ve me, ever yours most sincerely,

WELLINGTON.

DR. PHILLIMORE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Doctors' Commons, March 29, 1821.

MY DEAR LORD,

I should have sent your Lordship yesterday the result of Tuesday's
debate, but that I was shut up all the morning with Sir John
Newport _and Co._, on the subject of the clauses relating to the
securities. You will perceive that several inaccuracies are
corrected; and amongst other amendments, I believe most of the
alterations you suggested have been introduced--all, at least, that
we considered, under existing circumstances, to be advisable.

We got through all the clauses last night, upon the whole, very
triumphantly; but Mr. Hutchinson opened a broadside upon us, which
in the earlier stages of the Bill might have sunk the whole
concern--inasmuch as he characterized the second Bill (now
consolidated with the first) as a Bill of pains, penalties,
degradation, &c., imposed on the Roman Catholic clergy. The attack,
however, recoiled upon the promoter of it, and the discussion was
so conducted as to assist the Bill. The debate is exceedingly ill
given in all the papers I have seen, more especially as it omits
the speeches of three Irish county members, who rose in succession,
and said they had every reason to believe the measure was very
agreeable to the Roman Catholics in the counties they
represented--Butler, the member for the county of Kilkenny (which,
I believe, is intensely Catholic), being one. None of the
Opposition ultras would attend last night.

The Report is to be brought up to-day, and the Bill to be read a
third time on Monday. They have abandoned all idea of opposing the
bringing up of the Report; but Croker, I understand, in spite of
all that can be said to deter him, persists in his intention of
moving that a provision shall be inserted in the Bill for the Roman
Catholic clergy. A great exertion is to be made against us for the
division on the third reading, but I think we shall succeed; we had
seven votes shut out on the clause relating to Parliament, which
was most unfortunate.

I am now going to meet Sir John Newport, at Lord Castlereagh's, to
consider of the propriety of some alterations which have been
suggested as expedient to be made on bringing up the Report. Lord
Castlereagh _now_ seems quit