Vicar of St. Mark's , Woodcote , Purley , a new church built


by the well-known architect Mr. George Fellowes Prynne ,


who was to become a very intimate friend , and I was


later on joint executor of his estate with his


solicitor cousin . As Bishop Talbot had told me that I


ought not to spend many years in Tatsfield , we held


great family consultations .


My eldest brother was then living in Limpsfield with


his family , and found a very suitable house nearby


where my mother settled , and eventually died in 1926


at the age of 92 . Dr. Burge was not able to be present


at the Institution and Induction Service in St. Mark's .


This was taken by the Suffragan Bishop of Woolwich ,


Dr. John Leake , who lived at Blackheath , and was


a close friend of ours .


But what a change from the dear little old church


at Tatsfield to the great modern church of St. Mark's


at Purley . One felt at Tatsfield that , small as the


church was , it had its own atmosphere , and for centuries


had been a House of Prayer . I could not but feel the


chilliness of the new church , beautiful as it was and is .


When we had found a group of people who gladly


co-operated , we made the little side chapel a place


of daily prayer .


I suggested to the congregation that it needed


warming up by constant prayer and worship , and we


found many to help . Gifts of candlesticks and


stained-glass lancet windows - finally a new altar -


helped to furnish the chapel as a little sanctuary


for prayer and quiet . In time we received similar


gifts for the High Altar , and large East and West


windows .


It was very interesting to have the privilege of filling


such a beautiful building with suitable fittings ; I made


a rule that all gifts should be submitted for approval to


the architect , himself a fine artist . It is quite possible


to put beautiful things into a beautiful church


and yet spoil the building with ornaments unsui-


table to the environs .


We also had a little Mission Hall leading off


the Brighton Road , in a street full of small houses .


This was called Ellen Avenue when I first went


there , but was soon changed into the better-


sounding name of Lansdowne Road . There


were lots of children there , and we had


a flourishing Sunday School and an evening


service . I soon saw that the parish needed


more help both at the church and Mission


district .


The Church Army Captain had done very good work in the


Lansdowne Road district , but I needed more help in the


church for the full rota of services on Sundays and weekdays .


Most fortunately I was able to engage the Rev. E. U. Evitt in


1913 soon after I had come , and he organized the Mission


district and got to know , and be known by , many of


the people of the parish .


A great blow disturbed all our efforts in the following


year , 1914 , when war broke out . Very soon Chaplains for


the Forces were urgently needed , and I felt clearly


that one of us must volunteer . The Bishop , Dr. Burge , did


not wish me to go then , as I had barely been in the parish


for a year . Mr. Evitt , however , was much less committed


than his Vicar , and he was accepted at once and


was very soon in France where he did splendid


work until his health broke down and he had a bad


attack of enteric fever .


Meanwhile in Purley there was much activity and much


co-operation especially with the other Christian communities .


At a large public meeting we launched the project known as the


' Coulsdon and Purley Patriotic Fund ' in whose counsels and committees


I found myself deeply involved . At first , the main work was to help


wives and relations of the soldiers to get their ' Separation '


allowances , but soon , alas ! , as casualties began and increased


in the winter of 1914 and 1915 the matter of War Pensions


became very urgent , and I was asked to be Chairman


of the Committee in Coulsdon and Purley .


Indeed , for the next seventeen years , during my time at


Purley , and from 1922 at Surbiton , I was continuously


Chairman of the local War Pensions Committee . This


task involved a very great deal of detailed work for


the Committee . We had a splendid body of local residents ,


and a series of excellent Honorary Secretaries . Our


Committee met once a week in the evenings , and


included professional men from every walk of


life .


Very soon we managed to get a hut in Purley where soldiers


were very welcome and the ladies organized a canteen . Life was


in those years more than busy . We now had a vicarage next


to the church , and I was most fortunate in having for eight


years a most able and devoted housekeeper whom I had known


well in Limpsfield where she had a house next to the


church .


On hearing that I was to leave Tatsfield and come to


Purley she offered to come and look after me . She was


a real treasure , of yeoman stock and clever in all domestic


things , a widow who knew how to look after the ' boy , '


who was the only other occupant of the house when


Mr. Evitt had gone .


We gathered together a splendid Sunday


afternoon service at the church , each child


being given a number which , as they came into


church , they could just whisper to


the superintendent who filled in the regi-


ster at her own home . Each child had a


picture given them and the lesson was


largely based on this . It was on a


stamp which could be stuck in


their book , and there was quite a


clamour for back stamps if a child


had to miss the Sunday Church from any cause


It was quite amusing to see how much


the children enjoyed the service , and I heard


of parents or faithful nurses threaten any


naughty child with the penalty of not being


allowed to come to the Children's Church


on Sunday afternoon . I hope the threat


kept them good in the week , but anyway


they were a most delightful lot , and


it is a great joy to meet them now


fifty years afterwards when so many


are parents or even grandparents


Speaking of churchwardens and children leads


me at once to chronicle a most intimate and


lasting friendship begun in 1913 in Purley and


continuing till old age to-day . When I went


to St. Mark's , the first contact I made was


with the Vicar's Warden , Mr. F. W. Charlton


and his family , the youngest of whose three


sons was just coming into the world in this year


of 1913 .


From then till now the acquaintance ripened into a very


deep friendship which I have taken with me through


all the many vicissitudes of a long ministry . Mr. and


Mrs. Charlton have been from the first difficult


years of war , when most lives were upset and


some tempers were easily frayed , the most


loyal and devoted friends .


Their homes - for since those years they have


lived on in Purley - have always been


havens of rest , and the welcome has never


failed . Their three boys , now successful men ,


were in our Children's Church from the


outset , and when we don't see one


another we do not forget .


In those early years 1914-18 , life was very full


both in the parish and in the wider war activities .


The Bishop , knowing that I spent my holidays in


Bavaria , asked me if I would do something for two wards


at the Royal Herbert Hospital , full of war prisoners .


I was very glad to help in this way , and visited them


frequently , establishing at once a friendly contact with


the Bavarian wounded who were delighted to find


someone who knew their native villages .


I could at once notice the great antagonism


between the Bavarians and the Prussians who openly


scorned these more simple country folk .


Less than no response from the Russian side led


one to fear that the event might well have the


outcome that the Nazis evidently hoped might


lead to disaster . Then there had been much talk of


the setting up among the German population of a


general system of " francs-tireurs " , to be named


" Werewolves " .


The Nazi fortress concept turned out to be nothing


more than a fantasy . Thanks to the good


sense of the front line soldiers , the


meeting of East and West was marked by


the use of no weapon more lethal than


vodka . And the effect on the German people


of the first ten years of the promised


thousand of Nazi rule , so far from creating


a spirit of warlike frenzy , had produced


universally a dull bewildered apathy .


So far had our thinking led us in this matter of the


" Werewolves " that we had contemplated the necessity of very


special precautions to guard the lives of our airmen . Particular


hatred , we felt , was bound to be aimed at the representatives of


those who had , over the years , spread such ghastly havoc , destruction


and death over Germany , causing such wholesale slaughter among


men , women and children , old and young alike .


