wever, a
sense of common interest and common danger may rectify before the
day of trial. Your sister Williams, and Sir Watkin, were in town
both crying up the affection, humanity, filial piety, feeling, &c.,
of the Prince, and lamenting the little chance of the King's
recovery, &c. The Nevilles were to leave town last Sunday, and by
being in the neighbourhood of Windsor, can inform you, if they
choose it, of the real state of the late and present behaviour and
conduct of _some persons_ in that quarter who are so puffed by the
papers and by the Opposition. In the changes and chances of this
mortal life, our Barony of Braybroke appears to have been secured
at a lucky moment. I left Parry in town, and I set Rose and Steele
to coax him a little, for the old grievance sticks by him, and he
wants much persuasion to efface the memory of it. Sir Hugh is here,
and complains much of never having had one letter answered since
Pitt has been in power; notwithstanding which, I shall take him up
if the battle is to be fought before Christmas. I am afraid more
rats will run, on account of Pitt's inattention to these trifles,
than on any other account whatsoever; indeed I heard as much in
town. Rose and Steele may laugh at such details, but they are
necessary; and the constituent will not believe the member's
assiduity unless he sees a real or ostensible answer. I gave my
L100 to the Westminster election, in consequence of a letter from
Rose; I could ill spare it, but finding others were dosed in the
same manner, I gulped the grievance.

I am, my dear Lord's sincere friend,
B.

SIR WILLIAM YOUNG TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Stratton Street, Nov. 25th, 1788.
MY DEAR LORD,

However, at a crisis of such national concern as the present, my
mind is impressed with its importance, and would communicate to you
the vicissitudes and opinions thereon of each hour, as leading in
the minutest variation to new consequences, and of the first
moment; yet I confess myself at a loss how to arrange these
_parvula quidam ex queis magun exoriuntur_, and give them their due
weight, by stating the deductions thereon as they appear to me,
within any compass of letter.

As to the fact on which our fears and speculations are to build,
the change of mere words in st