39$ POLITICS OF THE DAY. [1808. 



Yalladolid ; it is a clear proof that lie did not think 

 things desperate. It is a bold and a decisive meas- 

 ure, not unlike what I think Bonaparte would have 

 done in similar circumstances. It places the two 

 armies in a situation more anxious and critical than 

 any that I remember, as a battle seems inevitable, and 

 under circumstances in which there appears literally 

 to be ' nulla salus victis/ I only hope Moore, now 

 that he has taken this step, will not hesitate, but 

 push on, and attempt to strike some important blow 

 before Bonaparte can turn upon him. 



" You know I approved of the declaration, not of 

 the style or the Canning-isms in it, but of the thing 

 done in rejecting an overture which could not, under 

 the existing circumstances, be listened to, more than 

 I have reason to believe many of my friends did. 

 But in the answer to Pinckney, I think Canning has 

 outdone himself. I am sorry it has not been more 

 attacked and exposed in our papers. 



" So ' all the ladies and gentlemen danced well/ as 

 Jack Lee said of the figurantes at the opera. This 

 conclusion of the military inquiry must, I think, give 

 general dissatisfaction, and furnishes the strongest 

 ground for some parliamentary proceeding. I do not 

 understand how Lord Moira, &c., reconcile their con- 

 demnation of the armistice and convention with their 

 unqualified approbation of all the generals. 



" The Hollands, 1 find, are not coming home. Pray 

 write whenever you have any news, and have nothing 

 better to do. Ever yours, GIIEY." 



