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 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS OF 
 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 
 
 VOL. II

 
 INTIMATE SOCIETY 
 
 LETTERS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 
 
 EDITRD BY 
 
 THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.T. 
 
 WITH PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES, AND OTHER 
 ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 IN TWO VOLUMES 
 VOL. II 
 
 LONDON 
 
 STANLEY PAUL & CO, 
 
 1 CLIFFORD'S INN
 
 PRINTED BY 
 
 HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEV, LD., 
 
 LONDON AND AYLE8B0RV.
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 VOL. 11 
 
 LETTERS FROM THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND 
 DOCTOR MOORE TO THE DUCHESS OF HAMILTON 
 AND ARGYLL, ETC. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Introduction 329 
 
 Correspondence . 330 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN VARIOUS MEMBERS 
 
 OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLL'S FA:\IILY AND 
 
 HIGH OFFICERS OF STATE 
 
 John, Fifth Duke of Argyll .... 433 
 Correspondence 434 
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 
 
 Introduction 477 
 
 LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA FROM GEORGE . 
 WASHINGTON AND OTHERS 
 
 Correspondence 482 
 
 THE EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND IN 1799 
 
 Correspondence 494
 
 vi CONTENTS 
 
 A SCOTTISH ELECTION A CENTURY AGO 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Introduction 503 
 
 Correspondence 503 
 
 LETTERS FROM LORD JOHN CAMPBELL WHILE 
 TRAVELLING ON THE CONTINENT IN THE YEAR 1803 
 
 Correspondence 514 
 
 LETTERS FROM M. DE SAUSSURE 
 
 Introduction 522 
 
 Correspondence with Translations . . . 522 
 
 LETTERS OF MADAME DE STAEL 
 
 Introduction 557 
 
 Correspondence with Translations . . .581 
 
 LETTERS FROM LORD JOHN CAMPBELL TO 
 
 MISS GLASSELL, WITH HER LETTERS FROM 
 
 THE CONTINENT, ETC. 
 
 Correspondence 632 
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 
 
 Correspondence 649 
 
 Love and Reason, by Thomas Moore . . 675 
 
 Index 677
 
 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 VOL. II 
 
 Elizabeth, Duchess op Haa5ilton and Argyll (Photo- 
 gravure) ........ Frontispiect 
 
 FACINQ PAGB 
 
 Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, with Dr. Moore and 
 
 John Moore (afterwards General) . . . 340 
 
 John, Fifth Duke of Argyll 
 
 fleld-m.ajlshal john campbell, duke of argyll 
 
 Ajter Gainsborough 
 
 Letter from George Washington 
 
 Portrait of George III .... 
 
 Chateau of Coppet, Residence of Mme. de Stael, 
 Lake of Geneva .... 
 
 Geneva in Mme. de Stael's Time . 
 Mme. de Stael ...... 
 
 Lord John Campbell, the " Nelville " of 
 Stael's " Corinne " . 
 
 Ajter Edridge 
 
 Chateau of Coppet . . . . • 
 
 Prom an old print 
 
 Caricature of Mme. de Stael 
 
 By Kirkpatrick Sharp 
 
 Chateau of Coppet ..... 
 Chateau of Coppet ..... 
 Lord John Campbell .... 
 
 Miniature 
 
 Chateau of Coppet 
 
 Mme. de 
 
 432 
 
 476 
 
 482 
 500 
 
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 552 
 656 
 
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 568 
 
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 VI 1
 
 viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 FACWG PAGE 
 
 Lettek from Roy Roy ....... 649 
 
 Verses Addressed by Sir Walter Scott to Lady 
 
 Charlotte Campbell ...... 652 
 
 Opening Lines and Signature of Letter from Felicia 
 
 Hemans to Lady John Campbell .... 662 
 
 Letter from Baron Citvier ...... 664 
 
 Orders, with Superscription, Found on Field of 
 
 Waterloo 672 
 
 Verses, Love and Reason, by Thomas Moore . .676
 
 Intimate Society Letters of the 
 Eighteenth Century 
 
 LETTERS FROM THE DUKE OF HAIMILTON 
 
 AND DOCTOR MOORE TO THE 
 
 DUCHESS OF HAMILTON 
 
 AND ARGYLL, ETC. 
 
 1762-1782 
 
 The following letters from Dr. ^loore, the father 
 of the " Hero of Corunna," are interestmg, 
 for they show the impressions made on an 
 English gentleman's mind by society in various 
 capitals of Europe in the eighteenth century. 
 The care the writer takes of tlie Duke of 
 Hamilton, then a handsome and rather delicate 
 youth, and the candour with which he describes 
 the young man's foibles and love-makings, do 
 him credit. The letters written with no idea 
 of publication, and giving pictures of the 
 leading people at Rome, Florence, Vienna, who 
 all received the Duke most cordiallv, are re- 
 freshingly spontaneous. On their return to 
 England, Dr. IMoore appears to have devoted 
 himself to literature, publishing his "View of 
 Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, 
 Germany, and Italy " in four volumes in 1779-81, 
 and his well-known novel " Zeluco " in 1789. 
 Douglas Duke of Hamilton, the second son of 
 
 VOL. n. 329 1
 
 330 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Elizabeth Gunning by her first marriage, died 
 in 1799. Pompeio Battoni's portrait of him, 
 painted in Rome, gives the idea of a handsome 
 youth of good physical power ; but both he and 
 his brother James George, the writer of the first 
 six letters following, were delicate of constitution, 
 and seem to have inherited the weakness of the 
 chest which killed the mother in 1790. 
 
 The hoy Duke of Hamilton to Lady Susan 
 Stewart, whom he ^playfully calls his Wife. 
 
 HoLYROOD House, 6 Dec. [probably 1762]. 
 
 Dearest Lady Susan, 
 
 I was very much delighted with your 
 letter, not only as it informed me that my 
 Dear Mama and Lady Betty were safe in France, 
 but also as it is a proof that you have not 
 forcfotten me. Ladv Gallowav tells me I must 
 call you Wife no more and that you are only 
 joking with me. I am sure it is the pleasantest 
 joke I ever was concerned in, and I beg we 
 may carry it on. I fancy all the world is 
 joking with me too, for there is not a Lady 
 that visits me but offers me her sister, her 
 niece, her daughter, or herself. I heartily wish 
 them all good husbands, but will reserve myself 
 for my dear Lady Susan. You tell me there 
 are little , boys with you that read delightfully 
 and know everything. I know what you mean 
 by that, and indeed I will not pretend to so 
 high a character, but I will every day strive to 
 improve, especially as I find that will make me 
 still dearer to my Wife (for I must call you so), 
 and hope that you will always think me 
 
 Y'' affec*^ Husband. 
 
 Hamilton.
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 331 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to Lady Susan Stewart, 
 
 HoLYROOD HousK, Jun. 18 [probably 1763]. 
 
 You could not have made me happier than 
 by sending such good news unless you had 
 brought it yourself. But, my dear Lady Susan, 
 no more trouble yourself about the fine young 
 ladies that visit me, for a letter from you has 
 more charms than the finest of them all. But 
 I am a little uneasy at your always reminding 
 me that I ought to love my i\Iama. I am 
 sure I would rather die than forget to love 
 her, and so Lord Douglas * says. I gave him 
 the Kiss that you sent him, and I think he 
 would have been better pleased if you had not 
 called it a little one. I am very glad that 
 Ladv Chariot Edwin is so fond of us. Tell her 
 that we long to be acquainted with her, and 
 if you know anything good or pretty in us, 
 tell her that too, but tell her nothing but 
 the Truth, for while you are speaking of my 
 behaviour (and then only) I would have you 
 forget that I love you dearly and that 
 
 I am your husband 
 Hamilton and Brandon. 
 
 I trouble mvself so little with Titles, and 
 am so little used to anything but Hamilton, that 
 I never thought of Brandon. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to Lady Susan Stewart. 
 
 March 21 [probably 1763]. 
 
 My dear Wife, 
 
 You can't imagine what joy your letter 
 occasioned among us all. I was particularly 
 
 * Afterwards Duke also.
 
 332 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 pleased with your dutiful as well as affectionate 
 way of writing to your husband. There is 
 nothing I wish to see so much as my Mama 
 return quite recovered. But tell me, do you 
 think Lady Betty will be as good a romp as 
 ever ? I hope her dancing has not spoiled her. 
 I too have a Dancing master, a fine Frenchman, 
 by whose assistance (as he informs me) I shall 
 become a very extraordinary Person. Lord 
 Douglas [his brother] does not believe him, for 
 he does not envy me his instructions, though 
 in almost everything he wishes to equal, and 
 even to excell me. Nor do I find him a Rival 
 to be trifled with, for he has begun the Bible, 
 and Mr. Church says he reads it prettily. How- 
 ever I will strive to keep him still at a distance, 
 for fear I should no longer be the favourite of 
 my Mama and for fear you sh'^ be ashamed to 
 own 
 
 Your husband 
 
 Hamilton and Brand: 
 
 We are all very well. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to Lady Susan Stewart, 
 
 [Probably 1764.] 
 
 Dear Toutie, 
 
 I received your letter last Thursday and 
 at the same time a long long letter from Jack. 
 I assure I am much obliged to you for your s — n, 
 hum; his M — y to be sure was very gracious. 
 I was too hasty in calling the President [of the 
 Court of Session, presiding at the Douglas 
 Cause Trial] a fool : he has knocked up the 
 Duchess of Douglas ; he has declared himself 
 for us — for us — mark that now, for us. Is not
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 333 
 
 that curious ? and this moment we have heard 
 the cause is won. Give my respects to the 
 Prince and Princess. I have just finished a 
 letter to Lord Nors. Akenhead is makinjr such 
 a noise in the Room I can't right no more. I 
 am, Dearest Toutie, your affectionate husband 
 and sincere friend, 
 
 Hamilton and B. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Motlier, 
 
 Argyle house, 
 August 19, 1765. 
 
 Dear Duchess, 
 
 I am very sorry that my eye has prevented 
 my writing before, to tell you what a desolate 
 place Argyle house is now you are absent : the 
 walls are bare, the rooms deserted, & in short I 
 am miserable. I am vcrv much obliged to Lord 
 Lorn for his thirty shillin's, but I wish your 
 Grace would join your mite too, for I am afraid 
 I shan't see you before we go to Eton. 
 I am your most dutiful 1 son, 
 
 Hamilton, «S:c. 
 
 (Addressed) To her Grace the Duchess of 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother, 
 
 Eton, Sep^ 6, 1765. 
 
 Dear Duchess, 
 
 I am sorry you took my letter so seriously, 
 for tho' I should have been much happier to 
 have seen you there yet I was not in reality 
 miserable ; Mhat I said was only a way of 
 speaking, which many another person has used
 
 334 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 before now. Your mite was not small, but if 
 it had been much less it would have satisfied 
 
 Your dutiful son, 
 
 Hamilton, &c. 
 
 Pray give my love to Lord Lome & my 
 sisters & likewise to Miss Semple. 
 
 (Addressed) To her Grace the Duchess of 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 An Inhabitant of Ancient Athens or Rome 
 could not have been more agreeably Surprized 
 had he seen Minerva with a Distaff attended 
 by two of the Graces Standing among his 
 Household Gods, than I was to find the Dutchess 
 of Argyle Spining in my Parlour with Lady 
 Betty on one side and Lady Augusta on the 
 other. Mrs. Moore declares she would have 
 given five Guineas (that's the sum she always 
 swears by) that she had been in Glasgow yester- 
 day, and is exceedingly Vexed at the comfortless 
 Reception Your Grace met with in her House. 
 In vain do I Represent that I had Informed you 
 of her having been in the Countery these two 
 months, and could not be Responsible for a house 
 and Servants she had not seen for that time. 
 But all won't do. Had it been any body but 
 the Dutchess she says I might have forgott it. 
 But the Person on Earth to whom I would wish 
 to show Attention to have met with Such a 
 Reception at my House ! In short the Woman 
 is Inconsolable, and except you actually give her 
 some opportunity of Displaying her Zeal I don't 
 know what effect it may have on her Under-
 
 DR. MOORE 335 
 
 standing, w'h having liitherto been uncommonly 
 good I would not wish to see demolished. De- 
 pending therefor on your Grace's Good Nature, 
 I remain with all possible Respect, 
 Your ever obed't Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 G ALSTON, June 29, 1771. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Glasgow, Oct. 22nd, 1771. 
 
 Your Grace will remember certain observa- 
 tions that pass'd at Inverary concerning Lady 
 Betty's Temper and Dispositions, and what 
 might possibly be her Fate in Marriage. These 
 Dwelt on my thoughts afterwards and produced 
 the hasty lines which I enclose. 
 
 They express my Idea of her character, which 
 I do think more form'd for happiness than any 
 I ever saw. Many Tempers Require not acci- 
 dental and external misfortunes to Render them 
 miserable, they carry a never-failing source of 
 wretchedness in their own Breasts. It must be 
 something without that can make Lady Betty 
 Unhappy, for within all is Peace, Gayity, and 
 Joy. 
 
 As for the Wishes with which these lines 
 conclude, your Grace will believe they proceed 
 from my heart — for whatever opinion you may 
 entertain of my Judgement I dare swear you 
 have no Doubt of my Sincerity, particularly 
 when I express attachment to your Family. 
 
 Notwithstanding what you Insinuated about 
 Judgement (which your Grace will observe has 
 made some Impression), yet I flatter myself 
 that upon the whole I possess Your favourable
 
 336 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 opinion. If I am mistaken, I hope I shall never 
 have Judgement enough to find it out till the 
 Day of Judgement itself. Till which time I 
 Remain Your Grace's most obed't, 
 
 Most humble serv't, 
 
 John Moore. 
 
 As I have Inclosed these lines to your Grace 
 I have ommited the last. Let the company at 
 Inverary trie to make it out. If they cannot 
 I shall send it to Lady Betty afterwards. 
 
 Lord Galloway to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Aix EN Provence, llth Febr'y, 1772. 
 
 Dear Dutchess, 
 
 Altho the great distance from this place 
 to London has for some time interrupted our 
 correspondence, yet your grace may be assur'd 
 that nothing can either alter or diminish the 
 regard, respect, and esteem I have for your 
 grace, nor my reall concern for Duke Hamilton, 
 and every thing that regaurds him. As your 
 grace wrote me that you intended that the Duke 
 should go abroad in the spring, I suppose he'll 
 soon now be readv to sett out. I have been att 
 some pains to inform myself as to the academy 
 that may be thought the most proper for him 
 to go to ; that will depend much upon his dis- 
 position, and inclination to go on or not with 
 his studys, and ought to determine it in a great 
 measure. There are a couple of academies and 
 universitys in Auvergne, one att Clermont, the 
 other at Riom, both very private places and 
 very rarely any british at either ; att both 
 those places the professors and masters are said
 
 LORD GALLOWAY 337 
 
 to be perfectly good, and where a young 
 gentleman, if he pleases to apply, may aequire 
 a very compleat education, but the masters 
 for the different exercises are not so good as 
 in some other places ; at Riom they are too 
 much taken up with little gambling, but not 
 att Clermont. 
 
 As to there not being the best masters for the 
 Exercises, the Duke is so young, he'll have full 
 time to make up that even two years hence. 
 If he proposes only to acquire the french and 
 Italian languages (latin or greek I dispair of), 
 and as much of the mathematics as is necessary 
 and every young gentleman ought to have, that 
 may be gott almost at every academy in france. 
 I'm very well inform'd that all the exercises are 
 at present in the greatest perfection, and the 
 young gentlemen kep't in the greatest regularity 
 and good order, att Angers. The academy att 
 Lyons is of late come into great reputation, and 
 it's thought that there's not any in france where 
 a young gentleman may improve himself more 
 effectually in the languages, all the exercises, 
 and the polite studys more than there, and 
 there very few British subjects, which is no 
 inconsiderable advantage. 
 
 ^Ir. Andrew Stewart will gett a full and 
 distinct account from Lord Dalrymple of every 
 thing relating to Geneva, so that I need say 
 nothing about it. I don't take it upon me to 
 give any opinion or advice as to the place where 
 his grace ought first to go. I think that ought 
 to be left to Mr. Andrew Stewart, who I take 
 it for granted is to go along with him, to go to 
 whatever place shall be advis'd as the most 
 proper, and to continue or remove elsewhere as 
 he shall find upon a tryall may probably answer
 
 338 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 the best the purpose of his grace's improve- 
 ment. I'm very sensible that all I have said 
 is to very little purpose, but my concern and 
 anxiety for the Duke made me throw out some 
 little hints which your grace will make what use 
 of you please. I shall only add, there's no 
 academv in france where Mr. Church can be of 
 any use to the Duke ; on the contrary I'm sure 
 his being with him would be a disadvantage. 
 
 I have been here about three months ; my 
 health has not been good, and I have had almost 
 constantly some ailment. I intend to return to 
 Britain next summer. I shall be happy to wait 
 upon your grace, either in London or Scotland. 
 Allow me to offer my best wishes and respectful 
 compliments to the Duke of Argyle. With my 
 kindest and most affectionate compliments to 
 Duke Hamilton and Lady Betty, with the 
 greatest regaurd I have the honour to be, Dear 
 Dutchess, 
 
 Your grace's most devoted and most 
 faithful! humble servant, 
 
 Galloway. 
 
 My daughter Phemic begs leave to offer her 
 most respectful 1 compliments. If your grace 
 will please honour me with your commands, 
 address, a miLord, Le comte de galloway a aix 
 en provence, La France. 
 
 Br. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, Munday, July 4, 1772. 
 
 I intended to have wrote to your Grace by 
 the last post, but finding that the Duke had 
 wrote, I delayed till this day that you might
 
 DR. MOORE 339 
 
 receive acc'ts of him by both posts. He 
 happened to read a letter from Mrs. Moore to 
 me, and was uneasy when he found that your 
 Grace had been indisposed. I have assured 
 him that you must now be almost perfectly 
 well, of which your letter to him is a proof. I 
 pray Heaven I may not be mistaken in this 
 particular. 
 
 I wrote some time ago to the Duke of Argyll 
 that the Duke was exceedingly fond of driving 
 in a Cabriolet, that as the weather was exces- 
 sively hot and as they generally Drive Standing 
 this Exercise was too severe, that it over heated 
 him, threw him into violent sweats, and some- 
 times raised a pain in his breast, which made 
 me averse to his continuing this exercise. Not- 
 withstanding of this, however, he had become 
 so prodigiously enamoured of a new Cabriolet 
 that a Fellow had to sell that I was affraid he 
 would be obliged to purchase it, tho' the man 
 demanded £100 for the Cabriolet independant 
 of the Horses. Since that time I have been 
 able to perswade the Duke against this purchase, 
 which I am very glad of because I am certain 
 the new Guilded Cabriolet would have been a 
 temptation to make him take too much of this 
 exercise and would have proved detrimental 
 both to his health and studies. He now talks 
 of having a couple of horses, and indeed I should 
 prefer Riding to every exercise for the Duke. 
 He desired me to write about having a couple 
 sent from England. Your Grace may mention 
 this to the Duke of Argyll. Perhaps Scotch 
 Galloways may be the propercst, at least one 
 might be of that kind. If your Grace finds 
 there will be much difficulty in this we must 
 endeavour to procure them, here. It will be
 
 340 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 time enough by the months of Oct'r or Nov'r, 
 if they can be here by that time. At present it 
 is far too hot for riding. 
 
 Your Grace's conjectures with regard to the 
 Girls were not very wide of the truth. He 
 became exceedingly fond of the eldest, so much 
 as to bring him into the habit of Rising in the 
 morning. His sleeps were short and broken b}'^ 
 Dreams of this same Girl ; he became serious 
 and pensive, changed coulours as often as She 
 came into the Room, and never was happy out 
 of her sight. I was alarmed at all this, and so 
 was the Duke himself. I prevailed on him to 
 bind himself in the most formal Manner upon 
 his Honour to Inform me of every thing, not 
 only his actions but his thoughts. In the mean 
 time I laboured to free him of this nonsensical 
 Passion, and painted the Girl (who is in Reality 
 a very fine Lassie) in so many Ridiculous and 
 unlovely colours and attitudes, that this, joined 
 to his natural fickleness and to a want of delicacy 
 on certain points (common to French women)— 
 in short all contributed to his cure, and he is 
 now indifferently well. As for the Girl herself, 
 she never was much affected. Neither his 
 Passion nor his Indifference seem to have had 
 the smallest affect on the invariable Gayity of 
 her Temper. The youngest Miss has been 
 generally in the countery ; besides the Duke 
 never took much notice of her, and she appears 
 fully as easie about him. None of the effects 
 of this Short but Violent passion Remain except 
 the habit of Rising in the Morning, which is 
 some small Indemnification for the Plague it 
 gave Both to the Duke and me. 
 
 If there were no English here I believe in my 
 concience the Duke would do in every respect
 
 nOL'GLAS!, DLKK OK HAM II.KIN, \Mril DH. M(l IKK AMI .TillIV :M<MIUK 
 
 (aktkrwauds (;knkhai,) 
 
 p. 340]
 
 DR. MOORE 341 
 
 well. He has upon some occasions applied with 
 considerable attention, and I have sometimes 
 flattered myself that I had inspired him with 
 a Curiosity and Taste for some very necessary 
 parts of Knowledge. But it is not in my power 
 to prevent liis being oftener with some of the 
 English than is to be wished, the never failing 
 effect of which is to lead him into Idleness and 
 expence and totally prevents every kind of Im- 
 provement. Your Grace will not imagine that 
 I Reckon among this number all the Englisli 
 which are in this place. There is particularly 
 Mr. Neville's Family, where the Duke has oppor- 
 tunities of being sometimes, and where he always 
 finds the Best Society to be had here. The 
 Company I would wish to Abstract the Duke 
 from is that of Idle young men Devoid of Ex- 
 perience, knowledge, or Taste, and who under 
 the show of studving at Geneva are as Idle as 
 any of the Subalterns of the Foot Guards in 
 London. I endeavour, however, in the least 
 Rebuting IManner I can, to lead him to Manly 
 Pursuits, and as his Mind strengthens, I have 
 the better chance of Success, especially as I 
 plainly see that tho' he yields to their projects 
 from the easyness of his Temper, yet he has no 
 Real enjoyment when he throws away his hours 
 in frivolous company. 
 
 With sincere wishes for your Grace's perfect 
 recovery, 
 
 I remain your ever obcd't Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Knowledge and the Love of Science is of 
 great use to every man, but I am convinced it 
 is of more than usual consequence to Duke H. 
 than to most young men. When his mind is
 
 342 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 unemployed he flies to everything for amuse- 
 ment, and if he does not acquire good habits he 
 will acquire Bad. Your Grace's Ideas have 
 great weight with him, and I am always happy 
 when in your letters you seem to wish and 
 expect that he is to turn out a man of Solid 
 Judgement and Virtuous Ambition — and when 
 you talk w'h contempt of an over Sollicitude 
 about the nice punctilios of Dress or running 
 into the extravagance of Fashion. I have in- 
 closed a figure of the Duke cut by Mrs. Upton. 
 It is thought very like. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, Munday, Sept. ISth, 1772. 
 
 The Duke wrote your Grace a letter in French 
 about eight days since to which I added a 
 postcript. We have had no letter from any of 
 the Family since the 20th, when I received 
 your Grace's letter dated the Sixth of last 
 month. I expect there will be some this day, 
 and I would willingly have seen it before I 
 wrote, but in that case I must have delayed 
 till next Friday. 
 
 The Duke is in perfect health. We continue 
 to Bathe in the Lake four or five times a Week 
 without Regarding the Weather, which is a very 
 new thing here, where nobody Bathes but when 
 the weather is warm and Serene. The degree 
 of warmth of the water in this Lake does not 
 depend so much on the temperature of the Air 
 as upon the dryness of the Weather ; after Rain 
 there is such a quantity of water comes from 
 the Neighbouring Alps and Glaciers, which are 
 always covered with Snow and Ice, that the
 
 DR. MOORE 343 
 
 Lake becomes as Cold as it is possible for Un- 
 frozen water to be. The Duke, however, throws 
 himself in headlong without hesitation, and the 
 other day when we could not remain in the 
 water above a IMinute and had just begun to 
 Put on our cloaths — My Lord, said I, a Whole 
 Evening with Madam Salle would not Bribe 
 you to take another Plunge. He threw down 
 his shirt in an instant and dashed himself in. 
 This ought to give your Grace a Strong Idea of 
 the Duke's health and hardness, for the water 
 was so Cold that it Cut my Breath, and tho' 
 dared by the Duke I had not courage to Return 
 to the Charge. Upon these Occasions we have 
 the Whole Lake to ourselves. We shall continue 
 this Amusement all this Month, and perhaps 
 Next, as I am convinced the Duke has Received 
 Great benefit from it. With regard to study, 
 I can assure your Grace it has never been Neg- 
 lected ; we are at sometimes more in the train 
 than at others, but there never passes a day 
 in which something is not done. The Duke 
 has made more than one Tour round the Globe, 
 and he is familiarly acquainted with all the 
 Countries of Europe, and the European Settle- 
 ments in Asia, Ai'frica, and America, and has 
 a pretty good General Idea of the present State 
 of most Countries. We proceed also in Par- 
 ticular History, especially in that of Europe 
 since the Revival of Letters. 
 
 The Duke has opportunities of seeing as much 
 Company as he inclines ; he has Received Invi- 
 tations to be in some of the best Societies of this 
 Place during the Winter, and I make no doubt 
 of his passing his time both Usefully and Agree- 
 ably. We had a large Company a few nights 
 ago, among whom were the Prince Gallizin,
 
 344 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 two Levonian Noblemen, the Comte de Beau- 
 veron, a very Agreeable young Frenchman, 
 Lord Mohun, and some English Gentlemen ; 
 this is the only thing like an Entertainment he 
 has given Since he came to Geneva. 
 
 We Dine to-morrow with Mons. et Madame 
 Saussure, a celebrated Professeur of Natural 
 Philosophy, who is now going to settle at Naples, 
 And is a distinguished character in this place 
 both on account of his genius and his Fortune, 
 having married a Lady of about forty or fifty 
 thousand pounds Fortune. Mons. de Voltaire 
 has prevailed on de Kain,* the Best Actor in 
 Paris, to come to the Theatre here for a week — - 
 he stays at Voltaire's Villa and is to appear 
 in three of his best Tragedies. The Old Man 
 Retains all his Vivacity, is Present at the 
 Rehearsals, giving directions to the Actors, and 
 takes infinite pleasure in seeing his own Pieces 
 Acted. The House will be immensely Crowded ; 
 there are Comp^ in Town who have come all 
 the way from Lausanne and Even Berne to 
 see this Actor. 
 
 I offer my Humble Compliments to the Duke 
 of Argyle and all the Family, and 
 
 I remain Your Grace's most obedient 
 and Most humble servant, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dear Dutchess, 
 
 As we are to visit the Planets soon, 
 possibly my next letter will be dated from the 
 
 * Henri Louis Lekain, the most famous tragedian of his time. 
 He was Voltaire's friend and most enthusiastic admirer. He 
 inaugurated drastic reforms in staging plays, especially in the 
 matter of costume. He died in 1778.
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 315 
 
 Moon. You must therefore excuse blunders 
 in a lunatick. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame, 
 
 Madame la Duchesse d'Argyle 
 (Argyle House) 
 a Londres. 
 
 franko Paris. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother, 
 
 Geneva, September 20th, 1772. 
 
 I am studying the Stars, my dearest Duchess, 
 but it will be long before I am such a conjurer 
 as your Grace. You have at length fallen upon 
 a method which will overcome my aversion to 
 writing, and that is letting me feel the pain of 
 not hearing from you. You cannot imagine 
 how much I was disappointed for two or three 
 Posts. I beg that neither you nor Lady Betty 
 will carry your revenge any farther. You do 
 not know the whole of my punishment. I am 
 not only mortified by not receiving letters but 
 I also suffer by the severity of Mr. Moore's 
 Sarcasms. In general he hates lecturing as 
 much as I hate to be lectured. But 3^our last 
 letter vexed him a little, and he drew such a 
 strange, ludicrous, diverting, yet severe Picture 
 of Laziness and Dawdeling with many allusions 
 to my Character that I blushed, and smiled 
 alternately, and did not know, upon the whole, 
 whether to laugh or cry. And not satisfied 
 with writing to you by the two last Posts himself, 
 he also insists upon my writing by the present. 
 I have not yet heard from the Baron,* or Mr. 
 Hume. But when I do I shall certainly write 
 
 * Baron Muro. 
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 346 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 in answer, and that autant par inclination que 
 par obeissance. My time is passed between 
 amusement and study, I must own to my shame, 
 the latter plus par obeissance que par inclina- 
 tion ; however it is certain that Mr. Moore has 
 inspired me with a greater relish for it than I 
 ever had. And though he labours obstinately 
 against some of my favourite amusements, yet he 
 has inspired me with no disclination towards him, 
 but greatly on the contrary. Adieu, Dearest 
 
 Duchess, 
 
 I am affectionately yours, 
 
 Hamilton & Brandon. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame, 
 
 Madame la Duchess d'Argyll 
 (Argyll House) 
 Londres. 
 
 Franco Paris. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, Sepfr 28, 1772. 
 
 If your Grace has Received all the letters I 
 have wrote of late you must Acknowledge my 
 Punctuallity and own that I have expiated my 
 former Sins of Ommission. I took occasion 
 from your last letters to expostulate with the 
 Duke upon his negligence in writing, and told 
 him I saw plainly that your Grace would write 
 very seldom if he did not become more Regular. 
 The consequence was his writing you a pretty 
 long letter, and I believe he is Resolved to give 
 you less Reason to Complain for the future. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton's character would 
 become great as well as amiable by Substraction 
 without any addition to his natural Talents.
 
 DR. MOORE 347 
 
 If we can remove indolence the Business is 
 done. lie knows that this is his weak side and 
 laments it himself, but })y long indulgence it 
 has got such a hold of his constitution that it is 
 apt to Return in spite of some very laudable 
 efforts which he has made within these two 
 months. When left to himself he is apt to 
 allow the hours appropriated for Business to 
 slip away without his being able to Recollect 
 how they escap'd, for which Reason I have found 
 it absolutely necessary, whatever IMasters he has, 
 to attend along with him, to Read alternately 
 with him on every subject of his study, and to 
 Repeat and Illustrate it again and again, with- 
 out which I plainly perceive that the Lectures 
 would be mere form Unattended with improve- 
 ment, for he has a great Talent in deceiving the 
 Lecturer and apearing to listen when his mind 
 is in Reality employed about a very different 
 matter. This engrosses more of my time than 
 is Usual for People in my Situation, and as I 
 accompany the Duke in almost all his excursions 
 (tho it may appear extraordinary) yet it is 
 certainly true that I am often Pinched for time 
 to write necessary letters. 
 
 To make ammends for this Indolence the 
 Duke is possess'd of Vivacity, Good Humour, a 
 Sacred Regard for his word, and all the prin- 
 ciples of a Gentleman and the Spirit of a Man of 
 Honour. I can assure your Grace his Personal 
 good qualities have engaged my esteem inde- 
 pendent of the attachment I may be supposed 
 to have to his Connections and Family. And 
 everybody here seem pleased with the agreable 
 and Confidential Manner in which we live 
 together. 
 
 The Duke and I were Invited by Mons'r
 
 348 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Pietet to a Ball at his House some miles from 
 Geneva a few days ago. There were about 
 twenty Ladies, some of them exceedingly hand- 
 some. I do not believe the Ladies of the best 
 fashion at Paris are Possess'd of more Politeness 
 or Easier Manners than some of the Genevoise. 
 I had no notion of this till I came here, but as 
 far as I am a Judge, it is true. The Duke 
 danced French Countery Dances till three in 
 the Morning, and a few Minuets. There were 
 some who perhaps a Dancing Master would 
 have thought danced the Minuet more correctly, 
 but none had so much easy Careless graceful- 
 ness as the Duke. I begin to think his Stoop 
 has a good effect. The Women seem'd to be of 
 the same opinion. He attached himself to a 
 Madam Cozenof, a Lady with the Blackest and 
 finest eyes in the world. The Duke says the 
 Devil's own Eyes cannot possibly be blacker. 
 I believe he is a little Catched by this Lady. 
 Since he must have a flame (for his heart is like 
 tinder) he cannot be better fixed. The Woman 
 fortunately is Marry ed. They say She is fond 
 of her Husband. However, he ought not to 
 trust too much to that. 
 
 This is the third Passion the Duke has had 
 since we cross'd the Sea. They generally affect 
 his appetite, and I can make a pretty good guess 
 of the highth of his Love by the Victuals he 
 Refuses to eat. A Slight touch of Love puts 
 him immediately from Legumes and all kind of 
 Jardinage. If it arises a degree higher he turns 
 up his nose at Fricasses and Ragouts. Another 
 degree and he will Rather go to bed supperless as 
 taste plain Roasted Veal or Poulets of any sort. 
 This is the utmost length his passion has ever 
 come hitherto, for when he was at the worst
 
 DR. MOORE 349 
 
 with Madamoisel March cnvillc, tho' she put him 
 intirely from Greens, Rafroiits, and Veal, yet 
 she made no impression on his Roast Beef or 
 Mutton appetite. He fed plentifully upon those 
 in spite of all her charms. I intend to make a 
 Thermometer for the Duke's Passion with four 
 degrees: (1) Greens, (2) Fricassees and Ragouts, 
 (3) Roast Veal and fowls, (4) plain Roast Mutton 
 or Beef. And if ever the Mercury mounts so 
 high as the last I shall think the Case alarming 
 and inform your Grace. 
 
 I remain with the greatest Respect 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't and 
 
 most humble Serv't, 
 
 J. MOCRE. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, Octr. 12, 1772. 
 
 I wrote to the Duke of Argyll and to Baron 
 Mure last week, and as I have nothing more 
 Interesting to say I shall Resume a subject upon 
 which I formerly wrote to your Grace from 
 Paris. I mean Economy. The answer your 
 Grace sent and a letter from Colonel Stewart 
 which accompanied yours were construed by 
 the Duke into an approbation of his Ideas 
 Rather than of Mine, which has made me more 
 Reserved than otherwise I would have been 
 upon the Subject of Expcnce. 
 
 The Allowance of £1,000 or £1,200 a year 
 while the Duke Remains at Geneva I am con- 
 vinced is sufficiently ample, and even more than 
 is Necessary for the Duke to spend, yet at the 
 Rate we go on I am affraid the highest of these 
 Sums will not be sufficient. When I wish to
 
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 turn the Duke from any Piece of Expence which 
 I think improper or Unnecessary I am obUged 
 to found my Arguments upon some other Basis 
 than Economy, otherwise they would have Httle 
 Effect, as it is not Possible for any human 
 Creature to have a more complete disregard to 
 Money. I do not wish to trouble your Grace 
 with Particulars, but in General I can assure you 
 these Numberless Sources of Expences which 
 (he either discovers or are suggested to him) 
 and which united amount to something very 
 considerable, and yet are so far from being 
 necessary that I am certain your Grace would 
 think they rather Diminished than Added to 
 his Importance. 
 
 I hope your Grace will not suspect that for 
 the sake of saving a little money I would spare 
 anything that was becoming the Duke of 
 Hamilton. On the Contrary I have the Utmost 
 attention (perhaps more than he has himself) 
 to what is due to his Rank. But I cannot bear 
 we should be the dupes of Tradesmen or Servants 
 who have an Interest in leading him into Im- 
 proper Expence. Yet when he is perswaded to 
 order things, however Unnecessary they may 
 be, they must be paid ; I cannot bear to Counter- 
 mand what he orders or Even to Show, to any 
 other but himself, that I dissaprove of it ; and 
 as he has changed for the better in other things 
 I do not like to give him any trouble on a 
 subject which he thinks perfectly unimportant. 
 If your Grace thinks it proper I wish you would 
 write something pretty Strong, which will 
 greatly Strengthen my hands and make what I 
 may say have more weight. 
 
 One great source of Expence is horses and 
 chaises. Some how or other he finds occasion
 
 DR. MOORE 351 
 
 to employ two or three Servants with different 
 Messages on horseback every day — every time 
 a Serv't mounts a horse it is mark'd down, and 
 the fellow's Bill who keeps these horses and 
 Chaises is very considerable every month. 
 
 Below I give your Grace a List of the cloths 
 the Duke has made up since we left London. 
 
 At Calais — a Plush Frock. 
 
 Paris — a laced half mourning Suit, a Green 
 Frock, and two buff coloured sattin 
 Waistcoats, &c. 
 
 Lvons — two Rich Waistcoats, &c. 
 
 Geneva — a Red Frock, White dress Coat, 
 Light Blue dress Coat, a Green Frock, 
 a White Ratine Suit, a Hunting Suit, a 
 Big Coat, a Night Gown, Besides Silk 
 Wa^tecoats, &c. 
 
 and Still he stands in need of Winter Cloths. 
 I have advised him to make up a plain Crimson 
 Velvet Suit when the Season is a little more 
 advanced — contented if I can perswade him to 
 limit his wardriger to this for the winter. The 
 Duke, like many people of his age, is fond of 
 Dress. I have endeavoured to convince him 
 that the Duke of Hamilton needs not draw 
 attention of Sick importance from that Quarter. 
 I have endeavoured to convert that Vanity 
 (w'h he is not destitute of) into that kind of 
 Pride (which might insite him to aspire to nobler 
 distinctions), and I hope not without success. 
 
 It is not merely for the sake of the money that 
 I would have your Grace give a hint on this 
 subject to the Duke, but also for this Reason, 
 that, I am convinced, we might answer all your 
 Grace's Views in sendinir the Duke here, and he
 
 352 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 might be on the most Respectable footing, with 
 the sum alloted by The Tutors, and all that is 
 over is sacrificed to Dissipation and Idleness. I 
 have the honour to be 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't and 
 
 most humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 I once intended to have wrote only a few lines 
 Informing you of the Duke's perfect good health, 
 but when I was on the subject of economy I 
 could not bear to give your Grace so small a 
 pennyworth. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll, 
 
 Geneva, October 19, 1772. 
 
 By the last Post the Duke had your Grace's 
 of the 25 of Sepf, and at the same time letters 
 from Lady Betty and Capt" Gunning. I Re- 
 greted they came not by different Posts, because 
 after so much Plenty I am affraid their will be 
 a Dearth, and I know he is much dissapointed 
 Avhen he hears not from the family at least once 
 in two or three posts. 
 
 It gives me uneasiness to trouble your Grace 
 on any subject which possibly you may think 
 triffling, and soon after my last went away I 
 repented I had wrote it ; however, as I have 
 mentioned that subject, I may also Inform you 
 that the day following another new suit of 
 Cloths and some other very Unnecessary articles 
 came home, upon which I had not Patience to 
 wait for your Grace's letter, but I spoke to the 
 Duke myself — and I believe with effect. I said 
 little on Econoiny, but I took occasion to Paint 
 the character of a youth we have here whose
 
 DR. MOORE 353 
 
 only sollicitude and study is Dress. Tho the 
 Duke was like to expire with laughing at the 
 Picture, it was not a Laugh of approbation, and 
 I am convinced he will have no desire to Re- 
 semble it. I would wish that all hints Relative 
 to Economy came from your Grace Rather than 
 from me — not that he neglects my advice — on 
 the contrary I can carry any point by Insisting 
 Possitively upon it, and he endures my Lectures 
 with wonderful Patience and good temper. But 
 I wish to be very sparing least their force should 
 be diminished by Repetition. This cannot 
 happen to your Grace at any time — particularly 
 at Present, when every admonition acquires 
 strength from the distance it comes from. 
 
 Little pains need be taken upon the Duke with 
 Regard to the showy and ornamental part of 
 Education — there is no Question but he will be 
 one of the most elegant and best bred men in 
 the Kingdom. But I know your Grace will 
 not be satisfied except he acquires Knowledge. 
 Independent of the weight this would give him 
 in the State, it is absolutely necessary for his 
 private happyness. I am thei-efor striving to 
 Inspire him with some taste for study — and the 
 valuable art of filling up his time with satis- 
 faction. To make him Independent of others 
 and to open sources of happyness within his own 
 mind, I wish to convince him of this Truth, 
 that if he cannot carry enjoyment about with 
 him he will find it nowhere. He promises as 
 much as any body can to enjoy long life, but 
 without the power of ammusing himself and 
 bearing his own Comp^ without wearyness, 
 there will be many a yawning Interval of In- 
 sipidity and disgust, to avoid which he might 
 fly to Gaming or Drinking, if his mind is not
 
 354 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 previously posess'd by a Love of Knowledge, 
 the Resources of which are Infinite. 
 
 The Duke has gone this morning to the 
 Hunting with Mr. Munson and Mr. Watson, 
 sons of Lords Munson and Sands, which has 
 prevented him from writing this Post, but he 
 has promised me to write the next. 
 
 I offer my Respectful Compliments to the 
 Duke of Argyll and the two Young Ladys, and 
 I have the honour to be with much sincerity 
 Your Grace's most obed* and 
 
 faithfull humble Serv\ 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 The two young men above mentioned literally 
 do nothing — the first, from a fit of obstinacy, 
 will not so much as speak French. Their time 
 is spent in the most Insipid and absurd manner 
 Imaginable, sauntering and gaming when they 
 can get any body to Play with them. 
 
 It is not Possible to keep the Duke so much 
 as I could wish from the Comp^ of the English, 
 which has Retarded matters a good deal — and 
 unfortunately there are none of his countery 
 men here as students whose example he should 
 imitate — he does better than any of them. I 
 need not mention to your Grace that I should 
 be uneasy to think that this last part of my 
 letter was known to anybody besides the Duke 
 of Argyll. I am sorry for the two young men, 
 who seem naturally of a good character, yet 
 their time is past in complete Idleness. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame 
 
 Madame la Duchesse d'Argyll, 
 Argyll House, 
 
 a Londres. 
 
 franco Paris.
 
 DR. MOORE 355 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, Ocf 26, 1772. 
 
 I imagined your Grace would have had the 
 pleasure of a letter from the Uuke this post. 
 I believe I said in my last that he had promised 
 me to write, but I am convinced I have been 
 mistaken, for I never knew him break his word, 
 and if he had actually promised I am Certain 
 nothing could have prevented his writing. The 
 greatest foible he has is Indolence; he is, how- 
 ever, getting the better of it by degrees. 
 
 His Grace and me sup'd last night with Lord 
 and Lady ISIorton, who have been at Lausanne 
 for these three or four months past and are 
 now on their way to Languedoc, where they 
 Intend to pass the winter. We are to dine with 
 them this day at Lord Stanhope's. I do not 
 know whether Mr. Lock has the honour of being 
 known to your Grace — this Gentleman with his 
 Family came lately from London, and are 
 settled for the winter at a very Elegant House 
 within a few miles of Geneva where He lives in 
 a very genteel manner. I am fond of accom- 
 panying the Duke to this Family because Mr. 
 Lock is one of the most agreable and most 
 accomplished Gentlemen I ever knew, and his 
 Lady extremely amiable. The conversation of 
 Such People is equally agreable and Instructive, 
 and may be of more service to the Duke than 
 the Lectures of any Professor. Mr. Naville has 
 now left this Place, so that Lord Stanhope's 
 Family in the Town, and Mr. Lock's and Mr. 
 Upton's in the countery, are the only English 
 Familys in which the Duke visits. 
 
 I have wrote this letter in consequence of my
 
 356 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Resolution to write every week, if the Duke 
 does not. I am sure he has not Bad health as 
 an Excuse, for he never was half so strong in his 
 life. Your Grace knows how to punish him for 
 his Laziness. 
 
 I am your Grace's most obed*' and 
 
 obliged humble Serv% 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Mrs. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Madam, 
 
 I have the pleasure to acquaint your 
 Grace that I had a letter from Mr. Moore last 
 post dated the 30 Octo'. The Duke of Hamilton 
 was then in good health. Mr. Moore expresses 
 the most perfect satisfaction with his Grace's 
 conduct, and wishes My Daughter may pay as 
 great a regard to my advice as the Duke of 
 Hamilton does to his in every particular. 
 Heaven grant he may be able to preserve that 
 influence by which alone he can hope to be of 
 use to the Duke. 
 
 The day I was honoured with your Grace's 
 letter I had the misfortune to lose my Infant, 
 and tho' penetrated with gratitude for the 
 obliging manner in which your Grace expressed 
 yourself. My health and spirits were both so 
 much affected that I was unable to make any 
 return at that time. As soon as I was a little 
 recovered I had a strong inclination to make 
 my acknowledgement in person, but the weather 
 became bad and I found the season too far 
 advanced for me to take a Journie to Inverary 
 by myself, but determined to go to Roseneath 
 as soon as I heard of your Grace's arrival. Mr. 
 Baird informs me you intend only being there
 
 MRS. MOORE 357 
 
 for a Night or two, which deprives me of all 
 opportunity of waiting upon your Grace this 
 season. I am happy, however, to hear you 
 have tlioughts of coming by Glasgow — and if 
 you would not think the proposal very absurd, 
 I would gladly beg of your Grace to do me the 
 honour to accept of a Bed in my House. The 
 accommodation I have to offer can have no 
 other recommendation than being quieter than 
 the Inn, and it is on that account only I presume 
 to offer it. Besides a Room for your Grace 
 their is a small Bed Chamber upon the same 
 flat where any one person could sleep, which is 
 all I can pretend to. If your Grace does me 
 the honour to come I shall make every thing 
 as easie and convenient as possible. I beg my 
 RespectfuU Compliments to the Duke of Argyle, 
 and am. Madam, with unexpressible regard, 
 Your Grace's Most obedi^ Humble Servant, 
 
 Jane Moore. 
 
 Glasgow, I'th Nov% 1772. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, \Sth Jan'y, 1773. 
 
 Your Grace's letter of the fifth of Jan'y came 
 at the very moment I was speaking with great 
 earnestness to the Duke upon some irregularities 
 in his Conduct. I was much affected myself, 
 and this enabled me to affect him. Your letter, 
 coming at this critical instant, seems to have 
 had the full effect wiiich it was exquisitely con- 
 trived to produce. He has made such promises 
 to me, and seems so much in earnest, that I 
 can have no doubt of his behaving in every 
 Respect as your Grace wishes. It is youth,
 
 358 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 inexperience, and a careless temper, not bad 
 dispositions, or want of sense, that have ever 
 made him act improperly. I will not trouble 
 your Grace with any more particular account 
 of a few excesses which are already expiated by 
 Repentance, and I hope will not be repeated. 
 Whoever writes you so minutely those unfavour- 
 able things of the Duke, will I hope be equally 
 punctual in giving your Grace more agreeable 
 intelligence when it can be done with equal 
 Justice. But your Grace will Remember that 
 there are Spirits in the world who are fonder of 
 Satire than Panegorick. 
 
 With regard to the essential article of the 
 choice of company, I am persuaded there will 
 be no foundation for complaints on that subject 
 for the future. It must be acknowledged that, 
 if we fall into any error there, it is intirely our 
 own faults, for the best Families in Geneva 
 have show'd the utmost attention to the Duke, 
 and have vied with each other in their endea- 
 vours to make the place agreable to him. This 
 is an Advantage which no other Stranger has 
 in such a degree as the Duke, and many of them 
 have it not at all, for the Genovois are shy in 
 Receiving Strangers, and particularly the Eng- 
 lish youth, into their Societies. The excesses 
 which our young men are sometimes given to 
 are look'd upon with a great degree of dislike 
 in this Place, where the Manners are exceed- 
 ingly correct. French Manners make dayly 
 advances, but hitherto have only increased ease 
 and Politeness, without diffusing either effemi- 
 nate Refinements or Libertinism. 
 
 I am concious that vour Grace must have 
 observed a variety and almost a Contradiction 
 in my letters, owing to the influence which the
 
 DR. MOORE :359 
 
 Duke's Conduct lias on me at different times. 
 I am in hioli si)irits and view everything in a 
 pleasant point of light when he is in a good 
 train. Mv heart swells with Satisfaction and 
 Pride when I hear him Prais'd. On the con- 
 trary I become Sad and unhappy when I think 
 his Conduct is Blamed or Blameworthy. I 
 never heard him say a foolish thing in Company 
 without looking like a Fool, and almost wishing 
 it had Rather come from myself. To this 
 sensibility your Grace will impute the discord- 
 ance in my letters, and from this you may judge 
 of the Pleasure I at this moment enjoy from 
 the fair Prospect which now opens of which the 
 Inclosed will Inform you. I hope no diffidence 
 will lurk in vour mind. After the earnest 
 Resolutions he has taken and the solemn pro- 
 testations he has made, you cannot doubt of 
 the Duke's adherincr to them without thinkinor 
 him totally lost to every Sentiment of Truth, 
 Honour, and Virtue. Neither need what has 
 past make too strong an impression on your 
 mind. There are twenty who could have been 
 seduced into all the errors the Duke has fallen 
 into, for one who could have had the magnani- 
 mity to confess his errors in the manner he has 
 done. Your Grace is not the only person to 
 whom he has displayed this instance of true 
 manliness. One of his late adventures made 
 this proper, and I had no difficulty in prevailing 
 on him, when the Duke was convinced that 
 the person exacted nothing, and was not in a 
 situation to receive any other kind of Repara- 
 tion. I was the more pleased with this as I 
 am fully convinced of the delicacy of his senti- 
 ments as a Gentleman and the Intrepidity of 
 his spirit.
 
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 I offer Respectful Compliments to the Duke 
 of Argyll and all the Family, and Remain 
 
 Your Grace's ever faithful and obed't 
 humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 I did not write last post because the D. con- 
 duct could not be approv'd, and I did not choose 
 to trust myself on the subject. I was to low 
 spirited. 
 
 ft 
 
 Portion of Letter dated Geneva, April Slst, 
 
 . . . But this ensuing year and the way he shall 
 spend it I consider as of great importance — and 
 perhaps will decide whether he shall be a char- 
 acter of Real Importance and worth capable of 
 the first employments — happy in himself and 
 approved by the just and sensible — or only a 
 Genteel showy man of Quality with a good deal 
 of natural Quickness and very knowing in horses. 
 If the last should be the case he will, independant 
 of other circumstances, be miserable from his 
 own reflections, for in his heart he despises this 
 very character and has Ideas of a different kind 
 — and I can plainly see is hurt when he observes 
 other vouno- men admired for a different Turn 
 of mind, and even for despising those objects 
 which he puts to much value upon, tho' every 
 object of that kind is without controulin their 
 Power, and Refused and neglected by them 
 only from the Idea of their impropriety and 
 frivolity. This spark of Remorse I will work a 
 little upon, and possibly matters may be altered 
 before I can hear from your Grace — but still 
 there can be no harm in your or the Baron 
 writing in the Terms above mentioned. 
 
 I
 
 DR. MOORE 361 
 
 The different turns of my letters may seem 
 inconsistant till it is Remembered that the sub- 
 jeet is a youth of seventeen, and that I make it 
 a Rule to paint thinos to your Graee as they 
 Realy are at the date of my letters, and this 
 easily Aeeounts for the varied and even contra- 
 dietorv aeeounts. But this always Remains 
 without being contradicted, that the materials 
 we have to work upon arc excellent and capable 
 of the hnest pollish, and well worthy of all our 
 care to prevent their being defaced or broke to 
 pieces before they arc finished. I have the 
 honour to be Avith Inhnitc Respect your Grace's 
 
 Ever obedient and faith full humble Scrv*' 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, May 2, 1773. 
 
 The Duke received by the last Post your 
 Grace's letter of the 16 of Aprile. It makes 
 me inexpressibly happy to find your Senti- 
 ments so conformable to mine. I am convinced 
 the Duke will not give vou the mortification of 
 finding your expectations of him dissapointed, 
 or of upbraiding me with having deceived you 
 with groundless hopes. I will not say that the 
 Duke has that ardent desire for knowledge, or 
 that strong Ambition, which enables to despise 
 present pleasure on every occasion for the sake 
 of future Greatness. But I can truly say that 
 his desire of knowledge and his application are 
 considerably increased, and if his present turn 
 of mind and attainments are compared with 
 what they were when he left England, the 
 change will be found much in his favour beyond 
 what was to have been Reasonably expected 
 
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 362 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 in the time. I am not naturally an Enemy to 
 Pleasure and Gayity, and I wish to appear as 
 seldom as I think consistent with my Duty in 
 my Monitorial character. When I dread his 
 relapsing into the habits of Indolence, when I 
 dissaprove of his Company, or when I perceive 
 a destructive Taste beginnig to form which 
 might intirely ingross him, and swallow up 
 every other Passion, it is only on such occasions 
 that I interrupt the Cordial Alliance which 
 generally subsists between us. This generally 
 occasions a contest which is fought with suffi- 
 cient Obstinacy on both sides. But the animo- 
 sity is intirely exhausted in the Battle without 
 leaving any Rancorous dregs behind. One 
 Reflection gives me the utmost comfort, that I 
 have People of such characters as those of your 
 Grace and the Duke of Argyll to appeal to on 
 certain occasions. I am the more sensible of 
 my own happiness in this particular that I know 
 the inconveniences which others who are here 
 in the same situation with myself have ex- 
 perienced from the absurd and ill-judged Indul- 
 gence of their Pupil's Relations, as well as from 
 the headstrong folly of the young man himself. 
 The first seldom fails to produce or at least to 
 increase the second. I miust own that your 
 Grace has acted in such a Manner as to leave us 
 no Excuse. If we do not Improve it must be 
 his fault or mine. 
 
 The Duke presents his dutiful Compliments 
 to your Grace, the Duke of Arg3dl, and Lady 
 Charlotte Edwin, and his Love to the two young 
 Ladys. I have the Honour to be 
 
 Your Grace's ever faithful and obed't 
 
 humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore.
 
 DR. MOORE 363 
 
 I have read Mr. Stewart's letters with great 
 satisfaction. He has done himself Justice, 
 and attack'd his Enemy with the Dignity and 
 Address of a Gentleman. When compared to 
 him Junius is but an executioner. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, June 4, 1773. 
 
 I was prevented from writing to your Grace 
 by the last post, being much hurryed preparing 
 everything for our Establishment in this place, 
 where we are now most agreeably settled. I 
 mentioned in a former letter that the Duke 
 was desirous of passing this Summer in the 
 Countery. I hired this House, which is about 
 the distance of a League from Geneva, one of 
 the most delightful Situations that can be 
 imagined, on the side of the Rhone, with a 
 beautiful Garden and Surrounded with vine 
 yards. The Duke has made Strong professions 
 of application during the Summer, and there is 
 the greater probability that these will be kept 
 as he begins to take some pleasure in Reading 
 and is able to make Stronger exertions than he 
 was. The Prince Galitzine lives in the same 
 family with us, which I think an advantage 
 because he is a young man of very agreable 
 manners and virtuous dispositions, who gives 
 the utmost application to his Studies, partly 
 from Taste and partly from a Strong Ambition 
 to acquire distinction and to deserve it. He 
 is three or four years older than the Duke, is 
 very accomplished for his age, having been 
 several years out of Russia, two of these in 
 Italy, is much esteem'd in this Place, and as he
 
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 is of a Prudent Character and of an equal 
 obliging Temper, I was exceeding well pleased 
 when the Duke proposed that they should live 
 together during the Summer. The Musick 
 Master comes every morning to this place. 
 There is no danger of this part of Education 
 being neglected, as a natural Taste has more 
 influence than any other Monitor. I hope to 
 engage two other Masters during the Summer to 
 give Lesons three times a week, one in Ethics, 
 and the other to ammuse the Duke with ex- 
 periments in Natural Philosophy ; but whether 
 these take place or not I shall contrive to have 
 the mornings and forenoons usefully employ'd. 
 As the Duke's acquaintences Are very Numer- 
 ous he is Generally employed in visiting or some 
 other ammusement in the afternoon. Yester- 
 day we dined with a Mons'r de Florian, a 
 Gentleman much connected with the Comte de 
 Polignaque, who has the Honour to be known 
 to your Grace, and who has several times wrote 
 to Florian from Paris in the strongest terms to 
 pay every kind of attention and endeavour to 
 be of use to the Duke. Florian's house is 
 adjacent to Voltaire's. The old Gentleman 
 sent a message to me to come and see him after 
 dinner. He is busily employed at present in 
 preparing what he calls a Tableau of the Late 
 War. The part which I perceive excites his 
 own curiosity most is what was transacted in 
 the East Indies, with the Present State and the 
 Characters and Religion of the Natives of that 
 countery. He spoke again with much appro- 
 bation of Mr. Stuart's letters, which I imagine 
 have made some noise in France, for the Duke 
 of Rochfoucault, who is at present at Geneva, 
 sent a message to Duke Hamilton desiring a
 
 DR. MOORE 365 
 
 readincr of them. You will direct vour letters 
 as formerly. I have ordered that all letters 
 directed to the Duke or me shall remain at the 
 Post house till we send for them. 
 
 The Duke received Ladv Bettv's letter and 
 will write to her soon. He sends his Dutiful 
 Compliments to your Grace and desires to be 
 Remembered to all the family. 
 
 I am in the most Respectful Manner Your 
 Grace's ever obedient and most faithful Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, June 14, 1773. 
 
 Last week the Duke wrote to your Grace 
 immediately on Receiving the Acc'ts of your 
 Sister's Death. He seemed much affected with 
 that Event and with the Influence it micrht 
 have on Your Spirits and Health. He is much 
 pleased with this place, and if I may Judge by 
 the Sample I have had since we came to the 
 Country, I have every Reason to believe that 
 this Summer will be pass'd in an Agreeable and 
 useful Manner. For I never saw the Duke so 
 happy and so satisfied with himself, and I 
 believe he never had so much Reason to be so. 
 This morning he Rose at five and We walked 
 to the Rhone and Bathed. The Musick Master 
 came at six ; from a little after seven till nine 
 we are employed in Reading togather. From 
 ten till one is employed in different Exersices 
 and studies higlijy proper for him. The after- 
 noon is always occupied in a manner which 
 sufficientlv ammuses him, and leaves no Interval 
 for the fits of Langour he was formerly subject 

 
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 to. In this manner has every day been pass'd 
 since we came to Chatelaine, and I never saw 
 him so active, Hvely, and satisfyed since we 
 were togather. Your Grace cannot Imagine 
 how much pleasure this has given me. I own 
 I never was happyer in my life, for My happy- 
 ness is in a great measure included in his. This 
 is a Theme which I love to dwell on, and I might 
 have Prolonged this letter considerably if the 
 Post did not oblige me to finish. 
 
 I remain your Grace's ever faithful 
 and obed't humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, 28 June, 1773. 
 
 I have nothing but what is good to write to 
 your Grace concerning the Duke. I had some 
 hopes he would himself have wrote this Post, 
 but he had a good many company dining with 
 him this day, and since dinner he has fatigued 
 himself so much playing at cricket, that it 
 would be cruel to desire him to take the pen. 
 The Duke is so much in debt with regard to 
 dinners that he is obliged to slump off a good 
 many Creditors at a time, tho' the Plague and 
 ceremony this occasions is far from being agree- 
 able either to him or me. He has since we 
 came to the Countery taken a great fondness 
 for cricket, and as there is a convenient field 
 near this House he has collected a Party in 
 Geneva and the environs who come here occa- 
 sionally and Play. I am sometimes affraid 
 that he pushes this exercise to excess, but he 
 is so strong and agile that the other Players
 
 DR. MOORE 307 
 
 are generally sooner fatigued than liini ; besides 
 he passes his mornings and forenoons so very 
 much to my mind, that it would be ungenerous 
 to make any objection to his passing the Even- 
 ings according to his own. In short he is in 
 perfect health and good spirits, which I believe 
 is greatly owing to his having some object to 
 employ every hour of his time from Morning 
 to niffht. As this is the case vour Grace cannot 
 doubt but the Duke's natural good sense and 
 dispositions will be gradually adorned with 
 knowledge and virtuous habits, to contribute to 
 which desirable ends, as it is the Duty, so I may 
 with Truth say it is the wish and study of 
 Your Grace's ever obedient and 
 faithful humble Serv\ 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madam 
 
 Madam la Duchesse d'Argyll, 
 Argyll House, 
 
 Londres. 
 
 franko Paris. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, Jtdy 14, 1773. 
 
 The Duke Received letters two or three Posts 
 ago from Messrs. Mure, Stuart, and Crawford 
 relative to the Renfrewshire Election, and im- 
 mediately answered them in Terms expressive 
 of his wishes for Mr. Crawford's success, as he 
 understood this Gentleman was favoured by 
 your Grace and the other Tutors. 
 
 Mr. George Greenville came to this country 
 about ten davs since, and as he found it diffi- 
 cult to get himself established in an agreeable
 
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 manner, all the houses about the Town being 
 occupied, the Duke invited him to this house, 
 where there was a spare apartment, and he now 
 makes one of the family. I am persuaded your 
 Grace will not be displeased with this arrange- 
 ment, as Mr. Greenville is a very sensible young 
 man of Correct manners and a very manly turn 
 of mind. Both the Duke and me were interested 
 in this young Gentleman on account of an 
 Intimate companion he once had at Eaton, and 
 the more I see of Mr. Greenville I have the more 
 Reason to be satisfied with his being often with 
 the Duke. 
 
 Mr. Baron Mure gave me a hint that your 
 Grace disapproved of my having attended Mrs. 
 Lock and Mrs. Upton. I will not trouble you 
 with the particulars of the manner in which I 
 was induced to this, as I have done this already 
 in my letter to the Baron. This I am fully 
 convinced of, that if vour Grace had been witness 
 to what passed you would have joined in the 
 Ladies' Request, and would have had a much 
 worse opinion of me than I hope you ever will 
 have, had I refused to comply with it. Your 
 Grace may soon be informed that it is not 
 possible for any Person who ever was in this 
 place in my situation to be on a more agreeable 
 and Respectable footing with the best People 
 of every Nation than I am. I cannot be insen- 
 sible that this proceeds in a great measure from 
 the connection I have with one of the Duke's 
 Rank ; at the same time I have reason to flatter 
 myself that my own character has had some 
 share. Every one is sensible of the advantage 
 which the Duke has reap'd from his being 
 attended by one who has some knowledge in 
 medecine, and they seem still more convinced
 
 DR. MOORE 3G9 
 
 that in tlie same person lie is accompanied 
 by a Gentleman ; after having snpported this 
 character all my life there is little danger of 
 my forfeiting it while I attend the Duke of 
 Hamilton. 
 
 For Reasons which I formerly wrote to the 
 Dnke of Argyll, I would have been very happy 
 that the Duke had been contented with the 
 Riding horses he already had and with a hired 
 carriage at his command when he needed one. 
 And after what he wrote your Grace he would 
 not have insisted on Buying a pair of horses 
 for a Cabriolle if I had remained positive against 
 it, but I saw this so very much the desire of his 
 heart that I thought it best to propose pur- 
 chasing a pair which he has now had for about 
 a month. I plainly perceive that he will be 
 much less in a Cabriolle now than ever, for he 
 is so fond of his horses and so very much afraid 
 of injuring them that he grudges the smallest 
 use that is made of them, and very often chooses 
 to Ride or walk afoot to save them the fatigue 
 of driving two or three miles, tho' they are two 
 of the strongest horses I ever saw. So there is 
 more danger of their falling bad of Indolence 
 and surfeiting than of over fatigue. Perhaps I 
 am too anxious about Trifles, but I own it makes 
 me Uneasy when I perceive the Duke too 
 curious and too knowing on the subject of 
 horses — his frequent visits to the stable never 
 fail to give me a little uneasiness, because I 
 fear the formation of an Unconquerable Taste 
 for every kind of Horses. I have the pleasure 
 however, to assure your Grace that the Duke's 
 mornings and forenoons are always well em- 
 ployed. I beg you will make my compliments 
 acceptable to the Duke of Argyll and all the
 
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 family, and believe me to be with the utmost 
 Respect 
 
 Your Grace's ever obedient and 
 faithful humble servant, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame, 
 
 Madame la Duchess d'Argyll 
 (Argyll House) 
 
 a Londres. 
 
 franko Paris. 
 
 Dr. Moore to Baron Mure.* 
 
 Chatelaine, near Geneva, July 29, 1773, 
 
 Dear Baron, 
 
 I congratulate you most heartily on the 
 success of your Negociation at London ; few 
 people have of late carried so much intrinsick 
 wealth of their own Creation into Scotland. 
 Six thousand p'ds and two Boys worth a 
 Million ! I know no man (out of Asia) better 
 at making money and children than you. 
 You will say perhaps that two-thirds of the 
 money is for other men. That is true, and 
 possibly two-thirds of the children you have 
 made in your time are for other men also. 
 But whether you or others have the property, 
 your Labours in both instances are certain 
 gain to the Countery. 
 
 The Duke received the conjunct letters from 
 Mr. Stuart and you, and a letter from Mr. Craw- 
 furd on the same subject. I explained to him 
 the affair of the compromise, and he immedi- 
 ately wrote satisfactory answers to both. 
 
 * William Mvire, baron of the Scots exchequer, friend of Hume 
 and Lord Bute.
 
 DR. MOORE 371 
 
 What the Dutchess mentioned to you con- 
 cerning the two Ladys is true, and the manner 
 I was drawn into it was this. When I left 
 London Dr. Hunter gave me a letter to Mr. 
 Upton, an English gentleman who at present 
 lives near Geneva, in which among many obliging 
 things he mentioned my experience and address 
 in that particular business. He gave me the 
 letter sealed, and you may believe I could have 
 no Idea of that part of the Contents. Some 
 time after Mr. Lock, a man of Great Fortune, 
 and one of the most amiable and accomplished 
 Gentlemen I ever knew% came here with his 
 Family and took a house in the Countery near 
 Mr. Upton's. Roth of these Gentlemen show'd 
 every attention to the Duke ; he was fond of 
 their Company and upon the most intimate 
 footing in their Family s. Their Ladys were 
 both with Child and nearly about the same 
 time gone. When the period approached Mr. 
 Upton Informed me of what Dr. Hunter had 
 wrote, and both he and Mr. Lock desired in the 
 most earnest manner that I w^ould attend on 
 that occasion. They took pains to obviate 
 every objection, telling me that their Ladys had 
 perfect confidence in me and a dread of any 
 other, and that they were so strongly of these 
 sentiments that it would be a most severe and 
 perhaps a fatal disapointment if I Refused. 
 In short I could not Refuse, and as the Ladys 
 had very expeditious Recoverys and fine children, 
 I believe they have the highest sense of the 
 service I did them. 
 
 My Reputation as a Physician is higher 
 here than I could wish, and I am frequently 
 consulted by the English who pass this way. 
 It has hitherto appeared to me unfeeling and
 
 372 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 dissobliging to Refuse. All I could do to 
 prevent this, and which I have most sacredly- 
 observed, was absolutely to Refuse every offer 
 of money and to let it be known that every 
 piece of trouble which I take of this kind is 
 merely out of favour to my country men. 
 This makes it indelicate on their part to 
 consult me, which accordingly is never done 
 but on very particular occasions. As for Mrs. 
 Lock and Upton, nothing would have made me 
 yield to their Request but the many civilities 
 they had show'd both to the Duke and me, the 
 Regard which every one must have who knows 
 them, and their Strong prejudices in my favour, 
 Circumstances which cannot take place in any 
 future Instance, and which after what you have 
 said (in all events) I will positively Refuse. 
 
 I hope, my dear Baron, you will Represent this 
 affair in its true light to the Dutchess without 
 delay. If I know anything of her Dispositions, 
 had she been here she would have Joined in 
 the Ladys' Request. As for the effect which 
 this or any other part of my conduct has had 
 here, I can assure you that I stand as high in 
 the opinion of the best People here as my heart 
 could desire, more so (than I think in my Con- 
 science) I deserve. The unwearied attention I 
 have paid to the Duke's improvement and the 
 favourable change which has followed, has been 
 much remark'd, and has perhaps made the 
 greater impressions that in this place they have 
 seen many instances of an opposite conduct, 
 particularly from our Countery. This is so true 
 that, if I had the care of one of inferiour Rank 
 and Talents to the Duke of Hamilton, I flatter 
 myself I would bestow instead of Receiving 
 importance by the connection. Offer my Re-
 
 DR. MOORE 373 
 
 spectful Compliments to Mrs. Mure and all your 
 family. Tell Mr. Jarden I Received his letter 
 and assure him of my esteem. I once had hopes 
 of being able to procure him a Pupil that Possibly 
 he would not have Refused. An accident, to 
 the young man's great loss, prevented this. I 
 suppose you have Received a letter the Duke 
 wrote vou some davs acjo in Answer to Yours. 
 He is perfectly well, and I am and shall Remain 
 to my last breath, my Dear Baron, 
 
 Your affectionate and obcd't humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 I wish it may be convenient for Mrs. Mure to 
 allow Mrs. Moore to accompany her some time 
 this Summer to Inverary. The many cross 
 incidents which have happened of late have 
 made me often uneasy on her acc't, and make 
 me fear the effect they may have on her health. 
 I am sure nothing can give her so much pleasure 
 as Mrs. iMure's attention and yours, and she has 
 often express'd in her letters her obligations to 
 vou both since I left her. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, 2 August, 1773. 
 
 I wrote a short line to your Grace last week 
 only to inform you of the continuation of the 
 Duke's health. I expected he would have wrote 
 this post himself, but his aversion to writing is 
 very great. He says he hates writing because 
 he writes badly, and I tell him he writes ill 
 because he hates writing. He surmounts this 
 aversion, however, when there is any particular 
 call. When I pointed to him the distressful 
 scene which your Gj'ace was witness to before
 
 374 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 you left London, there was occasion for no other 
 argument to induce him to write. 
 
 The Prince and Princess de Carrignan * and 
 Madame de Brionne have been at Geneva, and 
 were intertained by the RepubUc with uncom- 
 mon Magnificence. There was an Entertain- 
 ment on the Lake with the representation of a 
 sea fight ; the vessel in which they were was 
 attacked by another carrying Turkish colours 
 and the men in Turkish dresses. After some 
 firing and when the Prince's vessel was in danger 
 of being taken a Maltese sloop came up to her 
 relief, and after much firing and brandishing 
 of swords the Turkish ship was forced to yield 
 and all the infidels made prisoners, to the great 
 comfort and satisfaction of all the Christian 
 Spectators, while after this victory there was a 
 Ball and Supper which continued till four in 
 the morning. 
 
 The Duke is highly pleased with his situation 
 in the countery, and his affection for his horses 
 continues with unabating ardour. There is 
 another Serv't engaged on their acc't, for he 
 can never be satisfied with the care that is taken 
 of them and is in pain when the air of heaven 
 blows on them too roughly. 
 
 I would have been well pleased if his Grace 
 could have been contented with horses engaged 
 by the month or season, for Reasons which I 
 explained to your Grace in a former letter, the 
 justness of which Reasons I am now more con- 
 vinced of than ever, but that could not be done. 
 I beg your Grace may sometimes remember 
 me to the Duke of Argyll and the Ladies, and 
 
 * The Princes of Carignano were a younger branch of the 
 House of Savoy, and were the ancestors of the unfortunate 
 Princesse de Lamballe and of the present King of Italy.
 
 DR. MOORE 375 
 
 believe me always to be with the most perfect 
 Respect 
 
 Your most obed't and faithful humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, Augtist 14, 1773. 
 
 I did not write to your Grace by the last 
 post because the Duke and me were then on a 
 Tour to the Glaciers of Savoy, from which we 
 are but just Returned. These are prodigious 
 Mountains of Ice and Snow which, falling from 
 the highest hill of the Alps during the winter, 
 are accumulated into such solid masses that 
 the heat of summer is not able to dissolve even 
 that part which touches the Valies. The objects 
 to be observed in this tour are perhaps the 
 most Grand, The most Varied, Curious, and 
 extraordinarv, that are to be met with in anv 
 other Part of the world. We Returned by the 
 small Republick called the Vallais — whose Terri- 
 tories are so wonderfully fortified by Nature 
 that a small body of Resolute men could defend 
 all the passes against any force which can 
 possibly be brought to attack them. The 
 simple manners of these people are finely de- 
 scribed bv Rousseau in his Heloise — we Returned 
 also by the little Town of Clarense and the 
 Rocks of Millerie, where your Grace will Re- 
 member the principle scenes of that Romance 
 passed. 
 
 I would willingly have engaged the Duke to 
 have wrote your Grace a particular description 
 of what was most observable on this Tour, 
 which would have been a proper employment
 
 376 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 for him and much miore interesting to you 
 than the same from any other hand ; but I 
 must not conceal from you that the bad effects 
 of his keeping so many horses are but too 
 evident — as they occupy his mind and have 
 already weakened his attention to objects of 
 Real importance, and have in some degree turned 
 him from a course which had the most flattering 
 apearance. Tho' the horses were perfectly well 
 taken care of by the man in whose house we are, 
 who had engaged a serv* extraordinary for that 
 purpose — who had two Guineas a month for 
 each horse — the Duke, on pretence that they 
 were not sufficientlv looked after, insisted on 
 engaging another serv*, which to satisfy him I 
 agreed to, thinking this was to be only a Tem- 
 porary matter during the summer, but I soon 
 found this fellow dress'd in a new Suit of Livery 
 w^ the Duke had ordered without speaking to 
 me — so that there is little reason to imagine he 
 will be inclined to diminish the number of his 
 Horses or give up this serv^ who is quite super- 
 fluous during the winter. 
 
 I particularize this, but the same turn of mind 
 which has induced him with much perseverence 
 and some art to carry this Point has made him 
 increase very considerably every part of his ex- 
 pence, and I ain certain if it is not checked Avill 
 still go on augmenting. I believe I need not 
 Repeat to your Grace that the simple considera- 
 tion of the expence is of less importance than 
 other consequences which accompany this Plan of 
 living — which in Reality rather diminishes than 
 adds to the Duke's importance in the eyes of the 
 People here, both inhabitants and strangers, 
 all of whom know his business here was im- 
 provement and not show — and who are also
 
 DR. MOORE 377 
 
 sensible that in proportion as the last is aug- 
 mented beyond a proper degree the first is 
 diminished. The stile of the Duke's family has 
 been from the begining more splendid than that 
 of any stranger of whatever countery who has 
 resided here, and I was pleased it should be so, 
 but I own I should be sorry for any increase. 
 
 If the Duke was going into Italy or making the 
 Tour of the German Courts, in that case I should 
 be particularly attentive that his whole Equip- 
 age and appearenee should be in the most 
 splendid stile that his Fortune would admit —   
 but what would be proper then is in every 
 Respect improper now. What I would be at 
 by all this (which I am affraid has sufficiently 
 tired your Grace) is, that I should be glad to 
 Receive a letter address'd either to the Duke 
 or me expressive of surprize at your under- 
 standing there was an augmentation of Livery 
 Serv*^ and the sums drawn, which you considered 
 as no Proof of the Duke's real Improvement — 
 this will be the case, for many ace*" will be 
 payable immediately. 
 
 I can assure your Grace the Duke has im- 
 proved greatly since you saw him — he has many 
 ameable Qualities and an excellent under- 
 standing- — his fort is a Quickness and penetra- 
 tion into character which often surprises me ; 
 his foible is a love of show and an uncontroulable 
 desire for every new object, which, however, 
 becomes insipid as soon as acquired — and so he 
 veers about to another, w'' remains an object of 
 desire till in his possession and then is dispised. 
 Age will correct this in everything but in his 
 taste for horses, which if I know anything of 
 the human heart will gather strength by years. 
 I am the more uneasv about all this because he 
 
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 378 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 was going on in the finest Train imaginable, and 
 all is in danger of being destroyed by a Guilded 
 CabrioUe, horses, and an equipage by much too 
 Glittering — which is I plainly perceive laughed 
 at by most people here, even the English who 
 are doing any Good. If he could have had 
 patience for one year more, I flatter myself his 
 mind would have gained so much vigour that 
 it would not have been in . . . 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother, 
 
 Dearest Duchess, 
 
 I have by this Post wrote on the subject 
 you desired to Baron Mure, as also on another 
 subject in which I feel myself much interested. 
 
 We lately made a Tour to the Glaciers of 
 Savoy — before we arrive at these we have two 
 long days' journey among the highest mountains 
 of the Alps. Nothing can be more awfull than 
 the appearance of these vast Mountains, and the 
 rocks which in many places hang over the road 
 and threaten the passengers with destruction. 
 We saw some rocks almost as big as Inverary 
 Castle which had fallen from the Mountains into 
 the Valley and make the scene more dreadful. 
 
 These Hills are covered with the largest pines 
 I ever saw, as well as Oaks and other Trees. 
 The Valleys are fruitfull and exceedingly beauti- 
 full. Nothing can better prove the superiority 
 and Grandeur and Magnificence of the works of 
 Nature above those of art. Versailles is the 
 labour of a child when compared with the 
 Mountains and Valleys of the Alps. 
 
 The Glaciers themselves resemble the sea in 
 ^ storm, if you suppose it instantly frozen while
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 379 
 
 in its highest agitation. Wc returned through 
 a Country of a dilferent aspect, where all tlic 
 mild rural beauties are to be found. But I 
 have not the powers of description in a suffi- 
 cient degree to give you an idea of all the varied 
 beauties of this delightful! Tour. 
 
 Mr. Moore desires to join me in Compliments 
 to all the family, and I always am 
 
 Your Loving and affectionate son, 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Chatelaine, August 23, 1773. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame, 
 
 Madame la Duchess d' Argyll 
 (Argyll House) 
 
 a Londres. 
 
 franko Paris* 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Chatelaine, Sep'r 6, 1773. 
 
 There was a kind of Militarv Entertainment 
 at this Place lately. I believe your Grace 
 knows that the Citizens of Geneva are all 
 Soldiers. They are formed into different Corps 
 and are continually exercising during two 
 months every Summer. They are particularly 
 fond of the Exercise of the Cannon and the 
 Arquebuse, for they know Their war must, like 
 the war of Troy, consist of a Siege. He who 
 excells in the direction of these arms is con- 
 sidered as the Hector of the State. There has 
 not been a comparative Trial of this kind these 
 ten years till this Summer, when a certain 
 Moses Maudric carried of the Prize from many 
 competitors and was crowned King, as they 
 call it, of the Arqucbusiers. His good fortune 
 gave Universal Satisfaction because he is a man
 
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 of a Worthy character and who had done real 
 Service to the RepubHck during their late 
 troubles, for which he had Received a Gold 
 hilted Sword in a present from the State. 
 
 On account of his Coronation the Entertain- 
 ment was given. A Camp was formed on a Plain 
 without the Town. All the citizens were under 
 Arms. The King of the Arquebusiers walked 
 between the two oldest Syndics, the Duke in 
 the next Rank between the two Youngest ; after 
 them Prince Galizin and Lord Stanhope, flanked 
 by another couple of large Periwigs. Messrs. 
 Grenville, Clive, and I followed them, with all 
 the Strangers who had been invited. After- 
 Avards the Council of twenty-five, and those 
 Citizens of Geneva who were particularly re- 
 lated to the King. A Band of Musick play'd 
 before the procession, and the officers saluted 
 them as they walked past the Troops drawn up 
 on the Plain. They then placed themselves in 
 an amphitheatre of Benches prepared for that 
 purpose. The Troops were then divided into 
 two Armies, a Battle was fought, a Bridge was 
 attack'd and most resolutely defended, a convoy 
 of Provisions was Intercepted on the March to 
 one of the Armies and half the waggons taken — 
 the rest escap'd by Miracle. Lord Mohun, Avho 
 commanded a body of Cavalry, performed 
 wonders, and many others distinguished them- 
 selves, particularly the Generals, who to be sure 
 had an amazing quantity of Lace on their 
 Clothes. When the hurly burly was done and 
 the battle lost and won, his Majesty, etc., 
 marched back to the Maison de Ville, where 
 dinner attended them, and a great deal more 
 execution ensued than had happened in the field. 
 
 After a few Toasts had been given, the Chief
 
 DR. MOORE 381 
 
 Syndic gaye Mons. le Due d'llaniiltoii et la 
 Noblesse Etrangere. The Duke with a grace- 
 fulness peculiar to himself stood up, and ex- 
 press'd his sense of the Honour had been done 
 him and Drank prosperity to the Re})ublick of 
 Geneva. Each Toast was followed bv a llourisli 
 of Kettledrums, Trum})ets, and the fireing of 
 Cannon. The Dinner was more warlike than 
 the battle. An hundred Granadiers with their 
 Arms actually marched into the Hall where 
 we sate. I was afraid they were going to 
 Ammuse us with a General discharge from their 
 guns, but I found it was only a detachment 
 from the army to drink the King's health in 
 the Royal presence, which having done, they 
 Retired in good order. Manv tables were 
 covered in the Streets, and if there was not so 
 much Magnificence, I dare swear there was as 
 much real festivity at the Coronation of Moses 
 the first of Geneva as at that of George III. 
 of Great Britain. The most pleasing part of 
 the Entertainment was the Cordiality, Good 
 will, and perfect chearfulness which appear'd 
 Universally among all Ranks of this happy 
 little Republick, where the Love of Liberty, 
 and Regard for the Laws, prevails more gener- 
 ally than in any part of the World. The Duke 
 observed this to me, and said nothing could be 
 more pleasant than to see a whole State live 
 togather in such an affectionate manner, where 
 the distinctions of Rank and Riches seem to 
 create no Envy. 
 
