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I may have diverted it is impossible to say & time will alone
show – but in all these matters one can but do one's best & the
rest must be left to Fortune. However, of this you may assure
yourselves – She is one of those fantastical Ladies, who rarely
favors those, who in the Game of human Life leave blots
on their Table & expose themselves to the hazard of the Dice.

I sent a copy of the Paper to Lord Stanley, Lord Mahon
Mr. Gladstone & others. The former has received it very graciously
the second in the most complimentary terms, and the last
with the expression of some doubt as to the Policy of making
considerable additions to the Burthens
of the Country at the Public Expense.

Something, however, must be done,
for in Ireland the numbers who year after year spring up
into the Ranks of Manhood & compete either for Land or
for Employment is quite appalling.

The Enclosure is a mere summary of my Views, written by
way of illustrating the mode of effecting the Scheme.

Lord Cholmondeley has sent me a Letter to say that
in the Custom House, Sydney, there is a young gentleman
named "Robert Copeman" now filling the Office of Tide
Waiter. He is the Son of a Sister of the late Mr. Jones,
whom I knew well as Lord Cholmondeley's Agent in
Cheshire. The Mother is most anxious to get him on
in Life, & it may not be quite impossible for you to give
him a helping hand.
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from Bromley. I will write to Walther to forward your
Books & will have put into the Box the Paper on Colonization
already mentioned – some Reviews I had here, together with the
Schawl for our dear Mother.

With affectionate Love to all
Your affectionate Brother
[E] Macarthur