218. To the same, May 28.-Scotch thistles. French politics. Resignation of Necker. Proposals for a pacification with America. Charles Fox and the Marriage-bill. Folly of retiring from the world—277
219. To the same, June 3. 'Projected French attack on Jersey. Siege of Gibraltar. "The Young William Pitt's" first display. Mr. Bankes. Theatricals. Consequences of lord Cornwallis's victories—279
220. To the Earl of Strafford, June 13.-Visit from Mr. Storer— 281
221. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, June 16.-Sir Richard Worsley's History of the Isle of wight. Nichols's Life of Hogarth. "AEdes Strawberrianae." Miseries of having a house worth being seen— 282
222. To the Earl of Charlemont, July 1.-On Mr. Preston's poems- -[N.] 284
223. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, July 7.-Orthodoxy and heterodoxy— 284
224. To the same, July 26—286
225. To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 31.-Difficulty of sending an entertaining letter. Mason's English Garden. Marriage of Lord Althorp—286
226. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 16.-Their long and uninterrupted friend- ship. Madame du Deffand's papers. Henley bridge—287
227. To John Nichols, Esq. Oct. 31.-Criticisms on his Life of Hogarth—288