Your pleasing commission about the Car and harness is obeyed and sent to Galway to be forwarded by the first Ship to Philadelphia; I got it made in that Country, as I think the model there the best in this Kingdom; I have bespoak a Small model of a new Invented Car, without a thorough axle tree, which will go by the first ship from Dublin to Philadelphia.

I rejoice at the new Constitution of the United States; I have read it with peculiar Care and attention; I think it the most Compleat Improvement of all former or existing Republics, that the wisdom of Man could form; However I could have wished the Church Government had been fixed, without admitting a Bishop, Dean or other Church Dignities; the Hopes of Ecclesiastical Promotion will for Ever cause a neglect of those Essential Duties belonging to the Ministers of the Gospel—from the hour of becoming a Curate, they look to the Mitre and never mind the flock; it is so in Europe and A Bishop in America or the Island of Otahute(?) will be the same; they Sway the minds and have too powerfull an Influence over the Actions of the People; nothing preserves Popery, but the Gaudy trappings, the ostentatious forms, and the Asendancy the Clergy have over the Lower order of the People; the Common People in some Parts of Italy behold their Dignified Clergy in a degree of Reverence, which is only due to the Almighty; I have often been a witness of this fact, particularily at Milan on the Death of the Archbishop in 1779; it was actual Pagan Idolatry; they reverenced his Walking Stick when the Porter shewed it at the Palace Door; his Manual of Devotion is dayly resorted to and    with Awe; the Night Cap which they beleive he wore when dying, is placed in a Silver Case with a Small Glass to the front, and Every Thursday in Every Month, it was produced, untill Joseph Stopped the Idolatry;

Every Corner of this Island was preparing for War; Every Regiment on its March to the sea Ports for Embarkation Except the Garrison of Dublin, and Parliament was near Meeting 2 Months before its usual Time—yet all was Stopped in the Moment we expected the Declaration of War—it is to me unaccountable, that the Prussians were Suffered to make such a rapid Progress; I thought France would not have Sufferd it; it was for Supporting her, that the Anti-Stadholderians are now prosecuted; In my opinion the Princess of Orange was sent to Shoonhaven on purpose to be insulted; it was planned between Berlin and London; Great Part of the Prussian Troopes had Marched before that accident took place; the Parties Knew that it would occur in some or other of the Towns through which she was to pass; she had an Easier, Shorter and more friendly road to go to the Hague, but she Chose the most difficult and best Guarded Road; the first Promotions in England took Place on the day the Accident happened; I knew 3 Irish men Leuitenant Colonels in the Service of France set off Express for the Camp at Givet; they told me, that they Expected to march directly to Cover Amsterdam, Haerlam and the Hague; the Stadholder is as Weak as some Crown’d heads; he will not make a proper and Moderate use of his present Power, or he might make the Revolution Permanent in favor of his Family; he ought to Consiliate, not alienate the Affections of the People, he wants the able assistance of a Franklin, a Washington, and a Jay;          Easily to be found in your Continental Legislaters.

To morrow, by Public notice, the Remains, of our late Vice-roy, of Bacchanalian Memory, are to be Carried in the most Expensive and Magnificent Manner that ever an European Corps was Carryed, to the waterside. I send you the Procession Paper, but all is to be at the public Expence. Thus we are robbed by the Living and the Dead. That is rather too much; had he been a man that merited well of Either Country, for some Heroic action or public Scences of Life, it might be Proper, and consequent to National Character, but his administration was quite the reverse; he, I allow, was only the ostensible Puppet, but Ireland receivd an almost incurable Stab to the Vitals of its Constitution under his Vice-   , by the Police Bill and innovation in the Jury Laws.

Buckingham (Temple) Succeeds him. He was here before, and made himself very popular, I like him not, though all Ireland appears Loudly for him; old Chatham, said, Confidence was a plant of Slow Growth. I am not a Chatham in all things, but in that point I agree with him.

In my opinion his Son, the English Minister, has shewn Spirit, Information and perseverence Equal to his father’s; what a Phaenomenon! At the age of 28 years, to be an English Prime Minister, and able to Quash opposition. As yet he has succeeded, and I believe will, while he holds the Reins of Government; the moneyed Interest in on his side, almost unanimous; and he has got the major Part of the Landed Connections. The Parliament soon meets. He is (as I hear) determined to be open and Lay his plans publickly before them, for he relies upon Parliament, and he is sure of Support.

