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be in any degree binding with respect to the detail of any arrangement connected with it, was that of receiving some direct previous Intimation of His Majesty's wish to that effect, with full authority to form [[underline]] for His Majesty's consideration [[/underline]] a Plan of arrangement [[underline]] in any manner [[/underline]] I thought best for His Service, [[underline]] as well out of those that were in the former as those who are in the present Government [[/underline]]. I added that [[underline]] the whole & any part [[/underline]] of such Plan when submitted to His Majesty, must of course depend on His approbation or rejection. that noting could in any instance be so adverse to my sense of Duty & propriety, as to press for a moment any point that might not be consistent with His Majesty's opinions & Inclination, but that in case of any such objections, it must be open to me to Judge whether it did not in my opinion render it impossible for me to engage in His Majesty's Service. With respect to my Colleagues in the former Government, I also stated, that untill I was enabled in consequence of such previous authority from His Majesty to make them a distinct proposal, I could neither be authorised to State, nor could in fact expect to know what would be their determination upon it. In all our subsequent conversations that had any reference to detail, I wished you to understand that I could only state to you the outline of my present Ideas of such an arrangement as the circumstances appeared to me
