Autograph Letter Signed ('Robt. Walpole'), in French, to 'J. Fr. Ostervald Esq'.

4to, 3 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper with damp staining causing the fading of ink in some parts, and a little chipping to bottom edge. Since writing there has been no packet from Falmouth, and the news from the continent are reported with sufficient detail in the gazettes, so 'il est inutile de vous en parler. Les procedes du Duc de Brunswick [he led an invading German army into France], et le systeme du Roi de Prusse sont egalement mysterieux [...] Les Emigrants [...] sont reduits a la derniere necessite'. He has not yet had 'frequentes conversations avec les Ministres: ils sont si peu en Ville, & si occupes alors, que le temps qu'ils y restent est si precieux qu'ils ne peuvent se donner qu'aux affaires du moment.' He is to dine the following day 'chez Milord Grenville'. The king is in very good health, and received Walpole 'parfaitement bien, et j'ai eu une Conference assez longue dans son Cabinet.' 'Mr. Devisme' is doing up a house he has just bought in Grosvenor Square. He is also building at Wimbledon. He gives family news and discusses the 'tres peu de monde en Ville'.