ny man who has the ambition to be decidedly the
one first man in the country, to take the course which in your
judgment leads most directly to the object of your wishes; but how
can I advise in this, who do not start from the same post or look
towards the same goal? I am prouder, it seems, for you than you are
for yourself, and while you seem anxious to establish a claim for
office in the present Government, I am too proud to see you as that
claimant, or to agree that any consideration should induce you to
take official share in this Government, unless it were for the
single act of dispensing to Ireland the blessing of Catholic
emancipation? This different view of your situation from that which
you entertain, leaves therefore no possibility of my old-fashioned
eyesight adopting what your younger and stronger eyes see with an
ardour of which mine are no longer capable. As long as I see my
dear Duke, I do not see upon earth anybody in whose prosperity and
happiness I take a warmer and more sincerely cordial feeling than I
do in yours--and that is better in an old, decaying uncle, than
discussions that he is no longer fit for.

This sensible communication anticipates the result of the overtures of
Mr. Canning, who was already beginning to feel his strength, and did
not hesitate to show it. What his object was is expressed in the next
letter; it was foiled by the Duke of Buckingham placing it in a strong
light before the observation of the now nominal Premier, Lord
Liverpool.

THE RIGHT HON. W. H. FREMANTLE TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

Englefield Green, Oct. 7, 1822.

MY DEAR DUKE,

I thank you for your communication, and am glad to find the whole
business, as far as it was connected with your party, is
terminated; I received a letter from Charles Wynn yesterday
morning, informing me of the result of your communication with Lord
Liverpool.

No one can undoubtedly so well judge the question, as it may affect
your honour and character, as yourself; the removal of Charles Wynn
from the Cabinet, if done either by intrigue or force, was a
measure which you could not submit to, and if you were satisfied
that such was the intention, the steps you adopted were such as
became you; I consider that it would have been impossible for any
one of your party who had accepted office, to hold it one moment