By the end of the month he still delighted in


Naples . He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as


much as his health permitted him to enjoy any-


thing . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which


is a great resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ;


# he is going out fast ... . What a gay , lively


people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every


other man was a priest : here the priest is


1superceded by the soldier - a favourable change


in my eye , particularly as the troops are very


fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted


in Naples . He told Cloncurry that he


enjoyed it as much as his health


permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' ,


he wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great


resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ; he


is going out fast ... . What a gay , lively


people , and what a busy town . At Rome ,


every other man was a priest : here the


priest is 1superceded by the soldier -


a favourable change in my eye ,


much as his health permitted him to enjoy anything .


' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great


resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ; he is going


out fast ... . What a gay , lively people , and what


a busy town . At Rome , every other man was a


priest : here the priest is 1superceded by the


soldier - a favourable change in my eye , particularly


as the troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples .


He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his


health permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he


wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great resource . Vesuvius


seems to be tired ; he is going out fast ... . What a gay ,


lively people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every


other man was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded by


the soldier - a favourable change in my eye , particularly


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples . He


told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his health permitted


him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which is


a great resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ; he is going out


fast ... . What a gay , lively people , and what a busy town . At


Rome , every other man was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded


by the soldier - a favourable change in my eye , particularly as


the troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples . He told


Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his health


permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is


arrived , which is a great resource . Vesuvius seems to be


tired ; he is going out fast ... . What a gay , lively people ,


and what a busy town . At Rome , every other man was


a priest : here the priest is 1superceded by the soldier - a


favourable change in my eye , particularly as the troops


are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples .


He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as


his health permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The


Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great


resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ; he is


going out fast ... . What a gay , lively people , and


what a busy town . At Rome , every other man


was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded by


the soldier - a favourable change in my eye ,


particularly as the troops are very fine . '


He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his


health permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he


wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great resource . Vesuvius


seems to be tired ; he is going out fast ... . What a gay ,


lively people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every other


man was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded by


the soldier - a favourable change in my eye , particularly


as the troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in


Naples . He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed


it as much as his health permitted him to


enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived ,


which is a great resource . Vesuvius seems


to be tired ; he is going out fast ... . What


a gay , lively people , and what a busy town .


At Rome , every other man was a priest :


here the priest is 1superceded by the


soldier - a favourable change in my eye ,


particularly as the troops are very fine . '


Naples . He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as


much as his health permitted him to enjoy


anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which


is a great resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ;


he is going out fast ... . What a gay , lively


people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every


other man was a priest : here the priest is


1superceded by the soldier - a favourable change


in my eye , particularly as the troops are


very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples . He


told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his health


permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote ,


' is arrived , which is a great resource . Vesuvius seems


to be tired ; he is going out fast ... . What a gay , lively


people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every other


man was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded by the


soldier - a favourable change in my eye , particularly as


the troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in


Naples . He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as


much as his health permitted him to enjoy anything .


' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great


resource . Vesuvius seems to be tired ; he is going


out fast ... . What a gay , lively people , and what a


busy town . At Rome , every other man was a


priest : here the priest is 1superceded by the


soldier - a favourable change in my eye ,


particularly as the troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still


delighted in Naples . He told Cloncurry


that he enjoyed it as much as his


health permitted him to enjoy


anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is


arrived , which is a great resource .


Vesuvius seems to be tired ; he


is going out fast ... . What a gay ,


lively people , and what a busy


town . At Rome , every other


man was a priest : here the priest


By the end of the month he still delighted


in Naples . He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as


much as his health permitted him to enjoy any-


thing . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great


out fast ... . What a gay , lively people , and what


a busy town . At Rome , every other man was


a priest : here the priest is 1superceded


by the soldier - a favourable change


in my eye , particularly as the


troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples . He


told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his health


permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' , he wrote ,


' is arrived , which is a great resource . Vesuvius seems


to be tired ; he is going out fast ... . What a gay , lively


people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every other


man was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded by


the soldier - a favourable change in my eye ,


particularly as the troops are very fine . '


By the end of the month he still delighted in Naples .


He told Cloncurry that he enjoyed it as much as his


health permitted him to enjoy anything . ' The Pearl ' ,


he wrote , ' is arrived , which is a great resource . Vesuvius


seems to be tired ; he is going out fast ... . What a gay ,


lively people , and what a busy town . At Rome , every


other man was a priest : here the priest is 1superceded


by the soldier - a favourable change in my eye ,


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl


back to England , and returned to Rome for the


winter . In late November , he was ' suffering as


usual ' , but hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find


this place agree with me better than Naples .


The journey has been against me , as there has


been much rain and damp , but the temperature


is high & I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent


Pearl back to England , and returned


to Rome for the winter . In late


November , he was ' suffering as usual ' ,


but hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find


this place agree with me better than


Naples . The journey has been against


me , as there has been much rain and


damp , but the temperature is high


& I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl back


to England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In


late November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped ,


he told Arthur , ' to find this place agree with


me better than Naples . The journey has been


against me , as there has been much rain and damp ,


but the temperature is high & I have not


yet thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl


back to England , and returned to Rome for


the winter . In late November , he was ' suffering as


usual ' , but hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find this


place agree with me better than Naples . The journey


has been against me , as there has been much rain and


damp , but the temperature is high & I have not yet


thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl back to


England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In late


November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped , he


told Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me better than


Naples . The journey has been against me , as there has


been much rain and damp , but the temperature is


high & I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In late November , he


was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find this


place agree with me better than Naples . The journey has been against


me , as there has been much rain and damp , but the temperature


is high & I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped , he told


Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me better than Naples .


The journey has been against me , as there has been much


rain and damp , but the temperature is high & I have not


yet thought of a fire ... .


told Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me better


than Naples . The journey has been against me , as


there has been much rain and damp , but the


temperature is high & I have not yet thought of


a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl back to


England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In late


November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped , he


told Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me better than


Naples . The journey has been against me , as there has


been much rain and damp , but the temperature is high


& I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl


back to England , and returned to Rome for


the winter . In late November , he was ' suffering


as usual ' , but hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find


this place agree with me better than Naples .


The journey has been against me , as there


has been much rain and damp , but the


temperature is high & I have not yet


thought of a fire ... .


back to England , and returned to Rome for the


# winter . In late November , he was ' suffering as


usual ' , but hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find this


place agree with me better than Naples . The


journey has been against me , as there has been


much rain and damp , but the temperature is high


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl back to


England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In late


November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped , he told


Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me better than Naples .


