have sent

positions respecting the Corn Trade which you me. I trust that he will transmit to you his sentiments on this subject without delay. I will urge him to it all I can; but on this side the water we are forced to proceed in this business with the greatest caution. There is no point of which our country gentlemen are so jealous as the interference of Government in the Corn Trade. I don't suppose that Mr. Pitt will venture to pledge himself to anything, and yet I think that we may by discreet management persuade them to open the Corn Trade between the two countries on some reasonable plan, at least more than it is at present. I am afraid, however, that they will insist that barley and malt should be included in any regulation that shall be made; barley is the only article of grain of which this country produces at present more than it consumes, and the export of it of course requires encouragement more than any other.

I am glad to hear that you had so much success in your two first divisions. I hope that, as Lord Shannon appears to stand aloof, he may at last join you; his support would make Government perfectly secure. I am sure that the Marquis of Buckingham ought to be much

obliged to you for your support of him. All this family desire their best compliments to you and yours. I am, with the sincerest regard,

My dear Sir, your faithful humble servant,

HAWKESBURY.

MR. WINDHAM TO MR. BERESFORD.

Hill Street, Aug. 12th, 1791. DEAR SIR,-You will permit me, I am sure, to trouble you with an application, of which the purpose is to procure payment of a demand the justice or the propriety of which is not, I apprehend, disputed. In 1788 an order was sent to Mr. Lukin, a considerable ironfounder in Blackfriars, to prepare a lantern of a new construction for the Light House of the hill of Howth. In the February following, the work was sent over, and the bill, to the amount of 5347., was made out. No objection was made to the reasonableness of the demand, but the money has never been forthcoming. As Mr. Lukin is a very modest and worthy man, and one with whom I have a sort of circuitous connection, I have taken upon me to trouble you in his behalf; I have ventured to promise him, that, if the affair was under your department, you would see that he should have what was his due.

London is, as you may suppose, pretty much a desert at this time, so that one might pass some days without hearing any news, even if there were any to be heard. We are continuing our armament with great magnanimity, but against what enemya no one knows.

Believe me your very faithful and obedient servant, W. WINDHAM.

a Mr. Windham seems in 1791 to have regarded the proceedings of the French republicans as comparatively innocent and peaceable, and totally opposed to the view which he took of them in his later career, when he evinced the most warlike disposition towards them.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK TO MR. BERESFORD.

South Audley Street, March 7th, 1792.

SIR,-You do me justice in believing that there is no trouble which I would not willingly meet to show my respect for Mr. Flood," or to gratify the wishes of his relations.

The subject which you mention is of that kind that it is not likely that I should have had any communications concerning it. Indeed I never had any, and the whole which I know of it is from a recollection of what was told to me by a Mr. Brodrick, who lived at Birchfield, in the neighbourhood of Farnley, during a few weeks which I passed in that country.

His account was that Miss Flood and Jocelyn were born in wedlock, but that Henry was not. I believe, that from the hour in which I heard it, this is the first time of my mentioning it; nor should I have mentioned it now, if it had not been desired by you that I would say if I had heard anything as to general reports upon the subject.

I hope Lady Frances is well, and wish to offer to her an expression of my best good wishes.

I am, Sir, with great regard, your most obedient and faithful servant, W. EBOR.

b

a After Mr. Flood's death his heir-at-law called in question the disposition which he had made of some family property, on the plea that Mr. Flood had been born before the marriage of Chief Justice Flood to his wife. Mr. Beresford took much trouble to uphold the legitimacy of his brother-in-law, and to defend the will. The case, however, never came into Court.

b William Markham, Archbishop of York; born 1719; Prebendary of Durham 1759; Dean of Rochester 1763; Dean of

LORD BRISTOL TO MR. BERESFORD.

St. James's Square, 16th May, 1792. SIR,-I cannot help recurring to our church at Ballykelly, for which you have been so generous and zealous an advocate.

We have now a very competent sum subscribed both for steeple and spire, but unless these sums are called in and lodged at a banker's, death may deprive us of some of them, and caprice of others.

I propose to you to lodge all the money at Alexander's and Bond's in Derry, subject to your draft on them; and that Mr. John Mitchel, who will contract for the whole, shall receive his payment for the church in three gales. One-third beforehand, one-third when the church is roofed, one-third when the churchwardens shall certify it fit for Divine Service; next year we can divide the steeple and spire in the same manner, if you approve it.

Would you choose that I should send you drafts upon those persons who have subscribed to me as well as you? I think it will save you trouble, and simplify our proceedings.

Christ Church 1767; consecrated Bishop of Chester 1771; translated to York 1777; married Sarah Goddard; died 1807.

a Ballykelly, the parish church in the county of Derry, near Walworth, the seat of Mr. Beresford.

Remember, Mitchel must build at six shillings per perch, considering the proximity of stone and lime. I am now eight weeks in bed with the gout, and have nothing to do but to build steeples and churches, and other castles in the air; but ever, with great esteem, Your faithful humble servant,

BRISTOL.*

LORD AUCKLAND TO MR. BERESFORD.

Hague, July 3rd, 1792.

MY DEAR BERESFORD,-I write a few lines, partly to show that I am a better correspondent than you, but chiefly to inquire after your erysipelas; and, above all, to ask after your little girl, and whether she has been materially benefited by her journey to Lisbon.

We continue well here; and Lady Auckland, so far as the bustles of a crowded society and of our situation

a Frederick Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol, third son of John, Lord Hervey, and Mary Lepell; born 1730; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 1767; Bishop of Derry 1768; succeeded his brother as Earl 1779; married Elizabeth Davers, daughter of Sir Jermyn Davers; died 1802.