(203) Weltzie’s Club was at No. 63, St. James’s Street.  Weltzie was House Steward to the Prince of Wales, by whom the Club was established, in opposition to Brooks’s.

(204) This club was at No. 5, Pall Mall, which was occupied by Almack’s before it was taken over by Brooks’ in 1778, and removed to St. James’s Street.  Goosetree’s was quite a small club, of about twenty-five members, of whom Pitt was the chief.

(1782, Feb.) 26, Tuesday m(orning), 11 o’clock.—. . . .  I went last night, after the children were in their beds, to White’s, and stayed there till 12.  The Pharo party was amusing.  Five such beggars could not have met; four lean crows feeding on a dead horse.  Poor Parsons held the bank.  The punters were Lord Carmarthen, Lord Essex, and one of the Fauquiers; and Denbigh sat at the table, with what hopes I know not, for he did not punt.  Essex’s supply is from his son, which is more than he deserves, but Malden, I suppose, gives him a little of his milk, like the Roman lady to her father.

A very large company yesterday at Lord Rocking(ham’s).  The whole Party pretends to be confident of their carrying the Question to-morrow, if people are properly managed and collected.  I do not believe it, but they do.  The main point will not be more advanced in my opinion.

(1782,) March 1, Friday.—­George seems so well today that there does not seem wanting the coup de peigne.  I have not heard a cough to-day.  We have been walking.  It is the finest day that ever was, and we are going in the coach to meet one part of His Majesty’s faithful Commons, who go to Court at two o’clock with their Address.  People are either so close, cautious, or ignorant, that among those I converse with I can be informed of nothing which is to happen in consequence of the last majority.  It may be nothing at present, but the Opposition is in great glee, to judge from their countenance.  I shall know before I sit down to dinner not only the K(ing’s) answer, but the manner of the answer also.

Lord Ossory is this morning gone to the Levee, and others of his sort, I suppose, with a design to countenance and spread the credit of their coming in.  Fish, as I hear, doubles and trebles all his flattery to Charles, and now and then throws in a compliment to Lord N(orth), not being quite sure of what may happen, and then adds, “In that respect I will do him justice; I do not think better even of Charles, as to that”; and goes on in this style till the whole room is in a laugh.

But now I have a story to tell you of his Grace the Duke of Richmond.(205) Lord Rawdon, I hear, came over from Ireland for no earthly reason but to oblige his Grace to a recantation of what he had said in the H(ouse) of L(ords) about Haines.  He wrote to him here a very civil but a very peremptory letter, and at last Lord Ligonier(206) went to him, at Lord Rawdon’s request, with the words wrote down which his Grace was to use, on his subject.  At first the Duke