5. V:15. Finished this morning the Letter to my Mother, and after Breakfast went
into London. Called at Mr Wilberforce’s house
Kensington Gore, to enquire the character of the Footman Robert Martin— Mr Wilberforce had not been at his house
since yesterday Morning. He has lodgings in town. Derby Street, near
Parliament Street. I went to my Office, where I found Mr Smith, and
the young Man whom he has employed to copy Papers— The Note to Lord Castlereagh had been
prepared, but not in proper form— It was necessary to have another copy
made of it— I called at Mr Wilberforce’s
lodgings but he was not there.— Left a Note at Baron Fagel’s. Returned to the Office.
Visit from Dr
Magrath, the Physician of Dartmoor Prison, who has been so
much commended by the American Prisoners there— He says that he is now
come here to seek for employment— Visits from Mr G. Joy, and his
nephew, Mr H.
Joy; a young lawyer. There were Letters from Mr Bourke
the Danish Minister, and from Mr Fox the Consul at Falmouth—
Robert Martin, the Footman came twice— I sent him to Lady Anderson with whom he last
lived, to enquire when she would see me to give his character. She
appointed to-morrow between twelve and One— Mr Smith promised to call upon her in my stead— Signed the Note
and made up the Packet for Lord Castlereagh, and left it to be sent to
the foreign Office. I had ordered the Carriage at a quarter before five;
but walked half an hour before— The Carriage overtook me, beyond the
fourth Mile-Stone from Hyde-Park corner.— It was near seven when I got
home. No Evening— As I reached Brentford, going into town, the Queen and Princesses were
just passing, on their way from Windsor— The Postman had just before
given me two Letters— One from a Mr M’Crackan, enclosing one
recommending him, from Mr O. Wolcott, of New-York— The
other from Mr
Pitcairn at Hamburg; who has procured for me Bode’s Uranographia with the Charts,
from Berlin; and will send it to me through the English Consul Mr Cockburn, to
Mr
Hamilton, the Under Secretary of State.
