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the whole are to be sent round to Cadiz. Was there 

 ever such wavering, childish behaviour yet seen, 

 even upon ordinary occasions, as the ministers have 

 shown through the whole of this greatest of all 

 affairs ? 



11 Lord Moira is much praised for his view of the 

 convention, but some wonder is expressed at his 

 joining in the vote about zeal, &c. The extravagant 

 praise of Lord Moira in the ' Courier,' and their con- 

 stant attacks on ministry, are very curious. Huskis- 

 son says the ' Courier ' is an unmanageable paper, 

 and I suppose it looks merely or chiefly to its sale ; 

 so that its attacks are rather a symptom of public 

 opinion than of any disunion among the ministers. 

 Always yours, most faithfully, II. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAEL GREY. 



" Saturday evening, six o'clock, 

 " January 21, 1809. 



" DEAR LORD GREY, I have only a moment to 

 say that the arrival of Charles Stewart (Castlereagh's 

 brother) seems a proof that Moore's army is out of 

 danger ; though certainly the transports had not all 

 arrived, but were coming into Corunna, and there is 

 a report that the news brought by Stewart is bad. 

 It seems to be certain that we have lost considerably 

 in constant skirmishes ; and that all our artillery is 

 gone. One account says, all the troops, except one 

 regiment, had embarked when Stewart came. This 

 is not true. The utmost extent of the ministerial in- 



