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" In the mean time I am fairly out of Parliament, 

 which is rather absurd after all that has happened. 

 Cal craft has never written a line to me, which is odd ; 

 but he probably reckoned on my coming in here. I 

 am far more concerned for Komilly, and of course you 

 must be annoyed about Tierney. You should write to 

 Lord Thanet, for he seems to have a place kept open ; 

 at least so my brother tells me, who conducted it for 

 him at Appleby, and was chaired for old Courtney, 

 who, he says, is only a stop - gap. Lord Thanet, I 

 know, is favourably disposed towards Tierney, and 

 likes him. 



" As for William Lamb and Horner, I regret it not ; 

 the former does not do much good, and the latter has 



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no chance of living unless he is kept perfectly quiet. 

 This I am sure of, having had him with me nearly a 

 week before I came here, and observed his illness. 



" For myself, I can, now that I am out, seriously 

 say, what I wrote to you before it happened, and when 

 my chance was not so bad, that it does not grieve me 

 very much. Don't you think I received in one hour 

 sufficiently bad news Komilly's losing Bristol, my 

 own loss of Wareham, my failure at Liverpool, and 

 the final rupture with America I I assure you, spc.alc- 

 in<j under such circumstances was no pleasant concern. 

 Excuse all these personal details ; but I know how 

 great an interest you take in me. Ever most faith- 

 fully yours, II. BUOUCHAM." 



Although, as I said to Lord Grey, I did not much 

 grieve at the Liverpool defeat, I could not but feel 

 that I had been entirely sacrificed to Eoscoe's absurd 

 obstinacy in attempting to carry two members, when 



