ion the
subject of a struggle, which, if it should succeed on the part of
the Directors, and he should continue in office, must render all
future intercourse acrimonious and unconciliating.

[97] The enclosures have not been preserved.

[98] Lord William Bentinck.

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

Englefield Green, Sept. 26, 1822.

MY DEAR DUKE,

The communication you have made to me is not a matter of surprise,
for I own I expected this would be the result. The proposition,
however, being now made by one Cabinet Minister to Lord Grenville,
and communicated by another to you, see how I should stand
committed if I were to meddle with it by asking an interview with
Lord Liverpool. In the former case Lord Liverpool opened the
proposition to me, and it was my duty to lay it before you, even
before I spoke to Lord Grenville; but in this case Wynn has
informed you of it, and he would have a right to demand why I
presumed to communicate at all with Lord Liverpool without his
authority or permission, on a subject so deeply involving his
interests and wishes. By his communication to you, he has entitled
you to write to Lord Liverpool, as you have done to Canning,
expressly stating your views and feelings on the subject; and I am
witness that a station in the Government was undoubtedly one of the
primary objects of your contemplation in the former negotiation. I
have no doubt that if I were to see Lord Liverpool, even under your
authority, he would treat it as a Cabinet question, and refuse to
enter into any discussion with me upon it, but I am quite sure I
could not discuss it without touching upon the views and objects of
Charles Wynn in a way that might offend him; it is an object of
such moment and importance to him, that I cannot be surprised that
he receives it so favourably. I heard from him the moment he came
to town, telling me he was quite sure the Directors would not
nominate him, but he says nothing of the new proposal, and probably
it had not then been made, or if so, he did not choose to confide
it to me. With regard to the advantages the Government derived from
his efforts as a speaker on the Treasury Bench during last session,
it must be obvious to you as it was to him, that he failed
altogether. The difference which you point