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November 18.—

My brother has taken a very handsome house in Pall-mall, and told my mother, between jest and earnest, he is going to give her a daughter-

in-law, to make up for the loss of her son-in-law. He is, in reality, making his addresses to lady Sarah P. the daughter of a new created peer. She has a great fortune, he tells me; but I know nothing more of her. I wish him better success in his nuptials (if they take place) than I have had.