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last night, but I cannot say whether it is so for cer- 

 tain. My authority is Taggart the apothecary. 



" All our friends still talk of Lord Wellesley's com- 

 ing into office as certain. I suspect it not to be quite 

 certain. He may be scared by the view of things 

 when he arrives, having hitherto had only Perceval's 

 flattering account of it, and they may disagree about 

 the offices. 



" I am sorry to hear you have the measles among 

 you, though of a gentle kind. Believe me yours 

 truly, H. BROUGHAM. 



" P.S. I finished the review of Moore before term 

 began, and am in daily expectation of the sheets, 

 which I shall send you. The short notice of your 

 speech, which you will find in it, is no sort of com- 

 pliment, for I can appeal to many witnesses whether 

 I did not admire it as much as possible at the time 

 and in private. 45 " 



" Wardle has got (cunningly enough) a hold over 

 the ' Morning Post/ He has commenced suits enough 

 to ruin it, and keeps them hanging over its head. 



" There are letters from Harry Bouverie of the 26th 

 October. They speak slightingly at headquarters of 

 the Duke of Parque's affair." 



* Article on "The Conduct of the War" in the * Edinburgh Review' 

 for October 1809 ; reprinted in Contributions, 297. It is called the 

 review on Moore because the first title at the head of the article is " A 

 Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain commanded 

 by His Excellency Lt.-Gen. Sir John Moore, &c. By James Moore, 

 Esq." 



