Monday, March 29, 1830

1830

March

Monday 29

7 1/4

12 40/..

Fahrenheit 49° at 7 3/4 a.m..

Wrote and sent at 8 40/.. by George a little note to ‘Miss Poore’ to say, of course, she got my note yesterday and should I call for her or not at 10 this morning – Should be off as soon as possible after 10 to find the men at work – Little answer (note) she will be ready –

Wrote part of at note to Lady Stuart –

Breakfast over at 9 1/2 – Dressed –

Off at 10 5/.. for Miss Poore – drove to Sèvres – At the Porcelain Manufactory in the atteliers and seeing the China 1 50/.. – Saw the whole process – Both the Kaolin, of which the glaze (vernis), and the Stone, of which the pâte de la porcelaine, are from near Limoges – Every Thursday fortnight that the furnaces are lighted – Brongniart not there today – Will be there tomorrow –

Drove to the Palais of St. Cloud – Could not see it of an hour – The Dauphine passing on her way to Villeneuve l’Etang? walked in the park – Went to the top of the column – Air and view delightful – Then 50 minutes in the Palais – Furniture in great part new or differently arranged from when I saw the Palais last with Mariana and Comte de Noé 3 1/2 years ago – Too many little things in the gallery?  At least the lowness of the gallery struck me much – Did not seem to me 1/2 so fine a room as before – I admired it more in May, 1819, when the taste of poor Napier was still remaining –

Then to the church of St. Sulpice to see the famed virgin and child in peint de rocher behind the high altar – Miss Poore much pleased with it, and seemed much pleased with all we had seen –

Set her down at home at 4 25/.. – Home myself at 4 40/..

The man livery servant so civil in giving her a little mould at Sevres, little bull handle of soup tureen cover, and there was so much to do to pack in pasteboard paper and cottonwood that I gave the servant six francs

Tho I had written very nearly two of the pages before breakfast was near an hour in writing the two more.  Finished my 1/4 sheet note to the ‘Honorable Lady Stuart,. Whitehall’ and sent it by George to the Embassy at 5 40/.. to say I considered Vere’s letter note of Friday as in fact Lady Stuart’s –

Sorry to hear she herself not able to bear much writing – Not to think of writing to me when it was the least trouble to her  – Know her kind intentions – hope to hear better accounts soon –

Bandages ought not to give pain – but I have heard so much of them too tight, think surgeons all over the world have a propensity to make them so –

‘You do not know how anxious and interested I feel about you, and how it delights me to do or think of anything in the world that can give you pleasure – glad therefore she liked the lamp, ‘the newest thing of the night-lamp kind here’ –

Saw this kind of lamp at Sèvres – One of the 1st, and made in 1827.  This put me in better humour with the thing –

Mentioned being anxious to hear from Miss Hobart about the bill sent on  the 22nd –

Dressed – Dinner at 6 20/.. – Miss Hall called at 7 to be sure to find me at home !  Had her into  the dining [room] just as the pudding was going away – Went down into the cellar for a bottle of champagne, of which she took two champagne glasses.  Did everything that was civil and even kind, but she is too little elegant, too soon familiar for me.  She would not have taken the liberty of going at that hour to the Poores’.  She treats me quite as a friend.  

Promised to call to take Miss Hall to the bibliothèque du roi tomorrow – Mrs. and Miss Bray came for her at 8 – I did not see them, but let them remain in the salon till Miss Hall was ready – Her brother-in-law, Mr. Harvey, sends for her to go per diligence to meet him and his children at Fontainebleau!

Came to my room at 8 1/4 – Slept on the sofa till coffee at 9 25/.. – came to my room again at 10 1/4, at which hour, Fahrenheit 59°.  Very fine day – sunny and quite warm, but fine air – though rather hazy for the views –

Wrote the following to ‘Monsieur Monsieur Julliart, Quai Pelletier No. 18’

Monsieur –

Je regrette beaucoup de me trouver dans l’impossibilité de freundre ma leçon demain matin – Veniller agréer, Monsieur, l’assurance de ma considération distinguée

A Lister’ – 

Speaking of having caught a bad cold at Catalani’s ball, she asked me about it – I fought off saying much till she said she had dressed to go, and should have gone, but when Sir Edward asked Mr. Hollingworth about it, he said (and he had been at her balls) he would not take a sister of his there  – I then said, I agreed with him – It seems the Poores did not even send their cards, it was so far off, or something or other ! –

Lady Poore and Miss Poore had called on the de Noés – Lady Poore did not much like Madame de Noé, thought she spoke loud – I said what I could in excuse – Nervous to a degree that was malady – Had lost her health in the East Indies – at Ceylon – Was a Miss Tollemache of the peerage family –

Somehow speaking of Russel 5 or 6 miles from their post town Pusey? and 5 or 6 miles from Salisbury, asked if she knew Everley – yes! 5 or 6 miles from them – Sir John Astley not an Astley by blood – his father the son of a baker when old Astley adopted – Sir Edward knows all this –though Sir John Astley would be horrorstruck to think it was known, and had made out a fine long pedigree –

Did not appear to know but said I had heard he was going to marry the honorable Mrs. Harris (Miss Markham) – She would not have him – He too vulgar – Very vulgar – His son (I forget the word she used but it meant) worse than goose – His wife very handsome (Miss Lethbridge that was) began to see what he was, but her mother determined she should marry him.  Never let her see anyone else –

Miss Astley had given herself airs, but was much improved by having been abroad –

Asked if Miss Poore knew any of the clergy of Salisbury – Yes! some of them – the honorable Frederic Bouverie, Lord Radnor’s son – Asked if she knew the Archdeacon – No! Thought he was Fisher – I did not name Mr. Marsh, seeing that she did not know him –

The Poores are certainly doing all they can to get into good society and are certainly playing fine.  She could not possibly admit John Wright.  She should have been said to be going to be married to him.  Mrs. James Dalton owned the society Miss Poore was now in would not suit Mr. Wright.  I chimed in, but thought there was much finery at the bottom of Miss Poore’s conduct  In fact Nora is now a fine person and will have much consideration when next at the rectory –

Wrote all the above of today but the first 2 1/2 lines, and had done at 11 40/.. –

Fahrenheit 59° at 10 1/4 p.m. (when came to my room).  Very fine day –

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/13/0018