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Morland was acting under his instructions. 

 Mr. Pusey replied as follows : — 



PusEY, Dec. loth, 1844. 

 My Dear Berkeley, — It is perfectly true that 

 whatever Mr. Morland has done since our meeting 

 at Faringdon has been done with my entire concur- 

 rence, either previous or subsequent. I certainly, as 

 you say, am not versed in such matters, but when 

 this unpleasant dispute became known, Barrington, 

 Throckmorton and myself called a meeting at Faring- 

 don in the hope of affecting a friendly arrangement. 

 You are doubtless aware of the resolutions passed at 

 that meeting, which I communicated to Lord Gifford ; 

 and also that when our proposal to appoint two 

 arbitrators on each side was rejected I endeavoured, 

 though unauthorised, to bring about a settlement, 

 proposing at once the utmost terms of concession 

 to Lord Gifford's hunt which I could hope would 

 be acceptable on our side of the country. Having 

 distinctly stated them to be the most I could venture 

 to offer, I was certainly disappointed, on attending at 

 Cirencester for the purpose of concluding the arrange- 

 ment, to find further concessions required, which put 

 an end to what seemed to have been almost com- 

 pleted. It has been our wish throughout to bring 

 about an arrangement which should not interfere 

 with the sport or annoy the feelings of Lord Gifford 

 or any Gloucestershire gentleman. There is one 

 point, however, arising out of your letter which I 

 am bound to advert to, although I do so with sincere 

 regret ; I mean your expression as to rough usage. 

 Lord Gifford had also spoken of gentlemen coming 

 up from your part of the country to see Mr. Mor- 

 land's meet at Buscot. I have no choice, therefore, 

 but to state to you the course which Sir R. Throck- 



