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22nd Dec. Dined alone at Phillot’s. A ball in the 
evening at which about 500 were present. 
23rd. Dined alone at the lodgings. 
24th. Dined at the Bear with Mr. Woodford, Rice, Mr. 
Morant, Mr. Thos. Scott, Mr. Bolton, &c. 
25th. Dined at the Three Tuns with lord Kelly, Mr. 
Warre, Mr. Boiton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Taylor, &c. 
This was a rather memorable day, on account of the scandalous 
_ Story, told in the diary with exact conciseness, of Dr. Schomberg 
that “worthless dog worth £40,000” being detected on this 
christmas day putting eight guineas in his coat pocket, slily 
conveyed out of the plate at the church door. It was said at the 
time that nevertheless some “soi disant” gentlemen dined with 
him the day after. This could not have been so as he never 
returned to his home again. Five days later his wife received a 
letter in which he told her she would never see him more. 
26th. Dined alone at the lodgings. 
27th. Dined at major Brereton’s in Garrard Street with 
lord Kelly, Mr. Warre, major Molesworth, Mrs. Brereton, 
Miss Juliet Brereton, &c. 
28th. Dined at the Three Tuns with lord Kelly, Mr. 
Warre, Sir Alexander Don, Mr. Davison, Mr. Houston, 
&e. 
29th. Dined at Mr. Edward Drax's with Mr. and Mrs. 
Drax, lord and lady Kilmory, Miss Needham, Mr. 
Needham, Mr. Jennings and Mr. Hunt. 
In the evening he “assisted” at the M.C.’s ball in 
the Upper Rooms, “a well dressed crowd of nearly 
“nine hundred persons. Some of the women as well 
“painted as Guido’s.” 
3oth. At Mr. Thomas Scott’s with Mr. Bolton. 
gist. At Mr. Brereton’s with Mrs. Bagnall, Miss Rian, 
Mr. Brereton’s family, &c. 
