Henry Holland to Faraday   29 November 1835

Private

L Brook Street Nov 29

My dear Sir,

I saw Lord Melbourne this morning. He begged me particularly to mention to you, that the King had expressed great satisfaction in the arrangement made as to the pension1. This he was sure it would be gratifying to you to learn.

We spoke of the paper which has appeared in the Times2. With the same generous frankness which I have found in him throughout, he begs you not to be disgusted by this in reference to him: Though regretting the circumstance, he was prepared for the likelihood of these things being converted to party purposes. He concurs in the impression I had myself ventured to form; that it is better, (at present at least) to trust for refutation, to the simple & conscientious declarations which you, I, & others, are able to make on the subject, whensoever inquiries or comments give opportunity for this. I would fain hope, that even yet, truth & justice may be satisfied by the affirmation we can explicitly make, that honour & generous feeling have been preserved throughout.

Believe me, my dear Faraday | Yours very faithfully | H. Holland


Endorsed by Faraday: 1835

1
See note 3, letter 837.
2
"Tory and Whig Patronage to Science and Literature", Times,, 28 November 1835, p.3, col. c. This was in fact an extract from Anon (1835b), 706-8 and purported to contain a verbatim account of Faraday's interview with Melbourne (see note 4, letter 825). It does, however, contain a reasonable rendering of letter 825, which while not precisely accurate, does convey the sentiments.

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