| Content Description | Comments on difficulties in communicating with them in Europe; mentions Cologne, Heidelberg, Paris, Frankfurt and Bonn; finds Charles' account of the Desmarests 'heartrending'; recounts the critical newspaper reports on a pigeon-shooting match between the House of Lords and the Commons; refers to an eye witness, who said that the Prince of Wales 'ruined' the House of Lords.
Notes that very few 'dared' to join Duncan McLaren senior in voting against the government over the 'picketing clause'; states that Uncle Thomas [Bright] has withdrawn from the Potters Committee at Rochdale; believes the 'C[ontagious] D[iseases] Commission' will act 'rightly'. |