| Content Description | Has just returned from Cheadle; brief comment on the American Civil War, which she regards as 'butchery on a large scale without any redeeming feature in it'; expects Mr and Mrs Richard Cobden to stay; bemoans the state of the house - as the 'building' has reached the back, they are thinking of selling; states that 'Lily' [Lilias Ashworth] and 'Annie' [Ann Frances Ashworth] are very radical; their father [Thomas Ashworth] has cancelled the 'Star', and they hid the 'Telegraph' - 'a vulgar unprincipled paper' - ordered as a compromise, and finally settled on the 'Manchester Examiner' as a 'second' compromise.
Hopes that Sam's [Samuel Lucas'] visit to Brighton will improve his health, and is surprised that men do not suffer more gastric conditions, 'smoking as they do'; refers to Duncan McLaren's visit to Paul [Bright] and Sydney Mellor Bright's grave; notes Henry Ashworth's death. |