very feeling, decent, and proper.
The Prince has taken the command at Windsor, in consequence of
which there is _no command whatsoever_; and it was not till
yesterday that orders were given to two grooms of the bedchamber
to wait for the future and receive the inquiries of the numbers
who inquire; nor would this have been done, if Pitt and Lord
Sydney had not come down in person to beg that such orders might
be given. Unless it was done yesterday, no orders have been
given for prayers in the churches, nor for the observance of
other forms, such as stopping the playhouses, &c., highly proper
at such a juncture. What the consequences of this heavy
misfortune will be to Government, you are more likely to know
than I am; but I cannot help thinking that the Prince will find
a greater difficulty in making a sweep of the present Ministry,
in his quality of Fiduciary Regent, than in that of King. The
Stocks are already fallen 2 per cent, and the alarms of the
people of London are very little flattering to the Prince. I am
told messenger after messenger has been sent for Fox, who is
touring with Mrs. Armstead on the continent; but I have not
heard whether the Prince has sent for him, or given any orders
to Fox's friends to that effect. The system of favouritism is
much changed since Lord Bute's and the Princess-Dowager's time,
for Jack Payne, Master Leigh, an Eton schoolboy, and Master
Barry, brother to Lord Barrymore, and Mrs. Fitz, form the
Cabinet at Carlton House.

I am, my dear Lord,
Sincerely yours,
B.

MR. W. W. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Whitehall, Nov. 11th, 1788.

My dear Brother,

The account of to-day is in every particular exactly the same
with that of yesterday. The disorder in the brain is increased.
The Cabinet is to meet on Thursday, to receive the report of the
physicians; a Privy Council will be called for Monday or
Tuesday.

Parliament must meet on Thursday sevennight, to which day it now
stands prorogued; and it will then, I imagine, adjourn itself. I
wait with impatience to hear from you. I am called off, and
prevented from writing any more.

Ever yours,
W. W. G.

MR. NEVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Windsor Castle,

Wednesday, Nov. 11th, Four o'clock, 1788.

The King had more sleep last