CHAPTER VII.

Correspondence with Duchess of Portland--Death of Mrs. Robinson--Lydia Botham--The Hill Street house--“Such a Johnny”--Courayer--Mr. Carter’s death--Denton estate--Elixir of vitriol and tar-water--Dr. Shaw--Young Edward Wortley Montagu--General election--Huntingdon Election--Dr. Pococke--Mrs. Theophilus Cibber--Courayer’s figure--A high and dry residence--Lady Fane’s grottoes--In search of an axletree--Winchester Cathedral--Mount Bevis--The New Forest--Wilton House--Savernake--Courayer’s letter--Matthew Robinson, M.P. for Canterbury--Lyttelton’s _Monody_--Thomas Robinson’s death--Coffee House, Bath--Cambridge--Richardson’s _Clarissa_--Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle--Spa--The Hague--James Montagu’s death--Price of tea 227–263