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and Flushing ; though many talk of Brest. Brown- 

 ing leaves town on the 14th, and Lord Kosslyn 

 thinks it can't sail for three weeks, as they are waiting 

 for those transports from Lisbon, for which a convoy 

 had not been appointed on June 5th. The Duke of 

 York's family are talking loudly against Lord Chat- 

 ham's appointment, and they really have some reason. 

 " The trial of Wright v. Wardle has excited great 

 attention. Wardle says he is quite thunderstruck 

 with the perjuries of Mrs Clarke, &c. for that there 

 is not, from beginning to end, a word of truth in the 

 story. He is also outrageous against Best, for not 

 calling Dodd, and otherwise mismanaging his case. 

 We of the bar generally have a bad opinion of a 

 man's cause when he begins to throw the blame on 

 his counsel, but Wardle is to make some public 

 manifesto immediately, and to prosecute Mrs Clarke, 

 &c., for perjury. This will rather be funny, I think, 

 but it will do Wardle more harm than it can do the 

 Duke of York real good. Believe me truly yours, 



" H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAEL GREY. 



" July 12, 1809. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, I am much obliged to 

 you for your kind letter, by which I rejoice to find 

 that you disbelieve in the reports of peace at Vienna. 

 I have done so from the beginning, though I assure 

 you it is the prevailing opinion here. My notion is 

 that at present it would be too good for the Austrians. 



