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GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-49 · Item · 1848-9-18
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Recalls his first meeting with JB 70 years ago in 1778 (actually 1779 according to the Record), when he entered Mother Clapham's house; describes his feelings of apprehension. The elm trees in Dean's yard have been cut down to widen the carriageway between the entrance and the Deanery; he does not approve. Likewise, the screens separating choir from aisles in the Abbey have been removed to enable a larger congregation to sit in Poets' Corner - pointless, since one can neither see nor hear from that position. The Irish rebellion is reviving in the wake of the potato famine. Wonders whether JB took up his living in 1786 or 1787 (1797 according to the Record). Commercial benefits of the railroads - but they have spoiled the countryside. The sale at Stowe (see 49) is raising large sums - but a drop in the ocean compared with the 2 million pounds the duke is said to owe. He borrowed £20,000 just to entertain the Queen. Suspects that at the upcoming trial of Smith O'Brien his counsel will plead insanity, which the government will accept to avoid further trouble.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-3 · Item · 1846-6-4
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Gruesome details of the lancing of a carbuncle. Quotes Hor.C.3.14 - is reminded of a translation of Hor.C.3.6 by JB (he asks for a copy), and thus of Westminster. Pupil numbers not above 100 - an inquiry has been held by the visitors the Dean of Christ Church and the Master of Trinity. The HM Dr. Williamson has been dismissed, possibly for overly savage flogging (a boy was unable to sit down for a week). An OW could not be found to replace him, so a Charterhouse-bred man, Dr. Liddell, has been appointed. Westminster's decline partly due to the preference of the aristocracy and royalty for Eton, and partly to the number of much cheaper schools in London. The Corn Laws. The opening of Cremorne Gardens in Chelsea (a rival to Vauxhall) will attract the worst characters in town.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-23 · Item · 1847-2-26
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On the rising price of potatoes in London, and the unjustness of the response to the Irish Famine. Public indifference to important questions - so, no disapprobation has been expressed at the House of Commons voting to remove some disabilities experienced by Catholics. HMC says that some (not all) Catholics can buy absolution at confession and then return to their criminality.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-27 · Item · 1847-6-24
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Pulteney (see 24) has visited three times. Westminster on the up, but will never attain its former grandeur because of rival schools and Eton (see 3). Remarks on the potato blight and the new Houses of Parliament. The rising price of provisions - the Queen is making all this 'into ridicule' by limiting her household to one pound brown bread per day, but placing no limit on beef and venison; compare also the sums thrown away each week at the French and Italian Theatres.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-44 · Item · 1848-5-19
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Two remedies (with recipes) to cure loss of appetite and want of sleep. The school has been sent home because of a fever - Dean Buckland, fancying himself a chemist, devised a remedy (which only combated bad smells), but has succumbed himself. London full of foreigners fleeing the troubles in Europe - they need less to live on, and so native workers are priced out of employment.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-54 · Item · 1848-12-18
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On a particularly bad attack of indigestion. Received 2 tickets to the Phormio, which he gave to his doctor and his amanuensis. The Epilogue, a satire on the Chartists of the day, was received with much applause - will be published in The Times on the 19th. The last time he and JB saw the play was in 1779 - 2 lead characters, Dickens and Kelly, went to Oxford the following spring. Quotes a line referring to a set of gamblers known as blacklegs. Refers to Welch's List of the Scholars of Westminster School. Does JB exercise on horseback or on shanks' pony, as their schoolboy expression had it (NB very early use of this phrase)?

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-59 · Item · 1849-5-21
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On ways to cure hams (smoking in chimneys, or the Wiltshire Cure). Recommends the 1st two volumes of Macaulay's History of England (the rest not published until 1855). On the fake assassination attempt on Victoria by William Hamilton. If Macaculay does not appeal, recommends a life of Lord Eldon.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-69 · Item · 1850-1-31
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On the afflictions of growing old. He can only sit and read (presumably, be read to). All modern publications are 'trash' - going through for the second time Sir Robert Ker Porter's Journey to Baghdad. On the arrival of some artefacts from Ninevah in the British Museum. Steam navigation has brought so many countries within reach. Corn Laws to be discussed again in Parliament. If the price of bread can be kept down for the lower orders, the Chartists and other disaffected characters will have less to work with. On the price of meat and fish.

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850
GB 2014 WS-05-CLA-74 · Item · 1850-4-6
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Has finally been able to come downstairs after his lumbago. The French are so used to revolution that very little surprises them - things which would horrify an Englishman. On the case brought by George Cornelius Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter, on being refused preferment. Sad to see the progress which Roman Catholics are making in England. On the neglect in the education of young men at the universities - they are too old at 17 or 18, as opposed to 10-12 years old in their young day. Dean Buckland is ill (see 73) in the parish of Islip (as was Vincent - the living belongs to Westminster Abbey).

Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1766-1850