quently. Lord King's motion for a further reduction of the Civil
List, animadverted on in the same communication, was made on the 26th
of March, and Mr. Canning's notice of motion for the admission of the
Catholic Peers into the Imperial Legislature was given on the 29th; the
motion was brought forward on the following day, and carried by a
majority of five; on May the 10th, the second reading was carried by an
increased majority of fourteen. The interest taken by the Duke of
Buckingham in the question may be seen in some of the following
letters:--

THE RIGHT HON. W. H. FREMANTLE TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

Board of Control, April 1, 1822.

MY DEAR DUKE,

Depend upon it there must be some mistake or fumble about your
application for the _entree_. The fact is, there is no distinct
person at present to whom the reference is had at Brighton, and I
have heard that the King complains bitterly of the inability of
Knighton, who is quite incapable of writing a letter; whether this
is true or not I cannot absolutely say, but I believe it from the
quarter it came; it seems impossible that the King should have
received the letter, or it must have escaped his memory on Thursday
when Wynn was with him, otherwise he would have made some
observation to him upon it. But pray don't hurry any further step:
I will desire Mrs. F. to mention the thing to the Duchess and see
what is said upon it; I doubt if she is in correspondence with the
King.

I did not mention all the jobs for Bloomfield; he is to have a
Governorship of Fort Charles, which Lord Stewart gives up to him,
and the promise of a foreign mission, in addition to what I before
enumerated to you. Lord King's conduct is worse than your
brother's, who was not at the moment aware of "his honourable
friend's" intention, and really does not know the details of your
father's conduct as teller. I find from Charles W---- that Lord
Grenville is equally outrageous with Lord King. It is evident that
the Mountain are moving heaven and earth to lower you and your
friends, but it will not do. I dread all the discussions arising
from the Catholic question; Canning consulted no one, and I really
believe not a soul was aware of his intention previous to his
giving the notice. It will place Plunket in a very awkward
predicament, for it must bring on the argument on the g