Fitzgerald's murderous exploits. Cagliostro. La Chevalière D'Eon.
Marriage of Captain Hugh Conway to Lady Horatia Waldegrave. Ar-
rival in England of Lord and Lady Spencer. Adventures of Lady Craven.
Mrs. Piozzi and Boswell. Volume of English poetry printed at Florence
March 28.-Arrival of vases and books. Superiority of the French in orna-
ments of taste. Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson. Walpole's dis-
appointment in them. Remarks on the book and on Dr. Johnson. The
Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert. Walpole's legacy from his
father. A dishonest return for honesty. Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi ridi
culed in the burlesque verses of Dr. Wolcot (Peter Pindar.) Dr. John-
son's defects
April 30.-Dearth of news. Severity of the spring. Trial of Mr. Hastings.
Voluminous charges against him. A trio of culprits. Boswell and Mrs.
Piozzi. Caricature prints ridiculing them. Lord Cowper. Female cos-
tume. Reflections on fashion. Mr. Hasting's defence. Speculations on
our aggressions in India
May 29.-Concert at Mrs. Cosway's. Rubinelli. Introduction to Eari
Cowper. Walpole, in his latter days, thrown among royalties. Rehearsal
of Handel's Jubilee in Westminster Abbey. Rubinelli and Mara. Mar-
riage of Mann's nephew and niece. Order and decency at the Abbey.
Satire on Governments
June 22.—Mrs. Damer. Walpole remonstrates with Mann for sending him
so many presents. The Episcopal Count and his nephew, Fitzgerald.
Execution of the latter for murder. Fate of Hastings not decided. Car-
dinal de Rohan and Cagliostro. Lady Craven. The cameo sent by Mann.
Walpole's self-accusations.
To George Selwyn,* Dec. 2, 1765.-Madame du Deffand. Unhealthiness
of France. Good-nature of the French. The Queen and her son. Ma-
dame Geoffrin. The Duchess d'Aiguillon. Madame de Rochfort and the
set at the Luxembourg. M. de Maurepas. The Duc de Brissac. The
affair of the Parliament at Brétagne, and the intended trial of M. de Cha-
rolais (?). House of Madame de Sévigné in Paris. Livry. Questions
as to home-matters. Swarms of English in Paris. Lord Ossory. Scarcity
of bons-mots. Baron d'Olbach. Nonsense of the philosophers. Dr. Gem
and Brand. Anticipated meeting of Walpole, Selwyn, and Gilly Williams
at Strawberry Hill. Hume's popularity in France. The Bishop of Lon-
don suppressing the mass-houses
To the same, Oct. 16, 1767.-Walpole's passage from France. Emptiness
of London. County elections. Illness of Lord Clive. Lady Bolingbroke's
bravado. Lord and Lady Holland. Commissions for Selwyn
To the same, Sept. 9, 1771.-Comic Opera on Raton and Rosette (two dogs
belonging to Selwyn and Walpole.) The "Fiancée du Roi de Garbe."
Alfieri
To the same, Aug. 12, 1772.-Castle Howard. Its beauties and sublimities.
Walpole's reception there. Splendid weather. Lord Carlisle
To the same, Aug. 10, 1774.-Announcement of a visit to Selwyn. Wal-
pole's reluctance to travel
To the Duchess of Gloucester, Jan. 27, 1774.-Advice as to an application
to Parliament by the Duke of Gloucester for an increase of income
To George Selwyn, Sept. 16, 1775.-Mr. Broderick. Madame du Deffand.
Richelieu and Madame de Sévigné's great-grand-daughter. Parisian
* Reprinted from George Selwyn and his Contemporaries.