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damaged.'" His court-martial business is much against 

 him, and would probably have been much more if Sir 

 George Yonge had behaved with tolerable fairness and 

 prudence. 



' You promised to put down anything that sug- 

 gested itself as hints for some new Plymleys. I 

 think Sydney Smith will still fulfil his promise to me 

 on that score, though his soreness upon the attacks 

 lately made in the ' Quarterly Eeview ' may rather 

 indispose him at present. I forgot to mention that 

 General Murray is coming (if not come) home from 

 Portugal. His wife says it is because nothing will be 

 done in Portugal for some time ; but others ascribe 

 it to pique against Wellesley. However, if active 

 operations were likely soon to take place, he could 

 scarcely come away for such a reason. Believe me 

 ever with the greatest esteem, most faithfully yours, 



"H. BROUGHAM." 



"HowicK, June 24, 1809. 



"My DEAR BROUGHAM, I am much obliged to 

 you for your letter of Monday last. We certainly 

 shall be at home at the time the circuit passes this 

 country. I have no thoughts of going into Scotland, 

 and I hope you will give us as much of your time as 

 you can in your way to the north. I shall be ex- 

 ceedingly glad to see Malthus. 



" From what you say of the Hollands, nothing can 



* Colonel Wardle, now less known than Cobbett, was celebrated as 

 the promoter of the inquiry into the conduct of the Duke of York. 