The journey has been against me , as there has been much rain


and damp , but the temperature is high & I have not yet


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl


winter . In late November , he was ' suffering as


place agree with me better than Naples . The journey


has been against me , as there has been much


rain and damp , but the temperature is high


& I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past ,


he sent Pearl back to England ,


and returned to Rome for the


winter . In late November , he


was ' suffering as usual ' , but


hoped , he told Arthur , ' to find


this place agree with me better


than Naples . The journey has been


against me , as there has been


much rain and damp , but the


temperature is high & I have


When the sailing season was past , he


sent Pearl back to England , and returned


to Rome for the winter . In late November ,


he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped ,


he told Arthur , ' to find this place agree


with me better than Naples . The journey


has been against me , as there has been


much rain and damp , but the tempe-


rature is high & I have not yet


thought of a fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl back to


England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In


late November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped ,


he told Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me


better than Naples . The journey has been against me ,


as there has been much rain and damp , but the


temperature is high & I have not yet thought of a


fire ... .


When the sailing season was past , he sent Pearl back


to England , and returned to Rome for the winter . In late


November , he was ' suffering as usual ' , but hoped , he told


Arthur , ' to find this place agree with me better than


Naples . The journey has been against me , as there has


been much rain and damp , but the temperature is high &


I have not yet thought of a fire ... .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that I


have an Italian who is perhaps the best Valet


de Chambre that ever was . But he has not


one word of English . ' While he was writing


this letter he heard of the fall of the Whigs , and the


temporary assumption of the government by


the Duke of Wellington .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens


that I have an Italian who is perhaps


the best Valet de Chambre that


ever was . But he has not one word


of English . ' While he was writing


this letter he heard of the fall of


the Whigs , and the temporary


assumption of the government by


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that I have an


Italian who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre that


ever was . But he has not one word of English . '


While he was writing this letter he heard of the fall


of the Whigs , and the temporary assumption of


the government by the Duke of Wellington .


A pleasant life # truly ! ... It so happens that I have


an Italian who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre that


While he was writing this letter he heard of the fall of


the Whigs , and the temporary assumption of the govern-


ment by the Duke of Wellington .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that I have an Italian


who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre that ever was .


But he has not one word of English . ' While he was


writing this letter he heard of the fall of the Whigs , and


the temporary assumption of the government by the


Duke of Wellington .


who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre that ever was . But he


has not one word of English . ' While he was writing this letter he


heard of the fall of the Whigs , and the temporary assumption


of the government by the Duke of Wellington .


who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre that ever was . But


he has not one word of English . ' While he was writing this


letter he heard of the fall of the Whigs , and the temporary


assumption of the government by the Duke of Wellington .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that I have


an Italian who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre


that ever was . But he has not one word of English . '


While he was writing this letter he heard of the fall


of the Whigs , and the temporary assumption of


the government by the Duke of Wellington .


of the Whigs , and the temporary assumption of the


government by the Duke of Wellington .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that


I have an Italian who is perhaps the best


Valet de Chambre that ever was . But he


has not one word of English . ' While he was


writing this letter he heard of the fall of


the Whigs , and the temporary assumption of


an Italian who is perhaps the best Valet de


Chambre that ever was . But he has not one word


of English . ' While he was writing this letter he


heard of the fall of the Whigs , and the temporary


assumption of the government by the Duke of


Wellington .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that I have an


Italian who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre that


ever was . But he has not one word of English . '


While he was writing this letter he heard of the fall of the


Whigs , and the temporary assumption of the government


by the Duke of Wellington .


Valet de Chambre that ever was . But he has


not one word of English . ' While he was writing


this letter he heard of the fall of the Whigs , and


the temporary assumption of the government


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens that


I have an Italian who is perhaps the


best Valet de Chambre that ever was .


But he has not one word of English . '


While he was writing this letter he


heard of the fall of the # Whigs ,


and the temporary assumption of the


government by the Duke of Wellington .


A pleasant life truly ! ... It so happens


that I have an Italian who is perhaps


the best Valet de Chambre that ever was .


heard of the fall of the Whigs , and


the temporary assumption of the govern-


ment by the Duke of Wellington .


Italian who is perhaps the best Valet de Chambre


that ever was . But he has not one word of English . '


While he was writing this letter he heard of the fall


of the Whigs , and the temporary assumption of the


ever was . But he has not one word of English . ' While


he was writing this letter he heard of the fall of the Whigs ,


and the temporary assumption of the government by the


Duke of Wellington .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble !


What infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but


I really tremble for my country ! I may be


mistaken , 1tho' I cannot but fear that the


exasperation of the People will be so great at the


return of Ultratoryism , that the Commons House


upon a dissolution , which must be had , will be


a mass of Radicalism , & then God knows


what may happen ... .


What infatuation ! Personally I am


indifferent , but I really tremble for my


country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot


but fear that the exasperation of


the People will be so great at the


return of Ultratoryism , that the


Commons House upon a dissolution ,


which must be had , will be a mass


of Radicalism , & then God knows what


may happen ... .


# ' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble !


What infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really


tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I


cannot but fear that the exasperation of the People


will be so great at the return of Ultratoryism ,


that the Commons House upon a dissolution , which


must be had , will be a mass of Radicalism , & then


God knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really


tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho'


I cannot but fear that the exasperation of the People


that the Commons House upon a dissolution , which must


be had , will be a mass of Radicalism , & then God


knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What infa-


tuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really tremble


for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot


but fear that the exasperation of the People will be so


great at the return of Ultratoryism , that the Commons


House upon a dissolution , which must be had , will be a


mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What infatuation !


Personally I am indifferent , but I really tremble for my country ! I may


be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot but fear that the exasperation of the


People will be so great at the return of Ultratoryism , that the


Commons House upon a dissolution , which must be had , will be


a mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really


tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot


but fear that the exasperation of the People will be so great


at the return of Ultratoryism , that the Commons House


upon a dissolution , which must be had , will be a mass


of Radicalism , & then God knows what may happen ... .


tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken ,


1tho' I cannot but fear that the exasperation


of the People will be so great at the return of


Ultratoryism , that the Commons House upon a


dissolution , which must be had , will be a mass


of Radicalism , & then God knows what may


happen ... .


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really tremble


for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot but


fear that the exasperation of the People will be so


great at the return of Ultratoryism , that the Commons


House upon a dissolution , which must be had , will be a


mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent ,


but I really tremble for my country ! I may


be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot but fear that


the exasperation of the People will be


so great at the return of Ultratoryism ,


that the Commons House upon a dissolution ,


which must be had , will be a mass of


Radicalism , & then God knows what


may happen ... .


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really


tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho'


I cannot but fear that the exasperation of the


People will be so great at the return of


Ultratoryism , that the Commons House upon


a dissolution , which must be had , will be a


mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really tremble


for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I cannot but


fear that the exasperation of the People will be so


great at the return of Ultratoryism , that the Commons


House upon a dissolution , which must be had , will be a


mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I


really tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken ,


1tho' I cannot but fear that the exasperation of


the People will be so great at the return of


Ultratoryism , that the Commons House upon a


dissolution , which must be had , will be a


mass of Radicalism , & then God knows


what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I


tremble ! What infatuation ! Personally


I am indifferent , but I really tremble


for my country ! I may be mistaken ,


1tho' I cannot but fear that the


exasperation of the People will


be so great at the return of Ultra-


toryism , that the Commons House upon


a dissolution , which must be had ,


will be a mass of Radicalism , &


then God knows what may happen ... .


exasperation of the People will be so


great at the return of Ultratoryism ,


that the Commons House upon a dis-


solution , which must be had , will


be a mass of Radicalism , & then


God knows what may happen ... .


