Part 29 (1/2)

The biographer of Lord Eldon iarded with much dissatisfaction by a certain portion of the Government, of which the Lord Chancellor es they were of opinion that the honours and advantages conferred on the new recruits would have been better bestowed on themselves An extract of a letter, dated January 14th, from the learned Lord to Lady F J Bankes, supports his views: ”This coalition,” he writes, ”I think will have consequences very different from those expected by the ht it about I hate coalitions”[77] The Lord Chancellor was in truth very eed hih) he could hear or invent, at the expense of his new colleagues

[77] Twiss's ”Life of Lord Eldon,” vol ii p 61

There is no doubt that this junction firmly established the Government in their position If only atheir stability was true, they were in an unenviable state The King's dissatisfaction had been confidently reported, and changes threatened of a very sweeping character; but, though his Majesty had no doubt been greatly irritated by the result of the Queen's trial, the unexpected rereeable impression created by his Irish and Ger-tried servants, and he only perer and h political ees affected the parties most interested in them, will be found fully detailed in their correspondence

MR W H FREMANTLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM

Bagshot Park, Jan 11, 1822

MY DEAR LORD,

Most sincerely and truly do I congratulate you on your creation, which, thank God, closes an event so ood father and yourself; I did not flatterto see it take place, and o The addition of the entail of the Earldoular and partial favour altogether It is as much as any subject of the empire could acquire, and bestowed on one whose family and hienerally opposing it for the last fifteen years We have been here for three or four days, and leave it to-morrow The Duke was quite flattered and pleased with your letter From all I learn, I am inclined to believe the Opposition are very low, and do not flatter thereat aid to us I have not heard a word since froranted (which I shall la the Treasury; I am rather of opinion that he would wish it if he well could

Most faithfully yours,

W H FREMANTLE

MR CHARLES W WYNN TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM

Tuesday

MY DEAR B----,

In consequence of Lord Liverpool's su me to be in too or three days before the 16th, and that he would meet me there any day I would appoint, I announced to hi, and call upon him any hour that he would fix on Monday On , without one word of excuse or apology, that he was going down to Combe Wood, but would return on Tuesday and receivebut civil, but I suppose it is the nature of the ani, and he told me that there would be a Council on Thursday at Carlton House for the purpose of swearing ht it would be as well that you should take the sa hands for your Dukedoratulate you upon its coes Bourne[78] and Lord Binning[79] have desired to retire fro wish to support the Government, and that their retreat 's

Their successors are not yet fixed upon It is proposed to Charles Grant to be one, which I am told he has not yet positively declined, but I can hardly believe that he will accept anything so much lower in the scale of office than what he has previously held

This is unlucky, as it will so much delay my own appointins to be an object I also find the finances of this Board in such a state of ees next year likely to exceed the income 1600_l_ a-year, to meet which, a deduction of five per cent on all our salaries is talked of as the only resource

Lord Liverpool professes readiness to appoint Phillimore to a seat at one of the Boards, but not to be held with his profession, which is a ht Hon Williaes Bourne, Secretary of State in 1827

[79] Son of the Earl of Haddington In 1833, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

THE RIGHT HON CHARLES W WYNN TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

St James's Square, Jan 17, 1822

MY DEAR DUKE,

I have not yet seen Sir Scrope, but I understood yesterday froress, and that it was determined that you should have a new Earldom of Temple, remainder to your own male issue, reinal grantee, re to-day to be sworn in and to kiss hands, and shall previously see Lord Liverpool, whom I find very impracticable about Phillimore

The difficulty aboutli introduced a new scale of salary for the clerks, increasing according to the number of years' service, so much faster than seniors have dropped off, that there would in the co year be an excess of 1600_l_, besides the past debt of 2000_l_ already contracted to the tradeseneral deduction of five per cent from every salary in the office, of which I cannot approve, unless some such system should pervade the public service It appears to me that the fitter course is to pay the debt out of Bathurst's lapsed salary of last year and to oblige the clerks to revert to a fixed scale of salaries

I dined yesterday at the General's and met Lord Bathurst, who as I see ainst Lord Wellesley, quizzing his speeches, &c &c All see on well, but I am sorry to find that Joy is likely to be Solicitor-General