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accounts from the army, from which I think you would 

 conclude, that if Bonaparte himself were there, or even 

 if the armies in Spain were under one direction, there 

 cannot be the slightest doubt of their having even now, 

 in the Peninsula, sufficient means to compel us to 

 abandon the country. These accounts also state the 

 greatest distress for want of money, which is produc- 

 tive of such evils, that if anything should happen to 

 Lord Wellington, I am inclined to believe we should 

 very soon retire from our present advanced positions, 

 though no very active exertions are made by the 

 enemy. 



" Lady Grey desires to be very kindly remembered 

 to you. I wish we could hope, now that your elec- 

 tioneering is over, that you would execute your pro- 

 mised scheme of making an excursion over the hills to 

 Howick. Ever yours most truly, GREY. 



" P.S. I have some strong grounds for suspecting 

 that Moira is going to India." 



Like Lord Grey, Homer had been very sanguine, 

 and firmly persuaded that I should succeed at Liver- 

 pool : the failure was a great disappointment to him, 

 and that he felt it deeply is evident from the follow- 

 ing letter, for Homer was not of a very demonstrative 

 nature, and rarely gave vent to his feelings either in 

 words or writing : 



FEOM FEANCIS HOENEE, ESQ. 



"LINCOLN'S INN, October 21, 1812. 



" MY DEAR BROUGHAM, The event at Liverpool is 

 a bitter and painful disappointment, for which I was 