' What a frightful event ! ' he wrote . ' I tremble ! What infa-


tuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really tremble


fear that the exasperation of the People will be so great


at the return of Ultratoryism , that the Commons


House upon a dissolution , which must be had , will


be a mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what


may happen ... .


infatuation ! Personally I am indifferent , but I really


tremble for my country ! I may be mistaken , 1tho' I


cannot but fear that the exasperation of the People


will be so great at the return of Ultratoryism , that the


Commons House upon a dissolution , which must be had ,


will be a mass of Radicalism , & then God knows what


God grant , however , that I may be a


false prophet & that all may go well .


Sir R. Peel was here , I understand , but


an express took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened


a new chapter in the history of


Anglesey's unceasing search for an effective


alleviation of his painful malady . None


of the numerous conventional remedies


to which he had been subjected ever


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet


& that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here ,


I understand , but an express took him


off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a new


chapter in the history of Anglesey's unceasing search


for an effective alleviation of his painful malady .


None of the numerous conventional remedies to which


he had been subjected ever since the symptoms had


first shown themselves seventeen years before had


had the slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet &


that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I under-


stand , but an express took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a


new chapter in the history of Anglesey's unceasing


search for an effective alleviation of his painful


malady . None of the numerous conventional remedies


to which he had been subjected ever since the symp-


toms had first shown themselves seventeen years before


had had the slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet & that


all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I understand , but


an express took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a new chapter in


the history of Anglesey's unceasing search for an


effective alleviation of his painful malady . None of the


numerous conventional remedies to which he had been


subjected ever since the symptoms had first shown them-


selves seventeen years before had had the slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet & that all


may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I understand , but an express


took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a new chapter in the


history of Anglesey's unceasing search for an effective alleviation of


his painful malady . None of the numerous conventional remedies to


which he had been subjected ever since the symptoms had first


shown themselves seventeen years before had had the slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet


& that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I understand ,


but an express took him off yesterday . '


the history of Anglesey's unceasing search for an effective


alleviation of his painful malady . None of the numerous


conventional remedies to which he had been subjected


ever since the symptoms had first shown themselves


seventeen years before had had the slightest effect .


& that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was


here , I understand , but an express took him off


yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a new


chapter in the history of Anglesey's unceasing


search for an effective alleviation of his painful


malady . None of the numerous conventional


remedies to which he had been subjected ever


since the symptoms had first shown them-


selves seventeen years before had had the slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet


& that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I understand ,


but an express took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a new chapter


in the history of Anglesey's unceasing search for an


effective alleviation of his painful malady . None of the


numerous conventional remedies to which he had been


subjected ever since the symptoms had first shown


themselves seventeen years before had had the


slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false


prophet & that all may go well . Sir R. Peel


was here , I understand , but an express took


him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a


new chapter in the history of Anglesey's


unceasing search for an effective alleviation


of his painful malady . None of the numer-


ous conventional remedies to which he had


been subjected ever since the symptoms


had first shown themselves seventeen years . .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet


& that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I


understand , but an express took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had opened a new chapter


in the history of Anglesey's unceasing search for


an effective alleviation of his painful malady . None


of the numerous conventional remedies to which he


had been subjected ever since the symptoms had


first shown themselves seventeen years before


had had the slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet & that


all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I understand ,


but an express took him off yesterday . '


of the numerous conventional remedies to which he had


been subjected ever since the symptoms had first


shown themselves seventeen years before had had the


slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false


prophet & that all may go well . Sir R. Peel


was here , I understand , but an express took


him off yesterday . ' While he was in Naples


there had opened a new chapter in the


history of Anglesey's unceasing search for an


effective alleviation of his painful malady .


None of the numerous conventional remedies to


which he had been subjected ever since the


symptoms had first shown themselves seventeen


years before had had the slightest effect .


prophet & that all may go well . Sir R.


Peel was here , I understand , but an


express took him off yesterday . '


While he was in Naples there had


opened a new chapter in the history


of Anglesey's unceasing search for


an effective alleviation of his painful


malady . None of the numerous con-


ventional remedies to which he had


been subjected ever since the symptoms


God grant , however , that I may be a


false prophet & that all may go well .


Sir R. Peel was here , I understand , but


an express took him off yesterday . '


of Anglesey's unceasing search for an


effective alleviation of his painful mala-


dy . None of the numerous conventional


remedies to which he had been subjected


ever since the symptoms had first


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet & that


all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I understand , but


While he was in Naples there had opened a new chapter


in the history of Anglesey's unceasing search for an


effective alleviation of his painful malady . None of the


numerous conventional remedies to which he had been


subjected ever since the symptoms had first shown


themselves seventeen years before had had the


slightest effect .


God grant , however , that I may be a false prophet


& that all may go well . Sir R. Peel was here , I


understand , but an express took him off yesterday . '


effective alleviation of his painful malady . None of


the numerous conventional remedies to which he had


been subjected ever since the symptoms had first


shown themselves seventeen years before had had


the slightest effect .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today ,


in the 1960s , no cure has been found for


the 6tic douloureux . As early as 1830 , when


Anglesey believed himself to be on the point


of death , the new German curative method


known as homoeopathy had been brought to


his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even


today , in the 1960s , no cure has been


found for the 6tic douloureux . As early


as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself


to be on the point of death , the new


German curative method known as


homoeopathy had been brought to


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in


the 1960s , no cure has been found for the


6tic douloureux . As early as 1830 , when


Anglesey believed himself to be on the point of


death , the new German curative method known as


homoeopathy had been brought to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in the


1960s , no cure has been found for the 6tic douloureux .


As early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself to be


on the point of death , the new German curative method


known as homoeopathy had been brought to his notice .


1960s , no cure has been found for the 6tic


douloureux . As early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed


himself to be on the point of death , the new German


curative method known as homoeopathy had been


brought to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in the 1960s ,


no cure has been found for the 6tic douloureux . As early as


1830 , when Anglesey believed himself to be on the point of death ,


the new German curative method known as homoeopathy had been


no cure has been found for the 6tic douloureux . As


early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself to be on the


point of death , the new German curative method known as


homoeopathy had been brought to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in


the 1960s , no cure has been found for the


6tic douloureux . As early as 1830 , when


Anglesey believed himself to be on the


point of death , the new German curative


method known as homoeopathy had been


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in the


1960s , no cure has been found for the 6tic douloureux . As


early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself to be on


the point of death , the new German curative method known


as homoeopathy had been brought to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today ,


in the 1960s , no cure has been found for


the 6tic douloureux . As early as 1830 , when


brought to his notice .


6tic douloureux . As early as 1830 , when Anglesey


believed himself to be on the point of death ,


the new German curative method known as


1960s , no cure has been found for the 6tic douloureux .


