they had no intention to sell them, so they could not afford to buy them. I was not at the House, but this is likely to

to please you; but do we not help to keep up a flame that, in as much as that is the proper description of it, had better be extinguished? Crescit indulgent isti. I am sure I shall never say anything to lessen the just and natural esteem which you have for her, but when there is grafted on that what may make you uneasy, I must be an enemy to that or to yourself, and you know, I am sure, how incapable I am of that. I have a long letter almost every week from my flame also, Me du Deffand,(73) b

nager of the Opera for a time. In 1762 he was made Secretary to the Embassy at St. Petersburg, where his half-brother John, second

Viry, Sardinian Mi

ildare (1748-1805). He succeeded

rd Egremont and of Mrs. George Grenville. He was a Member of Parliament for Mmeh

lor of the Exchequer in 1763. The author of the Stamp Act. Se

nd her family, at the moment the

Duke of Somerset, who disliked this marriage for the heiress of the Percys, but there was no power of depriving her of the property, and Smithson succeeded to the ti

arliament for the City of London. The friend and supporter of Wilkes, he was an uphol

verely condemned. With the Earl of March, Sir Francis Dashwood, and others, he was associated with Wilkes in the infamous brotherhood of Medmenham, and later, when they made public the secrets of the club again

career by Lord Holland. In 1764 he had been appointed Envoy Extraordinary to Russia, and later held appointments as Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of I

ecame totally blind. This misfortune but made her the more celebrated and sought after. In 1764 occurred the quarrel with Mlle. Lespinasse, which divided her salon and left her quite alone with her faithful secretary, Wiart.

ult (1685-1770). He

of the Academy, and

stoire de France." Hi

his death, which prec

At Wh

absolute sale of themselves, for 5,670 pounds sterling; the sum which the Corporation is indebted, and otherwise as they declare unable to pay. Eleven sign, of which [whom] one is since dead; all the rest are ordered to attend at our Bar on Friday with the Mace Bearer, &c. Their Regalia has

aordinary, convince you; because I have that good opinion of your understanding as not to think that ages and numbers can sanctify falsehood, and that such is your love of truth as to be glad to find it, although at the expense of quitting the prejudice of your whole precede

ble conjectures, and the most indisputable authorities. I would have had Bully [to] have dined with us, but he was engaged to his brother, qui donne a diner fort souvent. I told him, that if h

desirous that my friends should become ministers; but if they are ministers, it is fair to wish they may become one's friends. He is yours very cordially, I'm persuaded. He always asks very kindly after you, and seems uneasy that the Order has not yet reached you. He said the other day at dinner, aun ton tres patetique, "I shall be much disappoint

ot recollect asked me very kindly after you yesterday, at the H[ouse] of C[ommons

ty the remainder of this Parliament. A dispute with the Fellows, as they tell me, arose in consequence of it, and this seized the poor man's brains. He was reckoned very passionate, but d'ailleurs a good kind of man. I knew his p

t know how many sheets which you had wrote to Lady Carlisle, giving an account of your travels. All the company almost were of Yorkshire, or of the North; L

d the M[arquis] of Kildare to be put up at the young club, at White's. If little Harry is come to town, he shall write to you; others should write to you if I could make them, but I am afraid

s she said, somewhere, but she could not recollect where. She thought you intended to meet Charles and their family at Spa the end of the summer; if so, I shall not despair of seei

ask your opinion about a friensh [French?] equipage. March's great room is gilding, and when finished he i

me to write to you next post. Lady Sarah says that if you are not satisfied about the St. Andrew, Hemmins is to blame, not he

of the summer to meet him at Spa. You do not return to Nice. I do not count mu

e (81); she hears that his lethargy increases, and thinks it probable her sister may lose both her husband and son in a very short time; that is a disagreeable perspective. They all desired to be remember

tician, he was for many years Paymaster of the F

e interior with objects of beauty or curiosity. In 1757 he set up his private printing press, where he brought out Gray's poems and other interesting English and French publications, beside his own productions, which culminated in "The Castle of Otranto," a departure in fiction beginning the modern romantic revival. In 1765 he visited Paris, where he went much into society, and when his celebrated friendship with Mme. du Deffand began. He helped to embitter Rousseau against Hume by the mock letter from F

