532 POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE. [1811. 



be the less disposed to take it, from the circumstance 

 of his never having hinted at such a thine;. It might 



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be a convenience to him, and would (as far as I at 

 present can perceive) do very little harm to me, or 

 rather the contrary, as a single session is not worth 

 speaking of, and would indeed render my return to 

 parliamentary practice still more difficult than the 

 two sessions already elapsed have at any rate made 

 it. I should thank you to turn this matter in your 

 mind, and let me know what occurs to you. Ever 

 most truly yours, H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAEL GEEY. 



"TEMPLE, Dec. 3 ; 1811. 



" DEAR LORD GREY, I have seen scarcely any- 

 body, except Alexander Baring, who was here yester- 

 day. He gives a curious account of some things, 

 which, I have no doubt, will interest you. He is a 

 very accurate man, and has better foreign correspond- 

 ence than anybody, and has lately seen Russell, the 

 new American Charge d' Affaires, who has come from 

 Paris. 



" First, then, Baring holds it to be next to certain 

 tli at in spring there will be a rupture between France 

 and Russia, and that Sweden is not with France. He 

 says he knows that Bernadottc, not long since, said, 

 ' Moi, j'aimc la France jusqu'au Rliin/ But this is 

 only a sample of his evidence. He is quite convinced 

 of these things. Next, he has seen returns of all the 

 French forces, and it results from thence that there 



