gives a great dinner
to-morrow. They say he also gives a ball on Friday. I understand he
remains about a fortnight in town, and then proceeds to the Yacht.

Ever most faithfully yours,

W. H. FREMANTLE.

P.S.--Lord Hastings is expected in town to-morrow or next day.

The next letter refers to a measure alluded to in a previous
communication, brought forward by Lord Nugent, for restoring the
elective franchise to places in which it had been forfeited. Mr. Wynn
expected that it would pass the House of Lords, but he found himself
mistaken.

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

House of Commons, July 10, 1823.

MY DEAR B----,

The defeat of Nugent's Bill, though supported by the speeches of
Liverpool, Westmoreland, Harrowby, and Melville, together with the
votes of Bathurst and Bexley, by the Chancellor, Duke of York, and
Shaftesbury, has produced much sensation. Brougham is now speaking
upon the Scotch Appeal Commission Bill, and has been describing the
Chancellor as Prime Minister, and constantly denominating Lord
Liverpool "My noble coadjutor," "the noble Earl with whom I have
the honour to act," &c. &c., with much humour. Sidmouth slunk away
without voting. It is most vexatious that the Bill should have been
lost, as with common exertion to enter proxies, it might have been
carried. You will see the Chancellor denied the possibility of any
man who refused the oath of supremacy being a loyal subject! The
D---- of Y----, I regret to say, most conspicuously active.

My wife and I are _at last_ going to a dress party to-night at
Carlton House.

Thank heaven, to-morrow the House of Commons adjourns, and we
conclude with my E.I. Mutiny Bill, which Bobus Smith is to oppose
violently.

Ever affectionately yours,

C. W. W.

Lord Grenville sets out on Sunday on a tour to the Lakes.

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

East India Office, July 18, 1823.

MY DEAR B----,

As I am to dine the Lion of the East, Commander of the Faithful,
&c. &c., the most exalted Caliph Hastings, on this day sevennight,
you will extremely oblige me by contributing towards the gorging of
his royal jaws.

I have asked sundry of my _confreres_ to meet him, but I do not
think he appears graciously inclined towards us.

We had a