 I fear I have tired your Grace, and shall 
 endeavour to encroach less upon your time 
 for the future. I shall only add that I am 
 infinitely sollicitous that the Duke should im- 
 prove this Winter, because if he spends this
 
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 well, I am perswaded he will spend the next 
 better, and I imagine this would give a stamp 
 to his character for life. He has fine talents 
 and many admirable qualities, and if he can 
 be perswaded not to bestow that attention (by 
 which he could comprehend and acquire the 
 most useful and ornamental knowledge) upon 
 meaner objects, I am certain he will be all that 
 your Grace can desire. Were he not capable of 
 a great deal more than he does, perhaps there 
 is good Reason to be satisfied with the Advances 
 he has already made. 
 
 I have the Honour to be with the highest 
 Regard 
 
 Your Grace's ever obed't and faithful 
 humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 The Duke signed all the papers which were 
 sent bv Mr. Stuart, and I have returned them 
 to Mr. Davidson. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Ducliess of Argyll. 
 
 The Duke had your Grace's letter of the 
 23'^ of August this forenoon ; he fully intended 
 to have wrote by this Post, but he has fatigued 
 himself so much hunting that he now begs to 
 delay it till to-morrow morning. I fear, how- 
 ever, if I trust to that your Grace may be 
 dissapointed altogether. I shall therefor make 
 certain of this line to inform you that all is 
 well, and if the Duke is better than my ex- 
 pectations you shall have his letter also. He 
 expressed the highest satisfaction at Lady 
 Augusta's recovery, and was exceedingly pleased
 
 DR. MOORK SS3 
 
 with her postcript to your Grace's letter, as it 
 is a proof of her being quite well. 
 
 There was a little egarement sometime since 
 — without saying any tiling on the subject I 
 show'd a good deal of concern, and tliis at 
 length affected him. Things are now in a 
 better Train. There is no great occasion for 
 Language between us in such cases — he under- 
 stands my meaning fully by my features, and 
 I imagine there is not a sentiment of his mind 
 unknown to me before he communicates it in 
 words. 
 
 Your Grace enquires about the horses. I 
 therefor now inform you that they are in good 
 health, but I am not without hopes that one of 
 these days some of them will die apoplectick — 
 for they are allowed hardly any exersise but 
 eating. The Duke's Sollicitude about these 
 animals goes beyond all imagination ; if we 
 propose to pay a visit of a League distance in 
 the afternoon in the CabrioUe, he always walks 
 that morning to Geneva when he goes to his 
 Lecture, that the Dear creatures inay not be 
 fatigued with the Double Journey of half a 
 League in the morning and a whole one in the 
 afternoon. This little Redicule was noticed by 
 some who were well enough inclined to sneer 
 behind the Duke's back. I soon check'd that, 
 however, for tho' I often put these things in a 
 strong and sometimes rediculous light to the 
 Duke himself, 1 cannot bear that any other 
 Person should when he was not present, which 
 however, as I observed, was the only time they 
 durst have used that freedom. 
 
 Some time since he was infected with a 
 wonderful fit of Laziness, and tho' he often 
 neglected his morning Journey to Geneva — and
 
 384 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 sent away his Musick and Fencing Masters 
 without taking a Lesson, tho' they come to 
 Chatelaine at a triple expence — I said nothing 
 till he himself observed that of late he had been 
 very Idle and wondered I had not spoke of it. 
 I answered coldly — that to be sure his friends 
 would be much dissapointed and the mignionites 
 greatly rejoyced when they heard of these 
 things — yet as his Indolence gave him so much 
 pleasure I did not think it worth while to dis- 
 turb the tranquility of his enjoyment for what 
 concerned himself nearer than any other body 
 — only (added I) my Dear Duke, let us conceal 
 the matter from the Dutchess, that she may 
 not suffer by the dissapointment of her hopes 
 till she actualy sees you. I then fell a talking 
 of some other thing — which indeed I might 
 have continued long enough, for he kept a pro- 
 found silence the Rest of the evening^and has 
 not omitted a single lesson since. 
 
 Your Grace has Reason to be tired of my 
 long letters ; to alleviate you will Receive one 
 from the Duke next post. I beg you will offer 
 my Respectful compliments to the Duke of 
 Argyll, and from my heart I do felicitate your 
 Grace and him on Lady Augusta's Recovery. 
 
 I Remain Your Grace's ever obed' 
 
 and faithful humble serv*, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Chatelaine, Sept. 13, 1773. 
 
 (.H 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame A 
 
 Madame la Duchesse d'Argyll 
 (Argyll House) 
 a Londres. 
 
 franko Paris
 
 EARL OF DERBY 385 
 
 The Earl of Derby to Lady Goiver. 
 
 Lausanne, Oct. lih, 1774. 
 
 My dear Lady Gower, 
 
 [After describing Swiss mountains, glaciers, 
 and cascades.] 
 
 I told you in my last about Duke Hamilton. 
 Since that I have had a great deal of con- 
 versation with Dr. Moore. They came here 
 on their way to Brunswick, he intending to 
 stay only a day or two, but he could not get 
 the Duke away, and all the World talk so 
 much of his attachment to Mrs. Nohsen that 
 poor Mr. Moore was very unhappy about it ; 
 but upon the Duke's promising to follow him 
 to-day a-horseback he set out last Saturday 
 for Basle, as they had hired nine horses from 
 Geneva to carry them to Basle, and paid so 
 much a day for all the time they kept them. 
 
 I have not heard if the Duke is gone to-day. 
 I saw him at M"" and M"^* W. last Sunday, at 
 Dinner at Lady Broughton's (she and M"" 
 Errington are here a few weeks on their wav 
 to Italy, to consult D"" Tissot on account of lier 
 health). They were at a Ball here, Avhen we 
 were making our tour, and they both say they 
 never saw such a set of bad dancers, nor such 
 vulgar awkward people, men as well as women, 
 turning in their toes, etc., and that there is not 
 a Provincial Town in France where there are not 
 twice as genteel. And to be sure for Forward- 
 ness and Pertness I agree wdtli them, that I 
 never saw anything like the Misses here, flaunting 
 about, leaning on Lord Lindsy's arm, or any of 
 the young men here, with Hats of Feathers
 
 380 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 like masquerade dresses. This still gives me 
 no small pain on Margaret's account, for tho' 
 she thinks it very odd as yet, I am afraid were 
 she to be long here she would not like to keep 
 in my quiet way when she sees so much levity. 
 Oct. 8th — As I c*^ not get this finished for last 
 Post, it could not go till to-day. You may 
 imagine I have little time to spare when I tell 
 you Margaret has Masters five hours in the 
 day, and that I make it a rule to be present 
 when they are with her ; and of late I have been 
 more hurried than usual, having been a great 
 deal with Lady Broughton, whom I like vastly. 
 Duke Hamilton went away last Thursday. He 
 drank Tea with me the Evening before. It 
 gave me pain to see how melancholy he looked. 
 He is vastly liked and admired here, indeed he 
 must be so everywhere. I am glad I went to 
 M'^ Schellenberg, for I find all the English 
 went, and she is very civil, and I am told she 
 likes me. It is astonishing what fatigue she 
 takes going about, seeing everything. I fancy 
 'tis that she may write everything to the King, 
 who writes constantly to her. She is to go to 
 Montpelier for the Winter, as soon as Lord 
 Holderness is able to travel, being to spend 
 the Winter there altogether. The Duchesses of 
 Argyle and Ancaster wrote desiring their sons 
 to wait of her immediately. 
 
 I hope, my dear, you are perfectly well. If 
 not I wish you would have your case wrote 
 very exactly to consult the most surprising 
 man in the World, D*" Shuppach. I suppose 
 his fame has reached England, as I am told 
 they come to him from all corners of Europe. 
 If you can't conveniently get your case wrote 
 in French I will translate it as well as I can,
 
 EARL OF DERBY SS7 
 
 as I \\^ do anvthinfj to serve von. I ani afraid 
 you liave lost dear Lady Arehibald before now 
 out of your nei"hl)()urhood. I wish nuieli to 
 hear all you know about Lady Dunmore. 
 Ever yours more than I ean say. 
 
 [No signature.] 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll on the com- 
 mission obtained for his famous son, Sir 
 John Moore. 
 
 Berlin, June 12, 1775. 
 
 I have received the letter your Grace did me 
 the honour to write inclosing Lord Barrington's, 
 by which I perceive I have little reason to 
 expect that my Son would get a Commision 
 soon even if I would declare him to be sixteen. 
 Some proposals have been made to me for his 
 entering into the Prussian or Austrian Service, 
 and much patronage promised. The Boy speaks 
 French perfectly well, and German pretty 
 fluently, and would have no objection himself, 
 but I fancy his Mother would have many, and 
 I feel Reluctance, tho' some considerations 
 tempt me. 
 
 I perceive that your Grace imagines that 
 some late applications in favour of this boy 
 have been owing to my SoUicitude alone. I 
 beg you will recollect that when the Princess of 
 Brunswick offered to write to the King, I could 
 not with propriety do anything to prevent this, 
 and therefor contented myself with informing 
 her Royal Highness of the Steps your Grace had 
 taken, the obstacles you had met with, and 
 that it would give me much pain if anything 
 should be done that might make your Grace
 
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 imagine I had any doubt of your Patronage and 
 goodwill. She said she would take care of that, 
 and so after expressing my thanks I said no 
 more, tho' at that time I was well informed of 
 the State of her influence with his Majesty, for 
 even here we are not quite ignorant of the Rises 
 and falls of the Political Thermometer in Eng- 
 land. I hope your Grace will no longer imagine 
 that this happened from my doubting the 
 Sincerity of your goodwill towards me. Such a 
 Sentiment would afford me so much pain that 
 there is no danger of my harbouring it on slight 
 grounds. 
 
 We had left Zelle ten days before the poor 
 unfortunate Queen of Denmark* was taken ill. 
 Your Grace may be very certain that I will 
 endeavour to lead the Duke from every place 
 where infectious distempers prevail, but to 
 enable me to do this I must mention a thing 
 which gave me much uneasiness, and on which 
 I hope you will take an early opportunity of 
 writing with earnestness. The Duke has been 
 a good deal with two young English officers 
 during the Reviews, and was siezed with a sudden 
 Whim of Accompanying them to Magdebourg, 
 which he mentioned to me as soon as he had 
 arranged matters with them and immediately 
 before he sett out ; he told me he would Return 
 within four days. As we had already seen the 
 Reviews at Potsdam and at Berlin, of which 
 those at Magdebourg were but an Epitome, as 
 we were Engaged to dine at some of the most 
 distinguished Houses in Berlin for several days 
 to come, &c., &c., I saw many objections and 
 
 * Caroline Matilda, " The Queen of Tears," sister of George III., 
 and divorced wife of Cliristian VII. of Denmark. She died on 
 May 11, 1775.
 
 DR. MOORE 389 
 
 would have willingly turned liis Grace from 
 taking two long days' Journey to a place from 
 which we had just come. Yet I also saw that 
 he was bent on the thing, and that it would be 
 impossible to put him off it. lie staid longer 
 than he intended, and Returned by Leipsick 
 some days since, Much fatigued but in perfect 
 health. 
 
 I pass'd a very uneasy time during his 
 absence, the more so that I was obliged almost 
 every day to attend some dinner or assembly 
 which had been formed on the Duke's acc't : 
 once at Prince Frederick of Brunswick's, once 
 Avith Pr. Ferdinand, the King's Brother, at his 
 House three Leagues from Town, and once at 
 an Entertainment given by the Hereditary 
 Princess of Prussia, to which (tho' I have put 
 him into a Private Pension to be out of the way) 
 mv Jack was invited and danced both with 
 that Princess and the Princess Frederick. So 
 that while my head was like to turn about the 
 Duke, my son's was in danger from another 
 Cause. Your Grace may believe that the Duke's 
 absence Surprized many and disobliged some, 
 but no human being can be more perfectly 
 indifferent about such a matter than the Duke. 
 Tho' I do not believe there is much danger that 
 he will take such a Freak soon, for he is not 
 fond that I should be from him, yet to prevent 
 the possibility I hope your Grace will write 
 insisting that he do not form engagements with- 
 out my approbation or at least Company. The 
 Duke has a Strong and good Constitution, but 
 he is subject to Violent and sudden Complaints 
 which, I thank God, have hitherto been of short 
 duration, from a method of management which 
 has always succeeded with him, but which I am
 
 390 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 convinced the German Physicians would not 
 Use. 
 
 Your Grace has Received flattering acc'ts 
 concerning the Duke, I will give you a true one. 
 With regard to the first impression, this always 
 is greatly in his favour, for devoid of the Pert 
 vivacity of a French Petit Maitre or the Super- 
 cilious reserve of an English coxcomb, he 
 possesses all the easy Elegance of a Man of Rank 
 and Fashion. He converses on Subjects which 
 he Understands with Grace, and on those which 
 he does not Understand with plausibility. He 
 is not fond of the Company of his Superiours 
 either in Rank or Understanding. The first 
 put him under Restraint, and the others offend 
 his amour propre. There is nothing I have 
 taken such pains to conquer as this dislike to 
 the Comp'y of those who he imagines have more 
 Talents, natural or acquired, than himself. 
 Easy, good-natured people who have nothing 
 positively bad in them, are those he desires 
 most to have about him ; he often forms Plans 
 which would be attended with much benefit, 
 but he has not yet acquired sufficient Steadiness 
 perfectly to follow out any. In all our schemes 
 a large allowance must be made for the Chapter 
 of Accidents. As he is not always pleas'd with 
 himself he is sometimes peevish, yet his Temper 
 is not bad, and his dispositions are much better 
 than his Temper. He cannot bear contradic- 
 tion, and is subject to violent gusts of Passion, 
 but is incapable of harbouring malice or Re- 
 venge. Tho' he cannot practice all the precepts 
 of Christianity, Yet he has a Respect for Religion 
 and a Sense of Piety on his Mind, perhaps not 
 without some share of Superstition ; I should be 
 sorry, however, to see the last effaced, because 
 
 i
 
 DR. MOORE 391 
 
 on the whole it has a good effect. He has not 
 much Curiosity nor Ambition, w'h is nmch to 
 be regreted, because in him they might be so 
 managed and directed as to produce the best 
 effects, but it is more difficult to create these 
 Passions than to direct them. When he returns 
 to Britain one of these things may happen. He 
 may be Suck'd into the Whirl of London dis- 
 sipation, pleas'd with the admiration of Girls 
 and imitation of one set of men ; he may lead 
 Modes or become one of the most conspicuous 
 figures in the Fashionable Circle, and satisfied 
 with that species of distinction, he may lose all 
 desire for a higher Ambition. Or Pleased with 
 Blind approbation and undisputed precedency 
 he may prefer living in Scotland, surrounded by 
 Hunters and obsequious Retainers, 
 
 Like Cato give his little Senate Laws 
 And Sit attentive to his own Applause. 
 
 Or, despising the degrading distinction of being 
 a mere man of mode as well as the Dictatorial 
 Pride of an unimportant Chieftain, he may by 
 a Proper exertion of his Talents Shew that he 
 is as able to make a conspicuous figure in the 
 Senate or Cabinet as in the Drawing Room, 
 and whether he betakes to a public or Private 
 life become a Virtuous, Rational man, happy 
 in himself, beloved by his freinds, and Esteemed 
 by every body. This is what your Grace and 
 I have Laboured to bring about, and I hope our 
 labours will not be in vain. Yet I must say, 
 and I say it from full perswasion in the Sincerity 
 of my heart, that I think matters not yet ready. 
 I do dread London or Scotland for some time 
 to come. 
 
 The character of the woman he shall marrv
 
 392 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 will be of great consequence not only for his 
 priv?ite happyness, but in determining the walk 
 he is to choose in life. If she be a weak woman, 
 tho' as beautiful as an angel, he will despise her 
 in six weeks ; if she be coquetish in the smallest 
 degree he will be offended and unhappy, for he 
 is naturally Jealouse and infinitely nice in his 
 Ideas of Female decorum. If she be haughty 
 or Capricious he will detest her, and in all these 
 cases will Neglect and abandon her. If your 
 Grace can find such a Woman as I am about to 
 mention and perswade your son to Marry her, 
 you will render him as happy as he is Capable 
 of being. She must be healthful, well looked, 
 and of a good Family, Elegant and Modest in 
 her Manners and exceedingly Reserved in her 
 conversation with men, sensible but not osten- 
 tatious of her wit and never pretending to be 
 better instructed than her Husband, Humane 
 and benevolent in her disposition, with a Prudent 
 ambition and desire to see her Husband of im- 
 portance in the State, with Real freindship and 
 esteem but not an over proportion of what is 
 called Love even for her Husband — if she has 
 too much of this last she is in danger of becoming 
 troublesome, and will certainly be subjected to 
 bear with caprices from his part — in short she 
 must display great attention to acquire and 
 Retain the approbation of his Judgement, but 
 that she feels indignation at Unjustice and 
 despises his Caprice. 
 
 The Duke's own experience has not con- 
 tributed to give him too favourable Notions of 
 the wSex. I have often pointed out one Example 
 w'h ought to correct these impressions, which 
 I have a Real desire to efface because I have 
 long observed that an Unjust opinion of Women
 
 DR. MOORE 393 
 
 has always a bad effect on the characters of 
 Men. 
 
 I have wrote with much opencss and at great 
 Length that your Grace may not form false 
 Ideas from the Representations of those who 
 have not an oppertunity of knowing the bottom 
 or who wish merely to please. I beg you may 
 forgive the trouble I have given you, and I 
 assure your Grace that you need not be affraid 
 to open any letter from me, for I shall endeavour 
 to make them as short as your heart can desire 
 for many Posts to come, only I beg you will give 
 me the satisfaction to inform me when you have 
 Received this, and when you do me the Honour 
 to write pray direct either to J. Moore, Esq'r, or 
 a Mons. Moore, Gentilhomme Anglais a Berlin. 
 
 We came from Hanover with the Honble. 
 Mr. Fortescue, a Young Man of great Merit. 
 To my great regret he leaves us in a few days. 
 We Dine or Sup with some of the Princes two 
 or three times a Aveek ; the other days we arc 
 Generaly with some of the Forreign Ministers. 
 Mr. Harris has been exceedingly obliging. Our 
 Scheme once was to move to Dresden and thence 
 to Vienna about the beginning of July, but 1 
 suspect we shall not go so soon, for I under- 
 stand that Madame la L. is to be here about 
 that time from C. Some Female Planet always 
 influences our Motions ; at Present she is Queen 
 of the Ascendant. I beg earnestly that your 
 Grace will keep these Astronomical observations 
 to yourself. Once more I beg your forgiveness 
 for this IMonstrous long letter, and I am with 
 the highest Respect 
 
 Your Grace's most obedient and most 
 faithful humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 VOL. II. 5
 
 394 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Beblix, June 11th, 1775. 
 
 After the Unmercifull}^ long letter which I 
 wrote to your Grace on the 12th, I dare swear 
 you will tremble at the sight of this, the purport 
 of which, however, is on acc'^ of the inclosed, 
 which is from a young lady of Quality at this 
 court ; some letters which I brought from her 
 relations at the other Courts we have already 
 visited procured me the honour of her acquaint- 
 ance, and as she is in all the societies which the 
 Duke and I frequent, this has been since im- 
 proved into a considerable of confidence. Not 
 being sure whether Mr. le Comte de Guignes 
 was still at Paris or had arrived at London, 
 she desired me to inclose it to your Grace, beging 
 you will be so good as send it to him if he is 
 alreadv in London or as soon as he shall arrive, 
 and that you will mention in the first letter 
 you do me the honour to write whether he has 
 Received it. If your Grace were acquainted 
 with the writer I am certain she would interest 
 you highly : with the advantages of Birth, 
 Fortune, exquisite beauty, and numberless ac- 
 complishments this Lady is very Unhappy ; and 
 what renders her Situation still more to be 
 Lamented, her unhappiness proceeds intirely 
 from the goodness of her dispositions and the 
 aimiable qualities of her heart. These considera- 
 tions will plead mv excuse for the Libertv I 
 have taken, tho' I do not trouble your Grace 
 with all the Reasons I have for using it. If your 
 Grace happens to see Mr. de Guignes you may 
 let him know the news of his having gained his 
 Cause occasioned universal satisfaction here, 
 where he is greatly esteemed.
 
 DR. MOORE 395 
 
 In obedience to vour Grace's desire Duke 
 Hamilton and I will set out for Strelitz in a few 
 days. I have the honour to be 
 
 Your Grace's most obed'' and ever 
 faithful humble serv', 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to Mr. Andrew Stuart. 
 
 Strelitz, June 23rd, 1775. 
 
 You had better direct the 
 Papers to the Care of Sir 
 Robert Keith's Secretary. 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 I am very sorry you have had so much 
 needless Trouble on this Affair of the Papers. 
 You must have misunderstood mv meaninfj 
 when vou sav in vour last Letter that I refused 
 signing the Papers you sent. I should never 
 think of acting contrary to what my mother 
 and my Guardians thought proper; all that I 
 intended to have expressed in my last Letter 
 I shall again repeat. I only wished to have 
 thought a little on the subject before I gave 
 such absolute Power to persons unknown to me, 
 at the same time expressing my willingness to 
 sign since Messrs. Xairne & Davidson were 
 thought fit persons by you and the rest of my 
 Friends. I onlv took the libertv of addino; 
 another Person to the number whom I do know 
 and to whom surely you can have no Objection. 
 Baron Mure being now recovered and the 
 number compleat with Nairne and Davidson 
 there will be no Occasion for sending any Papers 
 abroad for "Sir. Moore's Signet. Hereafter it
 
 396 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 may be of use to me to have Mr. Moore ; It is a 
 little Piece of Civility to him, and It cannot 
 possibly hurt any one. If you make any 
 Difficulties, I cannot help being surprized, as I 
 can assign no reasons for those Difficulties. I 
 hope you will take the trouble of sending the 
 Papers to Vienna drawn up as I have desired, 
 and I will send them back signed as soon as 
 possible. Pray give my best Compliments to 
 your Brother. If he is as successful as I wish 
 he may be, there will [be] no fear of his gaining 
 his Cause ; but should he fail he may say, and 
 with as much truth as any man : 'Tis not in 
 my Power to command Success, but I'll do 
 more, I'll deserve it. 
 
 We are going to be presented to the Duke 
 of Strelitz just now, therefore I shall conclude 
 by assuring you, I am with the sincerest Attach- 
 ment 
 
 Your obliged 
 
 (Signed) Hamilton. 
 
 (Endorsed) Copy Letter from the Duke of 
 Hamilton to An. Stuart. 23 June, 1775. 
 
 Dr, Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Berlin, June 29th, 1775. 
 
 On the 21st of this month the Duke and I 
 set out for Strelitz, and the weather being 
 exceeding warm we did not leave Berlin till 
 about six in the evening. The first post is about 
 24 English miles ; our Postilions lost the way 
 in a very extensive wood between this and 
 Oranianbourg, were after wandering for several 
 hours we were obliged to Remain till daybreak,
 
 DR. MOORE 397 
 
 when we found the road and got safe to the 
 Posthouse. We arrived at Strehtz about ten 
 o'cloek at niglit on the 22nd, but his Serene 
 Highness and the Princess were at Branden- 
 bourg, a small Town twelve Miles farther North. 
 We remain'd all nioht at Strelitz and set out 
 early next morning for Brandenbourg. As 
 soon as I had announced his Grace's arrival 
 his Serene Highness sent an equipage from the 
 Court to attend him. We were presented to 
 his Highness and the Princess before dinner. 
 There was a concert of Musick, which with card 
 playing filled the interval between Dinner and 
 Supper. 
 
 Next day we pass'd the whole day at Court, 
 and did not take our leave till very late at 
 night. Nothing could surpass the Gracious 
 accueil which his Highness and the Princess 
 gave the Duke and their very obliging Civility 
 to me. There were a considerable number of 
 the Noblesse of the neighbourhood at Court all 
 the time we were there. There was none of 
 that Stiff Etiquette which is at some of the 
 German Courts, all was easy and agreeable. 
 His Highness is a Prince of great good Nature 
 and benevolence, and much beloved bv his 
 subjects, who are infmitely happyer than in 
 some of the Neighbouring States. The Princess 
 is unaffected in her manners and Possesses a 
 great share of Good sense. They Both press'd 
 his Grace to make a lonj^er stav, but as we had 
 engaged to sup this night with the Princess 
 Dowager of Prussia, The Duke was obliged, 
 w^ regret, to take his leave. We arrived this 
 day at Berlin, and have just Returned from 
 supping with the Princess. The Duke is in 
 perfect health and sends your Grace his most
 
 398 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 dutiful Compliments. I have the Honour to be 
 with great Respect 
 
 Your Grace's most obed* and most 
 humble Serv\ 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Potsdam, July 24, 1775. 
 
 I have this moment Received your Grace's 
 long letter. We are going to step into the 
 Chaise to set out for Dresden, from which I 
 shall do myself the honour of writing fully ; by 
 your last I was not sure whether your Grace 
 thought me Realy to Blame in not attending 
 the Duke from Lausanne and to Magdeburg, or 
 whether you wrote in that Strain in consequence 
 of what I desired in one of my letters from 
 Berlin. I must therefore beg you will Recollect 
 that I proceeded from Lausanne without the 
 Duke merely that I might engage him to give 
 his word of Honour that he would follow within 
 four days — without w'c he and his female 
 auxiliaries might have wheedled me on to have 
 pass'd the whole winter there. And when he 
 last set out for Magdebourg it was a sudden 
 Resolution which he did not cominunicate till 
 the moment before he set out, when the Partie 
 was arranged with the two officers Independant 
 of me. I had a number of things to do, to write 
 lines to the People with whom we were engaged 
 to dine, &c., &c., and they would not wait a 
 moment, so that I had hardly any alternative 
 but to remain. Besides I have hitherto had 
 the good fortune to make the Duke wish for 
 my Comp'y, and I am sure this would not have
 
 DR. MOORK 399 
 
 been the case had I forced my Comp'y on liim 
 when he had arranged matters without me. I 
 beUeve he was sufficiently tired of his officers 
 and very well pleased to see me again. So 
 that except forty or fifty Guineas of Unnecessary 
 expence there was no harm. Yet I will not 
 answer against another Whim of the same 
 kind, and therefor I am glade your Grace wrote 
 me in the Strain you did, which I think you 
 should reiterate occasionally. I am too anxious 
 when I am absent from the Duke ever to remain 
 behind When there is not some forcible Reason 
 to Retain me. 
 
 We have been again presented to the King, 
 who spoke near an hour to his Grace and me. 
 We have lived at Court and been every day at 
 Sans Souci. Of this more from Dresden. I 
 am with the greatest Respect 
 
 Your Grace's ever obed't and 
 
 faithful Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Prague, August 3, 1775. 
 
 Ilis Grace and I passed ten days at Potsdam, 
 being; invited to attend the Ammusements Given 
 on ace* of the Landgravine of Cassel — durincr 
 that time we had regular invitations from the 
 King to the New Pallace at Sans Souci everv 
 day that there was either a Play or an Opera, 
 and in the Evening we Sup'd with the Princess 
 Amelia. The Landgravine and all the Princes 
 and Princesses went to Berlin on the 21'"', to his 
 Majesty's great joy who had display 'd every 
 symptom of tiredness before they left him.
 
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 The Prince and Princess of Prussia alone re- 
 mained at Potsdam ; his Grace and I Supp'd 
 and took leave of them on the 22"^. That day 
 an adventure happened which affected many- 
 People in that Place. The King's Principal 
 valet de chambre had the misfortune to fall 
 into his displeasure ; this man was always about 
 the King's Person, disbursed all his money for 
 Personal expences, was considered as a great 
 favourite, was Courted by every body even the 
 Ministers themselves, had built a pretty House 
 in a Garden near Sans Souci, kept a Coach and 
 was Reckoned worth a good deal of money. 
 No sooner had the Strangers left the Pallace 
 than his Majesty ordered an Aid de Camp to 
 conduct this Poor man to Potsdam and put 
 him as a Common Drummer into the Reg^ of 
 Guards. The Man threw himself at the King's 
 feet and beg'd that he might be saved the dis- 
 grace of Serving as a Drummer, and only be 
 dismissed his Service ; the King would not listen 
 to him. He then beg'd of the aid de camp to 
 allow him to arrange some things in his own 
 chamber, which being granted, he there immedi- 
 ately shot himself through the head. The King 
 heard the Pistol, entered the Room, and found 
 the Poor man dead on the floor. 
 
 The Duke and I arrived at Dresden the 25*''. 
 The Court were all in the country, but came 
 to Town on the 30*^, when his Grace and I 
 were presented to the Elector and Electress, 
 with whom we Dined. In the evening I had 
 the honour of winning a good many Duckats 
 from the Electress DoAvager and the Princess 
 Elizabeth, which seemed to afford them no 
 manner of satisfaction. As the Court were to 
 Leave Dresden next morning for some months.
 
 DR. MOORE 401 
 
 His Grace determined to set out next day for 
 Prague. 
 
 Dresden is a very beautiful Town. The 
 King of Prussia destroyed great part of it last 
 war, but it is now Rising like the Phenix from 
 its ashes. I dare swear the Kins Ileartilv 
 Wishes the Poor Fellow who kill'd himself at 
 Potsdam could do the same. II" he does not 
 he must have a good hard concience. 
 
 We arrived vesterdav at this Town. I shall 
 have the Honour of writing to your Grace very 
 soon from Vienna. We had heard much of the 
 Disturbences in Bohemea, but found none — all 
 seems Quiet. The Duke was highlv dcliohted 
 with that country, which often brouorht him in 
 mind of his beloved Switzerland. About Prague 
 is a fine fertile country, but not so Pictorcsquly 
 beautiful as among the mountains. I will not 
 forget what your Grace told me about the 
 Duke's w^riting to L. Ch., tho it is no easy task 
 to prevail. The Duke is in good health, and 
 sends his affectionate compliments to your 
 Grace, the Duke of Argyll, and Lady Augusta. 
 I beg they may at the same time accept of my 
 humble Respects. I ever am 
 
 Your Grace's most Obed^ and faithful Serv^ 
 
 J. ^looRE. 
 (Addressed) A Madame 
 
 Madame la Duchesse d'Argyll 
 (Argyll House) 
 a Londres. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother, 
 
 Vienna, August 10th, 1775. 
 
 I w^as surprized, my Dearest Dutchess, by 
 some conversation I lately had wdth Mr. Moore,
 
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 that there was any difficulty made about our 
 proceeding next month to Italy. I have con- 
 sidered all the objections, and they appear to 
 me and to many with whom I have conversed 
 to be frivolous. Women are not more danger- 
 ous there than elsewhere. If I am thought an 
 easy prey to them, I ought never to return to 
 Paris, or London — and as for the Men, I hope 
 it is not imagined I shall adopt their manners. 
 But it is neither for the Men or Women I wish 
 to go to that country, but for the sake of the 
 Country itself, which if I had not an impatience 
 to see would be but an indifferent sign of my 
 Taste. I have not read the Roman Classics with 
 so very little feeling as not to wish to view the 
 Country which they describe, and where they 
 were written, and I never can find so fit an 
 opportunity of gratifying my curiosity as now 
 when so near. I have no inclination to leave 
 Britain, when I have once returned. This I 
 should think in some measure necessary if I 
 return at least without having seen Italy. 
 
 I was persuaded to turn about into Germany 
 last year, when I wished to have proceeded to 
 Italy, but nothing shall engage me to abandon 
 my Plan this Season, which is to leave Vienna 
 towards the end of Sept'r and proceed to Venice 
 thro' the Tirol, from thence to Florence and 
 Rome, where we shall pass the greatest part 
 of the Winter, making an excursion to Naples. 
 If the prejudices of Lord Chesterfield are just, 
 I shall be in little danger from the Effeminate 
 or Profligate Manners of the Inhabitants, be- 
 cause I shall be satisfied with a short stay, 
 having promised to Mr. Moore to be at Geneva 
 by the month of May, or June, next, for it will 
 be best to return by Turin. After some stay in
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 403 
 
 France I hope to liave tlie pleasure to embracing 
 my jMother at London. By tliis means my 
 Tour will be comj^leat. I shall have no induce- 
 ment to return to the Continent, but shall 
 endeavour to fix myself agreeably in Britain 
 for the rest of my Life. This appears to me 
 the best plan I can adopt. It would make me 
 unhappy to follow any other, and I hope no 
 other will be desired. 
 
 I find Vienna tolerablv atrreeable, but I shall 
 have more than enough of it by the end of 
 Sept'r. We are already acquainted with every 
 body here, and have no other loss in the absence 
 of Sr. R. Keith than not enjoying the pleasure 
 of his Company. Adieu, my Dearest Duchess, 
 and believe me always 
 
 Your affectionate son 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 P.S. — I hope Lady Charlotte is better. I 
 should have wrote to Mrs. Charters to enquir 
 how Lady Charlotte does before, but as I do 
 not know the address to Mrs. Charters, I hope 
 you will give yourself the trouble of delivering 
 the enclosed to her. I beg my respects to the 
 D. of Argyll and love to Augusta, little George, 
 et la picolissima Sorella. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Vienna, August IG, 177o. 
 
 I had the honour of writing to your Grace 
 from Dresden. From that City we proceeded to 
 Prague, where we Stay'd only three days. I 
 wrote to Mrs. Moore from thence, and desired 
 her to inform vour Grace that the Duke
 
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 was well. From Prague we had an agreeable 
 Journey thro' Bohemia and Moravia to Vienna. 
 As the Court went to Presburg the day after 
 our arrival, we could not see the Empress till 
 her Return. But in the interval we visited 
 Prince Kaunitz, the officers of State, and prin- 
 cipal Nobility, by whom We have been enter- 
 tained in the most hospitable manner, and have 
 a General invitation to the best Societies and 
 Coteries in Vienna. On Sunday last we were 
 presented first to the Emperour at the Pallace in 
 Town, and then to the Empress Queen at her 
 House in the Country. They both behaved in 
 the most obliging and affable manner. Each 
 of them conversed a considerable time with the 
 Duke, and made many Inquiries about the 
 different Courts in Germany where we have 
 been. We were presented by the Count Degen- 
 feld, the Dutch Ambassador, who is charged 
 with this ofBce for English Gentlemen who pass 
 this way in the absence of Sir Rob't Keith. 
 Prince Kaunitz, who is the First Minister, has 
 been remarkably obliging, and insisted on 
 taking my son on this occasion, who was also 
 presented to the Emperour and Empress, who 
 received him with much goodness. This day 
 we dined with the Prince at Laxenberg, a 
 Pallace about six miles from Vienna. He 
 insisted also on our staying Supper, which in- 
 vitation the Duke accepted, and we are just 
 Returned, and tho' it is now past two in the 
 morning I did not choose to go to bed till I 
 had wrote to your Grace, as the Post goes away 
 about eight. 
 
 The Duke seems Resolved to make a Tour 
 into Italy this autumn and winter, and cannot 
 bear the thoughts of Returning till he has
 
 DR. MOORE 405 
 
 accomplished that Phm ; he wrote to your Grace 
 on that subject in Consequence of some Con- 
 versations we had tofrather since we left Dresden ; 
 before I had always avoided the subject, tho* 
 I knew that he liad counted on this as a matter 
 certain. I will sav nothinfj further but that I 
 shall endeavour to conform all in my power to 
 your Grace's sentiments in this, })ut I think it 
 will be next to impossible to turn him from his 
 Scheme, and I am sin*e not without Vexing him 
 in the highest degree. I fmd it very diflicult 
 to answer the Reasons he urges — which are 
 these : I wish to finish this matter of Traveling 
 at once, for I shall have no desire to go abroacl 
 any more. It is ridiculous to Return without 
 having seen Italy. I do not wish to stay there 
 long, for I give you my word to leave it next 
 Summer, and shall only (as it were) Run over 
 the Country. If I did not go now I should 
 Return the Moment I was Major and make a 
 much longer Stay. We are now near that 
 Country, therefor let us go in Sept'r or the 
 beginning of October, and when I Return I 
 shall think of Nothing but establishing myself 
 at home for Life, whereas I never shall think of 
 any Establishment till I have made this Tour 
 on which my heart is set, for I will not be insulted 
 by a Parcel of fellows telling me about Rome, 
 &c., when I have as good a Right to indulge 
 myself by visiting it as any of them. I will 
 confess to your Grace that my own opinion is 
 the Duke should not be opposed in this, be- 
 cause I am convinced it will have a bad effect. 
 I will also confess that I have a strong desire 
 myself to see Italy, but I do assure you that 
 neither my opinion nor my desire shall prevent 
 me from acting conformable to your Ideas, if
 
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 your Grace after what I have said should signify 
 your being against our proceeding to Italy. I 
 beg leave to offer Respectful Comp'ts to the 
 Duke of Argyll and to Lady Augusta, and I 
 remain 
 
 Your Grace's Faithful and most obed't 
 
 humble Serv't, 
 
 J. M. 
 
 Our Expences are much greater here than 
 they have ever been. This is necessary and 
 proper, but I believe I have got the Duke 
 Intirely turned from Gaming, and I consider 
 this as 1,000 or perhaps, 2,000 pounds a year 
 saved. 
 
 Br. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Vienna, Aug. 29, 1775. 
 
 I had the honour to inform your Grace that 
 the Duke and I have been presented to the 
 Empress Queen, the Emperour, and the Arch 
 Duke and Dutchesses. The first seems to me 
 to possess the Zeal and devotion, and the second 
 the benevolence, of the Christian Religion. No 
 Prince can be more beloved than the Emperour ; 
 he is extremely affable, and detests the Pomp 
 and Ceremony w'h is so generally loved by the 
 Germans ; he drives himself in a plain chaise, 
 the coachman behind, and without another 
 attendant. He frequents the Societies, and will 
 allow no particular notice to be taken of him. 
 I met him a few days since at the Countess 
 Walstein's. He took me to a window and 
 conversed above half an hour with the highest 
 affability, so as to put me perfectly at my Ease. 
 He made many enquiries about the King of
 
 DR. MOORE 407 
 
 Prussia and an adventure w'h had liappened 
 while we were at Potsdam, afterwards about 
 Voltaire. I was sorry the Duke was not there ; 
 he had gone that night to the Opera. 
 
 We generaly dine and Sup at the Prince Kau- 
 nitzes once a week. He lives at Laxenberg, two 
 Leagues distant from Vienna. In the Town we 
 may be in some society every evening. Count 
 Degenfeldt, the Dutcli Ambassador, in the 
 absence of Sr. Rob't Keith, has shew'd much 
 attention to his Grace. We were invited some 
 time ago by the French Ambassador to dine 
 on the Top of a High hill near this place where 
 there is a convent. There was Prince Lock- 
 witz, several forreign ^Ministers, many Ladies, 
 in all a large company. We were drag'd up 
 the hill in machines made for that purpose. 
 The Duke lost patience in the Machine, and 
 walk'd up in spite of some remonstrance on my 
 part, and more on that of some of the Ladies. 
 The day was sultry hot, he was greatly heated, 
 and to that I imputed a shivering fit he was 
 seized with the day after while w^e were dining 
 with the Spanish Ambassador. He went home 
 and was put to bed ; the cold fit was very strong, 
 and the hot fit after it as Violent. He was 
 blooded that niglit. Next day he took a dose 
 of James's Powder, which sweat him greatly. 
 The third day the fever was considerably abated 
 but not quite gone. I gave him a second dose 
 of the Powder, which wrought him several 
 different ways, and the fever totally disappeared. 
 
 He is now as well as ever, yet I prevailed with 
 him not to go Esterasi,* where we were invited 
 by that Prince to a great entertainment given 
 at his House in Hungary, a day and a half's 
 
 * Esterhazy.
 
 408 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 journey from Vienna. The feast continues 
 three days ; all the Court are there. There are 
 to be plays, operas, masquerades, and finally a 
 Fete Champetre in the Park. This Prince has 
 an immense Estate, and lives in a stile of mag- 
 nificence greatly beyond any Subject in Europe. 
 The Entertainment they have been preparing 
 for many months, and I dare swear it will be 
 mighty fine. Yet I am exceedingly happy that 
 the Duke has been perswaded to remain at 
 home, for it would have been too fatiguing for 
 him who is still a little weak tho' otherwise 
 quite well, and your Grace may now be as easie 
 as if nothing had happened. 
 
 I have the honour to remain with the greatest 
 Respect 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't and most 
 humble serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Your Grace may now declare Jack to be 
 sixteen, as he is actually turned of 15 and in his 
 sixteenth year. I am fully convinced if you 
 saw the boy you would not be displeased to 
 patronize him on his own acc't and Independant 
 of the good will w'h I have every Reason to 
 believe your Grace bears me. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Vienna, Sc/ptr. 5, 1775. 
 
 Lest any Inquietude should Remain on your 
 Grace's mind on Acc't of the Duke's late illness, 
 I take this opertunity to Inform you that he is 
 now well Recovered in every Respect, only a 
 little weakened by the attack, which was pretty
 
 DR. MOORE 409 
 
 severe. The Duke has a good and even Vigorous 
 Constitution ; exeept a short fever of the putrid 
 kind w'h he had at Chatelaine he never has had 
 any comphiint but what was evidently of his 
 own procuring. He cannot stand any kind of 
 Irregularity, and has had at different times 
 smart Illnesses from excessive exersice during 
 hot weather. 
 
 We were yesterday at a House in the Countery 
 where the Emperor was, who Remained two or 
 three hours Conversing in his usual Manner with 
 every one in the most easy familiar Manner. 
 Some Sentiments he express'd to me gave me 
 the best opinion of his Dispositions. But I am 
 affraid of troubling your Grace with a long 
 letter, and shall therefor Reserve an Aec't of 
 that for my first letter to Mrs. Moore. I beg 
 your Grace may not allow the Duke of Argyll 
 nor my Lady Augusta to forget me, and believe 
 me to be with invariable Respect 
 
 Your ever obed't and faithful humble Scrv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Since I have been Abroad I have acquired 
 different Ideas from what I formerly had Re- 
 lative to the Education of Young People of 
 Rank. I am StronHv convinced that I am in 
 the Right, and when I shall have the Honour 
 to see Your Grace and the Duke of Argyll, I 
 shall explain myself fully. His Grace will have 
 time to consider whether to adopt any Part of 
 my Notions with Regard to Lord Lorn. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother. 
 
 I do not know to what attribute your long 
 lence. If it is from anger against me for 
 
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 something I have done, I declare to you on my 
 Honour I am ignorant of my Offence. If your 
 Silence is occasioned by bad Health (which 
 God forbid), you might at least have bid some- 
 body write the bad news, & not leave me in so 
 long & disagreable an incertitude. If from 
 indifference — then indeed I am to be pitied — 
 but I cannot imagine that three years' absence 
 can have made a Mother so totally forget a 
 Son whom she once loved. Supposing absence 
 has had that Effect, I am sorry to say our Minds 
 must be very differently formed. I wrote you 
 a letter about a Month past from this Town, 
 which I suppose you have received. For the 
 Future I shall trouble you as seldom as possible. 
 Permit me to finish by assuring you I shall 
 always remain your Dutyfull & Obedient Son, 
 
 Hamilton, &c. 
 
 Vienna, Sep" 10th [1775]. 
 
 (Addressed) A Madame 
 
 Madame la Duchesse d'Argyll 
 (Argyll House) 
 
 a Londres. 
 
 {Par Ostende.) 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Vienna, Sep'r 20, 1775. 
 
 It is A long time since we had the pleasure 
 of hearing from your Grace. This silence the 
 Duke bears with impatience, for tho' he is not 
 fond of the task of writing letters, yet few things 
 give him more pleasure than Receiving them 
 from those he loves, and I am perswaded there 
 is never above one woman in the World whom 
 lie loves more than Your Grj^ce, I liope tliis
 
 DR. MOORE 411 
 
 will be always the case, and I imarrinc Your Grace 
 must be satisfied with this Rank. In a letter 
 you did me the honour to address me some 
 time since, you demand what right the Duke 
 has to expect so much self-denial and so many 
 accomplishments in a wife, while he indulges 
 himself in freedom, and takes little pains to 
 mend failings or check his caprices. No doubt 
 he has no right at all, nor in the previous letter 
 which I wrote to your Grace (where I mentioned 
 what kind of Wife would best suit him) did I 
 enumerate these Qualities as what were abso- 
 lutely his due, but as being essential to his 
 enjoying a tolerable degree of happiness in the 
 married State, and without which I am con- 
 vinced he had best never be married. A voung 
 man of Fortune and high Rank who has been 
 accustomed to have every desire, every little 
 caprice indulged, who finds a Set of Spaniels, 
 wherever he goes, ready to fetch and carry for 
 him, whose person and address interests the 
 hearts, while his Title awakens the vanitv of 
 Women, such a man will certainly require more 
 talents and address in a W^ife than a Man whose 
 situation in life has taught him to Controul his 
 own desires and adapt his Conduct to the Mind 
 of others. If I have studied the Duke's char- 
 acter with success, he will not only need a wife 
 of sense and accomplishments, but one of the 
 condescending, self-denying spirit I formerly 
 Mention'd. If your Grace can find such a Person 
 It will be fortunate for him. I imagine he will 
 prefer a life a good deal Retired, and I have 
 some Notion that his happiness here, perhaps 
 hereafter, will depend on the character of the 
 woman he shall be married to. 
 
 Vienna is a mighty agreeable place and
 
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 beyond comparison the properest for his Grace 
 of any we have been in since we came to Ger- 
 many. The manners and morals of the people 
 are much more elegant and Correct than at any 
 of the Courts we formerly saw. There are 
 always some English wherever we go ; those 
 who are here at present are of a better Stamp 
 than most we have Seen. The Duke prefers 
 their Comp'y, tho' in my opinion the Society of 
 the Place is preferable. I unite more intimately 
 and readily with Strangers than the Duke ; this 
 has always been the Case wherever we have 
 been, tho' his Grace speaks the French more 
 correctly and with a better accent than me. 
 He is naturally Reserved, and cannot take the 
 Trouble to Cultivate those acquaintances who 
 Require attention. His Reserve may on many 
 occasions be Useful, and perhaps is becoming a 
 person of his Rank. It were to be wished that 
 he kept it in the Comp'y of People beneath his 
 own Standard of Understanding and Rank as 
 much as he does with others. Your Grace will 
 easily perceive that Indolence alone makes him 
 sometimes choose his company contrary to his 
 Judgement. 
 
 The Court gave a magnificent Supper and 
 Bal Masque lately, and two days after we were 
 again Invited by the Empress to Court, where 
 there were Illuminations, &c., &c., on acc't of 
 the Grand Duke and Dutchess of Modena, who 
 are here at present. The Illuminations were 
 finer than any thing I have ever seen. They 
 were in a Garden. A Castle opposite to the 
 Palace seemed one continued flame, but Re- 
 taining the figure of a Building, something like 
 Chatelaurehault, from which tumbled sheets of 
 flame in the form of cascades. There were a 
 
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 DR. MOORE 413 
 
 hundred and eighty thousand Lamps burning 
 on this oceasion. If your Graee thinks tliis 
 exaggerated Impute it to those who told me, 
 from whose aec't I have Retreneh'd 40, ()()() 
 Lamps, for I thouglit 22(),()()() Lamps full of Oil 
 Rather too much lor your Grace to swallow at 
 once. 
 
 I have the honour to be with all possible 
 Respect 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't and 
 
 faithful humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr, Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Florence, May 24, 1776. 
 
 The Duke left Rome early on the 19th. We 
 travelled that day and night, the day and night 
 following, without stoping, and arrived at this 
 place about eight o'clock of the morning of the 
 21st. The Duke's suit make a showv enouQ-h 
 appearance. They consist of four footmen in 
 crimson laced with silver beside Mr. Templeton. 
 The number of Horses Requisite is Inconvenient 
 in Italy : there is no help for this ; with the 
 Duke's disposition and at his age Conveniency 
 is generally Sacrificed to show. The Duke, 
 however, is very simple in his own dress. 
 
 I hope your Grace has Received all the letters 
 I wrote from Naples and Rome. We made a 
 very short stay at Rome at our return from 
 Naples, and would not have Remained so long 
 as we did had not it been for his Grace's sitting 
 to Pompeio * for his Portrait for your Grace. 
 It is to be a large full length. The Face only 
 
   Pompeio Battoni. See illustration. Original at Inveraray.
 
 414 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 was finished when we left Rome. He is to be 
 paid as he proceeds, and therefore there is 
 Reason to beUeve he will not delay so very 
 much as is his custom. The Picture is to be 
 sent the first opportunity after it is finished, 
 along with some others belonging to the 
 Duke. 
 
 I believe I hinted in some of my letters that 
 the Duke began to shew a fondness for virtu, 
 and a great inclination to make purchases. This 
 desire is always mightily encouraged by a set 
 of designing People in Italy. It was with 
 infinite difficulty I got him turned from giving 
 two hundred & fifty pounds for a little cameo 
 of Caligula. The thing was fine to be sure, but 
 I am sure two hundred and fifty pounds are 
 finer, and the Duke will think so before he has 
 lived a year in Britain. He gave up also, after 
 much persuasion, a necklace of antiques which 
 he intended as a present for your Grace. This 
 was ugly in itself, and I imagined the graces it 
 derived from its antiquity would not be suffi- 
 cient to incline your Grace to wear it. 
 
 The Duke and Dutchess of G.* still hold their 
 Court at Rome. Your Son has never been a 
 great Favourite : I cannot tell for what reason, 
 for he always shew'd every proper attention ; 
 perhaps some sin of the Parent is visited upon 
 the Son. Lady E. S. was once in high favour 
 and very much at Court ; that is not the case now. 
 She did not chuse to go where Lady M. Gordon 
 could not be admitted, and it seems her R. H. 
 declared that this was absolutely impossible, on 
 acc't of her age. Every Body regreted this 
 because the young lady is much admired, and 
 tho' She has every Visible Mark of a grown 
 
 * Gordon.
 
 DR. MOORE 415 
 
 woman, yet it seems she wants some months 
 of the Court age; and so as the tiling was im- 
 possible she was obhged to Remain at home, 
 and Lady K. has tliought proper to Refuse 
 lierself the })leasures of Splendor and Remain 
 with her. 
 
 We left Sr. IT. F. at Rome, who has been tlie 
 Duke's inse})erable companion for some months 
 past. He is good natured, formal, effeminate, 
 and obliging, without violent Passions or Am- 
 bition, a negative character who will Rather 
 be acted upon than act for himself. If I am 
 not deceived, he has become verv fond of Miss 
 Gower, sister to Lady Cowper, who is now with 
 her Mother, a verv amiable woman, at Rome. 
 As Sr. H. is not a man to control any Inclination 
 that he can gratify, I dare say he will yield to 
 his present penchent. Proposals will be made, 
 and he has an Estate of Seven or Eight thousand 
 pounds a year, so it is not absolutely impossible 
 but the affair may be arranged. He can hardly 
 do better ; the Lady is exquisitely pretty and 
 every body commends her. I do not know 
 how I have been drawn on to write all this 
 Tittle Tattle to your Grace ; I fancy because 
 Lady E. S. is Lady Gower's sister, and Sr. H. F. 
 the Duke's companion. In that point of view 
 I hope your Grace will excuse it. 
 
 We met the Pretender in the Publick walk 
 with his Princess. She is very pretty and of a 
 fine character. He had the King of Prussia's 
 Minister at the Court of Turin with him. This 
 gentleman was of our acquaintance, and had 
 whispered to the Count Albany who we were. 
 He look'd most earnestly at the Duke, and on 
 our Bowing pulled of his hat and bowed very 
 low, smiling and keeping his eyes fixed upon
 
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 the Duke in a most remarkable manner. We 
 met him again yesterday, and nearly the same 
 thing happened. I once was affraid he would 
 have spoke to the Duke, but he did not. If 
 he had, the Duke would not have been em- 
 barrassed, and would have talked to him 
 respectfully, but as the Count Albany. 
 
 Our stay here will not be above eight days 
 longer, when we shall set out for Milan, and 
 then for Turin, but the Duke seems undeter- 
 mined whether or not he will go to Genoa. I 
 shall have the Honour of writing this as soon 
 as the thing is fixed. I have often expressed my 
 earnest wishes that your Grace may meet the 
 Duke at Paris. Many and strong Reasons have 
 I for wishing this. As soon as we arrive at 
 that city I shall send to Sr. John Lambert's in 
 expectation of hearing that you are arrived or 
 coming soon ; at least I shall Receive your 
 orders in writing. I have the honour of being 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't and Faithful Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 This day his Grace and I will be presented 
 by Sr. Horace Mann to the Grand Duke and 
 Dutchess. He is the only one of the Austrian 
 family who the Duke is not already known to. 
 
 This letter was enclosed and sealed when the 
 Duke came into my room with a letter which 
 he has just wrote to your Grace and read it to 
 me. I have therefore thought proper to break 
 open this that I may Inform you that the Duke 
 saw the first acc'ts of what passed in the H. of 
 Peers about the Cause * in the News Papers while 
 he was at Naples. He had never heard any 
 
 * The Douglas Cause.
 
 DR. MOORE 417 
 
 hint of any such thing g^ir'g t:)n till then. Sr. 
 Wm. H.* asked at a Table what it meant. The 
 Duke blush'd, was embarrassed, and then owned 
 he knew nothing of the matter. He afterwards 
 complained much that he was not informed of 
 these things. 
 
 At Rome a paper came from IVIr. Davidson 
 to sign. He swore he would not sign it, nor 
 would give no powers of any kind to com- 
 mence any Plea till he knew more about it. I 
 could not prevail upon him at Rome to change 
 this Resolution, but while in the chaise in 
 our way hither I represented to him that his 
 Tutors had not Consulted him merely because 
 it was not possible that he could judge with 
 accuracy in a matter w'h he could not possibly 
 understand, and therefore thev did not chuse 
 to give him unnecessarv trouble ; that thev 
 could have no view but a conciencious dis- 
 charge of Duty in this new Step, as he was to 
 Reap the benefit and they were only to have 
 plague and Trouble ; that it appeared to me that 
 this was only keeping a Cause open which he 
 might pursue afterwards if he pleased rather 
 than actually beginning one ; that every ob- 
 jection which he could think of against pro- 
 ceeding must have been deliberated upon by 
 The Tutors before they decided, and not to 
 sign the Paper was shewing a diffidence in their 
 judgement which they did not deserve, and 
 would not forget, &c., &c. He gave little 
 answer to all this, but yesterday he signed the 
 paper and this moment read me the letter to 
 your Grace, which surprised me so much that 
 I opened my letter to give you this long detail. 
 
 * Sir William Hamilton, om- envoy at Naples. He married 
 Emma Hart fifteen years later.
 
 418 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 For I will frankly own that I thought it very 
 probable, after some things which have happened 
 of late, that the Duke's aversion to signing 
 might have been imputed to the suggestion of 
 others. As far as I know all proceed from an 
 Idea of his own. I never was more Surprized 
 than at some parts of the letter to your Grace. 
 When you see the Duke, which I pray Heaven 
 may be soon, you will perceive the force and 
 Truth of many things I have at different times 
 hinted and which I know you cannot credit 
 fully at present. My business is to state things 
 as they are, in the absolute certainty that you 
 will soon be convinced I never misrepresented 
 a single fact to your Grace. 
 
 The Duke must be treated with infinite 
 delicacy. The least appearance of neglect hurts 
 him beyond expression. He is fond of your 
 Grace to Enthusiasm. I am sure there is 
 nothing you could not make him do or undo. 
 This I think infinitely fortunate for him, and 
 for this Reason I say, once more, I hope he 
 will have the happiness to meet you at Paris. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother. 
 
 Florence, May 2Aih, 1776. 
 
 I received a letter, my Dear Duchess, the 
 other Post from Mr. Davidson acquainting me 
 of Baron Mure's Death, and desiring me to sign 
 a Paper by which I give full Power to my 
 Guardians to give as much money as they chuse 
 to Lawyers about a Cause that I know nothing 
 about. Mr. Davidson tells me in his letter 
 that I must sign the Paper as soon as possible, 
 that my Guardians may be able to do what
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 419 
 
 they please for the good of the Cause. What 
 the Cause is, I am totally ignorant of, excepting 
 what T read in the News-paper about it, and I 
 am still more ignorant of what they are going 
 to do, which is saying a great deal ; but as I 
 suppose you know a little more of the Cause 
 than I do, and approve of my beginning a new 
 Law suit bv never writing me a word about 
 the matter, I have signed the Paper, much 
 against my inclination. I think Law suits at 
 all times are very bad things, but particularly 
 as I am now almost of age and shall be in want 
 of all the money I have at my first setting out. 
 
 I am not avaritious. Was I helping the Poor, 
 releiving the distressed, I should not grudge the 
 money that was given away — on the contrary, 
 I should receive pleasure — but to hurt myself 
 and enrich a set of low, mercenary Wretches, 
 Lawyers, whom I detest, and with reason, I 
 think is too bad. Had you but wrote me a 
 letter, a word, a hint that you approved of what 
 my Guardians are now doing, I should be per- 
 fectly at my ease. That not being the case, 
 I own I am not at all at my ease. The idea of 
 being distressed in my circumstances at my 
 entrance into the World is very unpleasant. 
 When once the Lawyers get a cause into their 
 hands, the Devil himself, tho' at the head of 
 the Band, does not know when they will carry 
 it, tho' he has a good guess it will come to him 
 as their Chief. I had rather keep what I have 
 than risk all for the chance of more. Je trouve 
 que le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. I can not 
 be at rest till I am assured that you know and 
 approve of what my Guardians have under- 
 taken. I am heartily tired of travelling, of 
 having no home, of being a Vagabond on the
 
 420 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Face of the Earth. I long to see you, my 
 Friends, my country, which I hope will be soon. 
 
 The weather is so very cold that I am obliged 
 to have a fire in my room to keep myself warm. 
 I leave this place in a few days to go to Milan. 
 
 My love to Augusta and to my unknown 
 Sister Charlotte. I beg my best Comp'ts to 
 the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Adieu, my Dear Duchess, and believe me to 
 be your Dutifull and affectionate Son, 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 P.S. — I hope Lady Charlotte Edwin is well. 
 Pray give my love to her. 
 
 Br, Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Florence, June 1, 1776. 
 
 A few days after our arrival at Florence I 
 had the honour of writing to your Grace. The 
 Duke had fixed upon the 30th of last month for 
 the day of our departure, when he received a 
 letter from Sr. H. Featherston informing him 
 that he intended to be at Florence this day on 
 his way to England. This resolution of Sr. 
 Harry's was unexpected, for when the Duke 
 left Rome his scheme was to go to Venice by 
 Loretto; however, this decided his Grace to 
 Remain here till his Friend's arrival, who I 
 suppose will accompany us all the way to Paris. 
 
 Tho' the Duke's mind is preoccupied this 
 does not make him blind to the Countess of 
 Albany's charms, and if there was a Possibility 
 of his forming an intimacy with her without 
 making an acquaintance with her husband, I 
 imagine he would be glad of such an opportunity.
 
 DR. MOORE 421 
 
 I have not ommittcd to hint the Impropriety 
 of such an Intimacy, and if it could be supposed 
 Possible that it mioht be carried a certain 
 length, I have represented with equal Zeal and 
 Loyalty how very Ungrateful it would })e to his 
 Majesty to run the Risk of begeting Pretenders 
 to his Crown, at the very time when he was 
 fixing Honours upon your Grace and the Duke's 
 family. I hope your Grace will put my Zeal 
 on this occasion in a proper point of view to 
 their Majesties, that in case the Stewart Line 
 should be continued by the Duke's means, I 
 may not incur their dissaprobation, or which 
 might be attended with more violent conse- 
 quencies, that I as well as his Grace may not 
 be exposed to the indignation of Mr. Wilks and 
 the Opposition Whigs for the reanimation of 
 the Cruel, Tyranical, Bloody, Papistical Race 
 of Stewart when it seemed to be expiring. 
 
 Ten days was sufficient to see over and over 
 again all that is curious here, and the Duke 
 was sufficiently tired of the place when Sr. 
 Harry's letter determined him to postpone his 
 departure, which I hope will not be for many 
 days. Of this I shall inform your Grace after- 
 wards, in the mean time I am with the highest 
 Respect, 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't and most 
 humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Milan, June 19, 1776. 
 
 The Duke left Florence on the 14th. At 
 Bologna he had the pleasure of meeting with 
 Sr. William Hamilton and his Lady, who are
 
 422 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 now Returning to England. We stayed there 
 two nights, and then set out for this place by 
 Parma and Placentia. Sr. W'm and Lady 
 Hamilton arrived here two days after his Grace. 
 The Duke has not thought proper to be pre- 
 sented at this Court, as he is impatient to get 
 to Paris, from whence I hope to have the Honour 
 of addressing a letter to your Grace very soon, 
 and where I hope the Duke will have the Satis- 
 faction of Receiving agreeable acc'ts of your 
 Grace and his other friends in Britain. I have 
 often mentioned how very great pleasure your 
 letters afforded him, and have Regreted that 
 you could not give him that pleasure oftener. 
 Too long a deprivation of it never fails to make 
 him uneasy and Low Spirited. The esteem and 
 sincere affection he bears for Your Grace I have 
 always Remarked as one of the Strongest as 
 well as most Amiable Features in the Duke's 
 character. The Society of a Son possess'd of 
 such Sentiments cannot fail to make a great 
 addition to your Happiness. This fresh source 
 of enjoyment I hope you will possess in a very 
 short time. We leave Milan this night on our 
 way to Turin, for the Duke declines returning 
 to Vienna. I have the honour to be with the 
 greatest Respect 
 
 Your Grace's most obed't & most 
 humble Serv't, 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 Dr. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, June 30th, 1776. 
 
 After the repeated assurances I have given 
 to your Grace that we should not Return hy
 
 DR. MOORE 423 
 
 Geneva, It is not without uneasiness that I 
 date a letter from this place. When we set 
 out from Rome the Duke agreed that we should 
 not Return by Geneva ; he continued in the 
 same Resolution till we came to Milan, and 
 there all of a sudden he changed his mind and 
 told me that he wished mightily to go by this 
 place, but that he would make a very short 
 stay. I endeavoured with much earnestness to 
 turn him from this. I engaged Sr. Wm. and 
 Lady Hamilton to use their InQuence to retain 
 him ten or twelve davs at Milan ; all would not 
 do. We left Milan without appearing at court, 
 tho' the arch Duke and Dutchess, who we had 
 known at Vienna, discovered the Duke, while 
 he sate in his Frock in the Pit at the Play 
 House, and saluted him in the most obliging 
 manner. After this I was more earnest that the 
 Duke should go at least once to their court, 
 because I knew his omitting this would be con- 
 sidered as neglect. I did not prevail ; all I could 
 Do was to send the best apology I could Invent 
 by Sr. Wm. Hamilton. In like manner at 
 Turin we were press'd much by several people 
 of that court (who we had known in Germany 
 and in Italy) to be presented there ; this is what 
 few strangers neglect, and none of the Duke's 
 distinction. All Importunitys of this kind, how- 
 ever, were ineffectual, and only put him in bad 
 humour. Tho nobody I ever saw makes a more 
 elegant appearance than he does at a Polite 
 circle, yet it is certain that he has a Rooted 
 aversion to all places of ceremony, and would 
 never choose to be in any Society but that of 
 Familiar acquaintences nor in any dress but a 
 Frock. After three days' stay at Turin we left 
 that place, passed Mount Cenis (whose terrours
 
 424 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 have been much exaggerated by Travellers) 
 without any accident, and within five days 
 arrived here. 
 
 The Duke speaks of remaining here eight or 
 ten days and then setting out for Paris, and 
 probably he intends what he says, yet I am by 
 no means certain that he may not be conduced 
 to remain much longer. He Lives at present 
 at the House of Mr. Thomas, the Gentleman 
 to whom he lent the four hundred pounds at 
 Rome, as I mentioned in a letter from Italy. 
 This Gentleman with his Lady have Returned 
 to their usual Residence within a mile of 
 Geneva. 
 
 I beg your Grace will immediately write what 
 your Inclinations are with Regard to the Duke. 
 He himself seems at present to Incline to Return 
 to England this autumn or the beginning of 
 winter. I imagined this had also been your 
 Grace's Intention, and therefor have endea- 
 voured to fortify him in that Resolution. One 
 Reason which perhaps more than any other 
 makes this desireable is the Duke's sensibility 
 to Female attractions, and his aptitude to form 
 attachments ; this has been the source of Infinite 
 uneasiness to me and the cause of all the dis- 
 agreements w^ ever happened between us. This 
 consideration makes it desireable that he were 
 in that country where alone he can form a proper 
 attachment — and where his Inclinations may 
 be Influenced by your Grace — for I am convinced 
 that the most fortunate thing which can happen 
 to the Duke will be his Union with an agreeable 
 woman of Good sense and firmness of character, 
 who can at once engage his affection and esteem. 
 If, however, your Grace has Reasons for think- 
 ing it will be best that he should Remain
 
 DR. MOORE 425 
 
 anotlior winter abi'oad, there is no question 
 that Vienna is the properest place. In every 
 Respect it is preferrable to all the other Courts 
 we have seen, and the onlv Reason I know for 
 hastening: the Duke's Return to Enfjland is the 
 danger I have mentioned. If your Grace thinks 
 me worthy of any share of your conlidenee, you 
 will by the first Post let me know what you 
 determine, and be assured that I will with 
 earnestness do all in my power to have your 
 inclination followed. 
 
 Please direct under cover to Sr. Jo. Lambert 
 at Paris, with orders to further the letter with- 
 out delay to me at Geneva, in case we have 
 not arrived at Paris, which is a possible case. 
 If your Grace has anything to say in particular 
 to me, direct to me. If not address to the Duke 
 — and In case you incline for his Remaining 
 abroad and going to Vienna, write wdth earnest- 
 ness. I wish your Grace would also dissuade 
 the Duke from enaaoing his credit or Lendino- 
 large sums of money where I Refuse to sign 
 the Draughts. With Regard to the Duke's 
 opinions and sentiments in General, with Regard 
 to his conduct where Passion or accidental 
 Humour do not Interfere, I have all the In- 
 fluence with the -Duke w'' I can desire ; but in 
 such matters as he thinks Indifferent or which 
 Regard himself only — under this last head he 
 comprehends his Expences and his going to 
 particular places, and the length of his stay at 
 any place, and sometimes also the Comp^ he 
 keeps — with Regard to all these I have much 
 less than your Grace could desire ; yet when 
 he perceives that I am strongly against any- 
 thing, tho' I have not power always to turn 
 him from it, yet he does not proceed with such 
 
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 426 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 alacrity in it as he would do otherwise — and 
 tho' he will not give me the satisfaction to say 
 he will yield a Contested point in consequence 
 of my perswasions, yet he sometimes drops it 
 of himself when he sees me very bent against it. 
 
 Of this there was a Remarkable and very 
 Important Instance at Florence, the particulars 
 of which I shall one day give to your Grace. 
 I cannot express the Solicitude I felt on that 
 occasion nor the pleasure I had when I pre- 
 vailed to leave that place. I hope we shall be 
 at Paris before an answer can come to this 
 letter. If your Grace shall determine that we 
 should go to Vienna or Remain in any other 
 place on the Continent during the next winter, 
 I beg you will let me know how long my son 
 has leave to be absent from his Reg*. If till 
 the next spring I would incline to send him 
 from Paris to pass the winter with his Mother 
 at Glasgow, from whence he may set out for 
 Minorca when his leave of absence has expired. 
 
 The Reasons I had for being solicitous that 
 your Grace might meet the Duke at Paris — I 
 cannot yet explain, nor would any explanation 
 on that head be of any service. I have Reason 
 now to hope the good I expected from that may 
 be supplied, or perhaps not requisite. Your 
 Grace will have the goodness to forgive the 
 long details I sometimes Run into, in considera- 
 tion of their proceeding from an earnest desire 
 of giving satisfaction to you and serving the 
 Duke. May I hope that you will present my 
 very Respectful Compliments to the Duke of 
 Argyll and to Lady Augusta, and believe me to 
 be with great truth 
 
 Your Grace's ever faithful and obed*' Serv*, 
 
 J. Moore.
 
 DR. MOORE 427 
 
 Br. Moore to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Geneva, July Wth, 177G. 
 
 It has given me great uneasiness to find my- 
 self obliged to Contradict in one letter what I 
 have said in the former. I am truely ashamed 
 of the Uncertainty and mutability of our Plans, 
 yet if I write to your Grace at all I must write 
 what are the Resolutions at the time, and if 
 these are altered before I have the honour of 
 writing to you again — I hope your Grace will 
 do me the justice to believe that this has not 
 happened from any Intention of mine to deceive, 
 but from my not being able to foresee nor 
 controul the variation of opinion which takes 
 place. Before we came to Milan I thought I 
 had fully perswaded the Duke not to toutch at 
 Geneva, but to turn off from Chambery to 
 Lyons and to go on directly to Paris. At Milan 
 he formed the Resolution to go by Geneva, but 
 said he would stay only a few days. Of this I 
 was so fully perswaded that I wrote to all my 
 friends in Britain to address their letters to 
 Paris, and now by this Post I shall write to 
 Paris to desire all letters that may be there at 
 Present to be furthered to Geneva, but not to 
 send those which may come after the 22nd of 
 this month, because I believe, just now, that we 
 shall set out about that time for Paris, where I 
 shall expect with Impatience to be advised of 
 your Grace's Pleasure. The Duke's own Idea 
 was to Remain some months at Paris and then 
 Return to England about the begining of winter, 
 but by a hint in a letter he Received at Turin 
 you seem to have a wish that he should pass 
 the winter at Vienna (the latest letter he has
 
 428 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 had). If this is still your desire I hope you will 
 write with force upon that head, and in that 
 case our stay in Paris ought not to be long. A 
 long stay at Paris would not be good for him 
 on several acc*^ Vienna is without comparison 
 the best place on the Continent, at least preferr- 
 able to any we are acquainted with. Geneva 
 has become good for nothing. There are by 
 much too many English Boys here. 
 
 If the Duke is to Remain another Winter on 
 the Continent, I humbly imagine he ought to 
 Pass it at some Capital where his Usual Company 
 may be People of High Rank or of Eminent 
 character, Paris, The Hague, or Vienna. The 
 Dangers of the first are the number of English 
 always there, who might intirely engross the 
 Duke and Lead him Intirely from the best 
 Company w^ he might if he pleased find there. 
 Undoubtedly if he is to spend his time in English 
 Comp^ he had best be at London, where he may 
 have a better choice with the advantage of the 
 Duke of Argyll's and your Grace's direction. 
 The Hague I have heard commended, but know 
 nothing by experience. Vienna I know ; there 
 the manners of the court are more correct than 
 in any other we have seen. The Duke is already 
 known to the People of the Highest Rank and 
 merit, with whom he may live on the most 
 easie footing — and if he does not shun company 
 altogether he must be with his Superiours, or 
 such as consider themselves as nearly his equals 
 — a Point of very Great Importance for the 
 Duke. I have often hinted this to your Grace. 
 I mention it now again, because my own opinion 
 is that one of the greatest dangers the Duke 
 Runs, is his choosing a too obsequious Set of 
 Companions. This has given me great concern.
 
 DR. MOORE 429 
 
 because it may ^ive a disagreeable twist to a 
 character naturaly Amiable. The Duke is fitted 
 for the best Company in every Sence of the 
 word — among sucli he is Polite, Modest, and 
 Judicious. But with the other class his be- 
 haviour may be construed as self-sufHcicnt, 
 arrogant, and capricious. When he Respects 
 his Company he himself is always Respectable. 
 I am sure your Grace will forgive the Liberties 
 I sometimes take with the Duke in my letters 
 to you, and be convinced that no body has his 
 Interest and Reputation more truely at heart 
 than 
 
 Your Grace's ever faithful and obed* Serv\ 
 
 J. Moore. 
 
 If you have determined that we Remain 
 another winter on the continent, I shall send 
 my son from Paris to Scotland, where he may 
 Remain till he is ordered to join his Reg''. 
 And may I hope that your Grace will write a 
 few lines to Mrs. Moore Informing her of your 
 desire that our Return be postponed ? 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother. 
 
 Arran, March loth, 1778. 
 
 My dearest Duchess, 
 
 There is a report here, that five hundred 
 men are to be taken from each new regiment 
 now raising, to be sent immediately to America. 
 I should be sorry for it, as it would spoil the 
 new levied regiment and be of no use to the 
 service. If you know anything of this affair, 
 I wish you would write to me directly, as it is 
 of the greatest consequence to me. My IMajor 
 leaves me to-morrow to go to Hamilton upon
 
 430 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 business. I now am here without any com- 
 pany, so you may conceive a letter would be a 
 great pleasure. I make a Tour through the 
 Island to-morrow. Adieu, my dearest Duchess. 
 
 Your affectionate son, 
 
 Hamilton. 
 My love to all the family. 
 
 (Addressed) Her Grace 
 
 The Duchess of Argyll, 
 London. 
 
 Her Grace 1 Letter — 8d. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother 
 
 Arran, March I9th, 1778. 
 
 My dearest Duchess, 
 
 Since my last letter to you I have heard 
 from my Major, who informs me that five hundred 
 men are to be taken from each new levy. I 
 enclose his letter to you, as I would have you 
 know all the reasons for my going or staying. 
 I fancy I shall stay with you a few months 
 longer. I am in the greatest anxiety about 
 raising the men. You will see by the Major's 
 letter, that I cannot possibly leave Arran, and 
 from the disposition of the People I meet with 
 many difficulties, but you may be sure I shall 
 do all that I can to succeed. If the People do 
 not behave better before next monday, I intend 
 to use a little force. I am just setting out on 
 another expedition, so Adieu, and believe me to 
 be, my dearest Duchess, 
 
 Your most affectionate son, 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Love to all the Family. How is the Duke ?
 
 DUKE OF HAMILTON 431 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to his Mother. 
 
 Arran, August 21th, 1779. 
 
 My dearest Duchess, 
 
 I am very sorrv to hear by your letter 
 that you have not been well. Betty & I will 
 come to see you at Inverary as soon as you 
 arrive, which I fancy will not be for some days 
 yet, as Lady Derby in her letter mentions 
 stopping at one or two places in your way to 
 Scotland. I hope you will have as fine weather 
 for your journey, as I have had for my shooting. 
 I congratulate you on Lady Derby's safe return 
 to this country, & I sincerely hope every thing 
 may be settled for her & your happyness. I 
 saw a letter from you to M' Stuart wherein 
 you leave every thing to his management by 
 the Duke of Argyll's desire. Her affairs can 
 not be in better hands. I will not trouble you 
 any longer, but believe me to be 
 
 Your most affectionate son, 
 
 Hamilton & Brandon. 
 
 Betty sends her love. 
 
 (Addressed) Her Grace 
 
 The Duchess of Argyll 
 Hamilton 
 
 Edin. 
 
 To the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Arran, Septr 5, 1782. 
 
 Dear Madam, 
 
 We have just Heard of Your Arrival At 
 Inverary Where We intend Ourselves the Plea- 
 sure of Waiting upon You & The Duke of Argyll
 
 432 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 on The 11th or 12th, if it Will be Convenient 
 to Your Grace to receive us at that Time. As 
 We propose Going by Sea & Must Wait for 
 Your Grace's answer, Winds & Weather, &c., 
 I Hope You Will Not Expect us to be quite 
 punctual. I beg My Love to Lady Augusta. 
 The Duke desires His to Your Grace, & I am, 
 Dear Madam, 
 
 Yours Affec^, 
 
 E. Hamilton. 
 
 Note. — The formal mode of addressing near 
 relatives contrasts with the more easy manners 
 of to-day. 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton to the Duchess of Argyll. 
 
 Dear Duchess, 
 
 A thousand thanks for having been so 
 obliging as to recollect me for the ball this 
 evening. Will your Grace be kind enough in 
 addition to a ticket for the Prince Czartoryski 
 and myself to send two others, one for Lord 
 Mansfield & the other for the Hon^'" Col. 
 Stanhope ? With regard I have the honor to 
 be. Dear Duchess, 
 
 Your Grace's most obedient & devoted 
 
 Hamilton & Brandon. 
 
 Tuesday. 
 
 P.S. — Mr. Fox, who is dining here, requests 
 your Grace to recollect his ticket.
 
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 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN VARIOUS 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE DUKE OF 
 
 ARGYLL'S FAMILY AND HIGH 
 
 OFFICERS OF STATE 
 
 1702-1831 
 
 John 5th Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Mrs. Grant of Laggan says that he was a '* model 
 of manly grace. We hear so little about him ; 
 he is so quickly passed over to miake room for 
 dashers and boasters and fighters and talkers. 
 He does not wish to be talked of. Seek for a 
 great man's true and solid praise at his own 
 door, among his tenants and neighbours, that 
 is to say that he lives at home among them. 
 Every mouth here will tell you of some of those 
 ' quiet waters, soft and slow,' that steal silently 
 on, carrying bounty and beneficence into all 
 corners of obscurity. This Duke's worth and 
 wisdom improves and blesses the whole country. 
 Yet I hope that when this modest and amiable 
 benefactor of mankind sleeps with his fathers, 
 and when the tenants have ceased to say ' He 
 is the best of countrymen,' some voice may 
 sav * Such must not sleep in darkness and in 
 death.' " 
 
 Of him and of his father the papers here 
 given are interesting as illustrating the life of 
 a man who fought at Dettingen and Culloden, 
 and lived till 1805, and was well remembered 
 by men I have spoken with on their recollections 
 
 433
 
 434 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 of him. He built Rosneath House, near the 
 site of the old castle destroyed by fire. 
 
 To the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My dear Lord, 
 
 I do not realy well know hoAv to appoli- 
 gize to your Grace for the Liberty I am about 
 to take, but I must trust to your Goodness for 
 my forgiveness if I do wrong, but my friend 
 the Chevalier Reburguil, one of Monsieur's * 
 suite, has requested me as the greatest favour 
 that I would sound your Grace whether it would 
 be agreeable to you to let him have the use of 
 your Apartments in Holy Rood House. If I 
 found you had no objection to let him have 
 them, I am to say so, and Monsieur would then 
 write to your Grace and ask them of you ; on 
 the contrary, should you not wish to let him 
 have them, you have only to say so to me, and 
 you will have no further trouble about them. 
 When I was last in Edinburgh I bespoke the 
 Armed Chairs, according to your Grace's Orders ; 
 he sent me out one, but it was not made accord- 
 ing to my wish. I then sent my own Chair, and 
 he promises I shall have them this week. I 
 think the one first sent will do very well for 
 our old friend the Baily, and the other two for 
 Inveraray and Roseneath. I beg your Grace 
 will offer my Best Respects to Lady Augusta, 
 and any other of your Grace's Family that are 
 with you, and believe me, my Dear Lord, 
 
 Most truely and sincerely yours, 
 
 DUNMORE. 
 
 DUNMORE PaBK, 
 
 September IBth, 1801. 
 
 * Afterwards Charles X. of France.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 435 
 
 P.S. — If your Grace is so good as to favor 
 me with an answer will you have the goodness 
 to direct to me at Hamilton. Pray where shall 
 I send the Chairs to ? Adieu. 
 
 From the Marquis of Lome (5th Duke of Argyll). 
 
 Bond Street, 30 Dec'r, 1762. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 As the reduction of the Army is very 
 soon to be settled I beg leave to offer for your 
 Lordship's consideration a circumstance which 
 I had the honour to mention to you before, 
 and which in the Multiplicity of Business your 
 Lordship is engag'd in, may have escap'd your 
 attention. I mean the keeping up of some 
 independant Companies of Highlanders, which 
 Your Lordship seem'd to think would be a 
 measure usefuU to the Publick, and would 
 afford an opportunity of providing for some of 
 your Lordship's dependants, particularly for 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Dugald Campbell, whose 
 situation will soon be very distressfuU. If the 
 Highland Regiments which are at present on 
 the Establishment are to be continued in 
 America, where they all are at present, It will 
 be very necessary for the quiet of the Highlands, 
 and for the suppressing of theft and disorders, 
 that some of these people should be employ'd ; 
 the marching Regiments not being fit for per- 
 forming that service effectually, of which I had 
 experience while I commanded in Scotland, and 
 which I am confident will be testified by Lord 
 George Beauclerk. I beg to know your Lord- 
 ship's opinion about this matter, and should 
 be glad to have the honour of waiting on you
 
 436 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 for a few minutes if you think my proposal 
 worth your attention. I am, My Lord, with 
 the highest respect, 
 
 Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, 
 
 LORNE. 
 
