The Bill will be reprinted; and as soon as it is distributed I will send a copy to Avington, where I shall presume you continue till I hear to the contrary.
Believe me, my dear Lord,
Your Lordship's obliged and faithful,
Joseph Phillimore.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.
London, March 30, 1821.
My dear Lord Buckingham,
Fremantle has just come in to me, and has informed me that you understood that part of a late letter I had written to him, referred to you. I assure you that you are quite mistaken. It could not refer to you.
I think I have reason to believe that Lord W—— himself does not believe in the truth of the charges he thinks proper to make against me. I may be mistaken; but that is my opinion, and that was the opinion which, as well as I recollect, I intended to convey, and no other; and even this opinion I intended to convey in terms as polite, guarded, and little offensive to anybody as possible.
Pray don't think that I could mean to refer to you in any manner.