Letter from Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Concerns a very long and detailed account of meetings with Mr Pitt and Lord Temple: his uncertainty that Pitt will side with them; Pitt's view of the King's error regarding the Peace; Princess Dowager of Wales; subversion of the consitution by power and force without challenging the present minstry; the Whig cuase; the Essex election; the idea of the Duke of Cumberland interposing; Pitt's governance and expectations; the house of Austria siding with France in the peace; the state of foreign affairs in the "East and West Indies"; Pitt's concerns about disturbences and insurrections in Ireland; settlement of colonies and new acquisitions in America; Pitt's hostility towards certain politicians; Lord Mansfield; the importance of establishing the Peace; Pitt's objection to the Yorke family and Lord Chief Justice Pratt and the Point of Priviledge; the liberty of the Press; Pitt's apprehensions of "playing a solo with Lord Temple"; his conversation with the Duke of Cumberland;Lord Shelburne as the Head of the Board of Trade; Lord Holland; Lord Gower; the Duke of Grafton; his discussion with Charles Yorke, Attorney General and Yorke's upset about Pitt's scathing remarks on his abilities as a judge; Yorke's support of the 4th Duke. Written from Claremont. Signed: "Holles Newcastle".

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