 From Lieut.-Col. J. Campbell. 
 
 Invebakay, July 6th, 1765. 
 
 It is the Earl of Loudoun's orders that 
 vou immediately assemble all the men vou have 
 rais'd for your company at Inveraray, which 
 is allotted them for their Quarters, for which 
 purpose you are to send to your officers and any 
 other persons you may have employ'd in the 
 recruiting service, ordering them to send hither 
 the men they have listed with all possible 
 expedition. 
 
 We are at present very much press'd for men, 
 for which reason we cannot be so nice in regard 
 to the size, so that if any men should offer half 
 an inch or an inch lower than your instructions 
 you may list him. 
 
 I beg you would write me word by the return 
 of the bearer what number of men you have 
 got, and as the Earl of Loudoun will be here 
 in a day or two it will be necessary that neither 
 yourself nor your officers be farther distant 
 from Inveraray than a short day's journey. 
 One of your officers, which ever you think 
 proper, must be sent immediately to Inveraray 
 in order to take care of the men vou send hither. 
 I beg there may be no time lost in sending this 
 officer and all the men you have got hither, 
 and if you are not at any great distance your 
 self I should be glad to see you as soon as
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 437 
 
 possible, but if your coming would be of any 
 great hindrance to the recruiting service I 
 shall not expect you. I desire, however, you 
 would write me a very particular account of 
 the men you have got and what prospect you 
 have for the future. 
 
 I am, Sir, your most obed't Ser't, 
 
 J. Campbell, Lt. -Colonel. 
 
 From tJie Marquis of Lome. 
 
 London, Jan'y 23rd, 1770. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 I have your letter of 16th. I have 
 received all the Papers mentioned therein. I 
 find by Airds that the Mull Tenants will all 
 accept of their Leases on my Terms. I have, 
 however, agreed by Airds' persuasion to deduct 
 six pounds sterling from Stewart's Rent, which 
 will now stand at £100. I am afraid I am so 
 far engaged about the Glendaruel Parish that I 
 cannot retract. However I should be much 
 obliged to Knockbuiy if he would come into 
 the Scheme you propose. As I have no cer- 
 tainty of the Vacancy I have not yet given in 
 the Recommendation, tho' I think Glendaruel 
 writes of it as certain. I have drawn on Coutts 
 for £250 on the other side, which you will remit 
 to me by the first opportunity. I am, Sir, 
 
 Your sincere friend and humble Servant, 
 
 LORNE. 
 
 Note. — The above shows the leasehold system 
 as being introduced in Mull, where the want of 
 definite contracts had induced troubles.
 
 438 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 From the Duke of Argyll. 
 Sir, 
 
 I received your letter of the 3rd instant 
 inclosing a draft at sight for £300 from Sir W. 
 Forbes to Harris & Co. 
 
 I have also this day received your letter of 
 the 5th, giving me an account of the report 
 with regard to Lord Elphinston. The East 
 India Cap' has been here with me to-day, and 
 seems rather inclined to pick a German quarrel. 
 I am to have a meeting with him to-morrow, 
 and Lord Rosberry who was present at our 
 Treaty. I shall soon give you an account of 
 what happens. In the mean time I would not 
 have you say a word about it to Sir James or 
 any other. I find Sir L. Dundas is at the 
 Bottom of it, endeavouring to intimidate me 
 by means of the Elphinstons to come into 
 terms with him in regard to Clackmannan. 
 
 You will have received my directions before 
 this time to go on with the Dunbartonshire 
 Votes in any event. I approve of 's pro- 
 posal to take a Vote in Dunbartonshire, and 
 that Lamont should have a Vote in Clack- 
 mannanshire, for which purpose I shall write to 
 him this night. I also approve of Ferrier's 
 being the Voter in Dunbartonshire instead 
 of Clackmannanshire, and you may put Neil 
 Campbell or the Chamberlain of Kantyre into 
 Clackmannan, but rather the last if there is 
 no mischief Brewing in Argyleshire. You will 
 acquaint what I have said with regard to him as 
 I have not time to write this post. I am 
 Your sincere friend & Serv*, 
 
 Argyll. 
 
 London, 
 
 Feb. nth, 1779.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 439 
 The Duke of Argyll to Mr. James Ferrier. 
 
 Inveraray, 4 Nov'r, 1783. 
 
 I desire you will lend Provost Colquhoiin of 
 Dunbarton one hundred pounds sterling on my 
 account, and take tlie best security vou can 
 get from him for that and the other sums he 
 owes me. And whenever as much can be 
 recovered from him on that security as will 
 pay the debt of one hundred and fifteen pounds 
 which he owes yourself, I agree that you shall 
 receive it, as I understand your advances to 
 him proceeded chiefly from a desire of serving 
 and supporting my interest. 
 
 Argyll. 
 
 To Mr. James Ferrier. 
 
 The Marquis of Lome to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 You have probably before this time 
 heard of the Failure of Ross and Ogilvie ; 
 yesterday Lord Banbury called upon me to 
 inform me that it was necessary immediately to 
 appoint some Agent to carry on the business of 
 the Reot. and that he wished to consult me as 
 I might probably know if there was any person 
 more agreable to you than another. I told 
 him I believ'd that you had not partiality for 
 any particular person, and that if he had no 
 predilection for some other person, I took the 
 liberty of mentioning Greenwood as a Man from 
 whom I had received personal civilities, and 
 whose only fault w^as his having (perhaps) too 
 much business. I am glad to see by the letter 
 I enclose that Ross had also recommended him
 
 440 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 to you, and he is to carry on the business till 
 your wishes can be ascertained. 
 
 Adieu, my dear Father ; there is no particular 
 news, and nothing very interesting except a very 
 long debate on the Volunteer Bill. There is 
 a decided Coalition between the Foxites and 
 Grenvillites. 
 
 I hear you have lost the amiable Mr. Torrence, 
 Chef de Cuisine. Shall I send you one fit to 
 comfort Sr. W. Hart's interiors — a more delicious 
 Cook ? 
 
 Y- Aff' ly, 
 
 LORNE. 
 
 I send Ferrier to London. 
 
 {Endorsed) L. Lome, about Agent & Cook. No 
 date but suppos'd 22 March. 
 
 The Marquis of Lome to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 I inclose a letter I have received from 
 Graham, as I wish to have your opinion before 
 I take any steps in the business. If you approve 
 the best way will be to transmit the letter 
 itself to Mr. Dundas or the Secretary at War, 
 recommending it to their attention. I likewise 
 send you a circular letter from the Duke of 
 Portland, which by some accident I only received 
 the other day ; tho' not very applicable to Argyll- 
 shire I thought you might like to see it, as well 
 as an accompanying Pamphlet — if necessary you 
 can forward them to Grahame. 
 
 I w^as at Court yesterday, or rather Saturday ; 
 as I had not an opportunity of being presented 
 at a previous Levee, I kept at an aweful
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 441 
 
 distance ; however I was known to be there 
 and shall be presented the first opportunity. 
 I was told (as a threat secret) that the last 
 Messenger brought proposals from Bounaparte 
 for us to send two persons to Dunkirk to meet 
 two of their people and conclude a separate 
 peace, to which we replied that we were to 
 faithful to our Allies to enter into any clandes- 
 tine or separate negociation. This comes from 
 unquestionable authority, and is, I really be- 
 lieve at present, a sort of secret — therefore it 
 is not necessary to say anything about it. 
 
 Lady Ailesbiny has been ill, but is quite 
 recovered. Lord Frederick went to Stafford- 
 shire on Saturday. 
 
 Ever affectionatelv Yours, 
 
 LORNE. 
 
 (Endorsed) Marquis of Lome, 20th Jan'y, ans'd 
 
 29th, 1800. 
 
 From Lord John Campbell (incomplete). 
 
 a 
 
 23 Sept. 1800. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 I was yesterday at the War Ofiicc and 
 was told that no Ships had been ordered, and 
 that some Officers who were ooino- down to 
 Portsmouth tc be ready for the first Ships had 
 been told they might remain in London till 
 further orders. 
 
 I saw also a letter from Portsmouth, received 
 this morning, which says that some troops 
 which had been embarked for the Mediteranean 
 are still laying at Spithead ; in case the Regt. 
 should return and I should have it in my power 
 
 VOL. II. 8
 
 442 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 to procure an exchange, will you have any 
 objection to my doing so ? 
 
 I dined on Saturday at Strawberry Hill with 
 George and William Campbell, who returned a 
 few days ago from America ; we found Lady 
 Ailesbury perfectly well and in good Spirits : 
 with . . . 
 
 The Duke of Hamilton'^ to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 If I am induced to intrude upon your 
 Grace it is from being anxious to co-operate in 
 what I am led to conceive to be the wishes of 
 my brother Peers of Scotland. It has been 
 represented to me as a proper opportunity for 
 us to request that Scotch Peers' eldest Sons 
 should be permitted to enjoy the privilege of 
 representing in Parliament Scotch Counties and 
 Boroughs in common with British ones. Sol- 
 licitous as I am to join in supporting the dignity 
 and consequence of our Country, I can only 
 offer myself as an instrument in the common 
 cause and unite to your endeavours my own : 
 their tenor must prescribe the line of my 
 conduct, and point out the form and time of 
 communicating our object to Government ; 
 but before any step is taken I take the liberty 
 of thus confidentially requesting your Grace's 
 sentiments upon the business, that in its pro- 
 gress every defference may be paid to them, 
 which will not only give additional strength 
 and respectability to the object in agitation, 
 but afford me an opportunity of testifying that 
 
 * Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton and Cth of Brandon, 
 succeeded Douglas in 1799.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FA:\rTLY LETTERS 443 
 
 respect and esteem with which I have the honor 
 to remain, My Lord, 
 
 Your Grace's Most faithful! & 
 obed'^ Servant, 
 
 Hamilton & Brandon. 
 
 His Grace the Duke of Argyll, 
 &c. &c. 
 
 Hamilton, 
 
 5th Jan. 180L 
 
 From Lord Frederick Campbell to the Duke of 
 
 Argijll. 
 
 CoMBANK, Tuesday, 
 
 Feb. 2ith. 1801. 
 
 I was very happy, my dear Brother, to find 
 your Letter relative to a propos'd Exchange in 
 your Regiment so peremptory and yet so kind. 
 Because it enabled me to send it to my very 
 old Friend Robert Drummond. You will see 
 from the enclos'd Scrap of a Letter, which you 
 may put in the Fire, how very right Headed He 
 is, and upon the whole how much oblig'd. 
 
 The late Change of Administration has griev'd 
 and puzzl'd me much. In the long Political 
 Course of Life, which more or less I have always 
 been in, I could always form some probable 
 Conjecture of the Motives which brought about 
 The Change. Upon the present occasion I 
 cannot hit upon any good Ground to form an 
 Opinion upon. The ostensible Reasons which 
 appear in Speeches and News Papers, by no 
 means, I should think, account for the Event. 
 The Bottom of the Bottom still remains to be 
 discovered, to use the strong Mode of Expression 
 formerly us'd by the late Lord Chatham. 
 
 I shall be happy to Consult with your Sons
 
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 and our Cousin John Campbell what is best 
 to be done for your Interest and Theirs. If 
 there is any Point you look forward to for Them 
 or any of your Friends, I think it should be 
 mention'd to the Persons now in Power, who 
 both for the King's sake and their own must 
 think the Weight of your Family, if properly 
 applied, of very material Consequence. 
 
 I look forward with eagerness to your Example 
 about Potatoes, and shall do all I can for the 
 future to bear my Proportion. In the mean 
 Time I give Potatoes and Rice in great Quan- 
 tity s to the very Poor, and sell both at half 
 Price to Those who are less so. By which 
 means, and a Parish Subscription going on to 
 the same purpose, Sundridge is perfectly happy 
 and pleas'd with all our Substitutes for White 
 Bread. Herrings have been and are most 
 greedily sought after. 
 
 It gives Lady Fred'' and me infinite Pleasure 
 to hear that you are so well and so happy at 
 Inveraray. We both join in most affectionate 
 Good Wishes to you and yours. 
 
 Yours most affectionately, 
 
 Fredk. Campbell. 
 
 The Duke of Argyll to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Inveraray, March l^th, 1801. 
 
 My Dearest Johnny, 
 
 It is time I should return you my thanks 
 for the many letters I have lately received from 
 you, which were well bestowed considering the 
 constant anxiety I felt about your health. What 
 has happened will, I am persuaded, make you 
 cautious in future, and if it makes you reflect
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 445 
 
 upon the French Proverb, Bon mariage payera 
 tout, it may have been of use. We have had 
 our share of the fine weather of late, but not 
 without some little Interludes of storm and 
 rain. All vegetation, however, and field oppera- 
 tions are in great forwardness. As there is 
 neither fishing or shooting at present, the 
 weather of the next two months will be of more 
 consequence to you, and I hope will not fail us. 
 McGregor told me yesterday that Donald Fer- 
 guson saw in one view no less than 39 Roebucks 
 and does. They have been driven out of the 
 woods in Glen Shira by the woodcutters, which 
 occasions their appearance in the open grounds 
 in such quantities ; but as it is the Business 
 of all you Sportsmen to shoot flying, some 
 allowance may be made for the extent of this 
 Report. 
 
 I need not tell you that I wish you to come 
 here as soon as it can be done with Propriety 
 in respect to your Senatorial Capacity, which 
 as much as I wish to see you must by no means 
 be neglected. I was very glad to find that 
 you attended the meeting of the Crinan Canal 
 Company, tho your going there will cost me 
 £600. You set a good example to your Brother, 
 which upon other such like occasions I hope 
 he will follow. I send vou a letter I latelv 
 ree'd from Glasgow, to which I refer you, and 
 desire you would give some attention to the 
 Business in question, and tell your Cousin John 
 Campbell that I hope he will do the same. As 
 I have been bragging of our weather in the 
 former part of my letter. It would not be fair 
 to conceal from vou that we had last niorht a 
 considerable fall of snow on the hills, and a 
 sprinkling on the downs, which before were as
 
 446 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 green as at any period of the year. I am in 
 health much as when George left me, but the 
 continued want of sleep and increase of Years 
 make the wear and tear very rapid. My best 
 love to George. One of you must write to me 
 in a week. 
 
 Most affectionately yours, 
 
 Argyll. 
 
 My best love to Lady Ailesbury, Mrs. Damer, 
 and Louisa. Compts. to Carnelm and Lady 
 Mary Coke, whom I hope you do not neglect. 
 
 The Duke of Argyll to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Invekabay, March 2\st, 1801. 
 
 My Dearest Johnny, 
 
 Your letters are always welcome, such 
 as apply to me about Regimental Business less 
 so than any. I cannot possibly comply with 
 your request about Hopburne. I never have 
 or will I now overrule General Lister's opinion 
 in such matters. I most heartily wish you 
 could with propriety come away. How do you 
 bear the long days in the house ? I hope you 
 attend closely since you write me that you are 
 perfectly w^ell ; it will give you the better pre- 
 tensions to come away. I do not doubt your 
 being tired of the Amusements of London, but 
 you must not quite yet be tired of the Business 
 of it. I desire you would by no means neglect 
 going to the Queen's drawing room and to the 
 Levy as soon as there is any. Tell George the 
 same thing, and that I entreat and insist upon 
 it, that he should not neglect it. The Books at 
 Argyll House I fear much will be spoil'd by
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS il7 
 
 damp ; you must examine them carefully. I 
 cannot send you the key, as it is left locked up 
 at Edin", but you may pick the lock or get in at 
 the Window. "^ If there still remains any farming 
 or Gardening books, send them, or any Books 
 which George thinks can be spar'd from London. 
 Plans and Maps relating to this place or Ros- 
 neath search for carefully and send, particu- 
 larly one of the town of Inveraray nail'd up 
 against the Wall. Don't shilly shally and 
 loiter about this, but set about it directly. 
 
 Send me the following ^lusick — Non nobis 
 Domine, in all the Parts as perform'd lately 
 at the Oratorio. My favourite ^larch for the 
 Guards, much admir'd ten or twelve years ago, 
 tho' perhaps scarcely known now. George 
 knows what I mean. 
 
 I charge you strictly to visit frequently all 
 your relations and Report to me the state of 
 their health. Thank Camelia for two letters I 
 received some time ago. All your friends here 
 are well, viz. Sir Wm. Ferrier, Doctor, Capt. 
 Campbell, and Mr. Tewson. The Hills swarm 
 with Roebucks and black Cocks. Richy began 
 yesterday to whip the River, but without 
 success. We have had very bad weather for 
 eight or ten days, constant snow on the hills, 
 but little or none on the downs ; at present and 
 for three or four days past remarkably fine. 
 Best love to George. Influenza is at Edin"^ and 
 Glasgow and Campbeltown, but scarcely a 
 slight cold in this familv durinrr the whole 
 winter, consisting of near 40 persons. Farewell, 
 my dearest boy. 
 
 Most affectionately Yours, 
 
 Argyll.
 
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 The Marquis of Lome to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 London. Feh« 20'^ 1802. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 If you like to try if Pheasants will suc- 
 ceed in Roseneath, you may for an Expence 
 not exceeding one hundred and ten pounds 
 make a very fair trial with every prospect of 
 success. A Man has undertaken to deliver them 
 safe and well at Roseneath at a Guinea a bird, 
 which people who understand these things tell 
 me is reasonable enough — the man who goes 
 with them will give instruction to person there 
 for taking care of whatever number of them it 
 may be right to keep for breeding from. 
 
 A Trial upon a smaller scale might perhaps be 
 only throwing away Money. I think this has 
 every chance of success. I inclose his proposal. 
 
 Aff^^ yours, 
 
 LORNE. 
 
 The King has been very ill but is much 
 better. 
 
 (Endorsed) L'' Lome. Pheasants. 
 
 From Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Levenside, Saturday. 
 
 [Feb. 20th, 1802.] 
 
 Sir, 
 
 I inclose Mr. Ferrier's Letter to you. I 
 perceive he has mistaken the day, Saturday 
 being the 27th instead of Friday. I wish you 
 to ask all the people mentioned in it in my 
 name ; besides I would have you ask Mr. 
 Donald, Mr. Smollet, and any others whom you
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 449 
 
 think would take it well to be invited. I go 
 to-day to Blythwood, and to-morrow or next 
 day to the Mures, both of whom I mean to ask 
 to the Dinner at Dumbarton. I shall also 
 request you to take the trouble of ordering the 
 dinner, as you will be the best judge how many 
 persons there will be at it. I shall return here 
 on Thursday or Friday next. 
 
 Your obcdt. Servt., 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 IxvERARY, Fehy. 2\st, 1802. 
 
 Dear George, 
 
 An order has been received here this day 
 ordering all the Volunteer Corps in the County 
 to hold themselves in readiness to March on 
 the shortest Notice ; as you are now appointed 
 Colonel over the whole, it will be necessary for 
 you to appoint Me to some particular Batt'n, 
 the 1st of course, as Lord Moira will not pro- 
 bably admit of a Col. and Lt.-Col. Comm't of 
 the whole ; during your absence, however, I 
 shall take the Command as eldest Lt.-Col., and 
 have accordingly ordered letters to be written 
 to the Captains of Companies over the whole 
 County to Hold themselves in readiness to 
 March immediately. I hope these fellows will 
 realy come at last and be done with it. What- 
 ever orders you have to give direct them to Me 
 or Officer Comm'g at Inverary, and if I am 
 absent Graham will get them. 
 
 Yours affec'y, 
 
 J. D. Campbell.
 
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 You Should also appoint all the other Lt.- 
 Cols, to their respective Batt'ns. 
 
 1st Batt. Lord J. Campbell . . 
 
 2nd Sir A. Campbell, Bart 
 
 3rd Lt.-Col. Graham 
 
 4th Lt.-Col. McLean of Ardgour 
 
 5th (of 3 Companies only) Major Colin Campbell 
 
 .. 8 
 
 424 
 
 .. 8 
 
 424 
 
 .. 8 
 
 424 
 
 .. 8 
 
 504 
 
 .. 6 
 
 378 
 
 (Endorsement) 
 
 2154 
 
 Feb. 21st 1802, 
 
 from my Brother about 
 
 the Lt. -Colonel of Volunteers. 
 
 The Marquis of Lome to Lord Breadalbane. 
 
 Invebary, Nov. 26th, 1802. 
 
 My Dear Lord, 
 
 I have, agreeably to your request, with- 
 drawn the two Companies from your Estate 
 from Ardgowan's Battallion. Whatever offer 
 of Service you may wish to forward to Govern- 
 ment, I shall lose no time in transmitting. At 
 the same time I have to observe that, according 
 to the various letters I have received from Lord 
 Hobart, and Mr. Yorke, I do not conceive 
 Government have any intention of accepting 
 more Volunteer Companies than will make the 
 number amount to six times the original Militia, 
 which number will be completed by the re- 
 commendation and acceptance of the Eardach 
 Company if you should wish it. 
 
 With regard to the 24 Companies planned 
 on the old system, they were selected Avith 
 attention to the former where it was thought 
 proper, and above all with an attention to the 
 population of the various districts, so that a 
 fair proportion of young men might be left 
 for the Battalions, the Army of Reserve and
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 451 
 
 Militia. You will observe, my Dear Lord, that 
 I make this answer to the last paragraph of 
 your letter more to convince you how desirous 
 I am to attend to any request of your's than 
 from any immediate connection it appears to 
 have with the subject of our correspondence. 
 I have the honor to be, my Dear Lord, 
 
 Yours Sincerelv, 
 
 LORNE. 
 
 The Duke of Argyll to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Inveraray, Jan. \%th, 1803. 
 
 My dear Johnny, 
 
 I find by your letter that your delay 
 could not be avoided. I much approve of your 
 propriety in attending at the Birthday. You 
 might have said a word or two with respect to 
 your reception at the Levee and at Frogmore. 
 
 There are some indirect Reports here of your 
 intending to extend your travelling Opperations 
 beyond France, but I cannot approve of that, 
 as I must have you here the beginning of 
 Summer, and consider your journey at present 
 to be only on account of your health and in 
 order to avoid the bad Climate of Britain. I 
 have bv Ferrier's means remitted to Messrs. 
 Drummonds a fund of Credit for Your Expences, 
 which I hope and trust you will keep within 
 proper bounds. Let nothing be wanted or 
 wasted. IMy best love to your Brother. The 
 Weather is bitterly cold here, tho no snow on 
 the low ground. Augusta and your friends 
 here are well. Continue to let me hear from 
 you once in ten days whether at home or abroad. 
 My Comp*^ to the Doctor. 
 
 Most affectionately yours, 
 
 Argyll.
 
 452 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 To the Eight Honhle. Lord John Campbell, 
 Argyll House, London, from his sister 
 Charlotte, 1803. 
 
 Welcome once more to Britain's shore, 
 Endear 'd to me by Absence more, 
 Absence that TaHsman which makes 
 Our Passions change in Proteus' shapes, 
 Absence That softens all the Mind 
 And real Friendships firmer bind. 
 
 In Rhyme and Prose, dear Johny, welcome, 
 altho' you do not deserve it from me, as I only 
 know of your arrival thro' Doctor Robinson. 
 However, 
 
 In vain Resentment would her Arms supply 
 When the long wish'd for Friend again is nigh. 
 The Friend whom we perchance have deem'd unkind, 
 Lost to Affection and to Friendship blind. 
 Soon as again they meet our longing view 
 Doubt fades in Joy and we beheve them true. 
 Ah who that scents the Rose's perfumed Breath 
 Would grasp the Thorn that lurks its leaves beneath. 
 
 In compliance with this Maxim I forgive your 
 Idleness, and Imagine I could not have formed 
 a more perfect one had I studied Moore's 
 Philosophy of pleasure, which, however, I have 
 not seen. We left Inverarav a fortnight ago, 
 exchanged 
 
 The Beauties of its Rocks and hanging woods, 
 Its Craggy Summits and its silver floods. 
 And above all, oh ! sad exchange, to leave 
 The best of Fathers whom 'tis C4rief to Grieve, 
 For Empty Streets Avhere Cats their Orgies hold 
 Or Two Legg'd Cats more Horrid to behold. 
 For sounds of War that Martial deeds bespeak. 
 Whose bare idea pales My Icy Cheek,
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 453 
 
 Till sad reflection reconciles the thought 
 
 That Honor must at Times with blood be bought, 
 
 Can make a Female Breast with Glory fire, 
 
 Feel Herself Daughter of a British Sire, 
 
 And bow resign'd to ills the Times require. 
 
 This has even made Jack rise at Six every 
 Morning, nor is this revolution to be transient, 
 for there is a great Field Day on Friday at 
 which all the Troops Hereabout are to be 
 present. As Jack must be constantly at Dal- 
 keith and that I cannot bear to be absent from 
 him, we shall avail ourselves in part of a very 
 kind offer Lord Ancram made us, and sleep at 
 Newbattle the remainder of this Week, when I 
 intend to pass my Time between that and 
 Dalkeith House. I have not found my sejour 
 here so unpleasant as I expected, for 
 
 My Infants now with opening Charms display 
 Fresh Joys, fresh duties for the coming Day, 
 A new exhaustless Source of Pleasure shew, 
 Yet Cares still mix in Pleasure's Cup below 
 And anxious Love in every State Supplies 
 Enough to Warn us where true Blessing lies. 
 Sojourners here, probation's Path is ours 
 And lasting Peace dwells but in Heavenly Bowers, 
 Yet no repining Spirit Breathes the Line, 
 For Earthly Bliss its purest Bliss is mine, 
 And all My wish is to Deserve My Fate, 
 To Joy in this, nor fear another State. 
 
 We dined the other Day with Bob and Arch. 
 She has got a new Wig and it is irresistable not 
 to call Her the Arch Bob. In spite of a little 
 unavoidable laugh, I feel them good obliging 
 People, and Jack and I may say with Prince 
 Henry we could better spare a better Man. At 
 their House we heard a Blind Boy play most
 
 454 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 charmingly on the Harpsichord. He is not 
 above 25 and quite simple and unpolish'd, all 
 but in that which 
 
 Heaven in Mercy lent 
 To soothe the 111 its chastening Hand has sent. 
 The Spark of Genius Offspring sent from High 
 Gives tripple brightness to the Mental Eye. 
 What tho' the Visual Orb of Light is fled, 
 To Earthly Beauties and creation's Dead, 
 The Powers of Harmony his Soul can guide 
 To living Waters whose refreshing Tide 
 Bids him aspire to higher scenes of Bliss, 
 And trace in Heaven that Joy denied in this. 
 
 We persuaded the poor Young Man to come 
 here the other Evening, and had Mr. and Mad""" 
 Corri, whose performance delighted our Blind 
 Friend much. We had quite a musical Night, 
 to the great discomfiture of Camelia Rair, 
 
 Whose very name Inspires 
 
 With Gay ideas and Poetic fires. 
 
 More young and Blooming Ninon never knew 
 
 The Grace of youth's first Season to renew. 
 
 All but in this that Cards o'er Songs prevail, 
 
 And lengthen'd sounds Her Ears Deem somewhat stale. 
 
 Quavers on Quavers rise till Dumb despair 
 
 Lost us the presence of Camelia Rair, 
 
 Who with light step fled quickly down the stair. 
 
 After supper the Corris sung us many very 
 nice Duetts that I mean some Day, and I hope 
 soon, to Delight your Ears with. 
 
 Come soon, Dear Brother, after Dangers past 
 Sweet's the Embrace that clasps Thee safe at last. 
 In me and mine you'll equal meet a Friend 
 Always the same and True unto the End. 
 No Honey 'd Phrase of Flattery you will find 
 But the Warm Dictates of the faithful Mind.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 455 
 
 These Hasty Lines my Heart's best wishes speak, 
 Wishes as warm as these faint words are weak, 
 To bid a Sister's, Brother's, Welcome, Join 
 And Tell Thee Truly we arc ever thine. 
 
 C. M. Campbell & John Campbp:ll. 
 
 I wrote part of this yesterday but not in 
 time for the Post. 
 
 The Duke of Argyll to the Marquis of Lome. 
 
 Inveraray, 24<A April, 1803. 
 
 My dearest George, 
 
 A letter from you of seven Pages is well 
 entitled to an answer. Seeing that I am now 
 inevitably engaged in a most expensive under- 
 taking, I am now more anxiously endeavouring 
 to check the Progress of it, than I was a few 
 weeks ago to press the dispatch of it. I refer 
 you to Graham for particulars, but being every 
 day more and more convinced that I can never 
 inhabit it, I must divide the expence into two 
 or three Years which I once flattered myself 
 might have been furnished in one. In the 
 meantime your display of Taste and Bonomis 
 Fame is second. But let me observe to vou 
 en passant that Taste without Prudence and 
 Economy is a mill-stone about a man's neck. 
 And therefore I hope you will not associate too 
 much with Bonomis and Nasmith. You will 
 find them expensive Pets ; they will not consult 
 your Pecuniary interest as poor old jMylne us'd 
 to do mine. I send you a Copy of what I 
 wrote him yesterday. 
 
 I have many other things to say to you, but 
 my Eyes, health, and Spirits, which are rapidly
 
 456 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 declining, forbid my writing more. I wrote 
 this day to John directing him to come home 
 soon, unless his health requires his stay abroad. 
 My reasons are my own comfort by his presence 
 here, the Propriety of his taking some part in 
 Military matters in case of War, and the heavy 
 expence I am subject to, having remitted already 
 two Bills of five hundred each, exclusive of his 
 usual allowance. Your Idea of appropriating 
 so much room to Wine Cellars and Kitchen, 
 shew you mean to keep a good table or set up 
 the Wine Merchant Business, but these spaces 
 will be much better applied to the accommoda- 
 tion of housekeeper and butler, with dining and 
 sitting rooms for upper and lower servants. 
 
 Most affectionately yours, 
 
 Argyll. 
 
 Lord Frederick Campbell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Half Moon Street, 
 
 May Qth, 1803. 
 
 My dear Brother, 
 
 It grieves me much that my Letter 
 about the Election of a Scotch Peer gave you 
 so much Uneasiness. It appear'd to me a 
 matter of total Indifference — and that you 
 would have flunor mv Letter into the Fire and 
 have put an end to all thought about the Matter 
 if it gave you the least Anxiety about what, or 
 whether you should take any Part upon the 
 Occasion. 
 
 I wish I could send something certain about 
 Peace or War, to put your mind at ease and in 
 better Spirits. I am told from every Person 
 I meet with that We must wait till another 
 Dispatch conies from Lord Whitworth in perfect
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 457 
 
 Suspcnce. But I am happy in findinfir the 
 General Opinion is tliat lionapartc will give 
 way — and that We shall yet have Pcaee. 
 Most affectionately yours, 
 
 F. C. 
 
 The Marquis of Lome to Lord Ilobarl. 
 
 Inveraray, llth Aug. 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 After consulting with my Father and 
 some of the gentlemen of tlie County, I beg 
 leave to state to you that the division of the 
 1280 Volunteers of Argyleshire into 24 Com- 
 panies of 53 instead of 16 of 80 appears to me 
 to be absolutely necessary for the proper defence 
 of the very extended line of Coast of this County. 
 I hope therefore your Lordship will have the 
 goodness to take the necessary steps for gazetting 
 the officers, &c. In reference to a Letter which 
 I have the honour to write to you of this date, 
 I beg leave to observe that the change of the 
 strength of the Companies from 80 to 53 is 
 another reason w^hy it was impossible to send 
 accurate INIuster Rolls, nor the Gentlemen offer- 
 ing Companies thinking it necessary, wiiich 
 they did not. 
 
 With regard to a second Battalion of the 91st, 
 much will depend upon the County allowed 
 and being allowed to name the officers ; from 
 the attachment which Highlanders have to 
 their countrymen. 
 
 I have wTitten to H.R.H. the Duke of York 
 on the subject by this day's post. 
 
 I have the honor to be 
 
 Your obedient Servant, 
 
 LORXE. 
 VOL. II. 9
 
 458 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Circular. 
 
 Downing Street, 
 
 22nd August, 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 His Majesty having been graciously 
 pleased to direct that in future the correspond- 
 ence upon all matters relating to the Militia and 
 Volunteer Corps should be conducted by the 
 Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
 I am commanded to signify to your Lordship 
 His Majesty's Pleasure that your Official Letters 
 should henceforward be addressed to that 
 Department. 
 
 In conveying His Majesty's Commands upon 
 this occasion I have particular satisfaction in 
 expressing to your Lordship the just Sense I 
 entertain of the zealous Co-operation which I 
 have received from your Lordship, and more 
 especially in the unremitting attention you 
 have manifested in carrying into effect the 
 several important measures which have lately 
 been committed to your charge. 
 
 I have the honor to be, My Lord, 
 Your Lordship's most obedient 
 
 humble Servant, 
 
 HOBART. 
 
 His Majesty's Lieutenant 
 OF THE County of Argyle. 
 
 (Endorsed) Lord Hobart, correspondence relat- 
 ing to Militia and Volunteers to be in future 
 with the Secretary of State for the Home 
 Department.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 459 
 
 Circular. 
 
 Downing Street, 
 
 22nd August, 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 I have the honor to transmit the outline 
 of a plan for a voluntary Naval Armament for 
 the proteetion of the Coast, whieh has received 
 the approbation of His >\Lajcsty's Confidential 
 Servants, and which it is believed mav be 
 carried to an extent tliat would complete the 
 Security of the Coast, under all circumstances, 
 against any attempt on the part of the enemy, 
 and be likewise productive of other beneficial 
 consequences. 
 
 I have particular satisfaction in acquainting 
 you that the East India Company, The Corpora- 
 tion of the Trinity House, The Cinque Ports, 
 (The Proprietors of Lighters employ'd in the 
 Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Thames, 
 and several of the owners of Ships employed in 
 the Coasting Trade,) have already come to re- 
 solutions for carrying the proposed plan into 
 Execution. 
 
 The importance of the Commerce of the Sea 
 Port Towns within the County of Argyll, and 
 the loyal and liberal Spirit of their Inhabitants, 
 animated and encouraged by your active and 
 well directed zeal, afford the Strongest ground 
 of expectation that this measure may derive 
 essential assistance from the resources in men 
 and Shipping which those Towns possess ; and 
 that, by means of a judicious application of 
 those resources, the Coast of the County of 
 Argyle may obtain that constant protection 
 which, you must be aware, might not at all
 
 460 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 times be equally attainable by any other 
 means. 
 
 I have the honor to be, My Lord, 
 Your Lordship's most obedient 
 
 humble Servant, 
 
 HOBART. 
 
 His Majesty's Lieutenant 
 OF THE County of Argyle. 
 
 (Endorsed) Circular, 22nd August, 1803. Lord 
 Hobart with Plans for the defence of Sea 
 Port Towns. 
 
 To the Marquis of Lome. 
 
 Inverarery, 23 Aug 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 As it is probable we may not have the 
 honour of again seeing your Lordship on business 
 till after the ballots for the Armv of Reserve 
 are drawn, we consider it our indispensable duty 
 to state to you what are our sentiments on 
 the subject of the exemptions claimed by the 
 volunteers of this County from the ballot for the 
 Army of Reserve and Militia, and so doing, we 
 trust your Lordship will have the goodness to 
 believe that our doing so does not proceed from 
 a wish of unnecessarily intruding our opinions. 
 From a careful perusal of the Acts of Parlia- 
 ment, and from every information we have 
 been able to obtain of the practice in other 
 Counties, we are fully persuaded, that general 
 exemptions, on the footing proposed at a former 
 meeting of your Deputies, are not legal. Under 
 this impression and with great deference to 
 your Lordship, we submit the importance of 
 your decision in this case. It does not appear
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 461 
 
 to us, as we understand was stated at a former 
 meeting, that a discretionary power is vested 
 in his Majesty with regard to these exemptions 
 — they appear to be privileges merely personal, 
 conferred on individuals under certain con- 
 ditions minutely described in the Acts of Parlia- 
 ment, and certificates from Commanding Officers 
 as to the dates of inrolment are particularly 
 required as evidence, befor these claims to 
 exemption can be sustained, and we are humbly 
 of opinion no general exemption of Companies 
 founded on the dates of these offers or the 
 acceptance of them can, under these acts, be 
 sustained. 
 
 This is the practice in London and Edin- 
 burgh, and, it is believed, in every other place. 
 Numerous applications have been made to us 
 by the Country people, who, from their frequent 
 intercourse with the neighbouring Counties, 
 know the practice thus, and will, of course, 
 feel the strongest dissatisfaction if the whole 
 protection and privileges of the laws are not 
 extended to them in common with the in- 
 habitants of other Counties. 
 
 We have heard it hinted that some indulgence 
 is due to the persons composing the present 
 Volunteer Companies, but we cannot admit 
 that greater favour is due to them than the 
 other inhabitants of the County who were and 
 are ready to inroll themselves under your 
 Lordship, and it will be in your recollection 
 that at a period of as great danger as the present, 
 Avhen to the threat of invasion was added the 
 dread of internal insurrection, the whole in- 
 habitants of the County inroUed under his 
 Grace your father, and an Army of four thou- 
 sand highlanders, to be commanded by your
 
 462 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Lordship, was offered to Government. The ad- 
 vantages which the present volunteers have on 
 the proposed new Hnes independent of these 
 exemptions are so great that it is not Hkely 
 they will retire from the old and enter the new 
 lines. 
 
 If your Lordship is pleased to agree with us 
 in opinion a remedy can easily be applied. 
 The district Clerks may be directed to make 
 returns of persons improperly excused and 
 orders given to relieve those balloted in their 
 place of the penalties they have paid, or from 
 the service, if they have entered into it. 
 
 At the same time that we feel it our bounden 
 and strict duty to state these matters freely to 
 your Lordship in private, we beg leave to 
 assure you that our outmost endeavour will be 
 used, on this momentous occasion, to bring 
 forward the inhabitants with zeal & unanimity 
 in the districts where we reside. 
 
 We have the honour to be with much respect, 
 My Lord, 
 
 Your Lordship's Most 
 
 Most humble Servants, 
 
 DoN° Campbell. 
 
 Neill Malcolm. 
 
 J. Campbell. 
 
 John Macnulty. 
 
 Alex. Campbell. 
 
 John Campbell. 
 
 Mr. John Campbell to the Marquis of Lome. 
 
 12th Sept' 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 The Earl of Breadalbane has obtained 
 offers of service, from near 600 Tenants and
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LKTTERS 1(58 
 
 residenters on his estates in Argyllshire — I3ar- 
 caldine from 100 and Monzie and Balevcolan 
 from about 100 more, so that his Lordship ean 
 send out a moderate sized Battalion when the 
 publie serviee requires it. It appears, however, 
 tliat government at present are not disposed 
 to eneourage Volunteer Corps to the extent 
 once proposed ; And therefore I presume it 
 will in the meantime be sufficient for his Lord- 
 ship, to send out as many as will anticipate the 
 compulsory provisions of the general Defence 
 Acts, and Satisfy the calls of government, 
 according to the proportion which the popula- 
 tion of these districts bears to the general 
 population of the County, agreeably to the 
 lists under the Act when they are finally made 
 up. 
 
 In case these calls are made parochially, I 
 beg leave to inform your Lordship that, from 
 the above offers, at least one company of GO men 
 can be called out in the parish of Kilchrunan — 
 two in the parish of Glenenchay, one in Kilninver 
 parish, one in Kilbrandan (exclusive of the 
 Eardale people), and one in Ardchattan. I shall 
 be glad to be honoured with your Lordship's 
 instructions when convenient, as to wiiat pro- 
 portion of these may now be required, under 
 the call in Lord Ilobart's letter of the 30"' July. 
 And I have the honour to be, Avith respect, 
 Your Lordship's most obedient & 
 very humble servant, 
 
 John Campbell. 
 
 Stbonemaoachan, 12^ Sept' 1803. 
 
 Marquiss of Lorne, 
 
 Lord Lieut, of ArgyllsJiire.
 
 464 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Major-General Wemyss to the Marquis of Lome, 
 
 Glasgow, 21th Sept., 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 I have the honor to enclose a Form of 
 Return, which I beg you will cause to be filled 
 up, and transmitted to me here with as little 
 delay as possible. 
 
 I request your Lordship will be pleased to 
 acquaint me as soon as the whole Volunteer 
 Force to be raised in the County of Argyll, in 
 terms of the Secretary of State's Letter, shall 
 have been Gazetted, and their proportion of 
 Arms obtained, that I may be enabled so to 
 regulate the time for their Inspection as to 
 accomplish this Service speedily, and without 
 inconvenience to the respective Corps. I shall 
 forward to Your Lordship, by the first oppor- 
 tunity, six Copies of Instructions from His Royal 
 Highness The Duke of York, for the use of the 
 Volunteer Infantry. It is intended that each 
 Company should receive one, and as soon as a 
 sufficient number come to hand, and that I am 
 favoured with the Return of the Volunteers 
 Corps in your County, they shall be transmitted 
 to your Lordship accordingly. The Commander 
 of the Forces recommends that, in the Equipment 
 of the Volunteers, the warmth and comfort of 
 their clothing may be more attended to, than 
 its shew and appearance — he particularly sug- 
 gests the propriety of their being provided with 
 Great Coats, and warm Pantaloons or long Cloth 
 Gaiters, and besides the Knapsack, that each
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 4G5 
 
 man supplies himself with a Haversack for the 
 purpose of carrying his provisions. 
 I have the honor to be 
 
 Your Lordship's most obedient 
 humble Servant, 
 
 W. Wemyss, M.G. 
 
 Lord Moira to the Marquis of Lome. 
 
 Nov. 30th, 1803. 
 
 My dear Lord, 
 
 I have this morning had the honor of 
 vour letter of the 28th. 
 
 You probably are not aware that the Regu- 
 lation transmitted to me by the Secretary of 
 State allows the Issue of Firelocks to but Half 
 the number of the Volunteers of your County. 
 Pikes could readilv be furnished for the re- 
 mainder ; and you shall have them if you think 
 proper. But, without disparaging them as a 
 weapon (which they do not deserve), they would 
 not answer entirely to your satisfaction or to 
 my wishes. I am, therefore, employed in putting 
 into condition a quantity of Muskets which were 
 not essentially damaged, and I trust that I shall 
 soon be enabled to send you a Supply. Govern- 
 ment has given to me the Power, in concurrence 
 with the Lord Lieutenant of anv Countv, to call 
 mto Pay and Service, for a time to be agreed 
 upon, any proportion of the Volunteers that I 
 may deem expedient. If you would wish a 
 Battalion or two Battalions of yours to be so 
 embodied during the winter, I will make the 
 proposal to you in Form : And I should imagine 
 it would be desirable to the Llighlanders who 
 have little to do at this Season. Where I should 
 station them, I cannot exactly say ; but I should
 
 466 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 have no objections to Battalions relieving each 
 other every Month or Six weeks. Should this 
 arrangement take place, the Men who are to be 
 marched out of the County should leave their 
 Arms behind for other Volunteers, and should 
 receive fresh Muskets at the Post where they 
 were to enter upon duty. 
 
 My situation here affords so little means of 
 paying attention to any one that I feel it a most 
 fortunate chance to have an opening by which I 
 may be able to do something agreeable to you. 
 The Duke of York, in consequence of a remark 
 in one of my letters, has left to my judgement 
 an alteration in the plan of two or three Inspec- 
 tion Districts. If there is any Field Officer on 
 Half Pay whom you would wish to have ap- 
 pointed Inspector of Volunteers for Argyleshire, 
 Bute, or Renfrewshire, let me have his name ; 
 and I will immediately recommend him to His 
 Royal Highness. 
 
 I have the Plonor, my Dear Lord, to remain 
 with great regard 
 
 Your Lordship's faithful and 
 
 obedient Servant, 
 
 MoiRA. 
 
 Marquis of Lorne. 
 
 Lord Moira to the Marquis of Lorne. 
 
 Edinbubgh, Novr. 30, 1803, 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 As my situation demands from me that 
 I shall use my best endeavour to keep up, to the 
 Amount which His Majesty and the Legislature 
 have presented, that Force allotted for the 
 defence of North Britain, I am convinced that 
 your Lordship cannot misconstrue the liberty I 
 take in soliciting your active assistance towards
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 4G7 
 
 completing as speedily as possible the Argyle- 
 shire Regiment of Militia. That Regiment is in 
 its numbers very short of the Quota required 
 for the County by the Act of Parliament. Upon 
 my enquiring into the Cause of this deficiency. 
 Colonel Campbell has accounted for it by saying 
 that a great number of the Individuals drawn 
 at the Ballot declined serving and exonerated 
 themselves by paying the fme of Ten Poimds ; 
 which sum, however, has been found insufficient 
 to procure Substitutes respectively for each 
 Person. I beg leave to state that it is an error 
 to imagine the County either limited to the offer 
 of a Bounty of Ten Pounds or secured against 
 the Penalties of Default by having made the 
 tender of that Sum for each Recruit. The 
 Law Officers of the Crown have given their 
 opinion, founded upon the clear Spirit of the 
 Act, that the Fines only form an aggregate Fund 
 in aid of those Assessments upon Landed Pro- 
 perty to which the Counties must recur if they 
 cannot furnish their number of Men by other 
 procedure : For, as your Lordship well knows, 
 everv County is liable to a mulct of Ten Pounds, 
 to be repeated at each successive Quarter Ses- 
 sion, for every Man deficient from it's Militia ; 
 thro' whatsoever Cause that deficiency has arisen. 
 When this Process hangs over the County, I 
 trust no charge of intrusion can rest upon me 
 for preferring the mode of personal entreaty, 
 which I urge with the sincerest respect. 
 I have the honor, My Lord, to remain 
 
 Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, 
 
 MoiRA, General. 
 The Marquis of Lorne, 
 
 H.M.'s Lieutenant for the County of 
 
 Argyle,
 
 468 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Lady Charlotte Campbell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Queen Street, 
 
 December 21th. 1803. 
 
 My Dearest Papa, 
 
 If I have not written these last five or 
 six days it is because I have not known what to 
 say. I am unwilHng to write to you upon any 
 Unpleasant subject, yet not to mention the late 
 disagreeable Affair at all seems so unfeeling that 
 I have not known what to do. Let this there- 
 fore be my Apology, and in adding no more you 
 may believe that it is not want of feeling my 
 Due Share of SorroAv and Regret, but a fear of 
 hurting you by dwelling longer on so disagree- 
 able a subject, which prevents me from giving 
 way to my Sentiments. George is still with us 
 and always adds much to our Society. We have 
 plenty of Gayety, and Lord Moira and I improve 
 in our Mutual Friendship. I tell Jack he may 
 thank me for not being sent either to Sunder- 
 land or Port Patrick, as two Thousand Men are 
 sent away, and Lord M. declares that the Argyll 
 Militia being the weakest would certainly be one 
 of them if it had not been from his Wish not to 
 disturb Lady Charlotte — perhaps there is more 
 politeness than truth in this declaration, how- 
 ever I am willing to believe it. 
 
 Lady Charlotte Rawdon is coming here 
 Directly ; she has taken the next House to this. 
 Certainly Edinburgh never was so gay or had 
 so much good society in it before. Adieu, My 
 Dearest Papa, believe me always 
 
 Your affec. & Dutiful, 
 
 C. M. Campbell.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 469 
 
 The Duke of Argyll to Lord Lome. 
 
 lOth May, 1804. 
 
 My Dear George, 
 
 For still I must call you so, in spite 
 of Your extreme folly and unkindness to me 
 as well as to Your i3rother and Sisters, who 
 must be deprived in part of what my affeetion 
 would allot for them in support of their expenees. 
 I have signed the deeds brought to me by 
 Ferrier, and with this, I sign my forgiveness, for 
 anger or resentment is not in my composition, 
 especially with respect to my children. In 
 return I expect your solemn promise and de- 
 claration that you will never again play for 
 any higher sum than twenty pounds in one day. 
 This will be some satisfaction to me during the 
 few months I probably have to live. 
 
 Never forget how much we are both obliged 
 to Ferrier, who by the greatest diligence and 
 from Attachment to the Family has extricated 
 you a second time from the most unpleasant 
 situation, and will point out to you in future how 
 with common prudence you may live in afflu- 
 ence and even in splendour all j^our life. The 
 principal cause of Your misfortunes is the habit 
 you have long been in, of keeping very bad 
 hours. They tend to drunkenness, and that to 
 Gambling and every ruinous folly. The best 
 remedy is marriage, which if you can fmd a 
 Woman to your mind would keep you at home. 
 I most earnestly recommend it to you. I do not 
 make a point of money. I Avill share every- 
 thing with You for the short time I have to 
 linger here. Adieu. 
 
 Most affectionately Yours, 
 
 Argyll.
 
 470 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 From Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Inveraray, \lih February, 1806. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 When last in London I was accosted in 
 the Street by a poor woman who demanded 
 charity, and knowing by her dialect that she 
 was a Scotswoman, I asked her from what 
 part of the Country she came ; she told me 
 from Glasgow, and that she was related to one 
 Baillie Menzies living in the Gorbals, who if 
 he knew her distressed situation would so far 
 relieve her at least as to pay her passage back 
 to Scotland. I told her that I was going to 
 Scotland immediately and would enquire into 
 the truth of her Story, and if her relations 
 would not, I would pay her passage, provided 
 I found her deserving of it from their report. 
 She persisted that I should fmd it true, and 
 that her Maiden name was Mary McPherson, 
 and that the cause of her present distress was 
 her husband's being pressed on board the 
 Fleet, and leaving her without any means of 
 Support. 
 
 What I wish you to do is to write to any of 
 your correspondents in Glasgow to enquire for 
 Baillie Menzies, and ask him whether he knows 
 of any such person and whether she is an 
 object deserving of Charity. Her Name, Mary 
 McPherson. If you can cause this enquiry to 
 be made for me, without however making use 
 of my name, I should be much obliged to 
 you. 
 
 Your obedt. Servt., 
 
 J. D. Campbell.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 471 
 
 The Duke of York to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Horse Guards, 
 
 2\stMay, 1806. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 I have to acknowledge your Lordship's 
 Letter of the 25th Instant, announcing the 
 death of Field Marshal the Duke of Argyll, and 
 I beg that your Lorclslii}) will be persuaded of 
 my sincere regret for this loss, and at the same 
 time allow me to express the satisfaction I shall 
 feel in any opportimity of testifying to llis 
 Family the sense I ever entertained of Ilis 
 Grace's distinguished Character during so long 
 a period in the Service of his Country. 
 
 I am, My Lord, 
 
 Yours, 
 
 Frederick. 
 
 The Right Ilonble. 
 
 Lord John Campbell, 
 &c., &c. 
 
 (Endorsed) Duke of York. 
 
 Lady Augusta Clavering to Mr. Campbell. 
 
 Lady Augusta Clavering begs Mr. Campbell 
 will make application at the Greenock Theatre 
 that she may have a Box when Mrs. Siddons 
 Acts there, and for every night that she is to 
 Perform. She finds it very diflicult to get one 
 at Glasgow, but hopes she shall not be dis- 
 appointed at Greenock. Ly. A. desires her 
 Com'ts to Mrs. Campbell. 
 
 Ardincaple Castle, 
 
 March I9th, 1808.
 
 472 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Lord John Campbell to Mr. Robert Campbell. 
 
 Ardincaple, Friday evening. 
 
 [I9th Aug. 1809.] 
 
 Sir, 
 
 You will send over the Duke's Barge to- 
 morrow to take Lord and Lady Ormond to 
 Roseneath. They are at the Inn and are 
 Friends of the Duke's. I therefore think he 
 would wish you to attend them in person. It 
 is possible the Duke may be here this Evening. 
 
 Your obedt. Servt., 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to Mr. Robert Campbell. 
 
 Ardincaple, Tuesday evening. 
 
 [Nov. 1809.] 
 
 Sir, 
 
 I am obliged to go to Inveraray to- 
 morrow upon some Business and wish to know 
 whether I can have a Pony of the Duke's at 
 Rosneath. I should suppose the grey one that 
 he rode on his way here is not yet returned to 
 Inveraray. If that is the case I should wish 
 to have it ready for me about 8 o'clock to- 
 morrow morning, and a Boat sent to take me 
 over a little before that time. If I receive 
 no answer to-night I shall conclude that the 
 Boat and Pony will be ready ; if you can not 
 furnish me with the Latter, let me knovv' this 
 evening. 
 
 Your Obedt. Servt., 
 
 J. D. Campbell.
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 473 
 
 From Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Galway, Sept. lith, 1812. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 I have this morning received yours, brought 
 to me all the way from Hillsborough by the 
 Gentleman "Mr. Hector Stannus " whom you 
 recommend in it for a Commission in the 
 Argyllshire INIilitia. Ever since I got the 
 Regiment it has been my endeavour to make 
 it as much an ArgvUshire Rcfriment as I could, 
 
 "I • T 
 
 and to induce the Gentlemen of Argyllshire to 
 enter into it. 
 
 With this view you may easily suppose that 
 I could never think of giving a commission in 
 it to an Irishman who has no immediate con- 
 nexion with the County of Argyll. 
 
 In consequence, I have been obliged to give 
 a decided negative to Mr. Stannus, who, I am 
 sorry to say, took the trouble of travelling 150 
 Irish miles to deliver your Letter which he 
 might much better have* sent by the Post. 
 
 As I am exceedingly willing, however, to 
 attend to any recommendation of yours, I have 
 told the young man that I shall note his name, 
 as one to be recommended in his turn for a 
 commission in the Line, which is a much better 
 thing for him. I have only to request that in 
 future you will be cautious to recommend for 
 commission in this Regiment none but Gentle- 
 men actualy of the County of Argyll, as it 
 subjects me to the disagreeable necessity of 
 refusals. I am 
 
 Your Obedt. Servt., 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 VOL. II. 10
 
 474 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 From Mr. Robert McKindlay. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 This day's London Courier says Dis- 
 patches have been Received from Lord Somerset 
 dated 6th and 7th instant, with the intelligence 
 of Buonaparte having landed at the Head of 
 about 1000 Men between Frejus and Antibes, 
 on the 3rd and 4th. Marshal McDonald and 
 Gen' St. Cyr had been sent to Command the 
 troops who were to be opposed to him. The 
 most perfect tranquility prevailed at Paris. 
 Forgive the freedom I have taken, and Believe 
 me to be. My Lord, 
 Your Lordship's Very Humble Servant, 
 
 RoBT. McKindlay. 
 
 Helensburgh Post Office, 
 March I3th, 1815. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to Mr. Robert Campbell. 
 
 29, Upper Brooke Street, 
 June ISth, 1816. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Lord Frederick Campbell died at his 
 House in Queen Street here, at J past Six 
 o'clock this morning. I am 
 
 Your Obedt. Servt., 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 RoBT. Campbell, Esq., 
 Roseneath. 
 
 From, Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Ardincaple, March llth, 1830. 
 
 My Dear Sir, 
 
 I return herewith the Letters which you 
 were so kind as to send to me, which are very
 
 OFFICIAL AND FAMILY LETTERS 475 
 
 interesting, and I am glad to observe such 
 agreeable aeeounts of your Sons. With regard 
 to the Reform cjuestion, The Duke and myself 
 are on diametriealy opj^osite sides, I considering 
 my Lord John Russell's Rills as Mixtures of 
 Tyranny and Radicalism, likely to do serious 
 and lasting injury to the British Constitution, 
 and my Brother looking upon them as iMaster- 
 pieces of Political Wisdom, calculated to pre- 
 serve and invigorate that Constitution which I 
 think likely to suffer so much injiuy if they 
 are permitted to pass into Laws. 
 
 Upon so momentous a question, it becomes 
 every man to come boldly forward and give 
 his decided opinion upon the Measures in 
 agitation, whatever it may be, and I hope that 
 your Nephew will do so upon the occasion of 
 the intended Meeting at Dunbarton on the 
 28th Inst., and I shall be very much obliged 
 to you if you will write a few Lines to him, to 
 attend, whatever way he may think proper to 
 vote on that dav. I am, 
 
 Sincerelv vours, 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to Mr. Robert Campbell. 
 
 Ardincaple, Sunday evening. 
 
 [March, 183L] 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 I return Mr. ^Latherson's Letter, and 
 although I am not perhaps quite so good a 
 Tory as he is, I very much agree with him in 
 what he says of Mr. Brougham, whom I con- 
 sider, notwithstanding his undoubted talents, 
 to be the worst possible man for a Lord Chan- 
 cellor. I have received this morning a copy
 
 476 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 of the Scotch Reform Bill, and a more odious 
 piece of Tyrannical Legislation never issued 
 from the Star Chamber. I am 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 George 6th Duke of Argyll to Lome Campbell. 
 
 RosNEATH, Helensburgh, X.B. 
 
 Monday. 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 You will be glad to hear that the Com- 
 mittee of the House of Commons have come 
 to a Resolution that it is i7i expedient to make 
 any alteration in the Currency of Scotland. 
 I am, Dear Sir, 
 
 Yr. H'ble. Svt., 
 
 Argyll.
 
 p. 476] 
 
 KIKI.D-.MARSB.AL .TOHX CAMPHKS.L, 1)1 KK OF AH'.VI.L 
 After Gnimljorov;ih
 
 LORD JOHN CA^rPllKT.L 
 
 Lord John CA^rrREi.L, referred to in the pre- 
 ceding letters, was born in the seventies of 
 the eighteenth eenturv and died in 1848. I 
 give a drawing of him' ])y Edridge, taken 
 when he was a vounff oilieer in the Guards. 
 Lie greatly loved the serviee, and it was a 
 bitter disappointment to him that he was 
 compelled to leave it after suffering from illness 
 contracted during the unfortunate campaign 
 in Holland, lie became Member of Parliament 
 for DunV)artonshire, and travelled much abroad. 
 It was during one of these sojourns on the 
 Continent that he narrowly escaped capture Iw 
 Napoleon's orders, being obliged to hide in 
 diso'uise in a wood before he could be f^uidcd 
 across the country on foot over the Swiss frontier. 
 His tastes inclined him to mechanics and scientific 
 in(]uiry, and the acquaintance he made with ^I. 
 de Saussure began with a desire to know the son 
 of the man who was always at work on experi- 
 ments connected with physical science. Before 
 Alpine climbing had become a passion with 
 travellers, the man who first ascended Mont 
 Blanc was looked upon as a wonder and as a 
 foremost citizen of Geneva. I give later on 
 some of young De Saussure's letters : Lord 
 John had persuaded him to pay a visit to 
 Scotland, where mountain climbing, observa- 
 tions of atmospheric pressure, and also geology, 
 
 477
 
 478 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS • 
 
 especially in regard to its evidence on prehistoric 
 volcanoes, had occupied him very happily. Like 
 his father he was devoted to science, and his 
 letters complete the picture of the Geneva 
 society of an interesting time. 
 
 As a country gentleman Lord John Campbell 
 showed the greatest kindness and regard for all 
 those living on his estates, and managed to check 
 the ruin which a too generous policy of the making 
 of small holdings by the breaking up of farms had 
 occasioned. Rents had gone down to zero, and 
 starvation stared the people on the Argyll estates 
 in the face, in consequence of the admission of 
 men of no capital to occupy small areas of poor 
 soil. The end of this benevolent experiment 
 brought all concerned to hopeless poverty. Pe- 
 titions from the poor people who had thus been 
 allowed to follow their own foolish desires came 
 to him, begging for help to emigrate. He had to 
 raise large sums of money to meet their requests, 
 money on which interest has still to be paid, 
 for it has been impossible to wipe off the loans. 
 As this matter is very instructive now when 
 new sentimentalists wish to repeat the small- 
 holdings experiment, I quote the Petition which 
 best shows the situation. It is from 825 persons, 
 crofters, cottars, and jjaupers being all repre- 
 sented. It must be remembered they had the 
 advantage of Protection. 
 
 The Petition of the Undersigned Cottars 
 AND Small Crofters on the Island of 
 
 Tyree, 
 
 Humbly sheiveth, 
 
 That since the making of kelp ceased, 
 and particularly since the failure of the potato
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 470 
 
 crop, the inliabitants of this island have been 
 in a state of great destitution ; and, were it 
 not for the benevolence of the proprietor, and 
 the aid afforded by the relief board, they would 
 inevitably have starved. That hitherto they 
 have been employed by the proprietor at 
 drainage and other works, during the winter 
 and spring months, before the land was cropped, 
 and during the summer they were supported 
 by the funds of the relief board. That this 
 latter resource being now at an end, your 
 petitioners' prospects, on looking forward to 
 the ensuing summer, are in the extreme dismal, 
 and the more so, as the only prospect of ultimate 
 relief to which they so fondly cling is denied 
 them — that of emigration — which your peti- 
 tioners neglected to take advantage of while 
 in their power, probably supposing that the 
 relief funds were to last, or that the potato 
 would be restored. That, to add to their 
 further grievance, your petitioners are led to 
 understand that those adverse to emigration 
 from the West Highlands are using every 
 possible means to prevent it, and that state- 
 ments are made publicly that the poor can be 
 supported by employing them in the improve- 
 ment of waste land. Those who advocate 
 such are certainly actuated by other motives 
 save that of philanthropy, and display the 
 grossest ignorance as to the resources of the 
 country, particularly as regards this isolated 
 island, where there is no fuel, and not an inch 
 of waste land which the inhabitants could not 
 drain and trench in a few months. That your 
 petitioners would now most earnestly request, 
 that if possessed of the bowels of compassion, 
 such as were your forefathers, or value the lives
 
 480 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 of your countrymen, you Mdll not credit the 
 statement of those inimical to our best interest, 
 but examine individually into our circumstances 
 and the condition of the island, when they have 
 no doubt you will have sufficient proof afforded 
 of the fallacy of such statements, and the 
 injury and cruelty done us by such misrepre- 
 sentations, which may perhaps be the means 
 of the Duke's withholding his bounty, and 
 depriving us of the power of participating in 
 the enjoyments and comforts, they are from 
 day to day informed, their friends in Canada 
 enjoy to such an extent. 
 
 May it therefore please your honour to take 
 the miserable condition of your petitioners into 
 consideration, and use your influence with Her 
 Majesty's Government, or His Grace the Duke 
 of Argyll, to provide for them the means of 
 emigrating. 
 
 An ounce of experience is worth a ton of 
 theory. Small farms are possible with capital ; 
 *' crofts " are not in the Western Hebrides. 
 Crofters must be dependent on outside help ; 
 crofts do not suffice for maintenance. 
 
 Lord John Campbell and Cholera. 
 
 Mr. J. B. Atlay, in his Life of Dr. Acland, 
 quotes a letter from Anne Cunningham, Dowager 
 Duchess of Argyll : " Regarding the cholera as 
 it came to us in the West of Scotland in 1832. 
 Its approach was so dreaded. I was just one 
 year married and had the anxious care of three 
 very delicate children. . . . We were sadly per- 
 plexed when the Pestilence appeared at Gates- 
 head, and often spoke of the horror of seeing 
 it in the nursery. . . . When the disease did
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 481 
 
 actually come, my surprise was to find that 
 neither my dear husband or myself were really 
 afraid. The sound of its ravages 200 miles 
 off at Gateshead Avas so nuich more fearful 
 than when we were told it was at Ilclensbiu'gli. 
 Lord John Campbell had laid up all kinds of 
 stores, and built a large oven and bakehouse, 
 so that we should not "o to the villaije to buy 
 bread, but shut up the gates of Ardencaple until 
 the storm w^as past. None of these precautions 
 were ever used. When he found that the 
 gentlemen in the neiglibourhood were afraid, 
 and would not move as to a Board of Health, 
 he came out of his den. Every day at 11 o'clock 
 he was presiding at a Board of Health, which 
 met at his own Ioda;e ffate-house. He saw Dr. 
 Fergusson, whom he appointed and paid, and 
 heard from him all the wants and wishes, 
 distributed medicine and flannels and hot-water 
 bottles himself, without the usual care of wearing- 
 camphor or any thing else to hinder infection. 
 
 " Quite fearless as regards himself — but not 
 as to his children, for he never saw them after 
 his Board meeting without a change of clothes. 
 At the end of three months there had only been 
 9 cases and 6 deaths — the doctor was no longer 
 excluded from the Castle, and all the neigh- 
 bours were astonished at the risk they said 
 Lord John had run. Lord John Campbell saw 
 it otherwise. He often said that it was of God 
 that he w^as able to do the service that he did. 
 
 " I remember in 1849 Dr. Sutherland coming 
 to Helensburgh. There was a damp very peculiar 
 fog. He foretold the approach of cholera, but 
 was not believed. That very evening a gentle- 
 man in a healthy situation above the town of 
 Helensburgh was the first attacked and died."
 
 LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA FROM GEORGE 
 WASHINGTON AND OTHERS 
 
 1768-1789 
 
 Letter from General George Washington, asking 
 schoolmaster for leave for young Custis.* 
 
 Mount Vebnon, 
 
 19''' Aug', 1768. 
 
 Rev'' Sir, 
 
 Your letter to the Rev*^ M' Addison 
 was sent to him immediately upon its getting 
 to my hands. Inclosed you will receive an 
 answer to it. Being confined to company till 
 this moment, I mean for two or three days past, 
 and the Bearer obliged to depart (in order to 
 meet us in time at my Brother's in Stafford), I 
 have only time to request the favour of you 
 to permit Master Custis to meet us there also 
 to-morrow (that is Saturday), and if you think 
 it will be of no great prejudice to him, to give 
 him the further indulgence of accompanying us 
 to Westmoreland where we shall stay (I expect) 
 about 8 or 10 days. 
 
 Very respectfully, I remain, Rev*^ Sir, 
 
 Y^ most obed' H"'^ Serv* 
 
 G^ Washington. 
 
 * Washington's step-son. 
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 LETTEKS FROM VIRGINIA 483 
 
 Lord John CampbeWs mother had propertif in 
 Virginia, and this letter speaks of Warner 
 IVashlngton and of American Colonial affairs. 
 
 • Fkedricksburo, Vir*. 
 
 24"^ Dec'. 178C. 
 
 My dear Sir, 
 
 I did myself the pleasure of writing M" 
 Glassell the 2.r Ult*^ by the John & Bella of 
 Liverpool, and agreeably to my intention therein 
 express'd, I take the opportunity of the Boyd's 
 sailing to write you fully. Your long lookd 
 for letter of the 18"' August to the address of 
 M' Campbell & myself came to hands a few 
 days ago. I do not Wonder at y' being at a 
 loss, what instructions to give or in what manner 
 to dispose of your property in this Country. 
 Were you on the Spot you woud be equally 
 embarrass'd. Our Assemblv seems more and 
 more disposed to oppress those unfortunate 
 men Who returned here under the faith of the 
 treaty of Peace to gather the Wrecks of their 
 shattered Fortunes. A Bill has pass'd the 
 lower House of Assembly, a copy of which I 
 enclose, which will clearly point out to you the 
 spirit of the times. It is evidently calculated 
 to throw stronger Barriers if there was need 
 for any in the way of collecting British debts, 
 and to expel from the community a set of 
 worthy men who are only obnoxious because 
 of their claims. 
 
 I think there is little risk of any act being 
 made this Session for the confiscation of British 
 property. It was much talk'd of last Spring & 
 Summer, but now I don't hear a word of it. So 
 that there will be no necessity of conveying your
 
 484 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 property here to me. It is a step that should be 
 avoided unless such a law is like to pass. All 
 men's lives are precarious, and in the event of 
 my death without a Will the whole would revert 
 to the commonwealth. If I did make a Will 
 I could not bequeath any real property to you 
 a Foreigner, Nor could any Bond I might give 
 you operate against my supposed Estate, after 
 my decease ; because it would be considered 
 a British claim. It is true I might will all 
 the real property in my possession to a friend 
 in Trust to dispose of for your Account, but 
 here we might be both deceived & you at 
 last duped out of all. Besides if it can be 
 supposed for a moment, that if after such a 
 conveyance is made, I shoud turn Rascal, the 
 Laws notwithstanding my Bond would protect 
 me in the vilainy. 
 
 With respect to your property in Fredricks- 
 burg, the accounts I have formerly given you 
 of it are pretty Just. It is I believe perfectly 
 vague to talk of selling your Dwelling House, 
 Ware house & their Appendages even on credit 
 for their value — and were they to be sold at 
 public Sale they would not bring 1/4 of the sum. 
 In this case what to advise you to I know not, 
 but after Being informd of everv circumstance 
 your own better Judgement may perhaps pomt 
 out some eligible plan, which should be formed 
 soon, and speedily decided. In a former letter I 
 told you that the South end of your dwelling 
 House was rented at £50 p. ann., a part of the 
 Ware house at £30, and the other end of the 
 Inspectors' Room at £25. So they remain, but as 
 yet we have fingered no money from any of them. 
 It is all safe however. £2600 Hhds Tob° were 
 Ship'd from the Fred^ Warehouses this year.
 
 LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA 185 
 
 which at 1/G each is £195, of wliich £15 only 
 Rcmainfl due after payiiifr for the Warehouse 
 Built since the War, and near the \vlK)ic of 
 this went to pay the Tax on shippinir the 58 
 Hhds per the Venus which is at 13/. This part 
 of your Estate has hitherto been unprochictive 
 & will be so for another year, because the court 
 of Spotsylvania have, on the petition of the 
 Inspectors, ordcr'd us to build two additional 
 Warehouses, which order beinir absolute, I have 
 been ol)li(]^ed to comply, and there are men 
 now employ'd about them. 
 
 The demands against vou in this countrv (a list 
 of which is added) will prevent our making such 
 Remittances on your account as you might expect. 
 Not a ShillinfT of vour debts have been received 
 since my last except £25, due by M'' Champe, the 
 present Wife of Col' Willis, who paid the principal 
 but would allow no Interest. I was lately over 
 the Ridge at Warner AVashington's. He pleads 
 poverty. Poor he is not, for he makes 100 
 Hhds Tob" every year, but in place of paying 
 his just debts he squanders the whole in profuse 
 living. I beheve I can get 1100 acres of 
 land from him in Culpepper at £25 per hundred, 
 but as you cannot hold any such property, 
 and the taking a conveyance in my own name 
 being a step that perhaps might be displeasing 
 to you, I have done nothing decisive. I have 
 offers of other lands, but without your positive 
 Instructions I shall not venture to receive them. 
 I need make no comment on British debts. 
 You have formed a Just opinion of them — and 
 to entertain the hope of receiving any sum, 
 adequate even to the expence of travelling, 
 is vain ; for my own part I think it will be 
 throwing money away, either to attend County
 
 486 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Courts or go to your debtors' houses where they 
 hve at a distance. 
 
 I enclose you a letter from your Brother, 
 the contents of which you'll perceive from its 
 being open I am acquainted with. It will 
 serve chiefly to shew you his upright intentions. 
 He talks of selling the Plantation Negroes &c 
 as a matter of no difficulty ; were he to to [sic] 
 try to put it in practice, perhaps he might be 
 convinced of his mistake. A property of that 
 value cannot be turned into ready money, and 
 to sell it on Credit to any man would be acting 
 unwisely. For him to throw it up to your 
 Attorneys, who are unacquainted with the 
 management of it, would be equally so. The 
 mode of settlement therefore which in my 
 Idea would be most beneficial to you both, 
 would be to let him have the plantation Negroes 
 &c at a fair price, and on a statement of your 
 Acc*^ to take his Bond for the Balance due 
 You with Interest till discharged. Your Brother 
 to be sure enjoys but an indifferent state of 
 health ; but this is the fault of his constitution, 
 not of the climate. His other reasons for 
 quitting Virginia are by no means weighty. 
 
 This I again beg leave to repeat, that it will 
 be your Interest that Your Brother become 
 the purchaser of the Culpepper Plantation Ne- 
 groes &c. Whatever are your final determina- 
 tions please be speedy in communicating them. 
 Should y'' Brother die, those who he would 
 Appoint his Executors would laugh at your 
 Representatives. I know I am secretly hated 
 by those people, who consider me as a barier 
 to a reconciliation between you and y"" Brother. 
 They appear to know the whole story. Indeed 
 I am accused by them of Fomenting the differ-
 
 LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA 487 
 
 ence. This injurious aspersion fr'ivcH me no 
 uneasiness. Tlic rcetitude of my intentions, 
 and a elear conseienee in the matter, enables 
 me to treat those who think so basely of me as 
 they deserve. Your Brother I imagine knows 
 better, and from the cordiallity that subsists 
 between us, I am certain he entertains no 
 such suspicions. As to the Business in which 
 we are engaged, if it is curtaild or given up 
 I shall be thrown idle, and an idle inactive 
 life is what I cannot bear the thoughts of ; to 
 continue our Business, can at no rate prove 
 injurious. It is now fairly formed and daily 
 growing, and to relinquish it now^ would be 
 effectually losing a set of good Customers which 
 it has cost us some pains to acquire. 
 
 Our back store is an object well worthy atten- 
 tion. All the honest dutch in that neighbourhood 
 supply themselves from it, and it yeilds twice 
 the ready money that y* Fred^' Store does ; the 
 Cash Sales there will nearly average £80 per 
 month, besides great quantities of loose Tob% 
 wheat &c. Our remittances this Spring on the 
 Company's acc^ I am hopeful will satisfy you. 
 In consequence of a consignment from a friend 
 in Jamaica, I have been paid the Balance 
 due me by Mess" Sinclair & Bannatyne, 
 £124 I2s. 5ld., for I gave M' Brown, who was 
 the consignee, an order for the Bal. which he 
 received last August. In consequence of a con- 
 signment of a quantity of Herrings, Gin &c to 
 Martha Brae in Jamaica previous to my leaving 
 that Island, I have been a considerable Sufferer. 
 The herrings being damaged on the passage 
 round were sold to a loss, and contrary to my 
 instructions on credit, the greatest part which 
 being still uncollected, is in my A/C, after
 
 488 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 giving me Credit for the Amount of the Sales, 
 charged to my debit. I had some notion in 
 the summer of going down to Jam% which I 
 was induced to think of as I coud have had a 
 considerable consignment and was anxious to 
 have Bal. due me there Remitted. On reflecting 
 however on the Situation of y"" property here 
 I saw the impropriety of leaving it & conse- 
 quently gave out the intended trip. 
 
 I enclose you sundry Papers, but as M" An- 
 derson will forward them by a private hand to 
 Edinburgh they will cost little postage. I will 
 make Mess"^ L. C. & C° a Remittance on my 
 own Ace*" When the comp'' make their Spring 
 Shipment. This letter is wrote in a great Hurry, 
 as I am just come down from Culpepper (where 
 I resided all Summer) and the last opportunity 
 down to the Boy'd is about to set out. I fully 
 intended to have done myself the honor of 
 writing M"^ Glassell by this vessel, but my time 
 is short. I will however make it up by next 
 Ship, by writing both to you and her. 
 
 M' Campbell is by no means included in the 
 new citizens Bill, nor is there any necessity for 
 a new power of Atty. If you think there is, 
 Gen' Stevens & M"" Somerville are permanent, 
 proper people to be included in it ; and they 
 are men of Honor, and men of Business Warmly 
 attachd to your Interest. You know M" Camp- 
 bell as well or perhaps better than myself, 
 and I shoud be sorry were he to be withdrawn 
 from the present Connection ; I am well satisfied 
 with him as a partner, and as he spent his 
 youth in your service it will I daresay give 
 you pleasure, if thro' your means he can acquire 
 a small independence. I wish you may see CoP 
 MWilliams for sake of information, but from
 
 LETTERS FJlCm VIROIXIA 489 
 
 what I have oathcrcd lately, lie has injured his 
 affairs by imprudently (iaminrr, wiiieh will 
 effectually prevent him from being in a situation 
 to pay for your property here. This liint I 
 give that you may be more guarded. 
 
 I rejoice to hear you have hopes of getting 
 over your Complaints. I hope there is yet 
 mueh health and happiness in Store for you. It 
 mortifies me extremely that the situation of this 
 country puts it out of my power, to be more 
 serviceable in your affairs; I had formed the 
 agreeable hopes of shewing my Unbounded grati- 
 tude and Affection to my iienef actor, by my 
 unw^earied attention to his J>usiness & Interest, 
 but this the Rascality of Mankind puts out 
 of my reach. I will write you frequently during 
 this Winter, giving you any intelligence that 
 occurs wliich I may have Now omitted. I owe 
 a great deal to many of Y' friends here for 
 their attention & Civilities. I beg you will 
 present my best comp' to M" Glassell and Y' 
 friends at Letham & Ed", and I remain with due 
 Respect & Sincere Affection, My Dear Sir, 
 
 Y'obhged h^"' Serv' 
 
 W^ Glassell. 
 
 John Glassell, EsqR. 
 
 Letter from William Glassell from Fredricksbur^, 
 Virginia, to the future Wife of the 7th Duke 
 (Lord John Campbell), mentioning Washing- 
 ton family. 
 
 Friday, lith August, 1789. 
 
 My dear Madam, 
 
 I wrote you fully in reply to yours of 
 27th February and Gth "^March, and ani now to 
 acknowledge receipt of your further esteem'd 
 VOL. n. 11
 
 490 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 favour of 9th May, which was doubly acceptable 
 as it contained the agreeable tidings of Mr. G.'s 
 recovery and of your being in tolerable health. 
 I beg leave to return you my most grateful 
 thanks for writing me so punctually, and beg 
 you'll continue to do so as often as your leisure 
 and opportunity permit. I enjoy perfect health 
 tho' the summer has been aggressively warm 
 and rather sickly. Mr. Campbell was nearly 
 carried off. My last to Mr. G. were of 6th and 
 14th June ; please to inform him his kind and 
 salutary admonitions contain'd in your last 
 shall have their proper influence, and that the 
 reason of my not writing to him lately and by 
 this conve3^ance, was my being closely engaged 
 for a month past in Winding up the affairs of 
 G. C. & Co. both in Culpeper and this place, 
 which is now effected, and that not having yet 
 come to a final close with Mr. Cr. about his 
 wages, I do not wish to write till I can at once 
 give him a full account of all things. Mr. 
 Campbell and myself are now separated. The 
 stock of goods on hand were fairly and pro- 
 portionately divided, and the managing their 
 affairs vested in me. As I had but few goods 
 left in this store, I have sent the whole to 
 Culpeper and shut up here till the Fall goods 
 arrive ; besides there is little doing here during 
 this and the ensuing month in town, which 
 time I mean to appropriate in looking after 
 Mr. G.'s old debtors. 
 
 To-morrow I proceed for Culpeper quarterly 
 Court, from whence I shall make a long tour 
 over the ridge to the back Counties where 
 there are many weighty sums due, and as it 
 will be the end of month before I return it 
 will be out of my power to write to Mr. G.
 
 LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA 491 
 
 before the sailing of the October Packet. The 
 new Government is fast acquiring energy, and 
 such is my confidence in its being put into full 
 operation, I have ventured to bring suits for 
 some of the large debts, such as Warner Wash- 
 ington's, &c. In short, inform Mr. Glassell, I 
 shall do my duty and take every step to acquit 
 myself to his satisfaction ; I have advice of all 
 my orders being complied with. 
 
 I am much obliijed to Mrs. Cathcart for her 
 kind remembrance of me ; I beg you will present 
 my respectful compliments to her. ^Ir. & Mrs. 
 Fitzhugh express the highest gratitude for the 
 benevolent attention shewn their son by you 
 and Mrs. Cathcart. Mrs. F. presents her Com- 
 pliments to you both and requests you'll have 
 the picture set in gold so as to be worn as a 
 bracelet round the arm. No vessel has sail'd 
 from this river for Glasgow, otherwise the Silver 
 flaggon & Strainer with my Journal would have 
 been sent you ; I will however forward them 
 by the Williamson, which will sail in November 
 for London, from whence they can be readily 
 convey 'd by water to Leith. The Homminy 
 shall not be forgotten. I had a letter a few 
 days ago from ]\Ir. Drinkwater, and am truly 
 sorry to hear of the death of his amiable wife, 
 Mrs. Drinkwater. It gives me pleasure to hear 
 of the welfare of your friends at Letham and 
 Edin'r. Pray remember me respectfully to 
 them. I hope INIr. G. will accept my apology 
 for not writing to him. That you may both 
 long enjoy health and happiness is the sincere 
 wish of, my dear Madam, 
 
 Yr. mt. aff. & obliged 
 
 W. G.
 
 492 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Friday, Uth Novr., 1789. 
 
 My dear Madam, 
 
 I wrote you fully the 14th August last 
 of which the foregoing is a copy. This I think 
 necessary to transmit as the original went by 
 an uncertain conveyance to James River. I 
 am happy to acknowledge receit of your very 
 acceptable letters of 1st July from Longniddry 
 and 3rd August from Torthorwald. Your good- 
 ness in writing me so frequently lays me under 
 the highest obligations ; I hope neither you 
 or Mr. G. will accuse me of neglect on acct. 
 of my long silence. I was six weeks absent 
 on my tour to the back Country, and since 
 my return my time has been so completely 
 arranging a new business that many conveyances 
 to Britain have escaped me. As I have wrote 
 fully to Mr. Glassell by this vessel a particular 
 reply to your last esteemed favor is rendered 
 unnecessary. 
 
