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" Another person will probably be despatched by 

 a different route this day; and the renewal of the 

 reports of preparations from different quarters, 

 seems to demand that a third person should also 

 be on the spot. This is the more necessary from 

 certain circumstances respecting the arrangement of 

 the affair which I cannot now explain. This person 

 is now in readiness. Upon the whole the difficulties 

 attending this business have been greater than could 

 be conceived, and of a nature rather unexpected ; but 

 I trust they are now nearly overcome. 



"Mr Warre on receiving my first letter had de- 

 spatched a proper person to Ferrol, Bilbao, &c. and 

 we expect his return in a few days. 



" I have arranged matters for securing in a couple 

 of posts an extensive correspondence with persons 

 residing along the bay at Bilbao, St Andre, &c., &c. 

 These will give us a warning in case any new arrange- 

 ments for intelligence should become necessary, and 

 they will also check the other information. Mr 

 Warre's own communications with different parts of 

 the north of the Peninsula are various and important. 

 He is to improve and extend them immediately with 

 a view to the affair in hand ; and I shall not fail to 

 suggest whatever may seem important, both respect- 

 ing his own inquiries and his correspondence with 

 Lisbon in future. 



" The French consul here and his family positively 

 deny the Bayonne preparations. They seem to be 



