Pall Mall, Feb. 24th, 1783.
My dear Brother,
I don't write to you by a messenger, because I have nothing
decisive to tell you. Lord Shelburne went in to-day to resign.
Whether that resignation was to be accepted immediately, and was
or was not to be followed by the others, I do not yet know.
Nobody has yet been sent to. The report of Lord Gower, or some
other substitution, is very prevalent.
Before you receive this, you will probably have heard from me by
the messenger; if not, you may depend on it that nothing is
settled. Adieu.
Ever yours,
W. W. G.