ectation of
rising, but has not been able to ascertain any facts to justify it.
He denies the increase of the guards of Dublin to any material
degree, and expressly disclaims any wish for further legislative
powers, or, as things now appear, for any additional military
force. He laments the mutual exasperation between the two parties,
and _complains_ that the leaders of each will not unite in a
system of conciliation.

More arrant fudge could scarcely be found if Dr. Burdock's copy of
verses had been recorded by Miss Amelia Wilhelmina Skeggs in "The
Vicar of Wakefield."

I hope, however, he is right in his want of apprehension of danger,
and may not be waked to it by such an affair as that in
Thomas-street, of 1803. He speaks of the concurrence of Lord
Combermere and of the Solicitor-General, which does not quite tally
with what I have heard of their sentiments; but this is of little
importance, heaven knows, either way.

Your scandal is good indeed--I should have thought too much so to
be true.

Respecting the fate of the two Bills in the Lords, I apprehend the
first half of George's (granting the elective franchise) will pass,
the other miscarry. I can hardly think it possible that the Tithe
Bill should, notwithstanding Liverpool's eagerness upon the
subject.

Out of eighty-four days which we had sat, up to Monday last,
forty-nine have been occupied in Irish business! We now _begin_ to
be heartily tired, and _therefore_ may, I hope, be expected to
travel _au galop_.

Ever affectionately yours,

C. W. W.

[116] The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

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

East India Office, June 30, 1823.

MY DEAR B----,

A'Court has, as you will have already learnt, very properly
declined the invitation of the Regency to Cadiz. He is directed to
proceed to Gibraltar, unless he shall find that the King, after
being, as intended, restored to nominal liberty and sanity at
Cadiz, shall press his going there as affording a certain degree of
protection to his life.

The removal to Cadiz I take to have been a mere act of desperation.
Many members of the Cortes have slipped away, and it is a fact that
the Regency could not get any individual to hold office _ad
interim_ under them, or even a clerk to count