As early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself to be


on the point of death , the new German curative method


known as homoeopathy had been brought to his notice .


in the 1960s , no cure has been found for the


6tic douloureux . As early as 1830 , when


Anglesey believed himself to be on the


point of death , the new German curative


method known as homoeopathy had


been brought to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even


today , in the 1960s , no cure has been


found for the 6tic douloureux . As early


as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself


to be on the point of death , the new


German curative method known as


homoeopathy had been brought to his


notice .


as 1830 , when Anglesey believed him-


self to be on the point of death ,


the new German curative method


known as homoeopathy had been


brought to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in the


As early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed himself to


be on the point of death , the new German curative


method known as homoeopathy had been brought


to his notice .


Nor is this to be wondered at , for even today , in


the 1960s , no cure has been found for the 6tic


douloureux . As early as 1830 , when Anglesey believed


himself to be on the point of death , the new


German curative method known as homoeopathy


had been brought to his notice .


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law ,


the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to


advise Anglesey to give the system a trial , adding


that it was being cultivated with extraordinary


success in France and Italy , and that he


himself was being treated under a doctor who


had studied under its founder , the aged


Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's


brother-in-law , the diplomatist Lord


Ponsonby , had written to advise Anglesey to


give the system a trial , adding that it


was being cultivated with extraordinary


success in France and Italy , and that


he himself was being treated under a


doctor who had studied under its


founder , the aged Dr. Samuel


Hahnemann .


the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise


Anglesey to give the system a trial , adding that


it was being cultivated with extraordinary success in


France and Italy , and that he himself was being


treated under a doctor who had studied under


its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law , the


diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise Anglesey


to give the system a trial , adding that it was being


cultivated with extraordinary success in France and Italy ,


and that he himself was being treated under a doctor


who had studied under its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel


diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise Anglesey to give the


system a trial , adding that it was being cultivated with extraordinary


success in France and Italy , and that he himself was being treated


under a doctor who had studied under its founder , the aged Dr.


Samuel Hahnemann .


to give the system a trial , adding that it was being cultivated


with extraordinary success in France and Italy , and that he


himself was being treated under a doctor who had studied


under its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law ,


the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to


advise Anglesey to give the system a trial , adding


that it was being cultivated with extraordinary


success in France and Italy , and that he


himself was being treated under a doctor who


had studied under its founder , the aged


Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise


Anglesey to give the system a trial , adding that it was


being cultivated with extraordinary success in France and


Italy , and that he himself was being treated under a


doctor who had studied under its founder , the aged


In April of that year his first wife's brother-


in-law , the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had


written to advise Anglesey to give the system


a trial , adding that it was being cultivated


with extraordinary success in France and


Italy , and that he himself was being


treated under a doctor who had studied


under its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel


Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law ,


Anglesey to give the system a trial , adding that it


was being cultivated with extraordinary success in


France and Italy , and that he himself was being


treated under a doctor who had studied under


its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law , the


diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise Anglesey


to give the system a trial , adding that it was being


cultivated with extraordinary success in France and


Italy , and that he himself was being treated under a


doctor who had studied under its founder , the aged


Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's


brother-in-law , the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby ,


had written to advise Anglesey to give the


system a trial , adding that it was being


cultivated with extraordinary success in


France and Italy , and that he himself was


being treated under a doctor who had


studied under its founder , the aged


brother-in-law , the diplomatist Lord


Ponsonby , had written to advise Angle-


sey to give the system a trial , adding


that it was being cultivated with


extraordinary success in France and


Italy , and that he himself was being


treated under a doctor who had


In April of that year his first wife's bro-


ther-in-law , the diplomatist Lord Pon-


sonby , had written to advise Anglesey


to give the system a trial , adding that it


was being cultivated with extraordinary


success in France and Italy , and that


he himself was being treated under


a doctor who had studied under


its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel


Hahnemann .


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law , the diplomatist


Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise Anglesey to give the


system a trial , adding that it was being cultivated with


extraordinary success in France and Italy , and that he


himself was being treated under a doctor who had


studied under its founder , the aged Dr. Samuel


In April of that year his first wife's brother-in-law ,


the diplomatist Lord Ponsonby , had written to advise


Anglesey to give the system a trial , adding that it was


being cultivated with extraordinary success in France


and Italy , and that he himself was being treated under


a doctor who had studied under its founder , the aged


Dr. Samuel Hahnemann .


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis


Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two later


as ' more like a God upon earth than a human


being ' , had an increasing number of disciples


among unorthodox medical men in the cities


of Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan ,


Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey consulted


in # May 1834 .


Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two


later as ' more like a God upon earth than


a human being ' , had an increasing number


of disciples among unorthodox medical men


in the cities of Europe . One of these


was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro ,


whom Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


a human being ' , had an increasing number of


disciples among unorthodox medical men in the


cities of Europe . One of these was the


Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey


consulted in May 1834 .


Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two later as


' more like a God upon earth than a human being ' ,


had an increasing number of disciples among unorthodox


medical men in the cities of Europe . One of these


was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis Burdett


described to Anglesey a year or two later as ' more like a God


upon earth than a human being ' , had an increasing number


of disciples among unorthodox medical men in the cities of


Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro ,


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis Burdett described


to Anglesey a year or two later as ' more like a God upon earth


than a human being ' , had an increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities of Europe . One of these was


the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey consulted in


May 1834 .


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis


' more like a God upon earth than a human being ' , had an


increasing number of disciples among unorthodox medical


men in the cities of Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan ,


Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two later as


' more like a God upon earth than a human being ' ,


had an increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities of Europe .


One of these was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro ,


whom Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


' more like a God upon earth than a human being ' , had


an increasing number of disciples among unorthodox


medical men in the cities of Europe . One of these


was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom


Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir


Francis Burdett described to Anglesey a


year or two later as ' more like a God


upon earth than a human being ' , had


an increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities


of Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan ,


Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey


consulted in May 1834 .


Francis Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two


later as ' more like a God upon earth than


a human being ' , had an increasing number of


disciples among unorthodox medical men in the


cities of Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan ,


Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey consulted in


May 1834 .


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis


Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two later as


' more like a God upon earth than a human being ' ,


had an increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities of Europe .


One of these was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro ,


whom Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


Francis Burdett described to Anglesey a


year or two later as ' more like a God


upon earth than a human being ' , had an


increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities of


Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan ,


Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey


consulted in May 1834 .


upon earth than a human being ' , had


an increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities


of Europe . One of these was the


Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom


Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


This remarkable man of medicine , whom


Sir Francis Burdett described to Anglesey


a year or two later as ' more like a God


of Europe . One of these was the Neapo-


litan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis Burdett


described to Anglesey a year or two later as ' more like a


God upon earth than a human being ' , had an increasing


number of disciples among unorthodox medical men in the


cities of Europe . One of these was the Neapolitan ,


Dr Giuseppe Mauro , whom Anglesey consulted in


May 1834 .


