Anthony House ) Sep r: 10. 1783 near

Plymouth.)

Dear Sir

Your favour of the 29 th

ult did not reach me at this place till the last

Post; I shall ever esteem it an honor to be reckoned among the

Friends of your Brother, and shall be ever very thankful to you for

the communication of any facts which tend either to his Satisfaction or

Advantage. I fear that I may have given to M r

Bentham a fruitless Walk into Grosvenor Street; it shall be my Business

to wait upon him when I return to Town (which will be very shortly)

and I will be careful to forward as you desire, the Letters you have

received.

I am perfectly innocent of having contributed to the good impression which

has been made of your Brother on the Secretary of State's Office.

He is guilty of the whole himself; He has ever had, as far as I can find,

an unlucky knack of producing similar sensations upon all those that

know him.

Prince Wiasimskoy has just now left me, he has had pressing requests to

enquire into the Family & Situation of our Hero; I endeavoured to

satisfy him on that Head.

I find from questioning in my turn that She really has received from her

Parents to the amount of 9000 Roubles yearly as a Donation, a Donation

made with a View to her marrying advantageously