“Dear Sir,
“In consequence of an intimation of yours on a late occasion, of a wish to have been apprised of the probability of Mr. C.’s speaking at considerable length upon a subject of general interest, I am enabled to apprise you of such probability tomorrow night, on the third reading of the Sedition Bills. The time will depend much, of course, upon the turn of the debate, but it will doubtless be towards the conclusion.
“I regret exceedingly that his excellent speech on Tuesday night (in the debate on the Lords of the Admiralty) was so imperfectly given in all the papers. Indeed, few speeches had ever so little justice done to them. With reference to the influence of the Crown, he took a masterly view of the difference between the theoretical and the practical constitution of the Government, and boldly maintained—what many feel, but few in the House dare to avow (or are competent to make such avowal without imminent danger, on so delicate a subject)—that the existence of the influence of the Crown in the House of Commons is indispensable to the preservation of the spirit of the Constitution.
“I write these few words to leave, if I should not be fortunate enough to find you within when I call.
“I am, dear Sir,
“Yours sincerely,
