of the question,
which _personally_ I cannot be sorry for, you surely have but
one of two things to do: either to adopt the proposition of a
new _dignified_ peer's appointment, which being single, may
bring back the business to you by comprehending it all in one;
or Lord Shelburne must have his minister here, and Mr. Fox his;
by doing which, Mr. Fox will be pretty near as much out of the
secret, at least of what is most essential, as if he had nobody
here; and the only real gainers by it will be the other
Ministers, who cannot fail to profit of such a jumble. Besides
which, upon this latter part of the subject, I must very
seriously entreat you not to ask me to keep a situation here, in
no circumstances pleasant, and in none less so than those I have
described. The grievance is a very essential one, the remedy is
Lord Fitzwilliam.

Adieu. I recommend to Lauzun to make all the haste he can, as I
shall not stir a step till you answer this letter, and my step
then will, I hope, be towards you. Sheridan's letter of
suspicion was written, as you see, in the spirit of prophecy. I
owe him an answer, which, by word of mouth or word of letter, he
shall have very soon. The news of the day is, that the Cadiz
fleet, twenty-six of the line and five French, are sailed for
Brest, but I rather imagine they have no authentic account of it
yet.

I enclose to you P. Guemene's offer of some good champagne; if
you choose to have any, tell me what number of bottles, and let
Brooks or somebody let me know how they are to be sent to
England. I don't understand champagne, but this has a good
character.

Adieu. Let Lord Fitzwilliam answer my letter.

MR. FOX TO MR. THOMAS GRENVILLE.

(Private.)

St James's, June 10th, 1782.

Dear Grenville,

I received late the night before last your very interesting
letter of the 4th, and you will easily conceive am not a little
embarrassed by its contents. In the first place, it was not
possible to comply with your injunction of perfect secrecy in a
case where steps of such importance are necessary to be taken;
and therefore I have taken upon me (for which I must trust to
your friendship to excuse me) to show your letter to Lord
Rockingham, the Duke of Richmond and Lord John, who are all as
full of indignation at its contents as o