Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 2 Mar 1759

To Sir Wr Blackett Bt. MP in Brook Street Grosvenor Square   London	

	Newcl: 2nd March 1759

Honrd Sir	

I am very glad to find you think Mr Filmers Objection to Kenton title is like to be removed & that you will get forward in raising the £14000.  I hope it will appear that the reason why Kenton & Welton are not one mentioned in the Recovery is those estates being charged with old Lady Blackett’s Jointure & that they came to Sir Wm  as heir at Law on his purchasing the  Jointure of Sr W[illiam] Thompson for £8800.   I will make out & send you the rental of Wallington as soon as Mr Robson has got all the farms let & sends me the Articles, wch I expect in a little time – I have wrote to Mr Hay to plant some of the Evergreen Acorns according to your directions.  I hope it will not be too late, for he has had them some time. – I wonder Mr Tho[mas] Davison sho[ul]d keep any of Coll[onel] Schutz money in his hand.  I know nothing of his Circumstances; but believe he has little business, besides w[ha]t he has under the Collonel, Only that he is an active man at present in opposition to the lampbill.  I wish the Corporation business wo[ul]d allow you to come down into the Country.  the people who oppose the bill say you are coming home to make up matters with them, but how that co[ul]d be done I cannot imagine. – 

Yesterday I had some more of the Weardale people & some f[ro]m the Lead Mils pressing for their respective pays, for want of wch they alledge their Landlds threaten to break them up.  I put them off in the best manner I can for the present & hope to be able to satisfy them all before Mayday if you can help me with £5000, wch I expect will do, but cannot be certain yet to £500 as I still want Mr Isaac Hunters acco[un]t for Xmas Qua[rte]r. – There is now at Bladon near 30000 p[ieces ] of Lead but I cannot get any of it sold for no body yet asks the price of it.

[The remainder of this letter is written in a different hand, much less neat and more rushed in appearance]

If you order any bank bills to be sent down please to let them be for 200s each, for if they are for larger sums I find it will be difficult to get money for them

Several of the Petitioners for the Lamp bill are sorry they were prevaild on to sign it, not apprehending matters would have been so blundered, & the Opposition carried to the heigth it is like to be, You will please to consider whether it will not be right for you to present the Companies petition against the bill. I think it would please them & can displease no body, for I imagine Mr Ridley & you cannot both present it –

If you did not speak or write to Mr Col[lingwoo]d Forster yourself, he has not been applyed to, for you did not order me to do it, As to Mr Scot he would certainly be for L[or]d Northumberl[an]d unless his Ldsp [Lordship] has given up all his pretensions, which I think he will not do if no heir appear, Three Kits of Salmon are ship[pe]d in the K. of Prussia Capn Hedley 	I am &c JR

PS. Since closing my Lre I have seen Mr Mayor who has received a copie of the Companies petition, & tells me he has sent to Mr Recorder & all the Aldermen to meet to morrow morning to consider matters & to name Comission[er]s for the several Parishes which I apprehend they will scarce agree about for all or most of the Aldermen in Town were against sending up the bill so soon in order that time might slip away, so that nothing could be done this Sessions

I thought the Companies petition had not been sent singly to Mr Ridley, I do not understand how that should be, for I was inform’d it was sent to both you & him							March 2nd 1759