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the kind could be done without communication with you; that if the
arrangement in contemplation could have been made at present, an
offer would have been made to you which the Duke thinks would have
been agreeable to you; and he was quite certain nothing of the kind
would be done in future without something of the same kind. I
begged to understand from the Duke whether any partial change--such
as the introduction of Mr. Canning or Mr. Peel--would be considered
change? His answer was, that no change whatever would take place
without your being consulted and a party to it; and that he made
this communication to you with the knowledge and concurrence of
Lord Liverpool.

Believe me ever, my dear Lord,

Most sincerely yours,

W. H. FREMANTLE.

MR. CHARLES W. WYNN TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Whitehall, July 5, 1821.

MY DEAR B----,

I yesterday met Fremantle, who told me of his conversation with the
Duke of W----, which terminates that business just as I expected.
The moment that the pressure of immediate difficulty is removed by
the prorogation, they are content to go to sleep, just as they did
in autumn, and depend upon what good fortune, chance, or the
chapter of accidents may send them before next session, which will
find them just as unfit, unprepared, and incapable as the present
has left them. They all say that Lord Liverpool is in a state of
such nervous irritation, from mental distress and the accumulation
of business which has taken place in his absence, that it is
impossible to get an answer from him upon anything. I spoke the
other day to Lord Londonderry about Henry, and he held just the
same language as before--hope of making an early communication, but
had not yet been able to speak to Lord Liverpool.

Report states the intended reduction to be four regiments of
dragoons, three of infantry, and ten men per troop and company on
the remainder. I doubt the dragoons, since that would be lower than
the establishment of 1792.

The Ordnance is also to be well pared.

Ever yours,

C. W. W.

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

Stanhope Street, July 7, 1821.

MY DEAR LORD,

I am just come from the Duke of W----, who had shown your letter to
Lord Liverpool. Of course he said little upon it, more than
adm