That would not have bothered Liverpool, who was more interested in the situation at home. The opposition was growing aggressive in the Commons, and he needed Castlereagh back to rally the Tory ranks in the House. He planned to adjourn Parliament by the middle of December and to put off the next session until 7 February, in the hope that Castlereagh would manage to settle the more important outstanding business at the congress a couple of weeks before then. He had already found a successor for him in the shape of the Duke of Wellington, now ambassador in Paris.
