Lady Carolina Fitzroy’s match is settled to the content of all parties; they are taking Lady Abergavenny’s house in Brook Street; the Fairy Cucumber houses all Lady Caroline’s out-pensioners; Mr. Montgomery(1216) is now on half pay with her.  Her Major Johnstone is chosen at White’s, to the great terror of the society.- When he was introduced, Sir Charles Williams presented Dick Edgecumbe(1217) to him, and said, , I have three favours to beg of you for Mr. Edgecumbe:  the first is that you would not lie with Mrs. Day; the second, that you would not poison his cards; the third, that you would not kill him;” the fool answered gravely, “Indeed I will not.”

The Good has borrowed old Bowman’s house in Kent, and is retiring thither for six weeks:  I tell her she has lived so rakish a life, that she is obliged to go and take up.  I hope you don’t know any more of it, and that Major Montagu is not to cross the country to her.  There—­I think you can’t commend me for this letter; it shall not even have the merit of being one.  My compliments to all your contented family.  Yours ever.

P.S.  I had forgot to tell you, that Lord Lonsdale had summoned the peers to-day to address the King not to send the troops abroad in the present conjuncture.  I hear he made a fine speech, and the Duke of Newcastle a very long one in answer, and then they rose without a division.(1218) Lord Baltimore is to bring the same motion into our House.(1219)

(1216) The Honourable Archibald Montgomerie.  He succeeded his brother as eleventh Earl of Eglinton, in 1769, and died in 1796.-E.

(1217) Richard Edgecumbe, second Lord Edgecumbe.

(1218) ’There was a debate,” writes Mr. Pelham to Horatio Walpole on the 12th, “in the House of Lords this day, upon a motion of Lord Lonsdale, who would have addressed the King, to defer the sending abroad any troops till it was more clear that we are in no danger @ home; which he would by no means allow to be the case at present.  The Duke of Newcastle spoke well for one that was determined to carry on the war.  Granville was present, but said nothing. flattered the Duke of Newcastle when the debate was over, and gave a, strong negative to the motion."-E.

(1219) Lord Baltimore made his motion in the House of Commons, on the 18th; when it was negatived by the great majority of 103 against 12.-E.

484 Letter 206 To George Montagu, Esq.  Arlington Street, June 17, 1746.

Dear George, I wrote to you on Friday night as soon as I could after receiving your letter, with a list of the regiments to go abroad; one of which I hear since, is your brothers.  I am extremely sorry it is his fortune, as I know the distress it will occasion in your family.