Lord Blayney, one of the leading men among the Orange
patriots of Ireland, told a rigmarole story, at a public dinner some time ago, about a conversation which he said had taken place between the King, Earl Grey, and Lord Hill, respecting a reduction of the Household troops, _proposed, of course, by the Reforming Earl, and opposed by the Anti-Reforming Baron, as well as by the King. It appears that Lord Hill has been making some inquiry about this speech of .Lord Blayney; and the latter has published a letter on the subject, addressed to Lord Hill, in one of the Dublin papers. He says- -The statement I made, and what was reported to have passed between the Ring, Lord Grey, and the Commander-in-Chief, with respect to a proposed reduction of the Household troops, was taken from one of the public papers, the name of which I do not now recollect. What I then stated I have since learned to be wholly unfounded, and I therefore express my regret at having been led into so unjustifiable a statement. I beg of your Lordship to lay before the King my humble duty, and the sorrow I feel at having used his Majesty's name on the occasion; and I trust your Lordship and Lord Grey will be satisfied that I was solely influenced by the excitement of the moment, and had no intention to misrepresent any part of his Lordship's political conduct."
We shall hardly hear of Lord Blayney again.
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