stice to the manner in which I have
felt and written to you on this occasion, and it is extremely
satisfactory to me to know that you are not insensible to the
warmth and sincerity of my affection and gratitude towards you. Let
me therefore, upon that ground, presume so far only as to beg that
you will not send your resignation, or notify formally (or indeed
in any other manner) your intention so to do, till you learn from
me that I am convinced all other steps will be ineffectual. I
persuade myself that this is a trust which you will not believe me
capable of abusing, however unwilling I must be, on so many
accounts, to see you driven to the necessity of taking this last
and decisive step.

I mentioned also to you, in my last letter, the reasons which I
feel for wishing that, in all events, the actual execution of this
measure may be delayed till the conclusion of the session. I press
this for reasons personal to you, and which I feel very strongly,
although the interval will unquestionably be very embarrassing to
you, and perhaps even more distressing to myself. But I am desirous
of knowing how far you feel the force of those reasons, and what
your determination would be in that case, because I think it might
make some difference in the manner of stating your intention to the
King, if this should be rendered necessary.

I feel it needless to repeat to you what I have already said of my
intentions respecting my own conduct; and I hope you do me the
justice to believe, that however deeply I am involved in the result
of this business, my first anxiety is that it may terminate in a
manner consistent with your honour, character, and happiness.

Believe me, my dear brother,
Most affectionately yours,
W. W. G.

MR. W. W. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Holwood, April 12th, 1789.
MY DEAR BROTHER,

As I understand that Mr. Pitt writes to you by this messenger, in
order to state to you the nature of the King's answer to his
letter, and to explain the arrangement which is proposed to you as
a solution of this unpleasant business, I feel that I can have
nothing to add. I have already mentioned to you, in the most full
and unreserved manner, the whole of my feelings on this occasion,
and I see nothing in the present stat