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but he has been confined to his bed for three months. 



Charles Etty did not come home in his own ship (in which 



he went out second mate) because it was said that he broke 



his leg at Madras the very evening before the ship was to 



have sailed. Poor dear Caroline Bingham was a most 



amiable girl and a fine figure: but she dyed suddenly as 



soon as she left this place, to the great sorrow of her 



parents ! they have several more children. D' Chandler 



is in London settling the concerns of his brother; he was 



a clergyman in Surrey, and has left a daughter grown-up. 



Mrs. Chandler looks a little as if she was intending to 



encrease her family not long hence. The death of my good 



friend Mr. Mulso is a sad loss to his children : where his 



daughters are to live we have not heard. My brother 



Benjamin, we hear, begins to think seriously of relinquishing 



his business to his sons ; and meditates a retreat into Hants 



for the remainder of his life, intending to leave S. Lambeth. 



Perhaps he may settle at Marelands, a beautiful seat between 



Alton and Farnham, late the residence of Mr. Sainesbury, 



Uncle to Mrs. Edmund White, and Agent to Lord Stawell, 



L^ Salisbury, the Marquis of Downshire, &c., &c. This 



gentleman dropped suddenly out of his chair, and was dead 



in a moment, on the eve of his birthday, while his wife was 



preparing an elegant entertainment for his friends the day 



following. Mr. S. was a man of an excellent character, and 



beloved by every body. Mr. Clement, very fortunately, is 



to succeed his friend in his agencies for Lord Stawell and 



Mrs. Beckford: these employs will make a very handsome 



addition to Mr. Clement's income, and will give him credit 



and reputation in this neighbourhood. Mrs. J. White desires 



to join in best respects to all your family, and to friends at 



Whitwell and Stamford. 



I remain 



Y"^ loving uncle, 



Gil. White. 



