Lord Lansdowne and Macdonald may be expected about the middle of the week. I have heard no particulars, but have every reason to believe that the journey has answered well for both parties, and Lord Lansdowne is perfectly satisfied with his travelling companion. There can be no doubt that if Lord L. should come into power, he would make it an object to provide in some measure for our friend, by placing him in some respectable or useful situation. But I
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The Edgeworths have returned from Lady Elizabeth Whitbread, and are afloat again, in full sail, down “the tide of human existence.” I have not seen them but hear from them continually. One day they are at the Westminster Abbey (which, by the way, having been cleared for the Coronation, is well worth seeing), then at the London Docks, and then at St. Paul’s, with Cockerell, the architect, to explain the structure and plan of the building. Mrs. Lushington (the Doctor’s lady), who often sees them, tells me that they pass thirteen or fourteen hours of the twenty-four in visiting and sights!
I have not yet read Ricardo’s pamphlet, but hear it much praised. The ministerialists, in particular, are much pleased with his doctrines, evidently because he says little against taxation.
