Diary and Letters Author:Fanny Burney Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART III. 1790. CONTENTS. Home Events—An odd Marriage Ceremony—The Bishop of Salisbury—A Bridal Visit—Domestic Event—Mr. Alison—The Duchess de Biron—Recom... more »mencement of Hastings's Trial— Edmund Burke —Impromptu by Hastings on Mr. Grey's Speech—Newspaper Gossip—Lords Chesterfield, Bulkley, and Fortescue—Ill-breeding —A Literary Party—Jacob Bryant— Scene in the Queen's Dressing-room—Court Etiquette—Gar- rick—Mrs. Piozzi—Easter Party at Windsor—Jacob Bryant— A Patriot King—Reading to the Queen—Mrs. Piozzi's Travels —Memoirs of Cardinal Wolsey—Colonel Manners—A Senator —Mr. Pitt's Tax on Bachelors—A Day at Hastings's Trial— Windham and Burke—Sturm's Meditations—Interview with Mrs. Piozzi—Bruce's Travels—Madame Benda—Mr. Twining —Lady Corke—Lord Valletort—An English Sailor—A Day at Hastings's Trial—Speeches of Burke and Windham—Mrs. Crewe—Lady Mary Duncan—Reading ' The Rivals '—Lady Harcourt—Lady Juliana Penn—Hastings's Trial—Speech of his Counsel—Conversation with AVindham—His Skill in Greek —His Remarks on Burke—Private and Personal Character of Hastings—Sir Joshua Reynolds — His Loss of Sight— The Duchess de Biron — Mesdames de Boufflers—Project of Miss Burney's Retirement from Court—The Duchess of Dorset— Mr. Cambridge. PART III. 1790. January.—Mrs. Smelt was now most dangerously ill, and her excellent husband wretched in the extreme : and this unhappy circumstance was the leading interest and occupation of this period. 1 saw my dear and good Mrs. Ord by every opportunity; indeed, I made no other visit out of my family, nor received any other visitor at home. At Chelsea I saw my dearest father from the time we settled in town once a-week, that is, twice in the month ! I met there also Pacchierotti, to my great delight; and he sang so liberally and so enchantingl...« less