rgain by which he had bartered the principles he has always
maintained in order to obtain this place; that his influence
would be entirely lost; a ferment produced in Ireland which he
would be unable to suppress, and the Government would be placed
in great difficulty. He therefore thinks himself bound to refuse
the Rolls, and to continue to exert his influence to keep matters
quiet, and enable the Government to accomplish the settlement of
the pending questions, hoping that at some future time an
opportunity may occur of raising him to the Bench, of which he
may be able to avail himself. Lord Tavistock, who told me this,
says no one could behave better than he has done about it, and he
gives him credit (as the whole party do) for sincerity and purity
of motive. Taking his recent conduct generally in connexion, with
this refusal, I am disposed to believe that his motives are good,
and that he is really desirous of aiding in the compromise which
is about to take place, and promoting the great work of Irish
pacification, not probably without some personal views and
objects; and if the present Government remains in, his present
act of self-denial will be 'reculer pour mieux sauter,' and find
its reward in the Chief Justiceship whenever Lord Chief Justice
Bush retires, of which there is already a question.

The debate in the House of Lords the night before last, on
Londonderry's Spanish motion, elicited from Lord Minto a curious
fact (that is, the fact was asserted and not denied) that orders
had been sent from hence to our ships of war to prevent by force
any aid being given to Don Carlos by the ships of other nations,
and that a Sardinian frigate had actually been forcibly
prevented. It has made a great sensation here among the
diplomatists.

Another thing much talked of is the speech which Lord Anglesey
made at the Waterloo dinner when he gave the Duke's health. He
said that

'it was superfluous to talk of his military achievements,
but that he must express his admiration of his conduct in
civil matters, especially in the House of Lords during
the present session, when he had shown how superior he
was to all party considerations and purposes, and when he
had given his support to a Government in which it was
well known he placed no confidence, because he thought
that the national honour and interest required that they
should be supported.'

Of course, a speech reported at second