from Lady Gwydyr, who is here, that this is the style of Lady
Conyngham's language.

The yachts are ordered to be off Calais the beginning of next
month, and the King is under engagement to be back by the 9th. I am
pretty sure this is true. He goes nowhere; but has written to his
sisters, &c., to meet him at Hanover; and Mrs. Fremantle had a
letter from the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, saying she should be
there as to-day.

Ever, my dear Lord, most truly yours,

W. H. F.

MR. W. H. FREMANTLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Englefield Green, Oct. 24, 1821.

MY DEAR LORD,

I am just returned here after paying a visit for a day or two to
Lord Arran, at Bognor. I did not answer your last because I had
nothing to tell you; and now I have only to say, that Lady G. Monk,
who is mother to Charles Paget's wife, told me he had orders to be
at Calais to receive the King on board on the 4th, and up to this
day he has received no counter order; so that, in my opinion, the
King will not remain beyond the time he had promised to return. But
I see by the papers he has got a touch of the gout: one can never
say to what extent this may go, or whether it is really gout.

While I was at Brighton, or rather the last day I was there, which
was Saturday, I met Croker, with whom I had a good deal of
conversation. He said the _thing_ could not go on as it is; "that
all parties were agreed upon that;" and so soon as the King came
back, it must be brought to a decision, either for him to
strengthen his Government by the admission of your party and
Canning, or to change his Government altogether. These were his
words. He also said that Ireland was going to the devil, in
consequence of Grant's indolence. I said, "Surely he is a Catholic,
and that suits our views." His answer was, "Yes, that's true; but
he thinks of nothing but devotion; he is a saint, and can and will
do no business whatever. The government of Ireland must be changed,
or the country will go to the devil." This, I think, corresponds
something with Sir M. Tierney's language, but it shows, from such a
man as Croker, that the Government is dissatisfied with the state
of affairs there, and the suspension of all the Irish Peerage
promotions confirms this. I believe every part of your history
about the King's intention