 This fall has been sickly throughout the 
 United States. The inlluenza has been very 
 prevalent every where. Mr. Campbell was 
 attack'd with it, accompanied by a Pleurisy 
 and Nervous fever, which carried him off after 
 only seven days' confinement. I visited him 
 during his illness ; he never suspected danger 
 till within a few hours of his death. On this 
 'twere needless to make any comment. Daily 
 experience shews the uncertainty of human life, 
 and how necessary it is for every man, par- 
 ticularly those who are entrusted with the 
 property of others, to have his affairs in the 
 best and clearest train. For my own part, I 
 have enjoyed a uncommon share of health. 
 Exercise and temperance accord perfectly with
 
 LETTERS FRO:\I VIRCIXIA 493 
 
 my constitution. T liavc just received a letter 
 from Dr. James Law, jind tho' time will not 
 allow to avail myself of this opportunity of 
 writing to him I shall not fail to cultivate his 
 correspondence. It is an object with me to 
 acquire the friendship of all such worthy char- 
 acters. His attention to his little charge Tom 
 Fitzhugh gives me an high opinion of his bene- 
 volence. All Mr. G.'s old friends here are still 
 in life except The old Lady Washington, who 
 died about three months ago. 
 
 Of late no homeward-bound vessel has sailed 
 for Glasgow ; of consequence I have been dis- 
 appointed in forwarding many little articles which 
 were intended, but by the Williamson of London 
 they shall all be sent. You make no mention 
 of your friends at Letham and Ed'r. in your 
 late letters. I hope they are all well and 
 request you to present my best Compliments 
 to them. I am glad to hear you intend soon 
 to take little Mary home with you, and hope 
 she will do credit to the kind care vou are 
 disposed to take of her. Hereafter both you 
 and Mr. G. shall hear more remilarlv from 
 me. It really affords me the truest happiness 
 to find that his health continues to improve, 
 and the greatest favour you can possibly confer 
 will be to let me hear as often from Longniddry 
 as your convenience will allow. I once more 
 make cordial acknowledgement for your kindness 
 in writing me so punctually, and am with very 
 high respect and sincere affection, my dear 
 Madam, 
 
 Your much obliged hble. Serv. 
 
 Wm. Glassell.
 
 THE EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND IN 1799 
 
 Letters from Lord John Campbell to the Duke 
 
 of Argyll. 
 
 Babham Downs, August 5th, '99. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 We received orders to march to Sandwich 
 to-morrow, where we are to encamp that night 
 and embark the next morning on board ship. 
 It is certainly Holland that we are going to 
 attack, as we are only to take ten days' provision 
 with us — so much we are to take, because it is 
 supposed the enemy will have driven away the 
 cattle from the sea coast. 
 
 The men assembled here amount to 11,500, 
 but it is only the second Brigade of Guards con- 
 sisting of the 21st Battns. of the Coldstream 
 and third Regts. that are ordered to march to- 
 morrow ; the other Regts. will embark at different 
 places. I will if possible write to you again 
 before we sail ; if not, as soon as the first dis- 
 patches are sent Home. With Love to all, 
 I remain your affec*^ 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 On board the Content Transprirt 
 
 in the Downs, August 9th, '99. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 We embarked at Ramsgate the day before 
 yesterday, and it has blown so hard ever since 
 
 494
 
 THE EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND 105 
 
 that it is only this moment tliat tlic Captain 
 would allow a boat to be sent on sliore. The 
 1st and seeond Brirradc of Guards arc all cm- 
 barked, and the lleoiments of tlie Line arc 
 expected to be all on board by to-morrow even- 
 ing, after which it is suj)posed we shall sail the 
 first fair wind. The common oppinion is that 
 we are to land at Hani])urgh, but of course this 
 is merely conjecture. 
 
 As I have not time to write to Charlotte if she 
 is not with vou, you can inclose this to her. 
 With Love to all, 
 
 I remain Your affec* 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Sand Hills, near Heldeb, 
 August 28th, 1799. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 After having been blown about in the 
 North Sea for 9 days we anchored off this coast 
 on Wednesday the 22nd Inst., but another Gale 
 of wind coming on we were again driven to sea, 
 and could not again Make the Land till the 
 evening of the 26th, by which Means the Enemy 
 had time to prepare a force of about 7,000, 
 chief! V Dutch. We Landed vesterdav ^lorninij 
 at daylight under cover of several Gun vessels. 
 The 27th Regt. and some Companies of the 
 Coldstream succeeded in drivincr the Enemv 
 from the Sand Hills next the Shore, and soon 
 after some other Regt. of the line with the 
 1st Regt. of Guards and Grenadier Battn. 
 Got into action, and continued to drive the 
 Enemy tho slowly along the ridge of Sand Hills 
 which run parralel to the sea ; they did not 
 give over firing, however, till about 4 o'clock in
 
 406 IXTDIATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 the afternoon, when they retreated towards 
 Altemaar, as we k^arnt this ^Forning from the 
 deserters. About 900 ^len Stationed in the 
 Fort near Ilelder evaeuated it in the Night, so 
 that Notliino- will now prevent our ships from 
 sailing into the Texel and takeing all the Dutch 
 Ships, amounting to ten or 12 Sail of the Line. 
 The Town of Ilelder is of course in our posses- 
 sion. None of our things or provisions are as 
 yet come on Shore, as the Surf runs very high on 
 the beach, but thev will be all Landed to-morrow 
 at Helder. The Srd Ueot. was not m Action. 
 The Staff as vou will see bv the Gazette has 
 suffered pretty severely. You must excuse this 
 scrawl, as I have nothing to write upon but my 
 knee, and have with difliculty obtained a 
 wretched pen from a Sergt. ^Vith Love to all, 
 
 I remain your affect. 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 As soon as I can I will oive vou a further 
 account of our proceedings. 
 
 Helder, August 3lst, 1799. 
 
 We have been stationery ever since the Action 
 of the *27th, waiting till the ships could come 
 into the Texel and take the Dutch Fleet, which 
 service they performed last night or early this 
 morninsf. Thev surrendered without fio-hting, 
 but 1 have not yet heard the number of men of 
 war taken. Our Baggage is now landing, but 
 we are only allowed to take a small portmanteau 
 with us when we move : the rest of the Baggage 
 is to be given in to Store at this place. No 
 Tents are allowed to be taken even for the INIen ; 
 we have Iain upon the ground ever since the 
 engagement, and the greatest part of us without
 
 THE EXPEDITIOX TO HOLLAND 407 
 
 any thing to cover us. I have been lueky 
 enough the last two nights to get a place in 
 Coll. Coply's Tent, which is one of the conrimon 
 Dutch Soldiers' Tents, and of course not very 
 good. I have just heard that we are to move 
 forwards to-nnorrow ; it is uncertain whether the 
 Enemy have retreated to Altemaar or not, but 
 they have retreated a good way, and a party of 
 our Cavalrv which landed this morning are sent 
 forward to observe their Motions. 
 
 I am at tliis place with a party of Men sent to 
 carry the Blankets, Chatties, etc. of the Batta- 
 lion to the place where they are, which is about 
 six miles off. I am writing this in a Coffee room 
 with twenty people looking over me, so that I 
 can add no more at present, but remain. 
 
 Your affec. 
 
 J, D. Campbell. 
 
 Petten, Sept. llth, 1799. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 The Day after I wrote to you from 
 Ilelder, the Army marched, and took up a 
 Position having their right in front of this 
 village, which is close to the sea, and their left 
 extended to the Zuyder-Zee. P^ver since we 
 arrived we have been throwing up works, and 
 strengthening our outposts by every possible 
 means, notwithstanding which the Enemy ves- 
 terday morning, a little before Day break, began 
 to attack us at the next post but one to the one 
 in front of this village, and soon after the attack 
 became general along our whole lines, except at 
 this post, which being covered by a Frigate and 
 two Gun Vessels, obliged the Collumn that 
 advanced against it to retreat before thev could
 
 498 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 come within Musket Shot, and from the Situation 
 of the Ground they could not bring up any 
 Cannon ; I was stationed in front of this battery 
 with 50 men at the time they advanced, but 
 was soon called in to make room for our Guns to 
 play upon them. The French Grenadiers who 
 attacked the posts upon our left behaved with 
 the greatest bravery, charging up to the very 
 Muzzels of our Guns several times ; our men, 
 however, were so much covered by a Dyke and 
 the works they had thrown up, that the French, 
 after many fruitless attempts, were obliged to 
 retreat, leaving the Ground covered with their 
 Dead and wounded ; of course we do not know 
 exactly what we have lost as yet, but I am told 
 it will not amount to 200 killed and wounded, 
 whilst that of the Enemy at the most Moderate 
 computation must be 1,000. Another attack 
 was expected last Night or this morning, but 
 nothing took place except a few shots between 
 their rifle men and our Patroles, and as we can 
 see them entrenching themselves, it is presumed 
 they are too much disgusted with their yester- 
 day's reception to renew the attack. We shall in 
 all probability wait here till the Russians or the 
 Duke of York arrives to assist us ; as I have 
 now been 60 hours on Duty I shall retire to bed. 
 With Love to all I remain 
 
 Yours affec"^ 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Near Petten, Sept. I5th, '99. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 I have only just time to tell you that 
 7,000 Russians are arrived, and that the Duke 
 of York is also with us. Yesterday and to-day
 
 THE EXPP:DITI0X to HOLLAND 499 
 
 two very large Fleets were seen goinrr in to the 
 Texel. The Frrneh have searsc ventured to 
 show themselves sinee the 10th Inst. The Dis- 
 patehes are just going off. 
 
 Yours affee^ 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 St. Martin's Brook, 
 
 Sept. ISth, '99. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 I am but just returned from one of the 
 outposts, where I liave been on Duty 2 t hours, 
 and am informed Letters go to-day at 12, so I 
 have onlv time to tell vou I am well and that 
 nothing worthy of Notice has occurred since the 
 10th except the arrival of the Russians and 
 Duke of York. All well. I remain 
 
 Yours affec'^' 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Love to all. I have received all your letters 
 of the 7th, 0th, etc., but have no time to answer 
 them to-day. 
 
 St. Martin's Brook, 
 
 Sept. 25th, 1799. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 Nothing has occurred worthv of Notice 
 since the Action of which I sent so long an 
 account to Charlotte. There is one thing, how- 
 ever, I think hard upon us Subalterns of the 3rd 
 Regt., which is tliat all the Ens° of the Cold- 
 stream and 8th Regt. go home on promotion, 
 
 but owing to some whim of we are to 
 
 remain. Now I confess, tho' I am willing to 
 take my turn of Duty, I think those of the 2nd 
 Battn, ouE^ht to take their share also. There are 
 
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 500 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 now only three before me, and it is possible if 
 we go home on promotion that I may get home 
 in the course of the winter ; if not I may be 
 obliged to stay till the Regt. returns, which may 
 be some time. I doubt not, a word from you 
 might rectify the business. 
 
 Yours, 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 St. Martins, Sep^. 30th, 1799. 
 
 My Dear Father, 
 
 We Marched at 3 o'clock yesterday ^lorn- 
 ing to attack the Enemy's lines, but before 
 we got to the place of our destination we 
 received orders to return to our quarters. The 
 reason of the attack's being put off I do not 
 know, but I believe it was in consequence of 
 the high wind which prevented the Gun Vessels 
 from coming near the Shore to assist a large 
 portion of our force which was to go by the 
 sands from Petten and attack the Enemy in 
 the rear ; we are every moment expecting 
 orders to March. The unfavourableness of the 
 weather may perhaps delay it for a day or two, 
 but something decisive nuist take place soon. 
 I am perfectly recovered of the illness I had in 
 consequence of wading through the Canals on 
 the 19th. With Love to all, I remain yours 
 affec"^ 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Lord Frederick Cajnphell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 CoMBANK, Thursday, 
 
 OciVSrd [1799]. 
 
 Lord John's Letter, my dear Brother, which 
 is now return'd, gave me more Satisfaction
 
 p. 500J
 
 THE EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND 501 
 
 than I can express. It is indeed a wonderful 
 Letter from so vountj a Soldier after The First 
 and very warm Aetion in whicli he had ever been 
 engag'd. For it marks out great Good Sense, 
 Spirit and Firmness, the principal Qualilications 
 to make a Great Man and a good General, which 
 I hope and trust He will live to be. 
 
 I have heard very good accounts lately of 
 your better Health and S})irits. I rejoice to 
 have Them eonfh-m'd bv vourself, and that vou 
 are able to talk over and think about Two 
 P^lections, which must now be over immediately, 
 without anv real Cause of Alarm. Sr. Arch'd. 
 Edmonstone is here in vcvv ffood Health and 
 Spirits — perfectly satisfy'd that, all Circum- 
 stances consider'd, it became necessarv that 
 Sr. James Colquhoun's Son should Represent 
 the County of Dunbarton. 
 
 I put the Purchaser of my House, The Lord 
 Mayor of London, in possession on Thursday 
 last, and at the same Time I took up my Bed 
 and walk'd to Argyll House, where I slept very 
 comfortably, and since you are so good as to 
 allow me to be there, I shall every now and 
 then make it a Visit, Tho nothing but Business 
 shall force me to London, and that now can 
 neither be frequent or pressing. 
 
 Lady Ailes])ury, as I think I told you from 
 Strawberry Hill, is wonderfully well and cheerful, 
 and jNIrs. Damer, Tho' I did not particularly 
 mention her, not less so. 
 
 We have lately had wonderfully Rains and 
 Floods — a Great deal of Grain of almost every 
 sort still out. The last Three davs have been 
 fair. But Rain seems again to be coming. 
 With great attention and a great jMany Hands 
 I have contriv'd This Morning to finish my
 
 502 INTIMATE SOCIpyiY LETTERS 
 
 Harvest. I am told that some Wheat in this 
 Neighbourhood has begun to grow, but not to 
 any Great Quantity. Mine, I am just told, has 
 been put into the Barn in tolerable good order. 
 
 I feel very anxious, as I am sure you must, 
 to hear that our Army has, without much Loss, 
 got out of the desperate Situation in which 
 from Circumstances They have been plac'd. To 
 say the Truth I can think of nothing else. But 
 neither Papers or Letters say anything to-day. 
 
 Lady Fred'k joins me in affectionate Good 
 Wishes to you and all your Children, who are 
 now around vou, and We both most heartilv 
 Wish tliat you may long keep together, the 
 true Source of real Happyness and Comfort. 
 
 Yours, my Dear Brother, 
 Most affectionately, 
 
 Fred'k Campbeix. 
 
 To Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Bandon, August Gth, 1800. 
 
 Dear Lord John, 
 
 You got a letter yesterday from Captn. 
 Thwaites to acquaint you that the Battalion 
 had received orders to be in Readiness for Em- 
 barkation. 
 
 I understand we shall first sail for Portsmouth 
 — where you may join us. 
 
 You shall be written to when we receive 
 further orders. 
 
 I beg my best respects to the Duke and all 
 your family. 
 
 Believe very faithfully, &c. 
 
 S. Grosvenor. 
 
 Col. Murray is in Scotland and has been 
 writen to by the Brigade Major.
 
 A SCOTTISH ELECTION A CENTURY AGO 
 
 1801-1802 
 
 The following letters show the manner of 
 starting a candidate for a Scots county seat a 
 little over a hundred years ago. Lord John 
 Campbell's cause found good support in Dun- 
 bartonshire. 
 
 It is notable how an old bad spelling has 
 been perpetuated in spelling the name of the 
 old fort Dum- instead of Dun-barton. Dun- 
 Brittan is the oldest and best form — the fort of 
 the Britons. The people who spelled and spell 
 Dum- might as well call North Britain M.B. ! 
 
 Mr. James Ferrier to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 I return the Duke of Montrose's Letter. 
 The President thinks your Grace should frankly 
 agree to forward his views in Stirling shire, as 
 that will give you some claim on him in Dum- 
 barton shire. But the truth, I believe, is 
 that, except with Sir Arch' Edmonstone, your 
 Grace has no interest now in Stirling shire, as 
 Sir Alex' Campbell & Mr. John Campbell have 
 sold their votes, and I have given up mine. 
 
 Sir Arch'' wishes much to have his son Charles 
 in for Dumbarton shire, and by frankly agreeing 
 to support the Duke of Montrose in Stirling 
 
 503
 
 504 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 shire his claim to support in Dumbarton shire 
 will be the stronger. I have the honour to be 
 with the greatest respect, my Lord Duke, 
 Your Grace's much faithful Ser^ 
 
 Ja. Ferrier. 
 
 Ed''-. 23 Novr. 1801. 
 
 Mr. James Ferrier to Lord Frederick Campbell, 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 I was so lucky as to find Lord Lome & 
 Lord John together yesterday at Woodhall, and 
 with Shawfield's assistance, but not without 
 difficulty, in a few minutes got Lord John's 
 consent to declare him a Candidate for Dumbar- 
 ton shire, and all hands set to work, some to 
 write, some to fold, some to seal, his circular 
 Letters, which I put into the Post Office at 
 Glasgow within five hours after our meeting at 
 Woodhall. In coming along I have only met 
 with one Freeholder, Mr. Buchanan of Druma- 
 keln. He had not got his Letter, but, without 
 waiting for it, promised to write to Lord John 
 this day, that he will most willingly support him, 
 which is so far well, as he is a near neighbour & 
 personal friend of the Duke of Montrose's. 
 
 Sir James Colquhoun had previously called 
 on me, to ask about Dumbarton shire, and I 
 had told him as much as I thought myself at 
 liberty to divulge. Before leaving Ed' I waited 
 on him and told him what was true, that I 
 found some of the Duke of Argyll's friends would 
 not vote for his son, or any of his family, but 
 would prefer M"" Glasford, and as he would pro- 
 bably be satisfied soon that his son has no chance 
 I wished to be able to tell the Argyll family 
 what to expect, in the event of a Contest betwixt
 
 A SCOTTISH ELECTION 505 
 
 Lord John & Mr, Glasford, lie answered that 
 undoubtedly he wouhl in that case support Lord 
 Jolin. My belief at present is that there will be 
 no contest, that Lord John will be unanimously 
 elected. By the by Shawfield wrote to Gart- 
 more his cousin, & seem'd to think he w^ould 
 probably gain him, as they are friends, as well 
 as Relations. 
 
 The only thing which I thought of and did 
 not see done was Lord Lome's wa-iting a civil 
 Letter to the Duke of Montrose, but Shawheld 
 undertook to keep his Lordship in mind, and I 
 have no doubt that it is done by this time. 
 
 Terrible frost & snow this length, but I am 
 told it is not so bad in Argyll shire. I have the 
 honour to be with great respect, My Lord, 
 
 Your Lordship's much obliged faithful ser^ 
 
 Ja. Ferrier. 
 Inn, 
 Sunday, 3 J any. 1802, 
 
 M" Hon'*'''' Lord Fredk. Campbell. 
 
 Mr. James Ferrier to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Jarw 21, 1802. 
 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 This is the first Letter I have attempted 
 to write since I left your Grace, and you will be 
 so good as excuse its being a short one as my 
 fingers are not yet very sound. We have met 
 with some rubs in Dumbartonshire, particularly 
 from the Duke of IMontrose, who does not 
 approve of Lord John's standing a Candidate, 
 yet it is said his Grace is not to oppose, and as 
 yet no other Candidate is openly in the feild. 
 Meantime, by the friendship of Sir James 
 Colquhoun, who has of new declared to Lord 
 
 VOL. II. 12
 
 506 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Lome & Lord John his attachment to your 
 Grace and your family, & his resolution to sup- 
 port Lord John against every person except his 
 own son, Lord John's election is considered to 
 be secured, and I think, as at first, that he will 
 not be opposed. 
 
 Lord Lome two days ago sent a note to M' 
 Dundas desiring a meeting, to express his desire 
 that Ministry will not interfere. I do not know 
 if the meeting has yet taken place, but the 
 President tells me, that Ministry certainly will 
 not interfere against your Grace. The business 
 is therefore I think in very good train. 
 
 I have the honour to be with the utmost 
 respect, My Lord Duke, 
 
 Your Grace's much obliged faithful ser'' 
 
 Ja. Ferrier. 
 
 Ed", 21 Jan^ 1802. 
 
 Mr. James Ferrier to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Jan" 27, 1802. 
 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 I have just been at Woodburn seeing 
 Lord Lome set out for London after settling 
 with him & Lord John the steps necessary to 
 be immediately taken in regard to politicks. 
 Mr. Glasford is now openly in the feild sup- 
 ported by the Duke of Montrose, and Major 
 Colquhoun has also declared himself a candi- 
 date. The last will find that he has not a 
 vote in the County beyond his Father & two 
 Uncles — of course I expect in terms of what 
 they have said & written that they will give up 
 the canvass & join Lord John, who will then 
 stand 16 to 12, as your Grace will see by the 
 enclosed List, and there are five not declared.
 
 A SCOTTISH KLFXTIOX 507 
 
 the three last of whom represent lamilys wlio 
 were in use to go with your Grace and 1 know 
 no reason for tlieir not doing so on this occasion. 
 Two of tlicni live in London and are to be 
 attaek'd by Lord liOrne on his arrival there. 
 The third is Nephew to Mr. Allan at the Row, 
 whom I have desired to stir in securing him, 
 and I have no doubt will do it. 
 
 Lord Lornc will have inform'd your Grace 
 that Mr. Dundas has promised a neutrality, and 
 conceded some other points that your Grace & 
 his Lordship wish'd to have settled, and that in 
 return his Lordship is to try to get Sir Archibald 
 Edmonstone to support Sir Rob'' Abercromby 
 in Stirling shire at the General Election. 
 
 I have the honour to be with the utmost 
 respect, My Lord Duke, 
 
 Your Grace's much obliged faithful ser^ 
 
 Ja. Ferrier. 
 
 Ed", 27 Jan" 1802. 
 
 For Lord John. 
 
 Lord President. 
 
 Sir Arch** Edmonstone. 
 
 Peaton. 
 
 Sir James Colqulioun. 
 5 Lord Fred'' Campbell. 
 
 L' Co' Lo** Colquhoun. 
 
 Charles Edmonstone. 
 
 Co' VV" Colquhoun. 
 
 Arch*^ Campbell Suceoth. 
 10 Hector M'Donald Buchanan. 
 
 Airds. 
 
 Major James Colquhoun. 
 
 Lord John Campbell. 
 
 General Geils. 
 15 Mr. Rouat Smollett. 
 X Co' James Campbell.
 
 508 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Not Declared. 
 
 Mr. Garlshore. 
 
 Mr. Fcrgusson Raith. 
 
 Mr. Yuill Darleith. 
 
 Mr, Buchanan Drumhead. 
 
 Mr. Donald Lylestone. 
 
 For Mr. Glasjord. 
 
 Lord Methven. 
 
 Gartmore. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan Ardoch. 
 
 Mr. Dennistoun. 
 5 Ditto Junior. 
 
 Cap* Lennox. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton Barns. 
 
 Mr. Colquhoun Garrcader. 
 X Mr. Douglas. 
 10 X Mr. Glasford. 
 
 X Hon'^"^ W" Elphinstone. 
 X Mr. Adam. 
 
 N.B. — Those having a x before their names are not yet on 
 the Roll, but are to claim to be enrolled at the Election. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My Dear Fathee, 
 
 I had yesterday some further conversa- 
 tion with Major Colquhoun. He told me that, 
 tho' he was not at liberty fully to explain 
 Himself, He entertained not the least doubt 
 of success at the next General Election. Now 
 I know the only Chance He can Have is the 
 Duke of Montrose giving up Mr. Glasford and 
 supporting Major Colquhoun with the Glasford 
 party. 
 
 I think therefore it might not be improper 
 to write to those Gentlemen who have voted
 
 A SCOTTISH P.LECTION 509 
 
 for Mr. Glasford from Motives of personal 
 Friendship only (and wlio probably would not 
 support any other Man the Duke might propose), 
 requesting to Know wliether, in the Event of 
 Mr. Glasford's not being Eligible at the Gen'l 
 Eleetion or His giving up His elaims, they 
 would support me rather than Major Colqu- 
 houn ? If you think this a proper Measure 
 I will consult Ferrier innncdiately upon tiic 
 Subject, and if he approves will put it in 
 execution directly. 
 
 Your affectionate 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Thursday. 
 
 (Endorsed) Feb. 1802. Lord John about Election. 
 
 Mr, Robert Campbell to Colonel Graham. 
 
 6th Feby. 1802. 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 Yesterday I wrote you a few lines by a 
 private opportunity. I was sorry to learn 
 that the note I sent you from Lylestown at 
 2 o'clock did not reach you till you was almost 
 starved to death between six and seven, and 
 to add to vour misfortunes that vou set out 
 at G o'clock next morning, so that you must 
 have had some hours of the worst w^eather 
 possible. I ho})c, however, that you got safe 
 home, and that you found Mrs. Graham and 
 your young folks w^ell. As there can be no 
 impropriety in communicating the little I know 
 of the Political Matters in which we nuist 
 feel equally interested to yoi/, I beg leave to 
 rnention that the Glasford Party are very active. 
 After parting with you on Tuesday I called
 
 510 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 upon Mr. John Donald, where I learned that 
 he had been dining at Capt. Lenoxes on 
 Monday, where he met with Mr. Glasford, who 
 had been visiting the Lochlomondside Free- 
 holders that forenoon, though I believe with 
 little success. I met with Lord John near 
 Dumbarton, accompanied him to Captain Len- 
 noxes, who received his Lordship with much 
 politeness, but informed him that he had given 
 his vote to Mr. Glasford. Called upon Mr. 
 Donald, who adhering to the advice of his 
 friends not to declare himself, immediately 
 returned to Levenside, and next morning called 
 upon Captain Mollet who gives Lord John his 
 hearty support, upon Colonel Ludovic Colquhoun 
 who seems equally well disposed to support 
 his Lordship next to his own Nephew, who 
 does not yet seem fully determined. Called at 
 Rossdae m the absence of Major Colquhoun, 
 who met us upon his return and seem'd much 
 pleased with his Lordship's visit, which he will 
 probably return if his Lordship makes any stay 
 here on his way to Inveraray. 
 
 Lord John returned to Levenside on Wednes- 
 day evening, and I stoped at Dumbarton in order 
 to make some private inquiries about a report 
 which prevails that matters are going wrong 
 there. As I supposed Captain Davidson to be 
 the most proper person to give me information, 
 I walked up to Dalkeith, and finding him from 
 home returned about 10 Clock at night. Next 
 morning I saw the two Bailies as if by accident. 
 I find that the former oposition party are 
 endeavouring to take advantage of the dis- 
 contents which the disbanding of the Burgh 
 Voluntiers have occasioned, but that matters 
 are not so bad as represented. Mr. Ferrier is
 
 A SCOTTISH ELFXTIOX 511 
 
 apprised of tlicir situation, to which I have no 
 doubt he will attend, thouf^h he would not I 
 dare sav thank nie for troublino; nivself about 
 matters which do not immediately concern me. 
 I will most certainly do no harm, and I think it 
 my duty to give Lord John any information 
 which I can ])rocure. As Dumbarton is the 
 returning Burgh at the next Election, I should 
 suppose it very material to retain it. 
 
 I came to Mr. Donalds on thursday (after 
 seeing Lord Jolm in the morning) compleatly wet. 
 I find he is hard pressed by all parties, but I 
 trust he will ultimately adhere to the interest 
 which his Father and Grandfather supported. 
 Lord John was here for a few hours vesterdav ; 
 we expect him again this day or to-morrow. 
 I am. Dear Sir, 
 
 Sincerely Yours, 
 
 RoBT. Campbell. 
 
 Mr. James Ferrier to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 I send you a view of Dumbarton shire, as 
 it stands at this time, from which vou will see 
 that Lord John stands fair to be returned, even 
 if the Colquhouns were not to join him, and 
 that with them he will have a great majority. 
 The only danger to be apprehended is the other 
 party joining Major Colquhoun, and then to be 
 sure the matter may become very difficult, for 
 even if the Election shall come on before the 
 29th July, and which we must try to bring about, 
 there will be 12 good votes against Lord John, 
 and if all these were to join Major Colquhoun 
 they would give him a majority of one. I am
 
 512 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 hopeful, however, that all of them will not be 
 so condescending as to transfer in that manner, 
 and in that case we must prevail. This much 
 seems to be clear— that Mr. Glasford cannot 
 succeed, and that either Lord John or Major 
 Colquhoun must be returned, for the Colquhouns 
 cannot join him or any other having promised 
 to vote for Lord John next to themselves. 
 
 I have the honour to be with the utmost 
 respect, My Lord Duke, 
 
 Your Grace's much obliged faithful ser'' 
 
 Ja. Ferrier. 
 
 Ed", 23 Ju7ie, 1802. 
 
 Vieii, 22 June, 1802. 
 
 Lord President. 
 
 Sir Arch** Edmonstone. 
 
 Peaton. 
 
 Lord Frederick Campbell. 
 5 Charles Edmonstone. 
 
 Arch'^ Campbell Succoth. 
 
 Hector M'^Donald Buchanan. 
 
 Airds. 
 
 Lord John Campbell. 
 10 General Geils. 
 
 Mr. Rouat Smollett. 
 
 Mr. Yuille Darleith. 
 
 Mr. Donald Lylestone. 
 
 Co' James Campbell. 
 15 Rev'' George Edmonstone. 
 
 Sir James Colquhoun. 
 Co' W" Colquhoun. 
 Co' Lo** Colquhoun. 
 Major Colquhoun. 
 
 Lord Methven. 
 
 Gartmore. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan of Ardoch. 
 
 I 
 
 '4
 
 A SCOTTISH ELECTION 513 
 
 Mr. Dennistoun. 
 5 Ditto Junior. 
 
 Cap' Lennox. 
 Mr. Hamilton Bams. 
 Mr. Colquhoun of Garrcaddcr. 
 Mr. Douglas of Xairns. 
 10 Mr. Fcrgus.son of l^aith. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan Dunlop Drumhead. 
 Mr. Adam. 
 
 Hon''" W" Elplnnstono. Bail. 
 
 Mr. Glasford not ready till 29 July, 1802.
 
 LETTERS FR0:M LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 
 WHILE TRAVELLING ON THE CON- 
 TINENT IN THE YEAR 1803 
 
 Lord John Campbell to the Dul'c of Argyll. 
 
 Argyll House, 
 Tuesday, 1" Feb" [1803?]. 
 
 jMy Dear Father, 
 
 The late melancolly event prevented my 
 appearance at the Birthday or any court day 
 that has taken place since, but on Wednesday 
 next George and me are to go to the Levee, 
 and the day after I propose starting on my 
 way to Dover. AVith regard to my stay upon 
 the Continent, I am sure I shall not wish 
 to stav a dav lonoer than mav be agreable to 
 you. The supplies you have been so Kind as 
 to send me by Ferrier you may depend upon 
 being manacred with as much economv as I 
 am master of, and I do not doubt they will be 
 sufficient for me for a long time. I Avas very 
 Happy to hear that you are so well, and I hope 
 Charlotte Avill soon be with vou, which will 
 enliven the society of the Castle much. I shall 
 write from Dover and from Calais. 
 
 I have desired young Farquhar to take care 
 of my Letters ; when }^ou write to me, there- 
 fore, direct them to Mess'* Herries, Farquhar 
 & C°, S*" James's Street, London. 
 
 I remain, my Dear Father, 
 
 Yours affec-^, 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
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 LORD JOITX CAMPBELL 515 
 
 Lord John Campbell to t^te Marquis of Lome. 
 
 Paris, March oth, 1803. 
 
 Dear Georgk, 
 
 We arrived Here, as you probably know 
 from Lewis, on the 21st Feby., and I have 
 been constantly employed since that time in 
 seeing the curiosities of the place. The Gallery 
 of the Louvre you probably recollect seeing 
 before the revolution, as I am told there was at 
 that time a collection of Pictures in it. Bona- 
 parte has now added all those brought from 
 Italy, and it contains at present 950 Pictures 
 by the most celebrated Masters, and I am 
 told they Have nearly Half as many more yet 
 unpacked for which they Have no room. The 
 Gallery is 1,700 feet in length. In rooms below 
 are arranged all the Antique Statues, with many 
 of which I was much delighted. 
 
 All the publick Buildings which existed before 
 the revolution you are probably acquainted with. 
 Of these the Cathedral of Notre Dame Has 
 not suffered Much. The Pictures and Tapestry 
 indeed are taken away, but the Building and the 
 two beautiful circular windows of Painted Glass 
 are in perfect preservation. The Pantheon is 
 not yet finished tho' begun in 1758, but will 
 be, I think, in the inside very beautiful indeed, 
 and from the top, which is 300 feet High, we Had 
 a charming view of Paris and its environs. The 
 clearness of the atmosphere, from the absence 
 of coal smoke I presume, surprised me much ; 
 from this High situation I could see very distant 
 parts of the Town with more accuracy than one 
 can see across a street in London. You will 
 perhaps recollect the marble pavement of the 
 church and Dome of L'Hospital des Invalides ;
 
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 tho' decorated with Crowns and other insignia 
 of Royalty, it Has by some accident escaped 
 the fury of the Revolutionary Mobs : from the 
 Corniche or Friezes are suspended 1,800 Stand- 
 ards taken in the last war. 
 
 Of the other Buildings you may remember, the 
 ci-devant Palace of the Luxembourg is converted 
 into the residence of the conservative Senate, and 
 the magnificent House of the Prince de Conde 
 on the other side of the River is at present 
 the Hall of Assembly of the Legislative Body. 
 The Thuillieries, you know, is the Consular 
 Palace. What was formerly the Garde Meubles 
 de Roy is the residence of Le Ministre de La 
 Marine, who gave a Ball the other day at which 
 I was present : all the Men in uniform or dress 
 coats, except the ancient Nobles who Have 
 been allowed to return ; they appear in plain 
 clothes. The Ladies were Magnificently un- 
 dressed. 
 
 To-day we are going to be presented to Mons. 
 Tallyrand, and to-morrow we are to be pre- 
 sented to the first Consul. I have already seen 
 Him at the Opera for a Moment, but after 
 to-morrow I shall be able to discribe Him more 
 perfectly ; at the distance I saw Him He appeared 
 very like the busts you see in London. 
 
 March 6th. — Yesterday after I Had written 
 the above we were presented to M. Tallerand, 
 the Minister of the Interior. He resembles 
 nothing so much as a dead man. His feet are 
 distorted in a Shocking Manner, and I think 
 He deserves well of His country for Having 
 by unremitting perseverance learned to walk 
 upon them. This Morning at 11 we went with 
 
 Lady to see the grand parade. We were 
 
 admitted into the passage leading to the Salle
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 517 
 
 des Ambassadcurs in the palace of tlie Thuil- 
 leries. The parade, consisting of about 7 or 
 8,000 men, being formed, lionaparte mounted 
 His white Horse and rode to the right of the 
 Hne, passing ck)se to the window wliere I was. 
 He was dressed in a bhie coat witli broad wliite 
 facings and Gold Epaulets, white pantaloons and 
 Mihtary boots. His Hat was quite plain, without 
 any lace or ornament of any Kind. After riding 
 along the lines both without and within the 
 Iron rails, He returned to the great door of the 
 Palace, where He sat on Horseback for some 
 time delivering Sabres and Muskets of Honor to 
 several Soldiers. He then went upstairs with 
 His Generals, where he remained till near 3 
 o'clock, at which time we were admitted to the 
 Levee or drawing room. 
 
 A circle is immediately formed round the 
 room ; the 3 Consuls stand at the fireplace, 
 Bonaparte in the Middle. As soon as the people 
 are all assembled He begins talking to the 
 persons next Him, and goes round just like 
 the King. He talked a good while to Lord 
 Whitworth, who presented Me and about 13 
 others. I stood close to Him, and Had a good 
 opportunity of examining His countenance. He 
 Has Hair Straight and rather darker than yours ; 
 the Shape of His Head very hke Mine ; His 
 Eyes light Grey, not nuich Eye brow ; the Brow 
 projecting a good deal, but not so much as is 
 represented in the casts at London. His Nose 
 is large and pi'ominent, but Has not that sudden 
 rise in tlie middle wiiich mine Has, and as His 
 Busts Have, but resembles William Campbell's 
 more ; his complexion is uncommonly sallow, 
 His Beard verv dark but not thickset, and 
 apparently not newly shaved. His teeth are
 
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 very fine, and when He Laughs or smiles the 
 expression of His face is quite charming. His 
 Highth, I should think, is as nearly Mine as 
 possible, He is certainly no taller. His limbs 
 are small but straight Kneed and neatly made. 
 He was dressed in the consular coat, which 
 is crimson Velvet richly embroidered, white 
 Breeches and silk Stockings. After having gone 
 round the circle He placed Himself between 
 Cambaceres and Le Brun, and made 3 bows of 
 dismissal, on which we all retired. 
 
 I am so tired I must now go to bed, as a cruel 
 French Master attacks me at 7 o'clock in the 
 morning. Adieu. 
 
 Yours affect'y, 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Note. — The reception at the Tuileries, when 
 Lord John Campbell accompanied Lord Whit- 
 worth and spoke to the First Consul, was the 
 gathering immediately preceding that at which 
 Bonaparte "flew at" Lord Whitworth, abusing the 
 British for not fulfilling the terms of the Treaty 
 regarding their evacuation of Malta. Thiers, in 
 his "History of the Consulate and the Empire," 
 does not mention the order given by Napoleon for 
 the arrest of all Englishmen travelling in France. 
 It was this order which was so nearly ending 
 Lord John's journey in a French prison, a fate 
 that actually did overtake his friend Robertson. 
 It was soon after this curious and capricious 
 seizure of harmless travellers that the prepara- 
 tions were made at Boulogne for the invasion 
 of England, and not long before the Due d'En- 
 ghien was arrested in German territory, brought 
 to Vincennes, and shot in the fosse of that 
 fortress on a proved charge of fighting against
 
 LOUD JOHN CAMPBELL 510 
 
 liis native country, P' ranee. Napoleon ])elieved 
 him to be aniono- the would-be assassins ot 
 himself, as well as the mortal enemy of the 
 Republic — and "La Rcpublicpie, c'est moi," was 
 at that time his description of himself. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Ulm en Souabe, i7uZ^ llih [1803]. 
 
 My dear Father, 
 
 You will no douljt be surprised at the 
 date of this letter, as Ulm is bv no Means in 
 the direct road to any port from whence I 
 can embark for England. Soon after writing 
 to you on the 22nd of June, I left Lausanne, 
 and spent a few days in seeing the Lakes of 
 Neuchatel and Bienne, and in passing through 
 Yverdun I saw Mademoiselle de la Chaise, who 
 was anxiously waiting for an opportunity of 
 going to England, and as that was not likely to 
 happen soon, I offered her a place in our Carriage, 
 which she accepted, and said she would join us 
 at Bern, where I proposed remaining a few days 
 to see the environs. She came accordingly on 
 the 8th inst., and on the 9th we set out, meaning 
 to pass by Zurich and Schafl'hausen in order to 
 see those places, but on the road we were advised 
 to avoid Zurich as the French OfTicer there had 
 been particularly severe against the English. 
 In consequence of this we stopped at Baden, 
 and sent for our letters which we expected at 
 Zurich. 
 
 Unfortunately an order arriv^ed in the Night 
 to arrest the English all over Switzerland as had 
 been before executed in France, and earlv in 
 the morning The French Ollicer Commanding at
 
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 Baden went to Robertson's Room and forced 
 him to give his parole that he would not attempt 
 to escape ; he enquired particularly after me, 
 but Robertson told him that he did not know 
 where I was, and he left the Inn without seeing 
 me. As soon as I heard of this, I dressed myself 
 in women's clothes belonging to Mademoiselle, 
 and walked out of the town without being 
 suspected. I concealed myself for the rest of 
 the day in a wood about 3 miles from the Town, 
 and in the Evening Mademoiselle, who had a 
 Swiss passport, came for me in a carriage, and 
 with her I passed the Frontiers in Character of 
 her " Femme de Chambre " ! ! ! She returned 
 to Yverdun, not chusing to accompany me to 
 England, and I came here to wait for news from 
 Robertson, who has some hopes of being released 
 in quality of Physician. As soon as I hear from 
 him I shall write to you ; in the meantime I am 
 here in perfect Health, and have my French 
 Servant with me for Interpreter. Gardener 
 was arrested with Robertson. 
 
 Adieu, my dear Father ; believe Me 
 
 Yours affect'y, 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Vienna, July 21th, 1803. 
 
 My dear Father, 
 
 I arrived here the day before yesterday, 
 and have been much delighted with my voyage 
 down the Danube : it is very fortunate that I 
 came here, for Mr. Paget is going to England 
 on the 10th of next month, and has proposed 
 to me to accompany him, which I have, of
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 521 
 
 course, accepted. 13y that means all difTieulties 
 relative to my embarkmeiit will be done away ; 
 in the meantime I shall see all that is worth 
 seeing here, and on our way we shall pass 
 through Dresden, Berlin, &c. 
 
 I have not yet heard from Robertson, but I 
 cannot entertain any hopes that he will get 
 released before the other English who are taken 
 prisoners, and when that may be it is difficult 
 to say. My Health is perfectly good ; on that 
 head you may be perfectly easy. With love to 
 Charlotte, Augusta, &c., I remain 
 
 Your Affee'te 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 VOL. II. 13
 
 LETTERS FROM M. DE SAUSSURE 
 
 1803-1806 
 
 The father of this De Saussure was the first man 
 to climb Mont Blanc in 1788. He died in 1799. 
 His son, the writer of these letters, inherited 
 much of his father's talent, and was very hospit- 
 able to English travellers. 
 
 M. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Geneve, 2 Juin, 1803. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 Je vous envoie sous ce pli une lettre de 
 credit de Mess''' Hentsch & C°, sur Lausane, Bale 
 et Francfort, de 5627" de f''^ ; dont vous feres 
 usage suivant votre convenance. 
 
 Ces Messieurs ont retenu pour provision et 
 port de lettres £116 19: lis m'ont livr6 50 
 Louis, soit 735'' argent Courant de Geneve, que 
 j'ai livre a votre Courrier pour solder vos comptes. 
 
 Vous verres que le dit Courrier m'a rem- 
 bourse 270" 12 sols de f^**, dont 78" pour diverses 
 avances que j'ai faites pour vous et p: M*" 
 Robertson, et huit Louis, soit 192" de P^, pour 
 paier le portrait que j'ai envoie a My Lord Lome. 
 J'ai pense. My Lord, qu'il vous seroit facile de 
 vous faire rembourser cet objet par votre frere. 
 Voila vos affaires d'argent en regie ; et voicy 
 d'autres dont je dois vous rendre compte. 
 
 J'ai passe hier a Secheron ches Milady Beverley; 
 
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 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 523 
 
 je lui ai rcmis votre Icttrc ct cclle de Madame 
 de Stacl. J'cn ai etc fort bien re^'U. Elle a 
 aecepte avec empresseinent I'invitation de Mad. 
 de Stacl pour Vend red i : elle sera eharmee de 
 faire sa eonoissanee. Je siiis invite a passer 
 la soiree avec elle ches Madame Taeretine. Je 
 joins yci deux lettres que Lord Beverley m'en- 
 voie. II vous a remplace dans rappartement que 
 vous aves quitte, mais ce n'est point la meme 
 chose pour nous. Vous nous manqucs extreme- 
 ment I'un &; Tautre. 
 
 Ma feme a trouve la persone qui lui est re- 
 cofnandee fort malade, et elle se voit oblitree de 
 lui doner la journee de deniain. Je Tcmploierai 
 de mon cote a arranger quelques affaires ; mais 
 nous serons libres Samedi, et nous venons de 
 nous arranger avec Madame Cazenove pour 
 partir avec elle ])our Lausane ee jour la. Nous 
 dinerons a la Tete Noire, et nous vous y donons 
 rendes vous. Presentes s.v.p. nos excuses a 
 Madame de Stacl, et exprimes lui tout le regret 
 que nous avons eu de la quitter. Nous la devan- 
 cerons d'un jour a Lausane, et si elle a quelque 
 ordre a nous doner tell her, we are at her 
 devotion. 
 
 Adieu, My Lord ; our best compl*^ to M: 
 Robertson. I am with greatest regard 
 
 Your most humb*" 
 
 Saussure. 
 
 Voules vous bien assurer Monsieur Necker de 
 nos respects. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 Geneva, 2)id June, 1803. 
 My Lord, 
 
 I enclose herewith a letter of credit to Messrs. Hentsch 
 & Co. for Lausaiine, Basle, and Frankfort, for 5627 French 
 livres, which you will use according to your convenience.
 
 524 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 These gentlemen have retained against postage of letters 
 and incaseof emergency £116 195. They delivered me 50 louis, 
 which I delivered to your courier to pay your account. 
 
 You will note that your courier repaid me 270 livres 
 12 sous, of which 78 for divers advances made by me for you 
 and Mr. Robertson, and 8 louis, or 192 frs., to pay the portrait 
 which I have sent to Lord Lome. I thought, my Lord, 
 you would easily be able to get this sum back from your 
 brother. So much for your own money matters, and now 
 for other matters. 
 
 I was at Secheron yesterday at Lady Beverley's ; I gave 
 her your letter and the one from Mme. de Stael. I was very 
 well received by her. She accepted with alacrity Mme. de 
 Stael's invitation for Friday : she will be charmed to make 
 her acquaintance. I am invited to spend the evening with 
 her at Mme. Tacretine's. I enclose two letters from Lord 
 Beverley. He has taken the apartment you had, but it is 
 not the same thing for us ! We miss you both very much. 
 
 My wife found the person introduced to her very ill, and 
 will be obliged to devote the whole of to-morrow to her. I 
 shall spend it in settling various matters, but we shall be 
 free on Saturday, and have arranged with Mme. Cazenove 
 to go to Lausanne with her. We dine at the Tete Noire, 
 and hope to meet you there. Please excuse us to Mme. de 
 Stael, and express our regret at leaving her. We shall be at 
 Lausanne a day earlier than she, and if she has any orders 
 for us tell her " we are at her devotion." 
 
 Good-bye, my Lord ; our best compliments to Mr. Robert- 
 son. I am with greatest regard 
 
 Your most humble 
 
 Saussure. 
 
 Pray convey our respects to M'' Necker. 
 M. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Geneve, 13 Juin, 1803. 
 
 En me separant de vous a Lausane, je con- 
 servois encore quelque espoir, mon cher Lord, 
 d'un raprochement entre votre gouvernement et 
 celui de la France par la mediation de la Russie. 
 Aujourd'hui nous devons y renoncer. Cette
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 52 
 
 :rj,) 
 
 question proposc'c par Fox en Parlomcnt, ct 
 dcbattiie par ^F Pitt ct vos orateurs, a etc cnfin 
 retiree par Fox hii-nieme. (On soit eontente dc 
 recohoitre en prineipe, cpi'une mediation i)uis- 
 sante etoit acceptable, mais qu'il falloit admettre 
 des conditions (|ui j)uissent lui assurer la con- 
 fianee de la Nation et de son frouvernement.) 
 
 Voila done la guerre dceidee. Les franyois 
 sont en possession de I'llanovre; il ne paroit pas 
 qu'il y ait eu de resistance ; les papiers afioneent 
 que rarnice ITanovriene est prisoniere de guerre. 
 On suppose qu'il y a eu une capitulation avec les 
 Etats du pays. A ces mesures gcnerales, nous 
 avons appris par le Courrier de Vendredi, et on 
 nous a confirnie par eelui de Dinianehe, que tons 
 les Anglois detenus a Lyon vienent de recevoir 
 I'ordre de se transporter a Verdun, dans le 
 plus court dclai. Les Gazettes afioneent qu'en 
 Ilollande on ne leur aceorde plus de passeport, 
 qu'un Embargo est mis a Genes qui les empcche 
 de partir. On craint une mesure semblable 
 pour la Suisse : voyes done, mon cher Lord, ee 
 que vous voules faire, et puis qu'il en est encore 
 temps, hates vous de passer dans I'Empire, oii 
 vous seres en surete. 
 
 Si vous voules des informations plus precises 
 sur la Suisse, adresscs vous a M*" Freudenrieh a 
 Berne ; il pourra mieux que persone vous en 
 doner. Du reste ce n'est point yci mon opinion 
 seule que je vous comuni(iue : c'est celle de 
 tous les gens sages que j'ai consulte. Lord 
 Beverley me charge de vous dire que des amis 
 comuns ont cerit a sa feme que le Due d'Argyle 
 desire vivement votre retour. Rcndes vous, My 
 Lord, aux voeux d'un Pere, et aux craintes de 
 vos amis. II leur faut bien du courage et du 
 desintcressement pour vous presser ainsi de vous
 
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 eloigner d'eux, lorsque vous leur temoignes le 
 desir de vous raprocher. 
 
 Rien de nouveau dans notre ville : notre 
 societe se resserre tous les jours, parce que Ton 
 part pour la campagne. Vous y faites et votre 
 ami M' Robertson un grand vuide ; vous en 
 faites encore un plus grand dans notre petit 
 menage, ou nous nous faisions une douce habi- 
 tude de vous voir. Adieu, My Lord ; adieu, nos 
 bons et chers amis ; dones nous de vos nouvelles 
 et faites nous part de votre determination. 
 
 Ma feme vous adresse ses complimens les plus 
 affectueux. I am, for ever, 
 
 Your most humble Serv*, 
 
 Saussure. 
 
 (Addressed) My Lord Jhon Campbell 
 
 au faucon 
 a Berne. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 Geneva, 13th June, 1803. 
 
 In parting with you at Lausanne, my dear Lord, I re- 
 tained yet a little hope of a rapprochement between your 
 government and that of France through the intervention of 
 Russia. To-day we must renounce this. That question put 
 by Fox in Parhament, and debated by Mr. Pitt and your other 
 orators, was at last withdrawn by Fox himself, (They would 
 be content to recognise on principle that a poAverful mediation 
 was acceptable, but that it Avould be necessary to Hmit it by 
 conditions which would ensure the confidence of the nation 
 and its government.) 
 
 Now War is decided upon. The French are in possession 
 of Hanover ; there seems to have been no resistance, and 
 the papers announce that the Hanoverian army is taken 
 captive. It is supposed that a capitulation has been made 
 with the States of the country. Added to this we learn by 
 Friday's mail, confirmed by that of Sunday, that all the 
 English detained at Lyon have received the order to betake
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 527 
 
 themselves to Verdun without dehw. The CJazettes report 
 that in Holland no more passports are being issued for them, 
 that an embargo has been laid on Genoa, forbidding them to 
 leave the city. Similar measures are feared for Switzerland : 
 be cautif)us, therefore, my dear Lord, and while there is yet 
 time hasten across to the Empire, where you are in safety. 
 
 If you need more precise information on Switzerland, 
 apply to M. Freudenrich, at Berne, who can best inform 
 you. Besides this is not only my opinion, but that of all 
 the wise people I have consulted. Lord Beverley desired 
 me to tell you that some mutual friends had written to his 
 wife saying that the Duke of Argyll earnestly wished your 
 return. Defer, my Lord, to the wishes of a father and to the 
 anxiety of your friends. It needs great courage on their 
 part to urge you thus to go away from them, when you 
 evince a wish to join them. 
 
 Nothing new here. Our circle is narrowing daily, every 
 one going to the country. You and Mr. Robertson have 
 left a great gap ; an even greater one in our small household, 
 where we had made a pleasant habit of seeing you. Adieu, 
 my dear Lord ; adieu, kind and dear friends ; let us have news 
 of you, and pray acquaint us with your determination. 
 
 My wife sends her most affectionate compliments. I am, 
 for ever, 
 
 Your most humble servant, 
 
 Saussure. 
 
 M. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Geneve, 12 Juillet [probably 1803]. 
 
 Je nc sais trop, My Lord, si ma lettre vous 
 trouvera encore a Zurieh ; je n'ai pas bien saisi 
 I'ordre de votre marehe, mais enfin je veux bien 
 hazarder quelques lignes pour m'entretenir quel- 
 ques momens avec vous. Ma feme a ete asses 
 incomodee depuis votre depart : elle a voulu 
 recomencer les bains de I'Arun, et cette fois 
 lis ne lui ont pas reussi ; ils lui ont attire une 
 fluxion qui rempcche de vous ecrire. Elle me 
 charge de I'excuser et de la remplaeer aupres de 
 vous, Elle veut aussi que vous sachics qu'elle
 
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 a fort bien compris votre lettre, quoiqu'elle fut 
 ecrite en Anglois. Vous I'aves mise en gout de 
 cette langue, et elle s'est mise a I'etudier tout 
 de bon depuis votre depart. 
 
 Nous avons vu quelques instans Mad. de St' 
 a son retour de I'Isle de S* Pierre ; mais c'etoit 
 en nombreuse compagnie, nous n 'avons pas pu 
 lui demander les details du voiage qu'elle a fait 
 avec vous. II m'a paru qu'elle a ete fort sen- 
 sible au voiage de votre ami, et qu'elle a pris 
 fort a gre qu'il prit le chemin de Copet pour celui 
 d'Yverdun. Nous avons aussi admire cette 
 marche nouvelle — je dis mal, nous I'avons un 
 peu envie, et nous I'aurions trouve tres naturelle 
 si elle eut ramene Robertson jusque ches nous. 
 
 II n'est plus arrive de lettres pour vous, My 
 Lord, depuis celles que je vous ai deja adressees 
 a Zurich. S'il en arrive encore je vous les ferai 
 passer a Francfort, poste resiante, mais je sup- 
 pose qu'aiant annonce votre depart a vos amis 
 ils cesseront de vous ecrire. 
 
 Donnes moi s.v.p. des nouvelles d'Inverary : 
 et quand vous ecrives dans ce pays la n'oublies 
 pas de me rapeller a leur souvenir. 
 
 {Addressed) A My Lord Jhon Campbell, 
 
 jjoste restante, 
 
 a Zurich. 
 
 [Translation.'] 
 
 Geneva, July I2th [probably 1803]. 
 
 I do not know, my Lord, whether my letter Avill find you 
 still at Zurich ; I did not quite gather the order of your 
 journey, nevertheless I will chance a few lines to gossip 
 with you. My wife has been rather ill since you left, and 
 wished again to try the baths of the Arun ; but they did 
 not suit her, and caused an indisposition which j)revents her
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 529 
 
 writing to you. Sho begs me to excuse her to you and to 
 replace her. She wishes me also to say that she understood 
 your letter perfectly, although it was written in English. 
 You have given her a ta^te for that language, and she has 
 begun to study it seriously since your departure. 
 
 We have seen Mnie. de Stael once since her return from 
 the Isle de St. Pierre, but always with many others present, 
 so we have been unable to ask her for details of the journey 
 she made with you. It seemed to me that she much appreci- 
 ated your friend's journey, and that she was very .pleased that 
 he passed by Copjjet to go to Yverdun. We too admired this 
 new departure — indeed we rather envied her, and should have 
 tliought it quite natural had she brought Robertson to see us. 
 
 No letters have come for you since those I forwarded to 
 Zurich. If any come I will frank them to Francfort, paste 
 rcstarUe, but I expect having announced your departure 
 your friends will cease writing to you. 
 
 Please give me news of Inveraray, and when you write to 
 that country do not forget to recall me to our friends there. 
 
 M. et Mme. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 [1803.] 
 
 Je ne saurois asses, ]\IiIord, voiis exprimer 
 combien jc suis sensible a votre souvenir et voire 
 Amitie. Vos lettres sont on ne pent pas plus 
 Aimables ; elles m'aident a vous suivre dans 
 votre long voyage, et me prouvent aussi que 
 de nouveaux objets ne vous font point oublier 
 vos Amis. 
 
 Vous voila done en Engletcrre — au milieu de 
 votre Famille, pres de tout ce que vous aimcs. 
 Quoique la guerre ait derange vos projets, vous 
 aures pardone aux eirconstances en faveur du 
 plaisir de vous retrouver dans votre Patrie. 
 C'est un sentiment qui ne perd jamais son 
 empire, surtout dans une ame come la votre. 
 Bientot vous ires en Ecosse. Je sens toute la joie 
 du Due en revoyant son Fils, son cher John ;
 
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 j'espere qu'il trouvera voire sant6 meilleure, et 
 que la paix (on comence a en parler serieuse- 
 ment) il vous permettra de revenir en Suisse 
 achever de la retablir. M"" Robertson vous 
 accompagnera, et ses sentiments deja emousse ^ 
 par le temps et I'absence nous permeteront de 
 le voir davantage. S'il est aupres de vous, dites 
 lui que rien ne m'empechera jamais de sentir 
 tout ce qu'il vaut. La belle Embassadrice 
 meurt d'enui et de tristesse ; elle passe sa vie 
 entre Copet et Geneve, et ne troiive nulle part 
 les ressources qu'il faut a son Coeur et a son 
 esprit. Elle a ete fort peniblement occupee de 
 M'" Christin, qui appres avoir passe ici quelques 
 semaines dans la plus affreuse prison du Monde 
 est parti hier pour Paris escorte de deux Gen- 
 darmes. Nous partageons tons son Malheur. 
 Come on a rien trouve a sa charge dans ses 
 papiers, et qu'il se sait ihocent, on pent se 
 flatter de le voir bientot rendu a la liberte. 
 
 Le jeune M'" Persi est etabli bien melancolique- 
 ment a Verdun : felicites vous, Milord, d'avoir pris 
 une autre route ; nous serious trop malheureux si 
 nous avions de vous voir partager son exil. Ses 
 Parens sont affliges de cette separation : coment 
 suporter un mal dont on ne prevoit pas le terme I 
 Toute la famille de Milord Beverley est interes- 
 sante. Milady est si bone, si gaie, si douce, et si 
 Aimable ; ses filles sont parfaitement elevees, des 
 talens agreables reunis a une simplicite si rarre 
 et si precieuse. Saussure les voit beaucoup, 
 et moi le plus souvent possible. lis sont a 
 Secheron. Nous n'avons pas de cheveaux, et les 
 grandes chaleurs ont ete si fortes, si longues, 
 que votre Amie la douce paresse est aussi devenue 
 la Mienne — a 8 heures de soir je comencois seule- 
 ment a exister. Je prenois ailors le bras de
 
 MONSIEUR DK SAUSSURE 531 
 
 quelqu'un, ct j'allois respircr I'air sur la treille 
 oil a Plain Palais, rcservaiit pour une autre 
 saison les j^laisirs de la socictc. Je ne vous par- 
 Icrai done point, Milord, d'un nionde ou je n'ai 
 pas vecu, mais je vous dirai que Mesdames 
 Sellon deniandc toujours de vos nouvelles avec 
 empressenient. Xous avons bien souvent parlc 
 de vous et de votre Ami ; nous regrettons de ne 
 pas vous assoeier a nos projets de eourses pour 
 le mois de 7bre. C'est le plus beau niois dans ce 
 Pays, et nous en {)rofitcrons pour allcr quelques 
 fois parcoiu'ir dcs sites nouveaux pour nous. 
 
 Demain nous devons prendre le the a une Cam- 
 pagne de Mad. de Miroaux : elle n'est pas habitee ; 
 on dit le local eharmant. Nous avons eu un 
 moment I'idce d'aller })asser un mois a Epenen. 
 Celle de nos bois se presentoit ici avec avantage 
 a mon imagination. J'aurois voulu partir tout de 
 suite, mais Saussure avait quelques affaires, et 
 le temps necessaire pour les terminer m'a done 
 celui de changer de projet : je resteici ; j'ai repris 
 mes ergons, et le jour n'est pas ass6s long pour 
 tout ee que je voudrois faire. Me pardonercs 
 vous. Milord, de vous entretenir de details si pcu 
 fait pour vous ? Et occupe coiTie vous alles I'etre, 
 lires vous ma lettre ? Pouves vous y repondre ? 
 Vous souviendrcs vous longtemps de deux Amis 
 pour qui votre santc, votre bonheur, vos plaisirs, 
 seront tou join's du plus vif, du plus grand 
 interet ? Si une lettre vous parvient a Londres, 
 et que vous soycs prcs de Lord Lome, voullies 
 me rappeller a son souvenir. 
 
 Je cede la plume a Saussure, qui veut achever 
 de remplir mon papier. 
 
 [Change of handicriting.] 
 
 P.S. — La montrc dc M' Robertson est finie ;
 
 532 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 on cherchera une occasion pour I'envoier a 
 Londres ; j'ai done votre adresse ches Mess. 
 Harris, Farquhar & C°, oii elle sera deposee. 
 M'" Robertson n'a qu'a doner ordre a vos Ban- 
 quiers de la recevoir pour son compte et de la 
 paier. 
 
 Vous ne doutes pas, My Lord, du plaisir que 
 nous font vos lettres. Nous avons eu tant 
 d'inquietude — sur votre sort et celui de votre 
 ami, que nous avions reallement besoin de ce 
 dedomagement. Faute de mieux, je vous 
 felicite d'avoir fait route sur la Danube, et 
 d'avoir pris une idee de ce pays la : j 'imagine 
 qu'en partant de Viene vous aures eu le temps 
 de voir Dresden et Berlin ; ce sont les deux Villes 
 les plus interessantes de ces contrees ; mais vous 
 aures passe partout si rapidement que je ne 
 doute pas que vous n'eprouvies le besoin de 
 les revoir encore. Je compte done sur votre 
 curiosite pour vous ramener sur le Continent, et 
 beaucoup sur votre amitie et sur votre souvenir 
 pour vous rapeller en Suisse. 
 
 Je pense que vous vous arreteres peu de 
 temps a Londres dans ce moment, et que vous 
 vous hateres d'arriver a Inverary : presentes. 
 My Lord, mes homages respectueux a My Lord 
 Due et a vos soeurs ; dites a My Lord Lome que 
 nous nous occupons souvent de lui et que nous 
 ne desesperons pas de le revoir. 
 
 Dites a M"" Robertson qu'il est bien heureux 
 de s'etre tire de Baden. M"" Percy, Edgworth, 
 & many others sont tristement a Verdun : je 
 ne me consolerais pas de vous y voir detenu. 
 Tons les Anglois qui etoient en Suisse Font 
 quitte. Mad*^ de St. ne va plus s'y etablir. Elle 
 fait yci de frequentes courses, mais pas de longs 
 sejours.
 
 MONSIEUR DK SAUSSURE 533 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 [1803.] 
 
 T can hardly toll you, my Lord, how sensible I am of your 
 remembrance and friendship. Your letters are as kind as 
 they could po.ssibly be ; tiiey help me to ft)llo\v you in your 
 long journey, and prove also that fresh interests do not 
 make you forget your friends. 
 
 You are then in England, amidst your family, among all 
 that you love. Although the war has upset your plans, you 
 will pardon it for the pleasure of finding yourself once more 
 in your country. It is a feehng that never loses its hold, 
 above all on a mind like yours. Soon you will go to Scotland. 
 I can feel all the joy of the Duke in beholding once more his 
 dear son John ; 1 hope he will find your health is better, 
 and that peace (of which thc-y l)egin to speak seriously) will 
 soon allow you to return to Switzerland finally to re-establish. 
 Mr. Robertson will accompany you, and his feelings modified 
 by time and absence will permit us to see more of him. If 
 he is with you, tell him that nothing will prevent me hence- 
 forward appreciating him at his true worth. The fair Am- 
 bassadress is dying of ennui and sadness ; she passes her time 
 between Coppet and Geneva, and finds nowhere the resources 
 demanded by her heart and her wit. She is much worried 
 about Mr. Christin, who, after having spent some weeks here 
 in the most frightful of prisons, left for Paris yesterday 
 accompanied by two gendarmes. We all share his affliction. 
 As nothing against him has been found in his papers, and 
 he knows liimself to be innocent, we may flatter ourselves 
 that we shall soon see him restored to liberty. 
 
 Young Mr. Percy has been interned sadly enough at Verdun : 
 you may congratulate yourself, my Lord, on having taken 
 another route ; we should be too unfortunate if you shared 
 his exile. His relations are afflicted by this separation : 
 how can one support an ill the end of which one cannot 
 foresee ? All Lord Beverley's family are interesting. My 
 Lady is so kind, so sweet, so gay, and so amiable ; her 
 daughters are perfectly well bred, with agreeable talents 
 combined with a rare and precious simpUcity. Saussure 
 sees a great deal of them, and I do as often as possible. 
 They are at Secheron. We have no horses, and the heat has 
 been so fierce and continuous that your friend Sweet Idleness 
 has become also mine — it is only at eight in the evening that 
 I begin to exist. I then take somebody's arm and go
 
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 to take a breath of air under the trelhs or at Plainpalais, 
 reserving the pleasures of society for another season. I won't 
 speak to you, therefore, my Lord, of a circle which I have 
 not frequented, but I will tell you that Mesdames Sellon 
 always ask eagerly for news of you. We very often speak of 
 you and your friend, and we are sorry that you cannot join 
 in our excursions for the month of September. It is the 
 best month in these parts, and we shall take advantage of 
 it to visit several spots new to us. 
 
 To-morrow we are going to have tea at a country place 
 belonging to Mme. de Miroaux : it is not occupied ; they 
 say the place is charming. For a moment we thought of 
 passing a month at Epenen. But the thought of our woods 
 presented itself pleasantly to my imagination. I wanted to 
 go at once, but Saussure had some business, and this gave 
 me time enough to change my mind : I remain here ; I 
 have taken up my pencils again, and the day is not long 
 enough for all that I want to do. You will pardon me, my 
 Lord, for bothering you with details so little suited to you ? 
 And occupied as you will be, will you read my letter ? Will 
 you be able to reply to it ? Will you remember for long two 
 friends who will always have the liveliest, greatest interest 
 for your health, your happiness, and your pleasures ? If 
 a letter reaches you in London, and you are near Lord Lome, 
 recall me to his remembrance. 
 
 I give up my pen to Saussure, who wishes to fill up my 
 paper. 
 
 [Change of handwriting.] 
 
 P.S. — Mr. Robertson's watch is finished : we are looking 
 for an opportunity to send it to London ; I have given your 
 address c/o Messrs. Harris, Farquhar & Co., where it will 
 be left. Mr. Robertson has only to give the order to your 
 bankers to take it in on his account and to pay for it. 
 
 You cannot imagine, my Lord, the pleasure your letters 
 procure us. We have been so much worried about you 
 and your friend that we really need this compensation. 
 On the whole I congratulate you for having travelled by the 
 Danube, and gleaned some ideas of that country, I imagine 
 that, on leaving Vienna, you will have had the time to see 
 Dresden and Berlin. They are the two most interesting 
 towns in those parts, but you will have traversed them so 
 rapidly that I don't doubt you will feel the need of seeing 
 them again. I count then on your curiosity to bring you
 
 MOXSIEUR DE SAUSSURK 535 
 
 back to the Continent, and much on your friendship and 
 your remembrance to bring you back to Switzerland. 
 
 I suj)pose you will stop but a short time in London, and 
 that you will hasten to reach Inveraray : present, my JU>rd, 
 my respects to my Lord Duke and your sisters. Tell my 
 Lord Lome tliat we think a great deal about liim, and that 
 we don't despair of seeing him again. 
 
 Tell Mr. Robertson that he was lucky to get out of Baden. 
 Mr. Percy, Edgwtjrth, and many others are languishing at 
 Verdun : I should not care to see you detained there. All 
 the English who were in Switzerland have left. Mme. de St. 
 is not going to live there any more. She often comes here, 
 but makes no long stay. 
 
 M, et Mme. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell, 
 
 Je ne prens point mon parti d'etre oublier de 
 vous, Milord. Nous avoiis su par Milady Beverley 
 que vous vous eties embarque a Housain avec 
 Mesdames Berry, et que vous eties tres heu- 
 reusement arrive a Londres. Nous vous sup- 
 posons actuel lenient en Eeosse, reuni a votre 
 Faniille, et bien occupe des affaires de votre 
 Regiment et de tout ce qui a rapport a la guerre. 
 Puis-je esperer que vous poures me consacrer 
 quelques momens pour me doner les details de 
 votre voyage, de votre sejour a Londres, et de 
 la vie que vous menes appresent. S'il est naturel 
 qu'au milieu de tant de choses importantes vous 
 perdies de vuc vos amis de Suisse, et I'interet 
 que vous leur aves inspires, il ne leur est point 
 aise de ne pas penser a vous, et de ne pas sou- 
 haiter vivement d'avoir des nouvelles de votre 
 sante — n'aura-t-elle pas souffcrt des fatigues d'un 
 long voyage, et n'aures vous point retrouve avec 
 votre Patrie les ^laux qui vous avoient engage 
 a la quitter ? ^P Robertson est il encore avec 
 vous, ou s'en est il separe pour se reunir aussi a
 
 536 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 ses amis ? Faites lui parvenir, Milord, Texpres- 
 sion de notre souvenir; je dois placer ici celui de 
 Mad. de Stael pour les deux amis. Elle avoit 
 laisse I'ordre a Coppet, en partant pour Paris il 
 y a deux mois, de lui envoyer ses lettres ; sans 
 doute qu'elle n'en a point reyu de vous, puisque 
 M"" Coinder est venu tres souvent ici s'informer 
 de vos nouvelles alin de pouvoir lui en doiier. 
 On la dit en route pour Berlin, oii on ignore si 
 elle passera I'hiver : elle n'a de gout que pour 
 Paris, ou pour Londres ; les deux villes lui sont 
 eoalement interdites. M"" Necker a loue ici un 
 fort bel appartement. Je voudrois que sa fille sut 
 y vivre avec lui et se contenter des ressources 
 que pent lui offrir Geneve ; elle y trouveroit 
 quelques Families etrangeres qui augmenteront 
 encore le mouvement de la Societe. Milady 
 Beverley ne va que pour y conduire ses filles ; 
 elles sont deja habituees a un plus grand theatre, 
 mais leur age et la simplicite qu'on a su allier 
 a leur tres bone education les dispose a jouir de 
 tout ce qui se presente. 
 
 Ces Dames se sont fort li6es a Secheron avec 
 une Russe, Mad. de Koscheloff ; elle a une niece 
 de 17 ans, et en sa faveur elle veut doner beaucoup 
 de bals. Quant a Milord Beverley, s'il n'avoit 
 consulte que son gout il auroit loue une Campagne 
 pour y passer I'hiver ; il craint le froid et ne veut 
 pas sortir. On espere le retour de M"" Percy dans 
 sa Famille ; vous saves qu'il est a Verdun ; je crois 
 que Mad. de Stael s'est fort occupee a Paris des 
 moyens de lui faire sortir. Que vous dirais-je, 
 Milord, de la Societe que vous coiioisies ? Elle 
 ne fournit rien de nouveau et qui puisse vous 
 interesser. Vous n'en etes surement point oublie ; 
 et M"^^ Sellon me parlent tres souvent de vous. 
 Elles se joignent a Moi pour trouver votre silense
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 537 
 
 bien long. Beaucoup dc gens sunt encore a la 
 Campagne ; la soeiete ne sera reunie qu'a la fin 
 de I'anee. Je nc sais si vous vous souvenes d'une 
 Mad. Boutenis que vous aves vue quelques fois, 
 et pour laquelle vous aves bien vous charger d'un 
 petit paquet de linge a I'adresse de son Fils, M"" 
 Boutems. Ce paquet a etc remis par moi «^ 
 votre valet de chambre Anglois. II promit de 
 le remettre a son arrivee a Londres. M"" 
 Boutems va revenir ici et ne I'a point re^u, mais 
 je joindrai a cette lettre I'adresse d'un de ses 
 Parens a qui vous voudres bien, Milord, envoyer 
 le paquet s'il a cte oublie jusqu'a present. Je 
 vous demande niille pardons de vous ennuier a 
 ce sujet. 
 
 Vous me gronderiez, Milord, si je ne vous disois 
 rien de ma sante ; elle est tres bone, et je serois 
 beaucoup plus en etat que ce Printems de courir 
 les Montagues s'il en etoit encore la saison. Je 
 n'ai point pris de remede ; le temps et quelques 
 menagements me rendent journellement tout ce 
 que je puis desirer. Je crains le froid ; nos hivers 
 sont terribles. Mais je ne m'y exposerai pas; 
 mes conoissanccs ont promis de se reunir dies 
 Moi aussi souvent que je le voudrois. Que 
 n'etes vous de la Nombre, Milord ; vous auries 
 moins de plaisir, Mais la vie de ce Pays parois- 
 soit si bien vous convenirque je regrette souvent 
 que vous ayes etc force d'y renoncer — avant d'en 
 avoir tire tout le parti que vous en esperies. 
 Voila M"" de Saussure qui m'oblige de lui ceder 
 la plume ; il veut aussi vous adresser quelques 
 lignes, et ne se fie point a Moi pour tout ce qu'il 
 a a vous dire. 
 
 [Change of handier i ting.] 
 
 Don't be afraid, my dear Lord — I have not 
 
 VOL. II. 14
 
 538 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 many things to tell you, & after this long Mad. 
 de Saussure's epistle, I shall not teaze you any 
 longer, but desire you to present my respectfuU 
 compliments to his Grace, Lord Lome, & the 
 rest of the family. If you are not too much 
 engaged with your military preparations, I 
 should be much obliged to you if you would 
 give me an account of your journey, arrival at 
 Inverary, & des faits et gestes de votre ami 
 Robertson. 
 
 Your escape from Baden, his confinement, 
 would afford ample a matter to a novel, & 
 might employ your leasure at Inverary. Adieu, 
 My dear Lord. Adieu. 
 
 Valeas, valeas — et non amas. 
 
 Geneve, 14 Novemhre [1803]. 
 
 P.S. — Cy joint I'adresse ou Ton vous prie de 
 faire remettre le paquet de linges dont votre 
 valet de chambre s'etoit charge : a Mad^ Achard 
 nee Boutems, Great Ormond Street, Queen 
 Square. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 I do not want to be forgotten by you, my Lord. We 
 heard from Milady Beverley that you had embarked at 
 Housain with the ladies Berry, and that you had arrived safely 
 in London. We imagine you now in Scotland, reunited to 
 your family, and much occupied with your regiment and with 
 your military preparations. May I hope that you will find 
 time to spare a few moments to give me some details of 
 your journey, of your stay in London, and of the life you are 
 leading at present ? If it is natural that in the midst of so 
 many important things you lose sight of your Swiss friends 
 and of the interest you inspired in them, it is not so easy not 
 to think of you, nor to wish eagerly for news of your health. 
 Did it suffer from the effects of the journey ? and did your 
 return to your country cause a return of the suffering which 
 had induced you to leave it ? Is Mr. Robertson still with you ?
 
 MONSIEUR DK SAUSSURE 530 
 
 or has he also rejoined his friends ? Pray remember us to 
 him — I must also here add the same messages from Mme. de 
 SStael for the two friends. She had left directions at Coppet, 
 on leaving for I'aris two months ago, ft>r iier letters to be sent 
 on. Probably she has received none from you, since ^P 
 Coinder has been here often to ask for news of you so as 
 to be able to tell her. She is said to be on her way to Berlin, 
 where we do nut know whether she will spend the winter : 
 she has taste for Paris only, or for London, both cities being 
 equally forbidden to her. M' Xecker has taken a very 
 tine apartment here. 1 wish his daugliter knew how to live 
 with him and could content herself with the resources that 
 Geneva can offer her. She would find a few foreign families 
 who would enliven the society. Milady Beverley only goes 
 out for the sake of her daughters ; they are already accus- 
 tomed to a larger sphere, but their age and their simplicity 
 added to a good education dispose them to enjoy everything. 
 
 These ladies have made great friends at Secheron with a 
 Russian, Mme. de Koscheloff, who has a niece of 17 years old, 
 for whose sake she means to give a number of balls. As to 
 Milord Beverley, had he consulted his own taste, he would 
 have rented a place in the country for the winter. He feels the 
 cold and dislikes going out. They hope for the return of Mr. 
 Percy : you know he is at Verdun.* I believe Mad. de Stael 
 did all she could in Paris to get him out. What shall I tell 
 you, Milord, about the society which you knew ? There is 
 nothing new to interest you. You are certainly not for- 
 gotten ; the Misses Sellon often speak to me about you. 
 They agree with me in thinking your silence a very long one. 
 Many people are still in tlie country : society will not be 
 completely reunited till the end of the year. I wonder if 
 you remember a Mme. Boutems whom you saw sometimes, 
 and for whom you kindly undertook to take over a small packet 
 of linen addressed to her son, M' Boutems. I gave the 
 packet to your valet, who promised to deliver it on arriving 
 in London. M' Boutems is returning here, and he has never 
 received the packet, but I enclose the address of one of his 
 relatives : will you kindly, my Lord, send the packet to him 
 if it has been forgotten up to the present ? A thousand 
 pardons for troubling you on this subject. 
 
 You would scold me, my Lord, if I told you nothing of 
 my own health ; it is very good, and I should be in a far better 
 state than the spring to climb the mountains if it were the 
 
 * He had been arrested by Bonaparte's order.
 
 540 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 season for doing so. I have taken no remedies : time and a 
 few precautions are helping me. I dread the cold ; our winters 
 are terrible. But I will not expose myself, my friends having 
 promised to come to me as often as I wish. Would that 
 you were of the number, my Lord ; it would not be so amusing 
 for you, but the life here seemed to suit you so well that 
 I often regret you were obliged to give it up — before having 
 derived all the benefit you anticipated from it. Here is 
 M' de Saussure obliging me to yield up my pen to him that 
 he may add a few lines ; he does not trust me to say all he 
 wants to say. 
 
 [Change of handioriting.] 
 
 Don't be afraid, my dear Lord— I have not many things to 
 tell you, and after this long Mme. de Saussure's epistle, I shall 
 not tease you any longer, but desire you to present my respect- 
 ful compliments to His Grace, Lord Lome, and the rest of the 
 family. If you are not too much engaged with your military 
 preparations, I should be much obliged to you if you would 
 give an account of your journey, arrival at Inveraray, and 
 of the whereabouts of Mr. Robertson. 
 
 Your escape from Baden, his confinement, would afford 
 ample matter for a novel, and might employ your leisure at 
 Inveraray. Adieu, my dear Lord, adieu. 
 
 Valeas, valeas — et non amas. 
 
 Geneva, lith November [1803]. 
 
 P.S. — Enclosed the address to which you are begged to 
 send the packet of linen which your valet promised to deliver : 
 Madame Achard nee Boutems, Great Ormond Street, Queen's 
 Square. 
 
 M. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Geneve, 24 7* 1804. 
 
 II y a un siecle, nion cher Lord, que nous 
 n'avons recu de vos nouvelles ; tous les jours 
 vos coiioissances et vos amis ni'en demandent 
 et s'etonent de votre silence. Mad. de Stael 
 entre autres, dont vous coiioissez I'activite et la 
 facilite a mettre la main a la plume, se plaint
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 541 
 
 amcrcmcnt dc voiis. Kile me charge (cntrc 
 aiitres choses) de voiis dire, (jue si les maitrcs 
 de ce monde n'y mettoient obstacle, elle iroit a 
 Londres voiis reproeher votrc ingratitude. 
 
 Mais pour eet hyvcr, elle prendra la route dc 
 ritalie. EIlc cmmcne avec elle un Professeur 
 Allemand qui a bcaucoup de eonoissanees, et qui 
 servira d'Instituteur a ses deux fils. Constant 
 ne Taccompagne pas. Elle est encore fort 
 affeetce de la mort de son Pere ; elle regrette en 
 lui un ami, un protecteiu*, un point d'appui, ct 
 elle en sent le besoin. Pcu de gens croient a 
 sa sensibilite, mais quant a moi, elle m'est 
 demontree, et je n'ai jamais doute de la bonte 
 de son coeur. Nous parlous souvent ensemble 
 de vous, mon cher Lord, et nous regrettons les 
 heures que nous avons passe a Copet. 
 
 Ma feme vous a mande dans le temps le 
 mariage de ]M"^ Victoire ; il a surpris tout le 
 monde — on n'imaginoit pas qu'elle put s'acco- 
 moder d'un marri de 50 ans. Mais pour ccux 
 qui conoissoicnt toute sa raison, on a trouve 
 qu'un home de cet age, avec de la naissance, de 
 la fortune et un esprit cultive, pouvoit fort bien 
 lui convenir. II vient dc la conduire a Paris, 
 ou elle passcra Thyver. II nous promct dc nous 
 I'amcner au mois de fcvrier. Du rcste elle vivra 
 dans une belle tcrre a 5 lieues de Turin. Son 
 marri lui arrange un jardin a I'Angloisc, ct cllc 
 est toute occupcc de ce soin. Pour I'aider et la 
 diriger, je lui ai prette I'ouvragc de Price; mais 
 come il ne m'appartient pas, elle me charge de 
 lui en procurer un Excmplaire. Je m'adresse a 
 vous, my Lord, pour cela. En voicy le titre : 
 " An Essay on the picturesque as compared 
 with the Sublime &ca by LTdevald Price Esq"" 
 with addition London Newbond Street 1796."
 
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 Be so good as to send it to me by the first 
 opportunity. 
 
