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I am casting about in my mind how to get payment remitted to you, – which I believe cannot very well be done in the
manner you recommend, Edinburgh-men having no London bankers. Had you thought of taking the draft to Longman or to Murray I think there
would have been no difficulty. Indeed I found none in negociating a bill upon Ballantyne when last in London myself, – nor in remitting one to a larger amount on a former occasion. However by some means
or other the money shall speedily be sent.
My object in writing now relates to Mr Daweby waggon are legible upon the direction, tho they have been inked over. I suppose the xxxxx carriage per coach
must be paid here, & the London office where the roguery was practiced threatened with an action to procure redress.
Thank you for the extract. your former letter is now explained; it puzzled me excessively, when you said you had only
just received the draft, & that it was not directed to you, I could neither <not> conceive what you meant this
habit of C’s is I fear perfectly incurable. I suppose he has not read my
letter in reply to his, – or he would doubtless have answered it. Will you ask him to write M to Mrs C. – he promised to send the boysrs
only let him say if it be not convenient for
him to do this only let him say so, & she will procure them by other means. ––There was an attack upon him (not indeed by name) in
the Examiner about a fortnight ago, for which Hunt
have be x well horse whipped. Gentlemen who make this kind of use of the
liberty of the press must expect that the liberty of the horse whip will be the natural consequence.