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still, when I had the honour to see her last, yet it did not appear to be a life very desirable, she being so far advanc'd in years.

I hope your lordship and all your family are in good health ; for my part I have not time to be sick, for having the rage of elections upon me at this time, I can think of nothing else. I have sett up my son for the county here, and it had like to have been without any opposition, but the contrary party would not submit at first to a compromise, and now Mr. Chester is join'd with my son we will not agree to a peace, and I believe indeed we shall carry it for both.* We have at last brought it about that my brother Ben shall have an easy election at Gloster, and we are very secure of Ciceter ; but the entertaining a whole county is not only pretty trouble- some, but is attended with some small expence. I hope this will excuse me for not paying my compliments to your lord- ship sooner, and I shall trouble you no farther now but to assure you that I am, &c.

��[Sir John Bland.]

KiPPAX Park, October ii, 1733. My Lord,

I am very sorry to find by your Lordship's Letter which I have this Moment Receiv'd that you Missapprehend the Cause of Lord Bruce's servant being sent from Bath into Yorkshire, which was upon no other Account than to give Notice to some of us, whom he had appointed to meet him on Fryday and Saturday last, that he could not possibly be at Doncaster till next Tuesday.

Had there been any Thing Materiall in the Message, I assure your Lordship you should immediately have been inform'd of it by Me, for I give you my word there are no Misterys in our Transactions, nor has any step been taken

Bathurst and Thomas Chester were returned for the county of Glou- cester.
 * The election did not come off until May, 1734, when Benjamin

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