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for leaving it and going to Howick, which strongly 

 tempts me, but in reality I have no such excuse. 



" I have no news from town, except that the Prince 

 at Brighton associates wholly with his select set Yar- 

 mouth, Lord Fife, Lord Lowther, &c. and never spoke 

 to Lord Holland. 



" Eemember me to all at Howick, particularly my 

 companion in distress, Lord Eobert, whose accident I 

 am extremely sorry to hear of. I hope he was blooded. 

 Yours ever most truly, H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAEL GKEY. 



"BENTON, August 22, 1813. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, At length I am allowed to 

 go out, and to leave this to-morrow, though I verily 

 believe I might have travelled in all safety three days 

 ago. I hope Lord Eobert has felt no inconvenience 

 from his fall. The forts don't fall, and Soult is in 

 force. It seems highly probable that we shall be soon 

 attacked again, unless Soult can count upon the forts 

 holding out till November, in which case he may 

 remain quiet, and reckon upon our retreating at the 

 usual time. 



" The chief interest seems again to be transferred to 

 Germany, where it appears that the armistice is at an 

 end. But I can't quite believe the prodigious news in 

 to-day's ' Chronicle ' of Austria declaring war on the 

 10th; at least on Perry's evidence it is quite incredible, 

 for Bernadotte's bulletin of the 13th takes no notice of 

 Austria at all. The news seems to come from Gotten- 

 borg, and no other quarter; and, to say the least, is not 

 probable. If Bonaparte has chosen to have Austria 

 against him too, it will show great confidence in his 



