1763.
147. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Feb. 28.-Restoration to health.
Determination to retire from public life. Wilkes and "The North
Briton." Riots at Drury-lane Theatre. George Selwyn and Lord
Dacre's footman--203
148. To George Montagu, Esq. March 29.-Wilkes and "The North
Briton." Dedication to "The Fall of Mortimer." Lord and Lady
Pembroke's reconciliation, A song made in a postchaise--205
149. To the same, April 6.-Illness of Lord Waldegrave. And of Mr.
Thomas Pitt. Mr. Bentley's epistle to Lord Melcomb. Lines by Lady
Temple on Lady Mary Coke. Opposition to the Cider-tax--206
150. To the same, April 8.-Death of lord Waldegrave. Lord Bute's
resignation. New ministry. Quarrel among the Opposition--208
151. To the same, April 14.-Lady Waldegrave. Botched-up
administration. Grants and reversions--210
152. To the same, April 22,-Lady Waldegrave. The new
administration. Lord Pulteney's extravagance. Sir Robert Brown's
parsimony. Lord Bath's vault in Westminster-abbey. Lord Holland.
Charles Townshend--212
153. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 1.-Severity of the weather.
Committal of Wilkes to the Tower--213
154. To Sir David Dalrymple, May 2.-Political revolutions. Mr.
Grenville.--[N.] 215
155. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, May 6.-Prerogative. Wilkes's
release from the Tower. Dreadful fire at Lady Molesworth's. Lady
M. W. Montagu's Letters--216