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Sat.y April 1st 1780
Q.S.P. has been with me this morning and
has been reading your two Riga letters. Beyond
all hope he was much pleased with
them. I did not say a syllable expressive of
any vexation about the article of expence. While
he was with me, came in also my Uncle:
who has been in town this fortnight after
having been in the country 11 months. Q.S.
P. after having received back his transcript
of your letters from my Uncle, sent them
to the Dr : from whom came yesterday a letter
expressing the highest satisfaction with them,
& apologizing for keeping them till the beginning
of May when he comes to town. Then
shall I at him for money for your honour,
and if all other expedients fail we will have
the whole Trinity meet together in Parliament
assembled, to consider about ways and
means.
Know that this very blessed morning I
gave Hughes some of the copy of Code to
print. But the length of time it will take up
I tremble to think of. It is in 4to I can get
but 3 sheets a week. The Introduction, containing
what is common to Jurisprudence
& Ethics I will send you before the rest. It
will contain all the general principles.
We have it here that you are going to
send out 15 sail of the line, & 6 frigates to
our assistance, as soon as the ice permitts: tell
me what you can learn about that matter.
I heard a man say just now that the
Empress was to set out upon a progress through
her dominions in May next. Tell me what
you hear about that affair.
The great difficulty is or at least used to be
at Petersburgh to get Oak. It used, it is said
to be brought an immense way. I think from
Astrean. Qu. could not fir be made to answer
the purpose being well bedded and cased
all over, partly in Terras, partly in Higgins'
hard cements? It might likewise by the same
means be render'd incombustible upon Ld Mahon's
plan.
In my next I shall send you
a letter for Kitty: that you may return it
with observations: but I don't much like the
thought of your taking into consultation God
knows who may thwart it under hand, or
spoil it bona fide by destroying the originality
of it, and cramping it by terms
which a foreigner is not expected to understand
nor on such an occasion would be
thought the better for observing.
If people there should be inclined
to have the model, take care you do not
engage for it without a positive order from
them in writing. This if they mean really
to buy it they can not object to
giving. Will they buy a pig in a poke
or must there a clause a clause allowing
them to send it if they don't like it back paying
all expences, and so
of sending it. Take care that you do
not appear to be otherwise than indifferent
about their buying it, If they shou'd
be for employing Neuman to get it, Burkit
must be the man for him to be
addressed to. Burkit I am persuaded would
join in the business, as he gave me something
of a hint about it, though not
till after it had occurred to me. He
said he was sure that if Allen knew who
it was designed for he would not part with
it under £500. This was upon my proposal
at post to tell Allen of my writing in order to induce
him to wait till an answer might come.
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