shou'd English men fear an English P , and the more
frequent Parliaments we have had has always been esteemed the greatest bcnefitt to the subject. I said nothing of my self to him but what was Coffee house talk, he said there was not trusting to the Whigs lett them promise never so fair as to compremising matters, and those that talk so much against a New Parliament must have some damn designe to carry on in this. I told him some people had said the Duke of Leeds had lately alter his mind as to that matter and had been with the Queen to tell her so ; he said to his knowledge that was a damn'd lye for he was with him yesterday, and that he continued in opinion more now then ever that there ought to
be a new P . His opinion is well heard by the Queen,
so that I think I am right in not dilivering your letter, tho' I think 'tis great pity, that your zeal for her Majestys interest so well exprest, shou'd be concealed from her.
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��Twickenham, 5 September^ 17 10. Dear Brother,
This day sevennight I was in town and meet General Web who always asks after you, my business was to start the discourse of elections, he said the Party was very in- dustrious and did not stick at Lyes, if they thought ^twou'd serve them, some body had the impudence to put into the Public prints that he didnt stand for Westminster, wch he had not declaired. With his and others discourse I went sattisfied to Twittenham that a new Parliament was the fix^t resolve of the court. Dr. Lancaster came here a Saturday and told me they had lost Web for a candidate for West- minster. I told him what discourse I had with Web last tuesday, and that he seem'd to resent that people shouM practise such unfair ways of printing advertisments without authority, so I wouM have perswade the Dr. that the report was only from those that wisht against him, he thought it strange, but yet he was pretty possitive that his intelligence was true and some people begun to fear there wou'd be no
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