502 THE WELLINGTON GOVERNMENT. [1828. 



" All tHis, however, is vague conjecture ; and all that 

 I can say is, that the time is fast approaching when 

 something more satisfactory must be required. We 

 can no longer be amused with an uncertain hope that 

 something may be done. The evil is beyond the reach 

 of palliatives ; and though I could not take upon my- 

 self the responsibility of rejecting any measures of this 

 nature on the contrary, I should wish to give them 

 every possible chance of success my conviction is that 

 they would but ' skin and film the ulcerous place/ and 

 that the smothered fire would be left to break out at 

 a more dangerous season with irresistible force. 



" You say nothing of your health, which I hope is 

 better. 



" I am sure you will be sorry to hear that I have 

 lost my poor brother at Portsmouth. Ever yours 

 most truly, GREY." 



P.S. " I do not mean to throw any blame on Lord 

 Anglesey or Dawson for what they have done, which 

 was right in itself ; but it must naturally produce the 

 effect I have mentioned whilst any doubt remained of 

 the course the Government at home intended to take." 



With the Canning party I of course had less com- 

 munication on this great question, because we had not 

 come fully together, though we approached nearer at 

 the end of the session than before. During the recess 

 after the session in which Huskisson and the remains 

 of the Canning party had left the Duke's Government, 

 or been driven out by him there were constant dis- 

 cussions among our friends who had severed them- 

 selves from the temporary connection with that party, 



