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    men to consider It dispassionately . If we could bury it ia oblivion for a short time , and employ that time diligently in the consideration of its difficulties on all sides , ( for they are very great , ) I should not despair of seeing a satisfactory remedy . Believe me , my dear Sir , ever your most faithful , humble servant ,

    " * WELLINGTON . ' " 'London , Dec . Uth . >" His Grace ' s parliamentary explanations have never been very happy , and one might have imagined that a channel of the sort before us would have been selected with a view to greater precision and greater choice of expression , as well as to avoid all hazard of misconception . It can hardly be said , however , that any of these objects have been attained in the present case . The meaning of the few lines before us has been a fruitful source of

    discussion ; but the substance seems to be , that his Grace is greatly troubled with the noise on both sides , but more especially with that of his friends . He is too much a man of the world to believe that quiet is to be expected , or asked with any decency , from the one of two cotabatants who has the luck to be undermost , and to be feeling the weight not only of his opponent , but of his opponent ' s blows ; and we have therefore no doubt but that the real grievance which is felt by his Grace arises from the unmanageable zealots of his own party , without whom he would be nobody , and with whom he cannot do what it is perfectly clear he is aware he ought to do .

    So mucn , however , for the state of opinion on this subject held by the great leader and hope of the Orange men . A delightful state of organization this party truly presents ! We see a leader openly avowing the folly and madness of his followers ; and those followers , there can be no doubt , are terribly distrustful of their organ , yet do not dare to withdraw their allegiance , because neither Newcastle , Winchelsea , nor Kenyon , have yet ventured to think themselves fit to take his place .

    Next comes in due order the Primate's answer , famous for but little , we fear , except for its connexion with that which gave it birth , and with that of which it was subsequently the occasion . As his Reverence determined to send an answer , he might , we should think , have found a better scribe , for truly he has not preached so good a sermon as might have been looked for from such a text . Such as it is , however , we place it here to complete the chain of our history . " Drogheda , Dec . 19 , 1828 .

    My Lord Duke , — I have never been more agreeably surprised in my life than by the unexpected honour of receiving * your Grace ' s very kind and even friendly letter of the 11 th instant , which , coming * from so high a quarter , I should naturally wish to reserve , if possible ; but as it was franked by yourself , the news of its arrival was known all over this town ( as might be expected from a provincial post-office ) before the letter reached my hands : so that I was obliged , in your Grace ' s defence and my own , to communicate its

    contents to a few chosen friends , for the satisfaction of the multitude , who might otherwise fabricate ia its stead some foolish , or perhaps mischievous , nonsense of their own . But , fortunately , your Grace ' s letter contained only such liberal and benevolent sentiments as all parties must eulogise , and none could possibly malign . Besides , it very sensibly strengthens the testimony that I , as a faithful witness , have on all occasions given of your generous , upright , and impartial disposition .

    " It would be somewhat worse than ridiculous in me to offer any thing in the shape of political advice to a consummate statesman , at the bead of the first cabinet in or out of Europe ; but as your Grace h ! as so humanely condeflCended to mention some of the difficulties tending to paralyze your efforts to

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    110 Cathxrfic Question .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/38/