d you are, there will I be.

LORD GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Malvern Wells, July 24, 1820.

You will, perhaps, have heard from my brother, to whom I wrote the
day I knew it, of the very handsome and kind manner in which the
Divinity Professorship at Oxford has been offered to Hodgson
through me, and I am sure it will have given you pleasure both on
his account and mine.

Lord Liverpool could hardly have found a more delicate or a more
effectual way of gratifying me, and I must say he has done so very
much indeed.

The appointment is, in all other respects, one that must do him
credit, and I trust it may lead to still further prospects for
Hodgson. It has long been a matter of deep mortification to me to
think how much Hodgson's universally acknowledged merits had been
put by on the account of the part he had taken in my support, and I
delight now in thinking that he will ultimately not be a loser by
that circumstance.

We shall, of course, meet on the 17th, if indeed that day is
adhered to; but, after so many delays, one hardly knows how to
reckon on any fixed time for this unpleasant business.

The revolution at Naples was wholly unexpected. Had it been looked
for, there was the ready resource of Austrian troops, which I still
hope may be effective in preserving tranquillity in the rest of
Italy.

DR. PHILLIMORE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Whitehall, July 26, 1820.

MY DEAR LORD,

I have to return your Lordship many thanks for the proxy, though,
owing to my bad writing, it took such a circuit that it would have
been too late here for any good purpose had proxies been called
for, which they were not. Lord Ellenborough, to propitiate the
Chancellor, materially altered the form of the Bill, which enabled
that _wily_ adversary to throw it out altogether, which I doubt
very much whether he could have done had the alterations made in it
not given a fair pretext of want of more time to consider them. A
great point was, however, gained by the discussion, for Lord
Liverpool admitted that a considerable alteration must be made in
the existing law, and guarded his vote by this statement. Ministers
certainly appear low, and I have no doubt are under great alarm.
Dr. Lushington has given Lord Liverpool formal notice that the
Queen will