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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1844
Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [27] February 1844
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Chapter I
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Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
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Green-street, Feb. 28th, 1844.
My dear Lady Grey,

I am quite delighted to learn from so many sources that Lord Grey is so much better, and I trust we shall see him in town after Easter.

MEMOIR OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. 523

What news have I to tell you? Nothing but what the papers will tell you better. Howick’s speech is universally praised for its honesty and ability. I think O’Connell will have two years’ imprisonment, and the Government and the Irish Courts have come off much better than it was supposed they would do.

We have not very good accounts from Castle Howard. There is a rumour that Lord Ashburton is employed in holy flirting with the Pope. The common idea, that a præmunire is incurred by these flirtations, or that there is any law enacting penalties for communications with his Holiness, is erroneous.

Four volumes of Burke’s ‘Letters to the Marquis of Rockingham’ are about to be published. I am not sorry to come to London. I have been living upon commonplaces and truisms for three months. I always fatten and stupefy on such diet; I want to lose

flesh and gain understanding. The new Lady —— dined with Lady —— on Sunday. I thought she would have fainted. The page always has sal-volatile at hand for first introductions.

Affectionately yours,
Sydney Smith.