“Sir,
“I return you the foolish and illiberal paragraph enclosed in your letter of yesterday.
“It is scarcely deserving of any other notice than that which has already been bestowed upon it in the ‘Sun’ of yesterday; unless you should think it worth while to remark, that his accounts from Lisbon are much of the same stamp with those which announce the speedy return of the Duncan. I am satisfied that there are no accounts of Mr. C.’s reception at the Court of the Regency, or of his demeanour and proceedings in his public capacity at Lisbon; and if the M. C. should be challenged to produce any such account, or to refer to it in the possession of any other person, he will not be able to meet the challenge.
“I have only received two lines from Mr. Canning since his arrival; merely to announce that he had been confined by an attack of the gout from the time of his having landed, and that he must, for that reason, postpone writing more at length till a future opportunity.
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“I shall be glad to see you whenever you may wish it, on my return to town.
“I remain, Sir,
“Your most obedient
“Humble servant,
