TALBOT2600

London

19 Feb 1833

My Dear M^r F.

Are you not satisfied with the Irish Church Reform Bill? ¹ I suppose tithes are going to be commuted for ever & the name of them extinguished. O’Connell ² is grown very bitter against Government & against England, it is because he see Lord Grey’s ³ bill is a deathblow to his power.

I wish you would send me a sketch of what you & Gwynne ⁴ think my weekly bills for housekeeping ought to amount to. The Servants are now on board wages, except the cook, & the charwoman who only breakfasts here: as the underhousemaid helps in the kitchen in the afternoon.

I am afraid the farmers will prove averse to every scheme of improving the Poor that I can possibly devise. Who would have thought they could have objected to improving the road at Nash Hill, ⁵ thro’ jealousy setting aside expense? I have asked Mr Awdry ⁶ to give his attention to these subjects, & confer with you upon them, it being more than I can possibly do at present to correspond with all parties interested.

Tho^s Moore ⁷ instead of a full account (as you said) wrote me only a mere scrap of a letter a few lines saying next to nothing.

Yours aff^ly

Henry