, the destruction of the Customhouse

[3]

, and a paragraph on me as long as my pedigree, and vituperative, as usual

[4]

.

Hobhouse is returned to England. He is my best friend, the most lively, and a man of the most sterling talents extant.

The Corsair

has been conceived, written, published, etc., since I last took up this journal. They tell me it has great success;—it was written

con amore

, and much from