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112 THE WENTWORTH PAPERS. wch I send away by this post, and find by your last resolve of having it like brick and stone 'twill be like the Dutchess of M house she has built in the Queen's Guarden, wch is said to be one of the most perfect Models thats in England. There's no news, but all the Ladys are making their advances to the Lords, to get tickets from them to see and be seen at the Tryal, for that reason the Young Lords make a busstle to have their full number of ticket, 8 a peace, though they know there is not room for half that number. They have made an order of the house that no absent lords shall have any, and so all that will have any must be at the call of the house the day before.

Here's a supposed letter to a friend sent me by the Penny Post, wch the Tories wou'd have believed to be more then a jest in't. 'Twas talk't by some as if there was a designe to stire up the house of Commons to impeach Mr. Harley for writing his thoughts so freely, as they say he did, to one of the States General, laying open the vast need England had of Peace, our debts being so great, and the Reasons the Queen had, not to have such favourable thoughts as formerly of the Duke of M}}; but of his writing such a letter 'tis thought they wanted sufficient proof, or when proved they doubted whether they cou'd carry the matter so high as to bring it to an impeachment to do Mr. Harley any harm. It seems we are not the only Court that discards old favourites for new ones, for 'tis said there's a new one sprung up at Berlin.

. . . . Its said that Duke Schoombork's son is to marry a daughter of the Duke of Ormons. Secheverel is to be tryed next thursday; thear is very deferent openyons of him. Westminster Hall is full of Scaffolds.