My Dear Miss Goldsworthy,
      No Packet being yet arrived, I have no Letter
from you since the End of June. I wrote to you the 22d of
this Month an Enumeration of all the Letters I had written
before, with those enclosed for their Royal Highnesses, which I will
not here repeat, as I hope they have all long since been
received, though I have not had the pleasure of hearing it.
I must now proceed to tell you, what gives me great Satisfaction
, that is, that we are upon the Point of leaving
the Caldas, where Lord Winchilsea has so much benefited,
that excepting an Increase of Strength, there is nothing
to be wished about him; & in this particular he is so
much mended, that he has determined to accompany
Me, as far home, as he may be allowed to go Northward,
for it is still the universal Opinion, that he must pass

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his Winter in a Southern Climate. This Idea which can only
be accomplished by returning by Land, has led me to determine
against the Sea Voyage, which I own I dreaded, both
as it disagreed so much with me before, & as the finding
a proper Neutral Vessel ready to Sail, so as to reach England
before November, is very uncertain, added to the Apprehensions
of going on board a Portuguese, whose Skill at
Sea is not equal to the English. By Land no doubt it will
be tedious, Expensive, and Inconvenient, but then it will be
Sure, which one can never say of the Passage by Sea.
Our Route will be from Lisbon to Madrid, from thence
to Bayonne, & so to Ostend. As we shall only stop at
some of the Principal Places in order to rest ourselves
& refit for our Journey, it may not in point of time
much exceed what the going by Sea, & waiting for a
proper Vessel to Sail might bring it to, therefore we think
we shall certainly adopt that plan, & I flatter myself, by

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the End of November I may have the happiness & honour of
paying my Grateful Thanks & Duty to their Majesties for
their Gracious Indulgence to me, & kissing the hands of
all the dear Princes & Princesses. indeed my Dear Miss
Goldsworthy I am quite overcome with the Pleasure this
Thought gives me, & feel how Grateful I should be to Providence
that has given so unexpected & happy a Conclusion to my
(at first) dismal Undertaking. The Preparations for this
                             long Journey, will take us
                             some time, Passports must
                             be got, Carriages bought, & a
                             Thousand things that occur upon
such Occasions, which will detain us some time at Lisbon, however
at any rate I must have stopped there, to have an opportunity
of paying my Duty to the Queen of Portugal, for whose Gracious
Attentions to us, we are bound to show every mark of respectful
Gratitude. There are no Court Days here so that She is always
applied to, to name a day for receiving those that ask an Audience
& I understand she does not refuse to Lisbon till the beginning

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of October. I have my dress also to make for it, having as you may imagine brought
nothing of that kind with me. As it will be the 5th. of October before you can receive this
Letter, I beg you will be so good to write me an immediate Answer directed to me at
Madrid Poste restante (Via Ostende) as I calculate it must meet me there
where we are also in hopes of finding Mr & Mrs Graham, who are still at Porto, &
intend wintering in the South of France. Adieu my dear, may every thing go on
prosperously & happily with you all at Windsor, & may I ere long be the happy

Witness of it. My Duty Affections Compliments &c, &c you will dispose
of as you know I wish & believe me ever my dear Miss Goldsworthy most
                                                         faithfully & Affectionately Yours Charlotte Finch
I suppose my next Letter you will expect to be in
Spanish.    Mrs Feilding begs her kindest Love to you.