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afflicting. I view the event which must before this 

 time have taken place as the most deplorable which 

 could at present happen. The advices from Gallicia 

 look like peace and quiet. You will find from Mr 

 Warre's letters to Lord S., in which I have made him 

 write most fully everything that he learns, a number 

 of reports from the side of ; but they prove no- 

 thing at all, except that the people there as elsewhere 

 deal in reports respecting the other parts of Spain. 

 A gentleman from the neighbourhood of Finisterre 

 arrived yesterday, and having passed through the 

 whole province of Gallicia, positively denies the exist- 

 ence of anything like preparations in any part of that 

 province. 



" With my best compts. to Lord St Vincent, I re- 

 main, in haste, yours faithfully, H. BROUGHAM. 



" Pray hint to Lord Strangford that if he gave the 

 merchants here somewhat less reason to think the 

 present crisis would end safely, it might be as well. 

 I think his last letter held out too fair hopes." 



TO LORD EOSSLYK 



" VIANA, Sept. 29 (Sunday), 1806. 



" MY DEAR LORD, I have been here since Friday 

 night, and have had the wished-for success. But it 

 is only necessary that I should trouble you with a 

 notice of some fresh information which I have obtained 

 to-day. Hearing that a Portuguese vessel had ar- 

 rived here on the 26th from Bay onne, after an uncom- 

 monly quick passage, I used every means in my power 



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