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CHAPTER IX. 



CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ELECTION OF LORD GRENVILLE AS 

 CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD - INFLUENCE ON THE " CATHOLIC 

 CLAIMS" QUESTION OF GOING INTO PARLIAMENT CONFLICT- 



ING CLAIMS OF LAW AND POLITICS DUKE OF BEDFORD'S OFFER 

 OF A SEAT - 1 ACCEPT, AND AM RETURNED FOR CAMELFORD 

 FIRST SPEECH ON WHITBREAD's MOTION AGAINST LORD CHAT- 

 HAM, IN REFERENCE TO THE SCHELDT EXPEDITION - FLOGGING 

 IN THE ARMY, AND CASE OF THE HUNTS - JEFFREY AND THE 

 REVIEW LORD ERSKINE THE REGENCY QUESTION MINIS- 

 TERIAL DIFFICULTIES TO SERVE UNDER LORD GREY ON A 

 " SUPPOSED EVENT " JOHN ARCHIBALD MURRAY THE PENIN- 

 SULAR WAR SEAT FOR CAMELFORD NO LONGER AVAILABLE, 

 AND QUESTION OF CONTESTING WORCESTER IN THE " POPULAR" 

 INTEREST PROSPECTS OF CONTINENTAL POLITICS. 



HAVING just received from Oxford the result of the 

 contest for the Chancellorship, in which Lord Gren- 

 ville defeated Lord Eldon and the Duke of Beaufort, 

 I lost no time in communicating the joyful intelli- 

 gence to Lord Grey. 



TO EAEL GEEY. 



" December 15, 1809. 

 " Lord Grenville, 406 

 Lord Eldon, 393 



Duke of Beaufort, 238 



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