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men, as Auckland, Lushington, Leonard Homer, Loch, 

 &c.) agree in this, that the delight of all who have 

 been admitted was perfect : 700 or 800 were allowed 

 to attend the opening lectures (including the students), 

 and the rooms and halls were thrown open to them. 

 The two first lectures, Bell's and Dr Cond ley's, have 

 had the greatest success ! and the entry of students at 

 starting exceeds (the medical men say) anything before 

 known in London, at the opening of a course namely, 

 54. The professors and all concerned are therefore 

 in the highest spirits, and we may consider the medi- 

 cal school as fairly launched. The general depart- 

 ment will be much benefited by this success ; but still 

 I reckon on it being far less speedily in vogue, espe- 

 cially the Greek, Latin, and other elementary courses. 

 However, all will, I am confident, be right in the 

 end. 



" I wish I could feel as comfortable about Ireland, 

 but I own I never saw things in a more gloomy light 

 in that quarter. It seems plain, too, that there has 

 been a most favourable opportunity lost; for the 

 Catholic leaders (priests and all) are clearly alarmed, 

 and would be disposed heartily to join in pacifying the 

 country. What the Government can mean or whether 

 they have any meaning at all seems impossible to 

 discover. Dawson's language is stronger in London 

 than it was at Deny ; yet I hear that everybody about 

 the Duke of Wellington has been holding higher lan- 

 guage against concession than ever. Can he possibly 

 have made up his mind to a civil war \ Bishops 

 Doyle and Murray are in London, and I am told they 

 represent things as in the most frightful state. Yours 

 ever most truly, H. BROUGHAM. 



