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so, I did no more than justice to Your Lordship’s honour andcharacter.

“ I am, &c.

“ R. Landaff.”

The following is a letter to the Duke of Grafton, in answer toone in which he had politely hinted at my having voted in oppo-sition to the minister. I was then happy, and have since thencontinued to be so, in the Duke of Grafton’s friendship ; I thoughtit therefore proper to let him know at once the nature of Ourconnection as to public matters.

“ My dear Lord Duke, Great George-st. Jan. 12. 1789.

“ Your Grace’s kind invitation to Euston followed me to thisplace. Mrs. Watson and my family will be in town on Thurs-day, so that it will be impossible for me to have the pleasureof waiting upon you at Euston.

“ As to politics, I have but one rule for my public conduct;to vote according to the best of my judgment upon every occa-sion, and, when I cannot form a judgment, not to vote at all.It will always be a sensible mortification to me to differ fromYour Grace, but I trust we neither of us are of a temper to let adifference on public questions break in upon the comforts ofprivate attachments.

“ I think I have been miserably neglected by Mr. Pitt, and Ifeel the indignity as I ought; but this feeling would not havehindered me from supporting him on the present occasion, had Iapproved his measures.