THE Editors desire to express their deep sense of the great obligations they are under to John Hales Calcraft, Esq. M. P., for his kindness in enabling them to publish a series of letters addressed to his grandfather, by the Earl of Chatham, and by the Right Honourable William Gerard Hamilton. The intimate friendship which, for many years, subsisted between the Earl of Chatham and Mr. Calcraft, and which continued uninterrupted until the death of that gentleman, in 1772, gives an increased interest to their correspondence; and the letters of Mr. Gerard Hamilton being, in some measure, records of proceedings in Parliament, during a period when all reporting was strictly prohibited, it is believed that the celebrity of the writer, and the substance of the letters, will render them valuable additions to the political history of a period which the Editors most anxiously desire to illustrate. December, 1838. CONTENTS Mr. Pitt to Lady Hester Pitt, December 1. Congratulations on Mr. George Grenville's child. Review of the militia by the King William Beckford, Esq., to Mr. Pitt, January 7.- Returns thanks Andrew Mitchell, Esq. (ambassador at the court of the King of Prussia) to Mr. Pitt, January 15. — Congratulations on the successes of the British arms. Solicits to be appointed a pleni- potentiary in case of a congress to treat of peace. [Lord Bar- rington's picture of the state of affairs at the opening of the new Lord George Beauclerck to Mr. Pitt, Jan. 29. — Asks his opinion 19 Mr. Pitt to Lord George Beauclerck, in reply, February 20. The Earl of Bristol (ambassador at the court of Madrid) to Mr. The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, March 1. Details proceed- ings of the privy council relating to Lord George Sackville's The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, March 13.- Enclosing minute - - Details his services, and Stanier Porten, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, April 28. — Picture of the court Major Barré to Mr. Pitt, April 28. solicits promotion in the army Andrew Mitchell, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, May 22.- Enclosing copy of - - Page 20 Mr. Pitt to Lady Hester Pitt, June. - Felicitations on the raising The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, June 3. The new Spanish Mr. Pitt to Andrew Mitchell, Esq., September 9. successes of the King of Prussia. His volume of Poetry The Archbishop of Armagh to Mr. Pitt, September 11.-Earnestly Mr. Pitt to the Archbishop of Armagh, September. — States his 64 |