From Lord Palmerston 7 June 1826

My dear Sir,

Under the circumstances stated by Whewell we can hardly help him to come and the proposed pair is the best arrangement that can be made for him. We shall do well enough as to conveyances & horses. I think of coming down on Saturday I can as it seems to me be better employed here than at Cambridge till that time.

My dear Sir

Yrs sincerely

Palmerston

I attach no importance to the 2d. vote of Griffith going to Bankes. Griffith is a violent anti Catholic and from the contact told me that on that ground he could not vote for me. You will find I think that some of Copleys plumpers will not split with me and that some, the lawyers for instance will not split with Bankes. I see no objection however to bona fide exchanges between individuals, but Jonathon Raine's manouevre should be a caution to us. He gets Dampier to promise his 2d. vote to Copley on condition that he Raine will vote for me; and having done Dampier out of his vote the said Jonathon departs for his own election & knowing full well that he cannot vote for anybody at Cambridge because he cannot be there at all.