 A propos de mariage, parlez moi done de 
 celui de Robertson ; il nous semble qu'il soit 
 bien hate de prendre des chaines, avec le projet 
 qu'il avoit de voiager come le vSage Ulysse pour 
 conoitre les moeurs et les usages du Continent. 
 Faites lui s.v.p. nos complimens de felicitation, 
 mais dites lui qu'il est engage d'honeur a revenir 
 a la paix, sur les bords du lac de Geneve ; nous 
 avons encore bien des choses a vous faire voir 
 dans notre beau pays, et puisque vous nous en 
 donnez I'esperance, je compte, my Lord, que vous 
 I'amenerez avec vous. 
 
 Lady Beverley a eu la bonte de me doner des 
 nouvelles de my Lord Lome ; dites lui s.v.p. que 
 je suis bien fourni de son souvenir. Pent etre, 
 etes vous dans ce moment cy en Ecosse ; dans 
 ce cas je vous prie de presenter mes homages 
 aux habitans d'Inverary. Si vous en avez une 
 vue je vous prie de I'envoyer a ma feme ; je lui 
 en ai tant de fois parle, qu'elle desire d'en avoir 
 un dessein. J 'en ai vu une gravure (je crois) 
 dans Pennant's tour, mais je suppose que my 
 Lord Due I'aura fait graver et qu'il en aura a 
 sa disposition. Je n'ai point habite ma petite 
 ferme d'Yenex cette annee. Mad. de Saussure 
 ne peut pas s'eloigner de son medecin ; sans 
 avoir de maladie, elle a des maux qui demandent 
 ses soins. Elle est actuellement a Plainpalais 
 dans un jardin ou elle est allee prendre les bains 
 et changer d'air : elle y a porte des livres 
 Anglois et son Dictionaire ; ainsi vous pouvez 
 lui ecrire dans cette langue et compter d'etre 
 entendu. 
 
 Du reste nous n'avons rien de nouveau a vous 
 mander. Lord Beverley et son fils s'arrangent
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 513 
 
 pour passer I'liyver avcc nous. Deux ou trois 
 autres jcuncs Anfrlois y sont aussi en surveillance. 
 Nous avons dcpuis S jours la Duchcsse dc Cour- 
 lande, deux dc scs lilies et une suite tres nom- 
 breuse — avec elle la Uuchesse de Belnionte et 
 ses trois fils. On Icur done dcs soirees et des 
 bals ; aprcs quoi tout cela nous ([uittera pour 
 passer en Italie. Les Russcs nous ont quittc ; 
 au depart de la legation de Paris, ils ont passe 
 en Suisse. Nous somes places yci come dans 
 une lanterne magique : on nous apparoit un 
 instant et puis Ton disparoit. Mais I'on revient 
 quelquefois ; et nous esperons, nion chcr Lord, 
 que vous en aurez I'oceasion et le dcsir. 
 
 Je suis, My Lord, avec tous les sentimens que 
 je vous ai vouc, 
 
 Votrc tr. h. & t. obciss* Servif, 
 
 DE Saussure de Moxgs. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 Geneva, 2ith Sept., 1804. 
 
 It is an age, my dear Lord, since we had news of you ; 
 every day your friends and acquaintances ask for some, and 
 are surprised at your silence. Mme. de Stael among others, 
 of whose activity and facility in putting pen to paper you are 
 aware, complains bitterly of you. She desires me to tell 
 you (among other things), that if the masters of this world 
 did not prevent it she would go to London to reproach you 
 your ingratitude. But during the coming winter she will 
 go to Italy, taking with her a German professor, who knows 
 a good many people there, and who will serve as tutor to her 
 two sons. Constant does not accompany her. She is still 
 much affected by her father's death ; she loses in him a 
 friend, a protector, and a support of which she feels the need. 
 Few people believe in her depth of feeling, but as to me it 
 is apparent, and I have never doubted her kindness of heart. 
 We often talk of you, my dear Lord, together, and regret the 
 hours we spent at C'oppet. 
 
 My wife informed you at the time of ^^lle. Victoire's
 
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 marriage : it was a surprise to every one — one did not suppose 
 that she could have been satisfied with a husband of 50. 
 But those who know her mind consider that a man of his 
 age, with birth, fortune, and a cultivated mind, might suit 
 her very well. He has just taken her to Paris, where she 
 will pass the winter, and he has promised to bring her to us 
 in February. Otherwise she will live on a fine estate 5 leagues 
 from Turin. Her husband is laying out an English garden 
 there for her, and she is quite taken up with this occupation. 
 For her help and guidance I have lent her Price's work ; but 
 as it does not belong to me, she has asked me to procure her 
 a copy, so I am addressing myself to you, my Lord. This is 
 the title : " An Essay on the Picturesque as compared with 
 the Sublime, &ca, by Udevald Price, Esq., with addition, 
 London, New Bond Street, 1796." Be so good as to send it 
 to me by the first opportunitJ^ 
 
 Talking of marriage, do tell me something abovat Robert- 
 son's ; it seems to us he is in a great hurry to take to himself 
 chains, considering his project of travelling like the Sage 
 Ulysses to learn the habits and customs of the Continent. 
 Please present our compliments and congratulations to him, 
 but tell him he has bound himself on his honour to come 
 back here after Peace is declared, on the shores of the lake 
 of Geneva. We have still many things to show you in our 
 beautiful country, and since you give us reason to hope, I 
 trust, my Lord, that you will bring him with you. 
 
 Lady Beverley kindly gave me news of Lord Lome ; tell 
 him please that he is very much in my thoughts. Perhaps 
 at this time you may be in Scotland, in which case I 
 will pray you to present my homage to the inhabitants of 
 Inveraray. If you should have a view of it I beg of you to 
 send it to my wife ; I have spoken so much to her about 
 the place that she is anxious to have a drawing of it. I 
 have seen an engraving of it, I think, in Pennant's Tour, 
 but I suppose my Lord Duke will have had it engraved and 
 will have some to dispose of ? I have not stayed at my 
 little farm at Yenex this j-ear. Mme. de Saussure cannot go 
 far away from her doctor : without being actually ill, she 
 requires care. She is at present at Plainpalais in a garden 
 where she has gone to take the baths and to get change of 
 air : she has taken English books there and her dictionary, 
 so you may write to her in that language and be certain of 
 being understood. 
 
 Besides this, there is nothing new to tell you. Lord Beverley
 
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 and his son are arranging to pass the winter with us. Two or 
 three other young Engli.shin(>n are also under surveillance here. 
 Since the last wei^k we hav(^ the Duchess of Cowrlandf, two of 
 her daugliters, and a very nuincnnis suite, and with her arc 
 the Duchess of Belmonte and her tliree sons. Balls and parties 
 are being given for them, after which all these will leave and 
 pass on to Italy. The Russians have left us ; on the departure 
 of the Legation from Paris they went on to (Switzerland. 
 We are situated here as in a magic lantern : people appear 
 to us for an instant and disappear again. ]5ut they reappear 
 sometimes, and we hope, nu' dear Lord, that you will have 
 the opportunity and the wish to do so. 
 
 I remain, my Lord, with all the sentiments that I have 
 already professed, 
 
 Your very humble and very obedient servant, 
 
 DE Saussure de Mongs. 
 
 Note. — Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), orator and 
 writer ; a lover of Madame Recamier ; attacked Bona- 
 parte, 1803, in the Senate, afterwards reconciled to him ; 
 became a mystic and devil-worshipper. His thwarted 
 ambition to become a member of the Academy hastened 
 his death. 
 
 M. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Geneve, 28 Mai, 1805. 
 
 J'ai attendu, My Lord, asses longtemps line 
 lettre de votre part pour que je sois en droit de 
 vous tcmoigner quelque inquietude de ne point 
 en recevoir. Enfin il y a 15 jours je re^us avis 
 de Mes. J. G. Abegg d'Emden qu'ils venoient 
 d'expcdicr une Caissette a mon adresse. Je 
 supposai tout de suite qu'elle venoit de votre 
 part, et qu'elle eontenoit les livres que je vous 
 avois demandc pour Mad. Victoire. La eais- 
 sette est arrivee a bon port, je vous en accuse la 
 reception ; niais souffres, My Lord, que je me 
 plaigne de votre silence. II est sans doute fort 
 beau de se rapeller au souvenir d'une belle
 
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 Dame en lui off rant de beaux livres ; ma is il 
 faut quelque chose de plus a votre vieux ami. 
 Je ne suis point tellement rassure sur votre 
 sante pour ne pas desirer d'etre informe de tout 
 ce qui la concerne. Apres cela j'aimerois a 
 savoir si vous aves pu vous rendre a Londres 
 pour les Seances du Parlement, si My Lord Lome 
 vous y a precede ; si vous aves laisse My Lord 
 Due en bone sante a Inverary, si Lady Augusta, 
 si la belle Lady Charlotte y sont aussi. 
 
 Je voudrois apprendre de vous coment M"" 
 Robertson se trouve dans le Saint etat du 
 Mariage ; s'il a abandone ses projets de voiage 
 pour se perfectioner dans I'art qu'il exeryoit — ou 
 si, digne fils de son Pere, il se borne a cultiver 
 ses domain es et a procreer des Enfans. Je 
 voudrois enfm vous demander, si nous n'avons 
 aucun espoir de terminer cette lutte funeste qui 
 tient deux grand es nations en cohue, et toutes 
 les autres petites en suspens et en souffrance. 
 Vous voies, My Lord, what a number of topicks 
 of private & public interest j'ai a traiter avec 
 vous, et combien votre silence m'est penible. 
 
 A present je veux vous dire un mot de vos 
 amis de Geneve. Madame de Stael poursuit 
 avec succes son voiage d'ltalie. Elle reviendra 
 passer I'automne a Copet. Mad. Recamier lui 
 avoit annonce sa visite pour ce moment la, mais 
 on n'en parle plus dans ce moment. Victoire, 
 la belle Victoire, est actuellement en proces avec 
 son marri. Elle plaide en separation M"" de la 
 Turbie, pour cause de sevices, mauvais traite- 
 mens &ca. On dit que ce monstre I'a frappee, 
 menacee, epouvantee au point de I'engager a 
 fuir de sa maison et a chereher un refuge ches 
 Mad« de Cavour. Tout le monde a Turin a pris 
 parti pour elle; la Cour, la ville, chacun s'y
 
 MONSIEUR dp: SAUSSURE 547 
 
 interesse : voiis penscs bien, My Lord, combien 
 nous avons etc touchc dc son sort. On espere 
 que les Tribuneaux lui rendront bone justice, et 
 que dans 3 mois ellc sera rcndue a sa famille et 
 a ses amis. Je lui prcscnterai a son arrivee le 
 Cadeau que vous lui destines. Quand je vous 
 demandai ces livres pour cllc, die ctoit alors 
 dans les Terrcs de son Marri, qui plantoit, qui 
 arrangcoit un jardin Anglois, et qui prctendoit 
 n'etre occupe d'aucun autre soin que celui 
 d'embellir sa dcmcurc. Le jeune Sellon est 
 alle joindre sa soeur des le moment que I'affaire 
 a eclate, et il est encore a Turin. Sa soeur 
 Adele, marrice depuis peu a M*" de Cavour, 
 vient de partir aussi pour cette ville. Victoire 
 se trouvera de cette manicre au milieu des siens 
 dans le moment ou elle a besoin de tons les 
 secours et de toutes les consolations de I'amitie. 
 Son Pere a ete extrememcnt affectc de son 
 malheur ; nous le trouvons affairre, vieilli. II 
 ne lui reste dans ce moment que sa fille cadette 
 M"^ Henriette, qui le soutient par son courage 
 et par sa raison. Cette jeune persone que son 
 avis distingue interesse tout le monde par sa 
 conduite. 
 
 Pour nous. My Lord, nous avons ete les 
 premieres victimcs de la guerre. Les vaisseaux 
 qui avoient charge pour notre compte a Surinam 
 les denrees que nous avions en magasin ont etc 
 captures. C'est pour la seconde fois que nous 
 cprouvons cette perte. En 1794 nous plaidamcs 
 en reclamation en notre qualite de Suisses et 
 nous obtinmcs a redress : actuellement nous 
 n'avons pas nicme cette ressource. 
 
 Cette circonstance, jointe a la faible sante de 
 ma feme qui la retient a Geneve, m'est engage 
 a vendre ma campagne ; de cette manicre me
 
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 voicy tout a fait Citadon. Nous ferons quelques 
 courses et des visites a nos amis ; voila a quoi 
 se bornera notre Ete. 
 
 Nous avons eu un temps deplorable, un hyver 
 sans fin ; nous comptons six mois de pluie ou de 
 neiges : cela est sans exemple dans notre pays. 
 Nous n 'avons pas encore cesse de faire du feu 
 dans nos appartemens ! Aves vous eu aussi une 
 intcmperie ? Cela ne convient point a de 
 faibles santes : rassures moi, my Lord, sur la 
 votre, et comptes sur I'interet que vous nous 
 aves inspire. Ma feme pretend que vous lui 
 deves une reponse ; songes done a vous aquitter 
 envers le marri et envers la feme, car tous les 
 deux ont des claim sur vous. 
 
 P.S. — Oseroi je vous prier de presenter mes 
 respects a My Lady Beverley. Je vois souvent 
 My Lord et M" Percy ; tous les deux se portent 
 bien, et nous font esperer une visite de My Lady 
 et de ses deux filles. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 Geneva, 2Sfh May, 1805. 
 
 I have waited long enough for a letter from you, my 
 Lord, to justify me in feeling a certain amount of anxiety 
 at not receiving any. Well, a fortnight ago, I received a 
 notice from Messrs. J. G. Abegg of Emden, saying they 
 had just sent a small case to my address. I supposed at 
 once that it came from you, and 'contained the books I had 
 asked you about for Mme. Victoire. The case arrived quite 
 safely, and I hereby acknowledge its receipt ; but allow me, 
 my Lord, to complain of your silence. No doubt it is a 
 tine thing to recall one's self to the memory of a beautiful 
 lady by offering her handsome books, but that does not 
 satisfy an old friend. I am not reassured enough about 
 your health as not to wish to know all you can tell me con- 
 cerning It. After that I should like to know whether vou 
 were able to be in London for the Parliamentary Session,
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 549 
 
 wliother Lord Lome ])r(:ct'ck'd you tlu-re, whether you left 
 my Lord Duke in good health at Inveraray, whether Lady 
 Augusta and the beautiful Lady Charlotte are there also. 
 
 I would like to hear from you how Mr. Robertson prospers 
 in the holy state of matrimony ; whether he has abandoned 
 his idea of travelling for the purpose of ])erfeeting himself 
 in his art — or whether, worthy son of his father, he will 
 content himself with cultivating his lands and rearing cliildren. 
 Lastly, I shoukl like to ask you wiiether LJuru is no chanco 
 of terminating this deadly contest, which kee[)s two great 
 nations in a state of turmoil, and all the other little ones in a 
 state of suspense and suffering. You see, my JAnd, " what a 
 number of topicks of privati' & public interest " I have to 
 discuss with you, and how painful your silence is therefore 
 to me. 
 
 Now I must say a few words about your friends at Geneva. 
 Mme. de titael j)ursues her travels in Italy with success. She 
 will return for the autumn to Coppet. Mme. Recamier had 
 announced her intention of visiting her at that season, but 
 the matter seems to have dropped at present. Vietoire, 
 beautiful Victoiie, has actually gone to law with her husband. 
 She pleads for a separation from M' de la Turbie, on the 
 score of his vices, ill-treatment, etc. It is said that tho 
 monster has struck her, threatened, and terrified her to such 
 a degree as to cause her to tiy from liis house and seek refuge 
 with Mme. de Cavour, Everybody in Turin has sided with 
 her ; the Court, the town, every one is taking an interest in 
 the case : you can well imagine, my Lord, how much we 
 are touched by her fate. It is hoped that the Tribunals m ill 
 deal justly with her, and that in three months she will be back 
 among her family and friends. I shall hand over your present 
 to her on her arrival. When I asked you for these books 
 for her, she was on her husband's property ; he was planting 
 and designing an English garden for her, pretending to have 
 no other thought than of beautifying her home. Young 
 Sellon went to rejoin his sister as soon as the crisis came, 
 and he is still at Tuiin. Her sister Adele, married recently 
 to M' de Cavour, has also left for that town ; so that in 
 this manner Vietoire will find herself among her friends at 
 the time when she needs help and consolation. Her father is 
 much atfected by her trouble ; we find him preoccupied and 
 aged. Only his younger daughter, Mile. Henriette, is left 
 him now, who sustains him with her courage and good sense. 
 This young person interests eva^y one by her conduct.
 
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 As for us, my Lord, we were the first victims of the war. 
 The vessels chartered by us for Surinam, the goods which 
 we had in store, have been captured. It is the second time 
 we have suffered this loss. In 1794 we appealed for damages 
 on the ground that we were Swiss, and we obtained redress : 
 but now we have not that resource. 
 
 This circumstance, added to the feeble health of my wife, 
 which keeps her at Geneva, decided me to sell my country 
 place, and I am now entirely a town-bird. We shall pay a 
 few visits to friends, and that is all our summer will consist of. 
 
 We have had deplorable weather, an endless winter, six 
 months of rain or snow : this is without precedent in our 
 country. We still have fires in our apartments ! Have 
 you also suffered from bad weather ? It does not suit feeble 
 healths : reassure me, my Lord, about yours, and rest assured 
 of the interest you have mspired in me. My wife will have 
 it that you owe her an answer ; therefore do not fail to acquit 
 yourself to both husband and wife, for both have a claim on 
 you ! 
 
 P.S. — Dare I ask you to present my respects to Lady 
 Beverley ? I often see my Lord and Mrs. Percy ; both are 
 well, and we hope for a visit from My Lady and her two 
 daushters. 
 
 'O' 
 
 M. et Mme. de Saussure to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 J'ai ^t6 si touch6e de votre lettre, Milord, elle 
 m'a fait tant de plaisir que mon intention etoit 
 d'y repondre tres promptement. Mais I'ayant 
 re9ue la veille de mon depart pour Neufchatel, 
 il ne me restoit aucun moment a vous doiier, et 
 arrivee aupres de mes Amis on ne m'a pas 
 laissee plus de loisir. II a done falu revenir a 
 Geneve, et faire mille autre choses encore avant 
 de vous dire, Milord, que bien loin de vous 
 oublier, nous conservons, M^ de Saussure et Moi, 
 le plus tendre souvenir de vous. Votre Sante 
 nous interesse vivement, et nous formons deja 
 mille projets agreables pour votre retour. Vous 
 nous trouveres a Geneve, et loges de maniere,
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 551 
 
 j'espere, a pouvoir vivre encore sous le meme 
 toit que vous. 
 
 M"" Robertson est bien eloigne de penser encore 
 a nous, et de desircr de revoir ee Pays et ses 
 conoissances. Le voila cleve dans toutes les 
 dignites, et bientot un des plus riches particuliers 
 de TEcosse. Avcc tant daventages on pouroit 
 oublier jusqu'a I'auteur de Delphine * ; du reste 
 Mad. de St. n'est pas restee en arriere, et les 
 allees du pare de Copet ont vu deslors d'autres 
 touchans adieux. Vous saves pent etre dcja, 
 Milord, qu'elle a passe I'hiver a Geneve, que 
 sa Cour etoit brillante, et qu'elle a joue la 
 tragedie d'une maniere distinguee. Elle nous 
 a fait oublier dans le role de Pliedre qu'elle n'a 
 n'y beaute, ni noblesse ; un organe enchanteur, 
 une sensibilite vraie, et beaueoup de nature ont 
 charmes tons les Spectateurs. Deux elegans 
 Parisien et le fils de notre Prefet ont ete les 
 principeaux acteurs. Ce dernier plein d'esprit 
 et de conoissance, quoique sans talent pour le 
 theatre, et meme sans figure, a fait sur elle une 
 grande impression. 
 
 Le printems a disperse toute cette Societe. 
 M"" de Barante est parti pour Paris ; la Barone 
 p"" Copet, d'oii appres quelques jours de receuille- 
 ment elle est revenue ici passer 24 heures 
 avant de prendre la route de Lions d'Auxere, 
 p*"® vous saves qu'il ne lui est pas permis f 
 d'aller a Paris ; il faut rester a 40 lieux de la 
 Capitalle ou se rcunissent tous ses gouts et 
 toutes ses affections. Cet exil, qui me semble 
 bien injuste, gate le sort de Mad. de St., et cette 
 feme celebre, douee de tous les talens, est beau- 
 coup moins heureuse qu'une autre. Appres un 
 
 * Madame de Stael. 
 f By Bonaparte.
 
 552 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 tel exemple, qui ne seroit pas console de la 
 Mediocrite ? 
 
 Parlous appresent de Mad. de la Turbie, 
 c'est ne point quitter, Milord, le cercle de vos 
 conoissances et celui de vos amis. Sa situation 
 est tou jours la meme ; elle vit a Turin ches sa 
 Soeur Adelle, qui a epouse il y a une anee un 
 jeune M'' de Cavour que vous aures pent etre 
 su dans votre Sejour a Geneve. Le Mariage fait 
 sous de plus heureux auspices consolle Mad. de 
 la Turbie dans ses malheurs, obligee de resider 
 a Turin a cause de son Proces qui n'est point 
 termine ; il doit lui etre fort douce de vivre avec 
 une ScEur et au milieu d'une seconde famille. 
 M"" de la Turbie, qu'il ne faudroit nomer qu'un 
 monstre, ajoute a tous les Maux qu'il a deja fait 
 celui d'en appeller a tous les incidens, et de 
 faire par consequent trainer en longueur une 
 separation que les loix ne peuvent pas refuser ; 
 mais le changement de Religion de Mad. de la 
 T. rend le divorce impossible. Auries vous 
 pense, Milord, que le sort de cette aimable et 
 charmante Victoire devint en si peu de temps 
 aussi infortune ? et ne partages vous pas tout 
 le chagrin que cela nous cause ? Elle a charge 
 M"" de Saussure de lui garder votre livre, et de 
 vous en faire parvenir ses remerciements. M"® 
 Henriette, la cadette des 3 Soeurs, n'est pas 
 mariee ; elle vit toujours ici avec son Pere, fort 
 change et fort affaibli. Le Frere est a Paris 
 depuis quelques Mois. M"^ Amelie Fabry est 
 aussi telle que vous I'aves laissee, a I'exception 
 de sa sante, qui devient toujours plus delicate. 
 Mad. Rellict Habert n'a point joue la Comedie 
 avec Mad. de Stael ; sa sante et son Mary s'y 
 sont opposes. 
 
 Voila, Milord, un mot sur les persones dont
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 008 
 
 vous dcves voiis souvenir le micux — et qui 
 vous reveront ici avec le plus grand plaisir si 
 vous voules avec le temps acheter une petite 
 Campagne dans Ics environs de Geneve ; nous 
 nous amuserons d'avance a la choisir : je crains 
 seulement quo vous ne trouvies rien ici d'asscs 
 champctrc ; dites moi a pcu prcs qu'il scroit 
 votre gout. Epcncn apparticnt apprcsent a 
 Mad. Uonat, la plus l:)ellc Feme de cc Pays, 
 et nous passons actucllemcnt toute Tanee a 
 la ville. II n'y a plus que des projets pour 
 varier mon existence — celui de I'ltalie me tient 
 toujours au Ca?ur. Vcnes, iNIilord, nous yrons 
 avec vous ? Voila Saussure qui demande la 
 plume, et qui m'enleve le plaisir de vous parler 
 encore de votre Famille; je vous remercie de 
 tout ce que vous aves bien voulu m'en dire. 
 Adieu, ^Milord ; songes que je serai jalouse si 
 vous ccrives plus a M'" de Saussure qu'a Moi. 
 
 [Change of handwriting.^ 
 
 Mad. de Saussure a epuisc tous les sujets de 
 Soeicte qui peuvent vous interesser yci, my 
 dear Lord, et emploic presque tout mon papier ; 
 mais il m'en reste asses pour vous entretenir de 
 ce qui me touch e le plus : vous penses bien que 
 je veux parler d'Inverary et de tous ses habitans. 
 Prcsentes au patriarch e de ce Chateau, a votre 
 respectable Pere, mes voeux et mon homage. 
 Ne m'oublies pas aupres de vos interessantes 
 Soeurs. Dites au Marquis de Lome que son 
 vieux ami lui prepare depuis bien des annees un 
 compliment de felicitation pour un evenement 
 qu'il renvoie toujoiu's, et qu'il renvoie trop au 
 gre de tous ecux qui I'aiment. Et vous, My Lord, 
 maintenes vous dans la disposition favorable que 
 vous aves pour nous, et des que les circonstances 
 
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 554 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 vous le permettront, revenes sur les bords de 
 notre beau lac, et raproches vous d'amis qui 
 vous sont bien devoues. 
 
 Remember me kindly to M'" Robertson ; nous 
 nous somes rejoui de son mariage, et de la 
 fortune qu'il lui promet. Je suis, My Lord, avec 
 un entier devouement, V. t. h. s. 
 
 DE Saussure de Mongs. 
 
 Geneve, 18 Avril, 1806. 
 
 P.S. — Je joins yci une lettre que Mad^ de 
 Stael m'a envoiee pour vous. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 I was so touched by your letter, my Lord, and it gave 
 me so much pleasure that I intended to reply to it very 
 promptly. But having received it the eve of my departure 
 for Neufchatel, I could not spare a moment for you, and 
 once with my friends they gave me no leisure. I have had 
 then to return to Geneva and to do a thousand things before 
 being able to assure you again, my dear Lord, that M. de 
 Saussure and I preserve the tenderest recollections of you. 
 We are much concerned for your health, and we have already 
 formed a thousand pleasant plans for your return. You 
 will find us at Geneva, and in such fashion that I hope we 
 shall be able to live under the same roof as you. 
 
 Mr. Robertson seems to have forgotten all about us and 
 his desire to see this country and his friends again. Now 
 he is high up in the world, and one of the richest private 
 persons in Scotland. With such advantages one might 
 forget even the author of " Delphine " ; for that matter, Mme. 
 de Stael is hardly behindhand, for the walks in the park of 
 Coppet have been the scene of other touching adieux, since. 
 You know already, my Lord, that she has spent the winter 
 at Geneva, that her court has been brilliant, and that 
 she has distinguished herself as a tragedian. In the role 
 of Phffidra she has made us forget that she has neither 
 beauty nor nobihty : an enchanting voice, real sensibility, 
 and much genuine nature charmed all the spectators. Two
 
 MONSIEUR DE SAUSSURE 
 
 Oiy.i 
 
 Parisian elegants and the son of our Prefect were the prin- 
 cipal actors. The last-named, full of wit and knowledge, 
 although without talent or appearance for the theatre, has 
 made a deep impression on her. 
 
 kSpring has broken up our society. M. de Barante has 
 loft for Paris ; the Baroness to Coppet, whence after some 
 days of retirement she returned to spend 24 hours here 
 before taking the road from Lyons to Auxorrc, because, 
 you know, she is nc^t allowed to go to Paris ; she must 
 remain 40 leagues from the capital which comprises all her 
 inclinations and affections. This exile, which seems to me 
 most unjust, embitters the lot of Mme. de Stael, and this 
 famous woman, endowed with all the talents, is much less 
 happy than others. With such an example, who would 
 not be content with mediocrity ? 
 
 We will speak at present of Mme. de la Turbie ; that will 
 be keeping inside the circle, my Lord, of your friends and 
 acquaintances. Her situation remains the same ; she lives 
 at Turin with her sister Adelle, AA'ho a year ago married a 
 young M. de Cavour, whom you perhaps knew during your 
 stay at Geneva. This marriage made under the happiest 
 auspices consoles Mme. de la Turbie in her misfortunes, 
 obliged to remain at Turin on account of her lawsuit which 
 is not ended ; it must be nice for her to live with a sister 
 and in the micLst of a second family. M. de la Turbie, whom 
 one can only call a monster, in addition to the harm he has 
 already done, raises all possible difficulties, and seeks to 
 prolong the proceedings for a separation which the law cannot 
 refuse. But Mme. de la Turbie's change of religion renders 
 a divorce impossible. Would you ever have dreamt, my 
 Lord, that the lot of the amiable and charming Victoire 
 would become in so short a time so hapless ? and do you 
 not share all the sorrow this causes her ? She has told 
 M. de Saussure to keep your book for her, and to thank 
 you for it. Mile. Henriette, the youngest of the three sisters, 
 is not married. She remains here with her father, who is 
 very changed and much enfeebled. The brother has been 
 some months at Paris. Mile. Amelie Fabry remains much 
 the same as M-hen you left her, except as regards her health, 
 which becomes every day more delicate. Mme. Rellict 
 Habert has not acted in the comedy with Mme. de Stael ; 
 her health and her husband were against it. 
 
 There, my Lord, you have a word or two about the people 
 you ought to remember best, and who will see you return
 
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 here with the greatest pleasure if you care to buy a Httle 
 country place in the neighbourhood of Geneva ; it will amuse 
 us in the meantime to choose it for you : I fear only that 
 you may not find anything here sufficiently rural ; tell me 
 as nearly as possible what you would fancy. Epenen belongs 
 at present to Mme. Donat, the most beautiful woman in 
 the country, and we spend the whole year in town. There 
 are nothing but projects for varying my existence — that of 
 Italy is dearest to me. Come, my Lord, Ave will go with 
 you ? But here is Saussure who demands my pen, and 
 deprives me of the pleasure of speaking of your family. I 
 thank you for all that you have told me about them. Fare- 
 well, my Lord : remember that I shall be jealous if you 
 write more to M. de Saussure than to me. 
 
 [Chayuje of handwriting.] 
 
 Mme. de Saussure has exhausted all the society topics 
 which could interest you here, my Lord, and has used nearly 
 all my paper, but enough remains for me to talk to you 
 about that which interests me the most : you will guess that 
 I mean Inveraray and all its inhabitants. Offer to the 
 patriarch of that castle, your respected father, my com- 
 pliments and my homage. Do not forget to offer my re- 
 spects to your interesting sisters. Tell the Marquis of Lome 
 that his old friend has long prepared for him a special 
 act of congratulation for an event which he always puts 
 off, and puts off too long in the opinion of those who love him. 
 And you, my Lord, persevere in the kindly feeling you have 
 for us, and as soon as circumstances permit, return to the 
 shores of our beautiful lake, and be amongst the friends who 
 are so devoted to you. 
 
 Remember me kindly to Mr. Robertson, We rejoiced to 
 hear of his marriage and the fortune that it promises. I 
 am, my Lord, 
 
 Yours, etc., 
 
 DE Saussure de Mongs. 
 
 Geneva, 18 April, 1806. 
 
 P.S. — I enclose a letter which Mme. de Stael has sent me 
 for you.
 
 p. 556] 
 
 3IMK. 1)K STAKI,
 
 LETTERS OF MADAME DE STAEL 
 
 1803 
 
 Madame de Stael was Anne Louise Germaine 
 Necker, the only daughter of the Minister of 
 Finanee under Louis XVI. He was a Swiss 
 banker with a charming property at Coppet on 
 the Lake of Geneva, a place which became the 
 home of his daughter during the long years 
 when she deplored her hard fate in being 
 banished from Paris. But only Parisians can 
 have thought she was unfortunate in having 
 to leave France, for a pleasanter existence than 
 that led by her at Coppet it is difficult to imagine. 
 At Geneva and at Coppet there was often the 
 best Parisian societv, and much which came 
 from England, from Sweden, from Germany — 
 indeed much of every kind disliking the domin- 
 ance of the Revolution, and afterwards that of 
 Bonaparte. But the child is mother to the 
 woman, and her vouth had known much of 
 France. She had married the Swedish Am- 
 bassador accredited to the French Government, 
 a man much older than herself. Baron de Stael- 
 Holstein. She showed great courage and spirit 
 at the commencement of the Revolution, writing 
 in favour of the Queen Marie Antoinette, and 
 making herself so well known that it was wonder- 
 ful she was not arrested before she effected her 
 escape in 1792. It was after this that Coppet 
 
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 became the meeting-place of so many of the 
 Emigres, as the partisans of the ancien regime 
 banished from French soil were called. 
 
 My grandfather, Lord John Campbell, a 
 Member of Parliament and ex-officer of the 
 Guards, was one of the British tourists who 
 had a narrow escape from the treachery of 
 Napoleon, who, in a time of peace between the 
 British and French Governments, suddenly 
 ordered the arrest of all well-known Englishmen 
 travelling in France. Fortunately he was near 
 the frontier, and received friendly warning. 
 This enabled him to reach the house of an old 
 lady who had been a governess in his family. 
 She was quite astute enough to outwit the 
 police agents, and getting Lord John to put on 
 one of her dresses, she hurried him into a wood, 
 concealing him so well that at night she was 
 able to furnish him with a guide, who brought 
 him safely over the boundary-line. He was 
 constantly the guest of Madame de Stael, and 
 her frequent correspondent when he was in 
 England. Her hero in her novel " Corinne " 
 was recognised by his friends as a "variation" 
 of Lord John. 
 
 It is amusing, in Madame de Stael's parody 
 rather than description of the character of 
 Lord John Campbell in Lord Nelville, to trace 
 the likenesses and the exaggeration. Though she 
 represents him as incHned to be consumptive, and 
 therefore advised by the doctors to go South, 
 she says that he took with him a Scottish 
 horse, which, accustomed to gallop in scaling 
 the mountains, was able to do this also in 
 the Tyrol, its master disdaining the high-roads 
 to pass along the steepest paths. The peasants 
 looked on with affright, then clapped their 
 
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 hands with admiration at the address of the 
 horse and rider, and marvelled at his Lordship's 
 agility and courage. 
 
 I give an illustration of this redoubtable 
 rider, not on horseback, but as an officer of 
 the Guard on the Parade at ^Vhitehall, with 
 the towers of Westminster Abbey in the back- 
 ground. This is from a drawing by Edridge, 
 and represents him as he appeared to the eyes 
 of Madame de Stacl when as a young man he 
 made her acquaintance in Switzerland. She 
 makes her heroine in her novel " Corinne " visit 
 Scotland, but her descriptions are so general 
 that they have no special character, and it is 
 doubtful if she ever visited the Chateau of her 
 Lord Nelville. He inspired Corinne with a 
 sentiment of respect which she had not felt 
 for a long while. No one spirit, however dis- 
 tinguished it micrht be, could astonish her. 
 But his loftiness and dignitv of character made 
 a great impression on her. Lord Nelville com- 
 bined with these qualities a nobility of expression, 
 an elegance in the most minute actions of life, 
 which contrasted strongly with the carelessness 
 and familiarity of the manners of the greater part 
 of the great lords in Paris. 
 
 " Corinne " was a novel famous in its day, 
 wherein Madame de Stael gave an imaginary 
 likeness of herself as a glorious literary Being, 
 acclaimed as a marvel, and receiving the homage 
 of the Romans and of the inhabitants of other 
 cities, on account of the fame which followed 
 her as a wonderful writer. She writes much of 
 another character, almost as ideal as her heroine, 
 describing a young Scottish Noble, around whom 
 she throws a bright haze of romance lit with 
 the sympathy of her own kindred and loving
 
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 soul, as shown forth in Corinne. It is all " in 
 excelsis." She is marvellous because receptive 
 of all the raptures and roses of human love and 
 popular admiration. He is romantic as coming 
 from the Highlands, a country then supposed 
 to be filled with walking embodiments of the 
 tremendous spectres of Ossian, whom Napoleon 
 loved and Madame de Stael very rightly judged 
 to be very monotonous personages. She could 
 never agree with Napoleon — he was her Hate. 
 Lord John was her platonic Love. But she had 
 others, and eventually married a young ofhcer 
 named Rocca, young enough to have been her 
 son. 
 
 These letters only reach to the year 1804, and 
 most of them were written in 1803. It is curious 
 to remember that her influence had been power- 
 ful enough at Paris to get Talleyrand recalled 
 from his exile in America. The Baron, her 
 husband, died in 1802. She used to seal her 
 letters with a seal bearing his coronet with a 
 cipher of her own initials beneath. Napoleon 
 disliked her because she meddled in politics, 
 and he was not a women-suffrage man. His 
 spies told him that she had given false informa- 
 tion for political ends. She was first told she 
 must not come within 40 leagues of Paris. 
 Finally she was commanded by the Emperor 
 never to move more than two leagues awav from 
 Coppet. She took advantage of his captivity 
 at Elba to go to Paris. As soon as he landed 
 at Frejus to commence the Hundred Days' reign 
 she fled. She reappeared at Paris after Waterloo. 
 She had angered the Emperor by getting away 
 in 1812 to Russia and Stockholm. In 1804 
 her father died, so that when the last of this 
 correspondence was sent to England she was in
 
 
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 possession ol' all the old banker's property, and 
 could afford to exereise the lavisli hospitality 
 for which she was famous. The men and women 
 she saw at her own house gave her '' characters " 
 to be introduced into her works of imagination, 
 and one of those she had most opportunity of 
 studying and admiring was the *' jeune Lord 
 ecossais oi Cormne. 
 
 The life of the " Emigres " at Coppet must 
 liave been one full of interest. The post would 
 constantly briufj more and more alarmino- tidiuf^s 
 of the career of the stranire Corsican soldier who 
 had 
 
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 " Caught the fair Repubhc by hor back-blown hair, 
 And stayed her course, and freedom in a thousand lands," 
 
 as Swinburne savs. Thev would hear from the 
 British guardsman who had so narrowly escaped 
 " the Corsican Ogre " how, just before the 
 attempt to arrest him, he had been present at 
 a Levee at the Tuileries, and seen Napoleon as 
 he made the circle of his guests, and had been 
 presented to the great little man, *' of thin face, 
 prominent nose, large grey eyes, and short 
 gaunt figure." There at Coppet men of all 
 professions came, literary men who had taken 
 part in the word-warfare of the troubled time, 
 soldiers obliged to seek repose from fever or 
 wounds, men of science glad to have a word with 
 de Saussure fils, and to speak with him of his 
 father's triumphs over the white peaks of Rosa 
 and gleaming dome of Mont Blanc, and listen to 
 him and Italian guests speculating on the causes 
 of the eruptions of Vesuvius and Stromboli and 
 Etna, and comparing notes on geology, then in 
 the infancy of its science, and the evidences 
 given by its lavas and granites and pumice of
 
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 the overthrow of an old world by the forces 
 of fire, in comparison with which the warfare of 
 Napoleon beyond the white Alpine barriers was 
 a momentary and hardly discernible spark, 
 leaving no mark on the eternal rocks, though 
 so striking to the minds of men. And then, like 
 Boccaccio's company in the beautiful garden at 
 Florence in the time of the Plague, they could 
 forget all the horrors of subjugated kingdoms, 
 and the legions of dead and wounded in the 
 battles, and speak of the lighter dramas of 
 the stage, the characters in the last novel, or 
 the last poem or music that had made peaceful 
 conquest in Italy, Germany, or Britain. 
 
 It was said of the central star of this society 
 at Geneva that Anne Louise always remained 
 young and that she had never been a child. 
 But she loved to speak of her young days. The 
 dramatic instinct showed itself even in her toys. 
 She would cut out little fio-ures of Kings and 
 Queens, each in differently coloured paper, and 
 recite for them the speeches she imagined each 
 would have made in life. Her mother had 
 strict ideas, and would not allow such theatrical 
 games. But Louise went on doing it when sure 
 not to be found out. When she was ten years 
 of age the great English historian Gibbon, who 
 wrote much of his book at Berne, visited Coppet, 
 and her father, Necker, praising him, the little girl 
 said she would marrv Gibbon so that her beloved 
 Papa might enjoy yet more of his company and 
 conversation ! At fifteen she wrote a " Summary 
 of the Spirit of Laws," which astonished the 
 literary friends of her father. She wrote also 
 plays. Very emotional, she was in danger of 
 suflering in health from the woes and joys of 
 the creatures of her own imagination. She
 
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 loved France. Queen Marie Antoinette, having 
 made M. Necker's acquaintance while he was yet 
 a poor man, persuaded Gustavus the Third of 
 Sweden to nominate de Stacl as his Ambassador 
 at her Court on the condition he would marry 
 Louise Necker. She was married to him when 
 twenty years of age. The young bride was so 
 occupied with her own thouglits that she w'as 
 absent-minded about dress, forgot to curtsey 
 at the Tuileries, and even left her bonnet in the 
 carriage Avhen she went one day to visit a great 
 lady of the Court. 
 
 A great literary success came with the publi- 
 cation of " Letters on Jean Jacques Rousseau." 
 Then came the bright and many years passed 
 close to the blue waters of Lake Leman in the 
 charming house which remains as when she 
 lived there. After her mother's death, letter on 
 letter, work on work, from her pen appeared. 
 It was said that her novel *'Delphine," which 
 appeared in 180*2, represented herself in reality, 
 while the other novel, *' Corinne," represented 
 herself idealised. Her father, Necker, also 
 offended Napoleon, who called the father " un 
 Regent de College bien lourd et bien boursoufle." 
 His daughter called the tyrant " Robespierre a 
 cheval." *' Corinne " was written after Necker's 
 death. Excursions were made into France, but 
 she w^as always compelled to retrace her steps. 
 Even at Geneva her luggage was searched, and 
 she w^as made to feel that her enemy Napoleon's 
 influence could reach her. The Prefect told her 
 that, if she w^ould write something to celebrate 
 the birth of Napoleon's child (styled the King 
 of Rome), it would be possible for the Genevan 
 Government to favour her in manv w'avs. 
 " What can I say ? " she replied. " Do you
 
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 wish me to say all that is possible to say ? I 
 will say, I wish him a good wet-nurse ! " He 
 persisted saying that by writing a few pages 
 the money of Napoleon's treasury would be made 
 to flow towards her. But she only answered, " I 
 knew that a certificate is necessary to touch a 
 salary, but I did not know that one had to give 
 a declaration of love." 
 
 Madame d'Arblay mentions Madame de 
 Stael's admirable conduct in exerting herself 
 for the liberation of the prisoners of " The 
 Terror," when every one who was in any way 
 distinguished was doomed to the guillotine. 
 M. de Goncourt, a deputy, had the courage in 
 the Assembly to speak for King and Constitution. 
 He resigned his membership on finding that only 
 twentv-four members voted with him. Bv this 
 he lost his right of freedom from arrest, and he 
 was seized and without anv form of trial cast 
 into prison. Madame de Stael, as the Swedish 
 Minister's wife, running the risk which even in 
 her position was not small, managed to procure 
 his release. She saved many whom she knew 
 from death. Although her health was bad at 
 the time, she walked every day to the Hotel de 
 Ville because no carriages were allowed to drive 
 in the streets, and shut herself up for five hours 
 together with the tyrants of the Committee of 
 Surveillance who, working through spies and 
 informers, were daily sending dozens to execu- 
 tion, and she obtained liberty for over twenty 
 prisoners through her own unaided intercession. 
 Her eloquence and her high official position 
 had an effect that nothing else could have 
 produced. 
 
 Dr. Burney wrote : "I am not at all sur- 
 prised at the captivating powers of Madame de
 
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 Stael. It corresponds with tlic opinion I formed 
 on reading lier charming Uttle 'Apologie dc 
 Rousseau.' But she has not escaped censure. 
 Her liouse was the centre of Revohitionists 
 previous to the 10th August. But i)erhaps all 
 this may be Jacobinical malignity. But you 
 know that M. Xccker's [Madame dc Stacl's 
 father's] administration, and the conduct of the 
 nobles who first joined in the violent measures 
 that subverted the ancient establishment, by 
 the abolition of nobility and the ruin of the 
 Church, during tlie first National Assembly, are 
 held in greater horror by aristocrats [in France] 
 than even the members of the present Conven- 
 tion. If you are not absolutely in the house of 
 Madame de Stael w^hen this letter arrives, it 
 mav be possible for you to waive the visit to 
 her." 
 
 This was addressed to Miss Burney. She 
 answered : " As to her house being the centre 
 of Revolutionists, it was so only for the Court 
 Nationalists, who were not onlv members of 
 the then established Government, but were the 
 decided friends of the King. The aristocrats 
 w^ere then already banished, or wanderers from 
 fear, or concealed and silent from cowardice, 
 and the Jacobins, I need not mention how utterly 
 abhorrent to her must be that licnd-like set." 
 
 Of the impression made by her writing, she 
 said when speaking of IMadame de Stacl's 
 " Germany " : " In reading her book I perpetually 
 longed to write to her. . . . The Pleasure, the 
 Transport rather with which I read nearly every 
 phrase : such acuteness of thought, such viva- 
 city of ideas, and such brilliancy of expression, 
 I know not where I have met before. I often 
 lay the book down to enjoy for a considerable
 
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 time a single sentence. I have rarely ever, in 
 the course of my whole life, read anything with 
 so glowing a fulness of applause." 
 
 It was this work, " De I'Allemagne," which 
 first brought upon its author the penalty of 
 exile. The censor appointed by the Govern- 
 ment to supervise all publications had passed 
 it as harmless. A very large edition was 
 printed, as it was expected there would be a 
 demand for at least 10,000 copies. Then orders 
 were issued, and the police confiscated every- 
 thing. The Prefect came and demanded also 
 the whole of her manuscript. She went to 
 Coppet and wrote : " I have fallen into a state 
 of frightful melancholy. . . . Here are six years 
 of labour, study, and travel entirely wasted. 
 Do you fully comprehend the singularity of 
 this affair ? It is the first two volumes already 
 approved by the censor that have been seized. 
 So I am exiled because I have written a book 
 which has been approved by the Emperor's 
 censors. I could have printed it in Germany. 
 I came of my own free will to submit it. Ah, 
 mon Dieu ! I am the Orestes of Exile, and fate 
 pursues me ! I am encompassed by such a 
 cloud of sorrow that I know not what I write." 
 
 On her death-bed she summoned the members 
 of her family and confided to them that she had 
 contracted a secret marriage wdth young M. de 
 Rocca. This man had been for years desperately 
 enamoured of her, and the vanity which was 
 part of her curious character did not allow 
 her to refuse him, or to take his name, that 
 of de Stael being superior in rank. M. de 
 Rocca died only a few months after her, and 
 " all Paris " acknowledged the unselfishness which 
 distinguished her family in their conduct to
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 567 
 
 him, and the generosity of her son-in-law tlie 
 Due de BrogHe in the respeet and affection 
 with whieh he always treated the memory 
 of Madame de Stacl. 
 
 Among her last words as she lay dying in 
 July 1817 were: " I believe I know what the 
 passage is from life to deatli, and 1 feel sure that 
 God's goodness will soften it." 
 
 Mr. Noel Williams translates the beautiful 
 IMadame Rccamicr's aecount of her first meeting 
 Avith Madame de Stacl : *' One dav, and that marks 
 an epoch in my life, M. Recamier arrived at 
 Clichv with a lady whom he did not introduce 
 by name, and whom he left alone with me in 
 the salon while he went to join some people 
 who were in the park. This lady came about 
 the sale of a house. Her costume was peculiar ; 
 she wore a morning gown and a little dress- 
 hat trimmed with flowers. I took her for a 
 foreigner. I was struck with the beauty of 
 her eyes and expression. I was unable to 
 analyse my feelings, but I am sure I was think- 
 ing more of finding out, or rather guessing w^ho 
 she was, than of addressing to her the usual 
 commonplaces, when she said to me, with an 
 air at once charming and impressive, that she 
 was truly delighted to make my acquaintance ; 
 
 that her father, M. Neeker At these words 
 
 I recognised ]Madame de Stacl. I did not hear 
 the rest of her sentence. I blushed and was 
 extremely embarrassed. I had just been read- 
 ing her letters on Rousseau, in the perusal of 
 which I was extremely interested. My looks 
 were more expressive than my words ; she 
 both awed and attracted me. I was conscious 
 at once of her genuineness and her superiority.
 
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 She on her side fixed her splendid eyes on me, 
 and paid me some compUments on my appear- 
 ance that would have been too exaggerated 
 and direct had they not seemed to escape her 
 unconsciously, thus giving to her praises an 
 irresistible fascination. My embarrassment did 
 me no harm ; she understood it, and expressed 
 the hope of seeing a great deal of me on her 
 return to Paris, for she was on the point of 
 starting for Coppet. This interview was only 
 a passing one, but it left a deep impression on 
 me. I thought only of Madame de Stael, so 
 much did I feel the influence of that strong 
 and earnest personality." 
 
 The Chateau of Coppet is still shown to tourists 
 who make a stay at Geneva. Taking the 
 steamer, after touching Bellevue and Versoix, 
 they come in sight of Coppet. The walls of the 
 little town, the picturesque houses, the ancient 
 church, are seen reflected in the waters of the 
 lake. The tiled roofs of the old houses, of varied 
 tints, rise one above the other on the hill-side ; 
 overlooking them all stands the Chateau. 
 
 There is a street bordered with heavy arcades 
 resting on enormous pillars which support the 
 facades of the houses. At the entrance to the 
 building the front court is skirted to right and 
 left by lodges of one storey, and is bounded to 
 the east by the western wing of the Castle. A 
 vaulted passage leads to the principal court, 
 enclosed between the main part of the building 
 and the two wings witli their circular towers, 
 one of which is very old. 
 
 The origin of the Barony of Coppet is not 
 known. Amongst the proprietors into whose 
 hands the place has passed were Michel de Viry,
 
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 MADAME DE STAEL 560 
 
 Amcdee de Beaufort, and Claude Antolne de 
 Vicnne in the sixteenth century ; the Due de 
 Lesdiguieres, Daniel de Bellujon, and the Baron 
 de Villeneuve (whose three daughters had as 
 tutor the renowned Bayle) in the seventeenth 
 century ; Sigismond d'Erlach and Germain de 
 Thelusson in the eisfhteenth centurv. The last- 
 named sold the Castle on the 3rd May, 1784, 
 for a sum of ."500,000 francs in French money, 
 to the great Xccker, who died there in 1804, 
 leaving the whole property to his daughter 
 Madame de Stacl. 
 
 In the entrance hall is a marble statue of 
 Necker by Canova, representing the Minister 
 of Louis XVI. delivering a speech. This hall 
 opens on to the library, where Madame de Stael 
 gave her receptions. Here it was that she 
 donnait la comedie, playing parts herself in 
 those performances. 
 
 This library is still furnished with Madame 
 de Stael's furniture. Bookcases containing a 
 most valuable collection of literature cover the 
 walls, pictures dating from the end of the reign 
 of the unfortunate Louis XVI., a chest con- 
 taining " the State Account Papers presented 
 to the King by M. Xccker." These papers 
 constituted the first State Budcjet. 
 
 A door gives access to Madame de Stael's 
 bedroom, containing her bed, a sofa and arm- 
 chair ; glass-cases with her famous turban, 
 the gold key, symbol of Madame de Stael's 
 function as Ambassadress, and the letters of 
 freedom of the city given to X'^ecker by the 
 cities of Geneva and Besancon. X'^ecker's desk 
 and armchair are still in their places. Amongst 
 the portraits is one of Madame de Stael and 
 another of Xecker, others of Madame de Stael 
 
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 and her son Augustus, and of Madame Necker 
 and Madame Recamier on their death-beds. 
 
 In the adjoining room, which was Madame 
 Recamier's bedroom, there is a case containing 
 numerous autographs ; a letter with the seal 
 and signature of Louis XVI., the foundation 
 deed of the Necker Hospital in Paris, letters 
 by Buffon, Schlegel, Madame Necker, Madame 
 Recamier, and one of Madame de Stael's manu- 
 scripts. 
 
 A line staircase leads to the first floor. The 
 large salon, decorated Avith Aubusson tapestry, 
 has portraits of Madame d'Haussonville, then 
 Duchesse de Broglie(by Ingres), Prince de Broglie, 
 Duchesse de Broglie, Madame de Stael, Jean 
 Jacques Rousseau, Mirabeau, Schlegel, Madame 
 Geoff rin, and Madame Necker. In the adjoining 
 room are portraits of Madame de Stael as Corinne 
 by Gerard ; of M. and Madame Curchod Necker, 
 both by Duplessis ; of Madame de Stael as 
 Ambassadress ; of M. Aug. de Stael, her son ; 
 of the Duchesse de Broglie by Ary Scheffer ; of 
 Madame de Stael as a child, etc. On a piece of 
 furniture in one part of the room is a beautiful 
 breakfast service in Dresden china which M. de 
 Buffon received from Prince Henry of Prussia 
 and bequeathed to Madame de Stael. Here 
 also are Madame de Stael's harpsichord, M. de 
 Stael's sword and walking-stick, and the swords, 
 pistols, and other objects employed in the 
 dramatic representations organised by Madame 
 de Stael. 
 
 Coleridge describes Coppet as ** a large baronial 
 Chateau, forming three sides of a square, the 
 fourth opening on a single paddock, which they 
 call a Park here. It stands on the borders 
 pf the Lake, but has the villasfe betwepn
 
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 it and the shores, so that you look from the 
 drawing-room on tlie roofs of the houses. 
 Madame de Stacl is very rich and has her house 
 always full of eompany, but it is badly furnislied, 
 and an Englishman sees a great air of desolation 
 and untidiness. Her breakfasts are very odd, 
 stewed beef, fried potatoes, ete., but she gives 
 a good dinner and exeellcnt wines. 
 
 " In her manners she is very agreeable, but 
 not, I tliink, what we would eall very well bred ; 
 her attentions arc not equally divided among 
 her guests, but she seems to attach herself to 
 the person from wliom slie can derive most 
 information, a selfish sort of politeness. On 
 the morning on which I breakfasted with her, 
 General Lambert and I had a great deal of 
 political discussion with her. She blamed our 
 ministers for want of energy in exterior policy, 
 and thought we ought to give the Cortes an 
 army to resist Ferdinand's measures, and the 
 Italians another to make them independent. 
 She said it was very melancholy to think that 
 Bonaparte, the worst of despots, was universally 
 regarded in Italy as the friend of Freedom, 
 and that the saviours of the world, the English, 
 were there regarded as the friends of Tvrannv 
 and unjust conquest. Then discussmg the 
 liberty of the Press she asserted that France 
 was retrograde in all the arts and sciences ; 
 that she did not know ten young men who 
 could read the Classic Autliors in the original— 
 that whereas in England there were at least 
 10,000 people who could do it, there were not 
 600 in France ; that the law which subjected 
 small pamphlets only to the censure was art- 
 fully framed and conclusive upon the whole for 
 small pamphlets, and the journals were literally
 
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 all that the French read. Then, in a very 
 luminous manner, she took the constitution to 
 pieces, and showed the essential difference be- 
 tween it and the English, and how the two 
 Houses from their very nature must always 
 remain dependent on the Crown. She gave 
 General Lambert and me an account of a visit 
 which Joseph Bonaparte had lately made to her. 
 It is certainly most honourable to her feelings 
 that, at this time, she should receive the brother 
 of her persecutor, because when King of Naples 
 he had offered her an asylum in his kingdom. 
 She said he was the vainest man she ever met 
 with, brilliant in conversation and of a good 
 person. Madame de Stael has one daughter, 
 Albertine, who possesses all her mother's bril- 
 liancy and more than her accomplishments." 
 
 The life led by the visitors at this house 
 must have been interesting and amusing. For 
 the early part of the morning the guests were 
 left to themselves — a cup of coffee was served 
 to them in their rooms, and there was a general 
 meeting for breakfast at an hour we should 
 nowadays consider very late. The society was 
 one of a haphazard kind, for men and women 
 came and went according to a general invitation 
 telling them they might present themselves when 
 they chose, if they only wrote a little time 
 before from Geneva, or some more distant 
 point, to say they might be expected. There 
 were often English and Germans and Frenchmen 
 and Italians, the more distinguished the more 
 welcome, for the mistress of the house loved 
 to have people whose names were known, if 
 only the distinction was not that of being a 
 friend of the First Consul. Authors were greeted 
 with effusion. From the moment that the
 
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 breakfast or earlv lunch beijan until midnioht 
 there was an incessant How of talk, stimulated 
 by the mistress of the intellectual revels. 
 
 The Comtesse de l^oione, whose Memoirs have 
 lately been published, describes the effect on her 
 of the appearance of Madame de Stael. " At 
 first," she says, "Madame de Stael seemed to 
 me ugly and ridiculous. A big red face, a com- 
 plexion by no means fresh, hair arranged in a 
 manner which she called picturesque, in other 
 words, badly done, arms and shoulders bare, 
 a white muslin l^louse and no shawl, or veil of 
 any kind. . . . She held a small twig which 
 she was constantly twiddling in her fingers, 
 with the object, I think, of showing off a very 
 beautiful hand. At the end of an hour I was 
 entirely under her charm." 
 
 And so were the guests of all sorts. She 
 commanded where they should go, what they 
 should see, who was to be of her special party 
 in any excursion, who was to read his verses, 
 or article, or book ; and in the evening, when at 
 last the endless talk ceased, there was rapt 
 attention, a most appreciative audience for the 
 man or woman who was distinguished by her 
 order to recite or read. Very often also the 
 little theatre was arranged for acting, and 
 IMadame de Stael herself loved to take part 
 in the performances. She attempted, and suc- 
 ceeded, not onlv in holding^ her old Salon as 
 in Paris, but in making her house the birthplace 
 of inspiration for new works of the fancy and 
 intellect. It was said that the chief word used 
 in speaking of any one was the word " talent." 
 Almost everything was judged by the standard 
 whether a person had, or had not, " talent." 
 Coppet was a microcosm of the European world
 
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 of talent. And amid all the bright talk of 
 literature and art and science men were glad 
 to be free for a time from the anxieties of states- 
 manship, although they lamented their exile, 
 and were preparing in the enforced retirement 
 of Switzerland plans for the conduct of political 
 events to be enacted in the future in half the 
 capitals of Europe. 
 
 The Comtesse de Boigne relates how Madame 
 de Stael, on the restoration of the French Royal 
 Family, " arrived very soon after the King. Her 
 happiness at returning to Paris was increased 
 by the joy she felt in showing off the young 
 beauty of her charming daughter. In spite 
 of her hair of a somewhat daring colour and 
 a few freckles, Albertine de Stael was one of 
 the most delightful persons I ever met, and 
 her face had an ideal and angelic purity such as 
 I have never seen in any one else. Her mother 
 was very happy, and very proud of her. She 
 was thinking of marrying her. Suitors soon 
 came forward. I think Madame de Stael used 
 her authority to lead her daughter's choice to 
 a Duke and Peer. It was by more personal gifts 
 that the Due de Broglie justified the preference 
 accorded to him. The hatred she had for 
 Bonaparte made her a great Royalist. I fre- 
 quently saw her. At my house she expressed 
 my own sentiments, but at her own house I 
 was often scandalised by the conversation of 
 her set. She admitted all opinions and all ways 
 of expressing them, and would fight to the death 
 for the cause she upheld. But she always 
 finished these bouts with a courteous parade, 
 for she did not care to deprive her salon of any 
 adept at this kind of fencing who could bring 
 into it any variety. She liked all kinds of
 
 p. 574] 
 
 CAKICATIRE OK MME. DK STAKL 
 By Kirkpiitrick Sharp
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 575 
 
 notabilities, whether of intellect or of rank, 
 and even those whose fame was due to the 
 violence of their opinions. I often left her 
 salon indignant at the language there used. 
 We went to say good-bye to her. A young 
 man leaning on her armchair was declaiming in 
 so hostile a way against the Royal Government, 
 and showing that he was passionately devoted 
 to the Bonapartists, that Madame de Stael, 
 after vainly attempting to bring his vindictive 
 eloquence to a playful tone, was compelled in 
 spite of her habitual tolerance to silence him." 
 
 Madame de St^el in her later davs at Paris 
 produced more wonder than admiration among 
 the foreigners who visited her. One of these 
 wrote : " Madame de Stael was one of the 
 most singular- looking foreign monsters that I 
 ever beheld. Her face was that of a blackamoor 
 attempted to be washed white. She wore a wig 
 like a bunch of withered heather, and over that 
 a turban which looked as if it had been put on 
 in the dark ; a short neck, and shoulders rising 
 so much behind that thev almost amounted to 
 a hump. With this ugliness all the airs of a 
 beauty, for ever tormenting her shawl into new 
 draperies, and distorting her fingers as you 
 see them in the ridiculous French portraits by 
 Mignard and his followers. As to her con- 
 versation, for people who like long rhapsodies, 
 scarcely intelligible, the theme chosen by the 
 speaker, I daresay it was charming : for my own 
 part I had the bad taste not to be able to endure 
 either her writings or discourses. I believe 
 Posterity will be of my mind as to the former — 
 of the latter it cannot judge." 
 
 In her drawing-room at Paris even so late as 
 181G it was said of her, that she had the " rare
 
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 talent, never possessed by any other person, of 
 uniting around her the most distinguished in^ 
 dividuals of all the opposite parties, literary 
 and political, and making them establish rela- 
 tions among themselves which they could not 
 afterwards entirelv shake off. There miffht be 
 found Wellington and Lafayette, Chateaubriand, 
 Talleyrand, and Prince Laval (Montmorenci) ; 
 Humboldt and Blucher from Berlin ; Constant 
 and Sismondi from Switzerland ; the two 
 Schlegels from Hanover ; Canova from Italy ; 
 the beautiful Madame Recamier and the admir- 
 able Duchesse de Duras ; and from England 
 such a multitude, that it seemed like a general 
 emigration of British talent and rank ! " 
 
 On a visit to Vienna Madame de Stael as usual 
 had a salon, gave large parties and theatricals. 
 She wrote a play on Hagar in the Desert. The 
 Due de Luynes was fond of acting, and was 
 one of her guests. But though he received a 
 part to act in another play, he got none in this 
 play of his hostess, and was by no means pleased 
 that what he considered his powers of acting 
 had been overlooked. So he went and sat 
 in the_ audience, and when Madame de Stael 
 came in as Hagar, coarsely dressed in desert 
 "outfit," old De Luynes 'said aloud to his 
 neighbour, as though *^he knew nothing about 
 the play, " And prav what does this play 
 call itself ? " '' Ah," said his neighbour, " you 
 don't know? It is Hagar in the Desert." 
 " Well," said the Due, "I for mv part would 
 style it ' The Justification of Abraham.' " 
 
 The impression made by Madame de Stael's 
 writing on her English contemporaries may be 
 seen from Lady Charlotte Campbell's letters: 
 " Read Madame de Stael ' sur les Passions.'
 
 INIADAMK DK STAKL 577 
 
 What a wonderful mind is liers ! Wliat an 
 insiglit she has into the reeesses ol" human feel- 
 ing ! How many secret sprinos does she un- 
 lock ! and how much the woman — the tender, 
 the kind, the impassioned woman — betrays her- 
 self even in the phil()soj)hy of her writings ! 
 But what do men think of a woman authoress ? 
 AV'ith one or two great exceptions, women are 
 sneered at who venture on tiie public arena of 
 literature ; and there is not a man existing 
 perhaps who does not think tliat those women 
 are happiest who do not attempt that bold and 
 dangerous adventure — authorship ! " 
 
 She speaks of the famous author's political 
 activity : " Bernadotte was instigated against 
 Bonaparte by one who not only owed him a 
 personal hatred, but who possessed a mind equal 
 to his, and who gave Bernadotte both informa- 
 tion and advice how to act. This was no less 
 a person than Madame de Stack It was not, as 
 some have asserted, that she was in love with 
 Bernadotte, for at the time of their intimacv 
 Madame de Stael was in love with young Rocca 
 [whom she married]. But she used her influence, 
 which was not small, with the Crown Prince [of 
 Sweden] to make him fight against Bonaparte, 
 and to her wisdom may be attributed much of 
 the success which accompanied his attack upon 
 him. Bernadotte has raised the flame of 
 Liberty, Avhich seems fortunately to blaze all 
 around." 
 
 " I dined with IMadame de Stack It is always 
 delightful to be in her society. Even those 
 persons who have been most hostile to her 
 have generally been subjugated by her sincerity, 
 her kindness, and the charm of her conversation, 
 which, unlike that of any other person, in giving
 
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 out her own ideas, awakens those of her hearers, 
 and draws them, as it were in spite of them- 
 selves, to a reciprocity of communication. Thus 
 it was that she acquired a knowledge of man- 
 kind which superseded all that books can ever 
 teach." 
 
 " It would be wholly unfair to judge Madame 
 de Stael by any common standard of her sex. 
 In all that pertained to mind, she was of no sex. 
 The qualities that are supposed to belong to 
 man alone — vigour of understanding, abstract 
 reasoning, vastness of conception, the power of 
 overleaping or discarding all minor considera- 
 tions to arrive at a conclusion — were peculiarly 
 her attributes. She was ambitious, not vain, 
 and showed it so that little minds could not 
 understand the bonhomie which avowed itself 
 athirst for commendation — not that of contem- 
 porary praise, but the lasting eulogy of well- 
 earned fame. 
 
 '* It was not wise to betray this feeling. It 
 gave an ample field for detractors to carp at, 
 and it sometimes degenerated into an egotism 
 that distressed her admirers. She was unhappy 
 in her affections in early life, and when at last 
 she fixed the heart of a gay and handsome man, 
 I have heard her say, as she watched the ap- 
 proach of that fatal disease consumption, All I 
 pray for is to die before him. Her prayer was 
 granted. Her kindness to her inferiors in station 
 and in intellect, her total freedom from all 
 affectation, her strong sense of natural religion, 
 the enthusiasm of her nature, were qualities as 
 admirable as they were attractive. It was 
 impossible for any one to like her by halves : 
 she was destined to be either loved or hated. 
 No wonder Bonaparte did the latter. Perhaps
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 579 
 
 she was the only liuman being he feared and 
 could not conquer." 
 
 Mr. Gill's account of her re-establishment in 
 Paris after Bonaparte's misfortunes shows her 
 more active than ever : " The Stael is safely- 
 lodged at Paris, and is to give parties immedi- 
 ately to all the great characters — the Emperor 
 of Russia, ' L'Infini,' the King of Prussia, 
 * L'Impossible,' and in short the heroes of all 
 ages and principles, with the intention of 
 extracting from the mass the real quintessence 
 and vital principle of virtue, in a hydrogen 
 state, which she means to have ready in bottles 
 for exportation ! N.B. None are genuine but 
 those sealed with her own arms, viz. gules, two 
 arms akimbo surmounted by a Saracen's head, 
 [see caricature] sable, crowned with a French 
 Pyx ; crest, a cock and bull : badge, a cat and 
 bladders. These have all been conferred by 
 Louis XVIII. on his last visit to London." 
 
 Lady Holland in London in 1813 says : "The 
 great wonder of the time is Madame de Stael. 
 She is surrounded by all the curious, and every 
 sentence she utters is caught and repeated with 
 various commentaries. Her first appearance 
 was at Lady Jersey's, where Lady Hertford also 
 was, and looked most scornfully at her, pre- 
 tending her determination not to receive her, 
 as she was an atheist ! and immoral w^oman. 
 This harsh resolve was mitigated by an observa- 
 tion very agreeable to the observer— that her 
 personal charms have greatly improved within 
 the last twenty-five years. She [Madame de Stael] 
 is violent against the Emperor, who, she says, 
 is not a man : ' Ce n'est point un homme mais 
 un systeme '- — an incarnation of the Revolu- 
 tion. Women he considers only useful * pour
 
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 produire les conscrits,' otherwise ' c'est une 
 classe qii'il voudrait supprimer.' She is much 
 less ugly than I expected ; her eyes are line, 
 and her hand and arm very handsome. She 
 was flummering Sheridan on the excellence of 
 his heart and moral principles, and he in return 
 upon her beauty and grace. She is to live in 
 Manchester Street and go occasionally to breatlie 
 the country air at Richmond Inn." 
 
 Let us cite from Madame de Stael's own writings 
 a few lines to show her position at the time she 
 wrote these letters to Lord John Campbell —   
 namely, from 1803 onwards. Napoleon had 
 told her to leave Paris, the only place where she 
 thought she could be happy. She was born 
 there^there also had she passed her childhood 
 and her first youth. " French conversation," 
 she declared, *' existed only at Paris." There 
 in 1802 she had made the acquaintance of 
 General Bernadotte, the son of a poor lawyer 
 of the South of France, who became one of the 
 best officers of the French army. Bernadotte 
 was suspected of intriguing against Bonaparte, 
 who was heard to say that the men who fre- 
 quented Madame de Stael's society at the 
 Swedish Embassy were found to be less devoted 
 to Napoleon after keeping company with those 
 they met there. " Everything showed that he 
 was resolved to punish me." She left Paris to 
 stay at Coppet on the Lake of Geneva. " What 
 shocked the First Consul even more than the 
 opinions attributed to me was the number of 
 strangers who visited me. It was a small 
 matter that a woman existed with a literary 
 reputation tliat made people wish to see her, 
 but the fact that interest thus shown did not 
 concern Bonaparte was enough to make him
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 581 
 
 desire to crush licr. A symptom of his enmity 
 was the manner in wliieh the French Press 
 treated my romance ' Delphine,' wliich appeared 
 durinfT the winter of 1802-8. I was at Geneva, 
 hving amonjT Enij^lish society there, owin^ both 
 to a taste for it, and also owinn^ to circumstances, 
 when tlie dechiration of war between France 
 and England arrived." Madame de Stael then 
 recounts the amazing order for the seizure of 
 all Englishmen and their imprisonment. It did 
 not matter whether they were politicians or not. 
 Two thousand were arrested. 
 
 IMathieu de I\Iontmorenci, who is frequently 
 mentioned in the following letters, was Avith 
 Lafayette in America, and took an active part 
 in the war of the Colonists against Britain. lie 
 was accused by Fouche, at Paris, of inducing 
 Madame Recamier to refuse the office of Dame 
 du Palais. Napoleon thereupon sent him into 
 exile. He visited Madame Recamier at Lyons, 
 and became Ec^uerry to the Duchesse d'Angou- 
 leme. He was ap}:)ointcd Minister of Foreign 
 Affairs, and was made Duke. He resigned after 
 the Congress at Verona. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 CoFPKT, mcrcrcdi matin. 
 
 Quoiqu'en puisse dire Robertson,* my dear 
 Lord, j'ai craint de trouver dans votre lettrc 
 une nuance de froideur pour moi, et je m'en suis 
 tourmentee. J'attache a votre amitic un prix 
 
 * "Mr. Robertson, an acrppablo medical and scientific gentleman 
 vvlio travelled with Lord John Campbell.
 
 582 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 infini, ct je vous le repete encor, quand j'ai quitte 
 Neufchatel je confondois dans mes regrets et 
 dans mon coeur les deux amis a qui je devois 
 des jours si heureux au milieu de ma triste et 
 monotone destinee. Vingt fois pendant les deux 
 jours que Robertson vient de me donner je vous 
 ai cherche, je vous ai demande, et comme Alber- 
 tine je disois, Mais poiirquoi done Lord John n'est- 
 il pas la ? Vous intcrdisez ce que vous appellez 
 des louanges, mais n'interdisez pas les expres- 
 sions de I'attachement, et pardonnez a mon 
 caractere sa vivacite exterieure, puisqu'en fond 
 du ca^ur il reste encor des sentiments que je 
 retiens. C'en est done fait a present ; vous allez 
 partir a travers toute cette Allemagne, a travers 
 toutes ces mers : quel serrement de coeur ! 
 
 J'ai ete bien heureuse en revoyant Robertson 
 dimanche ; je me suis fait dans ce moment une 
 illusion presque complette sur I'avenir, mais a 
 present il est retombe sur mon coeur, cet avenir 
 qui me separe de vous, cet avenir qui me separe 
 d'une societ6 si en harmonic avec mes idees et 
 mes sentiments qu'il me semble que depuis 
 long-tems je vous aimois et que je n'ai fait que 
 vous reconnoitre. Adieu, my dear Lord ; plaignez 
 moi de retomber dans la solitude du coeur. 
 Ecrivez moi pour me dire que vous pensez a moi. 
 Je veux avoir du courage, mais de toutes les 
 peines de la vie la plus difficile a supporter 
 c'est la separation, et c'est pour cela qu'il est 
 si fou de laisser gagner les affections par des 
 etrangers ; mais je n'ai pas dans le coeur plus de 
 prevoyance que les sauvages, et je n'espere ni ne 
 crains rien du lendemain. Adieu encor ; il me 
 semble que je reviens de la porte pour vous 
 embrasser encor. God bless you, et si vous avez 
 quelques peines, sj ramitie d'une soeur vous est
 
 MADA:\IE DE STAKL 583 
 
 neccssairc, rcvcncz nic trouver partout, ct ton- 
 jours mes affections Ics })lus sin(;crcs et Ics plus 
 tendrcs vous attcndent. Sanssurc, malgrc deux 
 lettres de moi, a envoyc a Zurich deux Icttres 
 arrivees pour vous ; vous les trouvcrez la vcndredi, 
 et samcdi je vous ecrirai cncor la, ct puis aprcs a 
 Francfort. Je n'cspcrc presque plus la paix avant 
 votre cnibarcation ; je n'cs])cre rien d'licurcux, 
 et inon anie est tristc comme nn dcs jours dc 
 votrc climat. Adieu ; conservcz de resiime et de 
 I'affection pour une pcrsonne dont les manicres 
 different dcs votrcs, mais dont Ic ctcur vous 
 ressemble. Chargez moi dc quclquc chose ici ou 
 en France ; combattez le terns et faites qu'il sub- 
 siste toujours dcs liens entre nous. Adieu ; je ne 
 signe pas, mais y a-t-il loin de votre famille une 
 femme dont vous puissiez confondre I'attache- 
 ment pour vous avec le mien ? Pour la dernicre 
 fois, adieu. 
 
 (Addressed) My Lord John Campbell. 
 
 (Endorsed) ]Madamc de Stael. 
 
 Coppet, 
 
 1803. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 CorPET, Wednesday. 
 
 Whatever Robertson may say, my dear Lord, I fear 
 to find in your letter a trace of coolness towards me, and 
 I have been tormenting myself about this. I cherish an 
 infinite value for your friendsliip, and I repeat once again 
 that when I left Xeufchatel 1 mingled in my regret and in 
 my reward the two friends to wliom I owe such happy days 
 in the midst of my sad and monotonous destiny. Twenty 
 times during tiie two days when Robertson gave me his 
 company did I seek news of you and ask about you, and 
 like Albertine I cried, But why is Lord John not here ? 
 You forbid me to sing praises, as you call it, but do not 
 forbid the expressions of attacjimeiit, a^d pardon in my
 
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 character its natural vivacity, for deep in my heart remains 
 the feeling it must retain. It is then over for the present : 
 you cross all that wide Germany and over all those seas. 
 What a heart-ache I feel ! 
 
 I was very happy to see Robertson again on Sunday. I 
 keep myself an almost complete illusion as regards the future, 
 but now again it weighs down my heart, that future Avhich 
 separates me from you ! that future which divides me from 
 a society so in harmony with my ideas and sentiments that 
 it seems to me that I have loved you long, and that I have 
 always known you. Adieu, my dear Lord. Pity me, now that 
 I relapse again into a heart solitude. Write to me to tell 
 me that you are thinking of me. I want to have courage, 
 but of all the pains of exi,\^tence the most difficult to bear 
 is the pain of separation ; that is why it is so foolish to 
 let one's affections be gained by strangers, but I have no 
 more power of seeing into the future than the savages, and 
 I do not hope nor do I fear for the morrow. Adieu again ! 
 it seems to me that I have but now returned from the 
 door to embrace you. God bless you ! and if you have 
 any cares, if the friendship of a sister be of necessity to you, 
 come back to find me again. My most tender affection is 
 with you and follows you everywhere. Saussure, in spite of 
 having received two letters from me, has sent two letters to 
 Zurich which had come for you. You will find them there 
 on Friday, and on Saturday I shall still write to you there, 
 and then afterwards to Frankfort. I hardly hope any more 
 for peace before your embarkation. I hope for nothing 
 fortunate. My spirit is sad like one of the days of your 
 climate. Adieu ; keep some esteem and affection for one whose 
 manners differ from your own, but whose heart is like to 
 yours. Give me some charge to execute for you either here 
 or in France. Fight time and see that our friendship one 
 for another ever live. I do not sign, but is there far from 
 your family any other woman whose affection for you you 
 could confound with mine ? For the last time, adieu. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Camyhell. 
 
 CoppET, le 27 juin. 
 
 Ah, my dear Lord, il y a unan que j'etais avec 
 vous, un an que j'etais heureuse, et ma vie est

 
 MADAME DE STAEL 585 
 
 foudroyce. Jamais, jamais je ne reprcndrai a 
 de I'intcrct, a dc rcxpcrience. Je remplirai dcs 
 devoirs, j'cleverai mes enfaiits, mais il n'y aura 
 plus sur cette terre uti ])ut pour moi, il n'y en 
 aura plus. Je mennerai mon fils a Edimbourg 
 I'annce prochaine ; e'cst mon projct, mais si vous 
 veniez ici je ne pourrais pas me resoudre a n'y 
 pas etre ; endn nous combincrons ce double 
 voyage, il faut que je vous revoye. Je n'ai pas 
 ete satisfaite de voire ami ; il me semble qu'il 
 devait beaucoup a la pensee du desespoir affreux 
 que j'ai d'avoir imagine d'aller a Berlin; mon 
 [pere] I'avait approuve, mais est-ce assez pour 
 supporter le reste de ma vie le regret d'y avoir 
 cte ? 
 
 My dear Lord, je n'ai plus dans le present que 
 la eontemplation du passe; je ne vis que pour y 
 songer. Vous aussi, my noble friend, etes-vous 
 heureux ? II y a tant de delicatesse, tant ae gene- 
 rosite dans votre conduite : vous rendent-ellcs 
 heureux ces vertus ? Y a-t-il au moins quelqucs 
 exemples du bonheur de la vertu pour com- 
 penser les terribles tableaux que nous avons 
 sous les yeux ? Le pauvre Christin sera mis en 
 liberte, dit-on, le 14 juillet. Adieu encor une fois. 
 Ma sante est abimee ; je ne puis ecrire deux 
 pages sans tremblement. Adieu. 
 
 (Addressed) Right h'''^ 
 
 Lord John Campbell. 
 
 (Cover) Suisse. 
 
 To r^'^' honourable 
 
 My Lord John Campbell. 
 Recommandee aux soins de 
 i\Irs. J. Conrard Shultess, 
 banquiers, 
 
 a Zurich. 
 
 VOL. II. 17
 
 586 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 CoppET, 27^/!. June. 
 
 Ah, my dear Lord, it is a year since I was with you, a 
 year ago that I was happy, and my hfe is blasted. Never, 
 never again will I take an interest or seek experience. I 
 will fulfil my duties, I will bring up my children, but there 
 will be for me one object in Hfe, one object only. I will 
 take my son to Edinburgh next year ; that is my plan, but 
 if you came here, I should be here too : well, let us combine 
 this double journey ; I must see you again. I have not 
 been very satisfied with your friend ; it seems to me that 
 my idea of going to Berlin was largely due to the frightful 
 despair I was in. My father approved the scheme, but is 
 it enough to support the regret of having been there during 
 the rest of my life ? 
 
 My dear Lord, at present all that remains to me is the 
 contemplation of the past ; I live only to think of it. You, 
 too, my noble friend, are you happy ? There is so much 
 delicacy, so much generosity in your conduct ; will those 
 virtues make you happy ? Are there any examples of 
 happiness in virtue to compensate us for the terrible scenes 
 before our eyes ? Poor Christin will be set at liberty on 
 the 14th July, so they say. Adieu once more. My health is 
 ruined ; I cannot write two pages without trembling. Adieu. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 4 
 
 C. le samedi, 9 juillet. 
 
 II me semble, my dear Lord, que vous pourriez 
 nous dormer le bonheur de vous posseder encor 
 un ou deux mois en Suisse. La lettre du M'^ de 
 Lome a Robertson m'a tout a fait convaincue 
 que votre pere ne le desapprouveroit pas, et je 
 suis moralement sure que dans I'intervalle de 
 ces deux mois il se passera quelques evenements 
 qui rendront le passage a travers la France 
 possible, ou le passage de I'Allemagne plus sur, 
 plus facile et plus prompt. Voyez les petits
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 587 
 
 cantons ct rcvcnez a Lausanne; j'ai unc maison 
 toute prete pour vous a la campagne pres de 
 Lausanne, a Ouehy, ou je vous ferai un arrange- 
 ment plus independant et tout aussi commode 
 que celui que vous aviez chez M"" de Saussure. 
 Vous dinerez chez vous, et en bonne house keeper 
 je ferai que vous ne soyez pas voles, et vous 
 souperez tons les soirs chez moi, car j'aurai une 
 maison a quatrc pas de la votre. M' de Mont- 
 morenci * sera iei Ic 20 juillet, et le 1" aoust nous 
 pourrions ctre etablis ensemble a Lausanne. Vous 
 aimerez M'' de Montmorenci ; il est noble, simple 
 et bon. Vous I'aimerez, car tous les gens que 
 j'aime ont ensemble quelque rapport. 
 
