Poor fellow! We talked about Sheil, and I related my adventure of February 1834.

Odd that it should have been so little known or so completely forgotten!"] Gravesend: February 15, 1834.
Dear Lord Lansdowne,--I had hoped that it would have been in my power to shake hands with you once more before my departure; but this deplorably absurd affair in the House of Commons has prevented me from calling on you.

I lost a whole day while the Committee were deciding whether I should, or should not, be forced to repeat all the foolish, shabby, things that I had heard Sheil say at Brooks's.

Everybody thought me right, as I certainly was.
I cannot leave England without sending a few lines to you,--and yet they are needless.

It is unnecessary for me to say with what feelings I shall always remember our connection, and with what interest I shall always learn tidings of you and of your family.
Yours most sincerely T.B.MACAULAY..