May 29, King Charles’s day.
Two words more, Monsieur, for Dr. ——, and a letter for Messrs. Coutts, which be good enough to forward. According to the report of a Greek captain, it appears that a cousin of mine, my lord N***** after having stopped a day or two at Cyprus, is gone to the Carimanian coast, with the intention of coming here afterwards. I hope he will not come to disturb me in all I have got to say to you. He is brother of the D—— of B——, that man who always thwarts me in all my concerns, in the hope of making me quit this country by compulsion. The father of this D—— of B—— spent for the Bourbons, all the time they were in England, £25,000 a-year.
Logmagi has brought me the 6,000 piasters, which you have had the goodness to advance me. We will settle all that on your arrival here. In the mean time, monsieur, accept a thousand thanks, and the assurance of my friendship.
H. L. Stanhope.
The same to the same.
[No date, but supposed to be June, 1836.]
Monsieur,
I am disposed always to put full confidence in you: here is Coutts’s account, such as it is. The letter says nothing—only that so much money has been paid in by such a one, probably an agent of my brother’s son; but of that I am not sure. Send me back the account when you have any one coming here. No doubt I owe the payment of this sum to Lord Hardwicke, who does not write until he has finished it all. He is a man who has rendered me a thousand services, without ever having made them known to me: but chance has brought them to my knowledge. Wait—have a little patience: God is great, and I have right on my side.
Tell me if there are any opportunities for Leghorn or France: I wish to write to the Doctor.