'Court. He had hired, likewise, a carriage

' at Dover, to carry him to London, and to

carry back with him, but finding he is to

to stay here some time, he is seeking an opportunity to send it back; so I suppose 'you'll not see him for some time.

'As we were coming from Dover, we met

who is quartered at Canterbury; he

was lounging about, not knowing what to do with himself till three o'clock, which was his dining hour; he turned the con'versation about Sir The Duke

'said he intended to pay him a visit at his 'country house; but, however, when we left ' Mr. I put the Duke away from that ' scheme, by telling him what had happened between the Noble Knight and me. This · narrative astonished the Duke amazingly, ' and at once gave him the greatest aversion ' for Sir

'I spoke to my uncle about James; but he 'said it was impossible for him to be of any 'service to my brother, having as yet no kind ' of fixed employment for himself, but that

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whenever he could, he would be very glad to be of service to him. It is certain that it is impossible to be kinder to anybody ' than my uncle is to me; he does everything ' in his power to be of service to me, even in

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the least things. I will not stay a minute

longer here than I have business to do, so I think the best way of directing to me will 'be to Scotland.

Farewell, my dear Papa, I must leave

'some room for my uncle's postscript.

'Dear Papa,-I suppose you will be a little surprised that I should be still in London; ' indeed it is rather longer than I had at first ' intended; but as it was absolutely necessary 'to see General Harvey before I went down to Scotland, I was obliged to delay my journey for a few days. I called the other day on Mr. Drummond, and delivered to

'Henry Mr. Stuart's letter, though it was

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directed to his brother Robert, because the

latter was to remain in the country some

time, and as I had read the letter I knew it

was equal to which of them it was delivered. Mr. Drummond has been exceedingly at'tentive to me: he went with me to Mr.

Mair's, who, you know, is the agent to the '51st, and in whose hands my commission is. 'Mr. Mair asked me if I chose to draw any

of my pay, which has been running on since the beginning of March; but I told him I 'had no need for it at present. He asked, ' likewise, whether, and when, I intended to 'join; I said I would join whenever he thought proper; but that, as I had not seen

my mother for almost five years, I should 'be obliged to him if he would allow me to 'spend three weeks or a month with her;

and that after that I should be willing to

'join as soon as possible. He said that that would be looked upon as in my way to join.

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I told him that I had a letter to General

Harvey; he told me that I should keep

myself quiet till I came up again, because the General was a strict man, and would 'send me off; but as I knew the contents of 'the letter, I knew very well that a man 'could not refuse me that favour, and that 'the letter would have been useless when I 'came up; so, without speaking to him, I ' delivered your letter and present yesterday. The General told me by all manner of ' means to see my mother; and that he would be very happy whenever I did him the pleasure, &c. &c. to call upon him.

'I spoke to Mr. Drummond about the fees that should be paid upon the receiving my commission; he said that the agent paid all that, and it would be taken off my pay. I am to dine to-day with Mr. Drummond, ' where I am to meet the Duke, who has been "presented to the King and Queen, and who, I suppose, will stay some time longer here. Lady Derby has been doing all she could ' to make him a fop, but I am sure will suc'ceed only during the Duke's stay here, and 'would not succeed even for that time, if it

' was not for his own peace and quietness. 'She has bought a large pair of buckles for

him; has obliged him to take off half-a'dozen suits of dress coats, as many frocks, and four or five rich waistcoats, which you 'know whether he will wear or not, after he

has left this; in short, it would be needless 'to tell you all the extravagancies she obliges him to go into. Templeton (the valet 'de chambre) told me, that she had said that 'he was perfectly like a barber's boy; she

obliged him to send for one of the most 'famous hair-dressers in London to put a

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dozen curls on each side; but, however, she

has only, as yet, prevailed upon him to 'make the one he does wear a little larger.

I am sure I wish he was away from this place; if he becomes a coxcomb, it will be 'with his eyes open, for no one is more sen'sible of the ridiculousness of this than him'self. Do as they choose, they will never 'make him like dress, but they will make • him dress every day.

I dined the other day with Mr. Murray;