about the Mastership of the Horse. From
a variety of causes I think it is correct; but I believe, at the
same time, that a powerful interest is making abroad to lead him to
encourage a wife. How far this will be successful must be seen; the
attack of the gout is against it.

Ever, my dear Lord, most truly yours,

W. H. F.

RIGHT HON. THOMAS GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Cleveland Square, Oct. 26, 1821.

MY DEAR LORD B----,

My brother came up to town for a day of Exchequer business. He told
me that he sees (by a letter of invitation to belong to a new club)
that T---- is one of the committee.

I have also received a similar letter of invitation, but neither of
us has sent an answer. In conversing together yesterday upon this
subject, it occurred to us that if you and your son took some lead
in the forming such a new club, and endeavoured to get your friends
to belong to it, it might be made, perhaps, a source of some
advantage as well as convenience to you. It would not be at all
necessary that any exclusive rule should be adopted in the election
of the new members; all that would be desirable would be that the
leading persons in it should not be those of Brooks's or of
White's, and that it should be seen as a sort of neutral ground, in
which the violent party leaders on both sides would not be found to
predominate. If Lewis and Plunket, and Charles Williams and
Fremantle, and some others, would belong to it; and if you and
T----, upon consideration, should think the thing practicable and
desirable, and would set about it in earnest, perhaps such a shape
might be given to it as would appear to you to be worth your while
to pursue. At all events, I thought it best to make the suggestion
to you. I am too old to go much to clubs, and belong now only to
the Literary Club; but if T---- and you think there is any
advantage in having my name as belonging to it, pray tell T----
that he is authorised, if he wishes it, to give in my name as a
subscriber. Lord G---- told me he would write to you to offer his
name likewise, if it strikes you that the object I allude to is
worth pursuing, and if our names are likely to be of any use to you
for the purposes above mentioned. Town is thin; few people, and
less news; but an increasing report among Sidmouth's friends