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that he thinks if he proposes himself there will be no oppo- 

 sition to him, and that he may attend Parliament, as he will 

 be at liberty from March till November. I wish exceedingly 

 he would offer. Kitty's opposition is very much abated, 

 but Lord Lansdowne and Lady Holland are both against it 

 from selfish motives no doubt; for those people who fare 

 sumptuously every day have no idea that anybody is ever 

 in want of a dinner, and when full gorged themselves have 

 leisure to speculate at their ease upon the conduct of their 

 poorer neighbours. Lady Holland had the face the other 

 day to ask Baugh [Allen] to put of? his marriage for a year ! 

 Her only motive, to keep the Warden 1 a little longer in her 

 shackles, and this is the way she balances her own slightest 

 conveniences with the happiness of others. . . . 



Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Madame Sismondi. 



MAER, May 16, 1820. 



. . . Kitty Mackintosh and her daughters went on Wed- 

 nesday, and her visit here was entirely agreeable from 

 beginning to end. She was kind and affectionate to me 

 and good-humoured and agreeable to everybody. I think 

 I may say with truth that no cloud ever interrupted the 

 pleasure I had in her society. Her girls seem very happy 

 with her, and though she gives them multitudes of direc- 

 tions, as she neither insists upon obedience, nor goes out of 

 humour when she is not obeyed, it does not interrupt the 

 general harmony. It had only this bad effect that Fanny 

 [Mackintosh] constantly mounts the opposition coach and 

 drives it with the most uninterrupted composure. 



Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Madame Sismondi. 



MAER, July 31s, 1820. 



. . . Having given you a little respite, it is time, dearest 

 of the dear, to begin again. . . . 



1 Dr John Allen succeeded to the Mastership when this was 

 vacated on Baugh Allen's marriage. 



