"Pisa, February 28. 1822.
"I begin to think that the packet (a heavy one) of five acts of
'Werner,' &c. can hardly have reached you, for your letter of last
week (which I answered) did not allude to it, and yet I insured it
at the post-office here.
"I have no direct news from England, except on the Noel business,
which is proceeding quietly, as I have appointed a gentleman (Sir
F. Burdett) for my arbitrator. They, too, have said that they will
recall the _lawyer_ whom _they_ had chosen, and will name a
gentleman too. This is better, as the arrangement of the estates
and of Lady B.'s allowance will thus be settled without quibbling.
My lawyers are taking out a licence for the name and arms, which it
seems I am to endue.
"By another, and indirect, quarter, I hear that 'Cain' has been
pirated, and that the Chancellor has refused to give Murray any
redress. Also, that G.R. (_your_ friend 'Ben') has expressed great
personal indignation at the said poem. All this is curious enough,
I think,--after allowing Priestley, Hume, and Gibbon, and
Bolingbroke, and Voltaire to be published, without depriving the
booksellers of their rights. I heard from Rome a day or two ago,
and, with what truth I know not, that * * *.
"Yours," &c.
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