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situation, with Bragge and Yansittart and Goulburn 

 to back him. But next best to that will be Canning, 

 with his unpopularity both out of doors and in, and 

 all the cabals he will give rise to. If the Chancellor, 

 too, is to go out, I hardly know whether they won't 

 lose more upon the whole by having him. 



" Scarlett is strongly impressed, from a conversation 

 he had with Lord Lonsdale, with the notion that the 

 ministers cannot well go on, now that Castlereagh is 

 dead. Lord Lonsdale represented Castlereagh as the 

 only one of them who had any hold over the King. 

 There may be something in this ; but I consider the 

 Duke of York to be in reality the link with the King. 

 Indeed he is more the King than anything else, and 

 we ought perhaps to let this be talked of as the only 

 way of opening the King's eyes. Believe me ever 

 truly yours, H. BROUGHAM." 



To this letter I received from Lord Grey the follow- 

 ing answer : 



" HOWICK, Aug. 30, 1822. 



"MY DEAR BROUGHAM, I received your letter from 

 Lancaster yesterday. The account you give of Can- 

 ning confirms the opinion I had previously formed 

 at the end of the session, that if a new writ was 

 not moved for Liverpool, it seemed clear that he 

 wished to remove all the chances of a change in his 

 destination; and his language now, added to what 

 must obviously be the wish of his friends, convinces 

 me that if a fair proposal is made to him, he will not 

 hesitate much in abandoning the prospects of a for- 

 tune in India for those of power at home. Whether 

 he will make a good calculation in doing so, remains 



