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is a good ground for hanging it over their heads, and 

 I have begged the Duke of Sussex to use it thus in 

 case you don't come. He may say that the ministers 

 having acknowledged their responsibility, and the for- 

 mation of an establishment requiring a little time, he 

 defers the motion till the beginning of next session, in 

 the hopes of their acting in the interval so as to meet 

 the universal wish of the country. The motion is put 

 off (meanwhile) to Wednesday, to give time for hear- 

 ing your pleasure, by which it will be regulated. You 

 can either write to Lord Eosslyn or the Duke of Sus- 

 sex ; and according to your letter it will be fixed for 

 Friday, or put off as above. The chief reasons that 

 make me desire this arrangement are, the vast impres- 

 sion our questions have made as one proof, see the 

 ' Times ' wheeling round suddenly, as it did in the 

 Princess of Wales' s case ; but it is quite general and 

 strong and next, the fear of mischief happening if 

 active measures are taken when neither you nor my- 

 self are there. Indeed, your absence is decisive our 

 friends, many of them, being wavering, to say the least. 

 The conduct of some is without excuse Lauderdale 

 so zealous for Carlton House that he took the regular 

 ministerial ground of requiring explanation and notice ! 

 He was properly licked by Holland, notwithstanding 

 Lady Holland's violence against the young Princess, 

 for no reason that I can divine except personal spite 

 towards me. 



" Upon the whole, everything is well at present, and 

 may be kept so and improved by prudent manage- 

 ment. The press quite right and zealous. One word 

 on Westminster before I conclude. They begin now 

 to throw the blame on George Ponsonby and Whit- 



