4, Suffolk Street
                             Charing Cross, 10th.
                                April 1802.

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My Dear Sister,
      I forwarded your
enormous Packet to Mrs- De Salis, this
forenoon, without reading one
single Syllable of it, not possessing
any of that Curiosity, for which a
certain Sex is so renowned, nor feeling
any desire to know more of the
Melancholy History of the Duke of
Bedford, than I had formerly
heard from the Mouth of Dr. Halifax.
      Your accusation against Me,
is, as usual, unjust. I do not keep You
in the Dark; but, am so kept myself.
Lord Pelham, and Mr. Addington received
me most graciously, but knew nothing
of the Matter. I endeavoured to enlighten
their Understandings, and They promised
to have an early conversation with
the Duke of Portland, who, it was supposed
, might comprehend something
of the Business, having been Secretary
of State for the Home Department. Mr.
Dundas is arrived in Town, and told me
that he was to have an Interview with
Lord Pelham, on Wednesday last, when
he hoped to settle my affair, one way

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or another. This is Saturday Evening,
thirty three Minutes past Nine
O'Clock exactly, and the only written
or verbal Message, I have received,
from any of these Great Men, is
an Invitation to dine with the Duke
of Portland, on Tuesday next, the 13th-
instant, at Six O'Clock. On the
13th. of April 1784, at Eight O'Clock in
the Morning, I resigned my Liberty,
in St. George's Church, George Street,
Hanover Square. I hope, nothing
more calamitous may happen
to Me, on the Anniversary of that
day, at The Duke of Portland's.
      As proof of your consistency,
be so good as to read, and compare
the enclosed scraps, from your own
Letter. You first bid me read Mrs. De
Salis's letter, and then you threaten
me if I do read it, before I have put
a Wafer, & spit upon it. How You
manage at Buzzard Hall, to read
sealed up Letters, may be known to
Yourself; but, I confess, it is above
my capacity.
      It is not certain, that
my Girl will remain behind me.
All chance, however, of our Meeting

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is at an end, as I shall not leave London
before the 26th., but probably on that
day, unless I am packed off by Royal
Command, in which case, I shall have
no time for Visiting. Lady Cecilia has
been very civil.
      Adieu. Give my Love
to Mr. Dickenson, Louisa, and my
Countrywoman. As for Yourself, I
have none to spare to You, but
remain ever Your Affectionate Brother
                                                         Napier
Sunday, 11th- April --
            I have opened this
      letter to tell You, that Mr-
      Dundas has been with
      me this forenoon. My business
      is settled with Ministers
      , who have agreed to provide
      Lord Leven with an Equivalent
      on the Scotch Establishment
      . His Majesty's Ratification
      is all that is wanted to
      complete the matter. That, I
      trust, will not be refused --

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London, Twelfth April 1802

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      Mrs. Dickenson
            Leighton House
            Leighton Buzzard
                             Bedfordshire
Napier.