Letter [in French] from the Princess of Wales to Mrs. Clayton [GEO/ADD/28/094], reporting on the amount of support the Princess believes they have against [?] the passage of the Bill [believed to be the Peerage Bill] and identifying various men on their side, commenting that 'He' [identifed by a note by Mrs Clayton as Lord Sunderland] does all possible to gain Tory support [for them], contradicting reports identifying individuals who had left their side and reporting that they expect the Bill to be introduced on Wednesday; with transcription in French and English translation [GEO/ADD/28/054].
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[[foreign: French]] Je charge Doctr: Clarke pour vous asure ma chere amie que Je vous aime tres tendrement, lon dit que la cour, pretende dettre asurer, damporter la bille, Je vaus vous fair la discription - sur quoy nous croions de l'amporter, 141 torie, 8 o veck qui ont toujour votte contre la cour, et 13 des autre veck qui ont promis, et 20, dontéase, il ont fait, tous qui peu, pour ganjer, les torie, jusqua leur promis de Casser le parliment, et de prendre des mesure torie, a qui lon repondre, quil les avoit trop souvent, trompé pour leur croire, sur une chapitre, qui leur fair porter les leverais despeirs: le minister [[addition]] x [[/addition]] avait, [[/foreign]] x Lord Sunderland I charg'd Clarke to assure you my dear freind that I love you tenderly, they say the Court pretends to be secure of carrying the Bill, I am goeing to give you the account how we think to carry it. 141 tories, 80 whigs who have allways voted against the court, & 73 other whigs who have promis'd, & 20 that are dubious. He [[addition]] + [[/addition]] does all humanly speaking that can be done to gain the tories, soe far as to promise dissolve the parliament & take tory measures, to which they answerd, that He had deceiv'd them too often to be beleiv'd upon that head, which would make them wear the livery of the Peers. the Minister has given out that Stucks, Sr. Thomas Read & Monroe
