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cause the King said he must write what he had to 

 say with his own hand. As soon as he was able he 

 did so, and Wellington and Copley read it to Denman 

 when he went to them last Sunday. It alluded gen- 

 erally to the misunderstanding of his quotation, and 

 among other things (which I think very gallant) took 

 the whole blame on himself, exonerating Eldon as well 

 as Copley by name, and stating that he had expressly 

 forbidden them ever to mention Denman to him. It 

 is fair to say that if the King laboured under such a 

 belief or even suspicion, he was in a predicament in 

 which men seldom reason or even think at all. 



" But it will be very strange if after this (the most 

 difficult of all subjects to come near) the Duke should 

 find anything insuperable in the objections to Wilson. 



" You might observe a mysterious statement in the 

 ' Times/ as if from authority, about the King having 

 come round on the Catholic question. Nobody seems 

 to understand how far this is correct ; but certainly if 

 he is to be brought round, it ought to be tried before 

 the Duke of Cumberland comes, who is fuller of spirits 

 and all mischief than ever, and says he will come if he 

 lives in a coffee-house. In fact, he wants to start for the 

 Eegency under the Orange colours making the Bruns- 

 wick clubs his handle for the purpose of setting himself 

 up with the country. Yours ever, H. BROUGHAM. 



" An odd story is talked of, that Bishop Sumner 

 urged the King to forgiveness of enemies when he 

 gave the sacrament." 



"LANCASTER, March 28, 1829. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, I agree with all you say 

 as to the unpalatable nature of the 40s. bill. The 



