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I have received two letters from you with one enclosed from Paris, & one from Mason. I met poor Baker two or three days after the fire with evident marks of terror in his countenance: he has moved his quarters (I am told) somewhere into Gray's-inn Lane near the fields.
I do not apprehend any thing more than usual from the City-remonstrance, & the Party principally concern'd I hear does not in the least regard it. the conversation you mention in the house of Lords is very true: it happen'd about a fortnight since, & the A:p replied, it was not any concern of his, as he had received no complaint from the Un: on that head. it begins to be doubted, whether Ld Anglesey will carry his point, his witnesses being so very Irish in their understandings & consciences, that they puzzle the cause they came to prove: but this can not be clear'd up till another session. Pa: & I have often visited, but never met: I saw my Ld & Tom the other day at breakfast in good health, & Lady Maria did not beat me, but giggled a little. Mons:r de Villevielle has found me out, & seems a sensible quiet young Man. he returns soon to France with the Embassador, but means to revisit England, & see it better. I dined at Hampton-court on Sunday all alone with St:, who enquired after you, & the next day with the same & a good deal of company in Town. I have not seen him so well this long time. I am myself indifferent, the head-ach returns now & then, & a little grumbling of the gout, but I mean to see you on Monday or Tuesday next.
P:S: Pray, is Mrs Olliffe come to Cambridge.