14 LORD LILFORD 



that is a satisfaction I have not had this five 

 months, which I assure you is not a little 

 mortifying to me, who so much value your cor- 

 respondence. I have been this winter quite a 

 recluse, though the town has abounded in amuse- 

 ments, assemblys every fortnight (the gentlemen 

 having excluded all rank except to the Governor's 

 lady). Lady More could not honour us with her 

 presence, because Miss More should not put her 

 hand in the same hat with her father's brewer, 

 apothecary and daughters, to draw a number. 

 Though the Duchess of Gordon and other fine 

 folks have stooped so low. There is plays twice 

 a week, and though my favourite amusement, 

 I have not seen one this winter. The amuse- 

 ment of an Election I could not withstand, but 

 stayed in town during the time it lasted : it was 

 so warm a one that it is said some of the party 

 ladies pulled caps : others I know had fits on 

 hearing the poor Whigs were like to loose it. 

 Those gentlemen Whigs chose to make a 

 religious election of it, declaring that if the other 

 party got in a frightful creature called a Bishop 

 would be sent for over that would throw down 

 the meeting house and cruelly persecute them. 



