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be brought back to the Admiralty, and Erskine to be 

 Chancellor. But you will believe as much of this as 

 you please. I never can credit any story which is 

 built on the supposition of the Chancellor and Liver- 

 pool resigning ; certain it is, that some movements 

 towards a divorce have been in discussion, at least at 

 Carlton House ; and they have made so many blunders, 

 and so often raised the Princess of Wales up when she 

 was low, that I almost reckon upon their once more 

 giving her a helping hand, now that she is lower than 

 ever. They are not unlikely to show their teeth in 

 some half measure. 



" Meanwhile, some of our friends, eagerly catching 

 at the rumours of change, hold that if he begins to 

 turn out, he will end by changing them all ; the moral 

 of which is, that the party must remain quiet and 

 be ready to be taken in ! It seems incredible, but I 

 assure you this is the language. Jekyll has been giv- 

 ing them hopes, I suppose, for he says that the Whigs 

 have used the Prince shockingly ill, except two Lords, 

 Lansdowne and Holland. 



" I am sure the men I allude to can't be long taken 

 in by such vain hopes ; in which case they should not 

 speak such language, as it damages the character of 

 the party and alarms the stanch men. Ever yours 

 most truly, H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAUL GREY. 



"TEMPLE, November 14, 1814. 



(i DEAR LORD GREY, I am sure you will rejoice 

 when I tell you that 1 have this morning, in the Court 

 of Queen's Bench, given Ellenborough such a drubbing 

 as he will not soon recover, and that it succeeded in 



