| Description | Includes references to his being forced to flee from the insults of sailors wanting their dividend from the Corn Prize and his redirection of them to Mr Powell, who is carrying on the appeal; the progress of the Sweeds' affair; Grove's to consult Mr Thompson so that the agents will not suffer; Admiral Rowley is out of town; Captain Murray's cause is undertaken by the Admiralty Proctor but Murray has appointed another; Groves' meeting with Mr Cleveland, who says that the Admiralty has transmitted a letter to the Duke of Bedford, who has not yet replied; Hardwick's ingratitude; Groves to speak to Mr Cleveland about Hardwick; thanks for a chair that he has been sent; Groves has done nothing yet at the Victualling Office and Millisent has not entered on his accounts |