TALBOT785

Bowood ¹
Saturday –

My dear Henry.

I do not think I have much to make a letter of – but conclude you will be glad to hear of our being all assembled here alive & well. The children ² came a day before us – there is no one in the house but a Miss Fitzgerald who you never saw – L^d Lansdowne ³ is just arrived from France, but he brings no news of any kind – L^d Auckland & his sister ⁴ come on Wednesday. & I suppose some others, or our Xmas party will not be very numerous – Your letter to Richard ⁵ did not reach him till he came here – I hope what you wanted from Town was not very pressing – however if you tell me your wishes I will endeavour to gratify them down here – Our Melbury ⁶ plan is given up. so in ten days or a fortnight we shall go again to Middleton. & thence to Town I see in the Papers that L^d Lauderdale’s son ⁷ has died at Cambridge after a very short illness & your mother ⁸ is fearful that the Camb ⁹: fever may have reappeared – let us know what he died of & what college he belonged to &c &c &c.

My poor sister Lady Robert FitzGerald ¹⁰ is very ill at Paris & I believe I shall be obliged to go there with my sister towards the end of the month of January. I shall be glad to hear the results of your experience on the wine – write to me or your mother my boy & tell me how you feel yourself getting on for your examination –

God bless you Y^r aff
C.F.

Henry Talbot Esq^re
Trin: Coll:
Cambridge