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LIFE OF OOBDEN. [oma®

enough to return it fo me after you have read it, as I ghal
want to correct it for Hansard, and have not another cop):
We were in & miserable minority. The blue jacket® and
red coats were down upon me fiercely, as if I had bee”
attacking them sword in hand, It reminded me of the old
times when we were just beginning the Anti-Corn-s¥
battle in the House. We got astounding news from the
continent; a fresh revolotion or a dethronement by every
posh.”
“March 27. { ,, )~You need not be alarmed about mY
burning up right in the end, but at the present time I 8%
not very fashionable in aristocratic circles, However, I
have caught Admiral Dundas in a trap. You may remem"
ber that he contradicted me about my fact of a large ship
lying at anchor go long at Malta, Well, a person has called
npon me, and given me the minute particulars and dates of
the times which all the admirals have been lying in Malt®
harbour during the last twelve years, extracted by him from
the ship logs which are lying at Somerset Houge. Having
got the particulars, I have given notice to Admiral Dundas?
that I shall move in the House for the official return of the
to be extracted from the ships’ logs. He says I shan’ hav®
the returns, but he can’t deuy that I have got thom. I
shall make a stir in the House, and turn the tables apo?
him. Whilst X was talking to the Admiral about it to-day 1B
the committee room, Molesworth entered into the altercatio?
with so much warmth that I thought there would have bee?
an affair between them. The best of it all is, that I find the
present Admiral in the Mediterranean (Sir William Parker);
who sent such an insolent message to me about my speech
sb Manchester, which was read by Dundas in the Houser
bas heen lying himself for sever months and two dogs 12

% Debate on Navy estimates; amendn.ent for reduction of the foro®
dofeoted by $47 to 28,