Your apprehensions relative to the issue of what is passing at
Verona certainly would derive more support from our last accounts
than from the previous ones, and the way which had been made with
France by exciting her political apprehensions, and with Russia by
a representation of the military difficulties, seems now to be very
much _en retrograde_.

Still, the language and assurances of Villele and the King of
France are perfectly pacific; and Montmorenci, who has adopted the
other line at Verona, still states the necessity of his returning
himself to Paris before any communication even of the nature of a
threat is held out to Spain. Meantime he wishes France should be
allowed to manage the interference entirely herself, and protests
against Russia having any share in it, or marching a single
regiment through her territory.

The only real object of Alexander is to ward off the present and
pressing danger from his army, for whom he wants employment, and
has proposed this Spanish campaign merely as a substitute for the
Turkish.

Wellesley's despatch has, as I told you, arrived, but is not yet
circulated.

We are about to recognise the S. American Republics and Brazil, and
at the same time to adopt measures of reprisal against Porto Rico
and Porto Cabildo, unless the Royalist Governors of those places
will give up the Lord Collingwood, and cancel their orders for
impeding our trade.

I have just been at Council, and thought that the K---- looked
worse than at Brighton, but still his colour was tolerably good.

Ever affectionately yours,

C. W. W.

The proceedings of the French Government with relation to Spain, now
began to excite a good deal of attention in this country; appearances
being in favour of the supposition generally entertained, that the
labours of Wellington in the Peninsula were about to be rendered
nugatory by the presence there of a powerful French army, and the
consequent return of Spain to the position she held as a French
dependency before the war.

THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES W. WYNN TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

Tuesday evening.

MY DEAR B----,

I do not believe that the French Cabinet is mad enough to entertain
any view of the conquest of Spain. Experience must have taught even
to them more wisdom, but Monsieur and the Ultra-Royalist party
dread