letters of mine from the South say that Stafford does not mean to dissolve, but will call the Assembly together in May and then when he is beaten, as is certain, will try to dissolve. This plan wd. allow him to retain office a little longer than any other, but it is almost too shamefully unscrupulous even for Stafford. I hear that Lord Henry who is in constant communication with Stafford is working away against me and that he has only just begun - he has formed an alliance with Gussey Carlyon for