Excuse my not having wrote to you before …

I am now the only Englishman at Leipzig as all the rest went away about a Month or two ago, some one way and some another. My Ld. Villiers and My Ld. Newnham and Mr Whitehead (The author of Creusa) went to Hannover. However, I shall have the pleasure of meeting them again in ltaly, for which place I shall set off in a very little Time, that is to say in about two Months or a very little more. I am to stay a Twelvemonth at Rome and I imagine I shall have a pretty large Acquaintance there upon my Uncle's Account. I do not doubt but I shall be excessively pleased with the Country as every body talks a great deal of it. I shall I believe in my ITay make a visit to some of the German mines, and if I find any thing of that sort I think may be worth your acceptance, I shall attempt to find a Method of conveying it to you….

Every body commends the Spirit of my Countrymen in having so quickly raised so formidable a Fleet. I hope from the bottom of my Heart that there will be no'War, at least not yet awhile, as it will be very inconvenient to us Travellers, especially as I am in hopes of spending a Year at Paris….

I had the pleasure of seeing your Brother here yesterday by whom I learn of your arrival in the ‘West and visitation of FoweS before your Antagonist got there. I understand he has a letter from Mr. Granville to the Lord Warden, who I know is not in the CountS & if he were I do not apprehend he could be of the least [? help] to your Enem6 should he be so inclined. - I hear the young Trefray & Jonathan the Post Man met Mr. C. at Lostwithiel, in order to conduct him to Fowey, where upon his appearance, I hope he will be so little satisfied with his reception, that he will turn tail 6c pack off again to Town as fast as he came, ( if that should be the case, his iourney of hope will in the end turn our to our advantage. If my Intelligence be true this same Mr. C. has no very great quantity of cash to throw away but he will be very liberal of his promises in respect to Trade, if that will do.