296 'OLD q' 



will certainly come in. I don't hear Mr. Grenville men- 

 tioned, and very little politics. Adieu. 



P.S. — Vernon^ wishes that you would send him a 

 velvet, something of this pattern, for a coat, waistcoat, 

 and breeches, and send it to M. Pierre Grandin a Calais, 

 to be kept there till he has orders how to send it. 



APPENDIX W. 



White's, Friday, Novr. 1766. 



My dear George, — I intended to have written to you 

 last Tuesday, but we sat so late at the House of Lords 

 that I had no time. It was a dull debate, though it lasted 

 a great while. Lord Chatham spoke very well, and with 

 a great deal of temper, and great civility towards the 

 Duke of Bedford ; who spoke and approved of the measure, 

 at the time of laying the embargo,'^ because of the neces- 

 sity, but complained of Parliament not being called sooner, 

 because what had been done was illegal, and only to be 

 justified from necessity, which was the turn of the whole 

 debate. Lord Mansfield trimmed in his usual manner, and 

 avoided declaring his opinion, though he argued for the 

 illegality. Lord Camden attacked him very close upon 

 not speaking out his opinion, and declared strongly for 

 the illegality. Upon the whole, I think we shall have 

 very little to do in Parliament, and your attendance will 



' The notorious ' Old Dick ' Vernon, one of the Fathers of the 

 Txirf in those daj^s. — J. R. R. 



* Embargo on the export of wheat and wheat flour owing to its 

 ecarcity ; a memorable enactment. — J. R. R. 