This remarkable man of medicine , whom Sir Francis


Burdett described to Anglesey a year or two later as


' more like a God upon earth than a human being ' ,


had an increasing number of disciples among


unorthodox medical men in the cities of Europe . One


of these was the Neapolitan , Dr Giuseppe Mauro ,


whom Anglesey consulted in May 1834 .


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered


master at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice .


In doing so he described his distinguished patient


and his symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he


found Anglesey a strong , energetic man with a


gentle and charming character , even-tempered


and sedate , not easily irritated , patient and


persevering , ' but he appears to despair of ever


# being cured . '


master at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for


advice . In doing so he described his distinguished


patient and his symptoms . He told Hahnemann


that he found Anglesey a strong , energetic man


with a gentle and charming character ,


even-tempered and sedate , not easily irritated ,


patient and persevering , ' but he appears to


despair of ever being cured . '


with a gentle and charming character , even-tempered


# persevering , ' but he appears to despair of


ever being cured . '


and his symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he found


Anglesey a strong , energetic man with a gentle and


charming character , even-tempered and sedate , not


easily irritated , patient and persevering ,


' but he appears to despair of ever being cured . '


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered master at


Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing so he


described his distinguished patient and his symptoms . He


told Hahnemann that he found Anglesey a strong , energetic


man with a gentle and charming character , even-tempered


and sedate , not easily irritated , patient and persevering ,


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered master at Ko"then ,


near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing so he described his


distinguished patient and his symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he


found Anglesey a strong , energetic man with a gentle and charming


character , even-tempered and sedate , not easily irritated , patient and


persevering , ' but he appears to despair of ever being cured . '


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered master


at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing so he


described his distinguished patient and his symptoms . He told


Hahnemann that he found Anglesey a strong , energetic man


with a gentle and charming character , even-tempered and


sedate , not easily irritated , patient and persevering , ' but he


appears to despair of ever being cured . '


at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing


so he described his distinguished patient and his


symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he found Anglesey


a strong , energetic man with a gentle and charming


character , even-tempered and sedate , not easily


irritated , patient and persevering , ' but he appears


to despair of ever being cured . '


at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing so


he described his distinguished patient and his symptoms .


He told Hahnemann that he found Anglesey a strong ,


energetic man with a gentle and charming character ,


even-tempered and sedate , not easily irritated , patient


and persevering , ' but he appears to despair of ever being


cured . '


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered


master at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for


advice . In doing so he described his distinguished


patient and his symptoms . He told Hahnemann


that he found Anglesey a strong , energetic


man with a gentle and charming character ,


even-tempered and sedate , not easily


irritated , patient and persevering , ' but


he appears to despair of ever being


master at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking


for advice . In doing so he described his


distinguished patient and his symptoms . He


told Hahnemann that he found Anglesey a


strong , energetic man with a gentle and


charming character , even-tempered and sedate ,


not easily irritated , patient and persevering ,


' but he appears to despair of ever being cured . '


master at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice .


In doing so he described his distinguished patient and


his symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he found


Anglesey a strong , energetic man with a gentle and


Mauro's first action was to write to his


revered master at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking


charming character , even-tempered and


sedate , not easily irritated , patient and


persevering , ' but he appears to despair


of ever being cured . '


revered master at Ko"then , near


Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing


so he described his distinguished


patient and his symptoms . He told


Hahnemann that he found Anglesey


a strong , energetic man with a gentle


and charming character , even-tempered


and sedate , not easily irritated ,


patient and persevering , ' but he


appears to despair of ever being


Mauro's first action was to write to his re-


vered master at Ko"then , near Leipzig ,


asking for advice . In doing so he descri-


bed his distinguished patient and his


symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he found


Anglesey a strong , energetic man with a


gentle and charming character , even-tem-


pered and sedate , not easily irritated ,


patient and persevering , ' but he appears


to despair of ever being cured . '


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered master at Ko"then ,


near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing so he described his


distinguished patient and his symptoms . He told Hahnemann


that he found Anglesey a strong , energetic man with a


gentle and charming character , even-tempered and


sedate , not easily irritated , patient and persevering ,


' but he appears to despair of ever being cured . '


Mauro's first action was to write to his revered master


at Ko"then , near Leipzig , asking for advice . In doing


so he described his distinguished patient and his


symptoms . He told Hahnemann that he found Anglesey


a strong , energetic man with a gentle and charming


character , even-tempered and sedate , not easily


irritated , patient and persevering , ' but he appears to


despair of ever being cured . '


Later in the year , the idea of some sort of


public employment was again in the air . Lady


Cowper , for instance , told Princess Lieven on


September 25th that Anglesey was very much


annoyed at not obtaining the Admiralty in place


of Lord Auckland , who had gone to govern India .


If there was any truth in this , Lord Melbourne's


letter of the following day , offering Anglesey the


Government of Gibraltar , may have been a


sop .


' It is ' , he wrote , ' one of the best military situations


which the Crown has to bestow - the salary has


been settled ... at five thousand pounds yearly , it


being understood that the Governor is not here-


after to be absent from his post . It has struck


me that 1altho' very improbable it is not quite


impossible that you might be willing to accept of


this appointment . '


The reply was not bereft of asperity : ' Beaudesert ,


Sept. 27 , 1835 ' Dear Melbourne , ' I have received


your letter of yesterday . ' I am not prepared to spend


the remainder of my life at Gibraltar , & moreover


( if even residence were not the condition ) , having


no taste for a sinecure , I have only to thank


you for the offer & to decline it .


' I remain , dear Melbourne , faithfully yours , ' ANGLESEY '


Soon after his return from Europe , Clarence Paget


had become seriously ill with a supposed abscess


on the lungs . After months of suffering , his life was


almost despaired of when as a last resort it was


suggested that the patient should be taken to consult


Hahnemann once again .


It was no longer necessary to go further than Paris ,


for by this time the great man had been driven


from his native Germany by the antipathy of his


orthodox brethren . The main difficulty was how to


make the expedition from England without killing the


patient before he completed it . The problem was


overcome in an interesting manner .


' Fortunately , ' wrote Clarence in after years , ' the


King ... remembered there was a luxurious old bed


travelling-carriage in the royal coach-houses , which


had carried his brother , George 4 . , and he kindly


placed it at the disposal of my father . Into it I was


put , more dead than alive , and we got across to


Calais , and from thence by easy stages to


Paris ...


He wrote down every symptom , examined me all


over , asked ever so many questions which I had


scarcely strength to answer , and took up his gold-


headed cane to depart . My father hung upon every


word , but could get nothing from him .


WHEN HE SAW TRELAWNY'S PRINTED LETTER ,


LORD SIDNEY WROTE TO DOUGLAS KINNAIRD


SAYING THAT IT WAS INCORRECT THROUGHOUT . HE


HAD NO SOONER HEARD FROM COUNT GAMBA AND


FLETCHER THAT BYRON WOULD HAVE WISHED


HIS BODY TO RETURN TO ENGLAND THAN THAT


COURSE WAS ' IMMEDIATELY CARRIED INTO


EFFECT ' - NOT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF AND SIR


FREDERICK STOVEN , BUT WITH THEIR PERFECT


CONCURRENCE , WHILE ' GENERAL ADAM WAS AT


CORFU THE WHOLE TIME AND NEVER INTER-


FERED IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE ABOUT ...


