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pleased to have a report of the committee, or a vote 

 of the House, to prevent him from giving the mer- 

 chants the money they want. It was clear that they 

 did not venture to let Pole speak when "Ward put the 

 question. 



" I shall go to the circuit about the end of next 

 week. In case you are coming up, and pass near 

 York, pray let me know the time that I may have 

 the chance of seeing you. I am first going special to 

 Lincoln, but shall be at York after Tuesday. 



" I trust Lady Grey is not the worse for the anxiety 

 you have all been suffering, and which I have felt on 

 all your accounts very sincerely. Believe me most 

 faithfully yours, H. BROUGHAM. 



" I dined the other day with the little princess 

 at Kensington. She asked three or four times for 

 you, and expressed the greatest desire to meet you 

 again. 



" She also spoke with great delight of Whitbread's 

 last speech/' 



TO EABL GEEY. 



"July 23, 1811. 



" DEAR LORD GREY, Finding you are at Southill, 

 I fire this after you in the hopes that it may reach 

 you before you set out. What I wish to apprise you 

 of is a few particulars touching the late debates in 

 the House of Commons, which the newspapers could 

 not tell. 



" All the prince's friends voted against us regularly 



