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1845.
Br, 41.

“ April 18.~1 do not see sny difficulty in giving adequate
tention to the business, and still retaining, ostensibly at all
"Vents, the game public position as heretofore. Bub whether
"his can he done or not, I shall of course make everything
Ise subservient to the one point in which honour is involved.
There in no dovbt that our pattern department, 80 far as
the home trade is concerned, has been a failure this spring.
This ig now irremediable, and it is of no use dwelling on it.
But ig cannot be overlooked in any estimate of the manage-Bent
 at, the works and the warehouse, and of the cause of
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“ May 26.1 am fixed in the Norfolk Committee to-day,
“ad do not feel the least chance of being released for a week,
ud if may be a month ; and for this there is no help, forif I
Were to leave for twenty-four hours, the Sergeant-at-Arms
Would be after me.”
“June 6,—I am sorry to say it is impossible for me to come
down even for a day. Our Committee have determined to sit
" Saturdays, and the rule of the House precludes me from
being absent even for an hour. God only knows when this
odious Committee will come to a close. If you should wish
bs Say anything abont money-matters, write to me. If you
“ant a little temporary assistance, pray see Mr, ——, and
ge him 4 message from me to the effect that I shall feel
Sbligeq if he will try to get a few thousand pounds in a
“ilar manner to the former transaction.
“But when I come down after the Session, we must pub
0 business upon a different footing, so ae to be able to
Wold troubling anybody. I would have written to.——
ba really, in my prominent position, it is a very delicate
Water to write about. You had better, therefore, take an
Pportunity of seeing him privately, end pray beg him 8