the
letters I sent to Lord Carlisle; and certainly are so with respect
to the quotation in your letter to me, which, therefore, I cannot
permit any person whatever to charge with falsity.

It is difficult for me to leave this place abruptly (domestic
considerations require a little management); but I will be in
London in the course of a few days, where I trust I may rely upon
your remaining for the present.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient and very humble servant,
WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM.

Rt. Hon. John Beresford.

In consequence of this letter Mr. Beresford sent his friend Mr.
Montgomery to Lord Fitzwilliam, who refused to enter into any
explanation. The usual arrangements were then made for a hostile
meeting, Lord Townshend acting as the second of Mr. Beresford, and Lord
Moira attending Lord Fitzwilliam. When the parties met upon the ground,
however, at Kensington, the duel was prevented by the interference of a
peace officer.

The correspondence of Lord Grenville with Lord Buckingham appears to
have been suspended during the greater part of the year, but it was
resumed towards its close. By this time the allies were gradually
retrieving their losses.

LORD GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Pall Mall, Nov. 12th, 1795.
MY DEAREST BROTHER,

You will receive by this post the "Gazette," with the account of
the late successes of the Austrians. These accounts came in
yesterday at so many detached periods, and that circumstance, with
others, occupied every moment so completely, as to make it really
impossible for me to send you any detail of them by the post. I
enclose for your better understanding the "Gazette," a Prussian map
of the siege of Mentz, when the French occupied it. The position of
the French in this business has been very nearly the same with that
of the allies, as marked in this plan.

Craufurd's account of the successes is certainly understated, but
particularly in what relates to the loss of the French; because,
besides the killed and wounded--the number of which all the private
accounts state to have been exceedingly great (as it must be in
that precipitate retreat)--the enemy have lost very great numbers
by desertion.

No doubt is entertained of our having Manheim very soon. I am not
sanguine enough to hope that Picheg