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referring to the authorship of the Waverley Novels, 

 he said, " Sir, I must give your Eoyal Highness the 

 favourite answer of the day, ' Non mi ricordo/ ' 



The abandonment of the bill put an end to the 

 worst part of the evil which the country had suffered 

 for so long a period. The agitation, which had been 

 very great ever since the Queen's arrival, but excessive 

 since the proceedings in the Lords began, about three 

 months (17th August to 7th November), was now 

 nearly terminated, and very great risks had been 

 escaped. The danger to the peace of the country in 

 some degree to the monarchy was at an end. On 

 looking back to that time of anxiety, because of seri- 

 ous hazards in more ways than one, I feel that I had 

 nothing wherewith to reproach myself, and that all 

 had been done that was in my power to prevent any 

 risk from being run. Everything I could do had been 

 done to prevent the Queen from coming over, in re- 

 demption of the pledge I had given that no use of her 

 should ever be made for factious purposes. This was 

 fully acknowledged by the Government, as appears by 

 the following letter of Lord Liverpool, written just 

 before the St Omer negotiation : 



" Lord Liverpool presents his compliments to Mr 

 Brougham ; he has just received his note, and has only 

 to say in observation upon it, that Mr Brougham may 

 rely upon Lord L. doing full justice to Mr Brougham's 

 conduct in every part of the delicate transaction in 

 which he has been engaged. 



" Lord Liverpool has never doubted that it was Mr 

 Brougham's sincere wish to prevent the unpleasant 

 consequences which must arise from the arrival of the 



