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me alone, and had paid far more attention to my 

 advice than she has done, I feel that my sense of 

 public duty could not have carried me further than I 

 went, considering the duty which I owed to my client. 

 To that length these two duties coincided perfectly ; 

 and though I cannot allow myself for a moment to 

 suppose that the Queen runs any risk by the step she 

 is taking, yet I am certain that she exposes herself to 

 trouble which might have been avoided. I have the 

 honour to be your Lordship's obedient servant, 



" H. BROUGHAM. 



" P.S. I afterwards wrote a still stronger remon- 

 strance to Calais, which may produce some effect, 

 though I hardly dare to hope it. Mr Alderman Wood 

 and Lady Anne Hamilton went with the Queen ; and 

 neither of them are acquainted with any one part of 

 her case. It seems difficult, therefore, to suppose that 

 they should offer advice, and still more so to imagine 

 that it can be taken." 



(Private.) 



TO THE EAEL OF LIVERPOOL. 



" ST OMER, Monday morning, June 5, 1820. 



" MY LORD, -The courier sent from Calais early this 

 morning must have reached your Lordship before this 

 can arrive ; and the Queen will in all probability have 

 reached London also. 



"I shall be there to-morrow evening, if the wind 

 permits ; and I have only to request that the message 

 to Parliament may not be sent till I am in my place. 

 I trust I need hardly repeat to your Lordship my 

 assurances how much I regret the failure of this nego- 



