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pliments. I showed them your letter, with which 
they were charmed. 
Norwich has just been in another uproar. Yes- 
terday se’nnight the committee of the House of 
Commons, after a long sitting on Sir Thomas Bee- 
vor’s petition, declared the last election void, from 
bribery proved on both sides; and on Saturday a 
writ came down. Yesterday was the election, when, 
after a hard struggle, Hobart succeeded by a majo- 
rity of eighty and upwards, as I have heard; but a 
scrutiny is talked of. 
We have experienced a severe loss in the death 
of my worthy and much respected father-in-law and 
friend Mr, Manning, which happened on January 
15th. His kindness to me was such that I can never 
cease to regret his loss, and must ever highly re- 
spect his memory. 
I am, dear Sir, 
T. Woopwarp. 
J. E. Smith to his Father. 
Honoured Sir, Rome, March 26, 1787. 
Your letter of February the 12th, which I found 
here, March 23rd, on my return from Naples, was 
as grateful to me as “ cold water toa thirsty soul;” 
and [ take the first opportunity of thanking you 
for it. 
I now proceed with my own history.—The 9th 
instant we were most delightfully occupied in see- 
ing the antiquities on the west side of Naples; the 
grotto of Pausilippo, Puzzuola, Baic, the Elysian 