 Les Call valent mieux que je ne croyois. Sir 
 vvilliam m'a parle de son pays avec ame. Nous 
 nous ferons des rcssources de promenade et d'oc- 
 cupation a Lausanne, et j'espere que tous les jours 
 })lus accoutume ri moi, mon amitie aura poiu* vous 
 autant de charme que la votre en a pour moi. 
 Dans tous les cas d'ailleurs vous pourrez repartir 
 par Basle, ce qui est un chemin plus court, plus 
 sur et nouveau pour vous. Alors je vous accom- 
 pagnerois jusqu'a Basle, parce que M'" de ]Mont- 
 morenci feroit avec un grand plaisir du voyage. 
 Est-ce un reve que tous ces projets, my dear Lord, 
 ou votre coeur les realisera-t-il ? J'ai ecrit deux 
 lettres a Robertson, I'une poste restante et I'autre 
 comme celle-^i a Tauberge dc I'Epee. Je lui dis 
 que les lettres que vous recevrez a Zurich ont 
 passe par Genes ; il est done certain que vous ne 
 pouvcz savoir I'effet que les lettres de Lord Lome 
 
 * Bulletin of Police, August 2, 1811: "The Minister has 
 charged the Prefect of Genov'a to inform M. Mathieu de Mont- 
 morenci that he cannot return to Paris — that he is free to go to 
 Coppet, or elsewhere, provided he remains forty leagues away 
 from Paris."
 
 588 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 ont pu produire sur le Due d'Argyll. Attendez 
 done de le savoir. Une fois retourne dans I'isle 
 vous ne pourrez plus en sortir ; il est bien plus 
 aise de prolonger. Je sais que mon desir est 
 selfish, mais votre sante, mais votre bonheur y 
 gagneroient, et il est bien permis d'etre selfish 
 par de tels interets. J'ai envoye un homme a 
 cheval pour savoir s'il n'y avoit point de lettres 
 pour vous a Geneve : il n'y en avoit point ; mais 
 toutes les lettres de Paris a Geneve disent qu'on 
 espere la paix, et les fonds ont monte a Paris 
 d'apres ... * esperance. 
 
 En verite il est presque deraisonnable de partir 
 au milieu d'une telle incertitude, et j'ai cette 
 pressentiment que vous arriveriez plutot en 
 Angleterre attendant ici qu'en vous enfongant 
 dans cette AUemagne et vous exposant a ce 
 vilain port de Tonningen. Ecrivez moi votre 
 decision ; avee quelle joye je recevrois I'espoir 
 d'une longue continuation de nos relations 
 ensemble. Je vous ecrirai mardi prochain, 11 
 juillet, chez M''^ Conrard et Shultess a Zurich. 
 En revenant de Lucerne vous ferez prendre 
 cette lettre a ce que j 'imagine. Adieu, my 
 dear Lord ; dites moi que vous m'aimez et que 
 vous croyez que je vous aime directement. 
 
 (Addressed) a My Lord 
 
 John Campbell 
 
 a I'auberge de I'Epee 
 a Zurich. 
 
 [Translation.'] 
 
 CoppET, Saturday, 9th July. 
 
 It seems to me, my dear Lord, that we may have the good 
 fortune to possess you yet for a month or two in Switzer- 
 
 * MS. torn.
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 589 
 
 land. The letter from tlio Manjuis of Lome to Robertson 
 has quite convinced me that your father would not disapprove 
 of this, and I am morally certain tiiat in the interval of tiiese 
 two months some events will occur to make the passage across 
 France possible, or the passage of Germany surer, more easy 
 and prompt. Come and see the little cantons and return to 
 Lausanne. I have a liouse all ready for you in the country 
 close to Lausanne, at (Kichy, where I will make an arrange- 
 ment for you, more independent and quite as convenient as 
 that you had with M, de Saussure. You will dine at home, 
 and as a good housekeeper I sliall see that you do not get 
 robbed, and you will have supper every evening with me, 
 because I shall have a house within four paces of your own. 
 M. de Montmorenci will be here on the 20th July, and on 
 the 1st August we could be established together at Lausanne. 
 You will love M. de Montmorenci. He is noble, simple, and 
 good, and you will love all the people I love, for they all 
 have something in common. 
 
 The Calls are more worthy than I tliought. Sir William 
 spoke to me of his country with exaltation. We will have 
 our resources in walking, and occupation in Lausanne, and I 
 hope that while every day you grow more accustomed to me, 
 my friendship may have as much charm for you as yours for 
 me. In any case you may leave again by Basle, which is a 
 safer route, shorter, and more novel for you. I can accom- 
 pany you as far as Basle, for M. de Montmorenci will make 
 the journey with great pleasure. Is this a dream, all these 
 prospects, my dear Lord, or will your heart realize them ? 
 I have written two letters to Robertson, the one to the 
 Poste Restante, the other to the Auberge de I'Epee, like this 
 one. I have told him that the letters you will receive at 
 Zurich will have passed by Genoa. It is certain then that 
 you cannot know the effect that the letters of the Marquis 
 of Lome have had on the Duke of Argyll. Do wait then to 
 know this. Once returned to the island you will not be able 
 to go away again. It is nmch easier to prolong your stay. 
 I know that my desire is selfish, but your health and your 
 happiness will gain by it, and it is surely permissible to be 
 selfish for such interests. I sent off a man on horseback to 
 know if there were any letters for you at Geneva, but there 
 were none. All the letters from Paris to Geneva say that 
 people hope for peace, and the funds have risen in Paris in 
 accordance with this hope. 
 
 In truth, it is almost madness to depart in the midst of
 
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 so much uncertitude. I have the presentiment you will 
 arrive rather the sooner in England if you wait here, than 
 by burying yourself in that Germany, and exposing yourself 
 to the discomforts of that vile port of Tonningen. Write 
 to me your decision. With what joy would I receive the 
 hope of a continuation of our relations together. I will 
 write to you Tuesday next, 11th July, care of Messrs. Conrad & 
 Schultess at Zurich. You will, I imagine, receive this letter 
 on returning from Lucerne. Adieu, my dear Lord. Tell me 
 you love me, and that you believe I love you '* directement." 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 C. le 12 juillet. 
 
 II me semble, my dear Lord, que je vais vous 
 dire cette fois trois ou quatre nouvelles qui 
 doivent influer sur vos decisions. D'abord, on a 
 public a Geneve que la communication pour les 
 lettres etait rouverte par Calais, ce qui prouve 
 que les negociations continuent ; secondement, 
 voici un article du Publiciste du 7 juillet tres 
 signifiant aussi pour la paix ; troisiemement, il 
 y a une negociation commencee entre la ville 
 d'Hambourg et le Consul pour permettre que le 
 paquebot d'Angleterre aille par Hambourg, et 
 sans cela il faudroit traverser le Sund, ce qui est 
 un voyage bien penible et dans lequel surtout 
 il est bien difficile qu'une femme s'engage. Si 
 vous voulez ecrire en Ecosse vous aurez a present 
 la reponse en vingt jours. Cependant ce tems la 
 communication avec I'Angleterre sera rouverte, 
 peut-etre par la France, surement par Hambourg. 
 M"" de Marcoff reste a Paris pour les negociations. 
 Enfin mon pere, qui avait toujours peur que vous 
 ne retardassiez votre depart lorsque la Suisse 
 ne paraissoit pas sure, mon pere eut d'avis que 
 dans I'incertitude actuelle de toutes choses vous
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 591 
 
 avez tort de partir, ct il n'y a pas un Anglois en 
 Suisse a present ({ui ne soit dc cette opinion. 
 Reflechissez, je vous en prie, a tout ce que je vous 
 mande la. Ce n'est point le desir que j'ai de 
 vous revoir, desir ([ui s'aufTmente chaque jour, ee 
 n'est point lui seul qui m'inspire ; je erois que la 
 raison vous parleroit ainsi, et Saussure, Tiniposs- 
 ible Saussure, dit, Ma foi, je crois qu'd present Us 
 doivent r ester. De quel autre interest puis-je 
 vous parler que de celui-la ? II me semble que je 
 sens encor plus vivement depuis votre depart 
 quelle dilTerence il y a pour nion esprit et mon 
 ccEur entre votre societe et toutes les autres. 
 Cependant on dit dans la Suisse que vous m'avez 
 dit une fois que vous vous ennuijiez partout et 
 avec tout le rnonde. J'ai repondu que si cela etoit 
 vrai il I'etoit egalement que je ne m'etois jamais 
 ennuyee un moment avec vous. Avez vous lu le 
 discours du Prefet du Pas de Calais au l*"" Consul ? 
 II lui dit, Dieu, apres avoir cree Bonaparte, se 
 reposa. Ce sont les propres termes de la Bible 
 en racontant la creation du monde. 
 
 Je regrette de ne vous avoir pas donne mon fils 
 pour le mener a Edimbourg ; je I'aurais tire de 
 toutes ces flatteries frangoises, et je ne me serois 
 pas crue separee de vous quand un lien si cher 
 nous auroit encor reunis. Si vous revenez il me 
 semble que, d'une maniere ou d'une autre, nous 
 ne serons plus aussi complettement separes. 
 Les Call viennent de nous quitter; je les aime 
 assez. Sir vviliiam est un peu sauvage, et c'est 
 amusant a voir dans un bon chateau bien 
 civilise. Du matin au soir il faisoit retentir la 
 maison de chants et de danses, et j'aimois ce 
 mouvement ou mon ame ne prenoit aucune part. 
 Au milieu de tout cela il est naturel et bon, et 
 quand on se sent de la tristesse on aime a trouver
 
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 cette disposition du coeur qui vous promettroit 
 de la pitie si vous y aviez recours. II est etonne de 
 tout, comme s'il se reveilloit a 22 ans au milieu 
 de la vie. II m'a rappelle le huron de Voltaire. 
 Je sais que vous aimez Voltaire, parce que votre 
 esprit est gai et que vos idees sont analogues 
 aux siennes, quoique vos sentiments lui soient 
 bien superieurs. 
 
 Si vous revenez M'" MacCulloch partira, et 
 c'est en verite un grand service que vous nous 
 rendrez a tous les deux, car il a quelque 
 chose d'extraordinaire qui m'effraye. Je vous 
 ai dit une fois que les hommes aimoient 
 d'autant plus qu'ils n'etoient pas aimes ; je 
 crois cette triste reflexion vraie ; I'amour des 
 hommes est plein d'ingratitude. J'espere qu'il 
 n'en sera pas ainsi de I'amitie, my dear Lord. Si 
 vous repondiez mal a la mienne vous me causeriez 
 une vive et longue peine. Je veux que votre 
 bonte pour tout le monde soit de la sensibilite 
 pour moi, car vous ne pouvez me faire du bien 
 ou du mal que par les delicatesses du coeur. 
 
 Voila la troisieme lettre que je vous ecris en 
 comptant celle que Robertson vous a portee ; il 
 faudra bientot que je vous prie de me repondre, 
 comme a M"" Lewis, en signant votre nom. 
 Repondez moi en disant, Je reviens. Soy ez a Copet 
 le 2o juillet. Vous aurez bien eu le tems de voir 
 la Suisse, et nous partirons de la tous ensemble, 
 M"" de Montmorenci compris, pour aller passer le 
 mois d'aoust a Lausanne ou dans les montagnes 
 des environs. Je suis tentee de vous dire a 
 Virlandoise, si vous ne recevez pas cette lettre 
 mandez le moi. J'ecrirai demain a Robertson 
 a la meme adresse que cette lettre-ci apres le 
 courier de France, a moins que je ne recoive une 
 lettre de lui demain qui m'indique une autre
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 593 
 
 adresse. Adieu encor, my dear Lord ; revenez, 
 revenez, adieu. 
 
 [Translatio7i.] 
 
 CoppET, 12th July. 
 
 It strikes me, my dear Lord, that I have two or three pieces 
 of news that may alter your decisions. 1st, it is anncjuaced 
 at Geneva that postal conmiunication lias been reopened 
 md Calais, whicli proves that negotiations are still in progress. 
 2ndly, here is an article from the Puhliciste of 7th July, 
 very significant also of peace. Srdly, negotiations have 
 been opened between the city of Hanibourg and the Consul, 
 to permit the English mail-boat to go by Hanibourg, as 
 otherwise it would have to cross the Sound, Avhich is a very 
 disagreeable journey, and almost impossible for a woman. 
 If you have to write to Scotland you \\'\\\ at present get an 
 answer in twenty days. By that time communication with 
 England will certainly be opened, perhaps by France, 
 certainly by Hanibourg. M"" de Marcoff remains in Paris for 
 the negotiations. My father, who always feared you would 
 put off your departure while the state of Switzerland was 
 so uncertain, is now of opinion that you are unwise to leave, 
 and every Englishman in Switzerland thinks the same. I 
 beg of you to reflect on what I am telling you. It is not alone 
 my desire to see you again, a desire which increases every 
 day, it is not only that which inspires me, but I think Reason 
 should tell you so, and Saussure, the impossible Saussure, 
 says, Faith, I think they ought to stay here at present. 
 From what other motive can I speak of him ? I seem to 
 feel more than ever since you left the difference, both in my 
 intellect and heart, of your society to any one else's, and yet 
 it is said in Switzerland that you once said to me that you 
 were bored everywhere and with everybody, to which I 
 answered that if that were so it was equally true that I had 
 never felt bored for an instant in your company. Have you 
 read the speech of the Prefect of the Pas-de-Calais to the 
 First Consul ? He says that God, after creating Bonaparte, 
 EESTED. They are the exact terms of the Bible on the 
 creation of the universe. 
 
 I regret not having confided my son to you to take to 
 Edinburgh ; it would have removed him from French flattery, 
 and I should not have felt so divided from you while such a 
 tender tie united us. If you return, I feel that, one way
 
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 and anotlier, we shall not be so completely separated. The 
 Calls have just left us ; I like them rather. Sir William is 
 a little wild, and it is amusing in a good civilized house to 
 see him making the place re-echo with songs and dances, and 
 I liked the movement even when my soul could take no part 
 in it all ; it is natural and good, and when one feels sad one 
 is glad to find that disposition of the heart which would 
 prompt one to feel pity. He is surprised at everything, as 
 though he had awaked at 22 years of age in the middle of 
 life. He reminded me of the Huron of Voltaire. I know 
 you like Voltaire, for you have a gay disposition, and you 
 have similar ideas, though your sentiments are far superior 
 to his. If you come back Mr. McCulloch will leave, and in 
 truth it would be rendering a great service to us both, for 
 there is something about him which frightens me. I told 
 you once that men love all the more when they are not 
 loved : I think this is true ; man's love is full of ingratitude. 
 I trust it will not be so with friendship, my dear Lord. If 
 you did not respond to mine, you would cause me a sharp 
 and prolonged pain. I wish that your kindness to all the 
 world should be sensibility to me, for you can only give me 
 pleasure or pain by the heart. 
 
 This is the third letter I have written you, counting the one 
 Mr. Robertson took to you. I shall soon have to ask you to 
 answer me, like Mr. Lewis, signing your name. Answer me 
 saying, I am coming to Coppet. Be at Coppet on the 25th 
 July ; you will have had ample time to see Switzerland, and 
 we shall all go together, M'' de Montmorenci included, to spend 
 the month of August at Lausanne, or in the mountains in the 
 neighbourhood. I am tempted to say, like an Irishman, 
 if you do not receive this letter let me know. I shall write 
 to-morrow to Pwobertson at the same address as this unless 
 I receive a letter from him to-morrow notifying change of 
 address. Adieu again, my dear Lord ; return, return, adieu. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Coppet, 22 juillet. 
 
 Je n'aurois pas conseille a Robertson, je vous 
 I'atteste, my dear Lord, de rester en Suisse, mais 
 j'aurois voulu qu'il eut le besoin de venir passer
 
 MADAME DK STAEL 595 
 
 quatre jours avcc moi aprcs avoir rec^u im 
 courier de moi cpii lui disoit. Cc qui est vrai, 
 c'est que dans (juekiue ville de France qu'on 
 I'eut conduit je ly aurois suivi. S'il vous avoit 
 quitte, s'il avoit renonce a son pays, je Ven 
 aurois moins aime ; mais comme 11 n'y a pas un 
 seul Anglois arrete en Suisse, comme ils y sont 
 aussi surs que jamais, et que votre course a 
 Fribourg a etc la seule cause de I'evenement de 
 Baden, je trouvois que Robertson pouvoit re- 
 venir ici par quatre jours, et daignez en croire 
 men attachement pour vous, je ne I'aurois pas 
 retenu plus long tems. Le parti qu'il a pris 
 certainement n'altere pas mon estime pour lui, 
 mais diminue beaucoup I'idce que je m'etois 
 faite de son affection pour moi, et par conse- 
 quent ma confiance dans ses plans futurs pour 
 me revoir. Une telle pensce est douloureuse, car 
 j'ai pris pour Robertson une vive et profonde 
 amitie, et tout ce qu'il m'avoit montre de senti- 
 ment m'avoit presque persuadee qu'un homme 
 pouvoit etre capable d'une sensibilitc telle que 
 je la desire, telle que je la veux pour donner 
 celle que je puis eprouver. Heureusement, si 
 toute fois je puis prononcer ce mot dans un 
 moment d'amcre douleur, heureusement qu'une 
 idee confuse que Robertson etoit mobile et qu'il 
 s'exageroit lui-meme ses sentiments pour moi, 
 a retenu mon coeur que j'etois prctc a lier a lui 
 pour toujours, et que je me suis def endue des 
 engagements irreparables, il en reste assez pour 
 etre triste et souffrante, peut-etre jusques a la 
 fin des jours de jeunesse que la peine abrege si 
 vite. 
 
 Vous voyez avec quelle franchise je vous 
 parle, my dear Lord. J'ai une telle estime pour 
 votre caractere, j'ai si profondement senti que
 
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 si vous m'aviez aime je vous aurois aime, que je 
 vous montre sans auciine crainte ce que toute 
 autre femme cacheroit, et j'ose compter que le 
 M'^ de Lome lui-meme ne verra jamais une 
 seule de mes lettres a vous, ne saura jamais 
 par vous que j'ai regrette si cruellement d'etre 
 separee d'un homme que les circonstances 
 eloignaient autant de moi. 
 
 Encor un dernier plan pour vous revoir, il 
 me semble, celui-la, sans aucun genre d'in- 
 convenient. J'ai divers motifs ou divers pre- 
 textes pour aller a Stutgard. Matthieu desire 
 que nous fassions le tour de la Suisse pour 
 rentrer en France par Basle. Stutgard est tres 
 pres de la Suisse, et il y a la un homme que 
 j'ai promis d'aller voir pour lui confier mon fils 
 Albert a cause de I'allemand. II n'y a done pas 
 pour moi le moindre inconvenient a passer 8 
 jours a Stutgard, et si vous n'allez pas a Vienne 
 je ne vois pas pourquoi vous ne me donneriez 
 pas ces 8 jours dans une ville agreable et assez 
 curieuse a ce qu'on dit. Si vous me repondez 
 que vous y allez, j'y serai en comptant le nombre 
 de jours qu'il faut pour partir apres votre 
 lettre recue. Mon pere approuve ce plan, et il 
 est possible que je vous laisse Auguste si vous 
 allez directement en Ecosse et que vous vouliez 
 lui donner la place de M"'' de la Chaise ; c'est une 
 idee du moins qui me revient souvent. J'ai 
 droit k etre crue, my dear Lord, quand je vous 
 exprime des sentiments que tout autre cache- 
 roit, quand je les exprime dans un moment ou 
 I'amour-propre des femmes communes seroit 
 blesse. Je vous dis done que vous revoir me fera 
 autant de plaisir que de revoir Robertson. Vous 
 avez du recevoir une lettre de moi le courier 
 dernier avec une lettre d'Angleterre ; je croyois
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 597 
 
 alors que R. alloit revenir, ct jc plcurois en vous 
 eerivant du regret de votre depart. Consentez 
 done a me donner ces hiiit jours a Stutrrard ; 
 peut-etre vous y porterai-je des nouvelles dc 
 paix. Adieu. 
 
 P.S. — Si ma lettre ne vous atteint pas a Ulm 
 I will wait a month for your deeision. 
 
 Mon pere, qui est la ])onte memc pour moi 
 dans tout ccei et que ma peine touch e, me fait 
 rouvrir ma lettre a vous pour vous dire que le 
 meilleur endroit pour nous reunir quinze jours 
 au lieu de huit, ce seroit Constanee, qui est a 
 rextremite de la Suisse, appartient a I'Empereur, 
 et est sur le bord d'un lae plus beau que celui de 
 Geneve. Je crois que tous les Anglois qui pour- 
 ront s'echapper d'iei iront la. Enfm decidez. 
 Pourvu qu'avant quinze jours, un mois ou six 
 semaines j'aye passe quelques jours avec vous, 
 je suis soulagee et le lieu du rendez-vous m'est 
 presque egal. Puisque vous aviez I'idee d'aller 
 a Vienne, pourquoi ne passeriez vous pas quelque 
 tems en Allemagne ? 11 n'v aura rien du tout de 
 militaire avant le mois de O'""*^, et en restant eneor 
 quelques semaines sur le Continent vous vous 
 donnez la chance de la paix. Ah que je serai 
 heureuse si je vous persuade, si je revois dans 
 une auberge encor les tetes blonde et noire 
 m'accueillant a la fenetre ! Vous pourricz aller 
 a Munich, et revenir ensuite a Stutgard ou a 
 Constance. Ah, mon Dieu, que je suis longue dans 
 mes lettres, developpee ennuyeuse, mais j'ai tant 
 d'envie de reussir que je erains toujours d'avoir 
 oublie une raison qui seroit bonne. Adieu encor, 
 my dear Lord : peut-etre pas adieu pour long- 
 tems ; il me scmble qu'il n'y a pas d'inconvenients 
 a ce que je propose.
 
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 J'ecrirai a R. le l^"" courier, toujours a Ulm. 
 
 (Cover) fr. Schaffouse. Allemagne. 
 
 a My Lord 
 
 John Campbell 
 a Ulm — poste 
 
 restante. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 CoppET, 22nd Juli/. 
 
 I would not have advised Robertson, I assure you, my 
 dear Lord, to remain in Switzerland, but I wish he had felt 
 the need of passing four days with me after having received 
 a letter from me asking him. To tell the truth, I would 
 have followed him no matter to what town in France they 
 had conducted him. If he had left you, if he had renounced 
 his country, I should have liked him less ; but as there has not 
 been a single Englishman arrested in Switzerland, as they 
 are as safe there as ever, and as your journey to Fribourg 
 M'as the sole cause of the Baden episode, I thought that 
 Robertson might have returned here for four days, and do 
 believe that out of affection for you I would not have let him 
 stay longer. The course he his adopted certainly does 
 not affect my esteem for him, but much diminishes the 
 idea I had of his affection for me and consequently in his 
 projects for seeing me again. Such a thought is painful, 
 as I had a lively and profound friendship for Robertson, 
 and what I saw of his feelings had nearly persuaded me that 
 a man may be capable of the sensibility that I desire, such 
 as I want before giving what I can myself experience. Hap- 
 pily, if I can use the Avord in a moment of bitter anguish — 
 happily a vague suspicion that Robertson was fickle and over- 
 estimated his sentiments for me restrained my heart, which 
 was about to give itself to him for ever, and I kept free of 
 an irrevocable engagement ; but enough remains to make 
 me sad and suffering perhaps to the end of the days of my 
 youth, which pain so quickly shortens. 
 
 You see, my Lord, with what candour I speak to you. 
 I have such an esteem for your character, I feel so profoundly 
 that if you had loved me I should have loved you, that with- 
 out any restraint I show you what any other woman would 
 hide, and I count on you that not even the Marcjuis of Lorne
 
 MADAME DK STAEL 599 
 
 will ever see one of my letters to you, will never know through 
 you how much grief I felt at being separated from a man 
 whom circumstances removed from me. 
 
 Yet another plan to see you, this time, I think, without 
 any sort of inconvenience. I have various reasons or pre- 
 texts for going to Stuttgart. Mathieu wants us to make 
 a tour of Switzerland, re-entering France at Basle. Stutt- 
 gart is very near Switzerland, and I have promised to see 
 a man there about my son Albert, who is to learn German. 
 There would therefore be no objection whatever to my passing 
 a week at Stuttgart ; and if 3'ou do not go to \'ienna, I don't 
 see why you should not spare me a week in a town pleasant 
 and interesting enougii, 1 am told. If you tell me that 
 you arc going there, I shall be counting the number of days 
 before I shall see you. My father approves of the plan, and 
 it is possible that I shall leave Auguste with you if you go 
 directly to Scotland and if you ^\•ill give him the place of 
 Mile, de la Chaise. It is an idea at least that often occurs 
 to me. I have the right to be beheved, my dear Lord, when 
 I express sentiments which every one else would conceal, 
 when I express them at a moment when the amour propre 
 of ordinarv women Mould be wounded. I tell vou then 
 that to see you again m ill give me as much pleasure as seeing 
 Robertson. You must have received a letter from me by 
 the last mail with a letter from England ; I believed then 
 that R. would return, and I wept while writing to you in 
 sorrow at your departure. Consent then to give me that 
 week at Stuttgart — perhaps I shall bring you news of peace. 
 Adieu. 
 
 P.S. — Should my letter not catch you at Ulm I will wait a 
 month for your decision. 
 
 My father, who is kindness itself for me in all this and 
 who is moved by mv sorrow, has made me open my letter 
 to you to tell you that the best place to meet during a fort- 
 night instead of a week would be Constanz, which is at 
 the far end of Switzerland, belongs to the Emperor, and is 
 on the .-hores of a lake more beautiful than that of Geneva. 
 I fancy that all the English who escape will go there. Make 
 up your mind. Provided hat before a fortnight has passed, 
 a month, or six weeks, I :hall have spent a few days ^vith 
 you, I shall be consoled, and the site of the rendezvous is 
 indifferent to me. Since you had the idea of going to ^'ienna, 
 why did you not spend some time in Germany ? There will
 
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 be no military operations before the month of November, 
 and by remaining a few weeks longer on the Continent, you 
 give yourself a chance of peace. How happy I should be 
 if I can persuade you, if I see once more at my inn the fair 
 head and the black welcoming me at the window ! You 
 could go to Munich, and return thence to Stuttgart or to 
 Constanz. Good Heavens, how long and tedious I have 
 become in my letters, but I am so anxious to succeed that 
 I always fear that I have forgotten some good reason. Fare- 
 well again, my dear Lord : perhaps not farewell for long ; 
 I don't think there can be any objections to what I propose. 
 I will write to R. by the first mail, always to Ulm. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Les Call vont, je crois, s'echapper, 
 et me donneront rendez-vous dans 
 la ville d'Allemagne que je leur ij 
 
 designerai si j'y vais. 
 
 C. le 23 juillet. | 
 
 J'ai im peu de honte, my dear Lord, de la 
 derniere lettre que je vous ai ecrite, et je vous 
 prie de la bruler. L'agitation que m'avait donne 
 I'evenement de Baden, et la subite separation 
 qui I'a suivi, m'eut fait un tel mal qu'il n'y a 
 que depuis quelques heures qu'a I'aide du 
 laudanum j'ai cesse d'avoir une fievre ardente. 
 Pardonnez done, et faites mieux, oubliez et brulez 
 une lettre a laquelle je ne puis penser sans 
 beaucoup d'embarras, car je ne me souviens 
 meme plus de ce qu'elle contenoit. Ce que je sais 
 c'est que j'ai du sans doute exprimer un regret 
 affreux de la perte de votre societe et de celle 
 de R., car il y a dans votre caractere et dans 
 votre esprit a tous les deux un genre de charme 
 qui m'a fait eprouver un bonheur parfait, et je 
 ne sais pas ce qu'on ne ferait pas pour rejoindre
 
 MADAME DE STAEL COl 
 
 ceux qui ont le talent magique de vous rendrc 
 lieureux. 
 
 J'etais bien convaincue avant de vous connaitre 
 qu'il ctait possible de me plaire, de m'interesser, 
 niais non pas de me rendre la vie tout a fait 
 douce. Mon ame naturcllement agitec n'a trouve 
 du calme qu'aupres de vous. Dix ans de revolu- 
 tion m'avaient fait mcpriser les hommes, et vous 
 m'avez rendu ce que j'eprouvai a vingt ans, 
 I'estime et la confiance. Pardonnez moi done 
 si j'ai senti je ne sais quel dechirement inex- 
 primable quand le dernier lien de I'espoir s'est 
 brise. II m'en reste un eependant eneor ; c'est 
 que vous acceptiez la proposition que je vous 
 ai faite d'un rendez-vous en Allemagne avant 
 votre fatale embarcation. Je puis etre dans 
 quinze jours a Stutgard ou dans six semaines a 
 Franefort. Si je vais dans quinze jours a Stutgard, 
 c'est en faisant le tour de la Suisse avec Matthieu, 
 et prenant la des renseignements qui me sont 
 neccssaires sur une pension oii je pourrais mettre 
 Albert. Si je vais dans six semaines a Franefort, 
 ce serait en rentrant en France par Strasbourg, et 
 peut-ctre vous remettrais-je la Auguste, qui meurt 
 d'envie d'etre mis en pension a Edimbourg. 
 Vous avez produit sur mes enfants, tons les deux, 
 un effet qui me prouve combien mes sentiments 
 sont naturels ; ils me font pleurer sans cesse par 
 leurs allusions a vous, par leurs regrets. Ah, je le 
 crois, les vrais qualites du coeur sont celles que 
 des etres innocents et simples ont senti si pro- 
 fondement. Ne dites pas que ce n'est rien que 
 se re voir huit jours. Nous ferons la des pro jets 
 pour I'annee suivante, et si je vous donne mon 
 Ills, n'est-il pas sur que j'irai en Ecosse le printems 
 prochain ? Enfm, my dear Lord, dans cette vie 
 ou le bonheur ne compte que par jours j'irais a 
 
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 cinq cent lieux pour huit jours ; leur attente, 
 leur souvenir font le lot d'une destinee. 
 
 Ce que je veux seulement c'est ne pas vous 
 deranger ; mais si ma lettre vous est parvenue a 
 Ulm, Stutgard est la route pour aller a Francfort, 
 et si vous avez ete a Munich ou meme a Vienne 
 il me semble que, si vous retournez en Angleterre, 
 Francfort est encor votre route, et que nous 
 pouvons nous y retrouver dans six semaines. 
 Par les nouvelles d'aujourd'hui il est positif que 
 la Prusse ne sera point en guerre avec 1' Angleterre, 
 et Ton pent s'embarquer a Embden sur un 
 batiment prussien ; or Francfort est la route 
 d'Embden. II y a toujours des negociations, 
 mais je ne vois point qu'elles se hatent, et ce 
 qui va vite ce sont les preparatifs de descente en 
 France ; cependant personne n'y croit avant le 
 mois de mars. 
 
 Je vous ai envoye une lettre d'Angleterre a 
 Ulm, et je continuerai a vous les adresser la 
 poste restante jusques a ce que j'aye une lettre 
 de vous qui change I'adresse. J'ecris de meme 
 a Robertson. My dear Lord, quand je reyois 
 des lettres ou des compliments, savez vous quel 
 est mon premier mouvement ? L'espoir que je 
 vaux assez pour que ma parfaite amitie pour 
 vous soit de quelque chose dans le bonheur de 
 votre vie ; et je suis tent6e, comme Don Quichotte, 
 d'obliger tous ceux qui me louent a vous aller 
 dire que je vous aime et que vous devez m'aimer. 
 Matthieu arrive apres demain, et m*apportera 
 beaucoup de nouvelles ; je vous les ecrirai, mais 
 prenez garde, je vous prie, que mes lettres ne 
 se perdent pas — il y a partout des agents 
 fran^ais. Je vous en prie, souvent quelques 
 lignes a la fin de votre journal; mettez sur un 
 petit papier je vous aime, je vie porte Men, et
 
 MADAME DE STAEL G03 
 
 s'il sc peut je vans attends Id tel jour. Voila des 
 lignes qui fcront plus de bicn que toutc la 
 puissance consulaire n'cn pourra jamais produire. 
 N'est-il pas doux de penser qu'au milieu de 
 I'empire du pouvoir I'cmpire de raffeetion 
 reste, et que I'amitic dispose encor du bonheur ? 
 Je re^ois a I'instant une Icttre de vous, bonne, 
 touehante, comme tout ce qui vient de vous. 
 Je suis bien aise a present que Robertson vous 
 ait rejoint, car les Anglais sont en fuite de 
 Lausanne. Ah, quelle tyrannic ! Si eette lettre 
 vous parvient a terns pour nous rejoindre en 
 Allemagne, ah, my dear Lord, attendez moi. Je 
 vous aime tous les jours plus. II y a des tresors 
 dans votre ame que je vous decouvrirai a vous- 
 meme, et vous redeviendrez heureux en sentant 
 mieux tout ce que vous valez. Ecrivez moi, 
 ecrivcz moi — jamais vous n'aurez cause un plus 
 doux sentiment a personne. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 The Calls are, I think, about to escape, 
 and will give mc a meeting in a German 
 town I shall mention to them if I go. 
 
 COPPET, 23rd July. 
 
 I have some remorse, my dear Lord, regarding the last 
 letter I wrote you, and I beg you to burn it. The agitation 
 which the Baden event caused me, and the sudden separation 
 which followed it, brought on such an illness that it is only 
 a few hours ago, with the aid of laudanum, that I ceased to 
 have a burning fever. Pardon me tlierefore, and do better — 
 forget and burn the letter, which I cannot think of without 
 much embarrassment, because I do not even remember what 
 it contained. All that I know is that I no doubt expressed 
 a terrible sorrow at your departure and that of R., l:)ccause 
 there is that in your character and in the spirit of both of 
 you a kind of charm which makes me feel a perfect happiness.
 
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 and I do not know what one would not do to rejoin those 
 who have the magic talent of making one feel happy. 
 
 I was assured before I knew you that it was possible to 
 please me and interest me, but I did not know that my life 
 could be made absolutely happy. My mind, being by nature 
 easily moved, has only found calm with you. Ten years 
 of revolution had made me contemptuous of men, and you 
 have restored that which I felt when I was twenty years 
 old, esteem and confidence. Pardon me then if I feel an 
 indescribable wrench when the last tie of hope is broken. 
 But still one remains, and that is that you will accept the 
 proposal made to meet in Germany before your fatal em- 
 barkation. I can be in Stuttgart within a fortnight, or in six 
 weeks in Frankfort. If I go in a fortnight to Stuttgart, 
 it is in going round Switzerland with Mathieu, and making 
 inquiries there for a pension where I could place Albert. If 
 I go in six weeks to Frankfort, it would be by re-entering 
 France by Strasbourg, and perhaps I could hand over Auguste 
 to you, who is dying to go to school in Edinburgh ! You 
 have produced an effect on both my children which proves 
 to me how natural my own sentiments are. They make me 
 weep constantly by their allusions to you and their regrets 
 for you. Ah, I believe that the true feelings of the heart 
 are those which innocent and simple beings have felt so 
 deeply. Do not say it is nothing to see each other for a 
 week. We will then make plans for the next j^ear, and if I 
 give you my son, is it not certain that I will go to Scotland 
 next spring ? In fine, my dear Lord, in this life where 
 happiness can only be counted in days, I would go a distance 
 of five hundred leagues for eight days, the expectation and 
 the memory of them making the lot of a destiny. 
 
 What I wish is not to incommode you. But if my letter 
 has reached you at Ulm, Stuttgart is the route for Frankfort, 
 and if you have been to Munich or to Vienna, it seems to mo 
 that, if you return to England, Frankfort is still on your way, 
 and in six weeks' time Ave may meet again there. By the 
 news of to-day it is positively stated that the Prussians will 
 not go to war with England, and one can embark at Embden 
 on a Prussian ship ; now Frankfort is on the way to Embden. 
 Negotiations are proceeding, but I do not see that they are 
 being hastened, and what is being done quickly are the 
 preparations for invasion in France. However, no one 
 believes this will take place before the month of March. 
 
 I sent you an English letter to Ulm, and shall continue to
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 005 
 
 send them to the Poste Restante until I get a letter from 
 you to change the address. I wrote the same to Robertson. 
 My dear Lord, whenever I receive letters or compliments, 
 do you know wliat is my first thought ? It is a hope that 
 I am worthy enough to make my perfect friendship for yi^u 
 count for something in your life, and I am tempted, like Don 
 Quixote, to compel all those who praise me to go to you to 
 say I love you and that you ought to love me. Mathieu 
 arrives the day after to-morrow, and will bring me much news. 
 I shall write the news to you, but take care, I pray you, 
 that the letters do not get lost : tliere are French agents 
 everywhere. I beg of you often to write some lines at 
 the end of your journal and your letters, written on a little 
 piece of paper: " I love you, I am well," and if possible '" 1 
 expect you there on such and such a day." There, those will 
 be lines that will do more good than all the power of the 
 First Consul can ever attain ! Is it not sweet to think that 
 in the midst of the em])ire of power the empire of alfection 
 remains, and that friendship still disposes of happiness ? I 
 receive this moment a most touching letter from you, as is 
 ever all that comes from you. 1 am much relieved in iiiv 
 mind to hear that Robertson has joined you, for the English 
 are in Hight from Lausanne. Ah, what a tyranny ! If this 
 letter reaches you in time for us to meet again in Germany, 
 ah ! my dear Lord, do wait for me there. I love you each 
 day more and more. There are in your mind treasures that 
 I may reveal to you yourself, and you will again become happy 
 in knowing what you yourself are worth. Write to me, 
 write to me — never will you have inspired a more tender 
 sentiment in any being ! 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell, 
 
 le 24: * juillet, 
 
 J'ai brouille toutcs Ics dattes ; 
 je ne savois plus ou on etoit, ni 
 le mois ni la vie. 
 
 J'ai besoin encor une fois, my dear Lord, de 
 vous prier d'oublier et d'aneantir la lettre que je 
 
 * Tliis date has been altered.
 
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 vous ai ecrite le jour oii j'appris la nouvelle du 
 depart de R. Je n'y puis penser sans rougir et 
 j'y pense sans cesse ; j'avois tort en tout, et de 
 tons les hommes du monde vous etes celui 
 devant qui il me fait le plus de peine de m'etre 
 presentee a mon desavantage, car je ne vous ai 
 jamais su dire un mot que la plus parfaite 
 convenance ne dut approuver. Mais j'ai pour 
 excuse un ebranlement de nerfs cruel auquel je 
 suis quelquefois sujette, et qui duroit encore 
 quand I'heure de la poste me for9oit de vous 
 ecrire. J'en ai conserve un engourdissement dans 
 les mains si bizarre que je pourrois le prendre 
 pour le commencement de la maladie de Lady 
 Derby; mais cet engourdissement ne s'etend plus 
 a ma raison, et depuis que je sais les Anglois 
 retenus en Suisse j'approuve entierement votre 
 ami de n'etre pas venu ici pour 8 jours comma 
 je le souhaitois. 
 
 Quand j'aurois re9u la lettre ou vous peignez 
 avec tant de douceur votre isolement, et que je 
 me serois vue peut-etre dans I'impossibilite de 
 vous ramener votre ami, j'aurois ete bien mal- 
 heureuse, car je vous le repete, dans toutes les 
 situations de mon ame, le sentiment que R. 
 m'a montre a cree dans moi une interet vif 
 pour lui, mais votre bonheur m'est aussi neces- 
 saire que le sien. Enfin je ne veux pas consacrer 
 toutes mes lettres a en excuser une autre ; 
 cela seroit trop ennuyeux pour vous, mais j'ai 
 besoin que vous m'ecriviez, ou que vous me 
 disiez si je vous revois, que vous pardonnez 
 un tort qui appartient a une sorte de chaleur 
 de sentiments et de vivacite, de peine que je 
 ne suis pas toujours la maitresse de couleurs. 
 
 Je desire extremement que I'un de nos 
 deux projets, Stutgard dans quinze jours ou
 
 MADAME DE STAEL GOT 
 
 Francfort dans six semaines, soit accepte par 
 vous ; mais si vous ne poiivez Ics accepter, si 
 vous ne pouvez m'attendre, je me resignt rai avec 
 douceur et tristesse, en me reecjmmandant seule- 
 ment a vous pour trouver une maniere de nous 
 revoir le plutot possible. Vous avez raison de 
 citer ce vers franf;ois, lis sont passes, ces jours 
 de fete ; c'est un des plus melancoliques que je 
 connoisse. Ah, my dear Lord, rien n'est passe 
 pour vous, et tout votre coeur renaitra une fois 
 par le bonheur ; mais moi qui ai sept ans de 
 plus que vous, moi qui suis dechiree entre mes 
 devoirs et mes ai'fections, c'est pour moi que les 
 jours de fete sont passes, et la derniere fois que 
 j'ai danse en vous rappellant Lady Augusta est, 
 je n'en doute pas, le dernier jour de ma vie 
 d'illusion, la derniere heurc de cette existence 
 animee qui en finissant commence la mort. 
 
 Mais je veux vous dire des nouvelles ; je ne 
 veux pas me laisser aller a ma profonde tristesse. 
 N'oubliez pas que j'ai ete aimable et gaie avec 
 vous ; vous pourriez n'en plus trouver de traces 
 dans ces lettres ecrites avec un sentiment encor 
 si douloureux. Pourquoi n'iriez vous pas a Con- 
 stance ? M. est arrive ce matin de Fribourg, oii 
 je I'avois envoye pour R. et ou il etoit alle avec 
 beaucoup de zele. 
 
 Le general Ney a declare que si vous aviez 
 ete pris il ne vous auroit jamais relachc, mais 
 que pour un mcdecin cela n'en valoit pas la 
 peine. Vous voyez que le General Ney et moi 
 nous ne faisons pas grand cas des mcdeeins, 
 et il repetoit tou jours en grondant ce petit 
 Lord qui s^est echappe en femme. II est vrai 
 cependant que c'est bien une action d'homme 
 de s'echapper ainsi en femme. II repcte sans 
 cesse a la Diette de se dcpecher parce qu'il est
 
 COS INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 presse d'aller en Angleterre avec le Consul. II 
 est de si bon gout dans les plaisanteries qu'il a 
 lance I'autre jour a table toute une bouteille de 
 vin de champagne sur W Venturi, Ambassadeur 
 de la Republique Italienne, qui d'abord etoit 
 etonne, mais qui a fini par etre charme d'amuser 
 un moment ce grand seigneur conventionnel. II 
 y a deslettresde Londres du 13 juillet par Calais 
 qui disent qu'on y souffre beaucoup des impots 
 et des banqueroutes. Lord Nelson a fait declarer 
 au Roi de Naples que s'il recevoit les Francois 
 dans Naples il la bombarderoit. Sur cela on a 
 envoye un courier au Consul pour savoir s'il 
 ordonnoit toujours aux troupes de marcher ; je 
 ne doute pas qu'il ne persiste. On dit que I'elec- 
 torat d'Hanovre va etre partage entre le Roi de 
 Prusse et le Due de Mecklenbourg, beau-frere de 
 I'Empereur de Russie. II seroit bien a desirer pour 
 I'Europe que cet Empereur cut un peu moins de 
 vertus domestiques. Au reste on ne craint plus 
 la guerre avec la Prusse. 
 
 Pourquoi n'iriez vous pas a Munich voir 
 les etablissements du C**" de Rumford ? ou a 
 Carlsruhe de I'autre cote oii il y a les plus 
 beaux jardins du monde ? Je reviens tou- 
 jours a mon idee favorite ; donnez moi un 
 rendez-vous en Allemagne a deux jours de la 
 frontiere Suisse, ou dans quinze jours ou dans un 
 mois ou dans six semaines. Decidez, et simple- 
 ment ecrivez le nom de la ville et la datte du 
 jour; j'y serai. Indiquez moi bien exactement 
 I'adresse ou il faut vous ecrire. Voila la cin- 
 quieme lettre que je vous ecris a Ulm en com- 
 prenant celle d'Angleterre envoyee par moi, et 
 quatre a R. en comprenant celle qui lui sera 
 renvoyee de Baden. Voila de quoi effrayer I'hote 
 de la Rose d'Or, mais tant que je vous sais au
 
 MADxVME DE STAEL G09 
 
 milieu des yiing jrau il me scm})le que vous 
 n'avez rien de mieux a faire que de me lire ; je 
 serai plus discrette quand vous serez en Angle- 
 terre. 
 
 Voulez vous dormer a R. ces vers de moi 
 faits a I'age de seize ans, qu'il m'a demandes 
 plusieurs fois. Vous voycz que deja j'avois le 
 besoin d'etre ainiee ; je I'ai toujours desire, et 
 des que j'ai aime je me suis persuadee que je ne 
 I'etois pas : c'est une maladie de mon coeur qui 
 me fait plus de mal qu'aux autres. Je sais que 
 MaeCulloeh et Call se sont cnfuis a Neufehatel ; 
 mais MaeCulloeh m'avant demande de lui dire 
 de rester, et moi I'ayant refuse, il est parti sans 
 m'ecrire. Je suis inquiette de lui, car il est bien 
 violent. M"*^ Call va en Allemagne ; nous pourrions 
 tons nous trouver rcunis dans la ville que vous 
 designerez. Cette dispersion, meme des interets 
 seeondaires, est profondcment triste : a qui par- 
 lerai-je anglois ? Ah, pourquoi vous ai-je connus ? 
 Je n'ai de ma vie tant soufi'ert que depuis quel- 
 ques jours. Adieu — God bless you and me. 
 
 [Translation.'] 
 
 2ith * July. 
 
 I liave confused all my dates ; I 
 didn't know where I was in the 
 month nor in Hfe. 
 
 I want once more, my dear Lord, to beg of you to forget 
 and destroy the letter I wrote you the day 1 heard of R/s de- 
 parture. I can't tliink of it without blushing, and I tliink of 
 it constantly ; it was a mistake altogether, and of all men in 
 this world you are the one before whom it grieves me most 
 to show myself at a disadvantage, for I have never known 
 you say one word to which any one could take exceptitin. 
 But my only excuse is a nervous prostration to wliich I am at 
 
 * This date has been altered.
 
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 times subject, and from which I was suffering when post -time 
 obHged me to write to vou. It left me with such a strange 
 numbness in the hands that I might have taken it for the 
 symptoms of Lady Derby's illness ; but this numbness does 
 not extend to my brain, and since I know that the English are 
 detained in Switzerland, I quite approve of your friend's not 
 having come here for a week as I had wished. 
 
 Had I then received your letter where you described with 
 so much gentleness your isolation, and had found it impossible 
 to bring vour friend back to vou, I should have been very 
 unhappy, for I repeat, that the feeling which R. showed me 
 has roused in me a great interest for him, but your happiness 
 is as necessary to me as his. However, I will not devote all 
 mv letters to making excuses for others ; that would be too 
 tedious for you ; but I want you to write to me, to tell me 
 that you forgive an error which is attributable to a sort of 
 warmth of sentiment and vivacity, so that often I am scarcely 
 able to control my language. 
 
 I want you so much to accept one of our two projects — 
 Stuttgart in a fortnight, or Frankfort in six weeks ; but if you 
 cannot do this, if you carmot wait for me, I will resign myself 
 sadly, counting on you to find a means for us to meet again 
 as soon as possible. Well may you quote the French verses, 
 " Hs sont passes, ces jours de fete " ; they are some of the 
 saddest I know. Ah, my dear Lord, nothing is passed for 
 you, all your heart will live once again with happiness ; but 
 I who am seven vears older than vou, I who am torn between 
 my duties and my affections, it is for me that those days are 
 over, and the last time I danced, reminding you of Lady 
 Augusta, was, I doubt not, the last day of my life of illusions, 
 the last day of that animated existence which in ending 
 commences death. 
 
 But I want to give you news, and not abandon myself to 
 my profound sadness. Do not forget tliat I have been 
 amiable and gay with you ; you might find no trace of it in 
 these letters wTitten in such a melancholy strain. Why 
 should you not go to Constanz ? M. arrived from Fribourg 
 this morning, where he went to fetch R. and where he went 
 with much zeal. 
 
 General Ney declared that had you been caught he would 
 never have let you go ; but for a doctor it was not worth 
 his while. You see that neither the General nor I take 
 much count of doctors, and he keeps repeating grumblingly 
 " that little Lord escaping in woman's garb " ! It is true all
 
 MADAME DE STAEL Gil 
 
 the same that it is quite manly to escape disguised as a 
 woman. Ho insists all the time on the Diet hurrying, as 
 he is in a luniy to go to England witii the Consul. His 
 pleasantries are in such good taste that the other day at 
 table he flung a bottle of champagne at M. Venturi, Am- 
 bassador to the Italian Republic, who was at first astonished, 
 but ended by being cliarmcd at being able to afford amuse- 
 ment to a notable member of the Convention. There are 
 letters from London of the 20lh July via Calais saying that 
 there is much sulVering there caused i>y the taxes and bank- 
 ruptcies. Lord Xclson has informed the King of Naples 
 that if lie receives the French in Naples he will bombard it. 
 Thereupon a courier was despatched to the Consul to inquiro 
 whether he would continue to order the troops to advance ; 
 I don't doubt that he will persist. They say the Electorate 
 of Hanover is to be divided between the King of Prussia and 
 the Duke of Mecklenburg, brother-in-law of tlie Emperor of 
 Russia. It is a pity for the rest of Europe that the Emperor 
 has not a little less domestic virtue. War is no longer feared 
 with Prussia. 
 
 Why should you not go to Munich to see the establishments 
 of the Count de Rumford ? or to Carlsruhe on the other side, 
 where there are the finest gardens in the world ? I keep 
 coming back to mv favourite idea. Let us meet in Germanv 
 two days' journey from the frontier, or in a fortnight, or month, 
 or six weeks. Decide, and simply write mo the name of the 
 town and the date ; I will be there. Let me know clearly the 
 exact address to which to write to you. This is the fifth letter 
 I have written you at Ulm, counting the one I sent to England, 
 and four to Robertson ; what w ith the one forwarded from 
 Baden, it is enough to frigliten the landlord of the Rose d'Or, 
 but as long as I know you to be among the Jungfraus, I feel 
 that you can have nothing much better to do than to read 
 me ; I shall be more discreet when you reach England. 
 
 Please give Robertson these verses of mine written at the 
 age of sixteen, which he has asked me for several times. You 
 see I already had a desire to be loved, and when I have loved 
 I have persuaded myself that I was not loved in return : it 
 is a malady of my heart more painful to me than to others, 
 I know that Call and McCulloch have fled to Neufchatel, but 
 McCulloch having asked me to make him stay, and I h.aving 
 refused, he left without writing to me ; I am anxious about 
 him, for he is very violent. Miss Call is going to Germany ; 
 we might all meet there in whichever town you suggest
 
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 This dispersion, even of my secondary objects of interest, 
 is extremely sad : to whom shall I talk English ? Ah, why 
 have I ever known you ? I have never in my life suffered 
 so much as in the last few days ! Adieu — God bless you 
 and me. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Voila, m}^ dear Lord, une lettre d'Angleterre. 
 Celle que j'ecris a R. contient une nouvelle que 
 vous n'apprendrez pas sans peine. Je sens ap- 
 procher I'orage qui me jettera sur vos cotes; je 
 voudrais vous revoir encor, et il me semble que 
 je I'espere. 
 
 25 juillet. 
 
 [Translation.'] 
 
 Here, my dear Lord, is a letter from England. The one 
 I am writing to Robertson contains news that will give you 
 pain. I feel the storm approaching that will throw me on 
 your shores. I want to sec you once more, and I seem to hope 
 for it. 
 
 25 July. 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Camyhell, 
 
 CoppET, le 2 aoust. 
 
 Voila Robertson qui m'ecrit, my dear Lord, que 
 vous etes parti pour Vienne sans I'attendre. Je le 
 plains du fond du coeur de son voyage solitaire, 
 et je trouve que nous avons bien mal arrange 
 notre vie. Vous m'avez ecrit de vous adresser 
 vos lettres d'Angleterre a Ulm ; elles y sont toutes 
 avec les miennes, que je ne voudrois pas qui tom- 
 bassent en d'autres mains que les votres. Au lieu 
 des projets qu'elles contiennent je vous en offre 
 deux. L'un, qui est le moins bon, c'est, si vous 
 retournez en Angleterre, de passer par Constance
 
 MADAME DE STAEL G13 
 
 on Stiitgard on Tii])ingcn en vons rcndant a 
 Francfort, ct dc me donncr rendcz-vous la Ic 
 premier de septcmbre. Je ne penx pas aller phis 
 loin qne deux jours de Suisse. Si vous venez plus 
 prcs de la Suisse je resterai plus long-tems avec 
 vous. Dans mon vovage de Suisse avec Matthieu, 
 que je tiens en suspens pour avoir votre reponse, 
 je puis prendre six a sept jours pour vous aller 
 voir. 
 
 Mais le second de nos pro jets m'est bien 
 plus doux. Rester a Vienne jusqu'au quinze 
 d'octobre, on a Vcnise si Vienne vous ennuye, et 
 soyez le 1" de novembre a Francfort sur le Mein 
 a une journee de Strasbourg. J[e] m'y trouverai 
 en re[v]enant de Paris, oii je ne veux passer que 
 six semaines pour payer les dettes de M'" de St. 
 La nous irons passer I'hyver ou vous voudrez, y 
 compris Stockolm, ou j'ai des affaires. II est 
 certain qu'il ne sera pas question de descente 
 cette annee, et Ton croit assez a des negoeiations 
 de paix cet hyver. Que j'aimerois a le passer 
 tout entier a Berlin avec vous-meme, ou partout 
 ailleurs, a Venise, en Italic, a Vienne, si je ne 
 craignis pas quelque diflicultcs pour y arriver. 
 Le mois que j'ai passe avec vous deux a etc 
 parfaitement heureux ; si vous avez conserve 
 quelques souvenirs de ce tems, recommen^ons le. 
 J'attends votre reponse pour fixer mes projets; 
 je vais rester ici sans en sortir jusques a ce 
 qu'elle m'arrive, ct je pars apres I'avoir rcyue 
 suivant la route que vous m'indiquerez. On ne 
 pent plus, dit-on, passer par Tonningen. Les 
 Fran9ois sont entrcs a Lubeck. ^P vvilkins 
 mande qu'ils cement la terre tout autour. La 
 Prusse reste, dit-il, decidement neutre. La 
 colonic anglaise qui est a Neufchatel ira a Vienne 
 ou a Berlin ; ils regardent comme impossible
 
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 d'aller en Angleterre. II paroit que les ord[res] 
 de les arreter ne sont pas donnes ici, et les 
 [Franjgois quitteront le pays, a ce qu'on assure, 
 dans deux mois. 
 
 Vous aurez vu par mes lettres d'Ulm que 
 Christin a ete arretc coninie agent de 1' Angleterre ; 
 j'ai obtenu qu'il fut transfere chez lui, niais il 
 y avait dans son journal et dans mes billets 
 adresses a lui pendant qu'il etait a Fribourg par 
 Robertson de quoi me suivre assez serieusement. 
 En un mot, vous me rendrez un serviee inoiii 
 en me tirant de cette France, et comment avoir 
 le cou[rag]e d'en sortir si des amis ne vous 
 reyoivent pas ? Matthieu est ici ; il m'a apporte 
 bien des lettres de France, mais mes idees et mes 
 sentiments ont pris un autre cours, and God 
 save, &c. Accepterez vous mon petit ou mon 
 grand projet ? car je n'ai pas le courage de 
 supporter que vous puissiez les rejetter tons les 
 deux. Adieu ; ecrivez moi — vous le devez puisque 
 je le desire si vivement et qu'une petite peine 
 que vous prendrez me fera tant de plaisir. 
 
 S'il vous vient des lettres d'Angleterre, je vous 
 les adresserai a Vienne poste restante jusques a 
 ce que vous m'ayez donne le nom de vos ban- 
 quiers. J'ecris a Robertson par ce courier poste 
 restante. 
 
 (Addressed) To the right hon^^^ 
 
 Lord John Campbell. 
 
 [Translation.^ 
 
 CoppET, 2nd August. 
 
 Robertson writes to me, my dear Lord, that you left 
 for Vienna without waiting for liim. I pity him from the 
 bottom of my heart, and I think we manage our lives very 
 badly. You told me to address all your letters from England 
 to Ulm ; they are all there, with mine, which I would not
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 615 
 
 have fall into other hands than yours. Instead of (he pro- 
 jects tlicrein contained I offer you two more. One of these, 
 which is the less good one, is that, if you return to England, 
 you should go by Constance or Stuttgart or Tubingen to 
 Frankfort, and that we should meet there on the Ist iSeptember. 
 I may not go farther than two days' journey from Switzer- 
 land. If you come nearer to Switzerland I can stay longer 
 with you. During my journey with Mathieu (which I am 
 keeping open till I hear from you) 1 seize six or seven days 
 to go and see you. 
 
 But the second plan is far more attractive to me. Remain 
 at Menna till October loth, or at \'enice if Vienna bores 3'ou, 
 and be at Frankfort on November 1st, one day's journey from 
 Strasbourg. I will be there on my return from Paris, where 
 I shall only spend six weeks to pay M. de Stael's debts. Then 
 we shall go and spend the winter wherever you like, including 
 Stockholm, where I have business. There will certainly 
 be no question of an invasion this year, and there are hopes 
 of Peace negotiations. How I should love to spend the 
 whole Avinter with you at Berlin, or anywhere else, Venice, in 
 Italy, or Vienna, if only I did not fear some difficulty in 
 being able to get there ! The month I spent with you two 
 was one of perfect happiness ; if you have retained any 
 memories of it, let us repeat it. I await your answer before 
 settling my plans. I shall stay here till it arrives, and on 
 receipt of it I shall take the route j^ou suggest. It is not 
 possible, it appears, to go by Tonningen. The French have 
 entered Lubeck. Mr. Wilkins announces that they have sur- 
 rounded all the neighbouring district. Prussia remains, he 
 says, decidedly neutral. The English colony at Neufchatel 
 will go to Vienna or Berlin, as they consider it impossible 
 to go to England. It appears that orders for their arrest 
 have not been issued here, and the French will leave the 
 country, so we are assured, in two months. 
 
 You will have seen by my letters that Christin has been 
 arrested as an English agent. I obtained leave for him to 
 be transferred to his OAvn house, but there was that in his 
 journal and in notes I addressed to him at Fribourg through 
 Robertson to involve me somewhat seriously. In a word, 
 you Avill be rendering me a great service by getting me out of 
 this France ; and how is one to find courage for this if one's 
 friend will not receive one ? Mathieu is here, and he brought 
 me numberless letters from France. But my sentiments have 
 foimd another channel,, and God save, etc. Will you accept
 
 616 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 my great or my little project ? for I have not the courage 
 to contemplate the possibilit}^ of your rejecting them both ! 
 Adieu ; ^rite to me — you must since I desire it so ardently, 
 and since a small effort on your part will give me so much 
 pleasure. 
 
 If any letters from England come for you, I will address 
 them to you poste restante until you give the name of your 
 bankers. I am writing to Robertson poste restante. 
 
 Madame de Sta'el to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 le 5 aoust. 
 
 My dear lord, je vous ai ecrit sous I'adresse du 
 g^' Groissard le dernier courier; et je vous recris 
 encor quoiqu'il me prenne quelquefois Tin- 
 quietude que vous ne commenciez a m'oublier. 
 II y a des lettres de Londres ici du 26 juillet; le 
 commerce y etait triste et souhaitait la paix. On 
 en parle encor dans les papiers d'aujourd'hui, 
 mais f aiblement. On ne croit pas a aucune tenta- 
 tive de descente cette annee ; en effet il est de 
 I'avantage de la France de retarder et d'user les 
 finances d' Angleterre en preparatif s. M'" Herefort, 
 parent du Due de Norfolk, que j 'ai vu aujourd'hui, 
 m'a dit qu'entre Fontainebleau et Paris il n'y 
 avait pas plus de 250 Anglais, dont cent domes- 
 tiques ou ouvriers. II arrive de Paris avec un passe 
 port ; les mesures a cet egard deviennent moins 
 severes. M'" Herr est retourne. Lady Elisabeth 
 Foster s'en inquietait beaucoup avec une grande 
 bontc. Son fils et Lord Duncanon sont aussi 
 retournes. M*" Robson a ecrit de Lyon une belle 
 lettre au Premier Consul lui-meme, qui lui a valu 
 de venir a Paris ; il vaut mieux s'etre sauve en 
 femme. 
 
 Cette pauvre famille de Beverley est desolee 
 du depart de M"" Piercy ; quand je serai a Paris
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 617 
 
 je le lui ferai rendre, j'espcre, mais vous savez 
 que j 'attends votre reponse pour savoir si 
 je serai le l*"" scptembre pour deux jours 
 a Tubingen ou Stutgard, ou le I*"" novembre a 
 Francfort, partant de la pour passer I'hyver a 
 Berlin. Oh que j'aime ce dernier projet ! Lady 
 Mountcastle est arrivee hier, et sa mere Lady 
 Kingston et deux Lady King ; tout cela va a 
 Stutgard. Le pauvre Christin est tou jours arrete, 
 mais doucement traite. Je crois toute la eolonie 
 de Neufchatel en route pour Stutgard. II parait 
 cependant qu'il n'y a point d'ordres donnes en 
 Suisse pour les arreter. Le g"' Ney vous ayant vu 
 h Fribourg a eprouve comme moi le desir de vous 
 retenir ; voila ce qui me parait le plus probable. 
 ]yjiies j^QYYiQ2. sont aussi en route pour Stutgard. 
 La Princesse d'Angleterre attire la les Anglais, et 
 tons regardent le retour en x\ngleterre a present 
 comme trop difficile. Puissiez vous en juger ainsi 
 et me donner cet hyvcr. J 'en serai si reconnais- 
 sante que je taeherai de parler anglais, mieux 
 pour vous pi aire, et encore assez mal pour vous 
 amuser. Adieu, my dear Lord ; j 'attends votre 
 reponse pour savoir ce que je ferai. 
 
 J'ecris sous cette mcme adresse a Rob. ]\Iad. 
 de Saussure est triste et malade ; elle voudrait 
 bien aussi aller a Berlin. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 5th August. 
 
 My dear Lord, I wrote to you under the address of General 
 Groissard by the last courier, and I write to you again although 
 sometimes I am seized with doubts whether you begin to 
 forget me. Tliere are letters liere from London of tlie 2Gth 
 July. Commerce then was dull and Peace was longed for. 
 In the papers to-day Peace is still spoken of, but feebly. 
 No one believes in any attempt at an invasion this year. 
 In truth it is to. the advantage of France to delay it, and to use 
 
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 618 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 up the finances of England in preparations. Mr. Herefort, 
 a relative of the Duke of Norfolk, whom I saw to-day, told 
 me that between Fontainebleau and Paris there were not 
 more than 250 English, of whom 100 were servants and work- 
 men. He arrived from Paris with a passport. The measures 
 taken with regard to the passports are less severe. Mr. Herr 
 has returned. Lady Elisabeth Foster, with great kindness, 
 took much trouble about this. Her son and Lord Duncannon 
 have also returned. Mr. Robson wrote an excellent letter 
 from Lyons to the First Consul, which ended in his going 
 to Paris. It is wiser to save oneself in the guise of a woman. 
 
 The poor Beverley family is miserable at the departure of 
 Mr. Percy. When I am in Paris I hope to be able to restore 
 him to them. But you know I await your reply to know if I 
 am to be at Tiibingen for two days on the 1st September or at 
 Stuttgart, or on the 1st November at Frankfort, leaving that 
 place to pass the winter at Berlin. Oh how I love that last 
 project ! Lady Mountcastle arrived yesterday, her mother 
 Lady Kingston and the two Ladies King. All these go to 
 Stuttgart. Poor Christin is still under arrest, but treated 
 gently. I believe all the Neufchatel colony to be en route 
 for Stuttgart. It seems, however, that there have been no 
 orders issued to arrest them in Switzerland. General Ney 
 having seen you in Switzerland felt like me a wish to keep 
 you. This seemed to me very probable. Misses Berry are also 
 going to Stuttgart. The Princess of England draws all the 
 English there, and all regard the return to England as too 
 difficult at present. May you also tliink as they do, and give 
 this winter to me ! I Avould be so grateful that I would try 
 to speak English, to speak it better to please you, and yet 
 badly enough to amuse you ! Adieu, my dear Lord. I await 
 your reply to know what I shall do, 
 
 I write under the same address to Robertson. Mme. de 
 Saussure is sad and ill. She too would gladly go to Berlin. 
 
 Madame de Sta'el to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Voulez v[ous] avoir la Coppet, le 9 7*", Suiss[e]. 
 
 bonte de faire parvenir C'est toujours ici qu'il faut 
 
 surement cette lettre a R. m'adresser vos lettres. 
 
 Je vous ecris done a Londres, my dear Lord, et 
 qui salt a present quand je vous reverrai ! C'est
 
 MADAME DE STAEL G19 
 
 une terrible barriere que cette mer, et si elle 
 sauve votre indepcndaiiee elle met iin cruel 
 obstacle entre nous. Votre dernicre lettre a moi 
 etait de Pragues, et vous n'aviez pas encore regu 
 ni ma lettre a Vienne ni celle a Tourringen. 
 J'espere que vous me repondrez ; j'espere que 
 vous ne laisserez pas t[om|ber nos rapports 
 ensemble. Une fois nous nous reunirons, car je 
 vous aime, et j'irai vous chercher des que je le 
 pourrai sans dechirer mes liens naturels. Je vais 
 en France dans huit jours, et de la je vous eerirai 
 en employant quelquefois la main d'Auguste s'il 
 y a des nouvelles dans ma lettre. Je fais des 
 projets pour la France sans savoir trop ce qui 
 m'y arrivera, mais ne pouvant plus mener ici la 
 douce vie que je vous devais a tons les deux, 
 celle que j'aurais voulu prolonger tout le reste 
 de mon existence, je veux savoir si la France 
 peut encor etre ma patrie et celle de mes 
 enfants. 
 
 Les partis les plus decides, si je dois les prendre, 
 doivent m'etre commandcs par la neeessite ; elle 
 sera mon excuse aupres de mon pere et de moi- 
 meme. Dans tous les cas, si Robertson persiste 
 dans le projet qu'il m'ecrit de Berlin, j'irai I'y 
 voir avec un extreme plaisir, soit cet hyver, soit 
 ce printems, suivant I'epoque qu'il choisira. S'il 
 ne venait qu'au printems, ne serait-il done pas 
 possible que vous fissiez ce voyage ? Tout 
 danger de descente serait passe alors. Vous 
 verriez avee moi TAUemagne, que vous n'avez 
 pu connaitre en la traversant si rapidement. La 
 Suisse nous serait peut-etre ouverte, car on assure 
 que les troupes frangaises la quitteront ; et 
 ritalie I'hyver ensuite. II m'est impossible, 
 dussai-je etre seule dans mes chimeres, de ne 
 pas faire des projets de voyage avec vous. Vous
 
 620 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 m'avez rendue parfaitement heureuse pendant 
 nos relations ensemble, et dans le cours de ma 
 vie j'ai si pen connu ce sentiment, que je n'oub- 
 lierai jamais entre tons vos agrements celui qui 
 doit etre mis au premier rang, le talent de rendre 
 heureux. Helas, vous donnez le bonheur que vous 
 n'avez pas. Dites moi de vous ce que vous vous 
 permettez d'en dire, un mot sur I'etat de votre 
 ame et de votre sante. Vous n'avez jamais voulu 
 m'ouvrir votre cosur, et j'ai toujours senti que 
 mon attachement pour vous m'en [a] rendue digne. 
 Moi je n'ai pas craint de vous laisser lire dans 
 mon ccEur, et j'ose penser que votre frere lui- 
 meme ne connaitra pas I'inconvenable abandon 
 que mes lettres ont exprime dans un moment de 
 grande peine. 
 
 Les lettres de France parlent toujours 
 d'armees, de bateaux plats, de descente, &c., 
 mais il y a cependant des gens qui croyent 
 encor que Ton se contentera des menaces qui 
 font la guerre a vos finances. Le pauvre Chr. 
 est au Temple et n'a point ete interroge encor. 
 On le designe seulement dans les gazettes comme 
 ayant eu des rapports avec les Anglais. Si vous 
 aimer est un crime je suis bien plus coupable 
 que lui. Mon pere a ecrit a novel [e]n 60 pages 
 qui est ce que je connais au monde de plus 
 touchant. C'est la suite d'un defi que je lui avals 
 donne en ecrivant Delphine. Cette nouvelle sera 
 imprimee anonyme dans la Bibl. britannique, et 
 je I'enverrai a Lady Charlotte. Je vous prie, faites 
 qu'elle s'interesse un peu a moi, Lady Charlotte. 
 Je ne vois pas un Anglais sans parler d'elle. J'ai 
 passe hier la soiree chez Lady Beverley, qui se 
 flatte de voir revenir M"" Percy, et qui m'a paru 
 assez contente. Ah, permettez moi de vous 
 dire que je ne puis me consoler de your escape.
 
 MADAME DE STAKL 021 
 
 Combicn j'aiirais etc pour vous im doux gcolicr. 
 Farewell ; Albcrtiiic parlc sans ccssc dc vous. 
 
 (Addressed) franco Eiifriro. Anglclerre. 
 
 To tlic rifrlit li'^"' 
 
 Lord Jolin Campbell, 
 in vereray argyll's house 
 North britania, 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 [Translation,.] 
 
 Please forward the Coppet, ^th Sept., Switzerland. 
 
 enclosed letter to K. Alwaj-s address my letters here. 
 
 I am writing to you tlien at London, my dear Lord, and 
 who knows when 1 shall sec you again ! The sea is a terrible 
 barrier, and if it preserves your ind(>p(mdence, it also places 
 a terrible obstacle between us. Your last letter to me was 
 from Prague, and you had not received either my letter to 
 Vienna or that to Tiibingen. I hope that you will reply to 
 me — that you will not let our relations drop. One of these 
 days we shall be reunited, and I shall come and find you 
 as soon as I can do so without severing my natural ties. 
 I am going to France in a week's time, and thence I will 
 write to you, sometimes by the hand of Auguste if there is 
 news in ni}' letter. I make plans for France without kno\\- 
 ing exactly what is going to happen to me there ; but unable 
 any longer to lead here the pleasant life I owed to you two 
 — which I wish I could have prolonged for the rest of my 
 existence — I wish to know if France can be again my country 
 and that of my children. 
 
 A decided course, if I must take it, will be imposed on 
 me by necessity ; that will be my excuse for my father and 
 myself. In any case, if Robertson persists in tlie project 
 about which he has written me from Berlin, I will go to 
 see him with extreme pleasure, either this winter or the 
 spring, as he may elect. If it is spring, could you not come 
 also ? All danger of an invasion would be past then. You 
 would then see Germany in m}' company, which you have 
 not been able to sec, traversing it so rapidly. Switzerland 
 perhaps would be open to us, for they say the French troops 
 will evacuate it ; and Italy tne winter following. I cannot 
 help making these plans, even if I am alone in my dreams.
 
 622 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 You made me so perfectly happy during our relations, and 
 in the course of my life I have so httle experienced that 
 sensation that among all your accomplishments I shall never 
 forget to place first the talent of making others happy. Alas, 
 you impart the happiness that you don't possess ! Tell me 
 what you will allow yourself to say, a word on the state of 
 your mind and your health. You have never opened your 
 heart to me, and I always felt that my attachment for you 
 rendered me worthy of it. I have not feared your reading 
 my heart, and I venture to hope that your brother himself 
 will not know the indecorous abandon which my letters in 
 a moment of sorrow have expressed. 
 
 Letters from France speak always of armies, flat-bottomed 
 boats, of the invasion, etc., but there are still people who 
 believe that all this only means a war against your 
 financial resources. Poor Christin is at the Temple, and 
 has not yet been interrogated. In the papers they speak 
 of him only as having had relations with the English. If 
 to love them is a crime, I am more guilty than he. My father 
 has written a most touching novel in 60 pages. It is in 
 consequence of my challenge to him in writing " Delphine." 
 This novel will be printed anonymously in the Bibliotheque 
 britannique, and I will send it to Lady Charlotte. Make 
 Lady Charlotte like me a little. I never see an Englishman 
 without speaking of her. I spent yesterday at Lady Bever- 
 ley's. She is pleased at the thought of seeing Mr. Percy 
 again. Ah, I can't console myself for your escape. I should 
 have been such a kind gaoler ! Farewell ; Albertine is always 
 talking of you. 
 
 Madame de Sta'el to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Ze 15 8*", St. Brice, pres be Pabis. 
 
 Je remets a Lady Donagald, une personne que 
 j'ai trouvee bien aimable d'esprit et bien dis- 
 tinguee de caractere, un petit mot pour vous. 
 Depuis Berlin je ne sais rien de vous que par M"" 
 de Saussure, qui m'a mande que vous lui aviez 
 ecrit d'- — — en vous embarquant. Ma position 
 ici est fort triste ; mes amis y sont parfaits pour 
 moi, mais le 1" C. a beaucoup dit ce que vous
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 023 
 
 croyiez qu'il ne dirait pas, et je ne regarde pas 
 comme possible pour moi de passer I'hyver 
 paisiblement a Paris. Cette impossibilite m'eut 
 etc fort douce si j'avais du vous rctrouver en 
 Allemagne, mais je traverserai le llliiu avec 
 tristesse n'ayant pas cette perspective. Ecrivez 
 moi sous I'enveloppe de M' Rccamier, banquier a 
 Paris. Je suis a demeure en ce moment chez son 
 angelique epouse, et j'y vois M"" Green, avec qui 
 je parle de vous. Je vous dirais de bien bon 
 coeur combien je vous conserve d'amitie tcndre, 
 si je n'ctais pas affligce de n'avoir pas de vos 
 nouvclles. 
 
 Faites parvenir cette lettre, je vous prie. 
 
 (Addressed) To right honourable 
 
 Lord John Campbell, 
 
 Inveraray, 
 
 N.B. 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 15th Oct., St. Brice, near Paris. 
 
 I sent a little word for you to Lady Donagald, a person 
 whom I found to possess a very amiable spirit and a very 
 distinguished character. Since you were at Berlin I have 
 not heard anything of you except through M. de Saussurc, who 
 
 informed me that you had written to him from as you 
 
 were embarking. My position here is a very sad one. My 
 
 friends here are all 1 could desire, but the First Consul has 
 
 said much you would never believe he could have said, and 
 
 I do not consider it possible for me to pass the winter in 
 
 peace at Paris. The impossibility would have been very 
 
 pleasant for me could I have found you again in Germany, 
 
 but I shall cross the Rhine in sadness as I have no such 
 
 prospect. Write to me under cover to M. Recamier, banker 
 
 at Paris. I am staying at present with his angelic wife, 
 
 and I see Mr. Green, with whom I talk about you. I would 
 
 tell you with my whole heart what a tender friendship I 
 
 cherish for you, if 1 were not in affliction because I have no 
 
 tidings of you. 
 
 Pray see that the enclosed letter arrives at its destiuatioD.
 
 624 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Madame de Stael to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 YvERDUN d minuit, jeudi. 
 
 Vous croirez, my dear Lord, en voyant arriver 
 ce courier qu'il vous apporte de grandes nou- 
 velles. Point du tout, mais je ne pouvais vous 
 ecrire par la poste et je voulais vous ecrire a 
 Bernes. M"*' de la Chaise ne sera a Zurich que 
 vendredi, et elle voudrait trouver un mot de 
 vous au Faucon mercredi soir qui lui dit si elle 
 pourrait par hasard y trouver M"" Robertson, 
 parce qu'elle continuerait sa route de la avec 
 lui jusqu'a Zurich, et renverrait son frere et sa 
 soeur. J'ai done eu I'idee que peut-etre IVr Robert- 
 son pourrait vous laisser aller seul a Lucerne et 
 suivre le projet de Copet, ou je lui remettrais 
 lettres et nouvelles pour vous s'il y en avait. 
 Voyez si ce projet, qui m'a seduit, est bon. Je 
 croirai toujours ce que vous deciderez meilleur que 
 ce que je propose. Vous m'avez profondement 
 convaincue que personne ne vous surpassait en 
 delicatesse et en bonte, et je me mets moi-meme 
 au nombre de ceux qui valent moins que vous. 
 
 II reste pen d'espoir de paix ; cependant il ne 
 parait pas que le courier russe soit encor revenu 
 de Londres. M""" la Chaise a re^u une lettre 
 d'Ecosse du 17 juin, par la France, de M""" Moire 
 (je crois), qui lui dit que le Due d' Argyll se porte 
 tres bien, qu'il vous salt echappe et vous attend. 
 Cette lettre aussi rassure sur la crainte que la fille 
 de Lady Augusta ne la quitte. On dit beaucoup 
 qu'il ne faut pas I'embarquer a Kiel, mais a 
 Embden, qui est encor libre. On pretend que les 
 corsaires francais penetrent dans le canal de 
 Kiel. Ah, quelle douleur que ce voyage ! Pense 
 qu'une lettre d'Ecosse est arrivee en 12 jours, et
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 625 
 
 vous, vous serez six semaines. C'est ce qui me 
 fait encor plus dcsirer que vous ralentissicz 
 votre route. II y a des signcs qui pourraient faire 
 esperer que le l'"" C. s'appaise. Les Anglais dc 
 Geneve ne vont pas a Verdun ; au contraire, on 
 a permis a deux families anglaises de Fontaine- 
 bleau de venir a Geneve. On dit qu'en arrivant 
 a St. Dominique la brigade helvetique et la 
 brigade polonaise se sont joints aux negres. On 
 dit que les Anglais vont occuper la Sardaigne. 
 
 J'ai su tout cela chez M"'' la Chaise, ou je me 
 suis arretee avec un coeur tellement serre que je 
 pouvais a peine respirer. J'ai eu pour la premiere 
 fois de ma vie une palpitation de coeur en m'eloi- 
 gnant de Neufchatel. Je voudrais bien, my dear 
 Lord, vous en avoir gueri en les prenant. J'ai 
 trouve MacCulloeh en avant de S* Aubin. Quel 
 mauvais moment pour revoir que celui ou Ton 
 vous a quitte ! Je crois que je le laisserai bientot 
 rctourner in Fifeshire. J'ai un degoCit de toute 
 autre societc que la votre a vous deux qui ne 
 vaut rien pour mon bonheur. Je serai bien aise 
 si vous m'envoyez Robertson pour ces deux 
 jours, mais je penserai sans cesse a vous en 
 causant avec lui. Jamais, jamais, si vous vous 
 souvenez de moi, je ne cesserai de vous aimer. 
 
 J'ai reyu a Yverdun une lettre superbe sur 
 Delphine et moi, ecrite par un homme tres 
 connu a Paris. J'etais tentee de vous I'envoyer 
 pour vous obliger a lire mes louanges, mais j'ai 
 reflechi que vous deviez m'aimer parce que je 
 vous aime, et que je ne vous en donnerais pas 
 d'autres motifs. Adieu, my dear Lord ; je suis 
 malade et triste, Auguste aussi ; je ne sais ce que 
 je vais faire to support my self. Adieu ; n'oubliez 
 pas qu'il faut que M"*^ la Chaise trouve au Faucon 
 une petite lettre qui lui disc s'il faut qu'elle
 
 626 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 continue sa route avec son frere et sa soeur, 
 ou si ^F Robertson la prendra la jeudi matin. 
 Adieu encor ; nion ecriture doit etre plus inlisible 
 que jamais — je pleure et je vous embrasse. 
 
 (Addressed) a My Lord 
 
 John Campbell 
 
 au Faucon 
 
 a Bernes. 
 
 [Trajislation.] 
 
 YvERDUN at midnight, Thursday. 
 
 You will suppose, my dear Lord, on seeing this courier 
 arrive, that he brings you important news, ^ot at all, but 
 I could not write to you by the post and wanted to write 
 to you at Berne. JNIlle. de la Chaise will not be at Zurich 
 till Friday, and she would like to find a word from you at 
 the Falcon on Wednesday evening, telling her if by chance 
 Mr. Robertson is there, so that she could continue her journey 
 to Zurich with him and send back her brother and sister. 
 The idea then occurred to me that perhaps Mr. Robertson 
 might let you go on alone to Lucerne, and himself come to 
 Coppet, where I would give him any letters and news there 
 might be for you. This plan pleases me : do you consider 
 it a good one ? I always consider your decisions better 
 than anything I propose. You have deeply convinced me 
 that no one surpasses you in tact and kindness, and I class 
 myself among the number of those who are below you in 
 worth. 
 
