functions of any
judge. To say the truth, Lord Grenville is so great an enemy to the
principle of exclusion, that he suggested, instead of the clause as
it now stands, that no Lord Chancellor should dispose of any Church
preferment till he had subscribed the Thirty-nine Articles; but
upon suggesting this alteration, we found it would raise such a
storm from the Dissenters (who are already moving in all directions
against the measure), that there was no option but to abandon it.
It will be a satisfaction to you to know that Lord Grenville has
been consulted throughout, and has himself revised and corrected
the Bills. He appears exceedingly anxious for the success of them;
and certainly, when we reflect how much his public life has been
connected and mixed up, as it were, with the Catholic question, we
cannot be surprised at the exultation he would naturally feel at
witnessing the complete triumph of opinions he has so long and so
uniformly held.

The anti-Catholic country gentlemen complain of the apathy of the
country; and the King has told Lord Fife he hopes he will vote
according to his fancy on the question. These are favourable
symptoms.

Believe me, your faithful and obliged,

JOSEPH PHILLIMORE.

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

March 15, 1821.

I am most sensible, my dear B----, of the kindness of your
continued and active interest for Henry, and, if I saw anything
like an opening, should not hesitate to follow up the overture
which you have made in his behalf; but unless some new circumstance
had occurred since your letter to Lord Liverpool, which presented a
mode of effecting its object, I really should think it too early to
make a second application; besides which, I quite agree with my
uncle, that, in the present situation of affairs, it is preferable
that any application of this nature should, as you have yourself
determined, proceed through Lord Liverpool rather than Lord
Castlereagh; but if I can get an opportunity of reminding
Castlereagh, I certainly will not neglect it.

Everything I see and everything I hear contribute to make me more
and more sanguine respecting the Catholic question. The tide
clearly sets at present in its favour, and the King's good
inclinations are every day more and more surmised. The principal