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the Duke of York's is strong against Bernadotte, and 

 that they openly wish Tie may do nothing in Holland. 



" Canning's speech last night, Ihear, failed greatly; it 

 was a mere collection of clap-traps, which caught very 

 ill. Indeed, as it appears in the newspapers, it looks 

 like something made out of the ' Morning Post ' and 

 ' Elegant Extracts.'* 



" Ward seems uncomfortable, as he well may be, after 

 the disbanding. I heard a j oke of Lord Byron's annoyed 

 him t'other day, though it was a baddish sort of pun. 

 Ward was talking of being ' rewhigged,' and Lord 

 Byron said he fancied he wanted to be 'rewarded! 

 They have fired an epigram at him, which is not much 

 better ; I suppose it is Tom Moore's : 



' W d has no heart, they say, but I deny it ; 

 He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.' 



" You heard, I suppose, of Sheridan having at length 

 been arrested, owing to his usual folly and delays. He 

 is out again, but was beyond measure annoyed by 

 it. It is not much known, and had better not be 

 mentioned : really nothing can be more lamentable 

 than his coming to such an end. The Prince talks of 

 providing for Jekyll and Adam as soon as he can. 

 Ever yours truly, H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EARL GREY. 



"TEMPLE, November 27, 1813. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, As you may suppose, the 

 people continue intoxicated with the good news more 

 of which may be daily expected ; for Italy will prob- 



* This seems to refer to Canning's speech on 17th November, in the 

 debate on Lord Castlereagh's motion for a committee of the whole 

 House " on the Foreign Treaties." See Hansard, 144 



