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therefore that all evil impression on that head is done away, as it ought to be, having no foundation whatever but in the ill judging humanity of the Court, who means more to do good to Short than to do harm to you, & succeeded in having gotten an appointment for him in the Sea Fencibles, which will keep him I trust from being again brought into contact with you.
My declining healthy & increasing infermities prevent me from knowing so much as I usd to do of the circumstances of your Colony & the immense pressure of business in the Privy Council now the whole Trade of England must be carried on by Licences had delayd the Settlement of your Colony which I have been anxiously promoting for some time past, a ray of light has just beamd upon us from Spain which may increase to the liberation of Europe from French Tyranny, if any thing like a settled state of affairs could be obtaind, his Majesties Ministers would then have time to do their business, all I hear in Lord Castlereaghs Office however is in your favor, your Talents your perseverance & your spirited conduct are spoken of in terms of praise which flatter me you may be sure as much as they do you.
Our Government here appears firm & settled, no chance at present of any change it was certainly good luck for you & for me that Cook who knows you & respects you was hustled back into the place he filld when you were appointed. The Opposition have during the whole Setting of Parliament been more vexatious than I ever remember to have been the case, they declard [declared] their intentions to harrass public business as much as possible, in the hope of teazing Administration to resign, they of course lost in popular opinion, much more than they gaind by their unfair conduct, both Parties when the Session closd lookd pale & sickly, Government People are recruiting fast & I think will make a