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tute of that magnanimity* and, considering his professions re-specting the reform of parliament, of that political integrity too,of which I once thought him possessed.

“ You will blame me for this loftiness of spirit, and your friend-ship for me will make you regret that I cannot subdue it; but Ifeel that it springs from a root of honour, and I will not attemptto subdue it.

“ You need not have the trouble of answering this; I have nodoubt of the continuance of your regard for me; and I trust weboth of us have too elevated sentiments to suffer the madness ofpolitics to deaden on either side the activity of friendship. I stayat Cambridge till the middle of June, and then go into West-moreland for four or five months; there, in all placed you mayrest assured of my warmest attachment to yourself and yourchildren.

“ R. Landaff.”

Towards the latter end of the same month, Mr. Stewart, a sonof Lord Cardiff , and a very amiable young man, waited upon meat Cambridge to ask my opinion relative to his becoming a candi-date to represent the University of Cambridge at the next generalelection. Had I been of that little and revengeful mind whichdisgraced Mr. Pitt, by whom I had been so repeatedly neglected,I should certainly have embraced the opportunity which was nowpresented to me, of raising an opposition to him; for my en-couragement of Mr. Stewart would quickly have produced one.On the contrary, I assured Mr. Stewart that I thought Mr. Pitt(notwithstanding I had no private reason to be pleased with him)a very proper person to represent the University ; and that as to