ersign their letter to
A'Court. They may have in Cadiz, it is said, possibly from 10,000
to 12,000 men.

Harrowby's disappointment seems to sit easy upon him.

I enclose a letter just received from P----.[117] I do not know what
foundation he has of the report of dudgeon in the Home Office. It
is perfectly true that his objection to reversal of attainders was
supported by no one. Both he and his man complain much of being
left to carry through the Tithe Bill unassisted by Plunket, and I
think not without reason.

It certainly is odd that a measure for getting rid of tithes should
fall into the hands of the members for the Universities of Oxford
and Dublin, and of a candidate for that of Cambridge.

It is quite determined to carry it through in the present session.

Ever affectionately yours,

C. W. W.

[117] Not preserved.

LORD GRENVILLE TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

Camelford House, July 3, 1823.

I most heartily join with you in taking joy at what I consider as
_the triumph of the cause of freedom_ in the Peninsula;--having
read enough to know, and having seen enough to observe, that of all
possible tyrannies--and I cordially hate them all--the most
contemptible, corrupt, and cruel is the tyranny of absolute
democracy, most especially when resting, as in Spain and Portugal,
on that new instrument of freedom, a mutinous and self-governed
army.

Your friend Sir Robert[118] makes a pretty figure in this puppet-show!

[118] Sir Robert Wilson.

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

East India Office, July 3, 1823.

MY DEAR B----,

The last judicial appointment which I made was about a twelvemonth
ago, of Sir Edward West, to be Recorder of Bombay. As soon as the
Bill for establishing a new judicature there shall receive the
Royal assent, he will be nominated Chief Justice.

The elder brother was also recommended to me, among other grounds,
on the sacrifice which he had made in voting for Lord Grenville in
1809, being then a Fellow of University College, which had been
remembered to his disadvantage by the Chancellor on different
occasions. I laid both their names, among others, before the Chief
Baron, who is my ordinary legal adviser on these occasions. The
result of his inquiries was very favourable to Edward