The Torrents of rain here, have by much Exceeded any in the Memory of the oldest man living in this Neighboroughhood, and have Continued for 3 Days; Bridges that withstood 127 years are Carryed away, and immense Quantities of Hay and oates have taken their Sea Vogaye; all Kinds of Provision are rising, yet there is full plenty for our Comsumption but advantage is taken of any Calamity to Encrease the Price far above the Par of the real loss; a Milch Cow, that usualy sells for £7: 10s: 0d: now Brings £9: 10s: 0d: or £10: 0s: 0d:; this is a weighty advance to the middle order of Darymen.

Thus far I had wrote yesterday the 16th; this day I attended the Procession of the Remains of the late Duke of Rutland; it Exceeded any thing of the Kind, Even that of the Late King or any of the Royal Family; the Procession measured 2 British Miles; no riot or disturbance, though the Crouds were immense; all was silent and solemn, regular and Decent, Except that the Abruptitude of Carriages prevented each person from taking his own place, Several Peers were behind my Carriage and some Common Council Men before me; 10 Coaches and Six; all the most Elegant Carriages; all the Cross Streets were barred up for 8 hours; the Number of People may be Judged of, when it is Known that for 30 Miles round the City the Houses were left Empty; the rooffs of the Houses in those Streets through which the Procession Passed were covered with Spectators; Most of all the Members of both houses of Parliament had new Suits of Mourning. Mr. Hartly (representative for the City) went with me in my Cart, Lord Charlemount and the Duke of Leinster attended; and most of the Popular Members; the outside Coffin was superbly grant; Mohagnony Covered with Crimson Velvet; Elegantly Embossed with Silver; the 2d Coffin was Lead, the 3d Cedar and the Body was Embalmed; it Lay 3 Days and 4 Nights in state in the Grand Committee Room of the House of Lords; Every Person Rich or Poor were permitted to View it; at the Head and foot stood two aid de Camps at the sides 12     who were Changed Every 4 hours; the Room Lighted with a Multitude of Chandles so disposed as to make the whole Grand and solemn; all the Passages were hung with Black Cloath; 24 Boates, the Men dressed in white Linnen with Black Scarfs, attended the Barge with the body to the Yatch, which was hung with Black; when on Board the Yatch it was placed in the Cabin in the same form it Lay in at the House of Lords; the Hearse that carryed it was put on Board, in order to Carry it from Chester to Belvoir Castle; his Pages and aid-de-Camos went with it; and 560 Banners of Arms &c &c; we returned home late in the Evening; I was 7 hours in my Carriage.

My Daughter at Marsailles has now 3 Daughters and last Month she got a son; my son that is there is getting forward most rapidly; he is much Esteemed and regarded; perhaps you may now get him appointed under the New Constitution; we are more anxious for this, than for Double its moneyed Value; perhaps, your answer to this may be the good News of his appointment; I see that all Consuls are to be in the Nomination of the President, and that his Excellency General Washington is Supposed to be the Man; If so, a few Lines from you, would have their due Weight. There is no American residing there, nor is it Likely an American would Come to reside there for the Sallery; My Son is fixed for Life in that City; and so will my Grand Children; not being able to give them but small funds, I wish to get him forward during, for at my Death he will not have that Interest I have; and nothing would Conduce more to it, than his being appointed Consul; you must have one in Dublin, it may be very disadvantageous to your Trade if you have not.

In Endeavouring to amuse you with a Letter, I am afraid I am fatiaguing you with an uninteresting Volume, and instead of Entertaining you, I have, for so long a Time, taken off your attention from Matters of Consequence. I have no Apology to make, but by Confessing the Truth, which is, that my respect and regard for you render my writing a real Mental pleasure to me. I look with heartfelt Satisfaction at your Bust, which is always opposite my writing Table, and on my left are the Pictures of the American Worthis, with that of VIR, in the Center. Arnold suspended by the Heels is opposite.

Lady Newenham joins me in the most Sincere and affectionate Respects and regards to you and your grandson; Miss Elize desires her Love to you. If I visit my forefathers before you, she is Guardian of a small token of my regards to forward to you. I remain, and Ever shall, my Dear Sir, with great respect your most affectionate and most obliged Humble Servant