for a while, Cramer Reilly & Latimer, Sir
Walter Raleigh, the lovely Arabella Stuart
who died here after 12 years suffering -
her reason destroyed - Went from this to
“Billingsgate” but were too late to see
any thing of a throng - only few people & few
fish here & there. Saw the monument,
to commemorate the great fire
After I got home, Mrs Wedgewood called with
her sister (nice old dame), then Mr Hargreaves,
(to whom Mr Cobden gave us a little), pleasant
person, tremendous beard - Mrs Cropsey
sat with me more than an hour, I was
glad to see her again & she certainly seemed
delighted to see me - Very pretty she looked,
prettier even than I remembered her in
New York. She has two children, the
oldest two - four daughters in all.
Mr B has been in the House of Commons
since 5 - o’clock, has come in by early bed
time and as I feel rather tired after my
morning’s walk, I shall be off to say
dreams not of the Tower I pray.