Mr. Pitt's friends and party. I have often had thoughts of making my wishes known to Mr. Pitt, but have hitherto been deterred by the fear and awe of approaching so great a name. I have at length broke through my natural timidity, and have ventured in this manner to let the glorious minority know, they have many friends in secret.

My intention of intruding upon your time, is this. In my two parishes I can procure eight or nine votes; and in the neighbourhood I may venture to say I could procure twenty. I belong to a club of gentlemen, some of whom have votes, and all sincere partizans of Mr. Pitt. Our intention is to bring in at the election for the county some gentleman of your party; that is, the party of honour and virtue. If Mr. Wilkes returns to England by the time of the election, and if you would honour us so far as to send down that able statesman, I sincerely believe the county in general would elect him for his own and your sake. If it is incompatible with Mr. Wilkes's affairs to represent the

there was a single guinea left in the treasury.' Mr. Yorke seemed to be so much ashamed of his new patent, that he did not come to kiss hands for it on Friday; which you know was a crowded day at court. Great attention paid by every one, on that day, to the Duke of Bedford! It is thought, that the move, as to Ireland, is still in agitation. This, I believe, is all the news of the day. I need not tell you, I am not so situated as to have any other information, nor do I wish it. Last summer has convinced me that the books are the true things to abide by. My full intention is to follow your example, to leave off business, and always to remain, my dear Calcraft, yours most unalterably, WILLIAM GERARD HAMILTON."

county, I dare be bold to say, that the county will make choice of any one you will recommend.

I have some thoughts of writing a pamphlet, to exhort the people of England to repeal the union act. This book I should be extremely glad of dedicating to lord chief justice Pratt; or, if I could have your permission of dedicating it to yourself, I should think myself superlatively happy. In this little pamphlet I have traced the union from the time that Edward the First conquered Scotland, and shall point out, honesto calamo, all the miseries and disgraces England has suffered, since she has been united to that barren province. I have nothing more to add, but to ask your pardon for this great freedom. I am, honourable Sir,

Your most obedient most humble servant,
PAUL SHENTON.

MR. PITT TO THE REV. PAUL SHENTON.

[From a draught in Lady Chatham's handwriting.]

Hayes, December 8, 1764.

SIR, HAVING received a letter signed with the name to which I direct this, I cannot defer a moment expressing my astonishment and concern, that one of your rank, a clergyman, could so misconceive of me, as to imagine that I countenanced libels, because I disapproved part of the methods of pro

ceeding relating to them. Let me undeceive you, Sir, by telling you, that no well-wisher of mine, which you are so good as to say you are, can have led you into this error. I have ever abhorred such odious and dangerous writings; and in the late unhappy instance of the North Briton, no man concurred more heartily than I did, in condemning and branding so licentious and criminal a paper.

Next, as to a pamphlet, which you say you have thoughts of writing, to exhort the people of England to repeal the act of union, and which you wish to dedicate to me, or to the great magistrate you mention ; — know, Sir, that I revere the union, as the main foundation of the strength and security of this island; that it was the great object of our immortal deliverer, King William; that France may wish to dissolve it, but that all good Englishmen will ever maintain it inviolate.

You will, I doubt not, accept, in good part, this free, but not un-useful admonition to misguided zeal; and if you really favour me with your good wishes, you will be glad to understand me aright. Be assured then, Sir, that I disdain and detest faction, as sincerely as I reverence and love the laws, rights, privileges, and honour of my country. I am, Sir,

Your obedient humble servant,
WILLIAM PITT.

P.S.-This letter to you may serve for all who, like you, are so widely mistaken concerning me.

LORD LYTTELTON TO MR. PITT.

DEAR SIR,

Curzon Street, Sunday night,
January, 1765.

THE News Lord Temple brought me to-day from Hayes would have carried me thither to-morrow, if I had not been afraid that too much company would be troublesome to you, in your present state of health. I therefore take this way of assuring you of my joy on so happy an event. Fortune comes to you in the only manner in which you would give her a hearty welcome: she is brought by Virtue, and attended by Honour.

I most heartily congratulate Lady Chatham, Miss Pitt, and your young family, on the agreeable method Sir William Pynsent(') has found of express

(1) Sir William Pynsent, a gentleman of ancient family in Somersetshire, who died on the 12th of January, bequeathed to Mr. Pitt an estate, of nearly three thousand a year. In a letter to Lord Hertford, of the 20th, Horace Walpole says, Our important day, on the general warrants, is put off for a week, in compliment to Mr. Pitt's gout. Can it resist such attention ? You have heard, to be sure, of the great fortune that is bequeathed to him by a Sir William Pynsent, an old man of nearly ninety, who quitted the world on the peace of Utrecht, and, luckily for Mr. Pitt, lived to be as angry with its pendant, the treaty of Paris. I did not send you the first report, which mounted it to an enormous sum. I think the medium amount is two thousand a year, and thirty thousand pounds in money. This Sir William Pynsent-whose fame, like an aloe, did not blow till near a hundred was a singularity."

ing the sense of the public, and—what is at this time the best act of patriotism-helping to pay the public debt.

I am ever, with great truth, Dear Sir,

Your most affectionate humble servant,

LYTTELTON.

M. DE FE'RONCE TO MR. PITT.

MONSIEUR,

Brunswic, ce 1 Février, 1765.

MES sentimens d'attachement et d'admiration pour vous ne me permettent point de me taire, lorsqu'il s'agit d'un évènement qui peut vous être agréable. La démarche noble et généreuse d'un de vos concitoyens à votre égard, a causé la sensation la plus satisfaisante à tous ceux qui ont le bonheur de vous connoître. Ce trait étoit réservé à cette nation respectable, qui, sous votre ministère, est parvenue au comble de la gloire.

Son altesse royale, la Princesse héréditaire, m'a donné ordre de vous faire parvenir les assurances de son estime la plus distinguée, et ses félicitations les plus sincères. Monseigneur le Prince héréditaire se fait une gloire de penser à votre sujet, comme son auguste épouse. Cette union est des plus heureuses, et met le comble à ma joie. Je connois trop votre façon de penser, pour n'être pas persuadé, que vous y prenez vivement part.