The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford

session. League of the Tories with the Prince's party. Bon-
mots of Mr. Chute. The Opera. Pertici. Lord Marchmont
and Hume Campbell. Treason at Oxford.

To Sir Horace Mann, Dec. 11.-Imprisonment of the young Pre-
tender at Vincennes. Death of the Proud Duke of Somerset ;
his will. Bon-mot of John Stanhope. Hogarth at Calais

To the same, Dec. 26.—Improvements at Strawberry Hill. Diplo-

matic movements. Old Somerset's will. Trial of the Vice-

Chancellor of Oxford. Story of Sir William Burdett .

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To Sir Horace Mann, March 4.-

Proceedings in Parliament.

Formidable minority headed by the Prince. Character of Lord

Egmont. Innovations in the Mutiny bill. New Navy bill

To the same, March 23. Debates on the Military bills. Jar at

Leicester House. King Theodore of Corsica. The two black

Princes of Anamaboe. Spread of Methodism.

brother Ned's envy

Stories of his

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To the same, May 3.-Rejoicings for the peace. Jubilee masque-
rade. Fireworks. English credulity. Subscription masque-
rade. Projected chastisement of Oxford. Union between the
Prince's party and the Jacobites. Disgrace of Maurepas. Epi-
gram on Lord Egmont's opposition to the Mutiny bill. Bon-
mot of Wall; and of Lady Townshend. Increase of Method-
ism, drinking, and gaming

To the same, May 11.-The Duke of Richmond's fireworks in
celebration of the peace. Second jubilee masquerade. Miss
Chudleigh. Lady Rochford. Death of Miss Jenny Conway.
Publication of Lord Bolingbroke's letters. Anecdotes of Pope
and Bolingbroke

To George Montagu, Esq. May 18.-The Duke of Richmond's

fire-works. The Violette and Garrick. Story of the Duchess

of Queensberry. Mary Queen of Scots. Dignity of human na-

ture. Anecdote of Fielding. West's "Pindar.” Story of Charles

Townshend

To Sir Horace Mann, June 4.-Anecdotes of Pope, Bolingbroke,
and Atterbury

To the same, June 25.-Cambridge installation. Installation of
six Knights of the Bath. Garrick's marriage to the Violette.
Lord Mountford's cricket-matches

To George Montagu, Esq. July 5.-Improvements at Mistley.

Visit to the Prince of Wales. Anecdote of Lady Anson. Epi-

To George Montagu, July 20.-Excursion. Layer Marney. Mess-

ing. Witham parsonage. Death of the Duke of Montagu. His

will .

To Sir Horace Mann, July 24.-Death of the Duke of Montagu.

Principles of the Methodists

To the same, Aug. 17.-Fire at Kensington Palace

To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 20.—Expedition to Arundel Castle.

Petworth. Cowdry

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To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 12.—Madame de Mirepoix. Madame

Sevigne's "Letters"

To John Chute, Esq. Sept. 22.

To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 28.-Church at Cheneys. Tombs

of the Bedfords. Latimers. Stoke church.

To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 27.-Dodington first minister at Carl-

ton House. Lady Yarmouth

To the same, Nov. 17.-Robbery of Walpole in Hyde Park. Riots

at the new French theatre

To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 10.-Montesquieu's "Esprit des Loix."

Hainault's "Abrégé de l'Histoire de France." Westminster

election. Death of Lord Pembroke. His character. Death of

Lord Crawford. Story of General Wade. Sir John Barnard's

scheme for the reduction of interest

To the same, Jan. 31. - - Numerous robberies.

mutiny-bill. Hurricane in the East Indies.

Chevalier Lorenzi

Secession on the

Bon-mot of the

To the same, Feb. 25. Ministerial quarrels. Dispute of prece-

dence. Bon-mot of a chair-maker. Westminster election. Ex-

traordinary wager. Death of the Duke of Somerset. Madame

Munchausen. Horrors of the slave-trade. Montesquieu's "Es-

prit des Loix." Grecian architecture

To the same, March 11.

Story of Marie Mignot

To the same, April 2.

The earthquakes. Middlesex election.

Death of Lady Bolingbroke. Death of Lord Dalkeith. Mr.

Mann's pedigree. Epigram on Lady Caroline Petersham, and

on Lady Bingley. Madame du Boccage

To George Montagu, Esq. May 15.-Westminster election

To Sir Horace Mann, May 19.— Absurdities committed after the

earthquake. Westminster election. Commotions in Dublin.

To George Montagu, Esq. June 23. — Character of Mr. Bentley.

Account of a party of pleasure at Vauxhall .

337

Marriage of the Miss Gunnings to Lord Coventry and the

Duke of Hamilton

To Sir Horace Mann, March 23.-Sir Horace Mann's portrait.
The Duke of Argyle's job. The Duchess of Hamilton at court.
Miss Jefferies and Miss Blandy. Frequency of executions
To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 5.- On Mr. Conway's infant
daughter [N.]

To George Montagu, Esq. May 12.-Irish politics. Mother Mid-
night's Oratory. Captain Hotham's bon-mot

To Sir Horace Mann, May 13.

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To George Montagu, Esq. June 6.-Capture of a housebreaker at
Strawberry Hill. Gray's Odes. Story of Lord Bury

To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 23.

Profli-

427

Story of Mr. Seymour and

Lady Di. Egerton. Distress and poverty of France.
gacy of the French Court. Births and marriages

To George Montagu, Esq. July 20.-Alarm at the visit of a King's

messenger. The "Mémoires"

To Sir Horace Mann, July 27.- Fire at Lincoln's-inn. Princess
Emily and Richmond Park. Discussions concerning the tutor-
hood of the Prince of Wales. Portraits of Crébillon and Mari-
vaux, by Liotard

To Richard Bentley, Esq. Aug. 5.-Excursion to Kent and Sussex.

Bishop's palace, Rochester. Knowle. Tunbridge. Summer

Hill. Bayham Abbey. Hurst Monceaux. Battle Abbey. Sil-

ver Hill. Penshurst. Mereworth. Sissinghurst. Bocton Mal-

herbe. Leeds Castle

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To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 28. Adventure at Mrs. Bosca-

wen's. Privilege of Parliament. Standing Army. Gray's Odes 446

To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 28.-Projected trip to Florence.

dame de Brionne. Lady Coventry at Paris. Duke Hamilton

and his Duchess. Anecdotes. Parisian indecorums.

Pompadour's husband. Trait of Louis the Fifteenth.

on the quarrel of the Pretender and his second son.

pictures

To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 3.-Lord Harcourt's removal from
the Governorship of the Prince of Wales. Bon-mot of George
Selwyn

To Sir Horace Mann, Dec. 11.-Education of the Prince of Wales.
Resignation of Lord Harcourt and the Bishop of Norwich. The
Bishop of Gloucester the new preceptor, and Lord Waldegrave
the new governor