Commons, is worthy observation. Talbot, who made one of my
morning's levee, told me that at White's last night, all was hurra!
and triumph. Charles Sturt and other youngsters took part at the
bar, to echo the "Hear, hear," from Fitzpatrick and Burke, of
Fox's doctrine; yet the "Hear, hear," was but little caught or
repeated, though given loudly. Looking back to the history of this
"Man of the People," and to his present conduct, in despite of his
talents of logical discrimination, I begin almost to doubt whether
his weakness or profligacy is transcendant. Pitt's language was
most masterly and decisive; and has been done but little justice to
in the papers of this day. The general tenor of subject they will
give you, but what I have seen does not touch on the overthrow of
Fox's resort to the doctrine that Parliament was of "Kings, Lords,
and Commons; that no two branches thereof could make _a law_," by
the just and constitutional distinction between the two Houses
making a law, and the providing or giving efficiency to the third
executive branch of Legislature in cases of defect, whatever it may
be. The report of the physicians being ordered to be printed, will
be out to-morrow, when I will send it, with a few remarks. Our
great days are to be Monday and Tuesday.

It will scarcely escape your Lordship's penetration, that when Fox
said recognition of the Prince's claim _de jure_ to be the sole
right and province of Parliament, implied an act of the House to
debate, and, if to debate, to decide upon. So idle is genius! I see
through the motive power: if Parliament has a right to confer
power, it has a right to say what sort of power. So far Fox's
penetration reached, and so he boldly denied the major of the
proposition; and then, in a puzzle for consistency of popular
attachment to good old rights of the Lords and Commons, and his
subscription to the pillar at Runnymede, run into the contradiction
of admitting the major in shape of _recognitions_. It is impossible
yet to foresee what tergiversation will take place, or how many
will sacrifice their principles to the rising sun; forgetting that
apostacy to honest principles requires that there should be a
transcendancy of merit of another sort--namely, of great ability to
be useful to make that apostacy