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use of your brother's hand, as I write with pain and 

 difficulty, and the Queen has refused to give any, even 

 the shortest, delay. I have the honour to be, Sir, with 

 great regard, your most obedient humble servant, 



" HUTCHINSON." 



Lord Hutchinson's letter having been submitted to 

 the Queen, her Majesty directed me to answer it as 

 follows : 



" Mr Brougham is commanded by the Queen to 

 acknowledge the receipt of Lord Hutchinson's letter, 

 and to inform his Lordship that it is quite impossible 

 for her Majesty to listen to such a proposition. 



" 6 o'clock, June 4, 1820." 



To this I received immediately the following 

 reply : 



" ST OMER, 5 o'clock, June 4, 1820. 



"My DEAR SIR, I should wish that you would 

 enter into a more detailed explanation. But to show 

 you my anxious and sincere wish for an accommoda- 

 tion, I am willing to send a courier to England to ask 

 for further instruction, provided her Majesty will 

 communicate to you whether any part of the proposi- 

 tion which I have made would be acceptable to her ; 

 and if there is anything which she may wish to offer 

 to the English Government on her part, I am willing 

 to make myself the medium through which it may 

 pass. I have the honour to be, &c., 



" HUTCHINSON." 



Before I received this letter, the Queen had left St 



