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by no means reconciled to it ; but it is useless to oc- 

 cupy time and paper in vain regrets. Your exclusion 

 from the House of Commons, if it is to continue, I 

 shall consider as an irreparable loss both to your friends 

 and to the public, and nothing must be left unat- 

 tempted to prevent so great an evil. As far as my 

 efforts can be of any avail, you know they will not be 

 wanting ; but you know, also, how unsuccessful they 

 have been in a case in which I was no less interested 

 than yourself. However, after Parliament meets, per- 

 haps some unexpected opening may present itself, 

 and you may be assured it will not be neglected 

 by me. From your account, the exertions required 

 in a Liverpool contest are such as few people could 

 make. 



"I always fancied you were too sanguine about 

 America. Knowing the disposition of that Government, 

 I dreaded the effect of their being possessed of the 

 evidence given before the two Houses ; and for this the 

 ministers are deeply responsible. In truth, they will 

 have but a sorry budget to lay before the new Parlia- 

 ment. Eussia, Lord Cathcart's letters, and even the 

 state of Spain itself, or I am greatly mistaken, will, 

 before these matters come to be discussed, throw a ter- 

 rible gloom over the success of Salamanca. This Castle 

 of Burgos has already cost us above 1000 men, and 

 will probably cost us as many more before it falls, 

 even if the French do not fight for it, which I think 

 highly probable, as they have an effective force at 

 Pancorbo of 30,000 men ; and if they are aware of the 

 nature of ours, which contains only about 11,000 

 British, I think they will certainly try fortune in 

 another field. I have very detailed and intelligent 



