Editor’s NoteEditor’s Note981To the Marquis of Lansdowne26 June 1794 (Aet 46)

June 26th 1794

On the | | ² instant Mr Abbot³ saw Lord Wycombe on the road near Schaffhausen on foot, in very good health, in haste to pass the dog-days under an Italian sky. It was on the 12th day after his departure from England. Mr. Abbot and Mrs. Bentham were bending their course to Vienna, where it is supposed they are by this time.

Great gratitude at Q.S.P. for Lord L's kind offer about the proxy. The Bill out of danger, but the Bastille still hanging in the Air, for want of land to be set down upon. Col. B. out this fortnight first upon an iron-casting expedition to Sheffield—expected back in a day or two. His brother in an unintermitting fit of rage, plying Messrs P. and D.⁴ with letters a la Chinoise.