LONDON,June 23,O.S.1752
MY DEAR FRIEND:I direct this letter to Mayence,where I think it is likely to meet you,supposing,as I do,that you stayed three weeks at Manheim,after the date of your last from thence;but should you have stayed longer at Manheim,to which I have no objection,it will wait for you at Mayence.Mayence will not,I believe,have charms to detain you above a week;so that I reckon you will be at Bonn at the end of July,N.S.There you may stay just as little or as long as you please,and then proceed to Hanover.
I had a letter by the last post from a relation of mine at Hanover,Mr.Stanhope Aspinwall,who is in the Duke of Newcastle's office,and has lately been appointed the King's Minister to the Dey of Algiers;a post which,notwithstanding your views of foreign affairs,I believe you do not envy him.He tells me in that letter,there are very good lodgings to be had at one Mrs.Meyers's,the next door to the Duke of Newcastle's,which he offers to take for you;I have desired him to do it,in case Mrs.Meyers will wait for you till the latter end of August,or the beginning of September,N.S.,which I suppose is about the time when you will be at Hanover.You will find this Mr.Aspinwall of great use to you there.He will exert himself to the utmost to serve you;he has been twice or thrice at Hanover,and knows all the allures there:he is very well with the Duke of Newcastle,and will puff you there.Moreover,if you have a mind to work there as a volunteer in that bureau,he will assist and inform you.In short,he is a very honest,sensible,and informed man;'mais me paye pas beaucoup de sa figure;il abuse meme du privilege qu'ont les hommes d'etre laids;et il ne sera pas en reste avec les lions et les leopards qu'il trouvera a Alger'.
