19.  To the same Jan. 31.-Numerous robberies.  Secession on the mutiny-bill.  Hurricane in the East Indies.  Bon-mot of the Chevalier Lorenzi.-52

20.  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.-53

21.  To the same, March 11.-The earthquakes.  Middlesex election.  Story Of Marie Mignot.-58

22.  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

23.  To George Montagu, Esq.  May 15.-Westminster election.-65

24.  To Sir Horace Mann, May 19.-Absurdities committed after the earthquake.  Westminster election.  Commotion in Dublin.  Bower’s History of the Popes.-66

25.  To George Montagu, Esq.  June 23.-Character of Mr. Bentley.  Account of a party of pleasure at Vauxhall.-68

26.  To Sir Horace Mann, July 25.-The Houghton lantern.  King Theodore of Corsica in prison for debt.  Mr. Ashton.  Dr. Mead.-71

27.  To the same, Aug. 2.-Tuscan villas.  Improvement in the seats about London.  Consequences of the excessive heat of the weather.  Death of Dr. Middleton, and of Tacitus Gordon.  Account of M’Lean, the fashionable highwayman.-73

28.  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.-76

29.  To George Montagu, Esq.  Sept. 10.-Death of General Handasyde, and of Sir Gerard Vanneck. hopes conducive to happiness.-80

30.  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.-81

31.  To the same, Oct. 18.-Treaty of commerce with Spain.  M’Lean’s condemnation and execution.  Rage for visiting him in Newgate.-83

32.  To the same, Nov. 19.-Shattered state of the ministry.  State of parties.-84

33.  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.-86

34.  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.-88

1751.

35.  To Sir Horace Mann, Feb. 9.-Debates in Parliament.  “Constitutional queries.”  Westminster petition.  Proceedings against Mr. Murray.  Account of young Wortley Montagu.-91