Hare writes to you; he expresses a tenderness for your interest; je ne la revoque pas en doute, but his interests and yours are not the same.  These new people will wish you perhaps to stay, and say it is from regard to you.  If you believe it you will deceive yourself.  If they will send another, so much the better; let their friend stay to govern Ireland when Ireland is what it will be.  But if they talk of keeping you there, wait to see the Ministry established, and then ask for your recall.  I hope that you will not reflect a moment with concern upon the straights to which you may be reduced by way of expense.  We will do all we can to arrange this matter, but honour and figure, as you know, cannot be added, or taken from you, by expense.  That is not the scale in which the respect which all the world owes and is ready to pay you and Lady C(arlisle) will be weighed.  If you came from Holyhead in the stage waggon, it would only be more reputable to you.  There was a strong instance of that in the story of this Duke of Newcastle’s father.  Lord Gower tells me that Lord Rock(ingham) is personally not attached to you from provincial reasons.  I never adverted to that consideration.

The K(ing) had a most narrow escape hunting on Tuesday.  His horse ran away with him; he was thrown on a gate; he seems to be marked out for a people (sic) to be distressed and disgraced in every way possible.  Burke was last night in high spirits.  I told him that I hope, now they had forced our entrenchments and broke loose, that he and his friends would be compassionate lions, tender-hearted hyaenas, generous wolves.  You remember that speech of his; he was much diverted with the application.  Our fete was very brilliant indeed, and well conducted; there was a supper for at least 300 people; eight rooms where there were tables.  The Prince l’astre de la nuit, couvert de faux brilliant (sic); c’est un beau cavalier.  The Duchess of Cumberland was there, but not the Princess Royale.  It was proposed, as is said, that the Duke of Gloucester should be Commander in Chief.

(1782, March) 23, Saturday night.—­George goes on well, but Sir N. T(homas) will not let him go out.  The weather is worse than it has been at any time this winter.  Leveson has been all this evening at my house to play with him.

Nothing as yet arranged, and we meet on Monday.  It is imagined that we must then adjourn till Friday; about that there will be a bustle.  Lord Gower was sent for yesterday morning by the King, and was with him a great while.  I was this morning at Whitehall.  The Chanc(ello)r was there.  Gregg showed Lord G(ower) your accounts; they are better than’he expected.  Charles expressed to me last night more than once an anxiety lest you should be in Opposition, and asked me if the Master of the Horse would please.  I could give him no answer to that, but that it depended upon circumstances.  He said Lord Cadogan’s place would do for Lord Foley.  That this Revolution which he brought about was the greatest for England that ever was; that excepting in the mere person of a King, it was a complete change of the Constitution; and an era ever glorious to England, and a great deal of such rhapsody.  Richard insolent to a degree.