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sarily. The ten days are elapsed, and I have heard no 

 more. If he should come, or if he should write to me 

 again so as to give me a fair opening, I could suggest 

 as my own wish, which would follow naturally from 

 what I have already said, the expediency of his opening 

 a communication with your friends. 



" If Liverpool fails, I shall be anxious to hear that 

 you have a resource. Have you given up CalcrafVs 

 seat ? I see no reason why you should, and I will 

 hope not. I have received no further communication 

 with respect to the seat I mentioned to you, so I sup- 

 pose the person to whom it was offered has accepted. 

 I only wish to have the means pointed out to me by 

 which I can be of any use, for I can assure you with 

 the greatest truth there are few political events that I 

 should lament so much as your being out of Parliament, 

 or to prevent which I would use greater exertions. 

 Many of our friends are, I fear, unprovided for, and 

 amongst the rest Tierney. Buying seats is now out 

 of the question, and I have come to the same deter- 

 mination as Eomilly, to have nothing to do with any 

 transaction of that nature. 



" Every account I receive confirms those which had 

 reached me before of the determination of Government 

 to dissolve ; but in a letter which I received last night 

 the King is stated to be so ill that this determination 

 will probably be suspended. It undoubtedly would be 

 a very awkward thing if he was to die before the writs 

 are returnable, or even after the new Parliament should 

 be assembled, before any bill could be passed to provide 

 against such an event. Perhaps, under all the circum- 

 stances, there never was a moment in which dissolution 

 was less to be justified. 



