TALBOT4554

Saturday
30^th July

Dear Henry

I enclose a letter from My Sister, ¹ by which you will see what she wants you to subscribe to, which of course you will, as I shall also, but you had better write & answer for yourself. Chevalier Bunsen & D^r Lepsius ² both came to my Music Party, & seemed desirous of going down to you, but fixed nothing. I shall see Bunsen tonight at L^y Palmerston's ³ & will try to make him decide one way or other that I may ask Babbage ⁴ selon les circonstances. ⁵ I am going this Morning by his invitation to see some Electric experiments. Amélina ⁶ says M. Comte has agreed to let Kalotypes ⁷ come thro' him to her. Pray send the very best to Paris.

Lord Eastnor ⁸ who was here my [sic] musical soirée, I believe has carried off the German pampthlet [sic] which Lepsius left here with you. Does it signify? Shall I require Lord E- to refund it? or leave it to his bonne volonté. ⁹ It happened to be one of the few things laying [sic] about, & had been perused by Bunsen before Lord Eastnor came. A letter from Caroline ¹⁰ says Charlie ¹¹ is better