At his house I met Mr.Grant and Mr.Thornton, members of Parliament.

In the course of conversation they introduced America, and Mr.Wilberforce regretted the war extremely; he said it was like two of the same family quarrelling; that he thought it a judgment on this country for its wickedness, and that they had been justly punished for their arrogance and insolence at sea, as well as the Americans for their vaunting on land.
"As Mr.Thornton was going he invited me to spend a day or two at his seat at Clapham, a few miles out of town.

I accordingly went and was very civilly treated.

The _reserve_ which I mentioned in a former letter was evident, however, here, and I felt a degree of embarrassment arising from it which I never felt in America.

The second day I was a little more at my ease.
"At dinner were the two sons of the Mr.Grant I mentioned above.