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May 7.-Air-balloons. Voyage into the clouds by a French girl. New

bridge over the Thames at Henley. Offer by Mrs. Damer to make two

gigantic masks of the Thame and Isis for the key-stones. Proctor, the

statuary. Miss Boyle and Miss Ogle, scholars of Mrs. Damer. Enor-

mous fire in Southwark. The great question of Ireland. Dangerous

ascent in a balloon by Mr. Windham. A "navy in the air."

May 29.-Marriage of Lucy, eldest daughter of Sir Horace Mann, junior.

Visit to Florence of their Neapolitan Majesties. Italian Naumachias.

Ludicrous mistake. Death of Lord Godolphin. The House of Commons

thinly attended. Walpole's nephews and nieces. Newspaper scurrility.

Sanctified old harridans. Reflections on retirement and authorship

June 24.-Improved health of Mann and Walpole. Florentine entertain-

ments for the King and Queen of Naples. The Pope disappointed of

iniquitous plunder. Sitting of Parliament on the Irish propositions.

Grattan and Pitt. Fatal balloon-disasters. Prince William [afterwards

Duke of Clarence and King of England] in the Mediterranean. Grand-

Ducal manufactory of porcelain. "Balloonation" still in vogue. Ascent

from Oxford of Colonel Fitzpatrick

July 25-Advantage and convenience of the gout.

Plunder of convents by

the Austrian Emperor. The Irish propositions. The Balloonomania a

little chilled. Anecdote of Lord Orford and an airgonaut. Death of the

Duchess Dowager of Portland. The gout a remedy, not a disease

Aug. 26.-Benefits of coughs in old persons. Total defeat in Ireland of the

Administration. Sir Robert Walpole's maxim. Expected change in the

Ministry. The Cardinal de Rohan committed to the Bastile for forgery.

Misfortunes in the Montrose family. Philosophers and Collectors. Cen-

tenary of the birth of Sir Robert Walpole. Vindication of his memory.

Death of Lord George Sackville. Lord Cowper's principality.

Oct. 4.-Abandonment of the threatened campaign in Holland.

Sardinia. Change of style in directing letters. Anecdotes. Modern re-

trenchment. Sir Robert Brown the miser

Oct. 30.-Lady Craven. Mrs. Piozzi. Knot of poets. The Rolliad. Dearth

of news. Severity of the weather. Mrs. Damer. Her statuary. Lady

Spencer's drawings. The arts in England. Herschell the new Columbus

Dec. 4.-Sir Horace Mann, jun. Mr. Croft the banker. The English abroad.

Political rumours

Dec. 13.-Absurd behaviour of an English lady. Walpole's health

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Fitzgerald's murderous exploits. Cagliostro. La Chevalière D'Eon.
Marriage of Captain Hugh Conway to Lady Horatia Waldegrave. Ar-
rival in England of Lord and Lady Spencer. Adventures of Lady Craven.
Mrs. Piozzi and Boswell. Volume of English poetry printed at Florence
March 28.-Arrival of vases and books. Superiority of the French in orna-
ments of taste. Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson. Walpole's dis-
appointment in them. Remarks on the book and on Dr. Johnson. The
Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert. Walpole's legacy from his
father. A dishonest return for honesty. Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi ridi
culed in the burlesque verses of Dr. Wolcot (Peter Pindar.) Dr. John-
son's defects

April 30.-Dearth of news. Severity of the spring. Trial of Mr. Hastings.
Voluminous charges against him. A trio of culprits. Boswell and Mrs.
Piozzi. Caricature prints ridiculing them. Lord Cowper. Female cos-
tume. Reflections on fashion. Mr. Hasting's defence. Speculations on
our aggressions in India

May 29.-Concert at Mrs. Cosway's. Rubinelli. Introduction to Eari
Cowper. Walpole, in his latter days, thrown among royalties. Rehearsal
of Handel's Jubilee in Westminster Abbey. Rubinelli and Mara. Mar-
riage of Mann's nephew and niece. Order and decency at the Abbey.
Satire on Governments

June 22.—Mrs. Damer. Walpole remonstrates with Mann for sending him
so many presents. The Episcopal Count and his nephew, Fitzgerald.
Execution of the latter for murder. Fate of Hastings not decided. Car-
dinal de Rohan and Cagliostro. Lady Craven. The cameo sent by Mann.
Walpole's self-accusations.

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To George Selwyn,* Dec. 2, 1765.-Madame du Deffand. Unhealthiness
of France. Good-nature of the French. The Queen and her son. Ma-
dame Geoffrin. The Duchess d'Aiguillon. Madame de Rochfort and the
set at the Luxembourg. M. de Maurepas. The Duc de Brissac. The
affair of the Parliament at Brétagne, and the intended trial of M. de Cha-
rolais (?). House of Madame de Sévigné in Paris. Livry. Questions
as to home-matters. Swarms of English in Paris. Lord Ossory. Scarcity
of bons-mots. Baron d'Olbach. Nonsense of the philosophers. Dr. Gem
and Brand. Anticipated meeting of Walpole, Selwyn, and Gilly Williams
at Strawberry Hill. Hume's popularity in France. The Bishop of Lon-
don suppressing the mass-houses

To the same, Oct. 16, 1767.-Walpole's passage from France. Emptiness
of London. County elections. Illness of Lord Clive. Lady Bolingbroke's
bravado. Lord and Lady Holland. Commissions for Selwyn

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To the same, Sept. 9, 1771.-Comic Opera on Raton and Rosette (two dogs
belonging to Selwyn and Walpole.) The "Fiancée du Roi de Garbe."
Alfieri

To the same, Aug. 12, 1772.-Castle Howard. Its beauties and sublimities.
Walpole's reception there. Splendid weather. Lord Carlisle
To the same, Aug. 10, 1774.-Announcement of a visit to Selwyn. Wal-
pole's reluctance to travel

To the Duchess of Gloucester, Jan. 27, 1774.-Advice as to an application
to Parliament by the Duke of Gloucester for an increase of income
To George Selwyn, Sept. 16, 1775.-Mr. Broderick. Madame du Deffand.
Richelieu and Madame de Sévigné's great-grand-daughter. Parisian

* Reprinted from George Selwyn and his Contemporaries.

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