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Earl of Rotchford one of his Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State he obtained a third from LordEssex who is Uncle to M rS Eden & Benifactor to the Governor each warmly recommending me tothe Notice Favour & Protection of the Governor, which I dare say will have the Desired Effect.In short M r Wharton is on such good Terms with most of the Lords that whatever he asks for hisFriends he readily obtains with the greatest ease. M r Wharton took me one Day into the Houseof Lords tho’ Strick Orders are against any Persons being permitted to enter it during the sitting ;where I saw' the King in his royal Robes, seated on his Throne, & the Lords in their proper Robes,& was present when the House of Commons addressed the King & twenty four Bills received theroyal Assent.

I u ; as also at the Cockpit, when the Lords of the privy Council took into Consideration the Expe-diency of granting a large Tract of Land & settling a Government on the Ohio ; agreeable to aPetition of the Right Honourable Tho s Walpole, Brother to Lord Walpole, M r Wharton, Major Trent,& of many Lords : to the granting of which Petition Lord Hillsborough alone objected, that Partof the Lands prayed for, w'ere the Property of the Cherokee Indians , and that it was contrary tothe good Policy of this Country to permit the Americans to settle the interior Parts of America : towhich after M r Walpole had introduced, & made some pertinent Observations on the Subject ingeneral, M c Wharton spoake next for several Hours & replyed distinctly to each perticular Objec-tion ; and thro’ the whole of the Proceedings he so fully removed all Lord Hillsborough’s Objections ,and introduced his Proofs with so much Regularity, and made his Observations on them with somuch Propriety, Deliberation and Presence of Mind ; that fully convinced every Lord Present: &gave universal Satisfaction to the Gentlemen concerned : And I must say it gave me a particularPleasure to Hear an American & a Countryman act his Part so well before such a Number of greatLords, at such an August Board; And I now have the great Pleasure to inform you that theirLordships have overruled Lord Hillsborough’s Report, & have reported to his Majesty in favour ofM r Wharton & his Associates. This is looked upon here as a most Extraordinary Matter : Andwhat no American ever accomplished before. Indeed no one from America , ever had so muchInterest, and w r as so attended to by the great Lords as M r Wharton, cannot conclude without doinghim the Justice, of saying, that lie has the greatest Respect for you & in all Companies Speaks in thehighest Manner of you, and in Publick Companies your American Friends alw ays give you for aToast & drink your Health in a Bumper.

Many are the Places of Intertainment &■ Curiosities in London which Delight & amuse the mind,Penalgh, Vauxha.ll & Marybone Gardens hold the foremost Rank for Splendor & Eligance. S l PaulsChurch the Palaces of New r Kensington James’s & Hampton the Mension House, London &West-Minster Bridges & Westminster Abbey Strike the Mind of the Beholder with an agreeableSense of Grandeur & Magnificence.

I spent some Days in viewing the Monuments in Westminster Abbey & taking off some of theInscriptions in a Journal, amongs the rest I viewed with particular Attention, a magnificentMonument of wiiite Marble erected to the Memory of that Gallant Admiral, your Uncle, Sir PeterWarren : done by the Masterly Hand of Rubiliac; close by the Wall is a large flag hanging to aFlag-Staff, & spreading in natural Folds behind the w'hole Monument. Before is a fine Figure ofHercules placing Sir Peter’s Bust on its Pedestal; & on the other Side is a Figure of Navigation,

ln 1778 was named one of the Commissioners for restoring peace in America. In 1782 he became Chief Secretary of Ireland under the Earl of Carlisle, with whom he had visited this country, and a privy Chancellor in 1783. In 1785 he was namedmister to France; in 1786 he was one of the Lords of Trade, and in 1788, Ambassador to the court at Madrid . In 1789 heWas ra ised to the Peerage as Baron Auckland, and was Minister to Holland in 1793. He died 28th of May, 1814. He was theauthor of Letters on Finance, but his principal work is, The Principles of Penal Law, Svo. 1772. Ed.

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