When he saw Trelawny's printed letter , Lord Sidney wrote


to Douglas Kinnaird saying that it was incorrect


throughout . He had no sooner heard from Count Gamba


and Fletcher that Byron would have wished his


body to return to England than that course was


' immediately carried into effect ' - not in spite of himself


and Sir Frederick Stoven , but with their perfect con-


currence , while ' General Adam was at Corfu the whole


time and # never interfered in the slightest


degree about the matter ' .


HIS ONLY REFERENCE TO TRELAWNY BY NAME IN


THE COURSE OF SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS TO


HOBHOUSE AND KINNAIRD ABOUT BYRON'S AFFAIRS


IS SATIRICAL : ' I HAVE NOT THE 1HONOR OF ANY


ACQUAINTANCE WITH MR TRELAWNY WHO SEEMS TO


HAVE HAD CHARGE OF THE MULE WHEN COUNT


GAMBA ACCOMPANIED THE REMAINS OF OUR


DECEASED FRIEND TO ZANTE ... . . ' IF TRELAWNY


FAILED EVEN TO MEET LORD SIDNEY AND THE


BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S OTHER REPRESENTATIVES


IN THE ISLANDS , WHILE THEY WARMLY WELCOMED ...


His only reference to Trelawny by name in the course of several


communications to Hobhouse and Kinnaird about Byron's affairs is


satirical : ' I have not the 1honor of any acquaintance with Mr


Trelawny who seems to have had charge of the Mule when Count


Gamba accompanied the remains of our deceased friend to Zante ... . '


If Trelawny failed even to meet Lord Sidney and the British


Government's other representatives in the islands , while they


warmly welcomed Gamba to their counsels , it would go far to


explain his attempts to exalt himself at the young


Italian's expense .


IN HIS POPULAR AND ACUTELY UNRELIABLE


BOOK ON BYRON AND SHELLEY , TRELAWNY


IMPLIES THAT NOT ONLY GAMBA BUT FLETCHER


AND TITA AND THE STEWARD , LEGA ZAMBELLI ,


FAILED TO PERFORM THE MOST ELEMENTARY


DUTIES TOWARDS THE DEAD . HE PRETENDS


TO HAVE FOUND EVERYTHING IN UTTERMOST


DISORDER - ' TOKENS THAT THE PILGRIM


HAD MOST TREASURED , SCATTERED ON THE


FLOOR , - AS RUBBISH OF NO MARKE-


TABLE VALUE , AND TRAMPLED ON ' .


In his popular and acutely unreliable book on Byron and


Shelley , Trelawny implies that not only Gamba but Fletcher


and Tita and the steward , Lega Zambelli , failed to perform


the most elementary duties towards the dead . He pretends


to have found everything in uttermost disorder - ' tokens that


the Pilgrim had most treasured , scattered on the floor , -


as rubbish of no marketable value , and trampled on ' .


This was to give colour to his pretext for copying Byron's last


letter to his sister , which was that its chance of reaching its


destination had seemed slight . The collection of Pietro


Gamba's letters deposited among the Murray manuscripts show


that the greatest care was observed in gathering together all the possessions


of a man whose importance was fully recognized by everyone about


him . ' I have had put under Government seal his belongings ,


which will be opened by Prince Alexander Mavrocordato


in my presence and that of certain Englishmen who are


here .


I have taken an exact inventory of them . '


Thus on April 21st , several days before


Trelawny appeared , Gamba wrote to Lord


Sidney Osborne , and his inventory has been


preserved . The papers were reopened in the


presence of leading Missolonghi officials


in order to make sure that no recent will


was amongst them .


I have taken an exact inventory of them . ' Thus on April 21st , several


days before Trelawny appeared , Gamba wrote to Lord Sidney Osborne ,


and his inventory has been preserved . The papers were reopened in


the presence of leading Missolonghi officials in order to make


sure that no recent will was amongst them .


It may have been then that Trelawny contrived to do


his copying . Considering that Pietro was not above


twenty-three years of age when he undertook a load


of heavy responsibilities , his conduct reveals him as


one of the most intelligent as well as the most


sympathetic of Byron's 6entourage in Greece . With


his good looks - for he ' carried the passport of a very


handsome person ' - his good manners and his perfect


lack of pretension , he even succeeded in disarming


Hobhouse's possessiveness and making him forget how


deeply he had disapproved , less than two years


Augusta Leigh too was favourably impressed ,


and wrote to Lady Byron after she had


received a visit from him : I have today seen


Count Gamba - which was very distressing


for many reasons but quite unavoidable - he


is a pleasing , fine looking young man &


spoke with great feeling . The unfortunate


Augusta was in one of her worst states of


confusion .


Augusta Leigh too was favourably impressed , and wrote


to Lady Byron after she had received a visit from


him : I have today seen Count Gamba - which was very


distressing for many reasons but quite unavoidable -


he is a pleasing , fine looking young man & spoke


with great feeling . The unfortunate Augusta was


in one of her worst states of confusion .


She had loved Byron , but she had


betrayed him , betrayed him not twice , as


he had betrayed her , but again and again


over a long span of time , fawning on his


implacable wife , purveying to her in secret


the unguarded letters he never suspected


any eye but her own would see , feeding


the stealthy fires of her animosity : and


having betrayed him , she had grown to fear


and almost to hate him .


She had loved Byron , but she had betrayed him ,


betrayed him not twice , as he had betrayed her ,


but again and again over a long span of time ,


fawning on his implacable wife , purveying to her


in secret the unguarded letters he never


suspected any eye but her own would see ,


feeding the stealthy fires of her animosity :


and having betrayed him , she had grown to


fear and almost to hate him .


She had dreaded his outpourings of affection


for her in poetry that he thought would clear


her and that only compromised her , and the


headstrong folly that tempted him to write on


ever more daring themes , teaching the world


to guess what repentance and unrepentance


preyed upon his thoughts .


She had dreaded his outpourings of affection for


her in poetry that he thought would clear


her and that only compromised her , and #


the headstrong folly that tempted him to


write on ever more daring themes , teaching


the world to guess what repentance and


unrepentance preyed upon his thoughts .


She had dreaded still more that he might


return to England , overshadowing her again


with spiritual and social peril . But this kind


of return was what she could never have


foreseen ... that he # should come back not


voluble but silent , not beautiful but defaced ,


not in obloquy but with his praises ringing !


She could remember now his exciting laughter ,


his almost filial love for her , her almost


maternal love for him .


Above all she could remember the anguish of their


parting , and how he had been ' convulsed , absolutely


convulsed with grief ' . So love revived , and in


its most sentimental form . While he lived


she had lost touch in her perpetual alarms


with what was best in him ; dead his memory


became sacred to her .


