he Duke of Richmond, of having the honour of some
more discourse upon the subject matter of your Grace's letter,
and that it will not impede your Grace's intentions of some
conversation in the House, on the loss of a great army.

I have the honour to be, with great regard,

Your Grace's most obedient and most humble servant,

Rockingham.

Grosvenor Square,
Wednesday, P.M. near Five o'clock,
Jan. 30th, 1782.

THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM TO THE DUKE DE CHANDOS.

My Lord,

Having not gone to dinner till rather late, and my company
having staid with me till just now, I have not been able to
return an answer to your Grace's very obliging letter as soon as
I otherwise should have done. It also prevented my being able to
profit of the honour you proposed to me of calling here this
evening.

I will call at the Duke of Richmond's before two o'clock
to-morrow, and I hope that his Grace and I shall have the honour
of meeting your Grace at the House of Lords, between two and
three o'clock; I should imagine, any time before three o'clock
will afford us time for the honour of some conversation
together.

I have the honour to be, with great regard,

Your Grace's most obedient and most humble servant,

Rockingham.

Grosvenor Square.
Wednesday night, past Nine o'clock,
Jan. 30th. 1782

THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM TO LORD TEMPLE.

My dear Lord,

I felt myself much honoured by the very kind intimation which
you sent to me by Mr. T. Grenville, that your Lordship would not
be unwilling to come to town, to attend in the House of Lords,
in case any matter was likely to come on, which might appear to
me to be of importance in the present miserable state of the
affairs of this country.

I should have wrote to your Lordship to have apprized you of the
motions intended by the Duke of Richmond on the subject of the
execution of Colonel Harris in Charlestown in North America, and
of the proclamation which had in consequence been issued by
General Green. I was very doubtful in regard to the _probable
day_ on which the business might come to be discussed.

On the Duke of Richmond's first mentioning the subject, it came
out that the Ministers at last acknowledged that they had no
official information; but as a vessel had arrived from New York,