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Sneyd Papers
Calendar of correspondence to
Ralph Sneyd from
Henry William Vincent

Both sides of this correspondence survive, Sneydfs letters to
Viacent having been returned after the latter's death, L$ February
1865.
Henry William Vincent was born in 1796, Sneyd in 1793, ad
although they were both at Etan they do not appear to have becone
friends bsfore 1822. The earliest letter from Snsyd to Vincent to
survive is dated 9 June 1822, the earliest frm Vincent to Sney2,
5 October 1f322; and on 23 October 1822 Sneydls sister Charlotte
wrote to her sister Harriet: 9.. .last week.. . at Shugborough.. .
4. MT Vincont. - A now friend of Rdlphfs - one of tne cleverest
& most agreeable persons that I have seen, far smo the.'
Vincent was a Clerk in the Treasury (1813-23) and Queen's
Remembrancer in the Exchequer (1823-5S), which latter off im
eventually involved him in a protracted and unsuccessful battle
with Sir Charles Trevelyan.
Vincent married in 1830 Elizabeth fume, daughter of Cd.
Callatzder, of ~rai~forth'ncd Ardkinglas. l~kssie' died in 1839,
leaving two daughters, Susan Anne and Harriet Ikaria. The letter
married in 1860 Captain Jmrs Campball R. N., hcr oldor sister mxrryi~~
in 1864 Henry Lam, a distant relatin of the SmHs.
Vincont inherited Lily Kill, Bracbell, Berks., fron his mother, in
1833, and ~cade it his hoxa when tho law terns did not demwd his presence
in London, when he stayed at Tbornwocd (f orncrly Loudv~~) Lodge,
Kensington, which he bought in 1833. Lily Efil ncx; provides office
accommdation for Messrs 1nZ;ornatimd Corn;sukrs LM.
In 1846 Vincent published s3lony~;ncrrsly a pmptzlct on the Ccrn La!:.;,
the thigh tone, &really mcxm.?led temperance1 of which wcs praisd by
Cbles Gmvine, who had hk?sdf con*%rib~*v@d a p~phkt.
Vincent hknd a brothcry tL? RB~I. Frederick Viccact, of SllnfoX,
Sussex, and a cousin, John Hcr -for, c;C Bradwsll. C-rc*~, &So-r3-' .+. kucir~,
whose Or.YordsNre o sbbs ha irkcritcd in 3863.
Many of ths dates ascri55Z to Iottt3~s h thds =ch-i;-s

tentative. Host of the isolated sheets have hen placed with the
letters to which they belong. Mutilations (by s bp collectors)
apart, the condition of the material is exceptionally god.

U N I V E R S I T Y OF KEELE,
(Lists of Archives)
Accession No. or Cde : S [RS/HWV] .
Name and Address
of Owner:
Accumulatian ar
Collection:
Class :
University af Kede, Keele, Staffordshire.
Sneyd archives.
Private
Reference
Kmhr:
Date : Item :
CORRESPONDENCE
Dalnony ,
EclL~burgh,
5 Oct*
la2
Henry [ g~im] Vine- tnt to
[3.dph] Sneyd, a% Rms.
What a patty fdls stxmsr Sc~yd
seexed to hat70 hen spez4fog.
Snrqgd br06l.d despise hh wkzn k3
told hkn that tbo:lgh hz 'ma ccxs
to Edir-burgh 03 550 2ay the Kfcg
hold hls firct drz\?:ring-rom, hs
hd bzen so littla m m d by th3
t,hol~$ts of com-bly g91ety t59t
ho hxd only slept cne nis51t thwe
a15 EC-~
Lay Fad gem to tk3
ki4.~hk?'73 9 't;0 th3 WS.lC3 O? ?l?2!01*
Fsca tl-.rr=! ha kzd go23 to BLE!~.
Ekd r~~~in~~rj
to Cd~.?:?y tk3 ecrl
cf tkc first t,%c?c in S~$c-t?s.
II2d s~tbv'ed La 3c at Lvcl ILc.r?~:n?~
b 'r'ckc-k!~e 02 tko lEthp PC-:
recsnt e~tn".; Ps4 nyc3.a rnCzcldcd
hi3. !;~ss Cc':e n s tt??v~"U to ba
r,r-rl*Jc': $0 t:1.',5 tlZ~~t I> S2-2ac~y
- Sl;nkv::q-l-h9 c-2, zkts .%!A Lcdy ~'2-3~3
kni: A n-.r.,-p-r7 - - 1- P.%
Ecsyc: -- p-t $y22 %L-L--~ ""-4 w A-u hh A*+ '-m?-l-~-?J --.
"l.-,lv- , -,* r".,.~.,',..
i +., z"-:e fc-: LTP:'::~~"'
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>Li, to :".\rC

hint and nd:a a vis f t to Staffordsf.&o amo day a
specific object, Had already rdmfnictered to
. ,.. .. himself ' in nearfy. the same war&, t30 d ae of
cmsolebtsry reflection with reference to Ld.
London2erry's ecd, that you so well Express;...'.
The same to the same, paste rss+&
Rme.
Reflects upon tho popular cer,swo of Carhnols
Oswald. It had been delightful to Me Snoyd.ts
letter, and ho rejoiced that Snepits ~ ~ ~ ~ P P x c
to Rms was unhpajred. Echoos tho pleilswes of
Rma, but would not all as long 013 the reverse
of the picture ho was undergoiri~ [in Loridon],
hmes and stroots .buried in snvw, a east ~Tnd,
fog, smoke, etc. Ead been, to a certain degreo,
sottlod in that wl~zia' since the mlzdle sf
DecenEer, when he bad left Holkhaz, and staying
two day3 with the Cormdlises, had taken up his
quarter 'in this foggy aendchret, Had been
s&yir?g with the Freenmtles md at Lard Sydncyts.
Cammonts on Sneydts letter.
3. London. he smo to the s&s, at ~aris.
It had been a long tke since he had had any
com.unication with S~eyl, whose fcult was it? The
year Pled hen one of cold, cmdmtless weatl~a~, a~cl
had hcught with it its full s5~za of ~.,crid c:liU.
The writores aunt, La6y Rasebcry, b~died, f4cm
acute was the pmg with wl~ich he hd herrb or th
death of Lady korgl~ca Quh. Advfrcs Sneyd ageinst
staying at Florence, which was Goo fak, too gay.
Deseri;xs hw bared ha was with both tusfnccs arA
pleasure. Excmsscs his o?iniort cf cmkf nc u?
natrk,cny bsC~cen chC&en, who h3ve seen ncm of
the respmtive opposite soxos, Sc I~OJ no neo w?,:ttt
the world OF the po~p10 in it are cadc o" thn "1
, do of thcse mysteriez zr!?ie'n Hea~en will not hma
lbtn to kns~",, .lo Tko-@t Sncyd trwdc! scnnccly
aprcwc cf Lazy Sn~?.C.zic",r%a bc!:nvimr tlrce t??
cansa~.rt-Lfc2, t c G;:rn ~ 8f"wn.cxaC.s Lx2-y Il~zrlet krtO
ken ~ud,si~~ nS .~r:':tz vlth e 1 .t!.-is yc~7,- zzn In
Lon3cn, her EvabccZ absent, ncV?cr wit3 kr, & 5~1'13
S. ~31:1J?,n 8 mrit of cuttin3 all h:'~ T~-~.%ly
cw.s,1otcly, b n 3c.i~ cf rw:1.41:: rcx5 th TCC~ 50
avoid, os sBs sai6, %ha i_r--;x:c_.:r?.
of !??r nz-.;
Cora~zlor?~; tk3~(3 CO?I?~X~C~~ b3-.?-~ ~?c-'Ie v13m s>le
so Pa-klg prr?tc~Ced z4:n ccdd I;C% ae";.:l-TU.j 3.273 a
a ajccli withcutl' ReecCT":sr=?.s Q~-~.Q-m~~~to
Spy-2.

had not heard that he was to tza~re mything else.
SGT~ up his opinion of Lcrd Cormzdis , a of
eneasing sweetness of disposition, & amiability of
rnarmcrs - obliginz & attentive to nll, thau~h li!c:r.~:
the Society of a very few - . , .
' . Mas to12 that ki3
place in the Hausehold was do3tLzed for Lord fkstfng~,
Lcd Salisbury had also beon med at first, 3ut Ymt
the writer shdd no+, Iiavo thought likely. Fad
received a sewror blm~
fron the de~th of Lord
Bayninz. What c d d he tell Snes of the other t'~Lngs
of which he spoke. His Sfaffordshire namfactories
were brfllieJlt cmpared to the dull recep.tacles trbLch
the writer had to go to for materials. To Sncy-il eke
Trent was a Tiber. La5y Conpghan m.d her intripcs
came not near ths writer's ear. Ibwd nothing c?
Carlton House except wl-ien Knightn asked to have a
cask of wine duty free far the Xing! As ho never
loolced in a book it wcrs the less astorAshing that 1;3
never heard of Victoire de Soligr~y. At t'aat place
[~ontreal], wMch was Lord P~;.rfi@ratls m5 ha6 been
Men during his 5 years in Inii-2~ by Eorrles, the*
Secretary, they were to a csrWn Gegee eB1e to 20
what never could ?x dose in Lon6c2, 'to nix enjcyxnt
with busines3'. Herrieo hbself vrrs very clev~r. It
was impossible far the writer to b at I;ecb, hnv2ng
- to be in attePl",once at %!la Treasury t5.U. Yaa end oP
Augcst..The first fortmight in Soptcmber ko h-tl to
devote to hfs father aad nother, af4&r whkch his fkst
wishes wotddl be tstrarZs Kecle, if 12 Pfs Snc$
would accept him at that the, to wit tks fiddle of
Ssptember .
. I
5. Shugbarough. The sane to t&e same, at Keelo; '. ' .
U. oct. -
Invites Snoyd to co~~csivo Ms dSem at recc2vinz a
1823
letter frcn (?) Mrs St~rmhqc, in n ~&mI~~~ at
my having put off going Lo Brcd3y fx-m Ti1&-;72c?,- to
Sundcyt, mil te312irx him that tho only rcpmrtion h3
c ~ dm&e d thorn was to teat thorn at Zathgton. EaEf to
act Karatlus in a play. .
. .
6. London.
12 Nw.
1823
Tho same to tho swe, at Kesle, redirected to Eaten
FAU, CheshLre.
Hcv very lor,& ago hs e~g11L to have brktfucn to hPm.
IIe was to b~ro nitten, Sne2-d hd said, hen ko 1.16
been dolivcred frcrn t>c PlX9st4~~, 'md I wc~Css
Yr~t in 4 quiet d~1.y~ vhkh I ~2r;scd at Eatlrz;ton, I
did nos-' . . I. Rfi!3~b2~~d tk3 C'X~CZLS efT32bu it
hd had to 'l;C3 ~iSutL~z darn wlth 3 o~ 4 lrdlzs zxk
gcntlez-2, L?sAuead of the kcterc~c~co~~ l:v.~lg 5n
w'dch cns he6 1a.zScl.y 't?>cn nk

Englef ield Green.
.acbd in all butRcsd,ird, phy& ?q a Misa Jcncs,
, Hd lcng aSo got Sns$ae slst~rls glass, but dii
not Ima.a ha-! "u osocC! it. Fad psseZ tka prcvic~rj
S8'tuxZo.y EL-d SU?~O.Y with Lmd Gorge Q?Li-r, c;ko t-.:!
esteblishecl fi~zclf, wit21 Us c!xU pz7cza c2 523
' appoint~ont. Wfisn wrs Sneyd9s arigizd. to %zl:c plzc~?
LJo~dd go with IlLn to soo 53-r Fr119z..I~-~ at C672~t
Garden, Pcmg acAkd it wcP1, S-,.>!~Y tkx MCL"LTP,I~T s
-- Sfr ?PG~V. Ii~d Snc;pii ever thccrg5t OP mmhg dem to
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A - .,.
. -
The saxe to tho rrari!~.
Had not an $&+a w5y he sta,~.fid mito to hir;; A4.czi %!let
place, Ho.:over, illness nd Sw2ay c~~birs~ii Lo gf7~
bin a f e honsl ~ ~ P'cs'G. Ead C ~ dcm O to hfs Ko~35r7l;cn
villa tho previous ni~ht, 'to malise in Snw, E25.1,
md a Mmth East Windl The mmt.d3 P.~JISCC;L"~~ to t7:s
writer to ba all s %lU ~d after Rcssini. Ccr,sid~;.eZ!
Rwslni's pcrfmmce veFj like his nusic, ~'c-lXllm.Z,
vivacious, spirited - with little or no voice; tssh
enm@ to please t5o Ex, but co",hihg tbat sz;~
a
syllable to the p.-f;"&. .- 8 . Lacy Gomgiazls F,Fer kd
sat mar him an t2ia-t weesfen ard t'r,", writer tha%$~f
that If he bad leisure and qpm9chnity ho ehoSd rake
a point of being in lmo with her, PEm I ha^^ lcaz
thc~ght her the nost attractive of the yem-g Sadicr
that I see abed%; & hrvo adnfrod her E~%~ELL nm7r3
& plecsing co&emco ;. .. ITever hezrd such a Bill
of Mclrtdity as all the stupid nezkrs of sccfety
brmght Ln of a day, b3fmo dimor. 0;1 F'riltay
evenbody had kUed Smrlett. Heard tolereble accmts
of Mrs Sldcio~s. Codd see out of his windm tk,e ?zicqm
, . of Hollmd House and the Duke o? Bodford's. Enbeats
Sneyd to cme to Lonclon.
Tho sane to tho sms;at Keelo.
,
HICZ left London m tho last day a? P-usst. IEccTI bcea
for a forSdght Vr,e Hrig'nlanCo. E2d pcaccd rr woe2
at tho Dulco ck" A'tlndlf s , and anotkor at Scen~, with
tho Mmnf ie123. La,Q ai?d Xis3 CwrL3iU were at
D&sw, aml Douglas I~hn-,5--cl, who hr,d cme tk3 o'zy
befors, md tho Liddells who had emo t% dcy. Yl-.2y
were all to go 03 Thursday fm a crce!:ts visifio S3.r
Job Da2rppl.e. Coi;ild not sco cdarlr'oly hca Keel6
was to ccm lnto the futm. I:ad nco thn 2zlf
p~dscd! to epmd Xxs a% Eol!:?zcz~, ax? kcd d=.c~,sn ",e
Rwohrp into rt ?~oj@ct ef ~eotir?~ hk ti.,-,-@. Ecd
sfac~r. S~ayG~s diagm & Ezroanss de, Rutg3nffs
bom3.t to La.dy Re, who kd been y24Le 2eLiy?.&,.sc3 vfth
it, ad qa.l.ita astonhksd at its aczuxcy, 1:23 5% 30-9;
the smt 02 3o~x@t t?it 1Jf3 !73,jm Il?~.cldcll wca? Ezd
Ths erne ta tk3 s ~ ~ o .
I1.7as with sne!~ smrc.r t?.r?",hs h ~ Lezyr_?d d ,rr-~",-539 , .
S&?&cy;cs LFJ zy:$J ];",-s Szq-5 2 ~~2 j23ez. T2.737 :?.<
cT.-.* ,...., - q ,. 32 ~G.~",*cs w+'t:3 I':c?~c! c,:r?‘ ::XI ~cIIcY-LZF. , .J
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do rasllky & ositlively, (thos I cay SO- ns 1Pt'ch
as possible, 7 ~ f h i 1 ~ ~
ns - . .,I.
The szns to tho sam, at Keele, directed to
Sa.z~dos FdP,
'Archery meetings, Kzo3, and the Miss Johosng
pow tmt potqe, t:cdd EFEECJ Si~3d mczo ti;:9
to hear w!lr.*, kc? ,h_?d to sc.37, er.d to h h ~32%
ha hzd to renly, tk~,g tho brrftsr ccdd hq3
brcalSesA& at Chis-rick, Clili5~rZan3 S'ze3-b ad 5.3
EiWrm3y3. Had d~',:Ciled a littIa :;tfl@ Icn~sr in
Lo~doz after Sso* bzd EePt, hzd spmt *&c 9255
E~gPfsh clays at, ;-Zc~~ocd acd had cc--cl into Seo"ulczc3
on the I4-X1 AIL~S~. In the KIgM.ancSs hg h?.d 1"e~24
2cElght,4rF1 weatl~sr, Ha6 retii't-ri>d to D,I~.~::L~ "zo f%2:1
7-
hn33If zEcm vith tho Rassberys a;1d Lzdy kscx.
sk??-,d in a wnspts zest vbcn OJ+~ shocbi~~ efi vC-.m
%.. irO
kctill 23 a vc?y tinzl2.agr S-hile,' Tka g,q-zct ~t=.t.n;2s
tky M k d t b ~ was e Tcjy, oz his wsy fr~,
G-IXZY:.:CZ~
Castla to Dexcste. Pecule o:z-tr~;-ad the %witcr Qo

FA& been roazlng E?-L:T 5 ef an
rdni mble s tora;trboc:r. Whst n2~1z: cf F 2 c$e k3.d
Snefl bcon 1PvEcg with? ' Sk?ce orf yon iirmzy
slc~p,' 6 ~ 9. t h Count~~feit,
~ ~ & 'tell no emothir;.z
about Vaorn; . I.
Tho sme to the sane, at Keele. . .-
Considers the diffcre~ce babesn th921- emespon3c~e~
Goad l:i~.rZly baiem that ?x d5.d riot toil hh of Xs
fmtnig'rzt at ths Grmgs, ad 2113 o%hr wfn"Lr
expeditiocs , a ~de-\a~dcd in re'mzn s =a ca%2loq%
rnfLsoxq6, '$8 o? Sn~yd. 1 s pczec2izg~. LC.;? Z~T~TCOA s
iUmess, ad tho bxsk v.p which If caxscd, wr~pic3
evory3dy. C~TXSidc?ra ths pcliticcll. oitca%lcn. A-5
Frcpd. he fle~ari~'l~d much. 'It 4s t ~2a t'L-s*u dca;. a.ld
Syd~ey is d !d& p~olf;? - ( hc~ greet a ~:'1--4;"f: &
030's hems ole paascs with phrscns u,nSLi-;zd -5 o c?o
in every trayl 'persons so utto~ly ~~SEOTAL~*U frm 2:
tht occupies or,aqs ff~.% brc-st, %bat thy ~Z~113 ~?"3?-r
to ?x ahorst dlffi~ent anixds! ) btet I hrvc ax GS=Z&
Library & a doli$~tful. gzdon 'to m;z~lf.. ,( CO.~ a
&.lop eicd lmc!>oon, an c::ccllent df?zn_pr ta~d a
=d sma accomts of the S.,:ceosslos Wm. Sc:X?r~:r* 2
9
was the bcoir or a ~artiznn, a political ~",F.~:L~';
which larered it a5 h-istory, 'orsb %:o x.xit:r 5::s ?Jt:2j-:
Pndobtod to any pan who wo3dd p.~t a ~rc2LU r3zy fact2
d-
in =say bsfora 'him ia a plczsinz s-kyle. Tk-: DLio cl
Hellbgton had boon dls~as ted e;zd Frd sz5d ha czc=z',d
give - h."m no more pzners - - aftor 55:: f3st vc3xz3, 86
Cq%. I:qicr l~.s sdsce bee2 eq1q:C Ln mc~~Lng
a S3isto~y of the war a% S.f;r~Y~fieXscqr, with hfLs
Desires Sr,cyd to insist upm \!albs dolng E..c1 13~3
nore devils,

tho 'ngw Syekn, lost ym sh~dd rc~st it aPtcnm:?2s. 1
Fixclsira hi8 reasom, tad Ceskes Snsyd to ccsscr.2
ousted- pwt~r wOUld mk.3 my a ~ ~39t d stat~mnt !in
their defenco when pmlimsnt mot.
. .
The sane to the sane, at Keels, yedirected to tba
-1 of Jerscyls, Kiddleton Pck.
Sneyd could not concolre ai~d wodd cc% b9lfoac hm
ofton ho bd ken on the poht of a lott3r 30 hb.
C-dngos doaYn ar,?. the subsoq~ent, crarL~ezm4s ?!*!I
well nigh drawn upon Snqd a tmrent of Cisqzrl:mltlcr,
Had absolutely prmkacd ffzs Sr,oyd a"u32Pf'4x".-1-7 30
write to him imcdia"cly, but tImt resoht5s:; h3d em-o
the way of its pred;3eocsors. IZd kcen at Holly5vs:1
a;ld hh3otrrm, mi! 'ad don:, nothizg in tha t!cl.-ld i.,.~t
ride, r5oot, d~t,trdls rnd pla~ rt uI.I-.J.s",G bi3.1icL3.
George Vcrnoxs, VatsrpsLcs an3 Cc~~c~dSsl:nz, $2 223
Miss R~illip3, Lmd mii Ledy Sclfaabu, Gemgo 13sc2,
Frederick Aron mi? Ms 2auzhtcr were ' t5e t1p~::~c~3
tidky I pro@PaLait . .. - > Refiecf s on Cc-rkp~I~nf a s
dcath. 'Geniw & Iatellect 0-e tco ?.-me, f~? c:m to
b3 able to 880 the* CaJa~tSc;)ho. 2 But if tt1'37
dcscor2od to ~ml,ps3t, t22e7 must rezrrj-n of c?.jF2ic:1
CI
that hc w ~ s a bcr2 minlstez-. I,.'Imt did Smyd tki9r c-
tho present cabin~t? 11 c~zfcss I a;n n& FJC!I pEc:zcS
with it - o,. 1 aed could not Kriirik 1-L k-s-idd Ilzst.
Co~sfders the sitwtioz. Whan was Y22~e a. ck%n:3 02
Sn2ydrs b~izg 25 Rselo? Esd i?zil scxe tl~cagh-bs or
staying at EuxQor.
~[uoon] Arne St,
1 Fob,
1828
The sema to tho sano.
Mttcd it d.3.. Had been fdle~sss i"usslf. Ecd
left Keole "wke day bfcro. ComLGers 523 ojLiSica1
sitmtro?l.
~[tteon] Anne St,
7 %sb.
1828

Tkc sms to tl GIFI~~
at I

: Tho s~s79 to t30 SIIFW , at IComIc.
against God Fr-tdsy; (11792 whic3 O E.st5~ thy
roweygc thrrr,so%vaa for t;kb e:c2ravapi?'; snc'.3?:2:?~
of Swd~y w%eh t%y Iare to d~css-xp cs ~ 2 . 3 ~ 5
C P ~ O & black fastkcsrs -t;l~:e.~ cc.~;) T5.s hc 655 crZ%
crcdibblo zed. - & ss~zr,?l. l2r11227-kd ",i~2sk3, r.277
pt in , 8~ixl:m -b C50es C03c~s ., & Ca-:!=l?x-elr;.
9 7
;,-~o
refiscd: w:iich b~cu$~t 91'3 to Edi?kyy:1, (L~G' zy
n
aldm tros not .6,-s@-bd 2:Jf oo ccrcxu~ic.sly E
philoso~lnically as h2 1235 b2en 37 33, whn ka 2~72%
needs try Ms h~nii CLS tl~e Cree% or -t*.o G? tl: 3
y0~1.g Mvocntes , tree ScFo~s of tho g?:? - ?: 7s7.7 -- -- Fr
Schod, who h~d boen fishing, & ~ 3 u>fia % ttr, Cc:.cL
%o rctrim to EZinburg3 within 15 nUzs or tilzt,
111
chcscn Scat of A.rc5i'cec-bsl.e & Jc4nnksc: - ific whclo
EloaAuonce & Sizeer 02 the Cmt 05 Ssssioc &
EdkhE?~Z? RBVPCJ tC8X'Q 8% US he823 & &GX~ 33-3
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grlovcmly by his Zoa2 htrln,rr ccx PLIZXC: [:*:+] -223
b3tting stard, whL2.e 1323 j-xIg~,c;~% 7~2s ya'; Ct-: kzl-I-."
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The sa~:~? to the. sa~o, at 6' Sc=k~illc Street,
L c2d on.
Srzay-3 cc~'ainly dared not tlddi bU32t Ccc :ry.Lt~?r
hzd boen in Lcnc2m over since he sccn hk,
viYfic3~t nzklng another attec?t to ?css ::dP a_r
hm with :&x. 322 fact, I;@ had bezn at Q ~c~I~cT~.
Whstl he -Xlv~'~,rht of t!rc s?$~Jt in which Ss~yd >ad
conceived Yno writsrta last senlenco, w5-n '50
Coztar ksd provolrin~lg t~rned hln cu"; of hit:
pons, the r~rite~ts ~ L ~ C C C Pad ~ C ~ st~cd hh in
no st"iad9 fos ho had felt. tht if ' CLS * W~:S 1236
left "to ux4ue Iqressioon, hs Fzil an~c~~ed
mLpatofiL9 ard Iio ha3 ben oa:cs:l. 3 3 ~ 3 %
bolkevc it tres necescayj to assure k 5 . -%st 55
hzd nothing In -Lko uwld in !lis ha3 SrPt tll?t
it wdd kc--o been wCa5r 50 htle (Zf3toineC kl~
until after t'!ek collo~luy. IJIacl "cocn In Lozdcl
th~ Cay bcfme. tift~r cdc97 he 1.7r.3 %O go to
quinizs. Ed 333n f c an ~ hcyn to L~;:c*cnco~s
pictmes. 'Tho K5n;'s pictxe of E~--c%, I ~GcI;
upon as 57 I P v X In 'X?e CoEection; a23 beZo~~2.~
to a S'~?p?szicr Clor;s to ~2.w Elm hc c7;e: pzL~:bd;
- Ia Cs~czption n~d in C:rx-~tlon, - In ~cntk.:n'CJ.
-
elevation, - tone & hzr,3irt2, - ihraz32-y a?p?n=.s
-- to R?
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f= EL~~TJB 5i-s 0';!l9X? VCX~??, C3 IE.5 CCTS
~ozst plc-tvze is &bcs the __. of 0Siy-J
painters of portraits :. .. f Ccz::~fis CZt2cr uam
L~~~ercrs s tcehiq~c.
~[ueen] Anne St.
7 May,
1831
The sme to the sme,
~t Keels.
The tmlter did ~ o cczs t lnto pt~~li~.?~:~t,, so SGCJ-~? .
ca.CcI e~?znec hi a alt.lmntivc, an? b37 t-,-zy of
cle,o,-fn,o ",bo grout? 5ek:?2 >k., tk3 t.zritz: vcy.'SiL
tell him chat ho r~zr,"v ?"J hc~5-z~ no 3crc;exl.
pre5ilcc"vom. In Lhs f > st plncs t'oe \T",';C-,. kc3
nwar @con%hmt gcverr;::cnt CT c ~ % c," p?:bl3.rs nc:~
t,rhczc poLft?c?J vLc:?r; zrd. ~~;155717.2~~3 ~.?l'il ~.;"l.l,~ely
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A &s ~cllticxl sit us tic^ ard SmyG3 EI vic:~ of tk 2 ~273
of LOT~S. Had keel at Co~c.xt Gzciex 52!l~? ~zcT
night. 6123 tha cholera a% ~cwccs~le-~r,dc~-L~~o?
Considers tka pofltical situstdon. I6!8.s at iCc,.r.~oLJ,
for f-)shee8!Z,
ttr--br x"-,'cln; ,F: :tf -3- n
-LC= $ __"_ -. .-.,***'* Eat? pssc5
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>as with :fs and Yzs Ct,.:p',.&l L-; Slczdon. ~i27 st~iZf3
of reform 1.!ere so gigmtic that i c d Ycr3f 2cfl. --z:
no lonzer in I'Iassi?-n 503ts ~'JC EF~XLY.?~ LE %-~'r-r-~--
J- - -.. u 9
an2 shcrt omn. Did Sncyd re26 a-y s-k-7 >asks? i:::-.zt
mcro dolxge ard drivclr3ir.z porx Ecc%t k.? fell-en inh,
Hr-d th"3
. .
Cucbsss of Bichotdgs aflair rczcl:c15 t--1 ;-on
mines - t GF did it cms ""2 of ti=r3;a?' ';:'.c;r s.z.ii Lt;
b.-as & a lie, 1bj-i; 1 hljr,~~ Ld. C;eori;.z 4g r?pl' .....
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to be mvcr oxtoof tk3 ~GJSC ;- ..,
1 , id~~ap
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a wcam when GUC~ thrrgs ware scid, ePX';?cr t;n~Ly c
fdssly. Eesired Sneyyd- to coze to TO"^.^, ha kU*d bsn
anoag the pots lo~g e~mgh.
~[ueen] Anne St.
5 Fob.
1832
Tk2 smz to the snm, at I{eePe, reflkected 50
Capesthmno,
Sceyd ha? antic f ptsd $1-~c mi*&^ @s a Zrs rd c:~XO~-'LS ,
If the t.~itei- hcd been 023 C?cy lator, tho ucit~~k.r,~
c:hzVactnr of his nircivc T:CI&C :?.TO ~CCII lo;% -
'whicl~:*d. Iizv~ bzen a pity, ' X-.d ~ C T 20ir: ? T.o.'~:Ic
pc.stion t.'? my t*~..: - Sc-.ztL~os, fr,c.:ccc': I tI._-:.': co",
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3 APT.
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Bad cco %hers 03 ?losday c3 k1d $L'C~_S??C~~ ht6
Wfn?o?-c Gh,%% day. They vz~e da3 ct Cs;~~c;n ?all,
ncz Barnsleg (Spcssr S",3qmrs)t on tk :,IS%,
aiPtcs ~zr!xPe?~ their nascxoi?t3 wrc? 1~:cc~";i9n, 8qcr.X~~
02 ?i?zt. qcluct.e~ t5a ~cr",32rs cf EessLots ft"niPj, W:ID
GI?~ W I E ~ to I sco, ~ rnirkb b3 Bi~izy: in. Su~3ascd
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f [ C ~ h 1 s ~CXYER,~ ~ ~ W":C?h 53 spits 02 WLI&?ZP~X~~Z
gz.2 8326 tcsJi3 39 h23 acz3 vith plecrju~a. For Bszsla
k~d bcc3 E g~sd ?.~d. tbXd btf% k",'=? Cfi~c?, L=I=:~ V23 23%
at~ccg, b-hot 119. Lzdy Hzl-&~Pc!re was siqir,rr .;.1,~y
wcx tzae, tin a aau9tca ~rsic Roa dizsacn3 3y &
smL4 o% S~,ce's fzippzr~.~, ~ J-
p374-?h?.q C x =... --- fm s~L:;.),, . + t,
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Thy wzro ta cLaep at fQ~~bWj
c._~.L tiY.4 f~~1~..*21;
r5$1t, c-3 bt3zdad to b3 ts*, C~:mca Ffi3.l. on Tc.3zPz.7.
Tha sms to Z;kc c~..23, at Bcola.
If $>era rv.rze k2rr", in C~::S~.CCTS ." - Szt-@ va:: fn
&"$12~4. If th5ze ICL.e23 %rx";iz ir, St 2LX22s's S"c~*cet,
t2 ~2.3 122 S%?2f~*&3kb0. If t.;~s-e s:cze %:xh,'s 5.z Lr,::lz
h3 722.3 ci% Kcol2. Go2y th o'i.3~~ crunrL2= to Lc~s) 50
desires hS*11. %a bf cd a bt.p1:, t?_q rcLt2i: kmm3 ECC?~ cr) r2
k:o 423 3.2-d do23 fay S:1n;:ci, e;%Ls,"l l7.3 le3 to 7;f.c~
O? L.?~cT;?Y*J~?~+
Thy k d Z!?:~-l,d K% >.c-z: &t" r2 2.2
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3izch an fi20no T!m %mi tcr &2 5ecn teld t4st RD?FI.Z.$
Ccc~:crillss plan 'is 80 atre~oly- beauti2ctZ f22t T43
has 20 idea that on7 0th.;~ czn S*CF~CB it;. . 8 , .Ct:.Ji
PI;.-zw z.x.-cp pta3 did, '?+,I._? WLY~CT ---. ~^---hu - 2n rn~ c.P 55-3
finest, .t'r,i~.;s in tk~ Ki29c;=1e ?';'exad tkt t.->?a t:s'r-s
hzd hen sa'59sf Fed, f ir,%?c2 vcd.6 z-hp in. b?zg rzap
g1z3 to hzzr 02 G3oy33 F 'c~*~scuB?~ P~CZ>~C->S. tk1':?3
cf p ~c~ess in th.9 gcden. 1323 b2c2 vore:-3C -tl-.z-".,~'- I. ---L
Frmcis ]-
Smdott hzd not z~lttsa a botlcr Ic-L';sr to
Tt.n T3-37, Cm~onLus upn t11.3 poLi5i~d sit-~~%Ton.
.t--%%-.& .'--
Tkcy t:e=.e to stzy n-t Lcrr,a ea3. t>rS oat :;c3k9 b'xt
s~e~s to go to ik~dlcy Erd on the 16tL1, z~d b;3lle~c-l
tLzj ~I~odtl go to itTk.?010 Tcz Yxeo da73 firs-:. 227
wcre La ca3 back kefc~e Chlst2s:: fc E::.z~ie"L
P~hI2?630 'E C ~ T ~ SZiofl ~ B . ~ 0 d d p298 k1&7 S~:ZZ>C~
thy bad hen 8a-b POOF 033 Smif~ Exit!f
60. Loueaun Lotlge* Th3 srzo to the sms, at I?e~.ntla~ CoxLez~j, rcd9rec-L2d
3.8 Jan* to f )zblds.
1836 I-lcpr! t:mt in d3.x-3cting to fTurze2%?1 ho s!=gfid 3~7;3
cdc-dn2eci d;;m distcz~zs o,C his shot 2n frol?.S, of hh
fli~>-t f o.,-,:~*d eneqh "c 3~ie %At kk0 Bc,d bzm
inlm4fn,n to pull Lka bziggor b>Z"c~e
a ZCV T C ~ ~ C rt ~ tke S huqIcs cf Sz37Jts lcct Ie%-kre
They wzze a ~~il~3Ps fz? ~424 suzh LC-> *.~c37,~2cz53
a3
Sccyii co'2.d I?ETD 8t t?2L tkc! 63f >2P!* l"ll~?3S to
she! $Ln Ms ~ze~~ratic?. PC a 32~2c-a. X.5.n cz9 hL%
mi,fx~ h~d hen tht nczrz5.n~ cvc: S"t,"Zc~d XCS~ er.-',
htd c(rn3-cd nmch J;h?e. Tcz Lic-del7 ? 1~2s 2 CC;::~LC%
brl-7 C .--~C~--.-~C~A , cf t--i3 (----- -3 -091
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\j:;:tz- .C.>?.b Sit. Sr;..Tr.z8> :.rc$-d 2.~735 3 *;. - - - . LL7J 1~2':~": tyn S:'~T.I. :,7
Cup_ zly LC-: ;:-? LE i :~dv c - k:3, t'!':~ 3.132 '~,~~*iter :;:ZLd
7. - ,-- ..b, 2::-,.;*: to Z;IGJ L112 In lf.2 ~zC..=s.

