TALBOT2631

My dear Henry –

You must send us more definite Data, before Gwynne ¹ or I can tell you whether your accounts are as low as they should be – If you subtract 3 · 0 · 0 amount of Board usages from 5 · 14 · 0 your Total the remainder does not appear a great deal – do you include oil & candles? how many Lamps or candles – Soup, Fish, Poultry or neither or which – is washing included necessary for me to form an opinion & The only way would be to have the Bill, & then knowing how often you dined out, & the other matters hinted at above we could get nearer – but as certainly your House Keeping does not come to a great deal, it will be better perhaps to bring all your accounts with you, & you can talk it over & memoranda for another Time – on the other side I have given a sketch, an idea in Short – but I repeat that unless we know all particulars it is impossible to say exactly

for 2 Persons Tea – 0· 4· 6

Sugar 1· 6

Ditto Kitchen – 1· 4

Bread 3· 6

Meat – 14

Cream – 2 · 6

Milk – 1· 6

Oil – 7 ·

Candles – 3 ·

D^o Tallow – 3 · 6

Desert – 2

2 persons &

horse – Washing – 1 · 6 · 0

Vegetables 5

Sundries soap

dip for oil &ce 3 · 6

Vinegar <illegible>

/and Blk tea – 3 · 14 · 10

&c &c

Boardiages 3 · 0 · 6

6· 15 · 6

according to this if you include all I have, your accounts are fair enough, – for the scale above is low –

I fear the election Bills are higher than you expected. I am going to the Vestry by & bye – 5 ^pCent just rec^d M^r Harman ² was there & made several long speeches on all possible subjects – but to be less diffuse – There was no objection to the Expence which will be incurred by the Embassy & great readiness to adopt any Proposal likely to be useful –

but a strong wish expressed which I was desired to state to you that as little Time should be lost as possible – Therefore please to let us have your ideas as soon as you have digested them

When do you come

Y^r aff^t

CF

H. F. Talbot Esq^re M P
Sackville S^t
London