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 nearly forgotten your request that I would also give you my opinion respecting the Provincial Meetings which have been so generally called throughout the kingdom for the purpose of voting thanks to Mr. Wardle for his conduct on the late enquiry.

The principal objection which I feel against such a measure is the personality of it.—I could have no reluctance to support and join in a vote expressive of the satisfaction which the Country had felt at the institution of that enquiry, or the spirited and manly way in which it had been conducted—neither should I have objected to a resolution expressive of our earnest hope to see this measure followed up by the general Detection and Reform of abuses in every department of the State wherein they should be found to exist.—I am fully aware of the importance which