7 p. 23 x 18 cm. Canning discusses a provisional successor to Nepean (not "intended as any hint to you to retire"), person- ally favoring Sir John Malcolm. He worries how to defend "large appro- priations of territory to the Company ...as consistent with the acts of Parliament and publick feeling in this country." He praises Hastings' rule.
The two longer letters refer to the libel action brought against him by a woman, on account of which he left England. "I have been victim to a swindler, who...[implored] me not to ruin her." ACC: 92.12.4 (44.35)