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CONTENTS. Page | caught. The whole circumstances are related in the 
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Nores : — Lord Chatham — Queen Charlotte, Original Letter Chatham Correspondenee, ii. 146., coupled with Adol- 
respecting - - - - - 65 o . 
Cibber’s Apology - . te - 67 phus’s Hist: of England. 
Ancient Tapestry, by J. R. Planché - - - 68 A kind judgment upon them may be read in Lord 
Travelling in England - - - 68 7 : - 1 - 
Prison Discipline and Execution BEcIEbiCn = - 79 | Mahon’s Hist. of England, iv. 365., and one more 
Rarineres, by Joudiccs. eave a - 7) | severe — perhaps, more just —in Lord Brougham’s 
Inedited Song by Suckling - - 72 | Historical Sketches, in the article on Lord Chatham. 
y - 72 A Fi - 2 
_ a ees by William oe Thoms 2 S See also the Pictorial History of the Reign of George III, 
Inscription on Church Plate - - =e. {he “ re 
eieaiokcs oP Backs, by Joseph Hunter’. i = 73 | he 13. vARer consulting all these authorities the reader 
Queries answered, No. 3.— Flemish Account - - 74 | will still find new facts, and a vivid picture of the 
Answer to Minor Queries: — Richard Greene, &c. - 74 
Queries: — 
Sanuto’s Doges of Venice - - - - - 75 
MSS. of Sir Roger Twysden 76 
Minor Queries — Honnore Pelle — Bust of Sir “Walter 
Raleigh, &c. - - - - - - 76 
MISCELLANEOUS : — 
Notes on Books, Catalogues, Sales, &c.  - - - 77 
Books and Odd Volumes wanted - - - - 78 
Notices to Correspondents - - - - - 79 
Advertisements - = = = = aye79 
LORD CHATHAM — QUEEN CHARLOTTE. 
Original Letter, written on the Resignation of Mr. 
Pitt, in 1761 — Public Feeling on the Subject, and 
Changes at Court in consequence — First Impres- 
sions of Queen Charlotte. 
[The following valuable original letter is now pub- 
lished for the first time. It will be found to be of 
very considerable historical curiosity and interest. The 
resignation of the Great Commoner in 1761, and his 
acceptance at the same time of a pension and a peerage 
for his family, were events which astonished his ad- 
mirers as much as any thing else in his wonderful 
career. Even now, after the recent publication of all 
the letters relating to these transactions, it is difficult 
to put any construction on Mr. Pitt’s conduct which is 
consistent with the high-spirited independence which 
one desires to believe to have been a leading feature of 
his character. There may have been great subtlety in 
the way in which he was tempted; that may be ad- 
mitted even by the stoutest defenders of the character 
of George 11I.; but nothing can excuse the eager, 
rapturous gratitude with which the glittering bait was 
public feeling, in the following letter. | 
Dear Robinson, —I am much obliged to you 
for both your letters, particularly the last, in which 
T look upon the freedom of your expostulations as 
the strongest mark of your friendship, and allow 
you to charge me with any thing that possibly can 
be brought against one upon “such an occasion, 
except forgetfulness of you. I left town soon 
after receiving your first letter, and was moving 
about from place to place, till. the coronation 
brought me to town again, and has fixed me here 
for the winter ; however, I do not urge my un- 
settled situation during the summer as any excuse 
for my silence, but aim to lay it upon downright 
indolence, which I was ashamed of before I re- 
ceived your second letter, and have been angry 
with myself for it since; however, as often as 
you'll do me the pleasure, and a very sincere one 
it is I assure you, of letting me hear how you do, 
you may depend upon the utmost punctuality for 
the future, and I undertake very seriously to 
answer every letter you shall write me within a 
fortnight. 
The ensuing winter may possibly produce many 
things to amaze you; it has opened with one that 
I am sure will; I mean Mr. Pitt’s resignation, who 
delivered up the seals to the King last Monday. 
The reason commonly given for this extraordinary 
step is a resolution taken in Council contrary to 
Mr. Pitt’s opinion, concerning our conduct towards 
the Spaniards, who, upon the breaking off of the 
negotiations with France and our sending Mr. 
Bussy away, have, it is said, made some declara- 
tions to our Court which Mr. Pitt was for haying 
the King treat in a very different manner from 
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