 Little hope remains of peace ; however, it does not appear 
 that the Russian courier has yet returned from London. 
 Mile, de la Chaise has received, via France, a letter from 
 Scotland of the 17th June, from Miss Moore (I believe), 
 mentioning that the Duke of Argyll is well, knows you have 
 escaped, and expects j^ou. This letter is also reassuring as 
 to the fear of Lady Augusta's daughter leaving her. Every 
 one says one should not embark at Kiel, but at Embden, 
 which is stili free. It is rumoured that French cruisers 
 penetrate into the Kiel Canal. Ah, what a sorrow this 
 voyage is ! Just tliink, a letter from Scotland comes in 
 twelve days and you will be six weeks on the journey. Tliis 
 makes me more than ever hope jou will delay. There are
 
 MADAME DE STAEL 627 
 
 signs that tlu' First Consul may relent. Tin; English of 
 Geneva are not being sent to Verdun ; on the contrary, 
 two English families from Fontainebleau have been allowed 
 to come to Geneva. It is said that the Swiss brigade and 
 the Polish brigade joined the negroes on arriving at San 
 Domingo [from the VV'cst Indies]. An English occupation 
 of Sardinia is announced. 
 
 I learnt all this when with Mile, de la Chaise, at whose 
 place I arrived with a heart so oppressed that I could scarcely 
 breathe. For the first time in my hfe I had palpitations 
 of the heart on leaving Xeufchatel behind me. Ah, ray 
 dear Lord, if I could only have cTired you by having them ! 
 I found McCulloch near St. Aubin : what an inauspicious 
 moment after just leaving you ! I think I shall soon let 
 him return to Fifeshire. I have such a distaste for any 
 other society than yours, the pair of you, as augurs ill for 
 my happiness. I shall be very glad if you can send me 
 Robertson for these two days, but I shall think without 
 ceasing of you while I talk to him. Never, never, while 
 you remember me shall I cease to love you. 
 
 While at Yverdun I received a splenrlid letter about 
 " Delphine " and myself, written by a well-known Parisian. 
 I was tempted to send it you to force you to read these praises 
 of me, but reflected that you ought to love me because I 
 love you, and that 1 would give you no other motives. 
 Adieu, my dear Lord ; I am ill and sad, as is Auguste also. 
 I do not know what I shall do to support myself. Adieu ; 
 do not forget that Mile, de la Chaise should find at the Falcon 
 a note telling her if she should continue her journey with 
 her brother and sister, or if Mr. Robertson will take charge 
 of her there on Thursday morning. Once again adieu ; 
 my handwriting must be more illegible than ever — I weep, 
 and I embrace you. 
 
 From Madame de Sta'el. 
 
 Veimar, le 2 Janvier, 1804. 
 
 Comment se fait-il, mon cher Robert, que tout 
 le monde m'ecrive d'Angleterre excepte vous ? 
 et cependant c'est voiis qui avez decide de mon 
 voyage. Je serai a Berlin dans trois semaines.
 
 628 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Si vous me promettez d'y venir je vous y atten- 
 drai ; mais arrivez done le plutot possible. Je 
 vous avois eerit dans une sorte de mauvaise 
 disposition que je repartirois au mois d'avril ; 
 si vous venez je ne repartirai pas, ou du moins 
 nous ferons quelque autre projet ensemble. Mais 
 songez que Berlin est desert au mois d'Avril, 
 et qu'on ne concevroit pas pourquoi j'y reste. 
 Nous pourrions aller ensemble a Vienne. Mais 
 que dis-je avec tons mes projets ? M'aimez 
 vous encor? et faut-il que je signe mon nom, 
 pour vous rappeller et vos promesses et le senti- 
 ment qui ne s'est point affaibli dans mon coeur ? 
 
 Repondez moi sous I'adresse de M"" Jackson a 
 Berlin. 
 
 M"" Paget revient a Vienne et passe par Berlin, 
 a ce qu'on m'assure. II y a un mariage a Berlin 
 qui amenne de grandes fetes jusqu'au 15 fevrier 
 prochain. Je sais bien que les fetes ne vous 
 decident pas, mais n'est-ce pas une bonne raison 
 a donner ? 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 Weimar, 2 Jan. 1804. 
 
 How is it, my dear Robert, that everybody in England 
 writes to me except you ? and it's on your account I have 
 undertaken this journey. I shall be at Berlin in three weeks. 
 If you promise to come, I will wait for you, but come as 
 early as you can. I told you in a cross mood that I should 
 leave in April. If you come I won't go, or at any rate 
 we will fix some plan. Don't forget that Berlin is a desert 
 in April, and that no one would understand why I remained 
 there. We could go to Vienna together. But why do I 
 talk like this ? Do you still care for me ? and must I sign 
 my name to recall to you your promises and the sentiment 
 which is not dead in my heart ? 
 
 Answer me care of Mr. Jackson at Berlin. 
 
 Mr. Paget returns to Vienna and goes through Berlin, they 
 tell me. There wijl be a marriage at Berlin which will be
 
 MADAME DE STAEL G29 
 
 tlie occasion of big fetes till 15 I'^ebruary next. I know that 
 will not attract you, but it will be a good excuse to offer. 
 
 Madame de Sla'cl to Lord John Campbell. 
 
 Genrvr, 17 avril [1804?]. 
 
 Je ne puis cesser, my dear Lord, de m'interesser 
 a vous, et jc suis pcrsuadec que ce sentiment me 
 ramennera pres de vous dans un tems quelconque. 
 Je menne toujours une vie errante sous le poids 
 de I'exil, et mes affaires de fortune ne sont pas 
 plus avaneees que le l''" jour de ma reclamation, 
 mais en attendant les affaires de I'Europe 
 avancent beaucoup plus que celles des particu- 
 liers. Ecrivez moi toujours a Coppet ; c'est de la 
 que vos lettres me parviendront surement. Dites 
 moi des nouvelles de votre bonheur ; a travers 
 toutes les armees ces nouvelles la peuvent 
 m'arriver. Je n'ai pas un mot de Robertson 
 depuis son mariage : je trouve cela un grand 
 tort de caractere ; je ne laisserois jamais une 
 amitie veritable perir ainsi dans le fond de mon 
 coeur. Mes enfants se portent bien : I'aine est en 
 France, ou je vais le voir a 40 lieus de Paris, car 
 11 ne m'est pas permis d'en approcher davantage ; 
 les deux autres sont avec moi. Albertine dit 
 quelquefois quand quelqu'un lui plait, II res- 
 semble a Lord John, mais elle vous est un peu 
 infidele ; quand elle vous reverra elle vous aimera 
 de nouveau, car vous avez eminemment ce qui 
 fait aimer. Souvenez vous de moi, mv dear Lord, 
 et tachez que nous retournions une fois dans ce 
 monde a I'lsle S* Pierre. 
 
 [Addressed) pour Lord John Campbell.
 
 630 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 [Translation.] 
 
 Geneva, 17 April [1804?]. 
 
 I cannot cease, my dear Lord, to interest myself in you, 
 and am persuaded that this sentiment will bring me to you 
 at some time or another. I continue to lead a wandering 
 life under the burden of exile, and in the matter of my for- 
 tune things have advanced no further than on the first day 
 of my claim, but meantime the affairs of Europe advance 
 quicker than those of individuals. Always write to me at 
 Coppet : letters will reach me that way most surely. Give 
 me some good news ; such news may reach me through 
 all the armies between. I have not had a line from Robert- 
 son since his marriage. I find this a defect in his character ; 
 I would never let a true friendship perish thus in the depth 
 of my heart. My children are well : the eldest is in France, 
 where I visit him at 40 leagues' distance from Paris, for I 
 am not allowed to go any nearer ; the two others are with 
 me. Albertine says sometimes when she likes any one that 
 he resembles Lord John, but she is not very faithful to you ; 
 when she sees you once more her love for you will revive, 
 for you are eminently made to be liked. Remember me, 
 my dear Lord, and try that we may return once again in 
 this life to the Isle St. Pierre. 
 
 (Cover) fo Enquen. 
 
 To the right Hon^^^ 
 
 Lord Jhon Campbell, to the care 
 of Mess. Harris, Farquhar & Co. 
 Bankers, St. James Street. 
 
 Chanson des Paysans Swisses. Pour Lord John 
 Campbell de la part de Mme. de StaeL 
 
 1. J'ai bien passe en tout six mois 
 Dans la ville de Genes ; 
 J'y vivois content comme un Roi, 
 Ayant ma mie aupres de moi 
 Sur le bord d'une fontaine. {his.)
 
 MADAME DE STAEL G31 
 
 2. Un jour la fillctte en pleurant 
 S'en vint dire a sa mere : 
 Mere, donnez-moi un amant ; 
 Je I'aimcrai bien tendrement, 
 Comme vous ainiez mon pere. (bis.) 
 
 3. Ah, ma fille, a quoi pensez-vous ? 
 C'est un soldat de guerre. 
 
 Ah, nous n'avons que toi d'enfant ; 
 Nous te marierons richement, 
 Nous te ferons Demoiselle, [bis.) 
 
 4. Maman, mon coeur n'est point touche 
 De toutes vos richesses. 
 
 Ah, j'aime mieux mon grenadier, 
 
 Qui a pour moi tant d'amitie, 
 
 Mon vaillant soldat de guerre, {bis.) 
 
 5. II faut eerire au General, 
 Au General d'armee. 
 
 Si le General y consent, 
 
 Aussi bien que tous vos parents, 
 
 Nous vous marierons, ma fille. (bis.) 
 
 6. Le General est arrive. 
 
 II y a bien d'autres nouvelles encore : 
 La guerre est declaree partout ; 
 Les grenadiers partiront tous. 
 Adieu la ville de Genes, {bis.) 
 
 7. Adieu I'objet de mes amours, 
 Adieu celle que j'aime. 
 Nous irons tous en garnison 
 En Italic ou en Piemont. 
 Adieu la jeune fillctte.
 
 LETTERS FROM LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 
 TO MISS GLASSELL, WITH HER LET- 
 TERS FROM THE CONTINENT, ETC. 
 
 Mrs. Grant * to Miss Glassell on Lord John 
 CampbelVs character. 
 
 My dear Miss Glassell, 
 
 I am sorry to find I cannot see you this 
 morning, having more than a hundred things 
 to do, but if you are at home in the afternoon 
 (which I think would be still a wise measure) 
 I will come as soon as we are done of dinner, 
 viz. half-past five, and stay as long as I can, or 
 you may wish to have me. 
 
 I cannot say how much I was gratified by 
 Avhat vou shewed me last niffht, for besides the 
 pleasure of having the veil withdrawn from a 
 Mind whose hidden stores are so carefully con- 
 cealed from the general eye, it affords me the 
 most certain conviction of your happiness, 
 where there exists so much both to satisfy the 
 intellect and to rivet Affection. 
 
 Having a great belief in glamorification (if I 
 may borrow his own word), you might have 
 preached to me for a century about his perfec- 
 tions, withoxit bringing the conviction to my 
 mind, which one page of those beautiful letters 
 has indelibly fixed upon my memory. You 
 
   The author. 
 632
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL iVS.i 
 
 must not be angry with me for sayinjr this, for 
 you must yourself allow that there may be sueli 
 a thing as delivers a faseination of manner, to 
 which many poor victims have fallen a sacrifice, 
 and awakened too late from their dream of per- 
 fection, to the dreary void left by misplaced 
 attachment. In this instance I am rejoiced to 
 say that I feel perfectly satisfied, for in those 
 letters, written in no assumed character, I see 
 a Mind laid open, of all others the most fitted to 
 gain and secure an ardent attachment. That 
 delightful combination of deep feeling, imosten- 
 tatious affection, and playful fancy, who would 
 not prefer to the tinsel and glitter which catch 
 the crowd, and which on the crowd alone depend 
 for gratification. 
 
 His very shyness, I think, will form an element 
 of your happiness, as it secures to yourself those 
 dehghtful qualities which have hitherto " wasted 
 their sweetness on the desert air " literally, for 
 surely, with the exception of one person whose 
 mind he himself formed, he has not lived amonj; 
 those best qualified to appreciate or enjoy the 
 higher tones of such a Mind. You know I am 
 no flatterer, you have never found me so, and 
 even on this occasion I might have been back- 
 ward in offering the incense which I know to 
 be more acceptable to you than any other ; but 
 I will confess that I have been prejudiced, 
 though not to the same extent you may suppose, 
 and think it justice, not compliment, to say that 
 I feel as if I had a bandage taken from my eyes. 
 
 Now, my dear Miss Glassell, you had "better 
 burn this, for fear it should rise up in judgment 
 against you, and his Lordship add another 
 instance to the number of Men tried for the 
 murder of their Wives, a consequence you seem 
 
 VOL. II. 20
 
 634 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 to think would follow any discourses on this 
 subject. 
 
 Adieu, believe me always and affectly. yours, 
 
 M. Grant. 
 
 Lord John Campbell to his future Wife, 
 Joan Glassell. 
 
 November Uth, 1818. 
 
 Dear Miss Glassell, 
 
 I wrote to you from Riddlehowhope on 
 my way from Harrogate to thank you for the 
 writing-case and all the nice things it contained, 
 and I meant to have written to you from In- 
 veraray, but I found that both Augusta and 
 Miss Hamilton were writing such long Letters 
 to you that my account would be quite unneces- 
 sary. The only novelty was Sinclair's singing, 
 which was really charming, and we had one 
 night at the Castle when he sang all the Evening 
 with Miss Hamilton, and charmed mv Ears more 
 than they have been for many a long day. My 
 Friends the Stirlings did not come, being pre- 
 vented by the illness of the Brother, who has 
 been very nearly dead of a Rhumatick Fever ; 
 but their place was supplied as far as ornament 
 was concerned by Miss Logan and her Sister. 
 The MacLeans of Coll did not arrive, being 
 detained by contrary Winds in Mull. Donald 
 Knock was there, and I was delighted to have 
 it in my power, by making Interest with Mr. 
 Selkrig, to be of some use to his Sister, who 
 wants a Farm of my Brother's in Mull. 
 
 Donald Knock has just done a thing that 
 I believe there is not another man in the 
 Kingdom would do. His cousin Mr. Campbell 
 of Braghen died the other day, and he was
 
 LORD JOIIX CAMPBELL r,35 
 
 Heir of Entail to all his landed Property, 
 about 5 or GOO a year, Braohen having only 
 two Daughters, children about G or 7 years old. 
 Donald immediately took steps to set aside the 
 Entail in his own favour, and settled the whole 
 of the Property on the Daughters in Suecession, 
 with this only proviso, that whoever marries the 
 Eldest or the one in possession of the Estate 
 should take the name of Campbell of Braghen. 
 There is a proper sort of a man now, and you 
 are just the person to appreciate the Merit of 
 such Conduct, so I thought vou would like to 
 hear it, or rather read it. 
 
 When Donald was at Inveraray he shewed us 
 a curious Brooch, which he was then taking to 
 his Cousin Braghen, whose property it was, said 
 to have been worn by Robert Bruce, and taken 
 from his Person in a Skirmish bv one of the 
 Macdougalls of Dunolly, and taken from that 
 harth when it was burned by the Campbells, 
 ancestors of Donald's and Braghen's ; and they 
 keep it a Secret still from the Macdougalls, lest 
 they should claim and obtain it now that Law 
 is as much respected as force used to be, so if 
 you meet a ]Macdougall do not mention it to 
 him. It is a verv large Silver Brooch with long 
 Silver Spikes sticking up from the plate, with 
 Pearls set in the top of each spike, and a large 
 Christal set in the middle, of no great value, but 
 which might have been thought so long ago. I 
 wished vou had been at Inverarav to see it. 
 
 I was so bothered when at Inveraray that I 
 had not time to go an oak-trimming, but as soon 
 as I go back, which I do in a few days, I shall 
 remember the one near the Inn. The Duke and 
 D^^ and Lady Augusta Paget are expected to 
 Dinner here this Day, and ai^er staying two days
 
 636 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 at Roseneath will go on to Inveraray, where they 
 are to stay two Months, and then one at Rose- 
 neath before they go to London. Miss Hamilton 
 is still with me here, and by-the-bye my going 
 to Inveraray with his Grace depends upon his 
 asking her, for I cannot of course go and leave 
 her. Bessie Mure is also here at present, but she 
 goes to Edinburgh on Monday or Tuesday next. 
 I had a letter yesterday from Mr. Smith from 
 Lausanne, which thank him for, and tell him 
 as I am writing to you I shall not put him 
 to the expence of an answer this time, merely 
 to tell him the same news I have told you. I 
 hope, however, if you keep your resolution of 
 not writing, that he will continue to write to 
 me, for I am sure none of you have any Friends 
 more sincerely Interested about your proceed- 
 ings than all here. I have often heard you say 
 you liked to be missed, and I am sure you would 
 have been highly gratified if you had seen how 
 every body asked about you at Inveraray and 
 how very much you were missed by us all. 
 Perhaps I have done wrong in writing this 
 Letter to you after what you said in the Last 
 you wrote to me, but in the one I wrote to you 
 from Riddlehowhope I told you that, if you 
 really wished me to write no more to you, you 
 must say so in so many words and then I would 
 plague you no more, so I shall obey your Com- 
 mands whatever they may be ; and now I shall 
 bid you Farewell, my Dear Miss Glassell, begging 
 you to believe me always 
 
 Your Sincere and affectionate Friend, 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 I saw Mrs. Haswall at Inveraray, and we had 
 a long crack about you. She is so fond of you.
 
 LORD JOHN CAMPBELL 637 
 
 Lord John Campbell to Mr. Smith. 
 
 Akdincaple, November 21th, 1818. 
 
 My dear Sir, 
 
 I have to tliank you now for two Letters 
 unanswered, the last one received this day from 
 Genoa. To your former one I answered by a 
 Letter to IMiss Glassell, wliieh I hope she has 
 received. I addressed it, hke this one, to Rome. 
 Truly I envy you much your travels and Sojourn 
 in Italy, but as I did not accompany Landen 
 and McRean or go with you, I shall never now 
 be tempted, I think, to go so far from Home. 
 It is most provoking to have missed IMr. Landen 
 by two days. 
 
 The Duke passed here last week, and went to 
 Inveraray, and I follow him there to-morrow, with 
 George Cunynghame, our old happy Shipmate ^\w\\o 
 is now with me and begs to be remembered to you 
 and yovu' companions. Lady Augusta and Miss 
 Hamilton are gone to Inveraray, to remain, I 
 believe, with the Duke as long as he stays there ; 
 but he talks of going to London in two or three 
 Months, and now the Death of the Queen will 
 assemble the Parliament on the 14th dav of 
 January, which, tlio he does not do miicJi Parlia- 
 mentary business, may by various contingent 
 and remote Inllucnccs cause His Grace to go 
 there sooner than he intended. When he was 
 here I spoke to him about your retaining the 
 House as long as possible, and he said of course 
 that you was most welcome to remain till the 
 last moment that you could be comfortable 
 there, and I do not at present see much proba- 
 bility of his very soon carrying on his proposed
 
 638 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 improvements in that quarter. Truly I am 
 quite aware of your cut at my Turning apparatus. 
 The Lathe you describe I know very well, and 
 it requires a good deal of practice to turn at it, 
 as the Tool must be retired when the work is 
 turned upwards, and advanced only when it 
 descends. I have often seen it done, but I am 
 at loss to guess how the ornamental work is 
 executed upon it. 
 
 I have not made any progress in Ballooning, 
 indeed I am quite lost for want of an assistant, 
 and so constantly interrupted by other things 
 that I have scarcely given it a thought since 
 my return from Harrogate. Sir George Bayley 
 writes to me that his Experiments are also at a 
 stand for want of some well-executed valves, 
 which he has not workmen near him to execute, 
 but that he hopes soon to send me the result 
 of some experiments with the Balloon I got 
 constructed in London. 
 
 I have not been at Roseneath for a long time, 
 but from the Top of the Hill here I have always 
 seen what I suppose is your Cutter quite safe 
 at her Moorings ; indeed we have had no storms 
 this year, and the Thermometer at my Window, 
 the North side of the House, has seldom been 
 below 50' at Night — warm enough, I think, for 
 November, but you will be all so spoiled by the 
 clear sky and heat of Italy that you will never 
 be contented with the clouds and the Hills (for 
 after those you have been looking at I must not 
 call them Mountains) of Scotland. Neverthe- 
 less I shall enjoy my ignorance, or at least my 
 forgetfullness, to-morrow in riding through Glen- 
 crae and imagining Myself anaong Mountains,
 
 MISS GLASSELL G39 
 
 Miss Glassell to Mrs. II. F. Cadcll. 
 
 CoMO, November \sl [1818]. 
 
 My dear Janet, 
 
 I cither sent a letter to you or it was 
 lost after beinf^ written from Geneva, for here 
 letters I do think run a great risk of beinf^ lost, 
 as we pay the Inland postage, which can only be 
 done at certain hours, and we are often obliged 
 to leave the letters and money to the honesty of 
 the people. My doubt about that letter makes 
 me not know where to begin, but in case I must 
 tell you of the glorious view that burst on us 
 after the day's continued climbing up the Twin 
 Mountains. At the mouth of a tremendous-look- 
 ing dehle, many hundred feet below us, we saw 
 extended an ocean, not of mist but beautiful 
 clouds. Beyond this magnificent curtain, which 
 concealed from us the Lake and Plain of Geneva, 
 rose the Alps, first a few black summits, and far 
 above, blazing in unclouded whiteness, Mont 
 Blanc. There is no describino; the feelinjTs of 
 seeing the clouds far, far below us, and still 
 looking up to the immeasurable height of Mt. 
 Blanc. 
 
 After spending two days at Geneva, and 
 admiring much its exquisite situation on the 
 Lake, whose banks are covered with luxuriant 
 vineyards. The Rhone runs through the town 
 in two branches. Never was there a poet so 
 nice to the original in description as Lord Byron. 
 The " blue rushinfj of the arrowv Rhone " is so 
 perfectly descriptive of it. Its rapidity pre- 
 serves its ])urity even in flowing through a great 
 Town, and its colour is as if dyed with blue. 
 We went by Lausanne, saw Chillon and Clarans
 
 640 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 (look at Lord Byron's former Canto of Childe 
 Harold). It is vain indeed to describe the 
 enchanting scenery in driving along the Lake. 
 Opposite us the Alps rose perpendicularly from 
 its banks. On our side, down to the very shore, 
 the most beautiful vineyards. Chateaux, cot- 
 tages and Spires on every little bay. There are 
 beautiful villages, all the houses with trellises 
 and vines ; the peasantry so delightful-looking, 
 and so much kindly civility among them. There 
 has been so much one regrets taking no remem- 
 brance of that I have begun to attempt drawing 
 a little. In doing this I often walk on before 
 others from the slopes or up hills. It is quite a 
 pleasure to speak to the people. None ever pass 
 without wishing you Good-day. While we con- 
 tinued in the Cantons of Switzerland they speak 
 good French, and I get on very well considering 
 what a dunce I am at languages. 
 
 I never will forget the beauty of the night we 
 entered Lausanne, the setting sun throwing a new 
 light on the vineyards and chestnut trees beside 
 us, and a purple shade on the Alps and glaciers 
 behind them, — see what Lord Byron says, 
 " Sunset into rose hues sees them wrought," — 
 the whole scene reflected on Lake Leman's 
 " crystal face." We slept next night at St. 
 Maurice, passing Chillon, and we saw the " small 
 green isle " with its trees, and light blew the 
 mountain breeze, 
 
 " And by it there were waters flowing, 
 And on it there were wild flowers growing." 
 
 The Alps approach nearer from the end of the 
 Lake as we follow up the course of the Rhone 
 through a valley in the scenery of which there
 
 MISS GLASSELL 641 
 
 is endless beauty and variety. It is most 
 singular to our eyes, the vines growing and 
 bearing luxuriantly at the foot of hills on whose 
 heads the eternal snows are laying perpendicular 
 above us. We saw the traces of a dreadful 
 calamit}' which overwhelmed the village of 
 Martigni in the Vallais on the 16th of June last, 
 an avalanche having fallen down and stopt up 
 the course of the river (a small one that came 
 down a deep ravine), which coming down in an 
 instant swept away 250 houses and much above 
 100 people. For a long way the grass and road 
 is quite torn up, and every where round ruins 
 of houses, trees torn up of all kinds, from the 
 gigantic mountain pine to the fruit trees with 
 which the valley w^as filled, and still is beyond 
 the track of the desolation. Our hostess told 
 us her husband was suffocated at his own door. 
 She was above stairs attending an Elnglish 
 family at dinner, who had their carriage swept 
 away and dashed to pieces. 
 
 We continued by the Rhone to Sion, the 
 Capital of the Vallais, and then to Brigue, 
 where the ascent of the Simplon begins. 
 German and Goitres were all thro' the Vallais 
 universal. You know it is an enormous swelling 
 in the neck supposed to be from the snow 
 water which they drink. The Vallaisians are 
 Catholic, and more devout than almost any 
 people in Europe. All along the Mountains we 
 saw beautiful little Hermitages perched far 
 above where we would have supposed human 
 foot would have ventured. There was some- 
 thing in the idea of crossing the Alps which 
 made us arm ourselves as if for Siberia. 
 Nothing could be more unnecessary. About 
 half way up, at a height much greater than
 
 642 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 the top of Ben Nevis, I sat down to attempt 
 a sketch of the gigantic Alp and Glacier before 
 me, along the foot of which our road wound. 
 Before me an abyss black with pines and masses 
 of rock at the bottom, many hundred feet down 
 a torrent roaring, and in a distant opening the 
 valley of the Rhone, the Jungfrau, and some 
 other Swiss mountains. In such a scene it was 
 curious to feel almost oppressed with heat, and 
 to be walking along a road as broad, smooth, and 
 serene as that from Gladmuir to Haddington. 
 Thanks to Napoleon the ascent is about 200 
 feet in the mile, and I believe there are Refuges 
 all along Avhere travellers find a fire ready when 
 bewildered in the snow. Some galleries are cut 
 through the solid rock, and fine bridges thrown 
 across gulphs of prodigious depth. Nothing was 
 more strange than to go on and see the carriages 
 creeping along below us like snails on the side 
 of this vast wall. Except in Lord Byron's 
 Manfred, which I had on the spot, nothing I ever 
 saw conveys even a slight idea of the terrific 
 grandeur of Alpine scenery. By a very fortunate 
 chance I saw one of those beautiful rainbows 
 over waterfall which he describes there too. It 
 looked doubly lovely from being close by me 
 and seen contrasted with one of the dark 
 galleries. 
 
 We slept at Simplon. A very good Inn a 
 little beyond the summit. The last part, the 
 valley of Gondor, is the finest : only a very 
 little sky seen above us, thousands of feet of 
 perpendicular black rock or shagged with pine, 
 roaring waterfalls dashing down the sides, and 
 above all the sparkling glaciers glowing in the 
 sun, and which for many months in the year 
 never reach the lower parts even of this valley.
 
 MISS GLASSELL 043 
 
 One gallery is 260 feet long. All along this 
 valley on one side the mountains rise. Below 
 on the right the river dashing over its deep 
 rocky bed. From all this gloom we pass into 
 hills covered with vine, beautiful cultivated 
 meadows covered with olive, nuilbcrrv, Indian 
 corn. Slept that night upon the hanks of Lago 
 Maggiore, on which stand on two Hands famous 
 marble palaces surrounded by Orange, Lemon, 
 and citron, not as shrubs, but fine trees loaded 
 with ripe fruit, hanging down to the very waters 
 of the Lake, pure as crystal and reflecting a sky 
 brighter than we ever see. Yet I love in my 
 soul our own soft grev skies. No one knows how 
 strong the love of countrv is till thev feel the 
 recollection of home comiuij over them like music 
 heard first in happy days, when all roimd is 
 gay, and rich and glorious beyond any thing 
 our own land of brown heath and shaggy wood 
 can show. 
 
 We spent another day on the Lago di Como, 
 whicli unites all the beauties of Highland and 
 Italian scenery. In many places the banks are 
 steep as a Loch, long vineyards climbing up 
 them on terraces, magnificent palaces on the 
 banks, and the Lake covered with beautiful 
 barques with awnings formed of vine stalks 
 and nicely fitted up with sofas and tables. 
 We went to the Princess of Wales' villa ; she is 
 near Rome now, and it is for sale. The front 
 terrace rises from the Lake. The hill is steep 
 behind it, but the view is exquisite : the Lake, 
 wooded and vine-clad hills, and the Alps rising 
 round in everv varietv of form and shade. 
 
 We reached iNIilan, from which I now write, 
 on Monday. The Cathedral here is, next to 
 St, Peter's, the finest in the world. The body
 
 644 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 of St. Charles Borromeo lays in an open vault in 
 a coffin of rock-crystal in gold. The appartment 
 is, one may say, all of silver, gold, and stones. 
 This is his birthday, that was celebrated in great 
 pomp, all the numerous Priests in their splendid 
 dresses. The Cathedral can contain more than 
 30,000 people, indeed nearly that must have been 
 in it to-day. All this enormous pile is of the 
 finest marble, covered with statues. There are 
 above 1,000 of them. The music was very fine. 
 Get a sight from Robert of Eustace's Tour and 
 Coxe's Picture of Italy. It may amuse you to 
 trace us. I am much hurried in this letter, as 
 we go to-morrow to Genoa. By-the-bye, on 
 Isola Bella in Lago IVIaggiore we saw Bona- 
 parte's name cut on a tree by himself the day 
 before Marengo. Now do write me, dear. Give 
 my love to all. Address Mr. Smith's care, poste 
 Restante, Rome. Forgive this hurried letter. 
 It is the most hopeless feeling attempting to 
 give an idea of any thing like | the things we 
 see. We long for home letters. They are at 
 Leghorne, where I hope we will be soon now. 
 Yours, dear Janet, ever affect'ly, 
 
 M. F. Glassell. 
 
 Let my Mother know when you hear. I am 
 always afraid my letters do not reach home. 
 Tell me if you hear they do. Tell me all the 
 home news. How good it is for amor patrie 
 going away a while ! I love Scotland so much 
 more than ever. We have had only one day 
 with a single cloud since we left Calais, and only 
 one rainy day since we set out from Dunbar. 
 I send this off from Genoa, a noble town of 
 the Mediterranean, which appeared magnificent ; 
 the sight of British ships very refreshing.
 
 MISS GLASSFXL 615 
 
 Miss Glassell to Mrs. II. F. Ccidell. 
 
 Paris, Hotel Meurice, Run St. Honors, 
 
 June llth, 1819. 
 
 My dear Janet, 
 
 We arrived here on the 29th, and leave it 
 on ^Fonday next lor Calais by Ik'auvais. We 
 had so little time in ])assing through before 
 that we had almost ail the sights to see now. 
 There is an endless variety of interest besides 
 amusement here. We spent a very delightful 
 day yesterday in the Jardin des Plantes and 
 its Museums. A friend of ours introdueed us to 
 the famous Cuvier. We breakfasted with him, 
 and he went with us round the whole. His 
 wife and daughter are very delightful un-French- 
 like women, and seem to have profited to the 
 utmost by being in the very focus of everything 
 interesting and awakening to the mind. Their 
 house is in the Jardin, which is quite a paradise, 
 and they seem personally acquainted with all 
 the variety of animals in the magnificent Men- 
 agerie, which is so different from the usual 
 imprisonment. The Deer, Goats, Camels, all 
 the docile animals are in beautiful enclosures 
 shaded by accacias and Plane trees. Their 
 houses are left open, and they go out and in as 
 they will. We were there and in the Cabinets 
 from 11 till four, and when we left it only felt 
 what a world of wonders were yet unseen. M. 
 Cuvier has got us tickets for a meeting of the 
 Institute to-day when a member is to be ad- 
 mitted. There is much speaking expected, and 
 we are very lucky in getting admission. We 
 went up the other day to Mt. Martre, where the 
 keeper, a director of the telegraph, gave us a 
 detailed account of all the movements of the
 
 646 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 allies in both the attacks on Mont Martre, and 
 showed us the marks of the Russian's balls on 
 the building which entered (some) close by them. 
 I never before understood fully the principle 
 of a telegraph, except merely the clumsy 
 contrivance of bells. Here it seems brought 
 to most extraordinary perfection. A message 
 is sent to Calais and the answer returned in 
 five minutes. Napoleon once wrote a long 
 letter to Eugene Beauharnais at Milan, and had 
 an answer in an hour and half. A simple 
 message goes in incredibly shorter time, but 
 this of a letter crossing the Alps seems miraculous. 
 They have very fine glasses, and we saw them 
 working, which was very curious. 
 
 \^th. — We were to-day at the Institute. The 
 speaking was good — all on one subject, the 
 work and character of Morellet,* the last con- 
 temporary of Voltaire and the constellation of 
 great men of that day. He died at the age of 
 91, and a very spirited little piece of his, the 
 praises of old age, was read. We have been 
 seeing the Tivoli gardens this evening, after 
 dining at one of the restaurateurs Verys, which 
 is more like the public room of an English 
 watering-place than any thing else. Every 
 place full of English. The Tivoli garden is 
 perhaps the most perfect epitome of the sort of 
 amusements that delight the nation : les Mon- 
 tagues Russes, where cars fly down a precipice 
 by a railway ; a horizontal windmill, with ships 
 full-rigged suspended from the arms, where 
 ungrown babies get so many rounds for ten 
 sous ; velocipedes, some with chairs where you 
 sit while a man mounted behind on a sort of 
 hobbyhorse works the wheels like skaits. But 
 
 * L'Abb6 Morellet, man of letters and economist (1727-1819).
 
 MISS GLASSELL G47 
 
 the effect of the Linhts amonfT the dark alleys 
 of trees and orehestras of music, ^aily illuminated 
 shews of all sorts, little Cafes for ices and re- 
 freshments, and the crowds of people sometimes 
 shewn so distinctly l)y the blaze of fireworks 
 in one part, or dispersed in groups among the 
 groves. 
 
 We are going to-morrow to Versailles if the 
 weather is fme. Indeed their and our ideas of 
 fine weather differ. A grey day they consider 
 a decidedly bad one. We have had many 
 since we came ; they are like home, but a very 
 great contrast to the cloudless sky of Italy. 
 [Paper torn] all the Roman English are now 
 come on here. [Paper torn] multitudes more 
 are every day coming on, though few compara- 
 tively go farther than Paris. We have met 
 two Scotch friends since we came, Mr. Smith's 
 youngest brother and Lord J. Campbell. The 
 former was here when we arrived, and we were 
 a day and half in the same house without know- 
 ing it. There were then IGO English in this 
 Hotel, and must be more now, I think, as there 
 are arrivals every day. We have got delightful 
 appartments, with a garden attached to them, 
 and looking over into the Thuilleries garden. I 
 am sorry to hear of Sir George's poor state of 
 health ; at his age I fear there is little chance of 
 his recovery. I hear Lord John Hay has left 
 this place lately ; he had intended going to 
 Italv with a friend of ours who is ffoino- now, 
 but changed his mind. He is himself quite 
 certain of his ultimate success in the County, I 
 hear. Has there been any great progress made 
 of late ? 
 
 \Ne hope to go to-morrow to hear the debates 
 in their House of Commons. Here thev are more
 
 648 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 gallant than our legislators, admitting ladies 
 who have interest for tickets. The King has 
 been much of an invalid and not seen for some 
 time, but is expected to attend Mass at the 
 Chapel of the Palace on Sunday, when we are to 
 get admission, though I confess the music is a 
 greater attraction to me than the royalties. 
 Believe me, my dear Janet, 
 Yours affectionately, 
 
 M. F. Glassell. 
 
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 Eoh Roy to Baillie Buchanan. 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 There is one Patrick C . . . iter that in- 
 gaged himself as Tenant with me for the fourth 
 part of Corriehervick in February last, and I 
 am informed now that he is ingaged Tenant in 
 Ardshiel [Rynneray?]. If so I hope that you 
 being ChamlDerlain to charge for . . . and a man 
 that I trust very much unto, I hope that you 
 will do me the favour as to send your officer to 
 him, and he move out of your bounds, for I have 
 no will that there should be anything that could 
 be a groudge between us. He was so unjust to 
 me that he never came or sent to tell me he had 
 altered his resolution. I hope you would not 
 put me to . . . the trouble as to write any one 
 of the curators. I send the substance of this 
 to Duncan Maclntyre at Inver[chernach ?], who 
 will faithfully ... all it to me. This is what 
 should be done, but it might be well [torn] trusts 
 to oyrs us. The . . . dismiss one of us does to 
 Edinburgh. This trusting you will dispatch him 
 out of your ground very soon. 
 
 I remain, Sir, Your's as formerly, 
 
 Rob Roy. 
 
 May 22, 1718. 
 
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 650 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 Dr. Johnson to Mr, Allen. 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 I came hither on Thursday without the 
 least trouble or fatigue, but I do not yet perceive 
 any improvement in my health. My Breath is 
 very much obstructed, my legs are very soon 
 tired, and my nights are very restless. Boswel 
 went back next day, and is not yet returned. 
 Miss Adams and Miss Moore are not yet come. 
 How long I shall stay, or whither I shall go, I 
 cannot yet guess. While I am away I beg that 
 you will sit for me at the Club, and that you 
 will pay Betsy Barber five shillings a week. I 
 hope I shall by degrees be better. I am, Sir, 
 Your most humble servant, 
 
 Sam: Johnson. 
 
 Pembroke College, Oxford, 
 June 7, 1784. 
 
 To Mr. Allen, 
 
 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. 
 
 A Merman. 
 
 At Tiry House in the Island of Tiry the 
 Eleventh day of August One thousand Eight 
 hundred and thirteen Years. 
 
 IN PRESENCE of James Maxwell, Esquire, 
 One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for 
 the County of Argyll. 
 
 COMPEARED Colin MacNiven, Tacksman 
 of Grianal in the Island of Tiry, who being
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS C51 
 
 solemnly Sworn Depones That one day in the 
 beginning of Harvest about Eighteen Years ago 
 two little Girls who had been walking about the 
 Shores of his Farm, whieh is situated on the 
 Western extremity of the Island of Tiry, eame 
 to him the Deponent, and informed him that 
 there was an human body east upon the Beach. 
 That a brother of the Deponent having been 
 drowned a short time before this period, he 
 hastened to the Shore to examine the Body. 
 That he and some of his Servants who were 
 alongst with him, in the belief that it was an 
 human body, raised it from amongst the Sand, 
 and then perceived that down from the IMiddle 
 it was formed like a Fish. That it was in a very 
 putrid state, and from having been tossed and 
 chaffed amongst the Rocks and Sand the sur- 
 face Skin was almost entirely rubbed off. That 
 the upper part of the Body had a perfect resem- 
 blance to the human form. That the Head was 
 about the size of that of a Lad of twelve or four- 
 teen Years of age, the features of the face very 
 much resembling those of a Negroe ; the Ears 
 small and flat like the Human Ear. That the 
 chin was short and projected, but very little 
 beyond the line of the Neck. Depones that the 
 Arms appeared to be about fourteen Inches 
 long, formed in all respects like the human Arm, 
 and ending in hands like the human hand, with 
 fingers and Nails like those of a Man, except 
 that the fingers were all joined together by a 
 thin Membrane. That its intestines were torn 
 out, and the Deponent could not observe whether 
 there had been any Sexual distinction. Depones 
 that the extreme length of the animal appeared 
 to him to have been fully five feet, and from 
 about the Middle downwards was formed like a
 
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 Fish. That at the point where the human 
 form descended into that of a Fish there were 
 two broad lateral fins, and that the tail was 
 forked like that of a Mackarel, but placed flat 
 or horizontally. Depones that there was a 
 small part of the Skin remaining entire near to 
 the tail which resembled the skin of a Porpoise 
 and was perfectly free of hair. Depones that 
 from the close resemblance which the upper 
 part of the Animal bore to the human form he 
 the Deponent and his Servants did not like to 
 see it exposed to injury or torn by Dogs, and 
 they therefore put it upon a hand barrow and 
 carried it to a Sand bank, where they dug an 
 hole for it and hurried it. That they raised an 
 head and foot stone and threw some loose 
 stones and Sand over it to protect the body and 
 mark the place as a Grave. Depones that a 
 Grave in a Sand bank near to his the Deponent's 
 House which he has shewn to the Magistrate 
 before whom this Deposition is emitted, and 
 which has been opened in his presence and in 
 presence of his Son Doctor Niel Maxwell, is the 
 same in which the Deponent and his Servants 
 deposited the body of the Animal above de- 
 scribed, and that the Remains of a Skeleton 
 found therein are its Remains, all which is truth 
 as he shall answer to God. 
 
 Collin McNiven. 
 
 The above Deposition was emitted and the 
 Grave therein mentioned was opened in presence 
 of us, 
 
 Jas. Maxwell, J.P. 
 Neil Maxwell, M.D.
 
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 From Lady John Campbell, 
 
 November ISlh, 1820. 
 
 My Dear Francis, 
 
 As Robert is no scribe nor decyphercr of 
 writing I am unwillingly obliged to trouble you 
 to send for him, and desire him to get the detail 
 of the accounts, the sums of which M"^* Scot 
 has given me the enclosed note of, & to send 
 the Beer & coal accounts also. If he brings 
 them to you, will you be so good as send them 
 under one or more covers to me. I send for 
 Robert also a note of the Cottars' rents due, 
 which I wish him to pay to you also. In case 
 of making a voyage of discovery to the other 
 world this winter, I wish to have all my most 
 trifling affairs in order, that Lord John may not 
 be bothered. I believe the fright I got when 
 I found myself in debt at 20 through that 
 worthy man Stuart's management was a very 
 good thing, as I have a most pious horror at debt 
 ever since, a disease not much amiss in this 
 family ; but though I say it my share of them is 
 an exception, as he is a perfectly regular man of 
 business. Great has been my delight at being 
 relieved from the fear of his going away ; he had 
 determined to send an excuse, having no idea 
 of the possibility of such a result. However, the 
 fear I was in for some weeks gave me small 
 peace, so they laid me up & bled me, which, 
 however, did me less good than being put out of 
 suspense. 
 
 Lord John & Hercules are very busy plant- 
 ing a belt where a new approach is to be, 
 thinning young wood, &c., much better fun 
 than listening to Miss*"' Lushington & Co. I
 
 654 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 hope the lower classes with you are not mad 
 Queenites as here; two nights since they stole 
 Boats & barrels for bonfires at Helensburgh — 
 & Greenock was blazing. We shut all our shutters 
 for fear our lights sh** seem Rads too. People 
 disapproving of the Liturgy business, &c., one 
 can understand, but giving the narrow escape 
 of such a woman the appearance of triumph is 
 quite an outrage on the moral character of the 
 Nation. 
 
 Anent the insurance, L'^ John begs leave to 
 say his Turning & Cabinet maker tools there 
 cost £180 & are worth more. In the name of 
 wonder why did L'' Tweeddale not vote on the 
 
 Bill? 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 I. G. C. 
 
 From Lady C. Campbell. 
 
 Argyll House, Monday Morning. 
 
 This is to be a great day. And I begin it well, 
 My Dear Camelia, by writing to you. I know 
 no Wonderful News, but will give you a little 
 Sketch of My Life & adventures since last Mon- 
 day, which was the day of our Arrival, & really, 
 considering all The Difficulties we underwent 
 ere we reach 'd this, I think we ought to keep it 
 ever after as a Jubilee. My first Appearance 
 was on Friday Night at Lady Salisbury's crowded 
 Assembly ; there were a great Number of 
 People of My particular Acquaintance all being 
 or pretending to be very Happy to See Me. I 
 was Universally told that I Had increased iVo^ 
 a little, one or two thought Me rather Prodigious, 
 but on The whole if Half the Flattery Stuck to 
 Me which was offer'd I fear My Brain Must be
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 655 
 
 Much the worse of it. Saturday I went to The 
 Opera, which is bad in every way, The Bantis^ 
 singing Excepted ; that indeed Must always be 
 Heavenly. Lady Abercorn Has got The Dss. of 
 Gordon's Box, as the latter is obliged for lack of 
 Rhino* to remain at Kimbolten. Lady Abercorn 
 was dres'd in Pink And look'd devinely well, so 
 did Lady William Russell & Her Sisters, Caroline 
 Villiers & Anne Lambton. We Had in our 
 Box Lord Granville Levison, L"^ Borringdon, 
 Lord Abercorn, M'" Pichell Bobby, &c. L'^ G. 
 & L"^ B. are in High Good looks & Spirits, 
 And we are as great Friends as ever. Nothing 
 More, Nor do I wish to be. Lord Darnley too 
 I like vastly. So Sensible And Good He is, or 
 at least Appears to be. I talk'd Mostly to 
 Him, tho' Col. Leith & several others came in 
 for a share of My Tongue, & there is yet Enough 
 left for as Many More. I fancy The Widow's 
 Cruise was only Allegorical, & Meant Neither 
 More nor less than a Female Tongue. 
 
 Well, you See, The Opera went off pleasantly, & 
 so did I Home to Bed, & was in time for King 
 Street chapel yesterday Morning, where we Had 
 a Good Sermon tho' I thought too Political. 
 At Night I Avent to An Assembly (not a Belle 
 Assemble) at L^' Cecilia's. There was Lady Betty 
 Mackenzie shaking Her Head, & t'other old 
 Female Sister Mandarin shaking Her Head also. 
 The Maiden House keeper Miss Jennings, with 
 Sundry other Antique Maids, widows, Wifes, & 
 what Not too tedious to Mention. Then as for 
 Youthful Virgins d) Blooming Brides, I add to 
 the List Mrs. Johnstone, Her Sister M""^ C: 
 Bury Street, Miss Berrys, Louisa, & your 
 Humble Servant. No one could Complain of 
 
 * Slang for money.
 
 656 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 want of Beauxs, for there was ye poor Dear old 
 General flanneVd Up to His Eyes, Marshal Con- 
 way who now Neither Sees nor Hears, Gen' 
 Bude of full Venerable Aspect, & Lord Mount 
 Edgecumb of Detestable Graces & Grimaces, 
 whose Black Coat for His poor Father Made a 
 Charming Contrast with The Fadeur of His 
 Complexion, & His Bag & Sword added Much 
 Dignity to His Gigantic Stature & Warlike 
 Appearance. Had His Mother been there I 
 should certainly Have taken Her for Mother 
 Bunch & Him for The Yellow Dwarf — but really 
 this looks very ill Natured, & did I Not feel that 
 Mere Vivacity Exempt from Any Malice or Un- 
 charitableness Had Dictated it I would Not 
 Suffer so bad a sample of My Heart to Stand 
 in black & white Against Me. 
 
 Now Having Made this self-saving Digression, I 
 will return to L^ Cecilia's Drawing Room in idea, I 
 Hope not in reality for some time, Tho' I chatted 
 away with My female favourites, And Amused 
 Myself very well for once. M""^ Johnstone looks 
 very well, tho' not so fat as she was ye last time 
 I saw Her. M"^" C: is in High Beauty. M*^" 
 Anderson's Face is Plumpd up & looks well; 
 Her Figure is Broken down & looks Disjointed, 
 with Slatternly Petticoats Hanging upon Nothing. 
 Lady Ceciha enquired kindly for you, so did 
 L^ Ailesbury, who is really a good Natured 
 Worthy Woman when they let Her alone. Lady 
 Frederick was not there; she said Yesterday 
 Morning she was surprised, she wonder'd you 
 did not prefer being at Edin'^ to remaining alone 
 at Roseneath. I replied that every one Judged 
 these Matters best for their own Tastes & feel- 
 ings, & tho' Perhaps / might Not Have prefer'd 
 a total retirement at My Age, that were I no
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS G57 
 
 longer so Young My choice Might very likely 
 coincide with Yours, & Her wonders ceased for 
 that Time. L'^ F: looks ill & thin, particularly 
 His Legs. 
 
 I supp'd at M" C: Locknells with Lady 
 Archibald Campbell, M" Malcolm Colenscy, & 
 Col: Leith ; these with The Padrnna <£• Padrone 
 Delia Casa, Johny, Augusta, & Myself Spent a 
 Merry Evening, Sat up Singing till past one, & 
 then Retired Mutually pleased I Hope & believe. 
 I forget whether or Not I told you we were 
 at Richmond on Friday Morning. We found 
 Elizabeth grown very Lovely, Lady D: rather 
 worse, but as for M"^ Cole He was just gone out, 
 so I only Saw His Picture. If in His Person 
 He is Half as well as that. Her Eyes at least 
 Have not been so IVIuch to Blame. Various Are 
 The Accounts I Hear of Him, but Most of them 
 are favourable. The Sensible part of His Con- 
 duct is that He Reads every day with Elizabeth, 
 & seldom or ever leaves Her even for An Instant. 
 She was very ill with The Influenza that is Going 
 about, & He never for an Instant left Her, but 
 paid Her all sorts of attentions. Nor Suffer'd 
 The Maids to do Anything about Her. All that 
 I Had from Peggy, who Heaven knows abuses 
 them SuflTiciently to Make one believe The Truth 
 of Her Commendations. I Have not yet been 
 able to learn by Any Satisfactory Accounts 
 whether Eliz: or Peggy was to blame in that 
 Separation, or whether they are both in fault; 
 the latter I think Most likelv. 
 
 Papa Has been wonderfully Well Since He 
 Arrived, but this Morning Has been very Unwell. 
 Farquhar says it is Undoubtedly The Influenza, 
 which tho' very Tedious (& lowering is not 
 Dangerous. It is a Sad Pity tho' after He was
 
 658 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 So well. They Say The Prince is still Miserable 
 for M""^ Fitz: * who first Broke off their Arrange- 
 ment. He goes, However, every Night to L^ 
 Jersey's pour se Consoler; she (L^ J:) never stirs 
 out, & they sit & talk all Night till one or two 
 o'clock. These New Loves & Miserys for ye old 
 Love are Strange Contradictions. But Human 
 Nature was ever a Contradiction ; hoih Men <& 
 Women are at best a Contradiction Still. 
 
 I write in a great Hurry all I Hear, so do not 
 Vouch for The truth of it nor for The Distinct 
 Manner in which I Have recited it, but you 
 Must forgive your affec. 
 
 C; M: Campbell. 
 
 P.S. — I Have done Nothing about ye News- 
 papers because Mr. Mackinnon told me He Had 
 Settled that with you. 
 
 M. G. to Mrs. McCall. 
 
 Inveraray, July \%ih. ,i 
 
 My Dear M«^ M'^Call, 
 
 According to my promise, tho' I have 
 little time, I sit down during a few minutes before 
 the post hour, but verily this day is so fury and 
 I am in such a fever I can scarce hold a pen. 
 It is quite vain to tell you what we have been 
 about since we came here ; we have really been 
 like evil spirits, or at least troubled Consceences, 
 never resting night or day. Of all our pranks 
 the most delightful was the other night going 
 to the herring fishing. We did not go to bed, & 
 sett off at two o' Clock with the piper in the 
 boat, & saw some nets drawn. It was really a 
 night fit to send any one to the house on the 
 
 * Mrs. Fitzherbert.
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 659 
 
 hill at Glasgow — from very craziness with its 
 beauty, and wc had pibrochs and all sorts of 
 music. There were about 200 boats out. Did 
 you ever see the nets drawn ? It is so beautiful 
 in the dark or dim light : the silvery glittering of 
 the fish, and the calls of the men from one boat 
 to another. We went up the Loch that we 
 might see the morning break over the Loch Awe 
 hills, or, as Miss Helen would say, "See the Sin 
 rise over the hills from the muddle of the Loch." 
 It was so lovely as the light got up, one by one 
 the boatmen hoisting their sails and retiring 
 into all the creeks round. We came home about 
 half-past 4, and had a very jolly supper or what- 
 ever you call it on our spoils. 
 
 We had another fine day's fishing on the 
 Dhu Loch, and an excursion to Loch Awe : 
 did you ever see it ? But there is nothing 
 half so delightful as having the band on the 
 green in the evening, and us dandering on the 
 leads while they play and the Moon rises in 
 glory over the Cowal hills. There never was 
 so lovely a night as last. We dined early, 
 rode down to the Factory afterwards : it was 
 delightful. I think we are going to have a 
 thunder storm to-day, much need to cool the 
 air. We go to Dalmally to-morrow night. Next 
 day to Oban, from that Lord knows where. I 
 am to ride. 
 
 Mrs. R. is here, and just as agreeable as ever, 
 only she dare not muddle with me, but torments 
 her husband & his sister. 
 
 L** John orders me to stop or I shall get no 
 frank, as it is late. 
 
 Ever vours, 
 
 M. G. 
 
 Love to y*^ Lord.
 
 660 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 From Lady John Campbell. 
 
 Inveearay Castle, October 2Uh. 
 
 My Dear Francis, 
 
 I had the pleasure of receiving your 
 letter (forwarded Arden) yesterday. As we intend 
 being ourselves in Edin"" in Dec*" at all events, 
 perhaps it may be as well to delay any farther 
 operations on the Lime till that time. I only 
 say this from our knowing of no scientific person 
 to whom we can apply, but if you do, we would 
 like the operations to proceed forthwith ; indeed 
 Lord John says he thinks y*" own judgement 
 must be quite as satisfactory as any scientific 
 person, whose knowledge is often more theoreti- 
 cal than practical. Heaven knows how soon 
 or how late it may be when Lord John passes 
 to London ; the Duke by a letter to-day seems 
 in perfect despair of ever being released, and 
 thinks there will positively be another adjourn- 
 ment of the Lords in consequence of legal demurs 
 and discussions. Lady Charlotte is on her way 
 home summoned by her Majesty, whose system 
 of exculpation seems much of a piece with the 
 Irishman who, on Trial for an assault which 
 5 men swore to have witnessed, exclaimed with 
 much triumph, "By Jasus, if you have 5 men 
 to swear they saw me fell Pat, I'll bring 50 to 
 swear they never saw me near him ! " I am 
 kept in hot water for fear of Lord John going 
 up, but he says if he does go he won't stay. 
 
 We have had a very jovial meeting here, 3 
 days of public breakfasts, dinner, ball, & supper 
 at the Inn, and one day here a dinner of 45 
 people & ladies in the evening dancing. ... I
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 6G1 
 
 was afraid the row of the Free-liolder dinner here 
 would have knocked him * up, but he was not a 
 whit tiie worse, & is now away cross Dunna- 
 quoich with the remaining men of the Castle 
 party (now getting thin) Roebuck shooting. We 
 had a very gay scene on the lawn. L^ J" & 
 M"" Smith sent up a very fine balloon which we 
 got in Paris last year. The day was bright, 
 but the breeze obliged them to half fill it in the 
 house & lead it out. The lawn was covered with 
 people of all ranks, our own band playing, & 
 when the Balloon rose two ships of war laying 
 off saluted, which was returned in a hundred 
 echoes & re-echoes from the mountains round. 
 The Balloon went about four miles & descended 
 in the sea, to great dismay of some workpeople 
 who were near. The whole people then went to 
 see the Dhu Loch dragged, foot races, leaping, 
 &c., and concluded the forenoon by a sail in 
 M'" Smith's bateau, except L'^ John & I who have 
 a due preference for Terra Firma. We were 
 much the better for the sailors. The Capt. of 
 one ship is a natural son of Lord Nelson's, a 
 particularly interesting gentlemanlike person ; so 
 were his officers, at least as to the latter quality, 
 & they as well as some other strangers were 
 much pleased with the specimen they had of 
 Highland gaiety & hospitality. It was a thousand 
 pities the Argylls could not come, & Isla was 
 detained by L^ Elinor's job. Her Ladyship's 
 Health was drunk with much enthusiasm, & he 
 is re-elected steward for next 3'ear. . . . 
 
 Y""* sincerely, 
 M. I. G. Campbell. 
 
 * Lord John.
 
 662 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 From Lady John Campbell. 
 
 My Dear Francis, 
 
 I had mv Aunt's letter the other night — 
 and since James had a suit before of course there 
 is no need for more. We had given the Nurse 
 5 guineas, thinking it the best sort of present. 
 I said something about a present to Ja^ under 
 the impression that he had not got it. Perhaps 
 My Aunt will be so good as explain this to her. 
 The Meeting here has gone off very well, very 
 good races. Campbell Barcaldine won an 80 
 guinea Cup, and Isla a 40 guinea one ; the Duke 
 had a horse sure of the first, but he withdrew it 
 thinking it better some other person should get 
 it. Lord John has announced his intention of 
 retiring, & Isla starts in his room. I am delighted 
 to get out of the scrape : he is quite tired of going 
 to London ; & as his political opinions are quite 
 opposite to the Duke's, it's needless to sacrifice 
 one's personal comfort, one's opinions and in- 
 terests all at the same time. We have sad 
 weather, & the crops in a melancholy state. 
 
 Believe Me Y""^ sincerely, 
 
 I. G. Campbell. 
 
 From Mrs. Hemans. 
 
 Bbonavylfa, St. Asaph, 
 
 Jan" 23^ 1822. 
 
 My dear Madam, 
 
 It is by such feelings of pure and heart- 
 felt gratification as these which your Ladyship's 
 most kind letter could not but excite, that 
 the many anxieties attendant upon a literary 
 career, (especially when pursued by a Female,) 
 are occasionally overpaid. 
 
 Amongst the moments of such pleasure which
 
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 have fallen to my share, I can remember none 
 of more deep and sincere delight, than those 
 for which I am indebted to the approbation you 
 have done me the honour of expressing in terms 
 so kindly and encoin-aging. Fame and Popu- 
 larity may have many more dazzling triumjjhs, 
 but none of which the heart " can ask, if this 
 be joy,'''' and be answered with such analloyed 
 satisfaction. It certainly ^9 joy, and that of 
 the purest and most intellectual kind, to learn 
 that our own thoughts have impressed them- 
 selves so deeply upon an ardent and cultivated 
 Mind ; and with your Ladyship's name, this 
 feeling will ever be associated in my recollection. 
 The inquiries which express so flattering an 
 interest in me, shall be answered with all the 
 frankness they deserve. I have never had the 
 happiness of visiting Italy, though my imagina- 
 tion has always turned to that Country with an 
 enthusiasm for which I can hardly account. I 
 sometimes amuse myself with describing it as 
 instinctive, as my Mother's family Avere Vene- 
 tians, but with them I have never had anv com- 
 munication, having passed my own retired life 
 almost exclusivelv amonorst the Mountains of 
 Wales, for which I now feel all the attachment 
 of a Native. I have now too many domestic 
 ties even to form a wish for exploring " cette 
 terre ou les Citronniers fleurissent " ; but in the 
 earlier part of my youth, my longing to visit 
 its magnificent Wonders, both of Nature and 
 Art, amounted almost to a Passion, which, like 
 most other hopeless ones, was only subdued by 
 Time. I can now content myself with the study 
 of its History and Literature, which have ever 
 been my chosen pursuits ; and I often think 
 that it is perhaps better to preserve the bright
 
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 idea of Italy as it exists unclouded in my mind, 
 than to have it dimmed or impaired, as appears 
 to have been the case with many recent Tra- 
 vellers, who complain of the disappointment 
 their highly coloured expectations had sustained. 
 
 I have too long delayed acknowledging your 
 Ladyship's kind invitation to Scotland. I 
 should want no inducement to visit a Country 
 to many of whose Inhabitants I feel sincerely 
 indebted, and whose scenery " of the Mountain 
 and the flood " has become almost classic 
 ground, since it has been peopled with such 
 glorious creations by " the Ariosto of the 
 North " ; but I am at present bound by too 
 many links to " my ain hearth-stane," to break 
 through them even in pursuit of such gratifica- 
 tions as Scottish Society would, I am convinced, 
 afford me. I have a Sister at present in 
 Edinburgh who has had the good fortune to 
 be introduced to M*^^ Grant, and many other 
 distinguished characters in that " romantic 
 Town " ; of which her description has, if pos- 
 sible, increased my admiration. She has been 
 much in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, and is 
 therefore better able to appreciate its beauties, 
 both natural and acquired. 
 
 I have taken the liberty of enclosing, for your 
 Ladyship's acceptance, a little Italian Story 
 which I published, some time since, in Con- 
 stable's Magazine. I had intended greatly to 
 extend it, and introduce additional characters 
 and incidents, but having been unexpectedly 
 forestalled by a Poem of M'' Herbert's, called 
 " Pia della Pietra," I gave up the idea of pub- 
 lishing it separately. The Subject alone, which 
 always struck me as particularly interesting, 
 encouraged me to hope that it may be acceptable
 
 
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 VARIOUS LETTERS GG5 
 
 to you. Since I had the honour of receiving 
 your letter, I have been informed that M*" 
 Murray of Albemarle Street has advertised 
 second editions of " The Sceptic " and " INIodern 
 Greece," respecting which last, if I am not mis- 
 taken. Miss M^'Neil had inquired in your name. 
 I will consult my friends upon the suggestion of 
 publishing in Scotland, and should they recom- 
 mend it, will not hesitate to avail myself of the 
 interest your Ladyship has so cordially offered. 
 May I hope that this letter of Egotism will be 
 pardoned by the kindness which has led me on 
 to the unreserved communication of my cir- 
 cumstances and feelings, and allow me to assure 
 you, dear Madam, with how much sincerity I 
 shall ever consider Myself, your Ladyship's 
 
 Truly obliged 
 
 Felicia Hemans. 
 
 I ought to apologize for sending so very rough 
 a copy of "The Maven," but I have no other, 
 not even in MS. 
 
 From Lady John Campbell. 
 
 Arden-Gabth, Jvly 20th, 1824, 
 
 My Dear Francis, 
 
 I have received your two letters, the first 
 containing the result of Houden's Link Park 
 plea & the last y'" account with Longniddry. 
 When the first came we were going off to Argyll- 
 shire by steam to carry the 3 Islay girls and 
 little Johnny Campbell Islay to Ardpatreck on 
 West Lock Tarbert, the embarking place for 
 Islay. A steam Boat had been hired on the 
 30th June to take them all round the Mull of 
 Kentyre, but when we took one of them who 
 was with us to join the party at Greenock, we 
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 666 INTIMATE SOCIETY LETTERS 
 
 found the Cap* had played false & crammed the 
 
 Boat. Lord John took the gh'ls & out 
 
 & brought them here (Lady Ellinor is with 
 Walter making a tour of Argyllshire), & most 
 fortunate it was, as the steam Boat was in con- 
 siderable danger twice, & after 2 attempts to 
 get round the Mull was driven back & landed 
 at East Tarbert in Loch Fyne. We went to 
 Oakfield after seeing them off, and came home 
 on Wednesday last. I got a bad cold, which 
 has prevented me writing sooner. I am very 
 glad L^ Elden gave so strong an opinion as to 
 the spirit of the Trustees' demand. I hope 
 their other pleas may meet the same fate. 
 
 Robert is very obedient — I suppose he thinks 
 needs must when the Devil drives. I wish you 
 would pay to John Cadell for a piece of Mosaic 
 ware of Pietra Duro he brought me from Italy. 
 While we were at Oakfield I had a letter from 
 Lady Tweeddale asking my interest with Lord 
 John for his vote, which he of course gave, a 
 few days before Sir James' circular had come. 
 I hope to be in the East country some time 
 before winter. I am dying to see Lady Dal- 
 housie ; I have not heard any direct ncAvs of them 
 since they came home. How delighted they must 
 be to see the boys ! By all accounts Ramsay 
 is a perfect model of a boy's character. On one 
 occasion there was some conspiracy against the 
 Master at Harrow the boys wished R. to join. 
 He refused, and said not only " I won't join," 
 but " If you persist I'll inform the Master, and if 
 you think that unhandsome I am quite ready to 
 fight you all round." M"" Story told me this; I 
 believe it is quite true. We have been thinning 
 a good deal of wood. Lord John has got about 
 £500 worth of oak here, yet it is never missed.
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 6G7 
 
 We expect the Argylls down the 2'^ week of 
 August — to remain during the Autumn. In the 
 steam B^ coming from L. Gilphcad the other 
 day we met M' Lumsdcn & his new wife; he 
 told me he had seen Tom Ilcpbnrn lately, & 
 that he had become such a fine lad. I wonder 
 if Mama w'^ allow him & Johnnv to come & take 
 a day or two's shooting here sometime before 
 they go back to College. When are you coming ? 
 Cannot Janet c& you come now ? any time before 
 the 2'' week of August, when our house will be 
 full for a day or two, or three probably. Lord 
 John joins me in this, & also begs you will tell 
 M'' Burnet we expect he will come this year. 
 Tell him we had two months entirely dry, & after 
 2 weeks' rain it seems now quite settled again. 
 
 I have the finest potatoe crop in the county, 
 & 16 acres of green crop; the 2 of Turnips are 
 not so good. We sold of the potatoes you saw 
 last year £130 on the ground, & after keeping 
 what we required we this Spring sold 23 Bolls 
 at 17/- per Boll. Is E. Lothian a good place to 
 get milk cows ? I am very anxious to get some 
 good milkers. We have none above 9 Pints a 
 day. A friend of mine in Argyllshire 'Tother 
 day bought one who gives 17 Pints for £10 — 
 which has raised my envy. Lord John desires 
 his kindest regards, & hopes you will come. 
 Believe me Y'^ sincerelv, 
 
 M. I. G. Campbell. 
 
 When you have an oppo*^ tell Rob* wife he is 
 quite well, & will j^ou when you write mention 
 how his familv are? Kind regard to Janet. 
 Tell me if you think Tom Hepburn w'* come, & 
 I w'^ write to them ab' it.
 
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 Scraps found in the pocket of a poor young 
 parish Dominie when, on lodging him in the 
 Asylum, it was found necessary to search him. 
 
 WOODALL. 
 
 To a Young Lady with an Astronomical Map of 
 
 the Stars. 
 
 Gaze on those worlds of Light, 
 
 And still to thee may their soft voiceless 
 
 language tell 
 Of a Bright realm that claims Thee as its own ; 
 And as thy long blue eyes have been to me 
 Fountains of sweetest thoughts and love and 
 
 gentleness 
 That come, even like a mingled stream over the 
 
 soul 
 And wash it from the weary dust 
 Of this world's cares and strife. 
 So to Thy soul may the soft aspect of the starry 
 
 sky 
 Come with a lesson like the dews of night, 
 Refreshing all the green & springlike softness 
 Of Its bright early Youth ! 
 Oh think when gazing on those living lights 
 How many Beauteous Beings they have shone on 
 Now passed away — aye, even from Memory ! 
 While they shine on — Type of Eternity 
 And of all those deep and tender feelings which 
 
 we barter 
 For the poor toys of wealth, ambition, power ! 
 I have gazed upon thee with the love of nature, 
 Beautiful Nature ! When we see 
 The moon-lit waves, soft morn, or fading day. 
 And lift our Hearts to Him 
 Who breathed upon those scenes the Breath of 
 
 Heaven
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 660 
 
 And gave our souls to feel how pure and bright 
 
 The Fountain whence proceeds 
 
 All that is beautiful in this visible world, 
 
 Its moonlight waters, setting suns and moons, 
 
 That breath of new-born Joy ! & most of all 
 
 How beautiful God's creatures ! when like Thee 
 
 They seem an emanation from that world 
 
 Where purity & dove-eyed innocence 
 
 Dwell in unclouded Light ! 
 
 Fair Being, it is not thy perfect form alone 
 
 That makes thee seem to me a Poet's vision ; 
 
 To my ear thy voice is Heaven's own music, 
 
 Sad yet how beautiful, like Autumn's earliest 
 
 breath 
 Sighing 'mid changing leaves & drooping flowers, 
 Telling of Beauty that must pass away ! 
 Thy soft blue eye speaks in a language yet more 
 
 plain to me 
 Of Thoughts & feelings deep & yet most precious. 
 If their Holy fire is never kindled 
 Of strange Gods ! on strange altars to strange 
 
 Gods. 
 Oh I have seen the Halls of Pomp & State, 
 Temples & palaces that once were great. 
 Have seen the glories of the wondrous Dome, 
 Have gazed on Many a Prince's Marble Tomb, 
 Heard the deep music of the Requeim swell. 
 Pealing of Royalty the pompous knell : 
 Seen the Time-honored Banners proudly wave 
 O'er the cold form now sinking in the grave. 
 No longer now in that shrunk nerveless hand 
 The scepter glitters — an enchanter's wand ! 
 Oh who can gaze on that vain idle toy 
 And trust their all to cold ambition's Joy ! 
 Dark, Dark the passions that had left their trace 
 On every feature of that pallid face, 
 And sparkling in funereal torchlight now
 
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 The crown seems mockery on that ghastly brow. 
 The Eye turns wearied from the heartless show 
 To the blue Mountains tinged with sunset's glow, 
 And memory flies to one low place of rest, 
 Fit mansion for a fond and faithful breast.* 
 Near a small Stream the ocean waters meet, 
 Mingling their tides with music passing sweet, 
 So may the streams that wear the living breast 
 All meet and mingle in Eternal rest. I 
 
 I've seen the dew-besprinkled Holly's wave ^ 
 
 In mournful beauty o'er that quiet grave; 
 There lives the verdure of unfading Bay, j 
 
 Fit emblem where unfading feelings lay. f 
 
 Burial Not lost, for if the Spirit fly | 
 
 To brighter, purer mansions in the sky, 
 There all its pure affections cannot die ! 
 But the freed Spirit chilled or wounded here, 
 Returning veinless from that happier sphere, 
 May watch the object of its earthly care, 
 Tho' tuned for others' ears the voice that long 
 To it seemed soft as its new country's song. 
 Ev'n when it feels Its own forgotten name 
 Has o'er the memory lost its feeblest claim, 
 And the Dark tide of cold oblivion's wave 
 Rolled its dark waters o'er that lowly grave. 
 Still It would steal from all the Joys above. 
 And come a Dove-winged messenger of Love, 
 Watch with affection that can never cease. 
 And e'en o'er slumber breathe the balm of peace. 
 Not vampyre-like would Its soft pinions now 
 Brood over & gently fan th' unconscious brow. 
 Wipe gently from the eye the dreaming tear. 
 And breathe soft music to the sleeping ear. 
 And still perchance if in a Spirit's lot 
 There is a pang in being quite forgot. 
 If still chngs to the soul that earthly feeling, 
 
 * A beautiful grave in the West Highlands.
 
 VARIOUS LETTERS 671 
 
 O'er the closed lid the spirit may be stealing, 
 To the loved dreamer's mind past scenes recall 
 And in one passing thought be paid for all ! 
 All that the weary heart at last w'^ crave 
 Is such a dwelling as that oi't-seen grave, 
 No breathing incence from rich Censers flung, 
 No lofty Requeim's solemn notes be sung, 
 No long-robed Priest with Holy water near, 
 For what so Holy as affection's tear ? 
 If e'en one tear be on the cold dust shed 
 Young flowers will spring upon the lowly bed. 
 And one low sigh be to the parted soul 
 More balm than all the sweets from Censers 
 
 stole. 
 But if nor sigh nor tear will memory spare, 
 The last dear offering to a dying prajxr. 
 May evening's dews then bathe th' unconscious 
 
 brow 
 That throbs & burns at that sad sentence now ! 
 
 Lord Greenock to the Duke of Argyll, relative to 
 Payers of Orders found upon the Field of 
 Waterloo. 
 
 Edinburgh, Septem' 19, 1842. 
 
 My dear Lord Duke, 
 
 I think you mentioned to me some time 
 ago that you had in your possession an order in 
 my handwriting or Signed by me which had 
 been picked up on the field of Waterloo, & which 
 your Grace had honored by preserving as a 
 relick of that memorable day. If you should 
 still possess this Document and can without 
 inconvenience refer to it, Your Grace would 
 confer a great favor upon me if you will have 
 the goodness to cause a Copy to be forwarded 
 to me as early as circumstances may permit.
 
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 I am not aware of the date or the purport of 
 this order, but the Duke of WelHngton having 
 expressed a desire to me through Colonel Gur- 
 wood to be informed of the Precise hour at 
 which certain orders were circulated to the 
 Cavalry respecting its Movements Previously to 
 the battles fought on the 16t^ 17**^, & 18"^ of 
 June, 1815, it is possible that the Document in 
 question may throw some light on the Subject, 
 and be the means of enabling me to satisfy the 
 Duke in this particular, better than I could do 
 from my own recollection, for during the hurry 
 consequent to such operations I had no time 
 to preserve copies of the orders I had to cir- 
 culate, or to make any memoranda respecting 
 them. 
 
 If the Superscription be preserved it should 
 Ukewise be copied, for probably upon it the 
 hour of its despatch would have been noted, as 
 well as the address of the General or other 
 officer to whom it was transmitted. 
 
 With many apologies for giving Your Grace 
 this trouble, I remain. My dear Lord Duke, 
 Your Grace's faithful & obed* Serv*, 
 
 Greenock. 
 
 Letter of Orders to Sir William Ponsonby, found 
 on the Field of Battle at Waterloo. 
 
 Rec"* at One & 3/4 a.m. 16 June. 
 Immediate. 
 
 NiNOVE, June 15, 1815. 
 
 Memorandum. 
 
 Major-General Sir W™ Ponsonby's Brigade 
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 tion this ni<>ht at Ninovc, where it will receive 
 further orders. 
 
 The Regiments liad l)etter he formed on the 
 High Road leading from Ninovc to Voordem, 
 near the Quarters of part of the Royal Dragoons, 
 between Oultre & Ninovc. 
 
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 A'' Q.M. General. 
 
 An orderly officer to be sent to Ninovc. 
 
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 Sir W. Ponsonry. 
 
 Denderhoutem. 
 
 Lord Greenock to the Duke of Argyll. 
 
 Edinbubgh, March 7'*, 1843. 
 
 My dear Lord Duke, 
 
 I am extremely obliged by your kindness 
 in entrusting to me the Document found on the 
 Field of Waterloo, and which has been so long 
 in your Grace's possession. It is highly interest- 
 ing to me, as shewing the precise hour at w^hich 
 the order for the assembly of the Cavalry at 
 Ninove was received at the Quarters of Sir 
 William Ponsonby, which appears by a Memor- 
 andum on the Cover to have been one & 3/4 a.m. 
 on the 16^'^ of June, as it has been the subject 
 of some controversy, it having been imagined by 
 some that the Cavalry ought to have been put 
 in motion at an earlier hour. 
 
 I have availed myself of your Grace's kind 
 permission to forward this Document to London 
 that it may be shewn to the Duke of Wellington, 
 with strict caution respecting its due preserva- 
 tion, and the desire that it mav be sent back to
 
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 me as early as circumstances will permit with a 
 view to its being returned to your Grace. 
 Believe me, My dear Lord Duke, 
 
 Always very faithfully yours, 
 
 Greenock. 
 
 The letter of Orders to Sir William Ponsonby 
 is herewith returned to the Duke of Argyll with 
 Lord Greenock's compliments and best thanks. 
 
 12 Carlton Place, April 18*, 1843.
 
 LOVE & REASON 
 
 'TwAS in the Summer time so sweet 
 
 When hearts & flowers are both in Season 
 
 That who of all the world sh'^ meet 
 One early dawn but Love & Reason. 
 
 Love told his dream of yesternight 
 
 While Reason talk'd about the weather; 
 
 The Morn in sooth was fair & bright, 
 And on they took their way together. 
 
 The Boy in many a gambol Hew, 
 While Reason like a Juno stalk'd 
 
 And from her portly figure threw 
 A lengthened shadow as she walk'd. 
 
 No wonder Love as on they past 
 Sh^ find that sunny Morning chill, 
 
 For still the shadow Reason cast 
 Fell on the Boy & cool'd him still. 
 
 In vain he tried his wings to warm 
 And find a pathway not so dim. 
 
 For still the Maid's gigantic form 
 Would pass between the Sun & him. 
 
 This must not be, said little Love, 
 
 The Sun was made for more than you, 
 
 So turning thro' a Myrtle Grove 
 He bade the Portly Nymph adieu. 
 
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 Now gaily roves the laughing boy 
 
 O'er many a mead and many a stream, 
 
 In every breeze inhaling joy 
 
 And drinking bliss in every beam. 
 
 From all the gardens, all the bowers. 
 He culled the many sweets they shaded, 
 
 And ate the fruits & smelt the flowers 
 Till taste was gone & odour faded. 
 
 But now the Sun in pomp of noon 
 
 Look'd blazing o'er the parched plains. 
 
 Alas ! the boy grew languid soon. 
 And fever thrill'd thro' all his veins. 
 
 The dew forsook his baby brow. 
 
 No more with vivid bloom he smil'd : 
 
 Oh ! where was tranquil Reason now 
 To cast her shadow o'er the Child ? 
 
 Beneath a green & aged Palm 
 
 His feet at length for shelter turning. 
 
 He saw the Nymph reclining calm. 
 With brow as cool as his was burning. 
 
 Oh ! take me to that bosom cold. 
 In murmurs at her feet he said. 
 
 And Reason op'd her garment's fold 
 And flung it round his fevered head. 
 
 He felt her bosom's icy touch. 
 
 And soon it lull'd his pulse to rest. 
 
 For, ah ! the chill was quite too much 
 And Love expir'd on Reason's breast ! 
 
