or; for I am thrown quite wide. Your old
preamble they will not adopt except compelled to it. What their
objection is I cannot find; but most likely it is the dear
delight of alteration that operates upon them. If you think that
nothing short of saying "They have now the right" will do, for
God's sake say so explicitly in a despatch. I have never quite
lost my patience in this cursed business till this moment, and I
confess now I cannot quite preserve it. After having carried the
great point against their will and inclination, we shall now be
ruined by their delay and their damned country-houses.

If you don't like any of these forms I send you, and yet will
not _propose_ any other, for God's sake send one over to me that
_I_ may propose it, or bring their's as near as possible to it.
Pray return your messenger as soon as you can, for this
disappointment and anxiety works me more than I can express to
you. Adieu.

Believe me, my dearest brother,
Most affectionately yours,
W. W. G.

You will observe that these cursed delays have driven us so near
the mark, that it will be impossible for me to hear from you
again before the 21st. You will, therefore, send me your full
determination on every point, and in every case that you can
foresee. Nobody can feel more than I do the painful necessity of
being obliged to act upon my own judgment upon the general
contents of your letters, instead of acting up to any specific
idea. What increases my difficulty is the whole matter having
arisen since I left Ireland, and my consequent ignorance of the
language of individuals on every other part of the subject,
except the preamble you sent over, to which they were pledged.
Would to God that they would adhere to that!

Ever yours,
W. W. G.

Pray return Lord Camden's preamble.

MR. W. W. GRENVILLE TO LORD TEMPLE.

Pall Mall, Jan. 19th, 1783.

My dear Brother,

I received last night your letters of the 15th, and this morning
went to Townshend with them. We proceeded together to the
Premier's, who expressed great dissatisfaction at the contents
of your despatch. We had a good deal of conversation about it,
which ended in Townshend's proposing that _he_ should on Tuesday
move for leave to bring in the Bill, and that in the meantime
your opinion might be taken