TALBOT3749

Lacock
Nov. 11^th 1838

My Dear Mother

This morning I received a letter from Lord Auckland, ¹ enclosing the deed of disclaimer signed by him at Simla in the Himalaya Mountains on the 26^th of August – He says they are all well there – I have written word to King ² of its arrival, & asked him whether I am to send it to him – I am delighted with the Anglo Saxon Dictionary ³ – I did not know such a treasure of a dictionary existed; and indeed on looking at the titlepage I find it bears the date of 1838 so that I have not been long unaware of its existence.

M^r & M^rs Moore ⁴ came here on Thursday & stayed till Saturday morning – The Miss Mundy’s ⁵ came on Friday, & Moore was very goodnatured & sung [sic] beautiful Melodies to them in the evening – They stay a week, & then to on to Weymouth for the winter. I think of coming to Town about the 25^th – to be present at the Election of the new president of the Royal Society ⁶ on the 30^th – What are your plans? & when do you think of returning here? I am wanting very much to hear what name has been determined upon for my nephew. ⁷

Yours aff^tly
Henry

What a powerfully written State paper is L^d Durham’s ⁸ address to the Canadians –

L^y E. Feilding
46 Dover S^t
London