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Hague, 20th February 1731 NS

My Dear Lord, I send you inclos'd a letter I received yesterday from mr. Robinson⁶⁴; which I find was intended for you; and I suppose you have gott that intended for me. The Dutch courier arriv'd here last Sunday night, with the accounts which you may easily judge of. The conduct of Marquis de Castellar is too misterious⁶⁵, and that of the French ministers too extraordinary, for me to give you my sentiments upon them by the common post. So I will conclude only with those I desire should be known, by everybody; of the unalterable truth and regard of, My Dear Lord - - -

64 The inclosure is not present.

65 The Spanish ambassador in Paris, angered by the non-implementation of the Treaty of Seville, had renounced it on 28 January, a move the British ministry attempted to keep the British public ignorant of Castellar's declaration, PRO, num. 103/113; Horatio Walpole to Waldegrave, 25 Jan. 1731 OS, Chewton.