Add MS 89036/1/4

Numbering continues from Add MS 89036/1/3:

• 21-21(i). Goodwood, Richmond to the Lord Chancellor [Loughborough], 15 January 1798. Referring to Dr. Buckner and the Living of St. Giles.
• 22. Shirburn Castle, Macclesfield to Pitt, 15 January 1798. Concerning the date of commencement of his salary.
• 23. Lord Chancellor [Loughborough] to the Duke of Richmond, 18 January 1798. Concerning Dr. Buckner.
• 24. Loughborough to Pitt, 19 January 1798. Concerning Dr. Buckner.
• 25(i). Queen's House, George III to Pitt, 24 May 1798. Concerning the 'Annual Expenses expenses of [Prince] Augustus and the debts that must be paid before He can leave Naples'.
• 25(ii). Naples, 10 April 1798, G. Livingston reporting on the expenditure of Prince Augustus, and enclosing 25(iii).
• 25(iii). 'Extract of the Household of H.R.H. Prince Augustus and the Amount of the Annual Expenses'.
• 26-26(i). Dublin Castle, Camden to Pitt, 31 May 1798.
• 27. Dublin Castle, Camden to Pitt, 5 June 1798. Requesting re-inforcements: 'the Country will be lost unless the Rebellion is speedily crushed'.
• 28. Dublin Castle, Camden to Pitt, 9 June 1798. 'The Rebellion has broken out in the North of Ireland, as you will be informed by my dispatches'.
• 29. Portland to [Pitt], 12 June 1798.
• 30. Hampstead, Loughborough to [Pitt], 16 June 1798. Concerning Bishopricks and the Gift of the Great Seal.
• 31. Berkely Square, Camden to Pitt, 29 June 1798. 'I am perfectly satisfied with what you say about the Garter & I think Lord Spencer has a claim to be considered before me in the disposition of that distinction'.
• 32. Ettenheim, from Cardinal de Rohan to [Pitt], 19 July 1798. Letter in French.
• 33. Duke Street, William Wickham to (?)Pitt, 27 July 1798.
• 34. Lonsdale to [Pitt], 30 August 1798. 'Understanding that the French are landed in Ireland I offer my Services to Government ... with the Cumberland & Westmoreland Militia or either of them'.
• 35. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to Pitt, 5 September 1798. The death of Dr Yates and his successor at Catherine Hall.
• 36-36(i). Warnbro' Castle near Odiam, Lord Elcho to Pitt, 6 September 1798. Finance.
• 37-37(ii). 18 September 1798. Copy of a private letter from Lord Grenville to Lord Spencer: 'Since you left Town We have received proposals for the treaties of alliance with Naples & the Porte. It seems to me that it would clearly be advantageous to accede.'
• 38. Dublin Castle, Cornwallis to Pitt, 19 September 1798. Concerning Ireland.
• 39. Dublin Castle, 23 September 1798, Cornwallis to Pitt. On the question of including Catholics in a proposed Union of Ireland.
• 40. Dublin Castle, 27 September 1798. 'Our state of tranquility has not been of long duration, and by the Duke of Portland's letter I am taught to expect a serious attack'.
• 41. Salisbury, Portland to Pitt, 27 September 1798. Irish matters.
• 42. Addiscombe, Duke of Bourbon to Pitt, 3 October 1798. Letter in French.
• 42(ii). Addiscombe Place, Liverpool to Pitt, 3 October 1798. Concerning the Duke of Bourbon, who is 'very much distressed'.
• 43. Belvoir Castle, Rutland to [Pitt], 4 October 1798. After offering congratulations for Nelson's victory in the Battle of the Nile, Rutland takes up the case of Mr Wildbore Garner of Grantham.
• 44. Bulstrode, Portland to [Pitt], 5 October 1798.
• 45-45(ii). Downing Street, [Canning] to [Pitt], 8 October 1798. Refers to Count Ludwig von Starhemberg. Discursive letter on the appropriate financial reward for public office.
• 46. [Canning] to [Pitt], 10 October 1790.
• 47. Akethorpe, Lord Westmorland to Pitt, 14 October 1798. Concerning the Living of Brix[h]am, Devon, when vacant. Nothing further heard of the French Squadron off Ireland.
• 48. Chesterfield, Lord Hobart to [Pitt], 27 October 1798. Concerning the representation of Ireland in a United Parliament. Originally enclosing 48(i).
• 48(i). Details of proposed Irish representation.