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 INDEX 
 
 Abercorn, Lady, G")") 
 
 Abercorn, Lord, 235 ; his place 
 
 in Essex, 22i» 
 Abercrombv, Sir Robert, 507 
 Academy, Royal, 1908, 121 
 Achacharn, Alex. Niven of, 90 
 Achard, Madame, 538 
 Achenbreck, 72 
 Achinagole, 73 
 Achnacress, 91 
 Acland, Dr., 480 
 Act for free voting in Parliament, 
 
 10 
 Act of Treaty, debate on, 29 
 Adderbury, 290, 291 
 Addison's play Cato, 224 
 Addison, the Rev., 482 
 Admiralty, rights to all that was 
 
 cast on shore, 88 
 Agnew, Col. Sir Andrew, 67 
 Aigblanche, Marquis d', 262, 263, 
 
 264 
 Aikman, Mr., 107 
 Ailesbury, Lady, 139, 441, 442, 
 
 446, 501 
 Air, 146 
 Aird, 437 
 
 Airds, the Sheriff, 68, 73 
 Aix-en-Provence, 336, 338 
 Aix-la-Chapelle, 130, 272, 273 
 Akenhead, 333 
 Albany, Count, 415, 416 
 Albany, Countess, 420 
 Allan, nephew of Mr., 507 
 Alnwick, 297 
 Alnwick Castle, 172 
 Altona, Oiiensen near, 241 
 Ambassador, French, 407 ; Span- 
 ish, 407 
 Ambassadors at all general 
 
 treaties. Act for ha\ing, 36 
 Amelia, Princess, 246, 297, 299, 
 
 399 
 America, France and England's 
 
 dispute in, 232 ; levies to be 
 sent to, 429 ; Highland Regi- 
 ments in, 435 ; return of 
 George and William Campbell, 
 442 
 
 American Colonial affairs, 483 
 
 American sufferers, support of, 212 
 
 Amherst, Lord, 145 
 
 Ancaster, Duchess of, 299, 386 
 
 Ancrum, Lord, 131, 453 
 
 Angers, school at, 337 
 
 Angus, 302 
 
 Annandale, ^Marquis of, 9, 23, 26, 
 34, 37, 38, 39 
 
 Anne, Lady, 276, 290 
 
 Antoinetten ruh, 243 
 
 Arblay, Ume. d', 564 
 
 Archduchess of Austria, gracious- 
 ness of the, 269, 272 
 
 Archduke of Austria, 406, 423 
 
 Archibald, Lady, 387 
 
 Archivaig, Archibald Campbell of, 
 90 
 
 Ardalinish, Peter Campbell of, 90 
 
 Ardchattan, parish of, 463 
 
 Ardchellans, Corn", 73 
 
 Ardent, the, ship taken by 
 Spaniards, 206 
 
 Ardgowan's Battalion, 450 
 
 Ardincaple Castle, 471, 472, 474, 
 475, 481, 637 
 
 Ai'dpatreck, 665 
 
 Ardros, 193 
 
 Ardura, 90, 91 
 
 Argyle, Duke Arcl)ibald of, 70 
 
 Argyll, Anno Cunningham, Dow- 
 ager Duchess of, 480 
 
 Argyll, Duchess of, 85, 386, 387, 
 431 ; letter to Earl of Suffolk, 
 160; letters from James Fer- 
 rier, 85, 86, 212 ; letters to 
 James Ferrier, 194 ; letters 
 from Andrew Stuart. See 
 under Stuart (Andrew) 
 
 677
 
 678 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Argyll, John 2nd Duke of. Fore- 
 word to letters from, 1 ; con- 
 fidential opinion about affairs 
 in Edinburgh, 1 ; Dukedom of 
 Greenwich, 1 ; succeeded to 
 Dukedom, 2 ; father placed 
 Scottish crown on King 
 William's head, 2 ; appointed 
 Lord Commissioner to Parlia- 
 ment of Scotland, 2 ; inade an 
 English earl, 2 ; in campaign 
 against the French in 1706, 3 ; 
 leading a division in 1708, 3 ; 
 at the head of the " Buffs " at 
 Oudenarde and Malplaquet, 4 ; 
 present at Scots Union Parlia- 
 ment, 4 ; most trusted leader 
 of Presbyterianism in Scotland, 
 4 ; prompt action ensures 
 Protestant succession, 4 ; made 
 Commander-in-Chief in Scot- 
 land 1715, 4 ; scattering 
 Stuart's forces at Sheriffmuir, 
 4 ; paramount influence in 
 Scotland, 4 ; driving Walpole 
 from office in 1742, 4; died 
 1743, 4 ; monument in West- 
 minster Abbey, 4 ; great flame 
 raised against, 6 ; letters to 
 Queen Anne, 8, 13, 14 ; letters 
 to Godolphin, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 
 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 39, 
 40, 41 ; resigning Commission, 
 14 ; will act for Protestant 
 succession though resigning, 
 15, 17; opinions as to affairs 
 in Scotland, 15 ; informing 
 Lord Godolphin that the troops 
 in Scotland are insufficient, 18 ; 
 asking for Peerage of England, 
 20 ; list of persons to be em- 
 ployed by Queen Anne, drawn 
 up by, 21 ; insulted, 55 ; in- 
 structions to his factor, Donald 
 Campbell of Aird, 89 ; health, 
 203 ; and Greenwich, 272 ; 
 Lady Caroline Dalkeith co- 
 heir of, 290 
 
 Argyll, John 5th Duke of, 145, 
 292, 433, 434, 438, 439, 442, 
 443, 444, 446, 448, 449, 450, 
 451, 455, 456, 469, 494, 495, 
 497, 498, 499, 500, 503, 505, 
 506, 508, 511, 514, 519, 520; 
 death, 471 
 
 Argyll, George 6th Duke of, 476 
 
 Argyll, John 7th Duke of, 65, 
 66, 67, 69, 71, 75, 436, 437, 
 444, 446, 451, 452, 456, 472, 
 473, 474, 475, 478, 494, 495, 
 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 502, 
 503, 505, 506, 508, 509, 510, 
 511, 512, 514, 515, 518, 519, 
 520, 558. See also Campbell, 
 Lord John 
 
 Argyll, George 8th Duke of, giving 
 up rights of Holyrood Palace to 
 Queen Victoria, 78 
 
 Argyll's, Earl, invasion of Scot- 
 land, 2 
 
 Argyll, Marquis, executed, 1 
 
 Argyll estates, population of, 95 
 
 Argyll House, 446 ; saved from 
 Wilkes' mob, 125 
 
 Argyllshire men, 65, 66, 67, 68 
 
 Argyllshire, hereditary Lord-Lieu- 
 tenancy, 248 
 
 Argyllshire MiHtia, 65, 71, 464, 
 468, 473 
 
 Argyllshire Highlanders, 67 
 
 Arquebusiers, King of the, 379, 380 
 
 Arran, petitions and representa- 
 tions, 133 
 
 Arran, 429, 430, 431 
 
 Artern, 240, 241 
 
 Athol, Duke of, 32, 50, 61, 62, 147 
 
 Atlay, J. B., 480 
 
 Aubigny, peerage of, 193 
 
 Auchnacarry, 63 
 
 Auerstadt, Duke of Brunswick 
 mortally wounded at battle of, 
 234, 235, 241 
 
 Augusta Campbell, Lady. See 
 under Campbell 
 
 Augusta, daughter of Duchess of 
 Brunswick, 258, 259 
 
 Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick, 
 218 ; birth of, 220 ; early im- 
 pressions, 221 ; early taste, 
 223, 224, 227, 228, 252, 274, 
 280, 303, 308 ; godmother to 
 Lady Gower's child, 243 
 
 Augusta's, Princess Royal, fancy 
 name, 131 
 
 Austria, augmentation of power 
 of, 265 
 
 Austria, Emperor of, 274, 275, 
 277, 279, 282, 286, 287, 404 
 
 Austria, Empress of, 404, 412 
 
 Austrians under Duke of Bruns- 
 wick, 235 
 
 Avon, the, 6, 7 
 
 1
 
 INDEX 
 
 679 
 
 Ayrshire election, 145 
 
 Baden, 519 
 
 Bagot, Sir William, III 
 
 Baillie, Mr., 151 
 
 Baiquancourt., de, 102 
 
 Baird, Mr., 356 
 
 Bal Masqu6 in Vienna, 274, 275 
 
 Balevcolan, 463 
 
 Baliimores, Col., 73 
 
 Ballooning, 638 
 
 Banbury, Lord, 439 
 
 Bandon, 502 
 
 Bantis, singing of the, 654 
 
 Barbadoes, Governor of, 204 
 
 Barcaldine (.\rgyllshire), 463 
 
 Barfleur de la Mark, Monsieur, 273 
 
 Barham Downs, 494 
 
 Barnacarry, 73, 75 
 
 Barnacarry, Archibald Campbell 
 
 of, 75 
 Barons Act, underhand promoting 
 
 of the, 10 
 Barra, correspondence on the Isle 
 
 of, 86 
 Barramore, Lady, 297 
 Barrington, Lord, 387 
 Basle, 385 
 Bath, 266 
 Bath, Lord, 297 
 Battoni, portrait of Duke of 
 
 Hamilton by Pompeio, 330, 413 
 Bavaria, death of Elector of, 265 
 Bayley, Sir Greorge, 638 
 Beauchamp, Lord, 142, 245 
 Beauveron, Comte de, 344 
 Bedford, Duke of, 135, 309 
 Bedley, 120 
 Belleisle, taking of two French 
 
 liners at, 232 
 Belmont Lodge, 302 
 Beneid, Commonty of, 91 
 Bennit. Muster Master, 30 
 Berlin, 260, 280, 388, 399, 521, 532 
 Berlin, Princess of Orange on her 
 
 way to, 246 
 Berne, 344, 579 
 Berzen, Mme. de, 275 
 Betty, Lady, 332, 334, 335, 336, 
 
 338, 345, 352, 365, 431 
 Beverley, Lady, 522, 533, 535, 
 
 536, 542 
 Beverley, Lord, 525, 530, 542 
 Bienne, Lake of, 519 
 Birmingham, 308 
 Birnie, Captain, 120 
 
 Birrney, Captain Hamilton, 154 
 Black Eagio, order of, conferred 
 
 on Duke of Brunswick, 233 
 Blair, 68 
 Blairfottie, 68 
 Blakenoy, General, 65 
 Blenheim, 167 ; King and Queen's 
 
 visit to, 226 
 Blythwood, Lord John Campbell's 
 
 visit to, 449 
 Bobby, Mr. Pichell, 655 
 Bogino, Count, 261 
 Bohemia, 404 
 Bohemia, Fief of, 265 
 Bolingbroke, Lord, 136 
 Bologna, 189 
 Bonn, Mr. G. Crossman's letter 
 
 from, 265, 266 
 Bonomis and Nasmith, 455 
 Borringdon, Lord, 655 
 Boscawen, Admiral, 232 
 Bosset, President, 213 
 Boswell, James, 97 
 Bothwell Castle, 97, 121 
 Bottyt, Miss, 136 
 Boulogne, preparation for the in- 
 vasion of England at, 518 
 Bourke, farailv name of Earl of 
 
 Mayo, 122, 126 
 Boutems, Madame, 537 
 Boyd, General, 255 
 Boyes, Mr., 152, 153, 154 
 Boyn, Lady M., 285 
 Bradshaw, Mr., 142 
 Brand, Mr., 177 
 Brandenburg, 397 
 Brandon, Duko of Hamilton and, 
 
 331, 332, 333 
 Breadalbane, Lord, 450, 462 
 Bridgeman, Lady, 271 
 Bridgemans, the, 268 
 Bridget, Earl Mayo's daughter, 245 
 Bridgewater, Duke of, 308 
 Brighthelmstone, 165, 194 
 Brionne, Madame de, 374 
 Broglie, Due de, 567 
 Brougham, Mr., 475 
 Broughton, Lady, in Lausanne, 
 
 385, 386 
 Brown, Charles, agent to Sir John 
 
 Stewart, 107 
 Bruce, Lord, 259 
 Bruce, Robert, 635 
 Brudenell, Mr. James, 293 
 Brunetta, fortress of, 264 
 Brunswick, 297, 298, 299
 
 680 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Brunswick Duchy almost out of 
 
 debt, 257 
 Brunswick, Duke of, 132, 231, 
 
 235, 255 ; letter to the Duchess 
 
 of Hamilton with account of 
 
 death of, 236 
 Brunswick, letters to Duchess of 
 
 Argyll from Augusta, Duchess 
 
 of, 242-260 
 Brunswick, Prince Ferdinand of, 
 
 131, 226, 227, 389 ; born, 231 ; 
 
 succeeds his father, 234 
 Brunswick, Prince Frederick of, 
 
 389 
 Brunswick, Princess of, 300 
 Brussels, 109, 130 ; anonymous 
 
 letter to Duchess of Hamilton 
 
 and Argyll from a lady in, 208 
 Buchanan, Captain, 120, 151 
 Buchanan, Mr., 151 
 Buchanan of Drumekeln, Mr., 504 
 Bude, General, 656 
 Bunessan, John McLean of, 90 
 Buonaparte, Napoleon, 326, 327, 
 
 441, 457, 515, 517 
 Burgermasterof Sangerhausen,241 
 Burgoyne, letter to Duchess of 
 
 Argyll from Mrs., 165, 174 
 Burgoyne, Mr., 176 
 Burke, Mr. Edmund's letter to the 
 
 Duchess of Argyll, 214 
 Burke, Mr. William, 139 
 Burnett, Mr., 667 
 Burney, Dr., 564 
 Burney, Miss, 565 
 Bushy, 309 
 Bushy Park, 169 
 Bute, Lord, 370 
 Bute, brothers of Lord, 177 
 Bute family, the, 298 
 Buttstadt, 239 
 
 Cabriolet, young Duke of Hamil- 
 ton driving a, 339 
 
 Cadogan, General, 63 
 
 Cairndow, 85 
 
 Calais, 193, 514 
 
 Caldwell, Lady, 189 
 
 Caligula, cameo of, 414 
 
 Cambaceres, 518 
 
 Camelia, 216, 447 
 
 Campbell, Alexander, 462 
 
 Campbell, Sir Alexander, 503 
 
 Campbell, Archibald, 292 
 
 Campbell, Ai-chibald, of Airds, 73, 
 75, .503 
 
 Campbell, Archibald, of Stone- 
 field, 75 
 
 Campbell, Archibald, Tacksman 
 of Seirphein and Ardchivaig, 90 
 
 Campbell, Captain Allan, of the 
 Glenaray Militia, 72, 73, 447 ; 
 account of expenses, 76, 77 
 
 Campbell, Charles, 503 
 
 Campbell, Colin, Chamberlain of 
 Roseneath, 92 
 
 Campbell, Colonel Dugald, 435 
 
 Campbell, Donald, of Airds, in- 
 structions from Duke of Argyll, 
 89 ; letter to Duchess of Argyll, 
 138 
 
 Campbell, Donald, of Sonchuhan, 
 Inverary, 94, 462 
 
 Campbell, General, 64, 65, 292 
 
 Campbell, George, 242 
 
 Campbell, Governor, 68 
 
 Campbell, James, letter to Pro- 
 vost of Inverary, 63 
 
 Campbell, John, Tacksman of 
 Kelimore, 90, 462 
 
 Campbell, John, Tacksman of 
 Torghormaig, 91, 462 
 
 Campbell, Lady Archibald, 657 
 
 Campbell, Lady Augusta, 171, 
 174, 175, 192, 194, 196, 207, 
 209, 214, 215, 253, 255, 259, 
 276, 278, 281, 293, 320, 401, 
 406, 409, 420, 426, 434, 451, 
 521, 637 
 
 Campbell, Lady Charlotte, 278, 
 403, 420, 452, 453, 454, 468, 
 495, 499, 521 ; letter to Camelia, 
 654 
 
 Campbell, Lady Harriet, 297 
 
 Campbell, Lady John, letters 
 from, 653, 662, 665 
 
 Campbell, Lady William, 212 
 
 Campbell, Lord John (see also 
 Argyll, 7th Duke of), 137, 297 ; 
 and cholera, 480, 481 ; mother 
 of, property in Virginia, 483 ; 
 futi-ire wife of, 489-493 ; escape 
 from French in woman's clothes, 
 520 ; escape from Baden, 538 ; 
 picture of, 559 ; character of, 
 632 ; letter to Miss Joan Glas- 
 sell, 634-636, also 200, 206, 
 441, 444, 448, 449 
 
 Campbell, Lord Frederick, 145, 
 154, 212, 443, 457, 470, 471, 
 474, 500, 502 
 
 Campbell, Lome, 476
 
 INDEX 
 
 681 
 
 Campbell, Major, 450 
 
 Campbell, Maj'or-Oeueral, G4, G5, 
 
 66, 67, 73, 74 
 Campbell, Miss, 212, 210, 281, 
 
 283, 284, 285 
 Campbell, iNIr., 74 
 Campbell, Mr. David, 73 
 Campbell, Mi-. John, Deputy 
 
 Chamberlain of Argyllsiiiro, 72, 
 
 503 
 Campbell, Mr. Walter, Deputy 
 
 Ranger of Windsor Park, 124 
 Campbell, Mi-s., 270 
 Campbell, Mrs. Donald, the house 
 
 of, 289 
 Campbell of Ardkinglass, Lady, 2 1 5 
 Campbell of Braghen, Mr., 034 
 Campbell of Shawfield and Islay, 
 
 124, 102, 163, 178, 179, 180, 
 
 181, 183, 184, 185, 180, 504 
 Campbell, Oswald, 74 
 Campbell, Peter, of Ardalinish, 90 
 Campbell, population of lordship 
 
 of, 95 
 Campbell, Robert, 472, 474, 475 
 Campbell, Sir James of Aken- 
 
 brake, 70 
 Campbell, William, 442 
 Campbelltown, 65 
 Campelles, Mr., 259, 471 
 Cample, Mr., 256 
 Canada, 232 
 
 Candia, Nelson's victory of?, 327 
 Canning, letters from Greorge, 210, 
 
 217 
 Capel, Lady Elizabeth, 310 
 Cardinal, Lady Derby dining at 
 
 the house of the, 279 
 Carignano, Prince and Princess 
 
 of, 374 
 Carlisle, family, 177 
 Carlisle, Lady, 275, 294, 310 
 Carlisle, Lord, 202 
 Carlton House, Mrs. FitzHerbert 
 
 at, 255 
 Carmichael of Maudslie, Mr., 151 
 Carnelm, 440 
 
 Caroline of Brunswick, 227 ; mar- 
 riage with Prince Regent of 
 
 England, 260 
 Caroline Matilda of Denmark, 246, 
 
 252, 388 
 Carran, River, GO 
 Carter, letter to Miss Talbot from 
 
 Mrs., 229 
 Cary, ilr., expelled, 254 
 
 VOL. II 
 
 Cassol, 251 
 
 Cassol, Landgravine of, 399 
 Castlemilk family, the. 120 
 Cathcart. Lord, 131, 309 
 Cathodral of Notre i3ame, Paris, 
 
 515 
 Cato, Addison's play, 224 
 Cavalier Party, 53 
 Cavendish, Lord John, 305 
 Cavour, Mine, de, 540 
 Cavour, Mon.sieur de, 547 
 Cazenove, Mmo., 348, 523 
 Cecilia, Lady, 655 
 Cenis, Mont, 271, 423 
 Chamberlain, letter to Duchess of 
 
 Argyll from the, 133 
 Chambery, 427 
 Chancellor of France, 102 
 Chandos, Duchess of, 208, 269 
 Charity Schools in Mull and Mor- 
 
 vern, 94 
 Charlemagne's 33rd descendant, 
 
 126 
 Charles, loss of only son of Prince, 
 
 246 
 Charles, Princess. 249 
 Charles, son of Duchess of Bruns- 
 wick, health of, 242 ; dying, 
 247 
 Charles X. of France, 434 
 Charlotte, Queen, 250 
 Charter of Douglas Estate, 147, 
 
 148 
 Chartres, younger 'Mr., 154 
 Chastelrault, Duchy of, 193, 194 
 Chatelaine near Geneva, 363, 360, 
 307, 370, 373, 375, 379, 384, 409 
 Chatham's strong mode of ex- 
 pression. Lord, 443 
 Chatsworth, 170 ; satirical ac- 
 count of life at, 314 
 Chayant, command of Du, 206 
 Cheshire, 137 
 Chesterfield, prejudices of Lord, 
 
 402 
 Child, Miss, 285 
 Chillon, 639 
 
 Chisholm, the command of Mr., 72 
 Choiseul, Duke of, 100, 102, 322 
 Christian VII. of Denmark, 388 
 Christin, Mr., in prison in Geneva, 
 
 530 
 Chuquet, concerning winter cam- 
 paign against the French, 235 
 Church, JVIr., 332 
 Clackmannan, 438 
 
 23
 
 682 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Clarence, Duke of, letters to Lady 
 Susan Stewart, 306 
 
 Clark, Colonel, 304 
 
 Clavering, Colonel, 247 
 
 Clavering, Lady, 216, 247, 305,471 
 
 Clayton, Colonel, 63 
 
 Clermont, 336 
 
 Clermont, Lady, 322 
 
 Clermont, University of, 337 
 
 Cleves 272 
 
 Clidsdale (Clydesdale), 146, 147, 
 150, 151, 156, 158, 170, 173 
 
 Clinton, Lord Thomas, 177 
 
 Clive, Mr., 380 
 
 Clunyth, 86 
 
 Cobham and McKerr, Dragoons 
 of, 67 
 
 Cockburn, Sir James, 170, 180 
 
 Cockburne, Mr., Foreword to 
 letters from, 1 ; letter to Lord 
 Godolphin, 5 
 
 Coigni, M. de, 273 
 
 Coinder, Mr., 536 
 
 Coke, Lady Mary, 96, 125, 126, 
 127, 128, 218, 219, 291, 292, 
 296, 297, 298, 300, 303, 308, 446 
 
 Coke, Poll, 218, 267, 272, 290 
 
 Coke of Norfolk, 127 
 
 Colebrook, Sir George, 151 
 
 Colleda, 240 
 
 Colquhoun, Major, 508-512 
 
 Colquhoun, Provost of Dunbar- 
 ton, 439 
 
 Colquhoun, Sir James, 85, 604 
 
 Colquhoun, Sir James' son, 501 
 
 Congleton, 270 
 
 Congress at Philadelphia, 321 
 
 Conseil de D6peehes, 100 
 
 Constable's Magazine, 064 
 
 Content, the transport, 494 
 
 Conti, Prince of, 167 
 
 Conway family, 176 
 
 Conway, General, 118, 139, 145, 
 656 
 
 Conway, Mr., 245, 302 
 
 Cooper, Mr., 254 
 
 Cooper, Sir Grey, 255 
 
 Coote Castle, 122, 244 
 
 Cope, Arabella Diana, 323, 325 
 
 Cope, Sir John, 323 
 
 Coply, Col., 497 
 
 Coppet, M. Necker's property, 
 557 ; meeting-place of many 
 Emigres, 558, 56 1 ; former 
 owners of, 568, 569 ; descrip- 
 tion of interior, 569 
 
 Corbin, Mr., 321 
 
 Corinamorer, woods of, 92 
 
 " Corinne," Mme. de Stael's novel, 
 
 558 
 Corkamil, tenants of, 88 
 Corkamull, 91 
 Cornwall, Mr., 142, 143 
 Corri, M. and Mme., 454 
 Corrieliam, 73 
 Corsican Ogre, the, 561 
 Corstofine, 72 
 Courland, Duchess of, 543 
 Courts of Edinburgh, reversal of 
 
 judgment of, 98 
 Courts, small German, 274 ; 
 
 Russian, 277 
 Coutts, 437 
 
 Coventry, Lady, 291, 292, 295 
 Coventry, Lord, 295 
 Cowal Hills, 659 
 Cowper, Lady, 415 
 Crawfurd, Mr., 142, 150, 151, 178, 
 
 183, 184, 185, 187, 305 
 Crefeld, Battle of, 231 
 Cricket in Geneva, 366 
 Crinan Canal Company meeting, 
 
 444 
 Cromarty, Earl of, 30 
 Cromwell, executing Marquis of 
 
 Argyll, 1 
 Crosse ner, Mr. G., 265 
 CuUoden, 71, 433 
 Cumberland, Duke of, 66, 67, 71, 
 
 73, 228, 229, 293 
 Cunningham, Sir Wm., 151 
 Cunnynghame, George, 637 
 Czartoryski, Prince, 432 
 
 Dalhousie, Lady, 666 
 
 Dalkeith, 302, 510 
 
 Dalkeith, Francis, Earl of, 290 
 
 Dalkeith, Lady, 132, 290 
 
 Dalkeith House, 453 
 
 Dahnally, 659 
 
 Dalrymple, Lord, 337 
 
 Dalrymple, Sir David, 106 
 
 Dalziell, 120, 121 
 
 Dalziell, Lady, 131 
 
 Damer, Mrs., 446, 501 
 
 Danjon, letter in French from 
 
 Monsieur, 130, 131 
 Danube, journey down the, 620, 
 
 532 
 Darien Colonization Scheme, 
 
 Scotland's, 60 
 Darnley, Lord, 655
 
 INDEX 
 
 683 
 
 Dauphin, the, 100 
 
 Davidson, Captain, 510 
 
 Davidson, John, 107, 110, 1:58, 
 140, 147, 155, 1H7, 101, 104, 
 382, 395, 417, 418; letter to 
 Duchess of Argyll, 152 
 
 Davidson, Mr., letter from An- 
 drew Stuart, 98 
 
 Degenfeld, Count, Dutch Am- 
 bassador, 404, 407 
 
 "Delphine," Mme. de Staul'a 
 novel, 503 
 
 Denmark, Christian VII. of, 388 
 
 Derby, Lady, 124, 128, 190, 202, 
 207, 210, 214, 210, 218, 231, 
 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 
 250, 259, 260, 207, 309, 322, 
 431 ; her letters, 207-289 
 
 Derby, Lord, 123, 202, 248, 252, 
 253, 209, 270, 287, 288, 385 
 
 Diebisch, woods of, 237 
 
 Dodington, 224 
 
 Dolback, Baron. 103, 112 
 
 Dolben, Sir WilUam, 141 
 
 Domestic documents, 78 
 
 Donald, Mr. John, 448, 510, 511 
 
 Donat, Madame, owner of Epenen, 
 650 
 
 Dorset, Duke of, 171, 207, 322, 
 324, 325, 326 
 
 Douglas, Duchess of, 113, 114, 332 
 
 Douglas, Duke of, 35, 90, 97, 101, 
 102 
 
 Douglas, Lord A., 290 
 
 Douglas, Mr., 181, 182, 184, 190 
 
 Douglas Case, letters relating to 
 the, 96, 107, 190, 416 
 
 Doutremont, Monsieur, 130, 193, 
 194 
 
 Down Place, 207 
 
 Dresden, 279, 393, 398-400, 403, 
 521, 532 
 
 Drumakeln, Mr. Buchanan of, 504 
 
 Drummond, Robert, 443 
 
 Drummond's Bank, 451 
 
 Dubhn, 123 
 
 Dun's Hotel, New Town, 80 
 
 Dunbarton, 65, 449, 475, 510; 
 erroneous spelling of, 503 
 
 Dunbarton Castle, Commissioner 
 of, 25, 38 
 
 Dunbarton, Provost Colquhoun 
 of, 439 
 
 Dunbartonshire, 70, 438, 477, 
 501, 503, 504, 505, 507, 508 
 
 Duncan, Dr., 291 
 
 Dundas, Sir L., 438 
 
 Dunda.ss, Mr. SoUicitor, 116, 182, 
 
 440, 5U6, 507 
 Dimduss, Provost, 170 
 Dunkirk, 441 
 Dunmore, Lady, 387 
 Dunmore, Lord, 434 
 Dunmore Park, 434 
 Dunning, Mr., 1 17 
 Dunolhe, 94 
 Dysart, Countess of, 2 
 Dysart, Lord, 295 
 
 Ealing, 210 
 
 Eardale, parish of, 463 
 
 East India Company, 139 
 
 East India ships' .safe arrival, 203 
 
 East Indies, 304 
 
 Edgecombe, Lady and Lord, 303 
 
 Edgecombe, Lord Mount, 656 
 
 Edg%vorth, Mr., in Verdun prison, 
 
 532 
 Edinburgh, tumult in, 51 ; Queen's 
 
 troops suppressing tumult in, 
 
 51, 57, 65, 67, 69 
 Edmondson, Mr., 246 
 Edmonstone, Sir Arcliibald, 507 
 Edridge's drawing of Lord John 
 
 Campbell, 477, 559 
 Edward, Prince, in Addison's play 
 
 Cato, 224 
 Edwin, Lady Charlotte, 101, 120, 
 
 121, 244-248, 293, 331, 420 
 Eflfingham, Lady, 172 
 Eghngton, Lady, 306 
 Eglington, Lord, 136, 294 
 Eisleben, 241 
 
 Elden, opinion of Lord, 666 
 Election, a Scottish, a century 
 
 ago, 503 ; hsts of voters in tlie 
 
 Scottish, 507, 508, 512, 513 
 Elector and Electress of Saxony, 
 
 400 
 Electress Dowager of Saxony, 400 
 EUzaboth, Princess, of Saxony, 400 
 EUiot's British Regiment, 234 
 EUison, General, 505 
 Elphinstoun, Lady, 189 
 Elphinstoun, Lord, 150, 189, 438 
 Enghien, arrest of Due d', 518 
 England, treaty between Prussia 
 
 and, 232 
 English vessels in Leith Roads, 3 
 English vessels' officers seized on 
 
 piracy charge, 3 ; captain 
 
 hanged, 3
 
 684 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Ensigns in Dutch Expedition 
 going home on promotion, 499 
 
 Epenen, 531 
 
 Episcopalian Church, 60 
 
 Ernest, Prince, 249, 250, 270 
 
 Errington, Mr., in Lausanne, 385 
 
 Esher, 310 
 
 Essex, Lord, 221 
 
 Essex, Lord Abercorn's plaee in, 
 229 
 
 Essex's, the, 310 
 
 Estaing's fleet, d', 204 
 
 Esterhazy, Prince, 407 
 
 Etersieben, 241 
 
 Etna, 561 
 
 Eton, Duke of Hamilton going to, 
 333 ; a rebellion at, 255 
 
 Etr6e, Marshal d', 102 
 
 Ewing, James, undertaker, 92 
 
 Exemption claimed by volun- 
 teers from ballot for the army of 
 reserve and militia, letter anent 
 the, 460 
 
 Expenses account for saving a 
 pipe of wine, 88, 89 
 
 Exportation of beef and pork, 
 Act for encouraging the, 36 
 
 F., Lady, 176 
 
 Fabry, Madame Amelie, 555 
 
 Falconer, Mr., 192 
 
 Falkirk, 65, 66 
 
 Farquhar, Mr. W., letters to 
 Duchess of Argyll, 195, 196, 
 197, 205, 206 
 
 Fassfern, Fort WilHam, 87 
 
 Faucitt, General, 253 
 
 Featherstone, Sir Harry, 192, 415, 
 420 
 
 Ferdinand, Prince, 167 
 
 Fergusson, Donald, 72, 445 
 
 Fergusson, Dr., 481 
 
 Fergusson, Sir Adam, 146 
 
 Ferrier, James, 510, 512, 514 ; 
 grandfather to Professor Ferrier 
 of St. Andrews, 85 ; letters to 
 Duchess of Argyll, 85, 86, 212 ; 
 letter from Roderick McNeil, 
 87 ; letter to Roderick Mc- 
 Neil of Barra, 88 ; letter from 
 Duchess of Argyll, 210 ; his 
 vote, 438 ; letter from Duke of 
 Argyll, 439 ; sent to London, 
 440 ; letters to Duke of Argyll, 
 448, 504, 505 ; his attachment 
 to the House of Argyll, 469 ; 
 
 letter to Lord Frederick Camp- 
 bell, 504, 505 
 
 Ferrier, Sir William, 447 
 
 Fetes, the Austrian Emperor's, 274 
 
 FitzHerbert, Mrs., at Carlton 
 House, 255, 658 
 
 Fitzroy's, Mr., behaviour, 256 
 
 Fleet off and in Plymouth, 195 ; 
 driven in by French and 
 Spaniards, 205 
 
 Fletchers of Salton, the, 60, 61 
 
 Florence, 191, 215, 329, 402, 413, 
 420, 426 
 
 Florentin, Comte de St., 102 
 
 Florian, Monsieur de, 364 
 
 Fontainebleau, 105 
 
 Footguards, Subalterns in, 341 
 
 Forbes & Co., Sir William, 86 
 
 Forbes, Sir William, 438 
 
 Forfar, Lord, 22 
 
 Fort Augustus, taking of, 68 
 
 Fort William, 63, 67 
 
 Fortescue, Mr., 392 
 
 Fox, Lady Mary, 308 
 
 Fox, Mr., 432 ; debate on French 
 War, 524 
 
 Foxites, 440 
 
 France, young Duke of Hamilton 
 in, 193 ; sentiments of, 264 ; 
 women of fashion in, 273 ; 
 Duchess of Hamilton going to, 
 304 ; View of Society and 
 Manners in, 329 
 
 Frances, daughter of Lady Dal- 
 keith, 290 
 
 Francfort, 279 
 
 Franking letters, 314 
 
 Eraser, Gteneral, 142 
 
 Frederick II. of Prussia, 231, 232, 
 246 ; poem in praise of Prince 
 Ferdinand, 233, 234 
 
 Frederick, Lord, 441 
 
 Frederick, Prince, 250 
 
 Frederick, Prince of Hesse, 251 
 
 Fredericksburg in Virginia, 483 
 
 French frauds, 97 
 
 French, Mrs., 217 
 
 Frogmore, 451 
 
 Frome, 291 
 
 Fulerton, Dr., 133 
 
 G., Lady, 217 
 
 Gainsborough, portrait by, 121 
 Gallizine, Prince, 343, 363, 380 
 Galloway, Lord, 107, 108, 121, 
 307, 326, 336, 337, 338
 
 INDEX 
 
 685 
 
 Galway, 473 
 
 Gamesters of England, France, 
 Germany, etc., 273 
 
 Garde Meuble de Roy, Paris, 516 
 
 Gardener, arrest of, 520 
 
 Gartmore, cousin of Shawfield, 505 
 
 Gateshead, pestilence at, 4H0, 481 
 
 Geneva, Duke of Hamilton in, 
 171, 174, 103. 337, 338, 341, 
 346, 349, 353, 355, 357, 358, 
 360, 361, 366, 374, 402, 422, 
 423, 424, 427 ; fet« on Lake of, 
 374 ; picture of society in, 375 ; 
 citizens of, 379 ; description of 
 the coronation fetes, 380, 381 
 
 Genoa, 189, 215, 525 
 
 Gentlemaii 8 Magazine, notes ex- 
 tracted from the, 64 
 
 George II., King, 219, 224, 225, 
 226, 228 ; letter to Prince 
 Frederick of Wales, 222 
 
 George III., King, 224, 227, 253. 
 254, 259, 310, 311, 312, 313, 
 448 
 
 George IV. fiist Gentleman in 
 Europe, 227 
 
 George, Prince, 224, 280, 284 
 
 Greorge 6th Duke of Argyll, 476 
 
 Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, 
 satirical account of life at 
 Chatsworth, 314 
 
 Gtermaine, Lord, 142 
 
 German Courts, small, 274 
 
 Germany, new home for Princess 
 Augusta, 227 ; View of Society 
 and Manners in, 329 ; Duke of 
 Hamilton's visit to, 402 
 
 " Germany," the title of Mme. de 
 Stael's book, 565 
 
 Gibbon, the English historian, 562 
 
 Gladstone's Administration, 178 
 
 Glams, 73 
 
 Glasford, Mr. G., 504, 505, 506, 
 508, 509, 510, 512 
 
 Glasgow, 65, 352, 426 
 
 Glasgow, Earl of, 9, 30 
 
 Glassell, John, letters to, 483-489 
 
 Glassell, Miss, letter from Mrs. 
 Grant the author, about Lord 
 Jolin Campbell's ciiaractor, 632 ; 
 letter from Lord John Campbell, 
 634; letters to Miss H. F. Cadell, 
 639, 645 ; description of Swiss 
 and Italian scenery by, 639- 
 644 ; description of Paris by, 
 646 
 
 Glassell, Mrs., 483, 635 
 
 Glassell, William, letters from 
 
 Virginia. 483-489, 490, 491 
 Glenaray Militia, 72 
 Glencairn, Karl of, 20 
 Glendaruel, parish of, 437 
 Glenenchay, parish of, 463 
 Glengarry, 63 
 Glonrao, 638 
 Glentrus, 68 
 
 Glenure. under the cotnmandof. 68 
 Gloucester. Duchess of, letter to 
 
 Duchess of .Vrgyll, 21 1 
 Gloucester, Duke of, 209, 242, 245 
 Godolphin, Queen Anne's Lord 
 Treasurer and Prime Minister, 
 letters from the collection of the 
 Duke of Leeds, the representa- 
 tive of, 1 ; present at the birth 
 of Princess Augusta, 29 ; a 
 letter among his papers, 53 
 Goncourt, Monsieur de, 5t)4 
 Gower, Ladv, 131, 135, 136, 242, 
 243, 244," 252, 254, 271, 272, 
 273, 309, 313, 318 ; letter from 
 Duchess of Devonshire, 314- 
 317; letter from an unknown 
 gentleman from Paris, 321 ; 
 her sister E. S., 414, 415 
 Gower, Lady Anne, 136, 178 
 Gower, Lord, 137, 228, 243, 305, 
 
 308, 318, 321, 322 
 Gower, Miss, 415 
 Gordon, Duchess of, 321, 414, 655 
 Gordon, Duke of, 414 
 Gordon, Lady M., 414 
 Grafton, Duchess of, 297, 304, 305 
 Grafton, Duke of, 136, 220 
 Grafton, Lady Caroline, 323 
 Graham, Lieut.-Col., 449, 450, 509 
 Graham, Mr., 147, 440, 445 
 Grandisson, Lady, 268 
 Granefeld, 239 
 Grant, Mrs., of Laggan, 433 
 Grant, Mrs., the author, letter 
 
 from, 632 
 Granville, Countess of, 178 
 Granville, Lord, 124 
 Gray, Lord, 2()0 
 Green, Captain, accused of and 
 
 hanged for piracy, 7 
 Green Ribbon, Order of the, 24 
 Greenock, James Ewing of, 92 
 Greenwich, borough of, 1 ; Eng- 
 lish dukedom of, 1 
 Greenwood, 439
 
 686 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Grenada, Island of, 204 
 Grenadiers, charge of French, 
 
 498 
 Grenville, General, 257 
 Grenville, Mr., 229, 380 
 Grenville, Mr. George, 367, 368 
 Grosvenor, Mr., 141, 142, 143 
 Grosvenor, S., 502 
 Gualachelish, 90 
 Guards in Holland, Brigade of, 
 
 494, 495 
 Guignes, Comte de, 394 
 Guine, M. de, 322 
 Guises, company of, 71 
 Gunning, Captain, 352 
 Gunning, Col., 85, 122, 244 
 Gunning, Elizabeth, 330 
 Gunning, English family of, 122 
 Gunning, Mrs., mother of Duchess 
 
 of Argyll, 244 
 Gustavus III. of Sweden, 563 
 
 H., Lady, 176 
 
 Habert, Mme. Rellict, 555 
 
 Haddington, Earl of, 24, 38, 54 ; 
 his brother, 154 
 
 Hague, the, 428 
 
 Halberstadt, 254 
 
 Halifax, Lord, 297 
 
 Ham House, near Richmond, 2 
 
 Hamilton of Hamilton, Baroness, 
 248 
 
 Hamilton, Duke of, courtier with 
 King Charles and King James, 
 3, 6, 28, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 65, 
 60, 61 
 
 Hamilton, Duke of (husband of 
 Elizabeth), 121, 123, 146, 147, 
 161, 168, 169, 171, 179, 180, 
 182, 183, 188, 194, 259; death 
 of eldest son of, 243 
 
 Hamilton, Duke of (son of Eliza- 
 beth), 303, 309, 329-348, 378, 
 386, 395, 401, 409, 418, 429, 
 430, 431, 432 ; his allowance, 
 349, 350 ; his wardrobe, 351 ; 
 extravagance of, 376, 377 ; Dr. 
 Moore's views on the wife for 
 the, 391, 392 ; reason for visiting 
 Italy, 405 
 Hamilton, Douglas Duke of, 329, 
 
 331, 442 
 Hamilton, 9th Duke of, 442 
 Hamilton and Argyll, Elizabeth 
 the beautiful Duchess of, 97, 
 98, 101, 106, 108, 116, 119, 122, 
 
 123, 125, 131, 135, 136, 164, 
 198, 231, 272, 292, 294, 296, 
 301, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 
 329, 333, 334-346, 349, 352, 356, 
 357, 361, 363, 365, 366, 367, 
 370, 373, 375, 378, 379, 382, 
 387, 394, 396, 398, 399, 401, 
 409, 410, 413, 418, 420, 422, 
 427, 429, 430, 431, 432 ; death 
 of, 97, 215 ; quarrel with the 
 Queen, 124; poem by, 128, 129; 
 letter from the Queen about the 
 Douglas Case, 134; anonymous 
 letter to the, 208 ; last letter 
 of the Duchess of, 215, 216 
 
 Hamilton, Ladies Charlotte and 
 Augusta, 124, 200, 206, 207, 
 215, 217, 245 
 
 Hamilton, Lord Archibald, 162 
 
 Hamilton, Lord George, 446, 447 
 
 Hamilton, Major, 128, 154 
 
 Hamilton, Sir James, 153, 161 
 
 Hamilton, Sir William, Envoy at 
 Naples, 417, 421, 422, 423 
 
 Hamilton, Solicitor, 202, 203 
 
 Hamilton Palace, 243 
 
 Hamilton, town of, 173 
 
 Hampton Court, 217, 219, 221, 
 222 
 
 Hanover, 252, 253, 256, 297, 393 ; 
 to be invaded, 232 
 
 Harcourt, Lord, 225, 226 
 
 Hardy, Sir Charles, 197, 198, 200, 
 201 
 
 Harley, Sir J., 164 
 
 Harries, partner in Argyll furnace, 
 93 
 
 Harris, Mr., 393 
 
 Harrogate, 638 
 
 Hart, Emma, afterwards Lady 
 Wm. Hamilton, 417 
 
 Hart, Sir Wm., 440 
 
 Harwich, on the road to, 230 
 
 Hassenhausen, the French be- 
 tween Spielberg and, 236 
 
 Hauss, Regiment of, 234 
 
 Havre, troops from, 199 
 
 Hawkins, Mr., sewing up Lady 
 Holderness' face, 209 
 
 Hawley, General, 65, 66 
 
 Hay, Lord John, 647 
 
 Hayes, Mr. Pitt's place at, 228 
 
 Haynes, ofTer of £200 to confess 
 
 piracy to, 12 
 Helder, expedition to, 495, 496 
 Helensbiirgh, pestilence at, 481 
 
 I
 
 INDEX 
 
 687 
 
 HelensbuTKli Post Office, 474 
 " H61oise," RouHsetiu's, 375 
 Helvoetsluys, Hollrtud, 230 
 Hemans, letter from Mrs., GG2-665 
 Henry, Prince, 269, 272, 280 
 Henry, son of Countess of Dal- 
 keith, 290 
 Hepburn, Tom, 607 
 Hereford, Lord, 177 
 Herries Farquhar & Co., 514, 532 
 Herring fishing, going to the, 658 
 Hertford, Lady, 165, 293, 297 
 Hertford, Lord, 101 
 Hertfords, the, 139 
 Hervey, Lord, 219, 220 
 Hervey, Mrs., 271 
 Hesse, Prince Frederick of, 251 
 Hill Street, Lord Warwick's house 
 
 in, 304 
 Hobart, Lord, 450, 457 ; circular 
 
 of, 458, 459, 463 
 Holderness, accident to Lady, 209 
 Holderness, Lord, 386 
 Holderness, the, 298 
 Holland, 230, 234, 303, 477, 494 
 Holy Trinity, Spanish ship, 206 
 Hopburne, 446 
 
 Houstoun's son, Mr. Alex., 151 
 Hozay, advance on and taking of, 
 
 234 
 Hungary, Prince Esterhazy's 
 
 house in, 407 
 Hunter, Dr., 371 
 Huntington, Lord, 136 
 Hyndford, Earl of, 161 
 
 Icolmkill, ruins of monastery of, 
 92 
 
 Influenza in Edinburgh, etc., 447 ; 
 in Virginia, 492 
 
 Insanity of Iving George III., 
 attacks of, 226 
 
 Inverary, 64, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 
 87, 97, 149, 150, 155, 156, 171, 
 173, 188, 201, 202, 207, 210, 
 256, 270, 335 ; population of, 95 
 
 Inverary, Provost of, letter to, 63 
 
 Inveraws, Colonel, 73 
 
 Invernakeil, the steward of, 68 
 
 Inverness, 70 
 
 lona, population of, 95 
 
 Ireland, enemy's troops to be 
 landed in, 199; Lady Carlisle 
 pleasing so much in, 276 
 
 Irish herald, 126 
 
 Irwen, Lady, 293 
 
 Island of Mull, James Cainpbeir.9 
 letter dated from, 63 
 
 Islay, Earl of, 64 ; paramount in- 
 fluence in Scotland of Lord, 4 
 
 Islay girls, the, 665 
 
 Islay, Johnny Campbell, 665 
 
 Italy, King of Sweden going to, 
 255 ; View of Society and 
 Manners in, 329 ; women in, 
 402 
 
 J., 12 
 
 Jacobinical malignity, 565 
 Jacobites' opinion of John 2nd 
 
 Duke of Argyll, 5 
 Jacobite Party, 53 
 Jacobite Wars, documents relating 
 
 to, 63 
 James II., King, 61, 224 
 James VI., 68 
 James's powder, 407 
 Jarden, Mr., 373 
 Jena, battle of, 234 ; fugitives 
 
 from the battle of, 239 
 Jennings, the maiden housekeeper. 
 
 Miss, 655 
 Jersey, Lady, 659 
 Jesse's description of Duke of 
 
 Brunswick's departiure, 229 
 John, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Fore- 
 word to letters from, 1 
 Johnson, Dr., 97 
 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, letter to 
 
 Mr. Allen, 650 
 Johnson, Mr., 249 
 Johnston, Sir Patrick, attempt to 
 
 break open the doors of house 
 
 of, 51, 55 
 Jordyce, W., letter to Duchess of 
 
 Argyll, 198 
 Joseph II., Emperor of Austria, 
 
 244 
 Jungheim, 251 
 
 Kahlsberg, 238 
 
 Kanach, Fort, 68 
 
 Keck, Miss, 177 
 
 Keith, Lord, 252 
 
 Keith, Sir Robert, 274, 276, 278, 
 
 279, 280, 287, 403, 404 
 Kehnore, John Campbell of, 90 
 Kendal and Company, 93 
 Kennochan, 68 
 Kensington, 136, 304 
 Kensington Palace, death of 
 
 George II. in, 225
 
 
 688 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Keppoch, 63, 68 
 Kew, Lady H., sent for to, 166 
 Keymberg, bathing at, 256 
 ffilbrandan, parish of, 463 
 Kilcamoor, 73 
 Kilclienich, parish of, 74 
 Kilclii'unan, parish of, 463 
 Killiecrankie, Lord Leven dis- 
 tinguishes himself in battle of, 
 65 
 Kilninver, parish of, 463 
 Kilsyth, 66 
 Kimbolton, 305, 655 
 King of France, the, 648 
 Kingston, Duchess of, 177 
 Kingston, Duke of, 176 
 Kinlochmoydart, 75 
 Kinsky, Princess, 298, 301 
 Kintyre, 86 ; population of, 95 
 " Kitty," youngest sister of 
 
 Duchess of Argyll, 244 
 Kleist, Colonel, 241 
 Klenan, Colonel, 235 
 Knaresborough, 303 
 Knock's, Donald, generous action, 
 
 635 
 Knockbuiy, 437 
 Knowle, 309 
 Knowsley, 276 
 Kokeritz, Colonel, 235 
 Koscheloff, Madame de, 536 
 Kouratim, a Russian Prince, 278 
 Kownitz (Kaunitz), Prince, 274, 
 
 276, 404, 407 
 Eo-ippendorf, the guide, 241 
 
 L., Lord, 175, 208 
 
 L., Madame la, 393 
 
 L., ]Mi"s., robbed by highwaymen, 
 
 166, 167 
 Lacy, General, 279 
 Lafayette in America, 581 
 Lagan, 88 
 
 Laggan, Mrs. Grant of, 433 
 Laggan, Ulva, 91 
 Lake of Bienne, 519 
 Lake of Geneva, bathing in, 342, 
 
 343 ; fetes on the, 344 
 Lake of Neuchatel, 519 
 La Maire, Godefroys, 110 
 Lamballe, Princesse de, 374 
 Lambert, Sir John, 425 
 Lambert, the banker, Sir John, 
 
 192, 193 
 Lambton, Ann, 655 
 Lammont's vote, 438 
 
 Lanark, state of parties in the 
 county of, 155 ; election for the 
 county of, 160, 163, 168, 169, 
 178; list of freeholders of, 152; 
 Michaelmass Court held at, 149, 
 151 
 
 Lancashire, Lord Lieutenant of , 248 
 
 Landen, Mr., 637 
 
 Landgrave of Hesse, 251 
 
 Langleben, 246 
 
 Lasearis, Count, 261 
 
 Lauderdale, Duchess of, 2 
 
 Lauderdale, Lord, 29 
 
 Lausanne, 257, 344, 355, 385, 398, 
 519; Duchess of Brunswick's 
 sons retui-ning to, 272 ; vulgar 
 and awkward people of, 385 
 
 Lauter, river, 235 
 
 Laxenberg, Palace of, 404, 407 
 
 Leather, Act for hindering im- 
 portation of foreign, 36 
 
 Le Brun, 518 
 
 Leeds, Duke of, letters from col- 
 lection of, 1 
 
 Legge, Miss, 293 
 
 Leicester House, 223, 224, 301, 306 
 
 Leicester, Miss, fancy name Prin- 
 cess Augusta, 131, 132 
 
 Leipzig, 389 
 
 Leith, Colonel, 655 
 
 Lekain, Henri Louis, the famous 
 tragedian, 344 
 
 Lennox, Captain, 510 
 
 Lennox, Lady Sarah, 267 
 
 Leopold, Prince, 259 
 
 Letters, franking of, 314 
 
 Levee, birthday, 451 
 
 Leven, Lord, Foreword to letters 
 from, to Lord Godolphin, 1 ; 
 letters, 5, 10, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49. 
 52, 55, 57, 
 
 Levenside, 448, 510 
 
 Leveson, little, 318 
 
 Levison, Lord Granville, 655 
 
 Levonian noblemen, 344 
 
 Lichtenstein, Princess, 278 
 
 Liege, 109, 130, 271 
 
 Ligonier, Lord, 293 
 
 Limerick, safe arrival of East 
 India ships in river at, 203 
 
 Limitations to Treaty of Union, 62 
 
 Lincoln, Lady, 293 
 
 Lincoln, Lord, 285 
 
 Lindsy, Lord, 385 
 
 Linen and woollen manufactures, 
 36
 
 INDEX 
 
 689 
 
 Linlithgow, 65, fi6. 118, 170 
 
 Lister, Genornl, 44 ti 
 
 Livingston, Mr., 274 
 
 Lloyd, Miss, 272 
 
 Loch Awe, H59 
 
 Loch Dhu, (559 
 
 Lochead, 73 
 
 Locheill, 03 
 
 Lochiel, letter of, fiS 
 
 Loch Lomondside freeholders, 510 
 
 Lochnagaul, 88 
 
 Lock, Mr., 355, 371 
 
 Lock, Mrs., 368, 372 
 
 Lockhart, Captain, 181, 183, 184 
 
 Lockhart, Mr. Ross, 162, 163 
 
 Locknells, supper at Mrs., 657 
 
 Lnckwitz, Prince, 407 
 
 Lord Mayor of London, 501 
 
 Lome, Marquis of, 101 
 
 Lome, Lord, 106, 107, 109, 112, 
 
 114, 124, 137, 175, 208, 214, 
 
 243, 244, 259, 292, 409, 435, 
 
 437, 469, 506, 507, 515 
 Lorraine, 265 
 
 Lothian, Marquess of, 24, 38 
 Louvre, the, 515 
 Love afTairs of young Duke of 
 
 Hamilton, 340 ' 
 
 " Love and Reason," a poem, i 
 
 675, 676 I 
 
 Lowdan, Earl of, 34, 35, 37, 65, I 
 
 66, 70 
 Luckan, Lady, 322 
 Lumsden, Mr., 667 
 Lyon, 213, 337, 427 
 Lyttelton, Lord, 308, 319 
 
 M., Lady, 268 
 MacC'uUum, Grace, 86 
 MacDonald of Castlesemple, 150 
 MacDougall, Alex., letter to Don- 
 ald Campbell, 95 
 MacDougalls of DunoUy, the, 635 
 Macfarlane, 85 
 Mackay, the Regiments of, 5 
 Mackenzie, Lady Betty, 655 
 Mackinnon, Archibald, 93, 658 
 MacLean, John, Tacksman of 
 
 Bunessan, 90 
 MacLean of Ardgour, Lieut.-Col., 
 
 450 
 ]MacLeans of Mull, 74 
 MacNiven, James, Tacksman, 89, 
 
 90 
 MacNulten, John, 462 
 MacPherson, Archibald, 89 
 
 Marl'horsnn, Mary, 470 
 MacTavisli, minister f>f Tnroeay, 
 
 90 
 MacVicar, Niel, 73 
 -Miidon's system on polagamie, 251 
 Ma.lras, V.V.) 
 -Miimdfburg, 388, 398 
 Malcolm, Neil, 462 
 -Mrtlplaquet, battle of, 4 
 ^lann, -Admiral, 205 
 Mann, tSir Horace, 416 
 MansHold, Lord, 97, 98, 306, 432 
 IMar's rebellion in 1715, 4 
 Marcli, Lord, 297 
 March, Miss, 271 
 Marchmont, Earl of, 29 
 Marcia, the part of, in Addison's 
 
 play Cato, 324 
 Margaret, daughter of Lord 
 
 Derby, 385, 386 
 Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 211 
 ilaria. Lady A., 285 
 Marie Antoinette, Queen, 322, 557, 
 
 563 
 Marie, handwTiting of the servant, 
 
 110 
 Mark, ^Monsieur Barfleur do la, 273 
 Marlborough, Ducliess of, 226, 308 
 Marlborough, Duke of, 39, 58, 89, 
 
 117, 226, 293, 308 
 Marlborough's campaign against 
 
 the French in 1706, 3 
 Marr, Earl of, 24, 37, 38, 40 
 Marseille, 213 
 Marshall, Lord, 27 
 Martinique, expedition from, 204 
 Massenbach on Ferdinand of 
 
 Brunswick, 234 
 Massey, Miss, 293 
 Master of Household, Hereditary, 
 
 25 
 Mastricht, 272 
 Matherson's letter, 475 
 Maudrie, Moses, 379 
 Mawhood, Colonel, 175 
 Mayo, an Irish Earl, 122 
 Mayo, daughter of the Earl, 245 
 McBean, Mr., 637 
 McCall, Mr.s., letter to, 658 
 jNIcDaniell, an Irish cheat and 
 
 impostor, 8 
 Mcllroyle, Dugald, 72 
 McKindlay, Robert, 474 
 Meadows family, 176 
 Mecklenburg, Prince George of, 
 
 277
 
 690 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Mecklenburg, Princess of, 249, 253 
 Mecklenburg, Queen Charlotte's 
 
 arrival from, 229 
 Mediterranean, troops for the, 441 
 Menzies Castle, 299 
 Menzies of Glasgow, relations of 
 
 Baillie, 470 
 Merman, a, 650-652 
 Meurice Hotel in Paris, 645, 646 
 Michells, Monsieur and Madame, 
 
 110 
 Mignon, peasant boy, 115 
 Milan, 189, 416, 421, 422, 427 
 Milford frigate, the, 197 
 Miller's access to Palace at 
 
 Hamilton, Mr., 152 
 Millerie, rocks of, 375 
 Milton, Lord, 94 
 Minden, fortress of, 232 
 Minden, the name on the colours 
 
 of six English Regiments, 232 
 Minorca, 426 
 Miroaux, Mme. de, 531 
 Modena, Grand Duke and Duchess 
 
 of, 412 
 Mohun, Lord, 344, 380 
 Moira, Lord, 449, 465, 466, 468 
 MoUet, Captain, 510 
 Monasteries of men and women, 
 
 278 
 Monkton, General, 142 
 Monmouth's invasion of Scotland, 
 
 2 ; companion, 61 
 Montague, Lady Fanny, 297 
 Montague, W., 177 
 Mont Blanc, first climber of, 
 
 477, 522 
 Montmorenci, Mathieu de, 581 
 Montreal, Canada, 145 ; Lord 
 
 Amherst's place in Kent, 145 
 Montrose, Duke of, 503, 504, 505, 
 
 506, 508 
 Montrose, Lord, 13, 34, 35, 54, 55 
 Montroses, the, 299 
 Monzie (Argyllshire), 463 
 Moore, Dr., 123, 259, 329, 334, 
 
 335, 336, 338, 342, 344, 345, 
 
 346, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 
 
 354, 355, 356, 357, 360, 361, 
 
 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 370, 
 
 373, 375, 379, 382, 385, 387, 
 
 396, 398, 399, 403, 406, 408, 
 
 410, 413, 420, 422, 427, 429 
 Moore, Mr., 189, 192, 193 
 Moore, Mrs., 334, 338, 356, 373, 
 
 403, 409, 429 
 
 Moore, Sir John, 123, 153, 269, 
 387, 389, 408, 426 
 
 Moore's philosophy of pleasure, 
 452 
 
 Moravia, 404 
 
 Mordaunt, Brigadier, 66, 67 
 
 Morellet, Abbe, 646 
 
 Morton, Lady, 267, 288, 358 
 
 Morton, Lord, 274, 285, 355 
 
 Morvern, 64, 89, 91, 93 ; popula- 
 tion of, 95 
 
 Mountstuart, Lord, 146 
 
 MoyhuU, 73 
 
 Mull of Kantyre, 665 
 
 Mull, population of, 95 ; house- 
 hold system introduced in, 437 ; 
 tenants, 437 
 
 Munich, 283 ; letters from, 276 
 
 Munson, Lord, 354 
 
 Munson, Mr., 354 
 
 Mure, Baron, Trustee and legal 
 Tutor to young Duke of Hamil- 
 ton, 96, 107, 108, 145, 146, 
 173, 345, 360, 367, 368, 370, 
 378, 395, 418, 449; letters to 
 Duchess of Argyll, 153, 186 
 
 Mure, Bessie, 636 
 
 Mure, Mrs., 373 
 
 Murray, Colonel, 502 
 
 Miu-ray, family name of Lauder- 
 dale, 2 
 
 Murray, Lady, 275 
 
 Murray, Lord John, 65, 71 
 
 Miurray, Mr., of Albemarle Street, 
 665 
 
 Musgrave, Lord William, 303 
 
 Mylne, old, 455 
 
 Nabob, the, 138, 139 
 
 Nairn, Sir David, 12, 25, 28, 38, 
 
 395 
 Naples, 215, 296, 402, 403, 416 
 Napoleon. See Buonaparte and 
 
 Stael, de 
 Nasmith, Bonamis and, 455 
 Nearn House, 73 
 Neblingen, 241 
 Necker, Monsieur, 523, 536 ; 
 
 father of Mme. de Stael, 557 
 Nelson and Buonaparte, action 
 
 between, 327 
 Nelson's victory over Napoleon 
 
 off the Island of Candia, 327 
 Neppach, Woods of, 237 
 Netherhowgate, Edinburgh, 56 
 Neuchatel, Lake of, 519
 
 INDEX 
 
 691 
 
 Npville familv. 341, 355 
 
 Neville, Mr., 100 
 
 Newbattle, Lord Ancrum's place, 
 
 453 
 Newcastle, 65, 71, 197 
 Newcastle, Duke of, 66, 228 
 Newmarket, 304 
 New Party, 18, 29, 30 
 New York, 299 
 Nice, 271 
 
 Nisbet of Carlin, 153 
 Niven, Alexander, Tacksman of 
 
 Achacharn, 90 
 Nobson, Mrs., Duke's attachment 
 
 to, 385 
 Norfolk, Duchess of, 301 
 Norfolk House, Prince Frederick 
 
 of Wales being in, 223 
 Nors (North), Lord, 333 
 North, Lady, 309 
 North, Lord, Prime Minister, 97, 
 
 139, 140, 142, 147, 148, 155, 
 
 156, 157, 169, 171, 208, 309 
 Northamptonshire, member for, 
 
 141 
 Northumberland, Duchess of, 172 
 Northumberland, Lady, 294 
 Nova Scotia given to England, 232 
 Nuneham, King and Queen's visit 
 
 to, 225 
 
 O's, the, 268 
 
 Oban, 659 
 
 O'Brien, Lady Susan, 267 
 
 Offensen, where the Duke of 
 
 Brunsvrick died, 241 
 Offingham, Lady and Lord, 247 
 Ogilvie, failure of Ross and, 439 
 Ohio, 232 
 
 Orange, Prince of, 61 
 Orange, Princess of, 246, 269, 272 
 Orangery at Kensington Palace, 3 
 Ormonde, Lady and Lord, 472 
 Orrery, Earl of, 24, 38 
 OrvilUers, d', 198 
 Osnabruck, Bishop of, 353 
 Oxford, ceremony at, 225 
 Oudenarde, battle of, 4 
 
 P., Miss, 175 ; her sister Mary, 175 
 
 Paccheroti, 287 
 
 Paget, Lady Augusta, 635 
 
 Paget, Mr., 520 
 
 Palatinate, Court of Vienna's 
 
 pretensions to, 265 
 Palatinate, Elector of, 265 
 
 Paltnerston's Administration, 
 
 Lord, 178 
 Panton, Mrs., 305 
 Paris, 101, 189. 194, 297, 321, 402, 
 416, 420, 422, 425, 426, 428, 
 515, 51(5, 646 
 Parliament, attempt to break into 
 the House of, 50 ; approving 
 Government's steps for sur- 
 pressing the tumult, 51 
 Parliament of Paris, 101 
 Parties, summary of the character 
 
 of the, 60 
 Party, Coiu-t, 60 ; Country, 60, 62 ; 
 Cavalier, 60 ; Flying Squadron, 
 61 
 Pechill, Mrs., 217 
 Peeress, Duchess of Argyll made 
 
 an English, 248 
 Peers, eldest sons of Scottish, 442 
 Peggy, 270 
 
 Pelham, Miss, 136, 310 
 Penn, Lady, confined of a 
 
 daughter, 167 
 Pembroke, Lady, 252, 253 
 Pembroke, Lord, 305 
 Pepys, Sir Lucas, 313 
 Percy in Verdun prison, 530 
 Perth, rebels retiring to, 67 
 Perthshire, Lord North in, 147 
 Pestilence in Gateshead, 480 ; in 
 
 Helensburgh, 481 
 Petten in Holland, 497, 498 
 Pettier, Monsieur, 103 
 Pheasants, trial of, 448 
 Phemie, Lord Galway's daughter, 
 
 338 
 Philadelphia, Congress at, 213 
 Pliilip, Lady, 323 
 PhiHp, Lord John, 323 
 Phillipson, Captain, 176 
 Piemont, about the family of, 264 
 Pietet, Monsieur, 348 
 Pincieux, Monsieur and Madame, 
 
 111 
 Piracy charge against English 
 
 ship, 3, 6 
 Pirmont, Duchess of Brunswick 
 
 at, 248, 250 
 Pitt, Mi.ss Anne, 298 
 Pitt, Mr., 228, 232, 326 ; debate 
 
 on French War, 524 
 Placentia, 422 
 
 Plymouth, fleets in and off, 195, 
 196, 198; harbour blocked, 
 200 ; Sir Charles Hardy at, 201
 
 692 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Polagamie, Mr. Maden's system 
 on, 257 
 
 Polignac, Comte de, 213, 364 
 
 Pope's message to Austrian Em- 
 peror, 280 ; visit to Vienna, 286 
 
 Poppel, height of, 237 
 
 Population of Argyll Estates, 95 
 
 Portland, Duke of, 440 
 
 Portpatrick, 468 
 
 Portsmouth, 205, 207, 441 
 
 Potsdam, General Boyd at, 255 ; 
 review at, 388 ; Duke of Hamil- 
 ton's visit to, 400, 401 
 
 Powis, Lady, 165, 175 
 
 Prague, 279, 399, 401, 403, 404 
 
 Praslin, Duke of, 100, 102, 105 
 
 President of the Court of Sessions, 
 332 
 
 Preston, 177 
 
 Pretender meeting Duke of Hamil- 
 ton in Rome, 415 
 
 Pretenders, the begetting of, 421 
 
 Prince Henry, 269, 272, 280 
 
 Prince, Hereditary, 219 
 
 Prince Regent, 68, 227 
 
 Princess Royal, 227 
 
 Protestant line, proposal for 
 limitation of succession in the, 
 26, 27 
 
 Prussia, Hereditary Princess of, 
 389 
 
 Prussia, King of, 244, 399, 401 ; 
 death of, 257 ; order to his 
 clergy, 258 
 
 Prussia, Prince and Princess of, 
 400 
 
 Prussia, Treaty between England 
 and, 232 ; religion in, 258 ; 
 sentiments of, 265 
 
 Prussian Army, 123 ; victory at 
 Crefeld, 231 
 
 Pulteney, General, 297 
 
 Purr Corner at Hampton Court, 
 217 
 
 Push pin, the innocent game of, 
 224 
 
 Quary, Mr., 91 
 
 Quatre-Bras, death of Duke of 
 
 Brunswick at, 227 
 Queen Anne's Lord Treasurer, 1 ; 
 
 signature of Treaty of Union, 3 ; 
 
 dying, 4 ; brother, 4 
 Queen Charlotte, 209 ; her illness, 
 
 256; herrequests, 311,312, 313 
 Queen Dowager of Prussia, 257 
 
 Queen of Denmark, Caroline 
 
 Matilda, 246, 252, 388 
 Queen Marie Antoinette, 322, 557, 
 
 563 
 Queen Victoria, 78 
 Queenites, 654 
 Queensberry, Duke of, 10, 11, 21, 
 
 22,23,35,37,61, 113, 114, 115, 
 
 147 
 Quin, the actor, 224 
 
 R., W., letter to Mr. W. Farquhar, 
 
 196 
 Rair, great discomfiture of Came- 
 
 Ua, 454 
 Ramhead, French and Spanish 
 
 fleet off, 200 
 Ramsay's model boy's character, 
 
 666 
 Ramsgate, embarkation at, 494 
 Ramsy, General, 39 
 Randolph, Mr., 321 
 Ranzini, 287 
 Ratisbon, Diet of, 265 
 Rawdon, Lady Charlotte, 468 
 Read, Catherine, 138 
 Reburguil, Chevalier de, 434 
 Recamier, Mme. de, 546 
 Reform Bill, Scottish, 476 
 Reinsdorf, 240 
 Reisdorf, 239 
 
 Rekhausen, the heights of, 257 
 Renfrewshire, 146, 150, 178 ; 
 
 election, 367 
 Reprieve for rest of Capt. Green's 
 
 crew, 12 
 Reynolds, Sir J., Lady Derby's 
 
 portrait painted by, 248 
 Rhine, river, 265, 272 
 Rhone, river, 363, 365 
 Rice, Mr., 260 
 
 Richmond, Duke of, 193, 194 
 Riddlehowhope, 634, 636 
 Rigby, Mr., 298 
 Riom, University of, 336, 337 
 Rob Roy, letter to Baillie 
 
 Buchanan, 649 
 Robertson, Mr., Lord John Camp- 
 bell's companion on Continental 
 
 tour, 518, 519, 520, 523, 526, 
 
 546 ; his marriage, 546 
 " Robespierre a cheval," 563 
 Robinson, Dr., 452 
 Rocca, Mme. de Stael's marriage 
 
 with young M. de, 566 
 Rochefoucault, Duke of, 364
 
 INDEX 
 
 G93 
 
 Rockingham, Lady, 229 
 Rodney, Sir George, 2U8 
 Roebucks and does in Glen Shira 
 
 woods, 445 
 Rome, 329, 330, 402, 413, 417, 424 
 Rome, King of, rtG'S 
 Romney, Lady Derby's portrait 
 
 painted by, 24S 
 Rosa, Monte, 5(31 
 Rosberry, Lord, 438 
 Roscommon, 122, 244 
 Roseneath, 86, 106, 107, 109, 120, 
 
 135, 136, 243, 270, 294, 300, 
 
 303, 356, 434, 448, 474, 476, 630 ; 
 
 Colin Campbell, Chamberlain of, 
 
 92; population of, 95 
 Ross and Ogilvie, failure of, 439 
 Ross, Lord, 23 
 
 Ros8-McKye,Mr.,I01,107,120, 145 
 Rothsay, Earl of, 12, 54 
 Roubillac's monument of Duko 
 
 Jolin of Argyll, 4 
 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, " Les 
 
 Confessions de," 251 ; " H6. 
 
 loise " by, 375 ; letters on, 563 ; 
 
 " Apologia de," 565 
 Roxburgh, 6, 12, 54 
 Rudesl, General, 256 
 Russell, Lady W,, 655 
 Russell, Lord J., 208, 475 
 Russia, 363 ; mediation between 
 
 England and France, 524 ; Mme. 
 
 de Stael in, 560 
 Russians assisting in Dutch cam- 
 paign, 498 
 
 Saale, river, 236 
 Sackville, Lord, 309, 312 
 Sackville's, Lord George, failure 
 
 to obey orders, 232 
 St. Ann's Yard, 174, 186 
 St. Asaph, Lord, 285 
 St. Helens, 204 
 
 St. James's, 199, 201, 220, 281 
 St. James's Palace, 229 
 St. James's Square, Norfolk House 
 
 in, 223 
 St. Lucia, 204 
 St. Martin's Brook, Holland, 499, 
 
 500 
 St. Thomas, family of, 262 
 Salisbury's assembly. Lady, 654 
 Salle, Madame, 343 
 Sands, Lord, 354 
 Sandwich, Lord, 205, 208, 305 
 Sangerhausen, 239, 241 
 
 Sans Souci, King of Prussia's 
 
 palace, 399 
 Sardinia, accession of sovereign 
 
 to throne of, 261 
 Sardinia, Iving of, 264 
 Satherwtiith, John, 93 
 Satirical account of life at Chats- 
 worth, 314 
 Saussure, M. de, 259, 344, 477 
 Saussure, M. de, the younger, 
 
 letters to the Duke of Hamilton, 
 
 522-556, 561 
 Savoy, house of, 374 ; tour to the 
 
 glaciers of, 375 
 Saxony, Duchess of Kingston 
 
 going to, 177 
 Saxony, Elector of, 400 
 Saxony, Electress of, 177, 400 
 Saxony, Electress Dowager of, 400 
 Saxony, Princess Ehzabeth of, 400 
 Saye, Lady, 296 
 Scarboro', 137 ; balls, 217 
 Scawfield, 155 
 Schaft'hausen, 519 
 Schellenberg, Mrs., 386 
 Scotch Reform Bill, 476 
 Scots Fusihers, 65 
 Scott, Alex., letters to Duchess of 
 
 Argyll, 199, 200 
 Scott, Lady Jane, 291 
 Seafield, Earl of, 6, 61 
 Secheron, Lady Beverley at, 522 
 Sedan, 109, 130 
 Seirphein, Archibald Campbell of, 
 
 90 
 Selkirk, Lord, 12, 190, 191 
 Sellon, Mesdemoiselles, 536 
 Sellon, young Mr., 547 
 Selwin, Mr., 298 
 Sempil, 65 
 
 Seven Years War, 23 1 
 Severino, Prince San, 125, 127 
 Shenstone, Mr., 308 
 Sheriffmuir, left wing of Stuart 
 
 forces shattered at, 4 
 Shuppach, Dr., 386 
 Siddons, Mrs., in Greenock 
 
 Theatre, 471 
 Sigon, uniform of, 251 
 " Sin rise," 659 
 Sinklar, Angus, 72 
 Sion, 298 
 Sion Hill, 301 
 Skinner, 142 
 Smith, Lord John Campbell's 
 
 friend, 637, 638, 647
 
 694 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Smollet, Mr., 448 
 
 Somerset House, state house- 
 keeper of, 244 
 
 Sondes, Lady, 304, 310 
 
 Sophia Matilda, daughter of 
 Duchess of Gloucester, 211 
 
 Soroba, 94, 95 
 
 Soubise, Prince de, 102 
 
 Soult, 123 
 
 Southampton, 293 
 
 Southampton, Lord and Lady, 256 
 
 Spa, 207, 265, 266, 268, 271, 272, 
 278, 297, 303 
 
 Spanish admiral, 206 
 
 Spencer, Charlotte, 176 
 
 Spencer, Lady, 167 
 
 Spielberg, French between Has- 
 senhausen and, 236 
 
 Spithead, 204, 441 
 
 Spring Gardens, Princess Augus- 
 ta's house in, 220 
 
 Squadrone Volante, 62 
 
 Stael-Holstein, Baron de, Swedish 
 Ambassador to French Govern- 
 ment, 557 
 
 Stael, Madame de, 523, 527, 540, 
 542, 554, 555, 560, 561, 562, 
 563 ; description by Coleridge 
 of, 571-575 ; celebrities found 
 in her Salon, 576 ; Lady Char- 
 lotte Campbell's letters on the 
 impressions made by the writ- 
 ings of, 576, 577, 578; Mr. 
 Gill's account of the re-estab- 
 lishment in Paris of, 579 ; 
 Lady Holland's opinion of, 579 ; 
 letters from, 581-629;*' Chanson 
 des Paysans Suisses " by, 630, 
 631 
 
 Stafford, Lady, 310, 311, 312, 313, 
 322, 324, 325; letter to, 216 
 
 Stafford, Lord, 310, 311, 312, 324 
 
 Stafford, Washington's brother in, 
 482 
 
 Staffordshire, Lord Frederick go- 
 ing to, 441 
 
 Stairs, Earl of, 10, 21, 37 
 
 Stanhope, Colonel the Hon., 432 
 
 Stanhope, Lord, 355, 380 
 
 Stanley, Miss, 177, 178 
 
 Stanley, Mr., 175, 298 
 
 Stannus, Hector, an Irish gentle- 
 man, 473 
 
 Star Chamber, 476 
 
 Stewart, Colonel, 97 
 
 Stewart, Jack, 98 
 
 Stewart, Lady Jane, 96, 97, 115, 
 121 
 
 Stewart, Lady Susan, 243, 290, 
 292, 303, 330, 331, 332 
 
 Stewart, Mr. Shaw, 150 
 
 Stewart, death of Sir John, 107 
 
 Stirling, 65, 66, 67, 115 
 
 Stirlingshire, 503, 507 
 
 Stockholm, Mme. de Stael in, 560 
 
 Stonefield, Archibald Campbell of, 
 75 
 
 Stowe, Lord Temple's place, 297 
 
 Strafford, Earl of, 290 
 
 Strafford, Lady, 295, 303 
 
 Strathaven, Lord, 323 
 
 Strelitz, 281, 395, 396, 397 ; 
 Prince Charles dying at, 247 
 
 Strehtz, Duke of, 396, 397 
 
 Stromnachan, 73 
 
 Stuart, Andrew, letters relating to 
 Douglas case, 96-98, 102, 106, 
 108, 109, 112, 116, 119; letters 
 to Duchess of Argyll, 140, 145, 
 148, 155, 168, 173, 178, 189, 
 192, 201, 203; letters about 
 Parliamentary election and 
 candidate, 162, 163, 337, 364, 
 367, 370, 382, 395, 431 
 
 Stuart, Capt., of Torrence, 161 
 
 Stuart, Keith, 154, 319 
 
 Stuart, Lieut. -Col., letter to 
 Duchess of Hamilton, 129 
 
 Stuart, Mr. John, 115 
 
 Stuart, Sir James, 154 
 
 Stuart succession, 60 
 
 Stuart, teacher of the harpsi- 
 chord, 212 
 
 Studies of the young Duke of 
 Hamilton in Geneva, 343 
 
 Sudbrook, 2 
 
 Suffolk, Lord, 157, 158, 164, 170, 
 171 ; letter to Duchess of 
 Argyll, 168 
 
 Sunderland, 468 
 
 Sundridge, 444 
 
 Surtine, Monsieur de, 101 
 
 Susa, 263 
 
 Sutherland, Dr., 481 
 
 Sutherland, first Duke of, 243 
 
 Sweden, Gustavus III. King of, 563 
 
 Sweden, King of, 255, 273 
 
 Swinburne, quotation from, 561 
 
 Switzerland, 193, 401 ; View of 
 Society and Manners in, 329 
 
 T., Lady, 208
 
 INDEX 
 
 G95 
 
 Tacretine, Madame, 525 
 
 Talbot, letter from Mrs. Carter to 
 
 Miss, 229 
 Talleyrand, Monsieur de, 510, 560 
 Tanjore, Rajah of, 139 
 Tankerville, Lady, 228 
 Tarbert, 85 
 
 Taugnitz, Prussians fight at, 237 
 Tavistock, Lady, 307, 308 
 Temple family, 299 
 Temple, Lord, 297 
 Templeton, Mr., 413 
 Terror, prisoners of the, 564 
 Tessichen, Lord, 29 
 Tewson, Mr., 447 
 Texel, Dutch .ships in the, 496, 499 
 Thanet, Lord, 309, 323, 324 
 Thanksgiving, public, 311 
 Thiars, Comte de, 213 
 Thiers, " History of the Consu- 
 late and the Empire," 518 
 Thomas, loan to Mr., 424 
 Tliurlow, Lord, 318 
 Thurlow, Mr., afterwards Lord 
 
 Chancellor, 96, 97 
 Thurot, 207 
 
 Times, paragraph in the, 227 
 Tirol, 402 
 Tissot, Dr., 385 
 Tivoli Gardens, Paris, 646 
 Tobago, as reward for invading 
 
 Hanover, 232 
 Tobermory in Mull, 75 
 Tolcorse, Garnkirk, 120 
 Torloisks, 92 
 Torosay, Archibald MacTavish of, 
 
 90, 91 
 Torreau, 129 
 Tournells of Paris, procedure 
 
 before the, 99 
 " Toutie," Lady Susan Stewart, 
 
 132, 232, 233 
 Townshend, Mr., 142 
 Townshend, the Marquess Charles, 
 
 290 
 Townshend, the Right Hon. 
 
 Charles, 290, 292, 294, 302 
 Tracy, Mr., who married " Kitty," 
 
 244 
 Treaty, consideration of the, 48 
 Trentham, 308 
 Trentham, Lord, 276 
 Treshnish, 74, 89, 90 
 Trevor, Mrs., 273, 284, 285 
 Triennial Act, 33 
 Tuileries, Paris, 510 
 
 Tunbridge, 291 
 
 Turbie, Monsieur de la, 540 
 
 Turin, 189, 203, 290, 402, 41.:;. 
 
 410, 422, 423, 546, 547 
 Turin, letter from, 201 
 Turner, Mrs., 202, 203 
 Tuscany, son of Duke of, 275 
 Tweeddale, Marquess of, 11, 12, 
 
 47, 54, 61, 02 
 Tweeddale's party, 53 
 T5Tee, 73, 74, 75 ; population of, 
 
 95 ; petition of cottars and 
 
 small crofters, 478, 479, 480 
 
 Uist, 75 
 
 Ubn (Swabia), 519 
 
 Union of England and Scotland, 
 Opposition getting up an ad- 
 dress against the, 52 ; end 
 of correspondence, 62 ; letter 
 about the work of consolidating 
 the, 03 
 
 Upton, Jlr., 355, 371 
 
 Upton, Mrs., 341, 308, 372 
 
 Utrecht, Treaty of, 232 
 
 Valais, Republic of, 375 
 
 Vargennes, le M'ir de, 213 
 
 Vauxhall, fray at, 105 
 
 Venice, 279, 402, 420 
 
 Verdun, Enghshmen imprisoned 
 at, 525 
 
 Versailles, 378 
 
 Vesuvius, Mount, 296 
 
 Vienna, 272, 273, 280, 284, 298, 
 329, 401, 402, 403, 408, 410, 
 411, 422, 425, 426, 428 ; young 
 Duke of Hamilton in, 193 ; 
 Court of, pretensions to Upper 
 Palatinate, 265 
 
 '* View of Society and Manners in 
 France, Switzerland, Germany, 
 and Italy " by Dr. Moore, 329 
 
 Villiers, Caroline, 655 
 
 Vilhers, the, 268 
 
 Vincennes, 518 
 
 Virginia, letters from, 482 ; Lord 
 John Campbell's mother's pro- 
 perty in, 483 
 
 Virginians, 232 
 
 Viry's (Count), disgrace, cause of, 
 261-265 
 
 Voltaire, Monsieur de, 344, 364,407 
 
 Volunteer Bill, debate on, 440 
 
 Volunteer corps to be lield iu 
 readiness, 449
 
 696 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Votes, loss of twenty through not 
 granting arrears of pensions, 26 
 Viiy, an avoeat at, 262, 264 
 
 W/s, 3Ir. and 3^8., Duke of 
 
 Hamilt-on at, 385 
 
 Waldegrave, Countess of, 137, 
 211,242, 245, 254 
 
 Waldegrave, Lord. 305 
 
 Wales, Frederick Prince of, 219, 
 220, 221, 224, 254, 259 ; death 
 of, 224, 225 
 
 Wales, George Prinoe of, aiter- 
 TTards George IV., 297, 658; 
 birthdaj- of, 166 
 
 Wales, Augusta Princess of, 227, 
 300 ; left widow, 225 
 
 Walker, John, 93 
 
 Wallmoden, Madame de, 268, 274, 
 277, 279, 284 . 
 
 Walpole, letter of, 123 ; his de- 
 scription of Lady Augusta, sister 
 to George III., 225 ; his de- 
 scription of wedding, 227 
 
 Walpole, Miss, 215 
 
 Walstein, Countess of, 406 
 
 Warens, Madame de, 251 
 
 Warren, Dr., 210 
 
 Warwick, 208 
 
 Warwick, Lady, 304 
 
 Warwick's, Lord, house in Hill 
 Street, 304 
 
 Washington, death of old Lady, 
 493 
 
 Washington, General, 321 ; letter 
 from, 482 ; his stepson, 482 ; 
 his brother in Stafford, 482 ; 
 his family, mention of in letter, 
 489-491 ' 
 
 Washington, Warner, mention, of 
 in letter, 483-489 
 
 Waterloo, papers of orders found 
 on battle-field, 671 ; letters 
 from Lord Greenock about, 671, 
 672, 673, 674 
 
 Wedderburn, Colonel, Commander- 
 in-Chief at Bombaj', 159 
 
 Wedderburn, ^Ir., 12 
 
 Wedding of Hereditary Prince of 
 Brunswick, 228 
 
 Weir, Mr., 161, 162 
 
 Weissenburg, battle of, 234 
 Wemyss, Major-General, 464 
 Wentworth Castle, 128 
 Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 290 
 Wentworth, Lady, 310, 311, 312 
 Weser, covered with ice, 234 
 West Indies, loss in the, 204 
 West Loch Tarbert, 665 
 Westmoreland, 482 
 Westmoreland, Ladv, 285 
 Weymar, Hotel de, 239 
 WejrmELT, the French entering, 23S 
 Weymouth, Countess of, 199 
 Whig revolution, 62 
 Whitworth, Lord, 457, 517, 518 
 Widow's Cruise, the, 655 
 Wilke's mob, control of London 
 
 by, 124, 125 
 Wilks, Mr., and Opposition Whigs, 
 
 421 
 WiUiam IH., King, 61 
 WilUam lY., 305 
 WiUis, Dr., 310^^311, 312 
 Wilmington, Lord President, 219 
 Wilton, 306 
 Windsor, 312 
 Wishaw, 120 
 Witham, Lord Abercorn's place 
 
 in Essex, 229, 230 
 Woburn Abbey, 308 
 Wolfe's conunission, 124 
 Woodburn, James Ferrier at, 506 
 Wreck wine, 86 
 Wrotsley, 308 
 Wrotsley, iliss, 301, 309 
 Wurttembergs, the, 275, 277 
 
 York, Duke of, 126, 256, 260, 293, 
 301, 457, 471, 498 ; instruction 
 for volunteer infantrybythe,464 
 
 York, Duke of, and Bishop of 
 Osnaburg, 252 
 
 York races, 132, 293 
 
 Yorke, Mr., 117, 450 
 
 Yverdun, 519, 520 
 
 ZeUe, 388 
 
 " Zeluco," Dr. Moore's novel, 329 
 
 Zoutman's pubhc letter, 207 
 
 Zuider Zee, 497 
 
 Ziirich, 519, 527 
 
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