464 THE WENTWORTH PAPERS.
Lord Essex, Lord Lichfeild, Lord Oxford, Lord Gower, Lord Rothes, Lord Duplin, Mr. Vane, Mr. Conely, Mr. Fredericks, Lord Andover, Mr. Jefiferys and Mr. Lisle .... The Duchess of Leeds has taken a lodging in Garman Street and cam to it last night. Som day this week the Duke of Devonshire is to give a very fine entertainment at some famouse house, the company that is asked is the Duchess of y Marlborough, Dowerger Lady Burlington, Mr. and Mrs. Hanbery and myself The Prince supps in town allmost every night with som of his ladys, last night it was at Lady Hillsborough's, but by what I hear there is at these suppers hardly enough to fill their bellys. No body sees any thing of the King and Queen. A Dieue my Dearest ever yours.
��[Peter Wentworth.]
London, July i, 1731. Dear Brother,
Tuesday there was an order for a battalion of the Guards to march by Friday next for Portsmouth, to go on board the Fleet that's to carry Don Carlos to Italy, that our fleet may be well man'd in case we shou'd meet with any French fleet by the way, that shou'd have a mind to speak to us. Don Carlos is to be aboard our Admiral, that we may command the Spanish ships that goes with us ; that expedient was found out, to make the Spaniard wave their insolent demand to command us. These orders to the Guards were kept as secret as they cou'd, in order for to job in the city {sic)^ but yesterday the orders that are given out, for all the horse and dragoons to march to the Kentish and Sussex shoar, has alarm'd every body, but I don't find stocks are fain yet. We know the French have marched 25 battalion to Dunkirk, and are fitting out a great fleet ; they say we have broak the Treaty of Utrech, and they are at liberty to fortifie Dunkirk publickly ; and that we may not pretend to hinder them they will have a fleet out before the town. We hear nothing yet of any transports but if we should neglect to guard our coast
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