THE

LETTERS

OF

HORACE WALPOLE,

EARL OF ORFORD:

INCLUDING

NUMEROUS LETTERS NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS.

TENOX LIBRARY

NEW YORK

C. SHERMAN & Co. PRINTERS,

19 ST. JAMES STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

[Those Letters now first collected are marked N.]

1749.

To Sir Horace Mann, March 4.-Proceedings in Parliament. Formidable
minority headed by the Prince. Character of Lord Eginont. Innovations
in the Mutiny Bill. New Navy Bill

To the same, March 23.-Debates on the Military Bills. Jar at Leicester
House. King Theodore of Corsica. The two black Princes of Anamaboe.
Spread of Methodism. Stories of his brother Ned's envy

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To the same, May 3.-Rejoicings for the peace. Jubilee masquerade. Fire-
works. English credulity. Subscription masquerade. Projected chastise-
ment of Oxford. Union between the Prince's party and the Jacobites.
Disgrace of Maurepas. Epigram on Lord Egmont's opposition to the
Mutiny Bill. Bon-mot by Wall; and of Lady Townshend. Increase of
Methodism, drinking, and gaming

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To the same, May 17.-The Duke of Richmond's fireworks in celebration of
the peace. Second jubilee masquerade. Miss Chudleigh. Lady Rochford.
Death of Miss Jenny Conway. Publication of Lord Bolingbroke's letters.
Anecdotes of Pope and Bolingbroke

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To George Montagu, Esq. May 18.-The Duke of Richmond's fireworks.
The Violette and Garrick. Story of the Duchess of Queensberry. Mary
Queen of Scots. Dignity of human nature. Anecdote of Fielding.
West's Pindar. Story of Charles Townshend

To Sir Horace Mann, June 4.-Stories of Pope, Bolingbroke, and Atterbury
To the same, June 25.-Cambridge installation. Installation of six Knights
of the Bath. Garrick's marriage to the Violette. Lord Mountford's cricket-
matches
To George Montagu, Esq. July 5.-Improvements at Mistley. Visit to the
Prince of Wales. Anecdote of Lady Anson. Epigram

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To the same, July 20.-Excursions. Layer Marney. Messing. Witham
Death of the Duke of Montagu. His will
parsonage.

To Sir Horace Mann, July 24.-Death of the Duke of Montagu. Principles

of the Methodists

To the same, Aug. 17.-Fire at Kensington Palace

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To George Montagu, Esq. Aug. 26.-Expedition to Arundel Castle. Petworth.

Cowdry

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To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 28.-Church at Cheneys. Tombs of the

Bedfords. Latimers. Stoke Church

To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 12.-Madame de Mirepoix. Madame Sévigné's
Letters

To John Chute, Esq. Sept. 22

To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 27-Dodington first minister at Carlton House.

Lady Yarmouth

To the same, Nov. 17.-Robbery of Walpole in Hyde Park. Riots at the

new French theatre

1750.

To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 10.-Montesquieu's Esprit des Loix. Hainault's

Abrégé de l'Histoire de France. Westminster election. Death of Lord

Pembroke. His character. Death of Lord Crawford. Story of General

Wade. Sir John Barnard's scheme for the reduction of interest

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To the same Jan. 31.-Numerous robberies. Secession on the mutiny-bill.

Hurricane in the East Indies. Bon-mot of the Chevalier Lorenzi

To the same, Feb. 25.-Ministerial quarrels. Dispute of precedence. Bon-

mot of a chair-maker. Westminster election. Extraordinary wager. Death

of the Duke of Somerset. Madame Munchausen. Horrors of the slave-

trade. Montesquieu's Esprit des Loix. Grecian architecture

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To the same, March 11.-The earthquakes. Middlesex election. Story of

Marie Mignot

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To the same, April 2.-Terror occasioned by the earthquake. Death of Lady

Bolingbroke. Death of Lady Dalkeith. Mr. Mason's pedigree. Epigram

on Lady Caroline Petersham, and the Lady Bingley. Madame du Boccage 60

To George Montagu, Esq. May 15.-Westminster election

To Sir Horace Mann, May 19.-Absurdities committed after the earthquake.

Westminster election. Commotion in Dublin. Bower's History of the Popes 66

To George Montagu, Esq. June 23.-Character of Mr. Bentley. Account of
a party of pleasure at Vauxhall

To Sir Horace Mann, July 25.-The Houghton lantern. King Theodore of
Corsica in prison for debt. Mr. Ashton. Dr. Mead

To the same, Aug. 2.-Tuscan villas. Improvement in the seats about London.
Consequences of the excessive heat of the weather. Death of Dr. Middle-
ton, and of Tacitus Gordon. Account of M'Lean, the fashionable high-
wayman

To the same, Sept. 1.-Pedigrees. Young Craggs's epitaph. Story of old
Craggs. George Selwyn's passion for coffins and executions. Death of the
Duke of Richmond. Lord Granby's marriage. Hanoverian duel. Singular

bet at White's

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To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 10.-Death of General Handasyde, and of
Sir Gerard Vanneck. Riches conducive to happiness
To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 20.-Dr. Mead. Sermon against Dr. Middleton.
Ecclesiastical absurdity. Project for publishing an edition of the Bible
without pointings or stops. Sir Charles William's letters. Frequency
of robberies. Visit to Spence

To the same, Oct. 18.-Treaty of commerce with Spain. M'Lean's condem-
nation and execution. Rage for visiting him in Newgate

To the same, Nov. 19.-Shattered state of the ministry. State of parties

To the same, Dec. 19.-Interministerium. Droll cause in Westminster Hall.

The Duke of Cumberland and Edward Bright. Sir Ralph Gore. Bon-mots

of Quin

To the same, Dec. 22.—Miss Chudleigh. Fontenelle. Reply of Lord Cornbury.
Old Cibber's soliciting the laureateship for Harry Jones. A very odd new
story. Ashton's ingratitude

To Sir Horace Mann,. Feb. 9.-Debates in Parliament. "Constitutional
queries.' Westminster petition. Proceedings against Mr. Murray. Ac-
count of young Wortley Montagu

To the same, March 13.-Further proceedings against Mr. Murray. Lady

Vane's memoirs of her own life. Fashionable theatricals. The English

"a grave nation"

To the same, April 1.-Death of Mr. Whithed; his will. Death of the Earl

of Orford. Harmony between the King and Princess of Wales. Prince

George. Prince Edward

To the same, March 21.-Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Conduct of

the King

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