assistance which I have understood from
you he is well qualified and well disposed to give; I dare say,
therefore, that you will advise and recommend to me, to make this
proposal to him; and yet, till I have again seen Lord Grenville, to
know upon what footing of expense this stands, I do not know what I
can afford to offer to him, nor how far the situation of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary will, in point of pay,
furnish what Mr. Fisher ought to have; I will write again as soon
as I am better informed, for I apprehend that there will not be
much time to lose.

I think with you, that Tone's business has been awkwardly bothered.
I met Lord G. and Mr. P. this morning in the park; and was glad to
show them your letter, to give them the information, with your own
comments upon this strange jumble so unnecessarily produced. Do not
make any proposal to Fisher till you hear again from me. Can he
cypher? Does he understand German, &c.? I suppose, by your
recommending him, he does. My chief doubt is the insufficiency of
pay, and the impossibility of holding out future expectation
whatever. My route will probably be Berlin in about a fortnight;
but nothing can be more uncertain than my stay.

God bless you, dearest brother.

MR. T. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Charles Street, November 19th, 1798.
MY DEAREST BROTHER,

I have been anxious, as you will naturally suppose, to lose no time
in making such arrangements as may in any shape assist a situation
so little to my taste, and so repeatedly refused by me, till it was
put in such a shape of duty, as neither my opinions nor yours could
allow me to put by. I have therefore pressed for information on the
subject of Mr. Fisher, and wish to take the earliest opportunity of
stating to you how that matter stands. My mission will be a special
mission to Berlin and Vienna, and William is desirous of putting it
upon the footing and establishment of Ambassador in Ordinary,
though with the rank only of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary, and with that of Privy Councillor; for I
understood that this last high honour will facilitate the means of
increasing the establishment of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to that of Ambassador in Ordinary. If this me