nt; professing willingness
himself, if that was conceded, to oppose any agitation of the
question for a considerable time, that I am myself convinced that
he is disposed to consider it as a millstone, to which he is not
absolutely pledged, and which he will for his own interest shake
from off his neck. We have begun on Wellesley's plan, but as yet
made no progress. Indeed it is so defective, that though it
professes to rest upon two or three plain principles to be adopted
or rejected, there are double that number not adverted to which
must be previously understood and determined.

Ever affectionately yours,

C. W. W.

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

East India Office, Dec. 7th, 1822.

MY DEAR B----,

I had yesterday a conversation with Canning, when he offered me
either Copenhagen or Stuttgard for Henry, as a remove from
Switzerland. I obtained from him that the question should be kept
open till I heard from him, though I cannot feel a doubt that he
will gladly accept the former, as though the business is in truth
as little or less than that of his present situation, it is in the
public eye a decided promotion, the salary is 1000_l._ a year
higher, and whenever anything more desirable may become vacant, any
Secretary of State will be better disposed to promote him than from
Switzerland, the mission to which can never be vacant without again
raising a question upon its suppression. The residence is certainly
less desirable as well as the climate, but these are inconveniences
which any man who wishes to rise in his profession must be disposed
to overlook. The offer is also valuable, as I think it shows good
disposition.

We have to-day the D---- of W----'s despatches from Verona of the
26th. He proposes setting off on the 30th, and coming home through
Paris. He sends copies of the despatches of Russia, Austria, and
Prussia to their Ministers at Madrid, which are to be communicated
to the Spanish Government _in extenso_. They are couched in very
strong, indeed, offensive terms, announcing their intention to make
common cause with France in the event of the violent death of the
King or any of the Royal Family, of his dethronement, or any
alteration in the succession, or of any aggression on the territory
of France. The note of Russia