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Adam, who brought home L'Oison, says they talk of 

 the business exactly as the people here do. 



" Seeing nobody but dull lawyers, and conversing 

 only about pleas and issues, I assure you writing a 

 letter to you is a very great luxury, as it approaches to 

 tolerable society. This must excuse the length and 

 unimportance of the present letter ; and the paper and 

 ink, which make it nearly illegible, must be set down 

 to the account of the coffeehouse where it is written. 

 Believe me, dear Lord Grey, ever your faithful friend, 



"HENRY BROUGHAM/' 



TO EARL GREY. 



"TEMPLE, Dec. 14, 1808. 



"DEAR LORD GREY, I take it for granted the 

 melancholy accounts given of affairs in Spain by 

 Moore and Graham in their private letters must have 

 reached you ; but as they are very important in con- 

 sidering the whole question, I shall state their sub- 

 stance in case you should not have heard it. Moore 

 by letter to Abercromby, of date November 26, says 

 the army had advanced well and comfortable in every 

 respect, but that the people were quite indifferent 

 and torpid, not well disposed to us. He adds that 

 he hears everywhere of Spanish armies, but sees 

 none, and that the inactivity of the Central Junta 

 is quite fatal. Graham (with Castanos) writes to T. 

 Grenville the same account, and that the Spanish 

 armies are very small in number. I fear the truth 

 is that the enthusiasm has partly evaporated ; that 



