Ten thou-
sand thanks for your agreeable Intelli-
gence of the amiable Pair1. Long be it so. I
wrote you, DecrDecember 16. The preceding Day the RevdReverend
Mr James White died. Requiescat, &cetc. They
have been looking about for a Succes-
sor, &and it would appear, they begin, sub rosȃ
dictum sit, to point their Views to your
Mr Smith. On Wednesday last one
came from EdrEdinburgh, &and spoke to me on the
Subject. I told him, I had sent him to
London, but would have no hand in bring-
ing him back again; &and that he could
not return without the Authority of B.Bishop
GGordon. This was granted. I enlarged upon
the Subject, &and positively declared my Re-
solution repeatedly as above. As I look
upon your Interest &and mine to be inse-
parable, I judge proper to give this
hint, &and do you use it, as your own Pru-
dence may direct. I suppose, Mr S.Smith
knows nothing of the Matter as
yet, so that I presume you have
the 2003 (2003)
yethe first Intelligence. They thought
once on Mr Maitland, but they seem
to have droptdropped that Thought. Time
will try all. Perhaps, they will not
insist upon Mr Smith. It is only
in Embryo, &and may go no farther.”