-I have no pleasure in such
reading, and abstain from it all I can. But it is only justice to
say that Grey did in the House of Lords declare that his vote was
given on the ground of _not guilty_--admitting and condemning what
he thought great _improprieties_ in her conduct, but not thinking
the case of _adultery_ sufficiently proved.

I do not agree with him, as you know, in this opinion; but it is
not fair to impute it to him now as an inconsistency.

As for Bucks, I know not who your sheriff is, but I trust he is one
who will refuse, as his Berkshire neighbour has done, to call a
meeting; and if one is called by the four or five gentlemen of that
party in this county, I should most strongly _dissuade_ your giving
it so much countenance as to attend it and make it the scene of a
contest. You would be much stronger in the shape of a
counter-Address in that case.

MR. W. H. FREMANTLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Englefield Green, Dec. 29, 1820.

MY DEAR LORD,

Since I wrote to you last, we have had a great deal of discussion
regarding our presenting the Address. Lord Sidmouth interfered, and
said it would give offence to others if it were received as a body;
and the King then deputed me to select six gentlemen, which was
utterly impossible without giving offence; so that it has ended at
last in its going to the Secretary of State. This negotiation,
however, has brought me in contact with the King, who was
graciously pleased to see me yesterday, and kept me nearly an hour.
After the first two or three sentences about the Address, he
entered upon politics and the Queen and, in short, as you may
suppose, talking the whole time, there was hardly anything he did
not touch upon. It was evident from his language that his Ministry
was undecided up to the moment when he left town; for he said more
than once, "If my Government remain, or if partial changes take
place, which must be the case, it is necessary for them now to meet
the questions manfully. The tide of public opinion has changed, and
they must profit by it. If they surrender, they give up the
monarchy--the constitution--all that we hold sacred; for Lord Grey,
by his speech at Durham, has shown his connexion and his
determination to unite with the Radicals. He has declared (contrary
to his declaration in the L