“I had a letter this morning from good old Fitzwilliam. Brougham had been at Wentworth uninvited, and evidently for the purpose either of making recruits, or of holding out the appearance of his being well in that quarter—probably both. Fitzwilliam smoked him, and took care that he should not go away deceived as to his opinions, which are exactly what you would have expected from a good honest Whig—in good times. . . . Circulars are sent from the Foreign Office to all people connected with the Government for subscriptions to Canning’s monument. I wish you would write an inscription for it!”
