Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Mr. Legge, 1793 March 10.

Writing that he is taking the time between the morning and evening sermons to execute the commission that Legge had tasked him with, namely reporting on Legge's brother: "I have the pleasure to be able to inform you, that your fat Brother looks very well; & that in truth he is very well -- so much so as to gadd [sic] about day & night without reserve or danger, & to have dined with me at the Star on the day of my arrival, at Woodcock's on Friday, & at Newbold's yesterday; at all places eating heartly & drinking with a seeming relish; and at the two last places triumphing with conscious superiority over his two hosts, who are now languishing under the discipline, from which he is happily emancipated"; giving Legge a commission of his own, regarding Canning's entering the Irish House of Commons; explaining that, though he had originally denied any interest in the prospect, he has since reconsidered, particularly after a long conversation with "Adderley" (possibly Richard Boyle Adderley), who is connected to Robert Hobart and thus to political circles; asking if Legge could inquire whether there is still a chance of Canning gaining a post in the Irish House of Commons and, if so, when it would open up; writing that he also has hopes of a place in the English House of Commons, through the assistance of William Pitt; inquiring about whether Lord Abercorn will succeed Lord Westmorland as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and, if he does, whether he will bring a new secretary with him or whether Hobart will continue in the position; explaining that he is interested in Hobart's job: "For the Place of Secretary, I would risque any thing. It is the object to which I have always looked with the greatest ambition"; suggesting that Legge approach Arbuthnot, "who will be able, I should imagine to resolve some, if not all of the queries after a little investigation."