h I understand he will be in town on
Thursday night.

23rd.--I was interrupted yesterday, and could not, by any
contrivance, return to finish my letter, though I was anxious
that you should hear from me, that there has as yet been no sort
of difficulty or interruption; and I conclude, therefore, that
there will be none.

I have forwarded your letter to the Chancellor, and added to it
one from myself. I mean, _if possible_, to see him, though that,
you know, is no easy matter, as I understand the Duke of Grafton
is asking it, at Selby's request, for a man who was active
against me. I could wish that you would write Wodley a few
lines, to explain that you were hampered by former engagements,
&c., as I found from a conversation with Camplin, that he had
been perfectly satisfied with the explanation you had with him
on the subject of Newport, and that he was in expectation of
having this. Camplin thinks him of considerable importance.

My impatience, in the letter to which your last was an answer,
was owing to my having made no allowance for east winds, which
detained the mail near a week, and brought me two of your
letters together. You must, therefore, excuse a very unprovoked
lecture on punctuality.

I wish I could say to you that anything more is done about your
commissions; but this has been, and continues to be, absolutely
impossible, for a reason which gives us all no small degree of
uneasiness--I mean the King's illness, which begun with a
violent spasmodic attack in his stomach; and has continued with
more or less violence, and with different symptoms ever since.
We put as good a face as we can upon it; and, indeed, I hope
that the danger is now over, but I cannot but own to you that I
think there is still ground for a good deal of alarm. He brought
on this particular attack by the great imprudence of remaining a
whole day in wet stockings; but, on the whole, I am afraid that
his health is evidently much worse than it has been, and that
there is some lurking disorder in his constitution, which he has
not strength to throw out. I have again mentioned to Pitt the
subject of the commissions; and he has promised to endeavour to
bring it to a conclusion as soon as the King is sufficiently
recovered to allow him to see him on that business. But this may
yet be s