cme back the bagi-ng of Nmenbr, ard his
invalld 'so far better than when she went, that
sh hrrd conXnued slwly to advanca in flesh &
strength dyming the trip, upon Gragos & broad,...*,
but the root of her sUfferixs, t'na local injury to
t5e nerves of the spine, had renaincd untoucbcd,
she had retwnod as much a crip2ls as when sko h~d
gone. Describes their f ourmy. Had cma to Whpole
thee days before, whore thy hd a son of Lcrd
Melville, a sozl of Lerd Grey, a :~l.~enber of Pzznliaxent,
EL sea ccptain, two fedas aod a pintez. Lady
HZ6vPcks smg to them in the eveaing, arxl tkcy
debehd and dawdled very tolerably. Believed he
should go to Audlsy End for 2 or 3 days, 'befc~e
I go to uy Househ01d gods;. .I.
'68 Temple, The sane to the same.
1 Feb.
, Refers to
1837
an enclosure he had sent Sn0j.d but 'ma
received back frm Lord kdui eke. Old as it wm ,
Sneyd nust still swallcd it 'as an EviZonce 02 my
DecenSar intentions.' They had boen all. ill, but
were bettor. Ccnsiders ths political situatlo3. Was
Sneyd eming to then? Bad turned Ms dining-rom,
which Yney never used, 'into a sort of mixed slc-?pir~ d~~t11 02 !:!klllc~n Ilj' ,?.:yJ 5.t:
c!~;cc~s. r,ot cw cf *i:.c.r.o trllo am E?::c;-l;
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eal pri~ckpleo, ' Bc factsI & ch-xrckrs, - shew so
little rncmtal mdesty cr ~ I I I ~ B as ~ , flyinz violeztly
in tho face of her mother wd. imply! - nc wd.
willingLy are to the personal piques of t5a Antichamlser
, uhicl-I wvcdd Evince, ~-&-cz' rather than
wrudence or principle, - - - a rash e~lbarkjstion in
kounsela, wGch I wd. rather see The & e@bg
Intellect foster & mature.
Lay Rill.
23 June.
1839
Clarendon Park,
28 Sel
1840
It WES not sqrisicg, with such a heart ard head as
Snoyd'e, he should hzve fcmd means to szy a fcu
wc6s t3a-t were soothkg to hLs bru5sscl feeliws.
Rcflecta upon ths sflorkg md death of his wifs.
The, I.fm2i~ic:tes hd boen ve7 wrgcnt with him to 1cz.t.o
hae W":e his clflzren to t!'~cn, to Whpdo, b-25
%he wrftcz had &d no c?esira to Icme hmc. Thy k d
her, at Lily for t!:5 last s3x \reeks,, fa=. the trrit?ze 3
termto 0," the previous f m yews bad left tho p1,zce
in so wretch~d a cc~dit9m that he had fond it
absolutely neeessspj to tidy up. Fcund tks ksL& far
outsf-dom oceupa.i;ion aduo.i?ckng or: him daily, rn
hLs taste for indoa~ study an3 b~rovec;cr,%ddeclinfr,g.
Tho* desolate hearth at Calrxlen Hill, ' (wb~ch is ECJ
cdod ~b-fi~~~;~~4 9d9, as we got rid of rJe~2
wNch ws t h ~ ~ it ~ hzd h t no b~sir,esa with,Jq wcs in
groat t;ccxty & g2S-ety, rrd tho :citorfs gcrdcnc=.
was mise~ablo at tkok bimfng deserA&d it in its
blom. AZds a postscript, on the fiatlings at the
post-rnm-bbn examination of Us wff0.
The same to the saxe, at Keels.
Sacydl s letter f C*J-Y~ Pam at Cl~~etldcn Pezk, 'bcgcZ
3113 termfn~c of Fkilrexls, - k~:.-=, alcs, t:ba
LC---=! 1 Ho 1:s to stay Ghez-3 until T'r,w322y, ~~~kzr?
~ 3 to 3 EO - b%c!: to his l~cnschold ~ - ~ 3Hsd . bcn r.:a,-,y
frm hcxs slncc th3 first ~3ck In S~ytczt;zr. S'qp~~cCi
tkat tka f~ftlhfd Vivizn had toLd hl'~ that tl.~;? k:P
~OZQ togcthcr to L%^o Graze, azd discassc2 WiUrixs
azd Ccrkcrill, n~d hd h ~ d Crokcr as3 Led Sen:!wlc
md Fx,d gcno cn disc~ssl~e nattsr::, high a~:d lcr.
Shudd hayzo likzd to hm-c seen Szc;.-;ifs WCT~.';~ at LI-.. .&.,
p~sent pof~t cf h.clf my. Czo t~c-25 r,cV;en kYyc k21C
tho craZit c33 deccmed fm tb3 k?ar:ty 333 px2ced?,
u~Jcs3 ~:i3 hh03 pcyle a lfttlo wLt5 %!lo ss:zno LI
tho platr-~txs cno rczc-:cd. Eelicyscd Szqx? sSc-.:3G hc&~c
kept open hc7:iz at Kaole ~ C T E cc-2pLe o: yorrs 3~'3::~"2
hct 'bqp tzxirz t!;3 s~~'oh,~c=n gccLm of gs. plrzidmcir_z
%ha ik'jrj ~5th YC-3 LCTSS CCZS, & ~cc,c~.;~c~
-yo.= Eilmics bcd3.7 f L Rc?Zc-~mk; ~ - . . t . Diuci:
vb;t lt3 k2.s Exn rcdi,r~, s c (? ~ Gcrr;izx - VQ
b,?ssf ect) t"crarsla%ions QT Sk-.,?;:rz;:c.nro, ai:<
ill-~~itt3nwcl, TI'? V--.:y a- R-:r?
n~-=.
dze. T33 :

gardener b~irgic: his h,nZs. Discusses repiro ePrd
altorations to t2n.e hoq.zse. Must soon nove to Ley
Kill. Kas no jltd20 whothcr Srqydts dcccriptbon o,"
Hollmd HWO was just, but wos sure it was vc;r;r
protty and well expressed. Corsidcrs w3rzt c c ~ s t ~
good sacioty, =d what th prcoent Ir5,Hollerfi y:;:: 24
to do with tko sito of Holland Hoqe. Considers tiis
situation in France, Syria and Tmkey. There wcs no
one in TOI,P L'mt tho writer knew or Sn~yc? ccred n
fathi% about.
Thorllwood Lodge. Tho SOEQ to the sac.
28 Nw.
Advises Scoyd not to cm,e to Lolldon, w5cl.a the gFog
1840
is fder th,m Vulcmts Stithy, a~d cuttabbe wit11 a
Knife! Mo~while, tho wc.en bacl cut off acotkr
vcqT large slice off tls fronts of tkoir bonnets,
their crxt move 'must certafr3y be to wear them
slmg d ~ the& n backs ;. .. \!as goicg to bolt, to
He~tfmdshirs, axd then to Whpolo. Had been recclir~
Mesorn8s pmns, wkoze els~ies were better t h eitkcr
his odes or his dranas, ard who had a most ref fncd
ear.
Milld Hcuse, Tho srae to tho saw.
Liphook [dl Had ho;cd to have &oycd Sc~yd's svzo?~
tka
lmmocd Lodge* proviocs Surday. Doscribes th:, ? grant sqwze
7, 26 June,
3a
minte?estlng imp cf Pe5.?~rth,, . . E-mc"slcd Er,or-;>
by z?- SIr Josht~cs,. . . h",'~? or V~zcIy~ccs,
& -2mt
lnqp savr,-y CIGI~C~. . . Bed %en to VZCI Isle c.,"
Wig:%$, So his 't;sot'r,cr-in-lz~.r Zck~ CalZanhr, zz3
to Ityk, to h3.w Sibthmn. Dz;3hr3;.2333 :At?% fE~ist
jib"h= done to St Jczi2ct CbLrc3r, ltha whF~s?.x
2f a ffo~li~li fcUeer, & a feeble t;Cr=:;cr; - IT-^ -u
LU rrcsb, h3 dld & said nothin2 to ?*m-3pt'.; - pr~?,::lxl
a. clo~zr, & n go-zd Ssraon u>on g;rc;-c-, - O did ro'2
call u ~on w fccr no:o crechI.cit~s Ccxccsions tka~
may, c: mcst, of Us Ices r,r.';j:;: brsYioren; - 8~ ~3
t!;a wl:& I rah,hcr lihd :>AT; Gc 1323 Sir!~ir.z, - ti'
-atk$a that 0: his littZC b0~3, l2xccssLvolj.t
hscylra cz~p,"ased to t h %-zitor ~ c:ria ~f tke zcst
injx?,Lcefv.z azd nc;.lsensic&L vc~zrf u os pcss ible, b.2
kc lovcCci 'n'aL3.lcr psss a cca?Pe of h ~ svIt3 s Sibts
2nzle, Crzz-4 62 Svxplicc, t'=a with tks icc?on,lo.zt
~~TT~~~.";.T;: 0," tc~f P::'QZ>.>-.~~T~~D B311fl , & tha T.;.~~";;~
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well, & I had reason to bo gratiZLed by t3a ki~dr,zsn,
of my "nondoU tarads s~aJ.3. Eff mts. Thcre h~d
&en an c.c!vertise~.,ont %bat S %TC.~VJ~~~~
Kill was "c 23
sold. Fl;rZ? bon tbre with a p~~ty, bu?i tl~~y f.4 kxr!
rcfked achiosioa by tha l;omokee.wr, but had carriad
tbir point I& a very agreeable couple of hours tl:a
cwqfrg of it gave us; - ...'.
Lily Hal.
15 July,
Lily Kffl.
23
18W
~a iork Plac~,
Pwbm Sqmo.
9 Sopt.
let1
Tho S ~ to Q the sm~,
at Keela,
Ezd cornittad a rcsh actand let Ms homo to Lord
Al.vzeJey a:< siator. Desired Sliojd to visit lr3i
if kc shvdd cm.0 to Tm1~11. C~li~id@=.s tho q~czitioa
of Gotbdc mc>Likc+,ura nrd cmdidly concurred ir
Snqdt s o$r6.on that ecclesiastical Gothic urn
entirely Wit f o a ~ rcsiclcnce. All tho ~mitcr kd
meat to say was that it Ens str211ge that Hmaca
Wdlpoke, b-t3.~inf: Ellop%cd tht style, had ccmpletely
peme~ted mcl nisz~plicd his elorcnta ar.d dekaSs.
Considers tks resulJcs of the eloetlcm, and th.s
politicd sitcatioz~ [PIS. nutilahd 1.
So Sne3.d thought him rash 'in ~a!;is~ n~"t ojsoE
Tonants of tka Harmon of Umightezz~s?:3s3; - . .
It was Ciir~ to a pert szd w~ch ~ Z ~ L E~rz.9, X ~ h~ist~~r
that bo had rccelved i~mo %I:%? k?df his 763% SOCT
after his ho3ss h d kcn b!clren. \*!3:! s\zo S2e$ wo-ad
haye rend ( Lha Extrao~Ciirt~y 113ccqlsf7 Cas5.f Sug2:sts
& ~f3it frc2 S=t~;.d 922 a S O ~ T?k:$ E ~ t0 tkCl
2skbz~tcris. Sir W i l l f 2.r Frccmmf lo and tkc Cc-.';-S Z,-,13
at the DW;:dr233 oi' G~OUC~S+?~~S 5 .f; 22~2
social Pifc since 1x3 krd bees thcr.3, Coz-,idcrs %I-3
q~esticn el' the Sc:a:cy. It bi:d kc2 a plc~src-e to
see S:-.q-CVs SIS~AT, 15s 5c~~~?i?ric , W!IO h?+d cc.3 SL:-122~
lc2t ScnZz;~; with tk i)r;L;:r=s of Glcizccsdcr EYA S-3
D~:B of cz;ijl=id,n:. Hz8 boen gle6 to lexrtl frcn kc?
tkat iktcyclP s bru'ch5r tras tka bztter f c Safq ahc:.3.
,ays ScqZ trite to h b ad, If pcssibls, visit Xn.
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.Il:;~;r jc'&-'=isy. She-dd ~CTC zo diZficul

Tho. sane to the S ~ Q .at , Keole.
Q *O tam of th 'Tnroatyr of T~CZJQ&' t30 writer
wcn to Ict S Z B knc~ ~ ~ tkt heg E~CS alive, Bat wars kz?
Mighty grio~~c~b Imd fdLPe~1 u?m hh, fi~ding
hirasslf acddody cmpalled to atterd tka) Comt of
Exch~quas: evory rnmkng befmo 10 olclcxk oszl ta sft
there dwind th da7, after wMeB be bad to go to
his office ard dfspas of wFxkver official bus-css
might b thre. Snoyd nig3t gue53 w h t a largo pozt3.cn
of his hi3w~ thus *mc&73 sacrifi~ed, at lezst
du,~i~g tha tcm, Tca ~ viter hat! set his heart CZ~ t3e
1itt1~ expeditim~s Sne;.d had spoken of. If Sc9@
delrpd his visit tffl after tho 9th Mq, tht kras
wh9t the writer shdd profsr. W h t cc~ditim Lily
Hill might be in, he did not hcw, for stme villaips
had set fhw to his refghbcur Sir Jclw WaI=sh1s
plmtatfcn, and kc3 burnad a grcat,deal of it silazg
the writerts S;LY&, A3 to Snoydts gits in London,
Vivian's lcciging in Ubcmnrle Strcat was to bo had.
Considero what was to be seen at Stre.~~~b@rry Hill, Tle
prink, it' ~ 2 said, were to bo sold separately in
Lor=don. Wb-t tFa writer was about, he hed told Szcyd.
Hmc2ly anyone dincd with him. Folad it ckcap~ ~d
planoernter to dine 'with other qb, & u>=n ko ws
at hme he played with bis c'hilheri, road Slai:~spc~vc
to the3 1 (vbich they ham a pssion fm, -) , If st~ned
to their govornass's bits of Mozart and Rassini afLbr
they hnd go30 Lo bed, wN4e he reed the %.&a*
Evj-2, '&: tkzen, for the additicnsl hcW 'tcf cze I go
to bzd my~clf, road, alocd to rayself, s m h~~r!red ~
lines of an old Latin favorite; - I . Cor,r;idors his
philosophy of life, to f f ~ht !;as tulg32 azd dLzcpeez&le
violated the orJy prineiplo 03 which li?ar'e sczlot;r '
should eczo tcgeth9r, th9 desire of mkin~ one anc:,l~e~
hppy and cCCCf~~tnbl~, whua you vase to,ro.tl?-or, Hz2 .
lilccd Vivfrzr's wife mzcc~~it'oly. bIa3 not so sme aboiit
his placa. Bfs ho-mo ni,oht bc a tam f a at Bath.
Thmght BCCYZOY~'B hc.m a% Bath k%kr worth sscicg,
'I p"--r~ S~IJ peat~n: EvLdo~ce of a Fan's brlrrg d1
over Ey3 8 Apprek5csLm; - Every C3.5imt & SlxU a
-- Io-ncn, in dcai,an; - -42 in kt evergn.~'i:era v2sIb30,
ExzpP, frn t50 Pedantry of riles, - flci.ioro, pictxcs,
Colcs, dl ueU. dispo~ed, - in shcrt, - S C~~;.
be tbe nest irstr~cti~~s & Inspiring thing in tka
World! Kad bcsa to Brist~l ozd secn tho iror stee
and 1s N~man C33:ca or whztever you cJJ. it, qu,
pcrfect sf th3 Smt; -1.
RoUts, h3 !(EC~R
EG-'
At S5erbc~co he lmd ~ i r e t kls
very well he knew thing about it,
Ezcbsqtlar.
The smo .to tZze sLm.o, ot Kcele,
Replies to S~n-yi?, f CI tk3 lWe? b?vllnz %$:en him to

about his cew slavery and victbizatisn in the Coint
af Exchequer. The fact was, nokdy pitisd tho mit3r
so muck as. h~ pitied hhseu. Tmy Liddoll 'ti Ca3
ro,dar idlers, are as ap.psthizing os my Grief cm
dosira; - .,.q. Asks Sno;;rd to defer his mmo frca
t5e 10th to the Xth, f~n. it seomcd po'oablo tht
the miter should have to atto& at the sittings
after tam for those trJo days, and he was already
engaged for dinner,
Court of Exchequer,
30 Mar,
1842
Court, of Exchequer.
2 June,
1842
If Sncyd cudd resist ths quiet uzcstmtsticm gnzr3~
of Lady ShoUay, he c:as k6sed inaxo~a'ulo. Ve~y fev
ncr~olti3s bad accm~d L.? tha writer's corn2r of lee
slsqeo Szcyd bxid gem. fI3ere I a, in the frccb of. tb
Korrzi~i, in ths fmt of tho Co-nt; - ar-A a sasl of
Cadi fio::orfd heads floa",?~ hf G T ~ m3, to vhic!~
yours, (Even if yo3 couirl Cordescord to --. tL-T i-m-tccd
of' double gmss & hy'orido, ) are fm prefa~ablz, &
conbin f cwor nrggob. 8 The wri-hi: PisdJ hr~ever, a
g2a",pull. m-er thn, in boing oecc?icd L1 miting
to Snog-\I iczkacl of in cn nrgcxzxtca o bz-Gmir;LL a:-A
his
. .
sssi~nc2s. Wes gra.LS.3Pal fe :lxuxnS scca S~tkc!~lerz2
Xome. IJacaulay's =@lelo on Fz-eckrick the Grzst
w~Lld ~7i'ip=39 S22.JcE. Cosairlers MocariZq as m histc-zna,
TPa Hardv.rickes nrd Vivicns, Baron Pmko en2 hi3 w23,
with a very -p~a-t%7 dmghtcr ac3 scxs yeci",h the titer
could not rosazbcir, wrs to d3s with hh tbt Lay,
a ~ d tho ryikr)j5 brothe~ 8130 cam to PxLn tht day,
fm a \reek. Hd asksd tho Mqlanr; to cxe ix the
evsni~z. Was prepared to Iny d0.m one gcnerd
princfple about a dinner or smid meetin2 - eveqbcdy '
should kmw s~xebedy of thcxe present 't.1-1L.
Tho smo to t5s swo, at Keele.
Sno~4 weld kq7~9 seen =ti VO~IXY"L~~~F effets in hls
fav~3.r hfc~o
>a raccivcd hi3 ldttla stialdns. TZ;c
cctdp:, s!lcAd ko c=r;3 f~?. hln-bs his e:r,?siczeo
in rr,T:inz a bid f ~ a r pzo;~;~rty C.IE'S~-~ 'i;:r Lc:-t: %A%>.
Tka r,~itzr!s TO ehzz Icissr^ci Src1y-2'~ 11.1?_:2. Ti32 >.~Tts
felt, :.:LCP; r2.3. th:: 2~1773 tc y~;r?i j"x1,:3?-n,) r.2 ~~1.1 ~3
cCE~~?c~~
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Temple,
10 June,
1842
Temple.
23J-,
1842
.
Court of Exohequer
7 Ncm*~- ~
lW
'
The same to the same.
Thay had told the wrltor that Snoyd herd fasn frm
his hmoe and dnmagod hfs leg. Wishod to kno~ a5m%
it. Was at present no nomer to Buto than - Arran.
Had hoard nothinc in reply to his po3huctianfi
proposition. Snoyd should kn~w what ha knew who3 he
know it. Wondered Snoyd had not hoard his 'God Save,
th9 King'. A l l the Liddalls, Miss Mwjllan, Lady Esscx
and Miss Johnstone, Parry, Balfe and many in th rom
had sung it just bfors 'the Ro(jnlst had gone atray,
all were much gratified by it.' Tho whole affak
had gono off with the vivaaity of a squib. Tho dinnor
had boon Soyanours, Ingestries, Roseborn, Lady Gaolrga.
Bathurst and Lard Abingor. The Me of Cazbridgo hait
hen quietor than mual and altimys gdmtmod and
cheerful. Could not find Sneydts cacda~~.
'ill23
Sherbrnes had hnd a magnifkccnt dknnar for the
Duchess of Gloucestor on Tuesday, but the writar
thought it had t&mq on h*-ril nore than his thumblor
procoodings. At Ern$j's the day bofon, thoy had
had (?) Lard Ashbr. anct Miss B,, Patilot Milchays, C.
Psrcya, Pax Lao and Gerodarff, Charlos Percy had
asked the latter who the King of Saxony was, and
whether It was the smo a8 in the time of NE~O~QO~.
The writor thqht it a bold expose' of onova ignorance
to ask a fare3.cn minister who was king of his
countcry. Describs [with sketahco ] his rhoddondroaa
and roses. They told tho writer tht Elmdent s black
flag had not been ptratieal ht for his father's death,
which mended the matter, [MS. inconplete 1.
The same to tho sme,
Had that morning becae the ownor of Lard Buts s,
Describes the details of his purchase. The world had
all gono d m to the great t&ccleunhnxt, the fshte
at Richmond to the Quoen and Albert, Eolgiasi, stc,
The Cambridges had invftad thornselves to tho writer
the othor day, and had come with the* two dnuzl~brs
and the Duchess of Gloucestar. Trusted hoartily tht
i t w d up all his exhibitions far tb saascz, far
he had had enqh of it. Tho way in which cmon
sense and the habit of one's w f b about on0 soon&
to bava coma to Snoydla assistsnce in regard to his
crushed leg, woa truly ~diryiw.
The same to the same.
Snoyd'a letter had raachod him when ha had been in t5-a
middle af tumultuous social life. Had gone to Rnby,
Describes tho visit. They hnd stayed at Lily Hill till
1 Novomhr, than to 1 tho Palazzol. Everybody seensd to
admit that Chntsworth had &en the most perfect thing
in the world. Tho Duchess of Gloucestar hrtd told the
writer that she had mot Sneyd there, nrd that she c d d
not got on with Sir Robert Peel. Considers Alton.
Considers the situation in Canada and Amorica, 1 our
very .paring & filling out daughter1. A rich dd lady
had boon playing fast and loose with the writar as a
candidate for the occupation of tR~toln-+I*. It was
astoniahin~; hw much the writer hcd dono for Thmas
biddell] In the way of ecstacy over specimens at

Ravenswarth. Had gone wer with the Dulcs of Clovshd,
and Wiltahire, frcan Raby, to see a moclarn castle
called Brancspoth, bslonging to a Mr Russell, which
the writer thought the 'best modern Pile of that
erroneous adapt&ion,. . , that he had seen,
86, . Court of Exchequer. The same to the same, at Keele.
Qua en' B
Remernbranwrta
Office.
10 .Feb.
,1843 .
* .
Canplains of the mmsr in which he i~ bof n,p treakd
by the Treasury. Snoydls lalst lettar contained an
eruditfon which mmhePmsd while it edified hh. It
was true then w b t ho had heard, that in the remote
districts there did still exist curio*- country
gentlemon who read books instead of the reviews of
them. Macaulay, perhaps, but Lady Grosvonor was out
of the question. Quito
agreed with Sncyd about Mallan
writing [E~gfii-~!~ In via du Gade Ccm44] in I;lrenck.
Had boon soxathing astonished by Toanryrs mminp.
Should have expectad him to have choson somthing
rawr younger, fresher and mme stLiated ad
stimulating, but she was a wonm of great sennc am3
spirit, and Lady Ravsmworth had wiahd tho arran:er;l.mt
vory much, lmg bfme it had Ween place. The urkfxrtr's
'Bairns1 were quite well. Had not p t nailed a tamrlt
at Buteland. Sneyd would guess hw they had all bean
lExcited & grieved by poar Edwd, Drummd's -'.
Catastrophe;. . .
. . . . .. ~.
The samo to the same. , .
. .
The remodelling of the writer's office had hen not
a matter of option but necessity. Ekplains tho
circumstnnces leading up to hfs present position aa
Queen1 s Remembrancer. Sneyd s descrlpti on of Ton
idde dell] was very exact. How little the l"SoriousNt
of life had touched kim. Ccmnents upon Snogdls
reading. TO name Madam dlArblay with Miss Auston,
1 (a vriter of Great tact & finosse, & bred gonard
approciatian of hnian nature, - )' would bo absurd,
The antidllenboroughs, tho writer thought, had the
bst of the conversation the previous night. Mds a
postscript, that he has had a fall fran his horoe,
but had later dined out. .,
Court of Erahequer. 'The sam&'to the s.me.
20 Ap.
-la3
. .
Wished Saeyd to ccune to him between the 11th and the
16th May. The Tm Liddells would cme about the sms
tho, either during or after Snoydts visit, as ho
preferred. Fancied Ma now neighbows would by that
time be next door, and flattored himself thoy would
bo an additional inducement to Snoyd 'to Canqxlol?lLzo
Considerably;. ..I. Another reaslon was that ho would
h sadly want& to help Lady Caroline to lay out hor
gardon. Ihd not stirred that Enator. Had taken his
little maids to tho opera - N mq. ,Describes tihe
perf oirnance, and considers tho finest cmposer of
operas to have been Mozart, particularly Don Gimanni,

London.
27 Ave
1843
Court of Exchequer,
29 Apr.
1843
Thornwoad Lodge.
Tharnwood Lodge.
3 July,
la3
Tho same to the same, at Keele,
The conclusion of the tarn wcl3 put off to the 15th.
Invitas Sneyd to join t b m in the wook beginning tho
15th May, a~d the writer might be able to go back
wfth him for 48 hma, to see his hybrirls, Thou~ht
the _Tim= on tho Wre of Sussex tho most r3diculmrs
thing he had ever read. Considers tho Duke'er habib
and attachrnsnts, and the Morriage Act. Considers
Macaulayls article on tho 'Tractistsl. 'A groat deal
of his Satire & argument against Puseyinm, trli. bo
equally applicable to anything Else;,,,'. Wiahed he
could meet Sneyd on his biographies, but he red no
books. Hait rernaved his office frm the Tenple to
Ddce Street, bJestninstor. Considers the question of
his salary. Begged pardon far his opera "artialen.
Hls neighbows were not yet cmo, She had had laid
out one of the worst walks tho writor bad over seen.
The same ta the same, at Keele.
Had debmined to write to him that day upon a matter ,
he was very earnost in. Desired to namo Sneyd as sole
guardian of his children, and gives dotails of their
circumstances. Enclosed a copy of a minub tho
Treasury had sent him. Sneyd would see how unfair it
was,
The same to tho same.,
Would have beon stultified as to half the grounds on
which he had made his request to Sneyd, if tho
latter's letter had not been exactly what he h d
expected, 'both in sterling kindness & sterling
sense.' Expresses his appreciation. Was delighted
with the prwpect of his week's visit to him. Considers
further the question of his official positfan. The
House of Cmons seemed to be coming out 'rather
thinrnr in s ms of its details than it should ; . . ,
-- -
EEPect of the @ents Bonch Oflicorn' (Ssln~!en
and ~Llo~rnnces Bill 1, and the added lozcth did not
knnrova it. Thaht Lord Westminster's Doric screen
td~rwvenor ~ouse bettor than he usually got
anything. Had thought 1 of slipping Tm after Ly*
Cardine Las: in her sylvan aberrationc; - but I am
always afraid of Tam's sweeping tyrannies dis,wting
a ETmica with hteurship altogether;. . . '. Rather
looked to Sneyd.
The samet to the sao.
It was only lately that he had learned haw uznooll
Sneyd had been. [1n ond don] there wore 'many towas
lamenting yr. absence, 6c many arms opon, (rnmully,)
ready to receive YouO1 Thog had smo things to me,
too - a roomful of Sir Sash= at tho EiPitish CbUory,
Descrihs soine of tho exhibits. ConsiZors evonts in
Spain. The cabinet wore in the pealost perplexity
about Sind, and differed mr bland. The King of
hover had fallen dam at Kaw arA wns inquired
about. He would die there at last.

Queen' a
Remembrancer * s
Office.
Lily Hill*
14 oat.
1843
The sm.o to the same, at Ksele.
Sneyd was very provolcin~~;, he wrote in tho to deprive
the writer of the voluntary morft of t5o lettor ho
hnd been intending to writo; and then ho dsacribod
Denton in detail and left tb writer nothing to o q
about it. Had ben delighted with his two day3 tkm0.
Describes the visit [to the Rov. tlaltor Snoyd], Fro3
the fact that a man odd not surround himself with
the pensive poetry of life and not have a wman and
child cone into pat of his contonplatfons, tho
writor dorived consolatfon touching tho [continuatfon]
of tho house of Snojrd. Nor could hs yot bring himself
to look upon then as rrugatory in Snoyclqs uirn caao,
Felt the boundaries of Dentm a little too obviaus
for his wn taste, Suggests that Sncyd comes to
Mivarth the f oUming day and dines with W d t e r ,
the writer and Lady Effinghnm, who would bo at
Thcrrnwocd Lodge at half past seven. Should like to
do something with him but feared he wm enznced in
a visit at Twickonhsn, and had mare than half
praised to go to Brighton aftorwards, Did not ,know
if Wimpole would be open.
The same to the same,
Snoyd's long looking letter bad alarmad him, Concluded
he had been made a Secretary State, and that he,
had lost one of the few remaining rational people
who would condescend to talk to him. Found that very
few of those who knew much about anything wdd
condescend to talk about it to thoso who woro lay.
Chantrey wed to talk fishing and stcam engines, but
the devil a word on sculpture, thou@ a little on
architecture, of which he knew little Elnd fo14; less.
Judges spolce to him of the opera, Mns enchtcd to
flnd, on opening Sneydrs packet, a much bettor cruse
far its official appoaranco than so aninaus an
appointment. Sneyd's f'rontispiece was excessively
pretty, and quite a Turner-like ren. infscencs of tho
place. Quite agreed with Snoyd about Highcle~e. Had
never seen a place he should like better to poascss,
All he knew of Lord Carmvonls new house were
Barry's drawings of it. To Wkmpolo, ho admitted, ho
had not gone, any mare than Snoyd. Had hen very
well after seeing him, Had received a severe mon-td
sl~mk. Had therefore profemed coning to Lily Hill.
Hud then yielded to an adjuration of tho Sydnoys,
and had stayed at FrognnP. Wished Snoyd had told hh
to do the Grange. Would run to Snofi ELnd his broc'nor
if he had not boen seduced by invitations to visit
relatims in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Considers
Ireland. Considers his neighbowls gardocorrs
shartcmings. The writor's lodge was f inishod,
Carnments on his garden and children. Adds a
postscript, daslring Snoyd to write to him again
'upon one of tho30 Trentham sheets of Papor, wtthazt
writing on the back of tho Engraving; tht I
embnlm it in Rn Album;...'.'*
* ,.

Court of Exchequer.
8 Nov... .
1843
The sams to the same, at Keele.
Sneydts skill in hisroglyphics was equnl to
Willsinson's. Wonderad if one night rely on tho
lat%erls solutiom of ohlisks LLS ndoly as on Snofl's
solutions of Almwckn. Daccribos tho sitmtlon
around h5m in the court. Movor sat tharo without a
sentiment of humillatica at foeling hhself Fn the
prosoncs of so many who knaw mme on o ~ o aub;uc-bV
than he knew on every one. Thought it disagoeable
to see or road of the more prcslnent of t h hman ~
race and to bo aware that on0 could do no thin^ to
earn a place in the otary. Believed professional
eminencs to be most satisfactory to a high and
practical mird. Would rather have bcb Lawrence t5m
Canning. His wonder was quite equal. to his contont
that Snoyd shauld have found anything in his 10r.g
pamphlet worthy of his epproprfatfon. London seo~od
to him emptier than usual, 'but a mere peaaulm
betwacm Wostminster and Kensfcgton seas, I admit,
but littlo of it;,,,1. Tho new club on the nito of
tho Thatchsd Ilouae [st James's stroot) was not
turning out wall. Critiaieos the architacture.
Considers Ireland,
The same to tho same.
Quotes authmitias on the affice of sheriff, all that
he would find 'nbsdutol;e neccssory for a right
understanding of your cc~ f~nctfans;.,.~. But those
was one point to which he wished early to draw lfis
attention: fIf a woman be t&.en in Execution by +,he
Shoriff, & the Sheriff marrfe%h her, it is held AN
ESCAPE; and he shall be answerable to tho Kinz; fas
that a wife cannot be prisoner to her husbmd;.. , 1.
The laat the writer had hoard of Sneyd ho was
propping up Lady Hollmd~s pilllaws on a journey into
Wiltshire, Sydney Herbert had asked t3o h~it02' to go
to Wilton at Xuns, perhaps they shdd hava met.
Considers tho political situation. Had read notMns
new but a few articles in tho reviews and the fir3JG
volume of Louis Blanct e: Dlx ~nr?c%a, Ho looked very
green and flourishing out of doors.
Court of Exc~~~uw, The sam to the erne, at Keele.
18 Apr. It seemod tine to write again et littlo to him. Thoy
la4
had passed Eastos at their ts& wild Lily, 'snjagri~
it unconmdy;.,.'. His children were %".or still,
At the oncl of tho following week they sbedd
probably be QU re-united at Thmmacd Loc?zo. IIopd
Snolyd was prepmod to cme for o. P-C:=rcrte visit on
9th May. If it pleased Sneydts daublo furzos and
hybrld rhododon2rone to be in bloos out of term, tho
writor shaild want of du. thins3 to zoo thorn, Hcd
Sncyd ever made a pod? Decmfbs Ifis exporienco.
Tho Troamwy had at last fired a hcstile s!iot,
OutLincs tb cwront sitmtian of his difforenca with
thom. Hnd knam so little of London for the pra.trfcsls
t,hreo weeks that it would bt) i~pcrtin~at to ti&
about it. The H.qnarkot Thoatro wac c:ctrolmely aiusir.2,
the cpra excellent. Did not knw what oleo po$e
. .

wore doing. Baring hhll. had asked hPm to oat one of
his aceUant dinnora. Had road nothing, heard
nothing, almost thuught nothlng, but he had made a
pond!
Tho Eame to the same.
Describes in detuil tho difference bebeen hi~self
and tho Tronsury m r tho nature of his offfco am1
-his accountability to tho Treasury for tho feos of
tho bgktramb2p of MiGdlosox. Consido~s hie porxl,
If he had moncy hat could nilco a lalco, but it w d
hav~ to wait, like many other thin~s, f clr NSs s
Burdett Couttsls becoming, to her irfinite delectation,
.- .
Mrs Vincent;. -1. How ridiculous the Houso of
Cannons had been and continued to be, and would b.
Queen' s
Remembrancer 8 s
,Off ice .
17 May,
38M -
Queen1 s
Remembrancer's
Off ice
8 Aug*
1844 -
Thornwooa Lodge*
LO Oct*
1844
The same to the same, at Koele.
. . .
Thanks him for his suggsstiona in regard to his
[? mcrnorancl~im] and cmrncnta thoroon. W h . t was it
about Snoydls foot? At hia poril ha wou1.d b6 woll
on Monclay. Baring Wall had gout, t& if I3. WdLl had
not tho gout, one may as well give up all notion of
7
retributive justfco in this world at loa~t;...~, Raw
glad Snoyd would be to rocefve a letter frm him that
required no answer, Walter was gono that day. HB was
to have run dam to Lily Hill the day before, whore
they had all spent the day, but had discmrod
overnight that it was Ascension Day, which, it soend,
rendered such things impossible. Describes LUy Bill.
The same to the same, at Keels.
Was going pc~tbsto to the Areyllshfre Highlends to
meet his brothor-ic-law, James Callandor, for ton
days1 shooting on his hills. Tho writer had not; got
up his stsangth and nooded something to mske him feel
mare cdartnble. Had boon for a wook wfth the
Hartlwiclroa, at thoir place now Southmpton, 'The
Hmblo is as sylvan & solitary as a bit of the Ohio
might be!' Tho Duks of Rutland ha8 cme in his yacht
cRenolutionl from COWB, lto porsunde tho whole pmty
to go dwn to Spithod next day;. . I. Tho writer had
backad out and missed a storm. Considers a reply he
had roceivod frm tho Treasury. Wbat did he do noxt?
What did Snoyd think of their fareign prospocks?
Considorod they were nearer war than they had ken
for 28 years,
The same to tho same, at Koele. .
Had fished and farled 'with more pleasure in tho ,
Endeavour to demolish ani~slife, than is Easily .
accountable far in a rotional being of sone 48.1
Had come darn tannod and prosperous to Dumaro and
Dalnmy, where he had met Sn~ydla sister and Psun6sll
Bouvorie , who kd told Mn Snoyt! had beon U. Prap
Sncyd tell him it was all over and that ho ms woll.
Hd intenclod to have sWrkcd a ceremoay in the Court
of Exchequer, but it had been tbou$rb ho had better .
not absent .binself. H d caught a chill and lumbago,
1
. ,

arxi Tcn Lidden had taken h h at Rlzvenxw~r'ch, ldas
back and about again -c! thought ol" goin,n to Lily
Hill. What was Sncyd doing? Was o~:ci-izccli at tb King
of Frmcols visit, London was emptier than c d d
h descrihd. With thankfulness Pa sscrzpd from it
to his gasden- Thmas 'a hall at Ravomtrorth was
turning out woU. Tho monm.ent to W-Scott at
Edinburgh was very bonutiful. It was unfmtmatoly
put in a place where nothing shodd be allmed to
be, but that Sneyd would apprscfate wlmn h~ srar
Edinburgh, a8 hf3 t3Urely would b f ~ he 8 did-
102. Court of Exchequer. The same to the sms, at Koolo.
9 NOV.
Had asked fur brotld ard had boen given a stono, StlU
If344
wanted to visit him. IIad loft hfs children and
governess at Lily Hill, Tho campaign of the Treasury
Shabbaraons had ben opsncd. Dcscribcn the courso oP
action he intended to take. Ekd been using his
bachelor state (to go constantly to the play, afbr
my Club dinner.' Describoa Don Cnocn~ dn R1z3q. Mra
Glover was a capital actreso. E'ancicd t'noro wore very
few people in Town, but all his daylight was pascod
in a court or office, Had dEn& with nobdy but tho
Duchess of Gloucsster. Envied Snsyd the pcmr of
reading boolrs. What did Sneyd think an Macoulay's
article on Chathnn? IIad f oud f t m~sing, Had read
a mast admirable analysis of Lord EUonbmough in
a Calcutta Reviez, which had been copid,
-
C w t of Exchequer. Tho same to the same.
21 Apr.
Describs the situation in regard to his differezco
1845
with the Trenswy. Lily Hill was 80 sheltorcd fron
tho North and East that they never suffered frm it,
I.
Cmden
except it continued very long and dried thorn up. At
Hill they wera tolerably well off, but it
baon a horrid wintor far evergreens. A Thdaba had
come next door where that lwdy garden had been, nxl
destroyed tho whole thing. Conmants on tho political,
situation. [~etter incmplete 1,
Court of Exchequer, - The same to the same.'
22 Nay,
Was sorry Sneyd would not cane at a minute's
1845
a
warning to soo his lilacs. Sont him 1121 'bse 2.2
opinion' wltch decided his couroe [of act1 on with
the ~roasury 1. London talkad and thoueht of not13kng
but how pooplo dressed in Goorgo 11's tine. Golicvad
tlmt Peel irlvontod tho ball 'to divort tho Grilrd-
mondo at lonst, frm Maynooth & Agriculture; . . ,
and it soemed to ham succo cded, Tho cxlifbf tion of
tho Royal Academy ~'i3.s not a go& 020, thou~h tkosa
were sm.0 god things in it. Comldcrs sezc of tho
exhibits. Eslievod his neighbour would turn cmt
s. bettor th might ba predicted of him. Tb
Lnscollosos wore going on, too, much bttor. Thdr
gardener had died and tho succorrsor hed much htt.or
notiono .
',

Thornwood Lodge.
2 J ~ Y ,
1845
106. Lily Kill.
27 Awe
la5
Lily HfU.
1 Sapt.
1%5
Lily Hill.
&. 9 Sept.
l~lt~p
The same to. the smo,
Gathered that Sneyd had no irnmodiato thoughts of
carnine that way, but mooting his sistesa at a
concert and calling upon thorn tho previous day,
ho found Smyd was actdy expcctcd. Invitca
him to stay dth him. Lonilon secncd to bc porfcctlly
mcrd with gregrtriousncss. Tho Ducl~oss of Bcdford had
had one of tho prattfost b a s ho had ever soen. S:?o
soemod Lo ham permi ttod no30 but the prettiest
girls in London to have cmo. The attitude of tha
polka astonished him not a littlo, 'as nabdy &ax-
~214 women 80 near othclr men, - Ekcopt when Ld*
Stuart psepcd throl ICcyhales at Paris.
The same to the aame, at tho Clarendion Hotel,
Bond Stseot, London.
h r e was Sneyd at that mment md wht was he
about? Tho writer had been stationary at Lily Hfll
since they had parted. Waltor had stayad wfth him
till Friday tho 15th. Thoy had achieved tho two
expoditions which he bad projccbd for him, whiclil
had Snclwlod lz visit to FWmshiU. Tho day tkoy h,d
loft Denton thoy had cauntcred in the Ckci'md collrge
courts ad gardens. Thaugl~t lJnltor bzon pleased
with Lily Hill, but not the meagre pwcrty of tho
tenement itself. Tho only fault the writer Fad to
find with him wos his intolorable trick of eir-ging
to hbse3.f all the the ho was with one. Since tkn
the writer had been wer to see the ncw gardens. at
Frogmoro and the old at Dropacre. What did Sneyd
meditate? Invites him to stay. Could they not go to
Badger together, in the way to bale? His dmsols
wore prosperous ad deskred theb particular regards.
The same t o the same.
It was a pity Sneyd had put 'Stoines' instead bf .
tEracZmoll' bcause his letter had only fou,~ birs.
that morrrlr,a, The writer had gout, ard had bad a
twinge of lmbago into the bargain. The Duchoss of
Glcr~cestor h d told the writer that MISS dt Est6's
marriage 'with Wilc?al had td:en place on 13th August,
trhicli, he supposed Sneyd knev. C-ants upcn this
marriage mil the coniog marriage af Gsorga. Hmcowt
and George Malcolm. Had beon read- Smythel~
HJ.stc?ric Fmcfen.
The sane to tb sme, at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond Street, London.
Was better, but not wall. Had got out of his clot5
shoo but only into a slipper. To tck of gout as if
it gore a boon ard a tonie, was to talk of f *i, FS, tho
writcr thought, nobdy who &d bad it would talk,
W h t was 'all this Revolution in tho trmquSJ,
monarchy of Keel?' Ths writer must. have Sncyd at Lily
Hill for a day, to keop him RU calrcont of tho* smal
sylvan progesaes. [NS. wrt~ateci2.
[l. postmark].

Hill.
17 Sept.
1845 , .
109 ~Fiy
, ,
. .
The ssmc to tho same.
Advises Snayd to come by a later train. The
abominably cquinoctid b~havim of tho wcathor
made it mmo than probable 'that tholSlcfey
Influences' will not bo sufficiently tompting to
induce the Effort...'. Tho bono of tho writerfa
goat tm was padually contractfng within its
legitimate dhensions, and ho wallced like a nan .
again. The writor's cousin, Lady Knightloy, Imd
just had a severe illness, frm starving and
raducing herself to keep fros of the gat. Thoy
were, all to go to Oxfd tho falla~ing week.
110. Lilg Hill.
19 Sept. -
la5
The sme to the samo, at the Clorondon Hotol,
Bond Street, London.
Had not in the least expected him the day bafme,
and had been more consoled far his absence tbm
friendship should have bcn by thinking hod ugly
thoy lookod! Considers the darnage dono to tho
prdon by the gnla. Snetyd should visit Lily Hill
in June, 'whon tho rasinau~ f9rs first begin to
small, - & the Furze, broom, 6c Rhcdodenclrons me
so hppily purple & yeUw togeth~r,...~. The
writer's letter had h en a hmbcg if it had prrintod
him sad. What did Lord Lonsdalo's 'Nolo Garterari'
moan? 'To be sure he is not much dculated to p&
it off; but ha -1 t bO supposed to Lbx so. 1
Wiahed Snoyd well in his sale of his i(e3tish lancl.
Wdd post the letter in Lordon. Uas obliged to go
to his office far a few hours, and should 'Wo a
look at my Wlfg, Thmm~d. Lodge. Wasntt it a shaaa
that with so well behaved a spouse as that with his
family and limited me-. , . bsi mutilated j.
Ill.,
I 1845
Lily Hill.
16, 18 Nw,
The same 'to the sarce, at Koelo.
How was the mdn without maids? 'Hes the Chief of the
Eunuchs at the Sublimo Parte of Kcol still a
sinecure? - ar is the kern rofhtrnlohod, - w ith now
Scenory, dresses & Decarations?' Princess Sophia. had
told the writer that Sneyd hnd been soen kn thcse
latitudes; the Duch033 of Glmcostar had tdd him
she bad met him at either Tottenham cr Grove, tho
writer forgot which. Doecribs a visit by [? J.P. ]
Drew. D~scribes hlm. Had been running up a little
bit of.buildPng at Lily Hill. Had read nothing but
a few articles in revfms and a lifo of Lard Hill.
Had received Snoyd's lettar. Htxd hnd no more 'pwt
proport. Wan chmd to hoar of his fortroos no
lonzor haldinp; out, '& of 'f,nfl! hvf ng f n person
Sate dorm bf are the place! - wrkALe me word the
moment that Ly. C. Groville or Fks Percy set foot
upon tho wdl; - for *om that rnmont Keel is no
more socura thsn Cindad RdrPgo,. . .
' . Thc;rmgUy
understood what he said about L~dy H011m3.
Sympcthiza wit5 it he codd not, but if he boon
potted by her and derived all aorta of sacid
, bcnofits, he was quits corkin ho should. Grmdos
dmos eschcwed tho writer. Did not think ho suited
thorn. Snsydte r e ~ ~ c ~ reading d e d shdd have a

hearing. Be,dgos Smyd baring off tho othor hrrlf
of his writing paper instsad of writing on it, [XS,
mutilated].
Tharmood Lodge, The smo to the same, at Keela, radirsotod to
l4, 15 Dec, Badminton.
1845 Cments upon the resignation of tke cabinot and
the isaue af the Corn Lawn. Comments. Had rend
Peroz with groat interest and pleasure. Thanks S ~ T -
also for having introduced h h to Psoocott. Was to
go tho foll~i~; day to Wimpola, far n wosk. Should
be at Lily Hill for Xmas, ond aftcrwmds at tha
Grace. Adda a pwtocript, that frm tho tone of
Clarsdonts conversation, ha wos much inclined to
believe that the Whig difficulties hed been found
insuperable,
Queen' s
Romombrancergs
Off ice.
11 Feb,
1846
Thornwood Lodge,
.U,, Feb,
,1846
The same to the same.
Thought he might be woU oatiofid [with the
reception gfvon his pmphlot]. Cmments thereon.
Did not kncw how Snoyd had soon h h [in ~olldon).
Had been to the British Institutim, it was blow
the average of exhibitions, one picture beautfful,
Gooddlls 'Conscript1, Considor3 othor wmh in tho
exhibition. Was taking sme lesaorw in colour frm a
drawing master whm the childron had bogged to have,
Was humiliated and disgusted with tho figure ho cut.
With, (i) copy letter, Charles Grovlllo to J.
Hatchard, 7 Feb., 1846, acknatrlodgirg
a pamphlet cded Cmn sad Cc~sistzwy,
md canunenting thereon.
The same to the sane, at Keehe.
Aftar he had written to Sneyd he had sent a lino to
Charles Grevffle, to tell him hw much he kd hen
pleasod by receiving his lotter frm Hatchard, ad
had had the answer which ho rent Sneyd, Co~sidera
the pmphlot. Comiders tho politfcd eituntion. .
Had h.d a letter from 1Thomas o1 Ravensworth' ,
enchanted at tho notion of their joint pilgrimage.
The writor was to go to Sneyd after the 24tl.1, thoy
were to go together to Them, Sno.rJd wzs to return
to Keels, 'to see if thore Is a Rrilrosd running
throl hfs &) drawingroan, - =d to project
palaces & banging gardons without ecd;,..l, then
Snoyd was to visit Thmnwod Lodgo after 10th l-lay.
Had laughed at Snoydts cmmonts oa his painting.
With, (i) copy letter, c Charles) ~[reville] to
[~enry
tlilliam] ince cent 1, undated.
Tho saxe to tho same.
Sncyd would not hvo had long to chcv on his
ll':insulat.ed ignarancet1'. 11% must needs tbo~ a
otono at tho writor for having learned of his
confcssion, Considers tho position of Poel. Adds
a pos-tscript, asking Snsyd to toll him what people
said about hie pamphlet behird his back.

U.6. Quoon1 a The ~amo to the same, at Ksole.
Remonkancor's
Offico.
.Sneydts speeches had hit his thoughts. Saturday wca
24 ~eb. in his head as the writer' s day far him. Could not
and would not believe that Sney4 did not go to
1846
Ravonsworth with him. Ploads with him to KO. Hnd
beon delighted to find t b ~ Peel13 t npcocl

The sme to the same, at Keelo.
Describes Na health and treatment at Lom,in,nton.
Prays Snoyd tell Wdter he had givon £4.10. for hSa
Idono up1 Buhl inkstand and bad got it home, but dLd
not lika it ncar so woll as Wdltcrts 'undono-up1 one,
which was darker and told it3 tortoise-eholl tdo
more docidodly. Had sean a few very rernarEcablo
picturoo and drawings at tho house of n Pi? (1)
Fareham, at Leamington, with sons 20 or 30 very fino
drawings. He wtlu a clevar, intelligent rncm in that
line. The writer had hen taken to his hose by a
'
Miss Knight, who wed to live with the Duke and
Duchess of Atholl, of whom she wzs a relation, in
the days when the writer used to froquent Blair.
Entirely agreed with all Snoyd said about the Poles.
The Indian news was a great relief.
The Same to the Saltlo.
Could not answer his letter as it deserved, Had
roceivod intelligonco of the death of his sister,
Mrs Callandor. Roflects upon hcr character. Could
not speak of much progress in his rndical affairs.
Had been proceeding tolerably. Had a strong
impression that he ohdd be better when he got to
his mn house, his own doctor, and mare of his usuril
habits.
The same to the same,
Was going on much as heretofare. Continued to feol
little mare than tho discodart of the process.
Expresses his gratitude to Sneyd for his s~mpthy
on the death of his sister. Reflects on her death.
The same to the same, at Keele.
Theso Rails1 kept Sneyd from stagnating. Would not
his lawyer grapple with thorn mare in thsir own way?
Had been 'not quite easy' about his sldsr child.
Firot thoy had said it was measles, then cl~ickon-pa.:,
but it was probably the latter and sha was quite w c U
again. ' Describes his an corrdition and treatment, a~ii
Dr Jephson. Wzm he hadstirred u~ hostility erzairst
tho intontion of settire tho Du%o sideways, 'riding
off the Arch.1 Ikd riddon about in all directio-m
with Chnrlcls P. and seen sme add houses, IdroxF-ail
Court, and 1 Bac?sloy Clin5on' [r~c$& Bc".c!desl~y
linto on]. Scott a& Moffat had built n vary potty
littlo church for Lard Leigh, boyom3 Kenil~~orth. I!&
boon much disgusted by the factious folly of the
Irish s c ~~drols . \
125 Tharmocd Lodge.
24 June,
184.6
Tho some to the sene, at Keela.
Had juct boon to Lily far the day, with Th-s
Liddell. Considers the political situation, London
was full of breakfasts.

l29. . Bradwell. Grm,
I Oct.
&6
Remombrancar 1 s
Office.
6 Nov,
1846
The same to the same.
Conrnidors his dispute with the Treasury on tho Issue
of tho office of Quoon1s Remcmbrancor, =d saclcze~
a letter frm the Chiof Baron of the, Exchcquor. Shdd
like, of all things, to aes a pmk=rh churcli trhich
Sneydt s critical eye f aund ''tho most hautiful
specimenv' he had eeon. Could urdorsh.2 what ho ea-ld
about tha Stanlaya. It was a pity. T'nought nsny
eminent stateaman had vulgmities, 'but not per?~r,s
such as you mean in Lf...' Had read Mcrpothls opeoekos
at th dinners with pleasure. If the o-bksr monbrs
af tho Nervoy family cased no more f cr Lord Fanny's
posthumous reputation than tho writer did, it was
astonishing hcw tranquil tlrey would ~emaln under
infliction. Cared mare for tho Upton's hvicg spoiled
the breed. Smythe was right not to marry Dolly, Thoy
were to go hme on Friday. [~etter mutilated].
With,
(i) letter, 20 Oct., 1846, [sir ~onathan]
~red[erick] Pollock to 'Urn. Hy.' h]
Vincent, concerning the latter1 s dispute
with the Treasury.
The oamo to the sm0.
Considers his dispufa with the Treaauxry. Comonts upon
the affair of Smytho and Dolly, I shan't go on
arguing a point abstractedly which will make me
appear to be retained far Th9 d0b-t-rs of pe033-e?'s
Daughters & Sisters ;, .'. A man who once - cot into the
scrba of being invited by a pretty weiran, was in an
awkard perplexity. Con;ment~ upon Palmerston and the
Montpensf er issue
The same to the SWUG,
The s
the s
at Keele.
Considers his dispute with the Treasury. Tho tex
thnnk God, ended that day, 'with very tolorable
smoothness and Complacency;.,,~, The following d lay
and Saturday he was to dine with the Duchess of
Glauccsstar, who had a little fe^.t;s for the Prince
Mary's birthday, which the writer had ' helped hor to
concoct,,.,^. Describes the progrma. Fancied tb
Queen had been fiighhnod out of her wi4a lest tE:
Portugals and a whale nursery of littlo Bra~anzas
should walk in at Windsor, after a cmlsc in on
English ship. Had hen grieved by the hmr9d accident
to Charles Lascelles. Was still at hozo tU the 7Z2,
when he was to go to Wimpale fa aweok, a& on tho
16th he hoped to get to Lily with the children for
Christmars.
Upon the whole Sneyd had probably dona tall to
esccpe. Sneyd haA gat out of tho smolce mxl fog,
evaded his doctor, got hane and hd got n chanze
air. Nad great faith in the latter. Did not Snoj
feel lonely? IJas an uttor stmqe~ to r2,mui' b,
could not so choorfly go through -~ho day wit:~oat
'the fresh brightpkizaco at their toa, and caur
joint lectures and Chatbrings afterwards!' Nlxd
mamod far his dissatisfaction with the notice

Mr GronvSlle. Had smotimes thought that in the
phrase of othor martumy noticos o? t5s T:!Fw he
had seen smcthing of Brougham, one of tlm womt
and most uncandid of biagraphcra. lhd 0317 kn0.r.m
[~hmcs] Grenvjllo frca kna~ing Ms friczrls alnd
mooting him occasionally at dinner, but k0.d so
much rospoct fas him that his donth hod given h9m
a sort of pang. Grudged the diffusion of Grcnvillels
tre~aures into tho 'Great Deep's bason of the
Oceanic Library of the Museum! Did not want to
palliate Lord Maidstone, '1 think of it as you do;
- only, that his Case, - (or Case, ) might h0.m
been better stated than he staled it. Had been
reading Fouchs" 8 memoirs. Corrsiders the c k i of
books. Could only concentrate an them when he was
sick,
173. wimpole.
16 Jan,
lf347
The same to the same, at Newcastle-under-Lylse,
radirectetd to 16 Bruton St,, Berkeley S qws ,
London.
l1nd boon laid up with put at Wkmpda, 'd.ono in
anothar man's pent houns, with tho Commtnnt
foeling that you 0112h2; to be elscwlarel 4 Considors
Fouchbls memoirs. Thora h& been a Mr IInrris thoro,
a barrister, engagad in tho MS. Room in collectin,o
materids far a life of Lad Chmesll cr Ihrdwicko.
Considors the Irish situation. One cwid not go
to Loui~, Phillippela and Guizotla quibblos afbr
Ireland, but had bsn much amusedl wfth the papers
and thought, on paper, that Guizot had Plad the &3L
of it.
1%* Thornwood Lodge. The same to tho sane.
1 Fob.
By his own firesaide, the writer was, and it was
1847
about the best thing he could -tall Snayd of
, himself, Had cocle back 10 days hf om, as soon os
.
. . .
135, . Queen's
Romambra)3cor~ a
Off ice.
6 Feb.
1847
he had been able to stand. Was getting on, by slm
dogees. Considers his condition a d treatment. His
official affairs with the Treasury had not bon at
all pronising, and thou$^ he did not quite give up
tho mattor, perhaps he ought to. Consi6ers the
situation. Reverts to the mattor of Paherston and
Guizot. Did not perceive the faintest glPmmor of
light in the propmod measures fcr Irclz~d. Gives
his own views. 'As I have got tho Gout &
Rheumatism, - & yo^ lim In tho Cwm-bry, - I don't
see, under those Circuinstancos, who & to gomrn
sthe Nation!' The Lnscelles were bzck. Hcd been
reading a book called Charac-bristles of Mc?n of
Genilw,
, . Sont hfm the corrospoa?doncr wkth tho ~[hief ]
a ~[aron] and Wood. Comidors tho situstion between
himself 4 the Treasury. Was gottins cn, but his
phyicim sald his pulso was still quicl;
irromar. Had Sneyd ever read that wo~c?crful book
- The Emi,~nnt? '1 awn it made my bled boil within
: me; & loft me wfth a most paini'ul invossion of
,.

the thanklossiess of serving tho Kind of Gwommcnt
we .naw havo in this Country, - or doing anything
spirited and Chivalrous for tho Fatherland!' Thought
tho Duke of Wellingtonts protest against tho Canada
. Bill,... stto tor incomplete].
I
36. Thmmoad Lode,
ll Feb.
137. Queen' s
Remombranoer 1 r
Off ice.
10 Mar,
1847
Queen' s
Ranombancer ' a
Office. ,
16 MU.
la7
139 Queen's .
Remernbrancor ' 8
Off ico .
20 Mar.
1847
The same to the same.
Entirely agreed with Sneydts vim of vt1The Casen'.
Describes tho present situation in rogd to his
difforonco with the Trsaswry. Was foeling htter.
Had boon frightonod out of his wits two days bcsfars
by being told that Lord ~[om~a] B[ontick] would hva,
324 votos for his bill, for the writor disapprmd
his plan and should have hen Barry that he carried
one against a govornnant which he could not displace,
but ho heard ncw that ho wouldn't mustor more than
200. Had not road Tho Mar-uoan3, tho1 the youn,~
ladies have had it in thoir possession far sme tho,
with the design of making mo give it them aloud as our
finn,s. bag2;. . ,' , but thay had hen aucupied with
Mmo. d'kblay,
The ad
to the same, at, Koele,
~onaiders his diffbrence with the Treasury. Considers
the charactor of Vlscount Sidnuuth. '1 won't ask you
to read those 3 heavy Vols; - whfch have lend enuugh
in them to sink the whole Xit of Addingtom to stU
luwer depths with you; - but if ycru ever find 'the
Vol. lying about in a Country house, road in tho
ApncnflJs, a paper of Walter Scott's on the foundation
of n Library Cornittee, or Cmission, for givbg
public rowmds to mon of Talont; for it seeas to rw,
admirable; - ...I. Was glad Snoyd tossed him a mcib
of comfort as to The Ernimant. uas goixg 03 tolaraSly
and was just going to ri6e horns in the sncw, In two
of his posssssions he kd Spring &fare him - his
consematmy and his children. Both were bloraninz 4
gay*
. ..
The same to the same, at Keola.
Considers his difference with the Treasury, ad the'
possibility of approacu Lord Braugb. IInd just
&en to an E~chequer ceremony connected with the
coin. Conments upon tho Privy Comcillors who wero
present. The sunshine gave him a yearn for Lily, but
they were a31 brighter and cheerier in their little
1 Cottage-hole, than Wen at CamNen MiU: .. .', IIad
be~n amused with the 6th v w e of Southey's Doctor,
Thore was a great glass candlestick to be seen in
Oxford Street which was splendid. [~etter mutilated].
# , . . . .
The same to the same, at. Koele.
,. .
Had written to Lord Ashburton since ho had receivec
Sneydls letter, making the request very much in the
words Sneyd had put it. They would go and see two
ar three little rnattors the following wcelc - the
cleanod pictures. Comnsnts upon tho effacts of this .'
Had been on Thursday with thoir friend Crace .to see

Thornwood Lodge .
2 AF.
1847
the Houss of Lords. Crace had the painting part of
the decorationo. Comments upon the rcnult, ,and
comonts adversely on the aituation of tho reporters*
gallery - la set of anonymous Spfes, responsible to
l. [~e tter mutilated].
nobody,. . .
Tho same to the same.
Hod mitten to Augustus Liddell concerning Farrall.
The Duchoas hatl boon besieged with peraoml
applications and the writor had recommenc?ed her to
put the whole matter into ~[u~uatue] L[fddell 's
hands, I (who is a pod judro of haushold &
men,). .,
!. 3
Describes his attempts to see Lord
Brougham. They all had colds and could not go to
Lily.
/
The same to tho same.
Cmnents upon Macaulay, and the case of tho Earl of
Banbury and the order of the House of Lards. Ead mdo
a oorry trip of his visit to Lily. IIad caught cold
before he had gas and hd boon confined the whola
time he had bcn there. Mmd to and fro in t+
carriage, and limd on toast and water. Concluded
that Brougham wdd roturn bofore tho follcrwinp;
day. Ilopsd to eet hold of hirn.
I 4 0 Queen' a
Remembrancer's
Off ice .
27 A p e
I
1847 ,
I
.me
Queen's
Remombrancer'a
Off ice
28 A p e
1847
U4. Queen's
Remembrancer t 8
Off ice.
The same to the same, at Koole, redirected to .
Blithfield.
Describes his attempts to see and talk to Lard
Brougham, about his difference'with the Treasury.
They wore quite ready to rocsive Sneyd at Cmpdon
Hill. The Duke of Canbridge was to dine with hPrn on
8th May, axxi Clare and Lady Isabella, among others,
were to meet him. Wanted Sneyd to cm.e about the
boginning of the week, and re- over the end of it.
Advanced in health vary alawly. Was excessively
amused with the kTmquesas book.
The same to the same, at Keele.
Enclosed Pollock's note and the reply he had written.
Supposed Sncyd lutw that Lord Bsssboraugh was really
dying. Clarendon had boen first talked of as Ma
successor, 'but they say he cannot ba spared out of
the IIouse of lord^. Marpeth had boen s knce namd. .
Thought Wood's loan to a few Irish railways a
miserable affair and mare vicim in principle than
George Bontickf s. The whole world lmd &en at E-
Amateur play the, previous night. Mrs Butler was 01%
of t h warst ~ actresses ho had ever seen. Hoped that
in the 'Councils of Keel1 the march southwerrds was
resolved upon. Was to meet tour T-Irat at the water
calm exhibition.
. .
The' same, to the ,same.
Canplains of Brougbmn's bhaviaur twds h3.m in
putting him off, but preferred 'those nultipliod
Adjournments to a shmt summary dispascal of the

matter.,.bcauae thsy at least look like an intontlcm
af really laokinp, into it,. ,.I. The T. LidclcU.s vcre
much dioappointcd, tho Duko of Cmbridgs was to
dine with the writer on the 8th, .when the lattor had
reckoned on Snoyd so an apseable guest. Reverts to
the Marquesas. Adds a postscript, that the tenant of
Peroycs Cross ucss an dd wid=, Mrc Gme Lqtoa.
US.
The same to the same, at Koele.
Reparts .on his progress with .Lord Braughm., fn
connection with his difforerice with tho Tmcsury.
Wiahod to aoe Lard John Russell, could Sneyd suggast
a good way of getting at him? Adds a pmtscript,
givfng the text of Lard &.augham(s opiniarrz of his
case.
The same to the same.
Had mda excuses for Sneyd ar?d mourned mr the
absenca of his May flatteries of his abda. Conoidara
his garden and the cost of imported plants. Should
certainly go and make his bow to the Duche~s of
Suthorland. 'The Elevated Visfon of H.M. does not
stoop to so'lcw a level, as to recognize the
I
Obeisances of loyalty so near the' Earth apl mine. The
Duche38 of Gloucester had also a '~hd-dnn~nnt~but I
'
the writer did not believe that tho Queen was to go,
1
On the 18th the Duchess of Gloucester and the
Cambridges had promised to cane 'to a snail., slight
Musical Ehtertainment, of very moderate pretensions,
chez moi; It is to begin at 9, & be cmer at 11; - &
'
I have limited, (I hope,) tho invitations to such a ;
number abt. 60, as can sit dawn & listen cmfortab1y
in our not very capacious drawingroon. - I hvc
likewise Endeavourod to confine them, (with a f
nocossnz ~xce~tians ,) to those, (proper to be
1)
who really like to listen to Nusic; - It is an
attempt to give an idea af NEgmontll (an opa. of
Beethwenls not known in this Country, - & wc'r
Musical world feel a~epls aborpt,) by P. fate 8
Violin, trios, - with tho Songs, & rccitntim, glwn
in the intervals, to vary the attention, & mdce n
continuaus Story. - The whali., does not take an hem
& a Quarter; - the plan irs not LCZ-2, - & on tho
whole people seem to fancy the nodLicn, & be eager to
come. 1 Wishod Snoyd would nake up hf s nird to "i
among thorn, He would smile at the five occupants of
Lily Kill for Ascot, 1 - Not Albert & Victorfa, I
admit; - (bocause thevlm a homo in the nefg>bmr-
hood; - ) but folks who mdo me trombls nenrly as
much for what they might think of our r:.,~s!rac:~l Y I".>]
little Cabins; - Id. Jersey, Ld. Villiers & his wi~'~,
- Fredk. V. & Ly. Elizabeth; - & I am even tl~7d- tkro
waj a _third Co~~nl.?; - who must certainly ham slop%
in the Shoe-hde, ' Reverts to his dffforence with the
Treasury. Had furnished [sir C. ] Wocd and [c.E.
Tretrelym with copies of Lard Brougkmls ad PoLlockrs
lettors. Hoped Snovd " had found Clmo md Ladv Isablla
I cheerful th an who. n they
1 sson
ty LLFPd once . Consil ders hc

Queen's
Remcmbranoer er
Off ice .
5 Ncm.
1847
Lily Hill.
18 Nov.
1%7
Lily Hill.
6 Jan.
lW
The crano to tho sams,"at Koele.
They had parted on the step3 of Norman Court. The
writer had made a woolc's visit at ClarencJo~, a short
one at Lord Mamf ieldls, a short om to the Harc?wickcs,
'at thob place'on the Southampton Water,' had
rejected certain Isle of Wight propwitior+s, ard k?ld
rejofncd tho main body at Lily. Had ban thoro all
October, excepting a week with tlia Ducksss of
Gloucestor at Richmond. The ~[uke] of ~[c~mbrid~o] ha3
given him excellent shooting in RichEd Park, ard far
2 days they had hd the Duchess of Kent, 'a dull, &
Even &y, woman, who adds mh&n to Society,, . 1. bJ~s
living in oln a*mtment in Harley Street. Was achiaving
his addition to ths comervntar$. The loss of Snoyd's
extracted trees was aa necessary as the sxpense of
the Fmnch war of thab youth: 'No hope fa tile future
Wood, but in the unskinkin,p Sacrifica of 9 tont:?s 02
it!' Sneyd was right to veil kis ssnti~~:ents, on a shoot
of notepaper, on the monetary crisis, which waa
scarcely to be despatched in an opipem. Givoa his
views on tho aubjact. Wiohd thoy hi a canprccnho
in 1819. If Sncjyd had any game ho would approciato
being oent somo.
The same to tha'samo, at Keelo.
Thanks him for the game. Had been ill and wna nod
recovering. Admired Sneydfs discretion tin declining
to pull the String for another Douche of bullion ard
bank notes, by a single remark!' Heard ho had been
helping his sisters to finish their pack2ng and flit.
Hapod he should ba available when Snqd did appear in
London. Did not wish to see Macrendy in C~clJ.n?l
Wd.scXq and Miss Cuchan in Q1ne9 Crit'nerin?. i&onts
on tho first volume of St, Rmf7c, whic!~ he had foud
tedious, but the women were t&o=i.vi?l~ protty,
all - .,.'.
graceful, & good; - without any dszects @t
Mas all for having his heroines perfect q d s , Hod
long were they 'to look on with Sang fro% at the
Spectacle of Life & Property mars insocuro at our
doors, thun it was in the days af K. Joht~,~~.'~
The same to tho same.
(True, true - it is a long the EL
. .
coning.!f~&cur;os
himsolf for not havf ng writton. Sneyd secincd to be
getting violent colds rnthor often. Conplains of ids
awn hedtl~. Doplaros the snad at 8eel.o. Had not beon
quite satisfied with Lord Ellosmero' s letter, which
had seemed 'scarce to breathe a Eritish Spirit;...I.
Was glad Cobden had been goose enough to put his foot
in it. Liked John Russell's flnal letters to his
clmical supporters as little as he had liked his
others. @net s ncwspper seemed rstfmr frau;:ht with
incident, murder and suicide seem& evcrywhcro to h
becaning the rules and quiet life the excoption, Thy
all moved to Tharmod Lcdge on tho foLlcwing Modcy.
Thoy had had no onw. Had pssed hfs last Dacolnber
drrys in London, 'wind- up tlm lest Acts of my
Tragody with the Troosury.I S:iould sme day sond Snqd
the last scones in MS. '

Thornwood Lodge.
9 Fcb.
1848
Queen's
Remembrancer 1 s
Off ice.
18 Febo
la8
,Tho same .to- ths nnmo, at Kaelo,
There was a pleasir4 immunity in tho consciousnec~
of being o~ed a lettor. Influenza had had tho writer
in its clutchcrj since tho previous Friday. Why wns
not Sneyd Chief Bnron or Cf?ancollor of tho Exchequer?
Reflects on hfs dispute with the Treasury. Had hen
glad to f ird Cobilen making a foolish cpcech, 1 it
would have beon disagreeable to have h d one's
stice compelled to find him a wise & great ma;, . . ! .
r Part of the letter missing]. ths broadly convinced
that every revolution corrupted and unhumrnized the
national mind, and retarded tho improvement of tho
men, and tho institutions, of a state. 'The hopes
that an opening had occurred by which it might be
avoided in tho Case of Italy, ths too Eager
manifo~tations these have, I few, dispelled.(
Th-ht they agreed that thy could not muster a
great amount of interest in the Jew question, his
OWXI indifference being simply grounded on the
remote probability of any practical effect from it.
'Rotkwcb;Llcl, thorof are, (vulgar, stupid, obstinats ,
un-condition(d fellow as he seclms to mo to be,) has
yet my t,-olcrnhl~ frao leave to sit in ariy hmoo ho
can got into, - tho' I shan't cry my Eyes out if he .
is Kicked dawnstairs in nn~m-e, public ar private,
Had novor read two stupider articles than tho two
in tho Times that day,'(for I am finishing this on
the l0ih7,- on Jews and inflwnza. [~ettar
mutilated].
The samo to tho same, at Keels.
Should assume that Sneyd would be glad to knaw that
he was about again, with no mare to complnh about ,
than 'much as usual' implied. Was going for a few
days to his neighbar, Sir John Walshle, Ccnmmta
upon the previous night's division in tho tIouso of
Commons, and current financial issuos, and events
on the continent. Considers Canada, Had also read
a volume or two of liarace Walpolets =o3-rs of
Goorre 11_ - 'The gross AnnaLs of a brothel woulZ
be less fatiguing, at least less w~:~nil-in~~ to the
Spirits,. . .
' . Had soen M r Brooke, tho nu? Othello.
He was better than Macready, but tho writer doubbd
hi8 doing much mare tkm 1First Sufferer' in a
tragody. Desdomona had amply revenged hersalf in
all tho vowels and most of the consonants that had
come her way, [~ho Eorl of] Charleville, they said,
had besn walking about, with the annomcornent of his
wife1s death in all the papers, but hd first flm
'to the feet of Julia Bennett, Ithe Hayrr.arkot
Heroine, & settled his Marriage with hor. - Anothor
story is that the damsel, (nrd it faith she's a
dainty one,) is privately marrid to sorccbdy Elso. 1
Did not like Smer being the Archbishop. COIF-cants
upon religion, preferring Trnctariars to 'kn &
the Conventicle;..,', Wnsr going to dine that day at
Sir W. fiocmantlo~a. Writes of his children. Was
trying to organize, with Lady Essex, a double bax
at Covont Gocrdon, at £50 a piece, How he wishod
sneyd would cane to Town & bnl.mrr, to UB! 1

J
Queen1 a , .
~omombranuer~
Off ice,
29 Feb.
1848
a '
Thornwood Lodge .
7 MEW.
1w
-
London.
15 Mare
1848
Queen' a
-
Rernombrancerts
Off iae .
l.2 APT.
The..8nma to the same,. .
he letter, is a oonmant upon the revolution in .
France 1.
The same to the same,
[~urthor cment upon the rsvolution in France,
and references to the Chartists].
The same to tho same, at Kosle.
[Further cment upon the revolution in France,
and an appreciation of the situation in ~nglarx~].
_[MS. mutilated].
The same to )the same, ,at',Keeler,
[~amnanta upon the ~hartidt '.darnonstratibn]. , .:.
Queonf a
Remembrancer 8
Off ice.
17 Apr,
18118
Thc~rmod Lodge.
24 J*,
1w
The same to the same, at Keele.
Had intended sending the enclosed when ha had laot
written. The idea had arisen out of a conversatf an
with a few people dining with him, which mdo him
write down what ha shauld advise Sir Gearge Grey
and Lord Burleigh. Docfrss Sne@ to return tka
enclosures as he lmd no copy. [see s[HIN/Rs]/ 1,
Considers the,situation in France ad Europe
generally, and at homo, Had din~d at Devcrashtra Hmo.
Describes the decorations, The Duke of Devon?~hJire had
. ask& when Sneyd was cang to visit the writer and
him.
The same to the same, at Keele.
Should ba delighted if Sneyd would drop in orr fiiday,
Till then Tan Liddoll was in his room and Wfflim
Cmpboll was in the other. Had been in tho Isle of
Wight with the Francis Harcourts, at St Clare. That
week tho writer had his guests with hb, an3 l& n
dinner ar two.'
The following weolc he was to go to
Shrubland far a weak, so did the C blcs Pcrcfcs. Soon
after he was to como hma, stowing away the hau3ehdd
at LSly. Walter [snagdl had told the writer that Sneyd
was to go to Donton, anrl tba writer had promisod him,
if he could, to talk with Snoyd t!~e)m ) on M a "lltt.lo
Ef fp-**tn 9 his "archbrokan wallI1, - his he.oysucklos -
& antiquities.' Had been with tho Duc3csa of
Glaucestor, seeing her sl-o of porn Princsss Sophfals
things. Sneyd had never behold suck a collaction. Tho
Duchss was almoat as pleased with tkcm as if she hzd
boon 13. Considers the pditical ,situation, Peel bad
a very good speech, he actually co~desco~ded
ny a word in favour of an Enslish lfon3sc2ly far the
present.' Could not help thinking that if thoye was
an outbreak in Ireland our awn "Chef cs Spiritsm,
will attempt sanething of a denonsP;ratian,
rsfmultaneously, here;,. .I. Most people seonoed to
. .

egard than [the Chartists] as utterly suppressed,
'but if Evor there a Snake Scotchfd €2 not killld,
it is Chartiam.1 Adds a pmt3cripPI, that he Ezd not
that naming with Thornas LiddaU, to see tho bmlf
finishod malo1 of the equestrian statute of tho Black
Princa, which Marochetti waa doing for hkm, and whic!~
the latter hoped to get, in colcgswl size, for the
square af the ncw Bcmses of Rarliment. Liked
Marochetti wry much. He had hpld in clay an admfrable
bust of P d Albert,
~h&nwocd Lodge.
29 Jay,
,1843 .
Court of Exchequer,
6 Nov.
1843. -
The anme to the same.
Wasntt Sneyd ashamed of himself, to keep on thus, in
an alteration of hot and cold? Thcnzght ha might I~I~PPO
contrived 'a scapptellal, with doed or withaut. Was
vexed that he had not, hcause they wcro so very pretty
just then. Roped that the dod might qnramsin with its
uncertaintyn far beyond Tht~r,c.iln~; .,. (, ard tffl tfro
writer aould cane back from Shrubland or the Arundel
Bouverios. Wished he was not going at all. IIIcl wanted
to take Snoyd to Marochattila alaya, but that TZtmas
had cramcd hia marita and charms into the writerla
throat. They hEd summer again and he blfaved it
would last a woak. Hoped it would far the cab of
the dripping hay at Lily. Hod bon as incredulcus
im Sneyd about the Irish hoax. It was all soriaus
enough. Hoped the leading villains night put
thanselves in a condition to be, not arrested, but
shot
The same to the samo. '
It was long since they had intarcannunicatedl. Sinca
the had parted lab in August the writer !ad bon
to F his causin ~ohn] Hsrvey, in Gxf ordshlrs, where
life was ~somwhat shy, dry, & silent;..,', Describes
his vfsit. Had been to Lord Baynirgs in Norfolk, an3
seen the 1Smewhati grotesque pile put up by ~ T C ' C ~ ~ C
for bKL3 the new house, (for thare is as yet no
I, a vorg
fron9 of Ld. Staffmd at Castcssy;. . pretty place between Honingh a* Ncrrwich, On going
back to London the writer M passed tho bcst pert
of a weok with the Duchess of Gloucestsr, at RfcPaond
Park. Among othmer, he hmd mot tl.& Prince 4
Princess of Parma, '& found a groat deal to be
pleased with in w: - Slle bas a natural & cordial '
Erne of address, - a quick apprehension, - & a
.spiritual turn of Expression, - which with great
gsntleness, & consfderation of her Cmpsnion, are
very agreeable & Engaging,,,'. Ho was smew3~t
oivjlizod since his marriage. Had been for a woisk
to the Sydnoys and finslly rejoined his frmaly at
Bradwoll Grove, taking thorn up to the* cogsins
the Effinghams, in Yorkshire, where the writor's
daughters had found a pony mdo, over to them, on '
wuch thoy sctunperod about Iqenb~mth Park nrA the
rest of the country. Describes Wontworth. Hsd boon
to see their friend Tm at Ravenswmth. Ano+uher
thing they had done at the Grange ha hen to go
over to see Chtmcrt.h. Describm tho hmso and
grounds. Its peat dsfoct was tho wanti of the look
of antiquity.

COW^ oi bheq~m.
16 Jan.
la9
The samo to the oame, at Koalo.
Whore had Snoyd hen bowing tho old year cut? IIad
'boon afton going to writo to him. Thcy had boon
pasoing a Clristmas month at Lily Hill, raturnlng
on tho 10th 'for thia wry IIilmiaus Term!' 15x3
boen unwoll. The fact was it wna a seaeon in which
the body would not bar relaxing and lotting down
at all. Whenover he was at Lily and saw its vcrriou3
'ranshack13nsssest, he occupied hhself with plans
far a docent abode and almost worked up his resolution
to do it. Did consfdor that he hcd concocted on pagor
a most excellent small ~CIL~SO. Thought that the
government had probably dons as well ELS they could
far themselves in appointing Fr. Baring to the
Admiralty. He was as safe a man as tkey had. It was
much mare creditable to all partieo than if Sir
James Graham had gone there. Sane said that Peel hd
prevented him. Had Snovd read Macaulay? Cmonts
--.- The Hj ntorv -- of ~n,Tln@]. Found it amu~ing and
agrcoablo, though ( a a ~ hi ntmI-c~I. g+,yln, fnr balm
tho faultlcrio tone Sc ntruaturo of Ilunola. Tho
Quadrant was gono and tho plnco lookd too wills, nnil
the 'little Cnth~rins wheel B' ho had told Sneyd of,
were removed, the quizzi~
of thorn bing too much
far the architect. Flattered himself nobod wont to
the shops. 'The pavement [of Re ent Streotg is a
good wide one to moss in wet w I elather; & as we
seldom have any dry, - by God's Fact3 the Anti
Colonnadsrs will be erll baakrupts by tho Sumnor.'
Talking of Regent Street districts, was Snoydls
friend Scherer there a knave or an honest ma. Had
latelyataken watches there and thought his chaxgcs
'mighty large'. Was Sneyd likely to come their way?
*
[? OD
161. Queen' s
Remembrancer s
Office.
17 Mar.
la9
162. Queen' s
Remembrancer's
Office.
16 Ape
1849
The same to the same.
Thanlcs him far the application of the spur. Incident&
and adventures he had had as few as Snoyd, ar fetmr.
Reverts to Macaulay. They said Crokar hd written rs
very good analysis of it, * - "n friendn, (I supgwe
Lockbrt, who is an Enthusiast fan. the book) said
"Don't publish it, at least at present;...'. Refers
to the 'Navigation' matter and tho situatica of tba
government. An even temparary resignation wdd b~ a
pickle to be in, 'Even if a brealricg up of Peelites,
(which in thnt way is imprabablo) produced a
semhl~nm of a power to form a ~onsorv[atib
Cabinat;..,'. Every Cmservative move to bi~d tho
party to 'protoctlon in the abstract1 he Ixliovod to
be erroneous. Thought very differanfly & Disrae3i's .
plan a d speech. It was the only attempt at
distingui nhing between Government cr,d Opposition.
Was ao glad Sneyd had had Marochotti and that he
felt as he did about him. [~etter incmplete 1.
. .
The sams to the same, at Kecle.
Had nothing to say f sr himself but the constancy of
his intentions. Had only hen avay three d a ~ , to
Sir John and Lady June Walsh, whoso shbbariea
joined Lily's, Had vantad to look at Lfly which he
had found in a glow. is aspirations h tho

I ' ,
I , + direction of the now buildings thors hnd not boon
nufficiontly maturod and docfdod upon to oubmit Lo
Snoydls optics* DoocrilP@s his plans with tho houas.
Had got the Clerk of tho Idarks at Ramnswmth to draw
out the find working plan in detail, with Tm
[~iddel's] aseistanco. Thcy hrtd him with them for a
,' . . .
,a.v. . few days, and the writor '8 brothor [-in-law], Jmos
Callandor, and his new wife. It was post time, '80
. a .. Cobden, Croker, & all the rest of it, tmarrm, -
, .
. . .* You smile - but you shall positively have 'Emll '
Lily Hill.
22 July,
1849
,.
The same to the same.,
Explains his ddross. Haw did Sneyd like 'my lady
Weather, Itin the manner of Ackermm's dresses far.
Maytt? Had only read half of Crolcer's wticle,
Comments upon the sme. That was the only bit of
the -rtorl~ which he had read, plans an3 eatimahs .
far his small works had taken up all hts leisure.
Gives his view of Cobden, whm he believed to be mme
of a knave than a fool. Explains why. Wondorod that
Sneyd could view with indifference the sale of the
whole of Town and Ernnnucl's effects. There were a few
dosirable things. Wantod one table for his new room
at Lily, The Hollds had taken a house in Paris far
6 years. Hapets 'great lump of a house' was marly
finishod. Bridgewater Hause came out not quite
satisfactorily. Did not think it so effective aer
Spencer House. Had been tho other day with his new
sistor [-in-law], Edith Cdlarndcr, to lunchoon with
Sneydls magnificent friend, the Duchess of SutherPd,
at Stafford Hause, Describes the visit. 'Do not say I
seek to console the jealous Spite of Pmrty, - if I
say, that the subtraction of two thhds of them would
unspeakably improve the Taste Bc Effeat of the
remainder.
The same to the same.
. .
They had been a good deal backwards and fm~i?s there
far 2 or 3 day-s, in conssquonce of the building in
progress. Had had a model of the outslcle shell made to
scale, in deal, which had gratified him by its
prettiness but had frightened him by its extent. Thoy
had been in great beauty in a small wzy, all hay asd
roses. They bar?, reed the g~~rlrterlv Ravic-a article on
Cm~boll and it had interested th0 writer. Gives his
imp;easions of Lord Campbell. Had lately absolved
himself frat a great dsal of the Tj-mns. It interfered
too much with summer idleness. Cmments upon events in
Ehropo. They were all thinking of goins a bdy to
Scotland. The Calladors k d wishad then to go with
thorn in Ayroshire and take possession of their shooting
and fishing. They hd beon talking of goins at the sd
of that week, but tihare was a chance af tho* jmncy
being retarded. Thoy were to return to Thor~~d L&GB
the follwing day and the young ladles had been bidden
to, tho marriage of Netty LascoZlos.
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Thmnwood Lodge.
24 July,
1849
Thornwood Lodge.
27 July,
1849
Eslington,
Alnvick*
15 Octe
1849
The same to the samo, at Keole..
It appoared that while the writor was clalming
Sneydls spiritual presence on paper, hs wan
'meditating an Apparition bodily, in tho flooh,'
There was no probability of their going north very
soon, so if Snoytl had any definih day on whfch ho
would naturally cmo that way, he should tell h h at?
soon as it was fixed, Thay woro all just returned
from the Lascollos wedding brealcfnat. AU had gone
off fluently and well. IIad almost p d p d tho bride
'to fat, florid, & goodnaturod Wm, Cavondfsh,'
Describos her. It seemed that parliancnt was
positively to be up on the 31st. cments upon
Brougham in the Lords, Their roses there ware aL1
gone, Was told that Sneydls garden was beautiful,
The same to the same, at Keele.
Nothing could suit better than what Sneyd propossd.
Was to go to the Duchass of Gloucostar at Richmond
Park on Thuroday 2nd, and would stay until Saturdny.
Should like to be one of Snoyd'~ tn,rt,ir,t-q groupel
His awn 'porn littla Landscape vicvs ai11l Lxporionces'
were 'no fit Company for such Grandee Imagi~ationa
as will disport thenselves at Trenthzm.t Thornno
Liddoll had written ' in prac ter-Thmasian raptures 1
on the gardens ,at Drummond Castle. Sncyclrs mcdera-be
and just rej oidor on the counter-rovolutianary side
to the writer's not very furious 'liberalismt was
just what the writer would have saLd on the other
sido. Was astonishod at tho levity at which he spoke
of special juries, but as he was redy to part with
his £10 so freely he might lnught at 1 shed cause t ,
etc. What a ntorm there had boon the day befare. It
had broken with gent violence m r London. Hopod
tho sky and earth had settled the* bdaneos tin a
way which will prevent that want of Electricity in
the latter to which sms of the Scientific attribute
the Cholera. - The Sago of the ~tTimes" will hear of
nothing but drains & Cesspools. 8 Thought there must
be a good deal of exagge~ation.
The same to the same. . .
Before he had left Dalmeny on the Saturday marning
he had received Sneydts letter, and approcisbd the
comprehomivenoas , f n P~T'CJO, of his report.
Cmprohandled Ty-ninghmlo ib.lse ] in Snoyd s piatma,
'It would require mare kindness & hospitality than
- I shdl ever experience from them, to rcconcfls mo to
tho combined acid, & arid, of the Hddingtom!1
Allowod Sneyd to be lenient, even ploasod, especidly
as he was in love with Mrs Hcmilton. ThoLr
quinquagenarisn lms woro pleasant. EInd ben sorry
to leave the Cousinago' of Dalmony, Rsflocts
on its associatiom, Considers Eslir,nton, Honry
Lidclell wa3 clever but C O ~ C O ~ ~ Was C ~ looking . f onqnsd ,
to their doing Ravonsworth tosother. Beliavod ha
ohould be obliged to give up hby as ho should I-xvrs
so few days at the Grange, with his chtldren. Fcrzs-od
there was not a amco of hfs having a nmcnt far
Xeole, far whfch lpxre$t was a word not half strong
enough.

in.
Quson' &
Remembrancer I s
Off ice .
l.4 Nw.
1849
Tharmood ,.Lodge.
4 Jan.
1850
Thornwood Lodge.
17 Jan.
1850
Court of Exchequer.
29 Jan.
1850
The same to the samo, at Keels.
How 'was he g6tting on? ' - Naus voici, since the
31st Octobor; - & I have forgotton the look of a
ldlce & tho measure of a mauntnin! 1 They laolcsd still
er little ysllar and scarlet in the gwdsn. Had no
spits against Novenber, It was less sad thrtn a
c;ummerts evening. Tho lron at Ravensworth and tho
Gr- bid made him mare, or lass ill, 48 hours of
Candon Hill air and water had restmod him, but the
extravagant hoat of the [EXC~~~UW ] Court , holped
by gown and full-bottomed wig, had gkven h4m a
cold. Considers tho situation in France. Had seen
Marochetti the day b~fare, who had braught mr
two or three things frm Paris, casts of things'he
had dono in Francs, with'the stamp of gonit?s.on
them, including a statue of M. ds Laton Auvargm.
He and his wife and dnughhr wore to din0 with them
.the fciUowing day. Had &en to Lily once. The half
that was built was caning out wry ad-looking, The
writer's 'sweet Suaie was ysst [erda'1 y 17 yorzrs old;
- a kind of epoch in a maidon's life. - She hos
mada thom 17 para OF unE-ry&g, - but jayous,
obedience, - devoted affoctfon, & studid confort
to me; and her mind is most sensible, - delicate,
& intelligent. 1
The same to the same.
I
A sprain in Sneydqs hand was a'public cdaity. Thsre
had been a repart of his having had tho gout. Wiahad
him too weU to hope it was no6 so.' They were just
cane back from a Christmas trip for a fortnight,
with Lady Mansfield and her daughter, at Forn Hill,
in Windsor Farest, about 3 miles frm Lily Hfll.
Lady Caroline still sang 'withoat a voicet b] all
smts of songs which her exquisite taste, and
judgment in music still mado interesting and
agreeable. They had gone afterwards for a week to
I
Sir John Walsh's, their nearest neighbow at Lfly
Hill. All won%, on at Lily Hill 'horrj.hl@ slaw' l By
the tima the writer wao there all tho good cmpany
of England would be bsnlaupt, for no3dy got any
rents. Conmnts upon Free Trade and its effects. Had
been amused wf th Ruskin's Seven Lnmpn of Asehftect,~~m
The sams to the sane, at ~e'ele.
,... ,.
Was truly sorry to hoar of hi8 being mndo over to
chronic gout, and the remedies of it. Both were
diaeasea. Had himself boon confined to the house
far the previous week. Bosidss the archftoctural
metaphysi ca of Ruskin, the writor h d done wonders
with the opportune raview~. Comments upon ravims
on Venice, in the Qusrtsrb~ and on Ltunxrtine in
the Fdf nbur,cf!l. Cmments ugon the situation in France
and tho possibility of protection having brought
about the condition of the Frenuh,
. . . .
, The same to the same,
When he had written t0.b 1ast.b had unaccounta\>ly
I .

omitbd to mention Snaydt~ CoMan parody of Pool's
lettor. What a pity Snoyd hnd burn& it. hofres kin
to mcallact it and dictate it to Fdwwd, and lot 5.h~
ham it. Much rabid protoctfon was abroad. Co.midor~
tho political situation and the sitwtfon abroad. b?m
out and abuut again, as strong and fmsh as bofm.
I1oartLl.y wiahd Sneyd might Im able to toll him tho
same. Questions Snayd'a trentnent. Had soen nothing
and nobody. Spent two home aver tho s~a~. The
la3-l ' were horn again and ware to dine with the
writer. Invites Snoyd to stay with hh.
court cxf Exchequer,
31 Jan.
1850
The same to the same, at Keele.
An hour or two after the writer had posted his
'"little bit of
in London, he hrsd rocaivcd
his letter at Campden Hill. Was glad to coo 1 that olit
ttChronfcn' pernitted hixi to get to a socond ahcot.
When Sneyd came to his doctar he should coza to tho
writer. Edward Boumrie was coming with Lady fiancas
and Fanny B. the fallowing week, that wao tho only
obstacle to reaeiving him. If he would cms on
Monday 11th his room would be ao wnrm ad coxfortable
aa possible. Surely Lb writer of 'Vonica~ had not
written 'Rme'. Had thoxht tha latter violent d
pmsonrrl and altogethar Croksrfah. Should have to
get hold of the Examfnq ard road Mrs (?) N. Had not
read the Cloncurry article. Was to dine that day with
the Duchess of Gloumstgr and Duke of Canbridge, I&
some other onn', and thoy were to play at w-Mot in the
evening. Playod the trick on hfmsolf of believing
that, but for having beon ordored to do that, he had
intended to Jam himself into the Home of Lords to
hear Stanley's sptseah, as pcoplo were rather more
excitad than mual on that opening. Thcy should not
knm the real truth about Hungary in tho* time.
Believed it to have been a national insurrection.
'Think not that I am bought over by the baasta CoSden
& Bright - but I bellem thace rehUiw Countries
wiU. ham gainod smsthinp,, (I any nought of their awn
-- l.mrtccn,) by thsir etmgg2os. 8 A pemanont roturn to
absolute dsspotinm as a system wan Fmpmcible in any
country but Russia, ar perhaps Frmccs. Thoy safd
Bright was buyable md was to boome a Whig, CoMsn
not.
The sma to the same, at Kesle.
The writer's date was almast an answer to Sneyd's kid
enquiry. Was again at ease about Ms darlings, whose
progress had boon not only favornablo but rapid. Thay
had had there William Stopford '& tho Vynerst. Had
likod Lady May. The previous day ard t b ~ day t they
had Enfields and Lmd and Lady Aslrley, Bob Dundas ad
young Sturt, 'a B, fast fellcw, but lively &
available uithalr - and rather god fun with his
mfa~tnossn. Ashley's ragged-school Stateliness, &
Factary Pomp, amuse me.! Thay hru? also tho WPlllm
Cou-poro. Doocrfbs Yls Cwpos. Was going back to his
household gods tho following day. So Sncyd had cmo
for a day and a hdf. Why could not he stay a little?
IIad hoard of him at dinner at Wall's, and at a party

at Lady Granville's, so he concluded he was up ta a
thing or two. Should like to bo with lzim and Valta~.
Was fond of Walter, but the latter's anxiom notions
made him fidgety about himself when he nood not b,
the writor was convinced. Grieved otzor Snoyd'a trssr~.
Bob Dundas and the wrftor had boon tozstner to
Chislohurst church, !which one "FO~-~, (a pant
Pusoyfier of Churches, I bslisve2 hos cbrrrmingly
doctarod; - wry simply and judfciowly, - with
nothing foolish in it but a blue smt of Chardalicr
which they call. a Carand, I believe, - a flimsy
fanciful thing with Pllcgible Saxon letters upon it
in p~ gilding, - & that looks like a Chimneyswcoper's
Effort on the first of May, - instcad of a hrzdame
old brass thing, - but not mediaeval Enough, - wch.
hung there bofore...l. Such things were pcdsntrlos.
Lily bogan to look amiable. Reports on progress.
Shams on Snayd, he had never seen men his mdol.
Had he red Guizot's proface to his l33aq1~1tfon of
- 1688. Thought it good. Thau~ht them would bs sae
fun in the Houae of Lords the following day.
Travellerat [Club]. - -
22 Feb.
1850
Queonl e
Remembrancer 1 s
Off ice.
25 Feb,
1850
Tho same to the sane.
Was sure he would be glad to hear that hi3 little'
maids were going on as well as possible. Did not
the Tin?.~? Ivous tombe des maimt that morning.
Could not understand it. Comments on the outcme
of the dobate [on Dinraeli14 motion on the relief
of the poor].
Should like, of all things, to do as he proposed,
but so many obstacles oppmed themselves to it that
he had to give it up. The world there was wild about
the Great Exhibition of 1851. William La~calles,
whom Prince Albert had told to agitate Kensington - .
1 ( a @xo which manufactures notW nrr Except porhzps
little children out of ~choowls,j~ - had wanted
to associata the writer with him in calling on the
authorities to convene a meeting. Had misgivings
about the exhibition, but should like to see it.
Did not think there was my probability of the*
being absent f'roin home on the 8th or 9th of )!arch,
ur thereabouts. His youq ones went on prosperously.
Snayd would have hoard that Charlotte BarrTngton
was to marry Lard Strathare.
176. Queen' e The same to the same, at Keele. .
Remembrancer' 8
June 4thl What a variety of emotions, mdo and
Off ice.
fomnlo, had been associated with that date in tho*
4 June,
time. Now it said nothing to anybody. Had bsn
1850
1.
promised forth to meet Sneyd at dinner on tho
f 031wi~ Monday, and Sneyd would bo in a hurry.
Desires him to give him a day for Lily if he could.
If Sneyd were to be made over to ajix wosks of: alkali,
why not lay in a good stoclr of acid at Garins Wallls
dinners, and give it something to do? It was by no
means fair by Vichy to go thore throe-quwters cusod
by three weeks temperance at Koela. Was glad the
Bishop of ,London's bill had been thrown out. Thoy

had hnd another little party far the Duchssn of
Glouceotor, The things chlany run aftor ware 'Rum
Jung hhaudor Quatty, ar whataver his name is,:
[~un~ Bnhadoar Koorman Ranngco, Prime Ministor of
Nepal], and tho hippopotamus. Felt that one ought
to see the latter. Suppoaod Sncyd would bo thore
[? in ond don] on Thursday, with his sieters, but
thare was a rspart that the peat Edward, Black
Prince of servants, wae indisposed and that Sneycl
was already detained.
Quean' a
Remembrancerls
Off ice.
13 Jdy,
1850
Tharnwood Lodge.
1- Sept*.
1850
The sane to the samo, at Vichy, France.
Whore were those dispatches from Vichy? Nothing loss
than an answer that he was very well would make up
for hia exile, just when thay were to visit him at
Keale. Hoped ho enjoyed himself. Had hardly recovered
frcm the profound emotion with which poor Peolls
death affected him. [Much of the lotter is taken up
with this event]. The Duke of Camhidgo f s death wns
a different affair, but still a sad ono. Ho had bcan
a kind of man to do much for rayalty in England. Thoy
had had two dinnors of sfitsen in the new dining-rom
at Lily, where they exulted in their new Carthage,
They had soon Rachel in Adrienne la RPCOU\T~~IIT, a
detestable play but a wondarful pcrfcmancs. Hail also
assfstad at the martyrdom of Pasta, who had playod
her great scene in Anna Bolena, Comments upon her
qualities.
The same to the same.
Their friend hfwochetti was in what ha considered to
be a crisis of his destiny. A party at Manchoster wns
anxious to give him the sA&tue of Peol, but waited
tfm a suggo8tion of some Great Man, to shift off the
responsibility of the decision on other Shoulders; -
The D. of Sutherland, Ld. Lansdwne, & Ld. Ellesmore
are specifically named es persons, a word from any
O'I~ of whom would, according to I'farochsttifs
7
informant, decide ttro matter in his favor at once.'
Would Snsyd approach thorn? If Marochstti obtained the
commission, and that for the statue of the Quoen at
Glasgaw, 1 his Success, & final triumph, both hare &
elsowhem, are inevitable.: Bob Mas was brck frcsn
Berlin, 'raving of [?I Rant's Ecpostrian Ststuo of
Frederick the Great,.,.'. Describr~ it. Thoy were to
go to \dimpole on Tuosdny or Wednenday and to leave
it on the 12th. Thoir intontion had boon to go to
tho Waterparks at Doveridge, on thoir way to Kccla,
but they wore going to the Highlands, so the writer
had proposed a visit to Jmes Stanhops in Lincolnshire,
whose new house he wanted to see. Hed been to
E3rie;hton for a few days, where he kcl soon Charles
Grevills and the Mce of Beaufort. hi, the French
artist who had done Stafford House and Euckingh
Palace staircases, and Mmo. do Flahnult's salon, had
just finiokod for the writer a drc~~inz of their
salon, 'with our 3 Selves, Madcmlle, Ld. & Ly.
Effinghm, 6c Mnrochettf, introduced a3 a canvcrsin~
Graupa, in the same way;. . '. Marochotti was
miserable because Sneyd was not in it, and Lady

0
Court of Exchequer.
18 Nm. -
1850
Carolina Lascelloa had said of caureo Vinc~nt wodd
got him into it, but even fm the two days when ha
might have hoen feloniously aeizcd on, Lami hzd beon
sent far to Osbarno, where ha has boon doing saxe
little matters for the Quoon; - ...I. Ha was abmt
to leave England and pass a year at St Poteraburg.
He had been a constant canpanion of Louis Thflipp
and the princes and had gone with Ma~ochetti to
Claremont far the funoral. SneiJd had not told him
what he had thought of Mra Fanny's King John. Mad
been amused with Tho Life ~ n d Cclrr~o~ondnn~ of
Robert Southex. Cmments upon SouClsy. H3d hoard tb
day before of Waltor, at tho marriage of
1 "Monastoriasn [the Hon. Robert ~urzon]. He seemed
to have envied the brldegroan but failed to
appropriate a bridesmaid himself.
The same to the same, at Keele.
What an exemplary character Snsyd had been instantly
to have volunteered a second lettor. Ccrr;mec'ts upon
Thomas Moare and' Byron. Considered Child0 Har014 'by
far the most beautiful & thoughtful of his wurltn, -
Don Juan psrhapa the Cloverest. ) 1 Thay wore still
I d 1 Dollarmino & John Knm;...I. Oonnott made
disco~irsos on tb persocution of Gollts chosen voasalct,
and spoke of hirn~o1.f as an early Clri3tian, and tho
ladies of blgravia took out their handkerchiefs and
rbtired to their hmes to do penance. Had hd
an account of the scone from a lady of 55 who ought
.to have knawn bettor. Did not think that folks. wors
as yet at Gecvrge Gordon hont, but they hnd had a
farce of ndico at [st Barnabas t (or St
, , Ecnnott1 s) 1 church]. Windsor was furiolv at tho
b
Papal aggression, where Pussyiom was dotoshd and
the Bishop af London in bad dour. Comnonts upon .
the government. Had believed for at least a fortnight
in a Germanic war. Bob Mas hnd always said that
neither the Emperor nar the King moant to fight.
Supposed he must nw believe so too. Pdfsnerstonts
appointmont of Shiel was, on tho surface, so wanton
a freak that the writer had hen Idrlvan to fancy
the real reason to be, the Suppmed Expcdioncy of
having a Rcnnanist who nay not have a Rmi3h
corwcianco, (or rather who E,) nup~6rr dn Papo. 1
William Lascolles had came hmo, enchnted with
Paria. He swore that the Proaidont was ext;remoly
popular, Chngarnisr not so, and that the AssemSly
was mare alarmed at tho idea of a militnry
coup dlgtat than an oxtension of tho pomr of the .
Prosidcnt. Nad not soon Nmochstti. IIfa Mruzchester
fate would not be known till January. KO was
employed on the mcdol of a colossal. group, of
Richard Coaur de Lion, ruzd his acccssoriss, for tha
151 Ekhibition. Pfarochetti had thouzht the French
would not have-liked Edward, the Black Prince,
thst the English would not have liked Napaleon. Was
go- to Wimpole, to shoot.
180. Court.of Exchequer. The same to the same, at Keele.
Considers Wiseman' s 'Yanifes tot . Did Snoyd ever read
Carlylo? Had read through one of his Lntt.qr-Dn;t
Pamphlets on 1Hudson's Statuo* ..FId been very much
ammed by 'it.. Conunents upon Californian and Silxrian
I

,gold. Snoyd's sister had dono fron mernary a very
clever portrait of the Me of Cambridg~, which the
Duchess of Gloucester had. It had a little lackod
.vitality, but tho rorromblancs was very striking. Tho
manont was cone for going to Kingfa Crosa station,
an his way to Wimpols*
181 Queen' 8
Remombrancerla
Office.
13 Jan.
18s
Court of Exahequer.
31 Jan.
1851
The same to the same, at ~eele, redirected to
9 Eaton Square, London.
Tho 27 November had been a long while ago, Had been
wishlng to write to him because he was sure ho must
have been uncomfortable about Lmd Clare, who soorned
.to have been seriously ill. Hoped Sneyd was more in
ease about him. They hod 'tided dawn tho Eddy of tho
old Year into a fortnight of tho ncw om1 quist3y at
hane. How was Sneyd'o gout? Tho writer had hen
tolerably pTosperous. Bad boen mars cmfmtabls in
the evaning since he had almost abandoned tho use
of wine and substituted soda water and brandy. W h t
s curious aspect mattars had again a3smd at PmIs.
Cmsnts upon Louis Napoleon. Walter hnd bosn in
Twn the previm day, but was gona again, to
~eckst[t ~au3e 1. Eie had been complafning of his
health, but had looked as if nothing was the mattar
with him. They had hen mad, during the winter, far
the lave of n poem by one Lowfellow, 'an Amoricnnl ,
cdcd Evsnrt~lins. Comments. W a in the middle of
David Ca;,perfieliI. How he wished he had hen killing
Sneyd's pheasants.
The sane to the same, at Keole, rodkeoted to
Badger, Shifnal, Shropshire. .
Hoped Sneyd had a better reason for not writing than
a gouty hand or wrist. They had been in great
discomfort far the previcars ten days, eqectin,a to
how of the death of the writer's kotner-in-law,
James Cdlander, who had been tdkon ill at Newcsotle.
Poar Dalmeny's sudden death had baan a great
additional shock. They had just finished reading the
two volw.as of Cardinal ( ?) Pacea, 'a rare old
Twaddle in his writing & Theology, - but I sugpmcs
- not SO in his Actions Bc Advice, - or Bocnparta
wouldn't have thought it worth while to shut him up.'
Lard Holland had certainly doae his father r,o god
by his Reminlsccncos. Cmaeats upon [~ord] Rcdesdda
and Lord Whncliffe. Thought the govormcnt would be
in a great state of embmssment as to their
theological mangemants. Had seen the Duchoss of
Gloucsoter for an hour the day before Sho had baon
batter and stronger than whon he had soon hor last,
but made progress very slawly, Hacl hc~d so strong cl
notion in hio m i d about the colourixr &c, of the
Glass Palace that he knd mnturod the proviou day
to state t h m in a letter to Lord GranvPUe. Hop&
he would not consider him an inpertinent ccxtcmb far
it. Khd thought it more respectful than to write it
to the Times.
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Queen' 8,
Romembrancorls
Off ico .
17 Febo
1851
184. - Thornwood Lodge.
17 Mar*
1851
186. Thornwood Lodge .
5 Aw.
1851
The same to the same, at Koelo,
Had not boon let into the secret till that morning,
'that Susie8s Evn~elipl
Enthusiasm had actually
impelled her to invade your Profession of faith
with a romonstrancrtli For his own part he ga*~o up
prosolytiorn as hopelas3. Sncyd would easily suppo~e
that it had bsen an unspeakable relief to the
miter, with ref orsnce to his dad brother-in-law! s
affairs, to find that tho Do of Argyll hd hen left
sols guardian and director both of children and
property, but the writer had hen annqd at finding
that his brother-in-law had not previously consulted
the Duke. Considers the situation. What did Sneyd
get out of Holford? He had mismarxzged the ~ite of
the house, It scorned an enormaus concern. Often
wondered whether, if ha were a millimire, he would
bother with a huge place. Sneyd would, ho 'ma,
'but then You are a Magnifico; - . . . . Considers tho
British Museum - utterly tast~ltsss. Tho gworment
had had a narrw squeak 'the other night, Ono did
not think much of a minority rsPnforcod by the
Catholic rurd landlard spite of Ireland, Th~y had
serious thoughts of passing March at Lily Hill, if
they could.
.
The same to the am.
Was truly concerned to hear of his had= been in
the grip of influsnza. [1n on don] tho stcl,na was
strewn with prmtrata sufferers, Cm-ant3 at lavqth
upon the political situation. Was 'glad Sns* h d read
Comarf ield, Was not Agnes a dnrlix=? Arxl 'isnt t
Dora a charming provoking little monkey, with whom
one could sparxi whole hours in alterrately kissing
her & baing her ears?' Susie and he wcrs going the
folloving day to Lily Hill, to sea if they could
not put up some papers and lay down carpets. . .
The same to the soma, at Keele.
Harriet and the writershad been at Lily Hill the
previuus week, I& C I V ~ to ~ Scandalous n~-r~::~~l
& maltreating, on the part of the Pmt,' the w-riLmr
had only just received Snsyd's latter of enquiry.
Could not write much bocauso he was to sot out for
the day at Lily Will. ~[illiam] ~[ascellos] was
'goiw on well. They called it epilepsy, it socmed
I
mare like apoplexy. Much doubted if office
parliament would be far him again, but that was not
the viow of anybody connected with him. I.hd not seen
ar writton to Lady Caroline, but they he&
constantly frm the childrsn of his progress. Natty
Cavendish had bean allawed to be with hLn all day,
'and the Duchess of Sutherland had bsen there the
previous day, but the writer did not hcnr whether
she had seen him.
The same to the sms, at Keala.
Had soen Willim Lnscelles the previous day, and
had found him, to all appearances, quite well. There

waa no pcrcsptibls difference in hh. Tho T3n-7 hod
just cmo in and infomod thorn of thsb financial
fates far that year. Cmmonta upon txcatim and Lmd
Stanley. Susie htld boon prosentcd on Thursday, and
all had gone off very well far hcr. Cmntents
unfavourably on the rocaption. Thoy wore dl going,
bag rtnd baggage, to Lily the follodinz vsok, Ead put
up cheap, light papers, 'with Enlivening borderat,
except for a red paper in the dining-roa, bocttu30
in* northerly roms you neadad warmth on the walls,
not to look chilly. Thy were all. going to Scmim~3cd~
that night. There was a vary goad play actlng at tlie
Princess Thoatre, called Love in a Maze.
187, Lily Hill.
27 Ape
1851
.1$8. Queen1 B
Remembrancer s
Off ice.
The s&e
to the sms, at Keels.
Had received his lettor there, They had bon there
far three weeks, but had had BO maw breaks and d s ~
in London that the writer hardly felt to have hnd the
holiday he had wanted. Elad had a' ms ty influanzaiah
Cough'. Co~~nidar~ the political oitustion, and
particularly tProtoctionisnl. Was glcd Snoyd was
coming to Town. He must viait Lily. Did not mind
how long he dofsmd his visit to ltho great shop1.
Expouted to bo it good deal amused and interested
there, if he was ever permitted to sea it. IId bocn
to the Duchess of Gloucester's birtMay, The writer's
family all had season tickets. Describes tbir plans
to sea tho Great Wbition. Did not at all like poor
William hscalles1s state. Cormnonts upon 'the Enormous
pwer possessed by this Romish S~.s.tom,. .. I. Wcdd not -
bother him about tho new Lily, though he was very full
of it.
The same to the same.
Had been sarrp to receive so poar nn account of him.
Hoped that by that tima part of' his diazonfiture at
least tht arose frm influenza, was killed. That
hope prevented him fron enlarging upon grievances
which ha trusted, 'ere than, were extinct. Firmly
believed in tho splendours of Iceole, Snoyd would
live to finish a picture if he restrained his
palatial imagination. Takes Sneyd to task far
to attempt too much. Perhaps he would deride his poar
notions as much as ha did his lPrmidcntial Avemgos'.
Had gono to Thaclcerayls locturs. '110 & it was to
ba Pope & Gay, - but it Congrove Sc Addison,'
Comments. Grieved to oay thore was no longer a ray of
hope for porn Lascsll6s. When was S~cyd coaing to
Twn? Did a certain amount of 'the London Business'
and hated it.
189. Thornwood Lodge, The sme to the same, to Keele.
[~oet of this letter comprises a consideration of
the sf tuation in France 1.

190, Tharmood Lodge,
24 Mar*
he same to. the same.
189
Was much prieved to find that Snoyd had beon a follo~
suffcrer [from gout]. Had rather looked for him 02
Sunday, but concluded he had fled. Was himself
slowly reconring. Had hen musing himelf with a
book Sneyd would think a quaer one, tho life and times
of Edward Bainos , M .Po fur Laods , 1 Enough to make you
turn up Your arictocratical & Critical Noso; - ..,l,
Had hen interested in it 'as a picture of a Sober,
+ industrious, aonsciontiaua mind working itself,
modostly & temperately frm nothi-np,, (ho was nn
Apprentice printer in the Nordspapor Off ico ,) to a
position of considerable
.
influence & Eminence, in
his own Sphere,. ,I. Considers the political situation,
Thornwood Lodge,
14 May,
1852
Queen1 s
Remembrancer1 a
Off ice*
The same to the same, at Keele.
Did not think himself une;rmmtical, that he would
not construe wao unpardonable. Considers Snoyd s
criticisms of hi8 st la. Comments upon tho political
situation, and upon 41 Sponccr I!. 1 Wnlpolal 3 ' most
uncono t itutiod & retvalutionary announcement.. . that
he meant to move a Clause in the Mllitia bill to give
the Elective franchise to Militiamen who had sorved
2 Years!' Had never heard such an idea. Was on his
feot again, my, on his hcrse, but feeble and infirn.
Had haad Sneydls hand was bigger, redder and goutier
than it had ever shcarn before. Was that so? Ha2nt t
the gout in his thumb at present, but felt he should .
have if he didn't stop.
he same to'ths same.
. .
Stood aghast at the visitings of Snsyd'a nightly mucs,
It did Snayd credit. Thought the Sapphic s tmas hzd
been Lord GrenvUets. Had been sorry to hsve missed
him at Eaton Square. Had had another relapse of gout,
Considers the political situation.
c he'-same to the same, at Keele, .
Had expected the distinction which Snsyd b d drawn as
to Quqorere and Tnnpro. IIed not supposed hin igncrrant
of the gender of sedes, but in altering a word om
constantly forgot to adapt the rest of it. Had memt
nothing mare pedagogical than thet ant3 not to tczch
Snoyd his accidence. Could not. say hcw sorry ho was
for poor John Talbot, So they had got Rangoon and s
god many guns, but the Tlm~s would not let thcn be
glad, What a miserabld mess they had made of tins 'Rss
Mn-thr l Ehe . de Lamartine, had lately pss sed a day
with them. She had given them a very interesting
account, fn defence of her husband, of thafr vcroion
of hin fall in 1848. The Bornparto revolution hnd
ruinad them in a curious way. He had been rn&11?3rr
£6,000 a year by his writings, especially by tho
editorship of a journal which the Dccrcas kd
silenced. There was also an estate in Syria, Was glcd
Sneyd was coming and hoped they should h3ve together
sow of their usual little gallery sxpditioi~~. As
yet the miter had only seen one,"The Amateurs', Pks

Bridp'm Simpsonts drawings were by far the, bnt,
' next Miss Blake, aer bf mo , and so30 very clever,
very skatchy thingn of Eliot Yorke. Tho Thmns
Liddolla had hen thorc, he far from wall. Thought
that the sooner there wals n dlsoolution of parliament
the better for the gavorrment. Ifnd again repolled the
' onemy and had got hia boots on again. They had
rambled about at Lily IIiU the day before, and wry
,pretty it had bean.
194.- Lily Hffl.
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!,,
Lily Hill: .
27 Aug. .
1852
The same to the same, at Keele.
Thaks him for the grapes. Thay had little to report
of themselves. OHnd been vary much intersstod in the
artiolo on Cawt Mollien in tho last CJi~rter2.9
ROVICYJ. The enormous expenditure of Louis icLpoleon
must sooner or later present to him the nltsr,m-tive
of bankruptcy and fresh taxes, ' ar the Rcpins of
war;.. .I. They had there [at Lily HU] a M.
Mountf art, Susie' s Wench drawing-maatar , a cloan,
sensible and pleasant man, mare like nn Encli3hrn.~n
than a Frcnclmn. It noernad th~t tholr dffficu.ltlaa
with Arnarioa were likely to be adjust~d, but in a
. way which was generally the fate of their adjust~ant
- our givfng up Everything olamoured for by thorn
of more-passion, 6r less liphilosophfcdt' Apathy than
ourselves; - ..,'. Whon did Sneyd sot out for .
Dunrobin? Their horoscopa foreshadoved a visit
Cbrf ordshire way in September, unless Walter' B furds
had oozed out in missals. It was probable that after
a little trip wostwmd, lare rend on &.), they might
return home, which the writer thought he should
prefer to anything else, but it was the period, to
the yoq ones, of making intimacies; - Visits at
people's houses are the most effectual way of doing .
so, - and I don't like, from a selfish kMolocce, to
deprfve them of it, while I go about, - ..,I,
Did Sneyd happen to kncrw anything of William
Burrell1a will? Had a reason beyond mere curiosity
for asking.
The sme to the same. at Keele. rsdirected to . .
Dunrobin Castle .
Reiterates his thanks fm the gift of grapoa. Snoyd
had been worse used by thundorstms tllnn they had.
Had one field of wheat in the warld, a ~ d ono field I.
of oats, worth at least £11. 3. 6. Relntos what he
has been told about Sir J. Graham and the ~81'~i~tga
of his eldest son. Had lost the goose who was wec!dy
'laying the golden eggs at Camden Hill, tbs writarts
tenantls doctor having told her that it did not
agree with her on account of there being too many
trees. If Sneyd could find M m a new tenant,
1 dears talking in Sutherlandshire , (wch. is the nost
likoly thing in the world,) prag do, [MS.
mutilated 1.
' ,
,
.

Lily Hill.
8 Sept.
18%
Lily Hill.
13 Sept.
1 Re.
Richmond Park.
15 Sept.
189
199 The Grange,
Rotheram.
21 Oct.
1852
The same to .the same. .
Naw know tho reply to the query concerning William
Eurroll's w~ll. Had had hio brother and hia wife, anit
two eldest daughters with them. During part of their
visit he had'had David Cax junior, the artiot, thoro.
Had offered him £10 apiece for a couple of drcwings
of Lily Hill. and had been well plaaced with what ho
had done. They wsro to go to the Ducheae of Glaucestsr
at Richmond, then Eliza Homey and Solina Bathmst
were to come them, aftor which they were to go to
Mr Homyts, in Oxfordshixe, to Bradnsll Grove, and to
the Eff inghnms in Y arkshlret.
The sane to tho sane.
Had written 'to him a day too soon. Hd sinco roceivcd
hls letter. His account of Dunrobin was much as he had
expected, thavfnp perceived, from a model shewn me a.t
Stsff cod House, (with c-snts, I think, frorr. tho
Duchess,) what a Tn~n of a Residence wos ccntm?latd
thore j . .(. Snoyd seemed to ba a little ol2prossecl with
his mountain landscape. It was dl clear to the writer.
What a principality Snoyd dascribad! 2,000 square
miles! Such potontateo might be excused if they could
take no interest in small people, but it seened to tho
writer that it made them wintaresting andl o~~ressive
for small people to live with. Had cone to the
conclusion that thore was seldom any real cmunity
of sentiment, any true mutual interest, any tharoughly
natural interchange of thoughts and social habits
except amox equals. Their little beauties at Lily
Kill were improved by a premature iutunn, which was
befalling the chestnuts. June and Ncmember were the
red pretty months there.
The same to the same.
Reflects on the death of tho Duke of Uellingto3. IIcd
letters frcm pour Marochotti, who thought he shculd
lose his only daughter. The Duchess of Gloucestcr had
boen romnrknbly well, and had been occupied with the
Liddell children. Wondered whathsr Sneyd was 'still
Itin Northern Realm of anclent Caledonl';. . . . Imasined
that, once there, in spite of his sense of the docert
without, the paradise within would tempt him to be in
no hurry to leave it. .
The same to the same.
Explains their failure to visit Snoyd on their route
to Rotheram. Thornwod Lodge was in a clmos, so that
the writer must locate their haueehold at Lily. Did
Snsyd knud of anyone in Tan that wo~~ld neither stifla
nor ruin him? They had enjoyed their visits. Enbwoxth
(B. Sinpaonls) was a pretty, bright, moderate house,
just finished, all in very god taste. At Thores'uy old
Manvars had bcon in his usual vociferous vigotm,
making the writor laugh hcsstfiy. They had had the
Nswrrrks, and Hatherton3 thcra, la few atray men! , and
the Lumleya. Coinmonta upon the new Lady HaYnerton,
'a clover, convsrsible, Sc well nannered waxan, & must
have been Msome in her youth,. . . a little mars

na37eo than I expectad, and I an not suro t!mt I quite
- likcd hcr Expression, which is rathor stern G tragic.'
At Rot'lcram they bnd fine oak wood:, and mll. ,
conditioned relatives, 'Suffolks, Gosfords, (with a
vary pretty daughter, Ly. Gcrtrutia,) a stray IIaward
or two, & Lucy Kcrr,...'. Thcy hal pesacd an afternoon
at Wontworth. Doscribes it, including 'a groat
pranaing bay Horso in a Pannol b] in tho
drnwin.~ot.n, as finely drawn & painted, by St~lbh?, as
tho mere transcript of a fine horso is czpqble of
being drawn or painted:. ..I. Doocribes thc countrj
round Hothcram, 'ungodly Pnndemoniurns of Chimnf ao a?A
Stow Engincs.1 Thought of thoir parli~r,aantmy
prospects much as Sneyd did. Considers tho situation.
Felt convinced that peace would not long survive tha
assumption of the Empire by Louis IJapaleon. Shdd not
be surprissd to see hjln placo himelf at the head of
a Roman Catholic crusade. WEIS sorrg to hoar Sneyd
speak of swollen hands and tho necessity of Bath. If
it redly did him so mch god, hti should go at once
and get it ovor. Conplains of his feet.
Lily Hill*
21 Ncm.
been1 s
iomambrancer 1
3f f ice,
30 NOV,
L8P
3 Cook St.,
17 on don].
5 DOC.
The same to the smo.
Comnents upon the Duke of Wolllngtonls funeral. Saw
as yot [in the nation] 'no signs of that material, ar'
maral, decay, - which precedes the fall of States.'
Tennysonl s ode had contained sans striking ideas alrd
oxpres sions , 1 the raverse of c m on place ;. ., but .
there had been an air of effort after novelty of
thought and style, which had alienated and repollez.
Considers the form of poetry, and GJordsworth. Hed
sifted Dizzy's reputed theft and did not know ha much
of the accusation was true or not. Thought some excuse
might be found. Connents upon the debate in pmlimcnt.
Comments upon the weather. [ ~ e tter incmplete 1,
The same to the came.
If Sneyd hcd any of his reprints, by Wostorton, of the
orieinnl article in the Tinos on tho Dulce of Wellington,
he would like one, for they wore out of print. Wishd
he could find out who had writtan tho first. IIenry
Greville knw but would not tcll, which secaed very
absurd. Had waded Inot without pain & df sgust, thou@h
tho Derby dirt; - & feel as if smn mud, was sticking
to me.' Not bocauso ho cared 2d about Borcsfmd OT the
caoe, but bcnuae it was an additional stain on a
government which had no great amount of Elovated
Appearance to (what Ld. Manvers calls) "cut to wastotl
just now!' Did not see, how Derby was to get out of it.
Cammsnts upon Dicky Milnes ls lines on the 'Berries'.
The cleveroat female notability the writer ever
associated with waa Catherine Fanshaw0, la most
agreeable Specimen of a class not ofton attractive, -
the "clever womarll ~ixed Society. The weather was
cold.
, .
Tho same to the same, at Keole.
~n&d asked him a question, nnd'hs would answer
htrt- in confidence, because he neat his new room L"
3 .

o a surprioa to his friends and rolatlons, and .to
escape criticism and advice. Doscribcs tho alterntion~
to Tharnwood Lodga. ITsnny Mitfmd had 'made a pretty
enough bijou of a houso at a spa11 ~ Z t o in Milton
Placo.1 Believed he was ready to subscribe to pretty
well all Snoyd had said in praise of Miss Berry, Nust
acquit H. Gravilla of any plot to imply Chnrlss as the
author of the artfcle on tho Duke, He had said it wns
not Charles, but that hs was not at liberty to say who
it had boen. Did not see why anybdy okdd any longer
make a mystery about a thing which dl the world
admired. Snoyd sho~ld not let him omit to thz?nk him
'for tho kil as well as tho Cito of your dn.t,lvo in t5e
mattor. Did not much fancy Disraelil a budget. Comnenta.
Ccnunents upon the situation in Franca. Thay woro to go
to Bradwell Grove), Mr Hervoy's, in 10 days and pasa
Christmas there. Had rather be at hame.
- ily Hffl
6 Dec.
852
204. Bradwell Grove,
Burford.
21 Dec.
1852
The same to the same, at Xoele.
Snoyd's plan, which the writsr had rscoivod tho previous
morning, had many great morits, but ho had kapt to tho
old project. Expected to giva him gratification by
tolling him that he was lkkoly to get 'the "An,aulus
illeft of Scotch firs,' which, he wdd remember,
prevented the complotaness of Lily. Describes the
circumstances, Considers Disrcnelits budgot. They wero to
go to Bradwsll Grove, Burfasd, on Saturday, for b.ac ard
some time afterwards. Complains that'Sneydls 'tree bit
- Notis' was lsomowhat impudent after the many rhapsdiest
which he owed him.
t
The same to tho same, at Kesle.
[ The letter is taken up with a consideration of the
political situation].
I
Harle:
Jan.
Crl
St.
The' sme to the sane, at Keole.
Had been driven into that part by stress of weather,
and had boen in dock to refit, Describes hLs illness.
Waa allawed to dine with the St Germar,sts that day, 4
expected to rejoin his children at &adwell Grove on
the 9th ar 10th. Considers the new governmant. Had just.
ben made miserable by a note, .r:hich infarme6 him tht
an offer of £15 which he had made for a picture for
which £25 had been asked, had been accepted. FciLcIce
called it a Cuyp. Sneyd would not suspect the writer of
believing that.
The same to . the sar ne, at
. -- -.
Had arrived at Lily, ater a monthf$ lodgins in London,
the previous night. Had gone fron Barley St. to Brodw~ll
Grove, where they had stryed with their Eervey cousfr,.
Describes the latter, and tho visit. Had f0w.d capitd
lodgZng in Town at 37 Sackvillo St. The writerls two
daughters would hav2 remained till then, but had come
away for a little fots tho* naighbour, Lady Jnno Walah,
was to have on hor daughter's 18th birthday, and they
had found a card fcrr the Windscvr Castla play tho
. .

follawfng night.. 'The Quoan mmn gracious & prctty
behaved in the Cfrcla afterwards, (a very amall
one, ) than I have noon her baf are, - ht not, quite
so much as she might bo - and as old friends used
to be! Nbort s~crtks to nobrd-7, except a groat lady ar
two who may be ntevign thcro; - and soems to bs
utterly unconscious, (as far as I cculd cce,) of tho
prnsnnce of any stragor Visitors at his Hauoa. -
This may be Grrmn; - 1: am not sure it nay not bo
al-jnh; but I am sure it is not gontlcmanliko. It
must be a very trying thing for tho Actma, - A
' stately & Royal Canter &I, (with about 3 poopla
in it only authorized to speak,) a droito, of
Household, - 22 a gauche of about 25 or 30 pri6s fm
the Jheng. ; - no applause beyond tho tap of a fan,
- smiles for laughter, - & a nod for a~probation; -
& a space, in which Every movement, & Zvcry
utterance, mot be csntr~cPml fron thoir usual habit,
to fit it. - One saw thnt they felt it, - & thnt a
flatneos WRB the renult. - They contrived, hovrevor,
to p1 ny T'nul Pry vary crail i t,r1111 y; .. (. Thnro hnrl
boen a vctsy clevbr play, &~:~lcr nj~~l&d~~~, at the
Haymarket. C omrnents upon Srieyd a reacting. IIad writ tan
an elaborate panegyrfa of the article on Wordmorth
to his children. Snoydrs short sentence on it saved
him a world of disquisition on the wrlterls part. It
'was clear that it would be only a repotition of tho*
mutud..thmghts. With Ford's article he had boon not
so well pleased. Comments. Had hen provoked to find
that MP.,CCO~~IIS wax out of print. Cmdcn Hill came on
' 'wicked slmt . Could not bear the sight of it.
Considered going to Paris far a month, Thought Sne~ydre
. Tarquay notion more rational. Comments upon Lord
John Russell ' s [13crnaZrs, Jotlrral a~d Corres~andence
of Thomas] Moore 1 the ~ m t
207. ' Lily Hiu. The same to the sme, at Keele.
Had same consolation for not having been in tho
.. opposite arm chair tin the Entertaining docmsnt of
which I should have keen deprived if I had!'
Considers Lord John Russell on Thonus Moore
208. Lily Hill* The sane to the same, at Koele.
1 Mar.
Did Snoyd think that Flemi~g could turn hfm out a
1853 -
gardener? &plains the circuu~stanccs of the dismissal
of his own g-&denor. Thoy still talked of goiq to
Paris for a month, which would cost him £250. Felt
convinced that the British government wo-dd nsms
have entorod with such vieour on military
preparations, wf thmt sone reason to expect an
outbreak. Coments upon Lord Akrdeenrs reply tc >
--
tha
peace address. Had cut darn more trees, 'The Cal
. business1* seemed as far off settlement as ever.
1.
Lily Hil:
6 Mar.
1853
,' The same' to the, same.
, And Sneyd talked of cm5n.t in to write, no wor
the postbag mrtook hin. Unloss the writer wrol
his 8 or 10 aa soon as breakfast and Tjrncs were

over, he would never do a thing, Considers the
question of his obtaining a now gardenor. Paris was
at that moment rather 'no' than 'yea1. Roally could
not afford his £250. Snoydf s lf igure of 1 £500 ( is
mere Snoyd magnificence;...'.
41 Har:
10 Mar
1853
221. Queen' s
Rsmembraricsr '
Office.
I -
l Ma3*-
1853
Lily Hill.
18 Mar-
1853
.
[c. 20 Apr
185311
,
The same to the same.
Comments upon the matter of his gsrrlene~. Could
readily believe Sneyd.' s wsakness , and respected hb
for it, in regard to his atk trees. Tho writer shdd
have no such qualms. Apprmed Sne.J;dls tactics -
mutilate and you would soon execute. There was not=cz
that paved the way more smoothly for the removal of an
old friend, than by making him unfit to rcnain aliv~.
People dealt in that way a good dod, in regard to
their acquaintances. Very much agreed with tho vicsr
Sneyd took of the refugee question. Thought tk~.t tha
debate in the Lords established the foreign case
rather than the English one.
The same to the same, at Blithfield.
Complsins of Lord Canning's postal arrangements. Should
be very glad if Sncyd would have a little discourso
with Flming on the practicability 'of ndcfng tho
Sphit of my Camden hill gardener, pcvr;dc Lily also. '
That night they were going to see Mac*!t;ll at tho
Princess, because Charles Kean had laid out £3,000 on
the scenery, witches and apparitions. Cozplains of his
present accomnodation. The previous night the miter
and his daughters had been at Mrs Seymour Bathwst's
ball.
The same to the same, at Keele.
Thanks Sneyd for the trouble he hrd trken oacr his
gardener. Had interviewed him, and enzaged him. Was
perished with cold. Was just finishin3 Stirllngfs
book [on Charles V] and found it one of the most
amusing ho had ever road. Comments, They were to bzve
the Roseberys and 'Lou P:' there for P~ssion Week.
Had asked Marochetti to meet them, but he was gone to
Paria. Their library was as wnrm as tmst, but not
without.the help of the stave in the nicb, but
writer's bodroom was cold. Had taken care of tht at
Tharnwood Lodge, but believed it would be 1D~~4nys'
before they got t Thoy h npss of
Walter in London.
The same to the same, a .t Keel
[~irst part of the lett 'er mis CSAAII; J. 13% ho
would like the chnncallor to do, and comilonts at leagth
on taxation. Was to go to London the follwin,a day.
Nothing was out, one could hardly get a psimross.

23.4- Queen's
Remembrancer's
Office.
29 Apr.
1853
215 6 Hornton Villas.
25 May,
1843
216. 6 Hornton St.
29 June,
1853
217. Slinf old Rectory,
Hasham.
16 Aug.
1853
Tho same' to. the ' 'hie.
Comments at length on tho Budget. Considers Gladstons
as the future Peol of the Bduse of CmII~on3. IInd taken
a little villa of Lewis, the artist, for 3 months.
Liked Cope, who had the nicest, most cheorful littlo
country girl of' a sister. Took it for grantcd that
she was his sister.
Tho same to the same, at' Keoler
Had received no application to subscribe to such fund
as Sneyd mentioned, for the purchase of Richard, '1
share with you, a dislike to paying my, money far an
Object, of which the =-paying Public is to have
more than half the benofit, & all the Credit, (tmdor
the goneral Head of "English Subs criptionrt ) while
they turn upon their heel with an ~bsoluto,,~Sir,
Not 1," - in regard to any real participation in the
procuring of it. Considers the question. Hnd not yak
seen the two additional volumes of Tmny [~oore]. Had
no doubt they would amuse his 'facFlo musability;. ..',
Had great doubts whether he shdd ever read them. His
small surplus leisure was entirely consumed by tho
-
Times. Sneyd was rich enough to buy the Duchess of
Bedford's villa. The writer's next neighbour,
Broadhurstls, was also to ba had. Urges Snoyd to
think seriously of it. The water colcur exhibftfon
was very good. Comments upon the work of F. (?)
.Tayler , and Richardson, and Catternole's absence. Fi'd
been to a lecture by Professor Ayton, '& did not mirrd,
when I had heard it, that I had not boen a t the othr
four.' It had been on the dead poats of that century.
Describes his reactions, 'but a few depreciatory
remarks which I made on caning out, wore so illreceived,
- that I speedily desisted;...'.
The same to tho same, at 36 South St., Grosvonm Sq.
Invites Sneyd to dfno and coinments upon three now
purchases by the National Gallery, a Zurwan, a
Giargione and a Velazquez. .
The same to the sane,' at Keole.
Sneydts 'amiable little grape-shot1 had hit him on
the Saturday, at Thormocd Lodge, on his way to Lily.
They were dl looking Staffordshire-ways. Could not
at that monent say when they would be there, because
a visit at Rickaond Park was not definite, They
should only be too gratefiib for a box [of grapesl,
Before they had left Town they had seen the Germans
in Fn11s-t and Othello. Con'ments, They bd visited
'certain Stirlings in Kent, who have got a vem
pretty place noar Tunbridge Wells. ' IInd becn
dissatisfied with the house Lord Hardingo had buflt
at South Park, not far from Pcnshurst. Describes his
sister-in-law, 'a clover, intelligent wmmt who would
'm&o an Excellent mother in law to Sh Chfldren she
found ready made, she were not Eter~nlly Encagod
in manufacturing more!' It seelncd the crisis was to
receive a pacific solution. If they really did pass

over that agitntion without fightjnc, one might
positively conclude t'mt war was henceforth f npcn s iblo ,
Supposed the French had b d theh revim of lGO,OOO
men, 'by way of quizzing Chobhnr;l;...I. Was redly
ashamed of never having achieved Chobham, it was
stupid never to ham looked at it. bJas just about
getting possession of his hill of Scotch firs. Should
like Snoydls help, whon the mmcnt arrived.
219 Lily Hill.
9 Sept.
1853
220. Queen1 s
RenomSrancer's
Office.
11 Nov.
The same to the samo.
[~irnt part of the lettor missing]. Had trcaled
Chobl~am 'nucli as Addison1 s Ned Softly might have dono,
who piqued himself upon "nsver having read a gnzotto
in his, whole life, troubled his head very little
about armiss, whether they win m lose, - or in what
quarter of tho world they may bo ancanpcd."I \Jas not
yet a believer in tho peace. Consfdors the sitmtion
of securities. The Bridgewater affair was no doubt
justly dscidod. They had a11 spent tho proviaus dny
witah 1.ntIy Cnrnnrvan nt IIl.~:b~oloro, lano of tho Einnnt,
Er mo:11; boautLful, plncor~ I know in Ct. Urit~in.'
Doacribea Barry's architecture and tho gardon. Liked
the ymng ownar, who had' 'tho ready ndclroso of Eton
nurture1. Was not quite so much in heart about
Moldavia as he had boon,
[I. See letter of Ralph Sneyd to Henry WfXlian Vincent
of that date],
. ..
The same to the same, at Keele. ,
The writer's idea was to be with Sneyd on the 24th.
Asks whether he might leave hLs children at Keelo
while he returns to London, and explains why. Meant to
go on to Crewe, who had asked them to go to him in
October. Comments upon the weather, erd his health.
Comments upon the international situation, aad gives
his view of what would happen, Turkey would be loft to
fight her awn battle and be worsted, and Europe would
negotiate rather than dictate 'an aSstinonce fro3
further aggression, to which Nicholas w ill, for a
time, consent. ' Could not believe that he would nod
return to a mere s-tatus quo, Cments upon 'the very
disreputable Norton Correspor,dencol in the Tines,
the conunents of Sir John Bagley. Had boon mutilati%
his chestnut trees to improve the view. b.
mutilated 1.
The same to the sane.
Perceived Sneyd was still at Keele and inferred that he
had givon up his Welsh expedition. Comenta.upon the
death of [~arin~] Wall. Ths3.r history, af t@r Badger,
was soon told. They had remained with t h Effin~l~ms
~
till tho end of the month. Had dinocl at tho public
dinner at Wentiworth, with the FitzwfllfLms. Comcnts
on 'these houses of 5 or 600 foot long,' an2 theiy
neglect by their crwnsrs. Cormonb upon I(edloston,
which they had visited, Hardwic!~, and Wentt~o~K!
Castlo, whore one of the finest galleries

180 feet long and 26 foot wido, had bson tunclcrgoi~g
tho atrful process of doiny ~x.n_,,- generally another
word for "undn~x~~;
- & in the fezala Scnso! - & Ihcy
have first made tho crh~l-? of the Vault, a very dark
blue, which loolcs liko black, - & tkon stuc),ded it
ovor with a set of uniform, & cnrofully Equi-distant,
Stnrs, - which look much more like thozc of the EaVn
or Gartor, than tho aboriginoa of tho Sky; so thst
Even the poor Conceit of tho nocturnal Firm.mont, fa
lost; & as the walls are all triclced out, tho who10
way &ow, in a thin white & pold - no Cslour, cr
balance, Even in the pannoln &); - thio hoavieot
of auporincunbont woights above, appoars to hnve no
mass or support whatavor bclcw, - & loo!cs aa if it
- must fall on your hc~d, bcf ore you get to tho other
End.' On the 1st he hrd left his children at tho
Grange and betalcen himself to his bachelor life at
Tharnwocd. His children had gone to Scotla~d.
Considers tho international situation.
Travellers' Club.
30 NOV.
1853
Lily Hill.
8 kc.
1853
*
Tha sane to tho smo.
Trusted Snsycl was well again. Tho writor oaclllctLd In
the mild drizzle battleen Kensington a ~d Wes tmiri ter
'as regular as a planst;...l, Describes tho progress
at Lily Hill. Considers the international situation.
Perceived his notice of Baring Wall fell coldly on
Sncydls ear, which hs was sorry for, No acquaintcnse.
could kocp 3trca wPth a friend. Had rccd both the
roviews of l~anjmin ~obort] Haydo% ard was dm;, in
his boolc, Cmmcnts. The writer's tern was over, an2
though he had taken that protty easy, he was taking
its tnSittin~s afteru' much easier. Hoped soon to
bolt, and aftor a week's looking s50rst at Lily, to
fetch his 'Chickenst hoxe fron Bradwell. Kopcd to be
settled at Lily about 10th December, and to pass
Clrristxrts there, migrating to Cmdon 9il1 in the
second week of Januwy. Wished there wa:: a littlo
more rest in the world. Did not wonder the Countass
Purgstall took to her bed and renained there several
years,
The some 'to the kame,
. ,
Enjoins Snoyd not to mind the dobit and credit
account. Thought but little of it, ad wna e3 lenient
to Sncydls silences (which were nemr very flcgant)
as was consistont with his desire to recofve what
gave him mass pleasure than most thin~s he road. Kas
at Lily, though not settled by his fireside, thcre
was plenty to attend to in the office oftor tom was
over, before he could fairly malce halidq. Was goiq
to Thorntrod Lodge the follc~ing day, far two dzys ,
and on Tuesday to Bradwell, to b~ing hoxo his two for
Christmas. On 10th January they should all nipate to
Cmdon Hill, Had hen at Lily during t3e last ' .
weok, sitting like Marius, aiong tho ruins not of
Cartbeo but Romo. Lived on the buys that his
pmdchildron would say 1 rtAfter all, the old Bay was.
clonrly r-isht in mdkkne this awoep"! Was so much
oblized to Sneyd for his two p;l,~s on Hagdon. Csmonts
at length. There was no news.

Thornwood Lodge.
lo Apr*
1854
Tho soma, to tho smo. . .
Coinrnants upon Snoyd 13 abrupt dopartura [froin ~orxlon
Comxonto upon the Crimean War. IIad beon to soe F.
Tmylcrla drawings for the Exhibition. They trsrs b?J
far tho best he had evor dono. Considers his wo;-k, I!a4
boon much struck with his superiority, after a p~evfat
visit to Richardson, who was nevertheless la very
adrnira3le Artist in Landscapo.' Considers tho prices
paid for Taylerls work. ITrnde has always been tho
great Picture-buyer;
- which seems odd; - tho loisme,
- the Education, - the Sentiment, - and the refincaont,
being all Elsewhere. 1 They were going to Lily Hill
for a quiet wcek CE so. Had not heard 'whether tho
report of Ewgoynots unfavourable picture of the Scat
of i~ar is con?irnd or not. - But I lemn, I fe?,~
truly, froin an ArtiUory Officer, who hns bcen lonz
Superintending details at W oolwich, that tho Arti7lery
arrangements hcre are so bachrard, & still so
defective, - that so much difficulty Exists about
horscs, & transports to talca thorn, that thcro is a
grcat probability of that Important Arm not bing fn
a Condition to take tho field, befor8 July or Augustif
Comments upon Wapierls'havPng seen the King of
Dermrk.
f .
2%. Warfield Park. Tho same to the same.
21 Apr.
They were all in the same boat. 11a.d been weary beyond
1854
belief 'of this Tinsel Sunshine, with its harsh,
parching, suffocating wind; the repelled, insulted
Spring unable to do anything:...1. Had recoPvcd SncyCZ's
lettor on Wednesday morning, before setting out for
Paddington, 'to go & opn the detestable Cclurt o?
Exchequer,. .I. Sighs for the days of Horace Walpole,
lwho got bt : £6090 & £7000 a year (according to
Crokerls cocker-t of the hchoquer for doing
nothing, - & thought himself abminably ill used about
it! Had come down thore, to Sir John Walsl~~s, to
dinner. Walsh had been to Paris. 'He rather demurs to
the Anylo-m~ninc recention that has been talked &:.. 1
Every day secned to develop more and nore 'tho
non-ire~&~cd.nens of all service^!^ Walsh told 113
that .the French difficulty wos as gent as thetr 07.l.m.
. . Jkd bcsn very much provoked with the senaeles:: ovation
wlxich the House of Comnons had decreed to Joha RUssd1.
Cments upon the Duke of Portland's will. Was grieved
at what Sneycl hed told him of \Idtor. Coinmenk upon
the difficulties oC gmdening in that wcatiier. Thzy
were to go hme on Tuesday. Their cousin, &ie Tufncll
a ~ her d husband were keeping the house EOT thw. There
was to be a drawing-roo:n on Thursday, a day ho IIL
great fancy f0r.t Harever, the young ones likod il
9 Exch Tho snmo to the same.
Describes at length a visit to P=is. They were all
going to Lay HJU that day. Had to dicnf ss a ycccan-t,
bailiff , 1 (a minor ~enko) and find nnothar. Co~113cn ',a
upon tho war. Sncyd wn:, ~oinz to 50 IFyy r n ty11 ~ ~ ff'&t
nf br all. Enjoins him to bring tho plum [of tilll
Kesle Hall].

The, same to tho nmo.
Had been expectinc to be cn.lled' to acccmt. Co~sidcro
tho conduct of tho war, Lord Ellenborough's
resolution, and other pditical issues at haze and
abr a d.
227. Queen' 8
Remcmbrancor ' s
Off ice.
29
1855
228. Lily Hill,
4 Nov.
1855
nornwood Lodg
3 Nov.
The same to tho sm.0.
C0;rmen-L~ upon the debato in tho Ilouso of Ccmmons. IJnr-2
been to see I.Innry VTII at tho Princess Thoatro. Tharo
was an admirable rnodtol of Sebnstopol ard tho Crirea
'in Leicestor fields; (hcrw old Sc infirm it proves one
to be to call it "f?e7dst1!) . -1. An edditional
comentary upon that we11 thumbed text appe,wod in
Burford's Panmama. Tho water colcm exhibitf on was
one of the &st, and the Roy& Academy one of the
worst, he had seon. Comments. bJas botnsrod to dsnth
with the continued illness of his clerk, occurring
at tho same mment as mm&ht;3r Chn-== in the
Constitution of Lily 1Ii131' Poa!:e minor was on t??o
point of departure, and his accounts were unssttlcable,
The writerls old da-irywmn, who took cars of '
everything, was politically defunct.
The sans to the sme.
Had got doxn to Lily Hill tho proviourj evening.
Congratulates Sneyd on 18 Berkeley Square, and
coments upon it. In tho mattor of tho play Sneyd h3d
behaved ill. ?lad ordered him to go to S-t5l.l IJ-,
why had he disobeyed? Udoas he was in love wkth FIiss
Blanche Fane he had no excuse, except that the
Hqparket was at Qd distrrnce from the TravoUers 1 ,
and the Olympic I/-, which was probably what
determined him to Miss -Fans., That littlo treaswe .
the writer had not seen. Comments upon his [am] rp,
there was snrll remnt of cozlfort in bei~.,rr 59, which
ten month rams would deprive him or. Sncyd hid
ignored their travols. Ed bzen at Rqpthi11 Perk, mil
had had luncheon at Woburn, whero tha Duke and
Duchess of Bedf md had bccn 'very civil1 . Ead also
visited Wrest. Since Ampthirl they hod becn ten dcys
at Uimpole. The you- ladies had had the bmefit 02
a Cmbridge ball, anci hd dmced with I l'EPigible"
undergraduates. Wzs much botlwsed a3ox-t his oflice,
whero he had not found anyone to roplace his dczd
clark, and parlianent had passed a bill to assimilots
the old Exchequer procsedings on tbo writer's side oZ
the court to the practice oT tho Comm LSJ nzd civfl
courts, and tb writer had to lay &fore the bnroxs
tho requisite regulations. Had to swezr in a Jew Lo~d
Mayor and was busy organiziq a ncw 1 Ikc,hnctncr
hntatouch, in blue Morocco & with tho Q~ccn' s Arr?.s, -.
as the only fnotmsnt of securing his adhesion
what is required of him!'
.Tho same to the sz me,
Replies to Sncydls coments upon nrs orfgind
fmprossions'of Wobwrn and Wrest. Apologizes f o ~
writing' of Sne;rd "'cutting a figurewt end justif

230 Thornwood Lodge. The same to the same,
hi3 using tho oxpression. Admits th~t s~no of hls fir
treos had dicd and trdd tExam5no tho nm2, M n r t ~ with ~ r
a Microscopo! Was much harassed trPth the pczi-tion or
his offico, lad that singularly offensive Sack in
Office, Sir C. Trevelyan, has nJmpt in, in a way vcry
much calculated to augment my difficulties in finding
a fit Successor for my Chf. Clk. & pr::cn~l Satellite,
by fnsi3tkng9 in the face of my telling him I had no
ono in my offico who was not utterly incompetent for
- his duties, (tho1 good and well co~ditiond Ken in
their 0.m places ,) that Ifthe Treasuryr1, (rneani~~ k,)
would "Ikpect men to prom~te~someone in the Of fico. -
By the advice of Judges & others, I hva laLd the wbdo
Affair bef oro the Chncellor of the Exchequer, - &
hope that Sir Geo. Lev& ts good sexse & proper feeling
may incluce him to take tho View which &re~rone else
does of this transaction.'
How did he go on at Bath? Comments upon tho hont. Thoy
woro to broolc c,mp on Monclt~y ocd go to tho mitor's
brothor, in Suanox, and aftorwurcio to Llly. Lodon was
emptied out in a way tho writer hardly ever SEW it.
Go&ocd had helped the procoss. Mrs Fux had contrived
to muster 15 people at dinner the provioa day. Thcy ,
h.d had a ckoerful dinner themcelves on the Mor,day,
the C. Percys, two Chcneys, two Crimean Colonels, LeSy
Geqiana Eathurst, Rodeaddes axil Miss Mitfwd. Was
uneasy about the Duchess of Glouccster. Cc~rments upon
the intornational situation. Scspectcd tht Louis
Napoleon had fomented tho cmp dtetat in SpaPn. T5o
state of Italy was detestable. Had nover seen 30 r~zy
legislative Eeasuros strangled in their cradles, but as
most of the bills were exceedingly bad ones, he could
not say he was sorry for any of them.
Lily Hill*
9 Feb.
~ar . l
857
The same to the same.
Admits to having been niggard of his speech. Comn~enLs
upon the mcrdlty of the govermen-bts action in China,
and polities at hone. Coments uyan his health,
which gradually avanced. Thcy had been roadizz triic
great interest the articles in tlte &nxt_;S;r~y 02 Sir
Jmes Napis and Lord Raglan, and had turnd to whct
was light and amusing, Thcy lzzd fhod or, Miss AusLen,
and had been reading No~tl.?.s,(rer Ab5oy. anll FP?s1?1.s3 c7,
Comments. Idas reading a book at which Sneyd 1:ouLd t-mn
up his nosa, a review of the life of Napoleon 111, by
Captain Collins. Baaing was a conceited coxcoxk~. iIr;d
once hxi 'a curious little passage of IS with hh, -
among a sot of Strangers, in which, I;Zuaspernkd by his
Self-oufficient impertinence, I obtained a siznnl
triumph, & left hin in the airs. ' It w ~ a s long story,
but some day he would impart.
[ 1; WrLLerIs uncertainty].
The sme to the same.
Considers tho political situatfcx. Went on tolero
well as to'hodlth. His doctors hod told hin to &
chauis as zn onti-gout'liqusr. Did no3 Iiks it s
wen as claret.

233. Lily Hill. The same to tho sa~o..
U. Mar.
1857
2%. Queen's
Remembrancer 1 s
The same to tho sme.
Off ice.
8 July,'
1857
Corncnts upon tho dobata in the Comhoz3. Was happier
and better off as to air and exercise 'there than Lo
shdd be at Camden Hill, Had .to Im in Tam for the
last ten or twelve days of March. Was lneltficr
uunraasonablslt or lli&atientrl; - I only state R fnct,,
and canpare it with cnothnr fact, - I m not -
complaining,. -- I am only affirming truth. ' [ - Abotzt
his ratc of recovery].
Returned Sneyd's nanuscript. As Sneyd said, thoy would
say sanething civil whatever they night think. Tho
writer supposod his say%% anything was not of much
use - 'Liborere mimm meom, however, - I wkll say,
that it is most neatly, tersoly, 22 agreeably, dam;
- and presents as lively a porbnit of a remarkable
member of Grander Society, as my- that has been 2rc.1~n
try the skilful, skotchors of French No-k~bflitios of
that 1~in.d.~ GJhethar cho deeemcd dl tho god thlr^,ns
Snoyd said of her, tho writor was no judca. 'To tho
mero wundorer, unnoticed, through tho Salons in which
she figured, - the picture BCWCC~~ rccdls tho
impression of Ambassadorid assmptim, - of s corsul'
disdain, amounting to an appearance of ill tezpor, -
of inaccessibility to all but potentates, - of cold
Ambition, and of polite intrigue, - which she left
upon the eyes & mixd of such Casud obscrrer, L ard
indeed, (to judge by many opinions mrent in
Conversation at the tine of hor long sojourn hero,)
upon many who lived mare intimately wi th her. ' Had
Sneyd been to see Ristcri in the great l/ltlrc?creos?
235 - beny.
3 Mar.,
358 . ,
Tho sme to. the sms.
Sketches his journal since the begi~zin,rr o? Octc3or.
Doscribos Dalmeny , Scone, tho David l~!~x*ay~ s cottage
at Tapaunt, a visit to Mercer Henderson at FcrdclS
(which propcrty inclded the whole of St David s Ecy),
a visit to "cne Fas~fussons at Raitl, ai~d a visit to
Wishaw, where the Belhavc~s wsro goin2 to do cotlicz
with th~ir house 'but what is perrcctly sensibPo 6:
rational.' They hd left the Belhamns VLCJ pmviou3
day. They would visit Lady Xuthven ot Winton, tkon
Wishaw, then home by Crme and kdgcr, shdd they
have then. Sneyd hzd been nuch talked of and wished
for, both at Dalrceny and Wichav. kl. Hen2eraon hzd told
the writer ho had once not Snoyd at dirncr at tke
Flahaults', in London, Thought Sneyd wo.d.d iilm KT.
Cormcnts upon Sneydts letter, If Sneyd hzd surronSorcd
his opinion to Salvinls in any nattcr but t5mo of
technical construction, ho hccl done ~,;.ong. kJculd bsck
Sneyd's eye against Sdvfn% for cny sun. Coaiicnzts
on his chfn building. Trusted its dcpz'cacnts would an
be much too near each other anti thazsclvcz to need
electric wires, 'which I fccl would ba ~ ~ ~ ? 3 h r,
- ~
or nf,~~-..s, to be an hour in bringinc om tl2o
Co.d&cuttle. ' Wishcd to kncd about Snq-dt G CCV?S
reding roc?. Should like to W k to fib o?-.--*'
Montdernbcrt, John Bright, Glads tono' : oclil
appointncnt, 1 & tho trcw on of s 030.. . [L
inconaeb 1.

The s qe to the snrri~.
His letter hsd f mad them tharo and Sus is wa3. already
engaged on her ccnmissim. Thoy were b d to &senfwd
Castle (~ord stabs) for lwchoon that day, ard
Hoaven knew what else tho follaricg day. 'In tho '
freeant Cammunitios which one Visits, thore 1s a
goor3 deal of Slavery! It was to Wiohaw that they
were to go on Wodnosday. Comenfx upon Sneyct's
dislike of the ho~mohdd, where the writer ws.5 always
contented. Tho chmacteristic of t5o country was to
have nothing finished, but it was dl noding, -
and will vanish under their padual mdgmstion with
the more rn,rro's & fastidious English,' Describes the
cumtryside' and the house, includinz t5at pmt by
Inigo Jonos. Had made up his micd that of the two
sisters, Lady Bolhavsn, though tho Penst.clever, wcs
tha more agreeable. Lady Ruthven did not converse,
she ran on, Corments upon Mercer Hoderson. Nono of
them knew of any quarry garden at Scone worth going
to see. Thoy had hod the Duchess of Riclz.r,or$l and Lady
Cecilia L. there, for a night, Cmonts . \finti, i n tho
wa~ld wna Sdvin going to do at Windaor? Wishod thoy
would not meddle with the old wooden clozk ta~cr on
top of the big stone one. '1 have no qinion of g.
Alhrtls taste! - 1 rnusuLo & seeE)pfttc:r hhfl! 1 Tho
cold was a matter ?jZTTsEy.
dearth of companions. He kid a few goccl associates,
what marc of society could be wishod for by a sensible
man. .Adds a postscript, 'All sorts of things to you
-.
fm, Ly. Ruthven,' '
Tharmrood Lodge.
13 July*
1859
Thornwood Lodge
3 Aug.
1859
The same to the same.
Desired to knw the title of a French bmk on the
Italian war, which he had seen on Sneydls table, fn
Dover Street. It trcs time they hoard sonet'dn~ of 11im.
The accounts of him md Walter which had reeched tho
writer wUe Sneyd had been at Denton, had rrot boon
very satisfactcry, Comnents upon the prospect' of ,
peace in Europe,
. . r' :. . . .
The same to %he ,same..
. . . . .
They 'were to broak; their canp there the followfcg day
and go to Lily Hill. Wished he could think that they
should long be left in pace thore, but Ldy Cat1:orho
Hacourt sumnozed them to St Clare and tho writer .
believed they should be there about the- 12th or 13th.
After Strawberry Hill. They had dined at tho Jersoys'
and the Narths'. Describes Lady Jersey. Comenb upcx
the death. of Lady Clemontinn, Ono of the latter's last
appearances in London had been at Thmmood Lodge,
when they had dinod with the Duc>csscs of Cmbridga
and Mecklenburg. Those 'Royds' had not becn thcre
that year. Had not had eaergy to propose it, 'As an
annud ncsa~intnncs, it is rather an unfruitful
bore; If thoy had shmn any wish to continuo the
mnrl3hin, it wcl. have beon another matter. Had
been e:ccessively anwed by About. IIad Sncyd read
Stapleton's volmo 03 Canning? Stapleton had got into
a scrape with Lard Granville for pubLishing Iet-brn
addressed by Canning to Lard Granvillels'fathor.

Lily Hill.
9 Awe.
1859
Considers tho 'question of his youngor dmghkr
Kmict'o conditicnnl engagement to Cnptain Campbell,
a cousin of the Dulca of Argyll, and nephcw of Lady
Bslhaven and Lady Ruthven, and tho Captarn's lack of
money. Ho was 34 ad she 25. It was dl a lottcrg.
Should give her £300 a year.during his life, and
settle Thornwood Lodge on her. Afbr tha writer's
death she would inherit a duo proportion of hfs
personalty, 'but I shall navor let anything or
anybody interfere with Enabling Susis to liva
creditably at Lily Hill, & keep all the fnmi3-y t,hfr=,
6tc &C together; which I certain will be tho hat
in the End for all parties. The writer ' s Sussax
, estate and Lily Hill wore settled 'on Susm, and £2,000
a year. Wonders, though did not regret, that more
people 'of pretensim, (there hva bzen plenty of
ot,hers, ) 1 hrd not sought to make thenselves acecable
to her. Unlike the other, who was volatflo, sho was
difficult ,to pleaso and had no vanity of attracting
where she was not prepared to attach herself.
Tho same to the sauna,
[Almost tho whole of tkis letter is dovotad to a
consideratf on of the writer' s younger daughter
Harriet Maria's proposed marriage to Captain Jazos
Carter Campbell R.N.]. Concludes by expressing his
disgust at the small mount.of progress in his
buildings since June., . ,
1
I
Lily Hiu.
Lily Hill.
2 Oct.
1859
. . . . . . .
,
The same to the same,
I
Cornrcents at length upon Snoyd's suggestion concerning I
,
a clause in his will. They. had .bocn back above a
fortnight, their ten days in the Isle of Wight hsvicz
I
been most agreeably passed. Aftep7zards they b d spent
a week at Clarendon. Describes the viskt. Thoy h~.d Fzd
tho writer's brother at Lily Hill, and Vnen tho Ch=lesl
Bruces. The writer had .been sent half a buck frm Cia
Duke of Canbridge, and a haurich of Wizdsm venison
fram Frances Scymour, '(who puts on a grave
face when Ld. By. Seymour's death is alluded to) for
the other;..,'.
I
. .
. . I
, .
The same to the sam.
. .
It was quite h e that having nothing to say was no
excuse fcr Snoyd, Was dolighted he had got on so far
as to lcdge \?alter and his wife, and glod to ham d
the benefit to him frcm Buxton. Had a thing to say
I
to him on that score, having lightcd upon a nan who.
had performod the most wonderful cures of goub and
rheumatiscs. Agreed with Sneyd about Shplotonls ,
letter. Comments upon events in China. Sneyd would
not hear without interest thst Jcaos Capboll had
got his appointasfit. They had mrdo %be wrfter
prosidont of the Windsor Forest Agricultural
hsociation for the year, and his speeches had been
well received. They had met at Lord Dcdnshtre's, wha
was buildin,? a vcrv Imge home. Ead bcn with JE~CS
Campbell to-see ~ h l.~ilim~ k Ca-so at tho Adelphi. 'It
is a heap .of f ncansisteat , incongruom , unin-t;olligf'ole
rubbish! 1

Slinf old Rectory,
Horshnm.
26 Oct,
1859
Tharnwood Lodge,
2 Dec,
1859 .
. .
. .
. ..
Tho sms to the smo.
Had thought of wrPting to ask if tho prematme sncw
had folluv~od tho insonvcnient prccede~t of brecking Ma
oaks to piecos. By Snzydt s sile~co on that oubf ocL
the writer flattored himelf that no such catastrop5a
had occurred; They had left Lily ard its clb,ab 10
ten days before, and had gone to Nmchtrm. Dcacribc~
their visit. Had spent an how or P.JO nt Mmd,
'Thoy have put up a very strange & fantastical
buildinz for tho nev Museum; a sort of Caricature of
~!fenntin~, or Snracenic Gothic, I think I nust call
it, - overladen with Efforts at originality; vary
Elabarato, and I think, upon the whole, very ugly;
and still mme, inconsistont.t The new chapel at
Ekott3r College was very beautfful., but 're"" ~:~er a
servile Copy of the Sninte Chcpclle at Paris;,..'.
Describes the cmpa~y at Slinfold. Thy wore to stay
until tine 5th November, when they were to go to
Buxted, which em5led the writer to Psok at his small
posscas9ons. He had sane fins tombs 'in a little old
Ckc01 belonging to ma, of 90~0 Shirrlsys, CP
Shurloys, in ~lizth", & Jas. tho 1st'~ tlm3,' which
wore worth looking at. Ekm BabC thsy ware to go to
Sir W, Stirlinz's, noar Tunbridge Wens, then to
Thorn~ood 4 Lily. ExpXains about a professed cure
for gout, discovered by a Dr Mslhmdo of 9 Princes
Square, Bayswater . [MS. mutilatad 1.
The same to t h same. ~
Had been lcngkng d interding to write, but did not
expect Snoyd to be so green as to believe it. The
writer, who used to write so fast, wrote with
considerable pain and very slw, coupled with whPch
he required twice the tFrr..e. After a Ion,rrish visit at
Buxted he had been seized wit11 an attack of gout,
That he should live to bo observed by an
I1Architectural Observern! f It wrs too tm. b.3cut
9 sqwe feot of ceiling had faUen. Dcscribcs the
cbcums'cnccs, On the 12th they were to go to tho V a
de Woyars, 'at the very pretty home t&i ham 3~21%
in Windsor Forest, New Lodge; abwt 6 miPcs frm U3.1
It had been one & tho old Wbdsor Forest l&ges.
Geozge I11 had onco offered it to tho writer's
father, before tho lattor had bm@t Lily H U .
Doscribos its histary ad had ha hd knmn it as a
child. tlas oxccssfvely jealou3 of hearins af all .thoso
favoured visitma of Keelo nlld find in^ tho '''Odi et
arcco"' applied to himself. It would serve Soeyd right
if tho crritsr wore to die without cecix it at dl..
Tho book ho had not red. Was td.wa~~s LTZLSC~ by dl
red tracos of bygono human beinss,' but had the Zcnack
of: forgottin2 everything about thcm. l!nt a wrctchcd
critiquo it bad ken in tho z m ~ upon s S-t~plo'coa~ s
book, 'with tho obvious Into~tion of dcprccictir,~ 8c
smashfng Canning, (of whm, moreowor, he plainly
knew scarce anytklng,) ., Had hd a carrcspoxJcnce
with C. Greville, about MslhL~do d his pill, whe!~
hs fiad been at Buxted. GreviUe 213d said 5~ b ~d shc;.~:~
sane renarks the writer had 'made abmt tho L : p39sr3 f
to Goor~o Lewis, lwho had desired him to suggest -to
me getting leave-fm, tho Karcowts to Edit thorn.' Bsd

given hh several rearrons why he croldd not. Apparancc:
as regardo fianco were a little botter. Out ~ G R was
Europo ever to gat out of tho Italian naso? Cmbnts.
Thccmwood Lodge.
8 Deo.
Tharnwood Lodge.
29 D~C,
1859 .
Shrubland,
Ipswich..
14 Jane
1860
Thurnwood Lodge,
5 Feb.
1860
Thararood Lodge.
L?'Feb.
1860
8
Tho saio to the smo,
Capriciously" ' pr npt . 1 ~clcnowlod~eo ~no$l' s j alto nrxl
his own dullness. Comments at loi~th on the Itdim
questioa. T~Q' writor's brother and hfa wife h d boa
staying with them, and tlmy did not3i~g but go to
plays and opsras, 'with little dinners of &, . , .on
tho dtornata nighto.1 The day before Frederick
, Taylor, who had 'taken one of tho houses just a+,
the bottm of our garden, had din& with them. Had
givon him a key of tfmPP garden gate, an3 ~eanto
go in constantly 'to ocs him draw,'
Tho same to the same,
Comments upcn the death of MacauZay. Carzonts u2on tlo
Italian situation. Rojects 'tho imputation of
q~lnni,-t,rc? r; clv~ in Shoving yom "herotical confossf a ~ s
to a Ministor's Wife be1 Sneycl's literary and
political reputations. were, .the writer suspected, 'wry
bands, ".'.', " . . .: . . , .
inus
, .
The oms to the same,
His lettor foulld then thcre. They hid coma on Tuesday
and were to stay till. Monday, when they were to go to
Wimpole, and on Friday to Van de Gleyer 1s agrin, who
wore to hELw a grand baU in their new hmso. Cm~~ezt
upon the Pope. Had the sans doxbt that Sneyd hnd
abmt Macaulayt s having fulf U ad their idea of a sad.
genius. Bd beeme much enmomad by Tho SntrvA~.~
R~viev. Had never read Prestdent Le 3rcrssofs boolr but
would. I I t seems at any rate that fie is no authority
far present Itdim feeling. t Further cament upon
Italy.
The same to the same.
Comments upa the nethads of Louis Napoleon. Ekotests
against what Snayd calls his ' Itdi rm enthusiasm' md
considers the Italian situation at length; Comcnta
upon the cmercial treaty arrd tho prir,ciples oT free
trade. Speculates on Gladstonets budget. Did not
believe in a graduabd fncme tax, Mrs Percy wks with
th~m, They' should go to a tPantaminat the f ollcwirig
day*
Tha same to the same,
. .
It had to bo amed that the the tlurmt had at last
beon cleared to sme purp090. rtWett bad hen kiou
because tho postpano:!~onl of the b~C;ct a ~ d its causo
had not been com~unicalod bofme Pn-txer~tonts
announcement in the C~mclns. Ca%!nents upon G~~s~ton s
speoch. Ibd no poncknt fcr hi9 ar his budzets, but
was bound to aay it appeared to be one of tho
cleverest, most ingoniaus wd least ol"r^ensivo bud2ot3
. ,

he had evos rend. Hcmd m god authmity tht tho
Comorvativo tactics on Rofcrm wero tkt if Palmcrsten
would disregmd 'all the mmo violen-t suggc32;ims GT
his radical allios, & firrnly resist what dl. brlt they,
know to be objectionable, and brinz in a b:i91
proposing zn anaunt of francuce aufffciently hPgh,
(to be proviouoly agreed upon,) not to swnnp of
the Constituancios by nrznbors of the le~est Clacs,
they will support him loyally through'it,...', but it
had hen more than su3psc~d tI-t thcrs hrd bccn ria
under plot of Dizzyt s to under bid him ard astablf st1
a more advanced prurty with tho holp of Lard Stanley,
Grclhnm and othors. Wdtor hnd coma to thom'the dny
bof ore .
249. Thornw od Lodge. The sme, to the
25 Feb.
The results of the Cc;lservat2ve tactics 'ham not 'ocon
1860
quite so mischievous as if they had been more
SUCC~GS~U~*...~. Caxsnts. Considers '.the Continental
question' tbut letter incomplete 1.
250 Thornwood Lodge. . The sme to tho ams.
Comments. upon the Corrssrvntim badi
2510 Thornwood Lodge. The ,sam to the
.
same.
.
20 Elar. '
Ckents upon the.
1860
Italian. question..
. ,
2%. 101, Rue n[ouvelle] . The same to tho sane.
p'etibl
Describes Paris under L d s Xapaleon. Inelinad to a
6 June,
conviction that Napoleon's porsod wish33 were in
1860
favour of peace with England, but tnero Kcre
difficulties in his position in Wmce that made it
necessary far him to appear loss f ~vo~able to pcaco
with England than he was. Louis Napolooa hai sor,L tca
writer ward that he hoped to seo bin on Ms roturn
from Lyons. Had beon to the Loumes and had Eidmired
. .
tho magnificsnt Veroneses. Thcre was an dd M3
Fitn~illiam there, who had cmo thore 'about la5 for
3 months, & remoincd here 35 Yews;.'..'. Did Snogd .
knw anything about him,
2530 101, Rue nouvslle The samo to tho samo.
des Chnmps* The writ& also hGted thin paper. Doscribes his
5 JW,
impressio,m of, ard activities 'In, Pais. Nhat pretty
1860
'
matters he had seoa in wfdcrws wera so rfdiculoiisly
dear that one was discouraged from putting such '
questions
. . , . . [as Sneyd, . . had asked, cancssning furniture 1.
.
254. 101, Rue nauvelle Tho sms' to, the samo.
potits Champs. Comments upon po~itica~ events in ~ngland and abro~*i.
ll July,
1860
otter inco;nplete 3.
% ? .

101, Rue nouvollo
des potita Champs.
23 Jay,
1860
101, Rue nauvelle
des petita Champs.
3 A%.
1860
Tharndood Lodge.
10 Aue;.
1860 '
Tho ame to tho amo, at Kocle.
Cmenb upon the quostian of Sneydl : "bapcm%ry
what is a~ailablo. Nad decided against going fm-"tEis?
afield becauso of th oxpenso and othar comL.ttnan%s,
including Harriet' s i ncrcnced dlcl~ancs . 'i'no writcr 1s
dauzhtor, Susan, had onjoyed her trip 2nd hd bccn
cmplimcntcd. Snoyd would for@= tho writor1 s
1p&nrr).~11 p~aCqI, Thy W@TB to visit tho tmitorls
daughter, lHattlal, and hor husband, rrnd tho tnrftcs
had to have 10 days or a fortnight'ert hcm bforo
going to tl~cm, and they would thoref ma have to go
hm9 at tho hiinning of the follcwi~ month at th3
latest. Coments upon the question of prlinmon"t.z
ref om, and Italy.
The same to the sane.
Had further indoctrina&d the brothers Eraquenib, '
who entered, con_ ammo, into all Snoydts wishas =d
criticisms. E%d cono vory naay to buyfry a pan01 02
hollyhmlcs himnolf, but it would hnvo killed c~cqt:iEng
belonging to him, It wan a groat p5ty that Sno7y-d h d
not cone over for a few ~mcks earlier in tho par,
while they were there. Coxmcnts upon their activitico
and the weathor. 3. GrevfUo had written to the
writer frm Lily HIU. thnt the writergo hcry had bcen
carried in capital Condition1, which could not kve
boon done in mj week in Paris! Snoyd was qufts right
in suppming the theatre to bo in no vory pdny stab
in any of.its departmoats that the writer had seen,
but its mediocrity was 'goad Enough to be interesting
& agreeable, - ware it not for thb groat physiczl
discmfort which attends the visiting it. 'Doscrfbes a
play ha had secn - La F5l.le d~x Din'nlo - Hannah Mo~o
might Pave wrltten it. Cmaents up02 (?) tho Ezp~r~~
Lmis Napoleonfa policy tvmrds Englad. Tho Engllsh
off icf a1 opinion in P als was VnatPaImers t on' s spa ech
had dono a lot of god.. The Emperm's letter was 1oo:ccd
upon as tho direct result of it. Tho moye s ~kct3y
neutral Englartd keqt in the 1bli.s.n the
better, [LO tter incmplete 3.
. ,
he sane to the sme.,
Dqr~ssos his approciation of English cmfart. OutsiSe,
the French boat then hollow, Insido, tlisy wcra at
10a3t a century bhird. Had recoivcd his letter that
morning. Had soon, done and learned nothing in Paris.
Had told Snoyd what he thought of tho shops. Suzgosts
cortain po3oibilitios. Did not lrnm if tho IZuchcss [of
~utharlard] had soen tho f.1Stol ds Cluny, but th0~:11t
oh0 would find it wmthbila, dco tho Ratal file Villogc
Interior. Thought sho would bo intososted in goin2
'
round the Algerian collection in tho Pslais
d' IndustFie.
Tho same to tho sane,
Snoydl s lottor of tho 10th Oztobcr h d duly f -3 thx
in tho boginnbg oir thoir visit at Dheay. Thcy kc'-3
pmsod 5 weeks with the writor s y(rmy;@r dcu&tcr ad
son-in-law, who had accozpnnied in a vP3kt to

LCG Castle, in LXZWTICS~~O, bolongin~ to LwJy
Macdonald Lm!:h?xt, a hand~cno widm, ~ i ta l groq ~
,
of tall dzqlltcrs. Thcnca they had gor.~ to Dalncny,
where they h;id rcmaind tkco wce!ca. Dczcribss tho
guesb. H& not LOT~ Stratford [de ~ ~ t ~ c J, ~ with i f f ~
whm he had discussod tho affairs of Europ, The
writer and his daughtor Susio wore "c stay at
Wishaw until tho follccsing Sntwrday, whon they wcm
to go to a sfstor-in-law of the writer 1s ,at
Strathblano. Thoy shcniLd go to Dslnov esaln, a~
Winton, and then turn thoh hoads aout'r~~r~v'ds. Must
make an attempt to stop at Crewo, if sdy for %I10
salce of a day at Koblo. Then, if they dkd that, thzy
shdd have to go to Betdgor, to tho Chenoys, then
Shifnd. Describes tbokr visit at Wiohaw, the
hospitalfty of Lord Lady I3 [olhaven], tne goodness
'of thsh cook, the unfinished state of the hcuse,
and,tho mile long walk, wot or dry, to thr3 vator
clcrsot, Cmsnts upon the Road murder, Eel:iave,d
him301f ttlclt tho father had been in the n~x~soxymzid
bod, thnt tho ch2ld had m:dc a dornon~tmtion or hrzvrnq
diccovc;rcd him, that in covcringr him up the father izd
.suffocated him, and %bat he had aftostrmds cut tho
child up. Co**ild not give Sne~yd the crodft of an
initiative in the matter of TI-@ t!n_rd-a arld TjnreE--~+w-
Torern. Co~fients. Cmments upon Italy arid LOGIS .
Napdoon. Thaught John Ru3cel.l kad mch httcr not
hawe written any despatch. Hoard that the Dtrc'nass of
Sutherlmd hall hen so chetrncd with t ~ flwers o r"Y
Paris that sho had sent her gardenor to look at thcn.
If that wore so, they nwt hve made peat pyogress
since thoy hd seen then, There h ~d been notM~4 Lo
compre to Yne brilliant flmer gardens of the south
. of England,
259. Tharmood Lodge.
l.4 Max*
1861
Describes his illness and rclzpsc, and popecs
tosrards health, Expresses ~urpriso that tno lhdc8 of
Sutherlandls estates had no.debt on them. It had bocn
a quoer debate and division tho previous nlght,
Cormont.s upon tho Itdian situation.
260. a
Thornwood
Lodge.
13 Oct.
1861
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. The smo to tho samo,
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It was long sincs they had exchanged a wor4 with on3
' anothor. Thoy had had tan enj ayab1e days with the
F. Harcourta at St Clare, and thon 3 or 4with t h ~
. Horrdwickes , at thofr villa on Southmpton It'atar, thsn
thrco w~oks at Lily. Knd bocn sorry whon tho tho ;?d
cono to mdce tho first stops which wore to led them
to tho- child ard hor bbly in ScoLPard. Iiad
scarcely stmnch for it. Fad accepted an offor of
300gns. for Lily I-Iill f UP 3 rnmths, alxl on3 in
addition, and thoy had bpn with tho Efffn$~~s
nZ,
Tusnare, than to thc trri"ccrts old ccx~sin, Wi1lkc.q
Homey, at Dra&~oU. The p'nysicd dcrm:encnl wllic!~
hcld bccm at Tusmors, had there pado Ma scrimsly
+ill. Was a little d~trmd lest it bro2,nh-L 02 tho
gout, Had bcsn enengod in a clandcs ti30 corrosp~:~c?,ctlc
with Yi Hill, abcut a gasdonor, but tho latte~ c0:.>3
do not- for him .d the writer had got. ss youn,n mcn

frm Holland HOU~Q. Was in a peat cuL?f.mlon,
hmtlcultur~y, boing' obliged to do up tho
consematmy, wMc!? would 'coot him 2150, oo that
tho rent of Lily HPll was vxy nccessazy to h5.r~. Whcn
ho could move, he wdd go to his brotbr, but f t w23
a difforont .thing pottoring about one's ~'nn house.
262. Thornwood Lodge.
6 NOP*
1861
The samo to tho smo.
Snoyd had kindly dosired to hear of his condition, lio
had coatinuod to imp~ovo and Waf; p~etty ~~311, but no%
quitxi. Dcecribs a visit to Lily Hill, whero they kzd
soen their tenants playing croquet on tho lat~n. IId
gone down 'chiefly to meanlze some Anti-eonoycd
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Cradles 9 , in which to plant yortrg trees, 'wldch I
intend to be, in Eome part of the 20th., or, at
fnrtkost, twenty first,' century,. . L , [~cttor continued
29 Oct.]. Describes at l o ~ t Chxzxioa h Fcchterls
Othello, with John Rydcr nnd Cerlotte Loclerq. Adds a
postscript, ' that the noticea of [sir Jari:c3 ] Grabaix, in
tho nrn1.2, he had thought rather god. Thcy wcre gofn;: ,
that nl~hto aoo tholr dear [Nr nr?d 1121'3 hlfrrod]
Wicana , in his Englifih vorftlon of T,r-33 ]'.I!.I
09 r?r) ).~GI-Y->~~'
which they lzad seen the previous yo= nt l'nris. LO.~:~OA
was a dosort, but thoy wore to dins tho follac~Ln,n nlght
with tho Duchess of Inverncos, 8 to moot sm.,s f oroip
diplamitis ta
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The sms to the sane, at Kselo, redirected to Tsddeslcy,
Pe nkr idge .
Com.ents upon events in Europe &id AmcrTca. Fcckter Pad
published o book af Othzll a. Ccnronts. Tho GIigans 8x3. ~
John Laslies had dined with then: an Sunday. DzscrSces
the Wigas. [~stter mutflabd).
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With (i), copy [made by the writer's daghter ~ussn], I
. . . . . . of a ccmmont mds by t l?a wrft~~ 4x3 de
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28 NOV.
1861
265* Tharmood Lodge.
6 Dso.
1861
The same to the smo.
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They wore alL in z state of sent oxcitcnant over tho
Trsnt affair. Cm~enta. Iiad boon ill again but was
better. .
~ h same s to the sms. , ~
~&ents furth~r upon the- Trcnt affair. Cmacnts up03
Austrfa and. Elungary. Commonts upan .his own health.
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The same to the samo.'
Corn-ents furthor upon the Trent- affair. Had &en very
much entartaincd with [~brahnn] k1ayard s bra volmcs
of Phe. Piozzi. They were well done. Cmsents.
Tho SLL?:~ to the same.
'What a acriouz Cdemity is Lipandi~clg OPCT the Count"$,
in the ill~css oi P. Albrt! hs'ccid it rnizht bs
averted. Comerit3 upon remarks
,. nado by [ldfflim ~erzy]

Sew'ard, reported to tho wrikr by' Lord XrrZvicko. Ilhzt
a dotestable follod Sewmd was. Cm3.d not gairstry
Sneydc s hypothesis of Lady Elizabeth bJhitbroad, 1 fa
the mattes of Thrde & Picrzzi. Cmcnta upon tho
parts played by Johnson and Bmwoll.
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Wimpole.
Tho samo to tho c&:cs.
2 3an. 1
Had ban for s& days meditatiq tWilkos-wisol
1862
a
shot across Snogrdts bows, to cm2ol him to surrc~der
soxo of his imprisoned thm~hts. Cmments upa?
Othnl I o. I.Id once s~id nearly 4 Acts of it vithoat
bOo"i,,*.ol. Croker hd once asked tho miter which h3
thought the f incst play of Shakospearo~s. Yr?otrrikr
hd answcrcd "'Oh , - the last I read. CX'O!CCP hrd
scored that up to his account ao an e2fpm. Thoy hzd
cone to Wimpole on tho previous Friday arA wero to
reruin until Mozday 6th, when they wsre to go to an
old Treasury fried of the write^, who lived near .
Ilitclin. At Wimpole thoy fo~~nd 1dcm and Mommanbya.
Normanby was c-uiausly AUB~;~~BII and ronctionnry, nrd '
hoped l for Gorman Crarld-T)ul:os back aznfn, & all. tho
Itnlians in dungeons, bof ore long! Thog indoctrinated
tho writor with anti-Piedmont stcrPes. Found it rathor
runusing to find Nmanby a tharau~h,noing Consoruati~;a.
Comments upon a pnrnphlat he had mdo hlm read.
Anothar book he hza been rcncling was a volu~o of notcs
by Sir R. Iieron, embracing the writert s am oqoricnca
of London life, 1812-51. They still lansfsbed 'fur
the definite Clearing up of the American Susperae; ., , ,
Newbold Revel,
Rwby.
24 Jan.
1862
The same to ,the same.
Sneydfs letter of the 9th had reacl~ed h h in his
,suburb on the loth, but not long after they hd cme
'dawn to Newbold Revel, to Charles Ran3don's, ar,d tllzre
they wars tffl the follcwing day, when they wore to go
Lo the Van de IJoyers, acd &.tor that; to Lily 11511, EIad
hen tempted to go to Cxetre HalL and spend a nornicg
looking at helei Reverts to Ot.belto. ~ms?snts uponthe
Tront affair. Pistol had contrived to owallw M3
leek, with the help of kis friend Scb~wd, in as
graceless a way as ho could. Cmqents upon the likely
outcome of the war. Do~crfbs Nmbdd Revel, built by
Vanbr.12~;h. The Fkinsdons had bought 1% fkvo yems
previously, but as they nover stnycd 1011: in mo placa,
had, aftor laying ou-L;£12,000, sold it, Oao daythoy
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had beon to soe the Denbighs, Nunebm PaCdcx. Ldy
Mary Fielding bad shmn thorn aver tb ho~sa, which uas
a bad and rmbling om, 'with a god rom alr two,
a certain number of beautiful pictmcs; inclcding o2e
of a full-length Mother, (somo DcnbSzh or other .
countess, ) & hor Child, tho latter looicing up in her
Mother' s face as only Sir Josl~ua's Chfldrcn look, -
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wl~ich f s one of tho best I &or saw; painted in his
Earlier day, before his col~urs feded, bof orc Ms
accoasorioa wore abandoned to pupils;. .,
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, placo , but the House, that not very wcZZ Etdapted far
modern inhabitancy, has mare that is strPBing in it
.than I expected.' Describes it. The Crtivono were
c m i to ~ live there, no wonder that \rhocover ano
asked the price of anythfng in curiosity shops, OAO
was told that it was sold to Lord Craven, Hd almost
given up going into such places. Had soon two
pier-glasses in a ahop window, but had bocn told
that thoy wore add to Mr Snsyd. The Ingaatrfea hacl
a place within a few milca of Newbold Ravel and hd
dind thore, d Susie had gano to luncheon
afterwards. Lady I. was certainly vary pretty, nnd
had brought to Nowbold a very pretty Miss Lamb - 'a
daughter of the late Lamb & Ly. Montgomeris.
Lily H ill.
13 Mar.
1862
The same to the same.
They had been there three weeks and should be so all
that month, Inclined to then going to Thmriwocd
Lodge for two ur three weeks, ad coming back far
Easter, The east wind had made him unwell. In thaacdd
half houra befare dinner he hod been reading Fielding's
Amelia. Cmmants. Comments upon tho Amc~ican Civil
War. They were leading a quiet life, but not a
solitary one. They had dined with the Murrays,
Walshes &c. Elizabeth and Caroline Murray dined
there. The writor's nephew, Willy Vincent and Lady *.
.Margaret were with them. Proposes to Sneyd that he
comes to them for a week at Whitsun. .
The same to'the same,
Snsyd shdd not be startled to rend of the*
departure for Lily Hill, they were to return an
Monday. The writer's younger daughter and child were
to leave that day, for Scotland. Canvnents upon tho
battle of Richmd. Had Snsyd seen Lard Derby? s
volume of translations? Thoro were some vory pretty
things in it. Quotes s* lines of his wn trmlatkm
of Cinque Mamio. The Duchess of Argyll had just boon
there to teU them that the prettiest of the writorts
three pretty Cdlendar nieces was to marry Charles
Sartorfs. He had, it was supposed, £5,000 a par,
had bought Willy Craven's place in Hampshire -
'Bmbridge. They all thought it an oxcollen% thing far
her, 'as she has next to nothk~ of her wn, - likcd
flirting, - and was regularly fallen in lore with by
all the Officers of all the Regiments of all tho
Garrisons within 25 miles of her,' Edward Choney hd
dined ' there tvo days before, caning fYcxn Hollard
House. Had wanted ths villain to most Sneyd at
Thornwood Lodge, 'but he is going to bask in the
grimaces of my accomplished Cousin, Ly. Hmry Vana,
at Battle; - & than to Chevoning.1 As to tho mitests
-8 Crura1.s 1 , his leg was somewhat in tho cordition of
Lady Macbetht s hand, but would not prevent Ma
trotting about exhibitions with Sneyd. Feared L cJ~~
C. Greville s death would throw sane damp m r 1
party at Wrest.

271. Lily Hill,
26 Aug.
1862
272 . 1
Ardkinlas 1
[recte ~rdkinglas].
25 Sept.4.
1862
Tho same to the earno; at Ksole, redireotsd to
TUiallan, Kincardine, N.B. ,
Had not bcon able to write to him fran London, to
catch him before he left Keelo. On the whole Snoydls
whole proceedings wore not vory antagonistic to tho
writer's. Mary Cnllendmts mclrriage, for which thcy
wore biddon to Invorary, was exp~ctod to cme off oa
16 September, and they should like first to repwe o
few days with Hattie & Co. !' Outlines tho- programTa,
Was not his present intention to stay late in
Scotld, especially as he feared thore was little, ar
no chance of the Roseberrys being at DdLmony, 'pow
do= Lou continuing very unwell.' Sneyd was very
amiable in what he said about his visits to the writer
and his dnughtor. He had left than on tho evo of a
visit to Nawdegate, at Harofisld, Deacribs the
location, and his host, Was glad Sneyd tms not
disappointed by Mrs French. Comments. Thoy mre having
glorious weather far the harvest and Lily Hill was
very pretty, Had the greatest desire to see the
D[uche]sa of B[uccleuch]ts garden and to shcw
Drumlanrfg to Susie, and should be obliged to Snsyd -
If he could tell him the namo of the nearest quarter
to it, at which they could put up. The Chm-10s
Bruces were with them for that week, and they were
all going over to a rural f4te at Lord Evmley':
at Heckfield. .. I <
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The same to the same.
Had heen surprised at not receiving an answer f'rm
Sneyd's usually punctual pen. It had sketched his
intended proceedings up to abmt that point. At
Invorary the writer had learned that Snoyd had not
left hane far Scotland, 'but had gone with the
~[uchelss of Sutlorland to LillesMl. 1 What had
became of him since? Had thought it possible, when
he had heard that the Duchoss was caning to iioscconth
and Inmrary, that Sneyd might cae north with her,
But did not find him. They had hitherto acconplisfced
stheir expeditf on prosperously enough. They l ~ d
passed 4 days at Badger, with tho brothers [? ~heco~
pleasantly, thwh it was a matter of regret to the
,writer that the advancing years and circumstances
-rather increased in them dogmatism and britability.
They had slept at Carlisle, and passed in sunshine '
through Dumfriesshire to Paisley and Greonack t5c my
Child's little Cottage on the Clyde.' Four or five
days afterwards they had all migrated to Inverqr.
The Duke and Duchess [? of Argyll] had arr=ged the*
family wedding and all had gone off to perfection.
Since then the writer and his daughter had beon
staying with the writer's son-in-law's sister, and
were naw staying with his nieces, Thoy were to
return to Hattie the fallowing day, 'hnninn, but not
certain, to get a few more days with her b2fore the
Advent of M~pter Canpbell puts us to flight,f They
. meditated a visit at Mr Finlayt s, at Castle Townrd
on the Firth of Clyde, and a few mare days at Wishaw
would cornplste their Scottish pilgrhmage ferr that
year, They bad a visit to make in Ltincas- and
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17 NOV.
1862
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1 Jan.
1863
were pledeed to Crewe. Wbthor they had arry chance of
tharoughly inhaling. Keele must depend on Snoyd f B
movements. The safest direction would be fBroolcfiald,
Grsonockf . The poor Rosebomys were in the peatost
affliction at the loss of thoir daughter Anno Tdnoll,
end poor Lou [her sister] continuad very unwell.
Should be very glad to get hamo. Had been reading
Guizot! s fifth volume .- his 'embassy fn England.
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he same to the same,
EXpressos his pleasure on having viaited Keels, and 1
his appreciation 'of our sense of the kind &
affectianate way in which you had acceded to
Harriet's bold roquoat, that yau wd. parantee the
f'uture Christianity of Miss Edith Cmpbell.' Doscribes 1
Arbury fi all, co. War. ). Aatlay Castle, whither they
had gone after Arbury, waa a much mare rmantic
abode. Describes it, and the church. Describes
Merevale, Mr Dugdale's. At Guy' s Cliffe thoy had found 1
Walter and Mr Gooch, the latter a cnpital mirnia. They 1
were to stay tlU Saturday, when the writsP trusted i
they should find themselvee at Lily,
The same to the same,
The writer had cut d m
20 or 30 gruwing odks ard
chestnuts and regrets having had to do so, but it hcd
let in new prospects. They had had a pleasant visit
to Guy's Cliffe. Charles Percy's youth mil energy were
incredible. They had been to Town on Saturday and
looked at 1 the Expiring Agonies of the Ekhibition. 1
There had been pretty things left, but 'the writer
could not discover any reduction in prices. They had
met Lord Granville there. They were going to Thornwood
Loclge the follawing day, for the remainder of the
week. Comments further upon Arbury. Held that
battlements -were inadmissible in anything but a
fortified castle, Cments upon current affahs
mentionad by Sneyd, including Sir Charles Trevslymts
appointment [as finance minister] in India. Cmsnts
upon Russia and France, and the American Civil War,
The same to the same. . I
Knew Sneyd would sane day be forestalling him fn t5e
lettar he, had long been intending. Reciprocates Sneydt8
goad wiohes. Was sanguine in the hope that, when
Snoydla charming hause was finished, thoy might
aontrive a mutual week ar 10 dap in each othor's
abodes. It was only a few, he thought, who took
pleasure In where their friends lived, Rnd what thoy
did there. Explains his bufldbg plam for Lily HII.1.
Had r ed mast of the book on Prince Nbcrt ad ha3
also became aware of the history of its concoctioa.
Was much struck by the ability and tact of the Princefs
speeches. 'There is an Earnestness, & even a vigour,
in the Queen's share of the matter altogether, which
tell very favourably for her Charactor, 8 Even for her
Capacity;. ,.I.
Was glad to have hed a good accm~t
af the Queen, from those who had seen har. Describes
the* activitig's at Lily Hill. They had bean for 4 or
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2 Jan.
1863 '
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31 Jan..
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ll Feb.
1863
ode.
5 days with' the Van de Woyers at Now Lcdgo. EInd read
two ar thrss 'amtwing little, matterst at Van de
Weyor 10 suggestion, one entitled Richnrd Cobdon, RQ
dos Bslctcs, in which he recognized the hand of thcrir
'sharp 1itt;Le host him~elf(,~tYle othor a cmcdy beixlg
played at The Fran

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3 Mar*
1863
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Thornwood Lodge*
6 Apr. .
1863'.' ' '
told the writer that. Palmsrs ton had said in hia
off-had way, ""Well - its very amuoing; & I'm sure
tells me a peat many things I never knew before, -
especially about myself l 8 Sneyd would have to read it.
There was a very pretty little book compiled by Lard
Stanhope, which he called Miscellanies,
The same to the same. . I
Had been doing tolerably well aince he hnd came back
to Lily Hill. Cments upon his condition and his
medical advisers. His bu5lding at Lily would not be
that year. Reverta to the subject of Bishop Cdenso,
Thoy had nearly finished Kinglake. Could not but
considor it 'a very faulty history.' The Duke of
Cambridge had boen furfaus with what he had raid
about his division, Comments upon the French ad
Amarican correspondence. Had thought' somewhat ominous
the attitude of the French in the Russian and Russian ,
mattor. Thoy were to bvo a dinner at Bracbmll, 'for
our labouring peoplc on the Wales Wedding day;...'. As i
a rersult of that there had hen an agitation concerning*
Lent, but it had been cmerruled.
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Describes pulling dam the coach house, loft and stm- I
roan at Lily Hffl. They were to go to Camden Hill far
good tha follaving day, 'very muoh contre coeur1. The,
affaitra of the Poles kept alive a very serious amtioty ~
fcr its effect in Europe,, .&- I
' [~etter-head lithograph of LFZ~ HU]. ' .
The same to the ssme.
There they talked of nothing but the [wedding of the]
Prince and Princess of Wales, which they had watched
f'rom the Roseberryst house in PiccadiUy. Comments.
The writer's gout was getting better,
The same to the same.
Had not omitted to examine the tree, maving machine.
Describes it, Had Snoyd never seen tho old lithograph i
of Lily.befare? It had been done frarn a drawing I i
concocted between Susie and himself, a year or so I
after the house had been Wt. It r(ras too big arJd
pretentious &d hnd never been repeated after the i
Ifbat l1Editionn'. Describes the progross of his -
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building. Hcrw abominably written John Russell' s , ! I
circular toLo.rdNapierwas.~'The'resolutions of the 1
Democratic mooting at New Park, are at least very i
remarkable, as Evidsnces of a great Change of Opinion
' there; - But of what real' &, with a viow to Peace, is ,
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the grwth of any pmty unless prepared to frankly
recognize the independence of the South?' They had had
a visit from the bride and kidegroan of Strawberry
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Hill. Comments. They had dined several times with tb
Rwobrrys, 'to whase clouded prospects, poor;
Waterpclrkis death has .been a great additional
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mid Princess of Wales; 'Adds a. paitscript, that he his
sent Sneyd erne Confederate atamas,
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20 Apr.
1863
Thctmwood Lodge,
1863
286. Lily H ill,
13 Septe
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1863
The same to the aame, at Keels.
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Comments upon the death' of Sir G. Lewis, a truly just
man. Was recovering frcm catching cold. They had had , '
their first ssparagus fran Lily the day before.
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Cments upon Gladstone's budget and taxation ' I
generally. Coinments upon the American Civil War, and
Kinglake1 s Cr imos.
The same to tb same.
Wrote a hurried line to let him knw. that his old
cousin, Mr Hervey, of Oxfordshire, had did, and left
the writer his chief heir. His W. India estates had
been left to the hckfmd8. His Oxfadshire estates,
with two excellent huuses (his own reaidonce at
Braclwell Grove, and Filkins Hall, . . .
) ' , came to .thorn,
the principal house had been settled on Susfe, the
Filkins (worth about £27,000) ' on Harriet aftox the
writer's death. The Oxfordahire p a s rental, the .
writer imagined, was between £3,000 and 4,000, but
thare were considerable charges and incumbrancss.
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The same to the same. ~
Communicates further details of his inheritance. His
younger daughter, by a codicil to the will, was to ..
inherit Filkins Hall at once. The whole of the estates
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together were estimated at about £5,000 a year, of
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which the writer would get something ta~ards E3,000 a :
ye=* . .
he same to the same.
Had been wishing to write Sneyd. How enjayable it had
been when they had first cane to Lily, and still was.
h he age of 7 67 struck on the writer! s bell the
previaus Saturday. They had had visitors, and the
writer had ken aut shooting, and had been laid up ~
as a result. 'We have been seeing a good deal of
Juniter Ternnmm, [~ohn Thadeus ] hlane. - He has a
little place near here; & had so very much cultivated
Susis and on 3 occasions whon she met hh; that at
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last I called upon him; & since, he has been hem 1
frequently; taking us much En amitid, & always
sending us books &c, - He is a decided Acquisition; by '
no means so clever aa one ahauld Expect the Caterer
of Thunder8 for the "Timesn to b, - but quick &
observant, I
knowing Everything that goes on, Q
Everybody, - & adding a good deal to Conversation. 1
The previous week they had visited Judge Erskine, ad '
had met Kingsley, Benson, the heedmaster of Wellington 1
College, and a Col. Napier, who had ben in the
Crimea. They had had a few Beckfords with them. They
were to viait Nottinghamshire, to, among others, the
Granville Vernons, Could not Sneyd meet them there?
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The anme ,to the same.
Had :been 'vexod at not being able to write to Sneyd the
day before, but had becane ffl. Was up d tolerably
'well again. Wlty lie had been so desirous of writing IJ~S
because he had wanted to tell bim that Strare was going

Thornwood Lodgr
26 Sept. '
1863
1Ornwood Lcdgt
' Oat.
163
Tharlrw ood Lodge.
7 NOV.
1863
The same to the same. a , ,
~hanlcs 'him for his letter, 'which you will not doubt
aur having red with the liveliort Emotions of
pleasure and Gratitude.' Comments upon the
farthcoming .marriage of hia elder daughter to Henry
Lane.
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The same to the same, at Keele.
Was better. Describes hi. condition. Pined for Lily
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Hi110 Why did Snoyd go from the, enjayable apartment
thay had found him in? Had long ago thought about ; I
Chateaubriand. Had been reading Rmol~, about modiavdl 1
life in Flarence, rrnd a book on the subdinate aharaaters in
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Shakespeare. Cannents upon articles in
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the m~f8~8
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The same to the same.
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The writer advanced, but slwly, DoocrZho his
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propasa. Ilia 'dear Susie'a bright fncs & happy
Anticipationaf Mhen .'the groateat comf&t' to him. 1
They had had rather better acoounttl of Jim Campbell.
Canmonts upon tho French &perm's epeach, upon an
article in the Ed3 nbur~h Review, and upon current
gossip.
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The same to the same.
-Could confirm the report of the eulogist of his
condition to a considerable extent, Describes his
progoas. Considers the European situation. In Pam's
affab, ho entirely agreed with Sneyd and not with
. Charles Greville. Suppmed that as ,it was to came .
into court, t'nat a prevalent rumour that he had paid
£6,000 1 to prevent it doing 801 was untrue. Heard '
that at Broadlands it was all treated as a god joke.
[~etter continued 26 Nw.], Had been interrupted ,by a
visitor, and had then gone down to Wimblodon, to
luncheon with tho Roseberrys. Since the Ttmes
announced 1 the soat news of the final rcf113nl being
gone to Paris', the writer was most curious to see
hw it would be taken, d hcks the rest of Europe
f oll wed the lead of England. They were reading a
. book of Lady Combermerets, Our Feculinritics.
Recommends a pamphlet froa.Paris, Pnris en .\mQriqu~1.
Campkill was recwering.
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Thornwood Lodge.
10 Dee.
1863
The same'to the, same.
They had not been able to go to Lily nill the
previous week, as they had intended. Tho writer had .
had a little relapse, but had emerged once more.
Hoped to go the foUawing day. They had boon in
expectation of Hemy Lane joining thorn at Lily bofo~a
Chriatrnas, but he hsd postponed his retmn. Commsnts
upan courtship. The female looked upm it 'as her
period of homage and Consideration.' The writes ard
'his daughter had been to the Adelphi on Tuesday
. night '.to see the American actress in Lcnh, (an
fflused ,& persegated Jewess, ) . . .a remarkable
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performance l Cmmonts upon the Confedornta .revorca
tin this last defeat of Bragget It seoned to the
kitor that they worn by no meark out of the Danish
difficulty. Some of tho French jmnala still
affectod to speak of tho Congrcas tas of a fnct to
ba, but I cannot suppme that L.N., with tho Kings,
Quoens, Knights & Caatles swopt off tho board, will
condescend to amuse himaelf with the pawns. Had h~d
his first Bradwell half year's audit, tho roturn of
the balance sheet aftor payments was literally nil.
Lady Shorborne hold had a paralytio stroke. In her
cfrcumstancos one could but suppose it must prwe
fatal, and he should soon lose his tenant,
: 295*
Lily Hill.
28 Dee.
1863
294. Lily HC
7 Jan.
1864
Tharmood Lodge.
20 Jan.
1864
The same, to the same. . ,
Sneyd told him to write, and there was Snoyd mfng hlm
for about 16 quarto pages, Conmonts upon the birth of
twins to Eks Walter Sneyd. Had been at Lily a
fortnight. Ccmmnts upan 1 our truant Captain1 [~enqr i
Lane], and the lattorls mother's hoslth. They had
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found Pnrirs on ~m6risue baring, The writor grieved 1
with Sncyd over Eusonls illness. The contruversy
'. between Jupiter [~elane) and Cobden had been most
enjoyable. Cments upon the European situation, with
particular reference to Denmark. Had keen reeding
Porieles, not the great matar but the Bince of
Tyre .
The erne to the same, at Keels.
Likem their correspondence to Lincdnl s &o enbacks
andl the gold he would never pay thorn in. The mather ;
filled his bonos with aches. That day they wars to go ,
out with the thormaneter at 230 to dino wlth (?)
Ranco and Lady Emily Soymour, at Holly Grcme.
Canments upon the respite [? reprieve] of Townlay. ,
Commonts upon the European situation. Thought the
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panegyrics upon, Thackeray had beon rmost absurd & ,
Irritathg'. To the writer, there was a repelling
element in all ha had written, yet he was sorry for ,
him. Reverts to the subject of Periclss.
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.The same to tbe same.
.'That a man should not leave his Chimney Caner, sme a
150 miles off, to came to such a wretched [illegible] .
mournful incident as a London Church Uodding in
January, is too natural to be much wondered at! 1
Walter had been aqdy obdurate, but had put it tin
,the fictitious ground of a rhem&tismb1 Was glad
Sneyd was 'up to the treatment of a Walk fur health11
The writer missed hfs country potter, Canments upon
Tawnley and that kind of case. Cements upan the
Danish question. Very &ch subscribed to all Sneyd
said about Thackeray,
yau rat,ker over
depreciate the Cdibre of his ~den&x1. Comments
upon France. IIad had a folio volme published nearly
200 years previously lent him, hxU of maps, which
had made him doubt whether Speke was right about his
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discovery of the skce of the Nile, Paris en Avr?r3 qi?
had been written by'La Boulap.

Filkins Hall
Lechlade.
8 Feb,
1864
The same to the same.
Sneyd ha8 the art op nature of saying very amiable /
and affectionate things. Expresses vatu ication :!
at Sneydts camments upon their 'Event of last woekt :'
[the marriage of the writer's eldor daughter]. ,
Considers the latter's relationship to himself. His
youngor daughtor had applied horaalf 'to a choory
t@dance -& Consolationt of the writer1 s 'dsoolate
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state', and Filkins Hall. was her place, whore thoy
had came to visit Mr Charles Smith, who ranted it, 1
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and was the writer's agent for the Oxfordshire
entab. Camnents upon the stab of the woods and
plantations, The war [between Dennark and Prussia :
and ~ustria] had fely begun, Canments.
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. The same to the 8E~n0*
Sncyd would have felt the doath of his old friend
Charles Greville, Conunenb upon the latter1 a
charauter.
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Lily Hill.
23 Jan.
1865
The same to the same.
Considers at longth Lord Derby's translation of the
Jlj.nd. Thoy wore as usual at Lily, except that tha
writer's two son-in-law captains had gone shooting
at Bradwell Grm. Relateo a story of two brothers
who had stabbod each other. Did Snoyd knw of it?
at a .$ dinner
Delane had told the st-
at Sir John
Wtflsh'se
With, (i) notea on translating the. Jlid, platrc
with t'-" - ' ~ttgr*