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by Mill. Jeffrey gave it to Dr Ferrier of Manchester 

 to revise ; and when he got it back from Dr Ferrier, 

 he himself corrected it, and added the moral reflections 

 and the concluding observations on the new Paris 

 edition of the work ! 



The great and increasing success of this journal, 

 while it mightily raised him in the public estimation, 

 in no way interfered with his progress towards exten- 

 sive practice at the bar. He was afterwards Dean of 

 Faculty, Lord Advocate, and a Judge, and one of the 

 ablest and the best that ever sat on the Scotch bench. 



It was the custom to say he had failed in Parlia- 

 ment. I recollect meeting Sir Eobert Peel the night 

 he made his first speech ; and in answer to my in- 

 quiry as to its success, he said that Jeffrey had fired 

 over their heads, and was too clever for his audience. 



After the July number came out, I received the 

 following letter from Jeffrey : 



" EDINBURGH, August 5, 1804. 



"DEAR BROUGHAM, I am very sorry that your 

 letter of the 24th ulto. should have arrived while I 

 was in the country, both on account of the delay 

 which consequently took place in delivering the en- 

 closure for George Street, and because I find by your 

 subsequent letter, which I received this morning, that 

 there is but little chance of my being able to reach 

 you by letter within the four seas. I believe I have 

 never thanked you enough for your great and exem- 

 plary services in the campaign which is just termi- 



