“. . . ‘Ra-ally,’ as Mrs. Taylor would say, Peel makes a great figure.* His physick for the [Catholic] Association is as mild as milk, and for a year only. It is such a new and important feature in this Tory Revolution to have no blackguarding or calling names of any one. There begins to be an alarm about the Lords, but I have no doubt without foundation. It is clear to me from the Duke of Rutland’s speech that he will ultimately support the Beau, and I have my doubts whether the Bishop of London† won’t do so likewise. . . . Lord Sefton has broke the bank at Crockford’s two nights following. He tells me he carried off £7000.”