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Duke of

Duke of Northumb

Steph

I have, par distraction, covered all over with ink. I came down here on Saturday with March to meet the Duke

Vernon's Polly, Mr. Stoneheir,(83) who came with the D[uke] of G[rafton], Sir Charles Bunbury and little Harry, and Mr. Richmond has been here also to lay out

ting to me since I left you, that there is not a week that I am absolutely without my hopes of hearing from you, although, when I left you, I should have been glad to have compounded for once a month; and I'm the more

ht, unless in the interim some violent opposition comes from the Bishops. Harry has had here with him a son of Lord Carysfort's(84) from

Almack since I wro

you justly call it, foolish, but very moderately so, and rather a winner, for which I'm not certainly less foolish. But my caution at present arises from being at the eve of an expense prob

f Sir M. Lamb's. I wish Morpeth(87) could have waited till you come of age. But I hope that in future times

ve heard. That affair has raised up many others, and a multitude of attorneys, who have been hawking about people's boroughs, hav

distance which seems determined to separate me from you. I am constantly regretting that which I gave up to old women and presidents. But il est de nos attachemens comme de la sante

of Leeds. In 1773 he married Amelia, daughter of Robert d'Arcy,

ton's private secretary. He was a friend

ated Baron Carysfort in 1752, and appointed

le and handsome men of his day, but he is now chiefly recollected as a book collector. The sale of hi

cs (1735-1806), seve

iamentary rep

ly upon Lady Sarah's account. I shall go this morning and condole with her upon it. . . . March is very pressing to know if I do him ju

to that point. I should be glad to have a view of Italy, but with you; and if you should take a trip here for a few days, pray don't insist on my being at that time in contemplation of the mazures de nos ancetres. The last letter which you

will not take place. There is not as much as I have sometimes lost of a night at Hazard between them bot

hat I wrote afterwards was much in haste, and from the impetuosity of my temper to make my acknowledgments to you. I was yesterday at Lady Carlisle's door, to enquire for Sir W(illiam), but he

eat; cela ne finit point. I saw Viri at Lady Hertford's at night; he was unacquainted with the particulars of the courier, &c., but only said that the King, his master, had assured him that he should i

h obliged to the D(uke) for his liberal and kind manner of treating with me. I have succeeded better, I find, in negotiating for myself, than when I employed another; but I have this time had to deal with a person who seemed willing to comply with anything which I could propose in reason, and has even gone beyond my proposals; and I have reason to flatter myself that his Majesty has not that reluctance to oblige me, which his grandfather had, and has certainly a much better opinion of me. Then, if this Election

and I went up into the rooms above, which are now gilding and repairing, and I communicated to her such parts of y

Sir Ch(arles) and Lady S(rah)dined at Mr. Blake's and left her there. I saw Lady S(rah)afterwards at the D(che)s

I think next, as the Judges will be then in the town (loucester) there can be no treating nor bustle; but as yet I know of no opponent. Sackville sticks close to . . . (sic). I wa

Georg

letter refers to he

60. The Duchess of Argyll, who married the second time the year following the death of the Duke of Hamilton, was generally known as the Duchess of Hamilton,

deration of the weather, etc.; when this comes safe, the rest shall follow directly, and then according to my cellar-book you will have had in all ten dozen, that is seven dozen and a half now and two dozen and a half before, of that particular wine, and about a dozen o

ave regulated the papers to-day, for upon enquiry at the house, I found two were sent you from

llings; fine doings. I had rather have heard Walters play upon his hump for nothing. I dined to-day at James's with Boothby, Harry St. John, March, and Panton. To-morrow Lord

possessed of Strawberry Hill. She devoted herself to sculpture; th

long to see you dans votre beau Chateau. But where is it that I do not wish to see you? If anything is published that is not a mere catch-penny, as it i

iting from White's, which I

what has passed there than you see in the papers. Harry pursues the Bladen, and March will be talked of for Lady Harriot till he does or does not mar

that which Wion (?) furnishes us with. I cannot help that, all things are good and great and small, &c., by comparison.

for ten dozen mor