Pall Mall, March 6th, 1783.
My dearest Brother,
I have just received your letter of the 1st instant, and need
not, I am sure, attempt, what I could not do--the expressing the
happiness and exultation of my mind, and the joy which I receive
from a determination which, however repugnant it may be to my
interests, is perfectly and entirely consonant to every feeling,
to every opinion, and to every wish of my heart, public and
private. With respect, however, to one part of your letter, I
must own to you--and I take the first moment to do it--that
after a very serious and deliberate consideration, I should feel
great repugnance to the idea of Lincoln's Inn, and that for
reasons which I hope soon to detail to you in person; though I
will certainly not leave London till something is settled.
Nothing has happened since my letter of this day's date, which
you will probably receive with or before this. The general idea
is that the King is determined to hold out against the Duke of
Portland and Fox. How this can be done, I protest I do not see,
except by Pitt's accepting the offer which was made to him. Lord
Gower and the Chancellor were the only two people with the King
yesterday.
Your letter has confirmed Jemmy in the idea, which was
originally his, and not mine, of the disgrace of being
transferred with the Standishes, &c., &c. Adieu.
My dearest brother,
Ever most truly and affectionately yours,
W. W. G.