Henry Mordaunt Clavering to John Benn Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850 The Latin Play Cricket Tothill Fields Politics and Government Fag Trebeck, Thomas, 1765-1851 Pulteney, John, 1766-1849 Liddell, Henry George, 1811-1898 Has not forwarded the name of Thomas Trebeck (see 7 and 29) to the committee established to support the play (see 29), since Bull wrote that he did not know if he was still alive. Pulteney reports that cricket balls are now bowled so violently that players must be padded. On translations of Terence - thinks that new translations should appear every 50 years to reflect changing idiom. Westminster said to be improving under new Head Master (see 29) - hopes that he will keep the best of the old customs, such as fagging (what hardship is it to carry 2 or 3 hats on one's shoulders to Tothill Fields, or to blow on a fire?). On the import of cattle and sheep by railroad from the interior of Germany and its negligible effect on London meat prices, and on the state of the potato harvest. To assist his French a Frenchwoman comes in three times a week to read Molieres to him out loud. 1847-7-28 1 letter https://collections.westminster.org.uk/gb-2014-ws-05-cla-30 30 eng Access to collection items is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including Data Protection.