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they could not find any opening to break in upon, and 

 were therefore prevented from interrupting me. They 

 tried twice early, but Ellenborough, losing temper, fell 

 into a gross error and was fairly beaten, which gave 

 me the rest of the day pretty easy. In summing up, 

 he attacked me with a personal bitterness wholly un- 

 known in a court, and towards a counsel who, you 

 know, is presumed, of course, to speak his client's senti- 

 ments most gross and unjustifiable. All the profes- 

 sion are with me, and he is either in a scrape, or next 

 door to it. He coarsely hinted at Lord Holland's 

 having had a Cabinet place, though convicted of 

 adultery, by way of showing that the Prince is not 

 more immoral than his father. In short, he is quite 

 exposed. After all his fury, the jury, to his infinite 

 astonishment, hesitated, and then withdrew. I was 

 obliged to leave the court to attend a consultation 

 elsewhere in another cause, so don't know the result, 

 but there is scarcely a chance. I have heard a report 

 of the verdict being soon after given, of guilty ; but 

 the retiring is of itself really a victory in the circum- 

 stances. Ever yours truly, H. BROUGHAM. 



"5 o'clock. 



" P. S. Accounts just received that in twenty or 

 twenty-five minutes (passed by the court in great 

 agitation) they found us guilty." 



TO EAKL GEEY. 



"December 16, 1812. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, The 



news about Bonaparte, though probably much ex- 

 aggerated, is certainly very important ; and the Con- 



