RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1840.

Br 2123,519

1865, July 13. Pickman Bequest.

LONDON:

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

[The Letters now first collected are marked N.]

1744.

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To Sir Horace Mann, November 9.- Lord Middleton's wedding.

The Pomfrets. Lady Granville's At Home. Old Marlbo-

rough's will. Glover's "Leonidas"

To the same, Nov. 26. History of Lord Granville's resignation.

Voilà le monde! Decline of his father's health. Outcry against

pantomimes. Drury Lane uproar. Bear-garden bruisers. Wal-

pole turned popular orator

To the same, Dec. 24. - - Conduct of the King. Prostitution of

patriots. List of ministerial changes. Mr. Pitt declines office.

Opposition selling themselves for profit. The Pretender's son

owned in France

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To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 4.-Complains of dearth of news.

ink at low-water mark. Lord Sandwich's first-rate tie-wig.

Lady Granville's assemblies. Marshal Belleisle a prisoner at

Hanover

To the same, Jan. 14.-M. de Magnan's history.

Prince Lobko-

witz. Doings of the Granville faction. Anecdote of Lord Bal-

timore. Illness of Lord Orford. Mrs. Stephens's remedy. Sir

Thomas Hanmer's "Shakspeare." Absurd alteration therein

To the same, Feb. 1.-Vanity of politics. Lord Granville charac-

terized. Progress of the coalition

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To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 28.-Alarming illness of Lord Orford.
Success of the coalition. Situation of the Pelhams. Masquerade
at the Venetian ambassadress's. Lady Townshend's ball. Mar-
shal Belleisle at Nottingham. Matrimonials on the tapis
To the same, March 29. - Death of Lord Orford. Inquiry into
the miscarriage of the fleet in the action off Toulon. Matthews
and Lestock. Instability of the ministry. Thomson's Tancred
and Sigismunda. Glover's "Leonidas." "The Seasons." Aken-
side's Odes. Quarrel between the Duchesses of Queensberry
and Richmond. Rage for conundrums

To the same, April 15.-Reflections on his father's death. Com-
pliments paid to his memory. Mediterranean miscarriages
To the same, April 29. — Disadvantages of a distant correspond-
ence. Death of Mr. Francis Chute, and of poor Patapan.
Prospect of a battle in Flanders. Marshal Saxe

To the same, May 11.-Battle of Fontenoy. Bravery of the Duke
of Cumberland. Song, written after the news of the battle,
by the Prince of Wales

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To George Montagu, Esq. May 18. Condolence on the death of
Mr. Montagu's brother at Fontenoy

To Sir Horace Mann, May 24.-Popularity of the Duke of Cum-
berland. Lady Walpole. Story of Lord Bath's parsimony
To George Montagu, Esq. May 25.- Account of the family at
Englefield Green. Sir Edward Walpole. Dr. Styan Thirlby
To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 27.-Despairs of seeing his friend
a perfect hero. The Why.

To Sir Horace Mann.-Recommendatory of Mr. Hobart, after-
wards Lord Buckinghamshire

To the same, June 24.-Expected arrival from Italy of Lady
Orford. Surrender of the citadel of Tournai. Defeat of
Charles of Lorrain. Revolution in the Prince of Wales's court.
Miss Neville. Lady Abergavenny

To George Montagu, Esq. June 25.- Mistley, the seat of Mr.
Rigby, described. Fashionable At Homes. Lady Brown's Sun-
day parties. Lady Archibald Hamilton. Miss Granville.
Jemmy Lumley's assembly

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To the Hon. H. S. Conway, July 1. Tournai and Fontenoy.
Gaming act

To Sir Horace Mann, July 5.—Seizure of Ghent and Bruges by

the French

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