230.  To Sir Horace Mann, July 25.-Secret expedition.-387

231.  To John Chute, Esq.  July 26.-Picture of Ninon de l’Enclos.  Mrs. Clive’s legacy.-387

232.  To Sir Horace Mann, Aug. 4.-Disasters in Flanders.  Gray’s “Odes.”  His printer’s letter to a friend in Ireland.-388

233.  To George Montagu, Esq.  Aug. 4.-Defeat of the Duke of Cumberland at Hastenbeck.-390

234.  To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 14.-Cause of the defeat at Hastenbeck.-391

235.  To George Montagu, Esq.  Aug. 25.-His opinion of Gray’s “Odes.”  His printing-office.-392

236.  To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 2.-Charles Townshend.  Lord Chesterfield and Lord Bath [N.].-393

237.  To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 3.-Visit to Linton.  Urn to the memory of Sir Horace’s brother.  Lord Loudon abandons the design on Louisbourg.-393

238.  To George Montagu, Esq.  Sept. 8.-395

239.  To the Right Hon. Lady Hervey, Sept. 13.-Ninon de l’Enclos’s picture.-396

240.  To George Montagu, Esq.  Sept. 20.-Death of’ Sir John Bland.-396

241.  To Sir Horace Mann, Sept. 29.-Convention of Closter-Severn.  Disturbances occasioned by the Militia-bill.  Inscription to the memory of King Theodore.-397

242.  To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 8.-Expedition to Rochfort (N].-400

243.  To the Earl of Strafford, Oct. 11.-Return of the expedition to Rochfort.  Militia-bill.-401

244.  To Sir Horace Mann, Oct 12.-Rochfort expedition.  Return of the Duke of Cumberland.-402

245.  To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 13.-Inquiry into the failure of the Rochfort expedition.-403

246.  To George Montagu, Esq.  Oct. 18.-Resignation of the Duke of Cumberland.-404

247.  To Sir Horace Mann, Oct. 24.-The Duke of Cumberland’s resignation.  Failure at Rochfort.-404

248.  To the same, Nov. 20.-King of Prussia’s victory at Rosbach.  General dissatisfaction.  Troubles in Ireland.  Inquiry into the failure at Rochfort.  Characteristic traits of’ Mr. Conway.  Richard the First’s poetry.  Bon-mot of Lord Tyrawley.- 405

249.  To George Montagu, Esq.—–­408

250.  To the same, Dec. 23.-Death of Mr. Mann.-408

251.  To Dr. Ducarel, Dec. 25.-"Dictes and sayings of the Philosophers".-409

1758.

252.  To Sir Horace Mann, Jan. 11.-Court-martial on Sir John Mordaunt.  Death of Princess Caroline.  And of Sir Benjamin Keene.-409

253.  To Dr. Ducarel, Jan. 12.-411

254.  To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 9.-Politics gone into winter quarters.  Duke of Richelieu’s banishment.  Rage of expense in our pleasures.-412

255.  To the same, Feb. 10.-Opening of the campaign.  Fame.  Saying of one of the Duke of Marlborough’s generals.  New secret expedition.  Debate on the Habeas Corpus extension bill.  Sir Luke Schaub’s pictures.  Swift’s “Four last Years of Queen Anne.”  Dr. Lucas.-413