| { | Lord S[helburne]. | |||
| { | W. Pitt, Chancellor [of the Exchequer]. | |||
| Treasury | { | James Grenville. | ||
| { | Richard Jackson. | |||
| { | Ed. Eliot, Junior, of Port Eliot. | |||
| { | Aubrey Duncannon | } | Lord Keppel has | |
| Admiralty | { | vice | } | not yet resign'd |
| { | Pratt Jack Townshend | } | ||
| Secretaries of | { | Lord Grantham. | ||
| State | { | T. Townshend. | ||
| ——of War. | Sir George Young. | |||
| Treasurer of Navy. | Barré remain. | |||
| Paymaster. | Perhaps Advocate. | |||
| Ireland. | Lord Temple. |
Yesterday was a rare day.
Vera Cop,
E. G.
443.
To Lord Sheffield.
July 23rd, 1782.
The papers say you are at Coxheath. Write. Bad news from India; I am afraid that we have lost a ship and that Hyder has won a battle.[21] None, therefore good, from Lord Howe since every day fortifies him.[22] Within this last fortnight prodigious exertions by the Admiralty, till then they were fast asleep. The Advocate arrived last night, but has not yet accepted. To-morrow I visit Eden at his farm near Bromley. If you and my Lady could give me a meeting in a house, I would run down even for three or four days: but I do not admire canvass. Adieu.
E. G.
Aunt Hester seems to want some intelligence.