Note 59 — Chapter XVII
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Lord Clanricarde said, in his reply, “I could not send forward to the Treasury your letter of the 3rd of January without previously communicating with Colonel Maberly.” On this Sir R. Hill thus remarks in his Journal:—“In saying that he could not forward, &c., he strangely forgets himself. He did send it forward as soon as he received it. Perhaps he means that he cannot send it forward officially or a second time; but this is unnecessary. I don’t like the look of things at all. If I consent to these indefinite delays, the result will be that there will be a change of Ministry, and I shall be defrauded of my promised promotion.”—Ed.