_Oct._ 2_nd_.—Dined and lay at Lord Midleton’s; at quadrille, from 4 in the afternoon. Paid servants in the house, 5_s._ _Nov._ 5_th_.—In the Guildford coach to Guildford. Went to the ‘Tuns’ to drink the King’s health. Home at 12; paid at the ‘Tuns,’ 1_s._; coach and man, 6_s._ 13_th_.—Dined at Mr. Burdett’s; at whist won 6 rubbers out of 7; won 15_s._ Home past 12. 1766, _Sept._ 6_th_.—Paid for a horse, bought of a Welchman, £6. 6_s._ 0_d._; saddle, bridle, and cloth, £1. 17_s._ 6_d._ _Oct._ 4_th_.—With Mrs. N. and Miss Kerr to Drury Lane; ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ 5_th_.—Sunday to Church. To the Coffee-house for half-an-hour. Paid for wine, 6_d._ 6_th_.—To Mundy’s Coffee-house, and supped. 7_th_.—Drank tea with Jenkins. 10_th_.—With Mrs. Kerr to Drury Lane: ‘Provoked Husband’ and ‘Devil to Pay:’ Mr. Garrick. 11_th_.—Drank tea with Adderley. To the Coffee-house for half-an-hour. 12_th_.—Drank tea at Dr. Adee’s. 13_th_.—With Jenkins to Mundy’s Coffee-house. Paid reckoning, 2_s._ 6_d._ 14_th_.—To the Coffee-house half-an-hour; wine, 6_d._ 15_th_.—Drank tea at Mrs. Emily’s, at quadrille. 1767, _March_ 18_th_.—It pleased God to release my William from his sufferings, when half a year old he was seized with convulsions which never left him. _June_ 9_th_.—With Mr. Hollingworth to the Downs Guildford Races. Sir John Evelyn being taken ill, went off the Downs to Wotton. 19_th_.—Jack was taken with the smallpox, and on the 28th the dear soul died. Polly was taken on the 1st of July, I sent for Mr. Kerr who gave her Sutton’s powders, and she recovered. _Dec._ 22_nd_.—With Mr. Waddington to Drury Lane: ‘Suspicious Husband,’ Mr. Garrick. 23_rd_.—Mr. Jenkins dined. Coffee-house half-an-hour. Paid for wine, 6_d._ 24_th_.—Coffee-house, wine, 6_d._; 25th, do.; 26th, do. 1768, _Jan._ 30_th_.—My wife brought to bed of a boy. {31} _Feb._ 24_th_.—Dined at Penneck’s, Mr. Astle, Col. Webb, Dr. Solander, &c. _March_ 1_st_.—Mr. Penneck, Dr. Solander and Col. Webb, dined here. {32a} 31_st_.—To Captain Brodrick’s, {32b} and dined; Lady Midleton’s, and Sir Francis Vincent there. 1768, _Sept._ 9_th_.—To Neville Court, and had the nerve in both ears cut for the toothache, and received relief in an hour. 1769, _Oct._ 11_th_.—To New Inn {32c} till dinner; at 4 again till 6. 19_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; to the Buffalo Coffee House for an hour; paid for wine, 6_d._ 22_nd_.—Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Dr. Ducarrell, and Mr. Astle dined here. _March_ 7_th_.—To the House of Commons till 3. 10_th_.—To the House of Commons till 4. _May_ 15_th_.—Dined at Lord Onslow’s; to the race. {32d} I paid his servants, 4_s._ 16_th_.—With Mr. Powell, curate of Abinger, to the race. _July_ 30_th_, _Sunday_.—Mr. Woods came to tell me that Mr. Sturt {32e} died yesterday. To Dorking to Mr. Budgen, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Scawen. _Aug._ 28_th_.—Meeting of Mr. Smith’s trustees. I was appointed clerk and treasurer, in the place of Mr. Sturt.