TALBOT3311

[written on the same sheet as a note from Uncle William - see ].

London
24 June

My Dear Henry

In consequence of your recommendation we went to see the Panorama of Lima ¹, & the Designs for the Houses of Parliament. ² We have seen no other sights yet except the Water Colour Exhibition ³ The weather has been dark & rainy & the Plans therefore do not light up well. I forgot tho’ that we have seen the Gallery of Old Masters, & it is a very fine collection this year, & among them the two Murillos ⁴ for which the Duke of Sutherland ⁵ gave Marshal Soult ⁶ 8 thousand £ the other day. Horatia ⁷ was at M^r Hope’s Ball last night she only goes to great & good things, & does not waste her strength on minor balls. H^t & M^r Mundy ⁸ dined here yesterday, they are set off this morn^g to Derby – Lord V. ⁹ is gone to Windsor to stay till Tuesday, when he seems to expect C. ¹⁰ to meet him in turn. The Whigs are most triumphant at this acquittal of Lord Melbourne ¹¹ & it does seem extraordinary that Sir W. Follett ¹² would undertake a career upon so little foundation The sort of excitement in the clubs was beyond all precedent & certainly the Tories imagined it was the downfall of the administration. Lord Grantley ¹³ would have spent his fortune to pull down Lord Melbourne from political motives. Henry is come to town looking so ill & hollow cheeked it is quite Melancholy. He left Hastings because Lord Henry ¹⁴ has got the Scarletina & he was supposed not able to bear it in his weak state. He is advised to go for the winter to Madeira, but does not seem disposed to follow this advice, & thinks Naples will do as well. I augur from this that he is not so much frightened about himself as he ought to be –

William ¹⁵ has written some philosophical Categories in the cover – look for them

M^r Norton ¹⁶ seems to be the most universally unpopular man I ever met with. Even his beaux frères would not meet him at Frampton which was the cause of the quarrel. Lord Seymour had long cut him – & it luckily turns out that the Place Lord M. ¹⁷ was accused of giving him to stop his mouth, was given before he was acquainted with her

London June twenty four 1836 W F Strangways ¹⁸
Henry Fox Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham