17 Somerset St
Portman Sqre
Saturday –
My dear H.
Here I am – and as no letter came from you to me before my departure I am still in ignorance of your intentions & plans – which ignorance I beg you will be pleased to enlighten forthwith – I am just arrived & can tell you no more that [sic] the Papers of what is going on – I had however the good luck to see the Queen <1> going down to the H. of Lords & the only opinion I can as yet pronounce is that she is grown very old & ugly –
By the time your answer comes, I shall know more decidedly about my house &c & when I shall be able to go back
I left them all quite well
God bless you
C.F.
London August twenty six 1820 Auckland <2>
Hy Fox Talbot Esqr
Trinity College
Cambridge
Notes:
1. George Eden,1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849), Governor General of India.
2. Queen Caroline Amelia Elizabeth (1768–1821), of Brunswick. [See Doc. No: 00881].