310 WAR AGAINST [1816. 



TO EAELGEEY. 



" January 22, 1816. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, I was quite vexed to hear 

 of this continued persecution of the complaint ; but I 

 gather from your letter that it is gone for the present, 

 except the lassitude. 



" I have a letter to-day from Sierakouski, from the 

 prison, where he has been these ten days, suffering 

 every sort of privation and annoyance. It is dated 

 the 22d. He writes bitterly of the legitime, and with 

 his wonted drollery, though he trusted his letter to the 

 post. He don't say why he is confined perhaps he 

 does not know. His letter is full of ' Poland/ which 

 is really very touching, considering his own personal 

 injuries. They are getting more satisfied with Alex- 

 ander, and hope some real good may be done. 



" As for your letter to Wilson, it don't signify a 

 straw. I am in the same scrape, having written to 

 Sierakouski the only letter I ever sent him by the 

 post. Luckily I did not sign it ; but if published it 

 will be known ; and I wrote freely, though, I believe, 

 only on Poland and the Magnanime. Ever yours, 



" H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAEL GEEY. 



" March 14, 1816. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, My resolutions of daily 

 writing to you have been quite frustrated by the heat 

 of the campaign. It has been, and continues to be, 

 even sharper than was expected. You have no idea 

 of it from Perry, even if you could see to read his vile 

 print, which beats my eyes. He gives all advantages 

 to the enemy, and makes Castlereagh appear to 



