Sunday
This is a P.S. to the letter <1> I have just written to you – Wright <2> says it will be a convenience to you to know that your luggage will be in town tomorrow and the post will convey this some hours before the Waggon gets to town. He weighed it all himself & says it is 700 & a few pounds, which last they will not charge, being odd pounds. I have got some lovely yellow hyacinths come out in the window, since you went – one called Louis d’or <3> as brilliant as it ought to be with such a name.
What does Mr Aglionby <4> mean by obtaining leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the recovery of the possession of tenements after the termination of the tenantry?
Have you seen the frauds brought before the House of Commons, about by the Railway Companies? I mean the frauds practised by the Directors & people who make lists of names – so it behoves Landed proprietors to be on their guard –
Chippenham Feby twenty six 1837 C R M Talbot <5>
W H F Talbot Esqr
31 Sackville St
London
Notes:
1. See Doc. No: 03457.
2. James Wright, footman to the Talbots & Constable for Lacock.
3. Golden Louis.
4. Henry Aglionby (1790–1854), politician. [See Doc. No: 02623].
5. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803–1890), immensely wealthy landowner, mathematician & politician; WHFT’s Welsh cousin.