She felt almost as strongly as Hobhouse


# about biographies . Quite apart from the


divagations of her ' poor brother ' - so she


constantly referred to him - there were a


hundred reasons why it would be


objectionable to have the family history


exposed . Whatever latitude she allowed in


the warmth of her kindly nature to others -


or to herself - she believed implicitly in


the moral code she had learned from


her good grandmother , the Countess of


She had no desire to see in print that her


mother , who was to have been a duchess , had


been involved in a scandalous and ruinous


divorce , that her father , ' Mad Jack Byron ' , was


a profligate and a bankrupt who had


squandered every penny two successive wives


had brought him and left the second on


the verge of destitution , and that he had died


a drunkard and perhaps a suicide , hiding


in France to escape his creditors .


It was no more pleasant for the Hon. Augusta


Leigh to share this kind of story with the world


than it would be for most 20th-century ladies


moving in court circles and having children to


be settled advantageously in life . She had lived


down the rumours which had made the year of


the Byron separation a nightmare to her , and she


had also succeeded , though with an increasing


sense of effort , in persuading her little world to


avert its eyes from her husband , ' that drone ' ,


as # Byron called him , whose career of


She had earned the right to be left in peace .


Byron's fame was , of course , very wonderful , but


it carried with it too many reminders of his


terrible indiscretions - the writing of Don Juan ,


which she had never ceased to deplore , his


shocking blasphemies like the Vision of Judgement ,


his making friends with the atheist known to


her as ' that infamous Mr. Shelley ' , and his


mixing with really low and horrid people such


as the subversive journalist Leigh Hunt , whom


on would never conceivably meet in decent society .


She was most emphatically opposed to the


production of sheer indelicacies , and that was


the light in which she saw the proposed book


by Dallas . Letters between a mother and a son -


a son so outspoken and a mother so far from


suitable to be paraded before the public !


And brought out by that seedy poor relation ,


Dallas ! Could anything be in worse taste ?


Hanson , the solicitor , was naturally remunerated


for his services , but all Mr Hobhouse's duties


as executor were performed without reward .


And now there was more trouble brewing


with those unbearable Dallases . Dallas


senior was detained in Paris by severe


illness , but Dallas junior was full of


fight and applying for the injunction


to be lifted .


He had gone to Byron's cousin , now 7th


lord , and had got him to compose an


affidavit to the effect that , whereas he


had formerly been reluctant to approve the


publication unless it had first been


examined by the relatives and friends of


his predecessor , he had now read the


book and was content for it to be


issued without that precaution .


There were few things in Augusta's whole


life , full of calamities though it was , that


hurt her more than this contemptuous slight


from George Anson Byron , whom she had


loved with an unswerving loyalty , and had looked


on as her intimate friend . Moreover , he


was without the right to make such


pronouncements : he had inherited nothing


from her brother but his title , whereas


she was not only of nearer consanguinity


but the chosen recipient of his property .


These , if she had only known it , were


precisely the reasons why her cousin took


pleasure in the opportunity of annoying her .


Lady Byron did not like Augusta to have


intimate friends , and in every instance where


the occasion was granted her , she managed


to find some excuse for bestowing , in whole


or in part , those confidences which never


failed to leave her audience agape with


wonder at her magnanimity and Augusta's


wickedness .


George Anson Byron had seen enough of


the poet's atrocious conduct as a husband


to be aware that Augusta , so far from


being responsible for the collapse of the


marriage , had been Lady Byron's greatest


support and comfort at the time ; but it


had been deemed necessary all the


same to enlighten him as to the suspicions


in the background , and he had repeated


them to his newly married wife .


Their friendship for Augusta became rather


hollow , and the news that Byron had left


her practically all his money caused it to


crumble to oblivion . Though Lady Byron


knew perfectly well that Byron , as early


as the year of their wedding , 1815 , had


made a will in Augusta's favour , she had


evidently not passed on that information ;


and it came as an appalling surprise to


Captain Byron that he had been left


without the fortune that would keep up the


title .


' Respecting the will ' , he wrote to Byron's widow a few days after


hearing its contents , ' the very thought of it is painful to me .


What Mary has said about it is too true . ' What Mary , the


new Lady Byron , had said about it was written on the first half


sheet of the same paper : My dearest Annabella , The more we


consider the most prominent subject in your letter , the more


we are convinced of the truth of that dreadful history


connected with it .


Questions about marriage and children were


again included , as they had been at the


1911 and 1951 Censuses . The former had asked


for marriage details for all married women ,


the latter for all married women under


the age of 50 . The 1961 Census questions


related to all women who were or had been


married , and so repeated the enquiry made


fifteen years earlier by the 1946 Family


Census conducted on behalf of the Royal


Commission on Population .


The questions about children were the same as in 1951 ,


except that they extended to all women who were or had


been married . It was not regarded as practicable within


the limits of the census to include particulars about


the date of birth of each child , as had been done


in the specialised enquiry for the Royal Commission .


The innovation at the 1961 Census , though the


Family Census had previously included


the question , was the date of termination


of the first or only marriage . This enables


statistical use to be made of their experience


as regards duration of marriage and


number of children in the case of women


whose first or only marriage was terminated


by widowhood or divorce after the end


of their child bearing life .


This is particularly important in estimating the trends


in the size and pattern of families for successive


generations over as long a period as possible , as the


proportion of widows predominates in the higher age


groups . In Wales and Monmouthshire the question


on the ability to speak Welsh was included as


previously . The question was first asked in 1891 , and


was given its present form in 1931 .


Each census since the first in 1801 has included questions


about housing and households . In 1961 the scope of the


question was wider than before , because of the great


use of the data to the Ministry of Housing and Local


Government and to local authorities . As before , the record


made during the enumeration lists all buildings , residen-


tial premises and temporary places of abode , and all


households occupying them , as the basis of the


enumeration is the household schedule .


The number of structurally separate dwellings ( that is ,


houses or flats or other quarters built or adapted for


separate occupation and forming a private and structurally


separate unit ) was obtained as previously , together with the


number of households with sole occupation or sharing


such dwellings , and the number of living rooms occu-


pied by each household .


A new question asked about housing tenure , whether


the accommodation occupied by each household was held by


them as owner-occupiers ; occupied in connection with


employment or as part of business premises ; rented


from a Council ( or New Town Corporation ) or a private


landlord ( if so , whether furnished or unfurnished ) ; or


occupied on some other terms . The analysis of private


households by size and various characteristics of their


members has become increasingly important .


Previously , while visitors were left out of this


analysis it was not considered sufficiently


important to attempt the task of bringing


in the members away from home on Census


night , which would be very laborious in the


absence of information given at their place


n ) . But the need


for a more accurate distribution of


households by size as usually constituted


had become more important by 1961 , and


accordingly a new question was introduced , ...


The information collected under


this head will not affect the


main count of population numbers ,


but will be used solely in the


analysis of households by size


and other characteristics . Sample . -


At an early stage of the census


preparations consideration was


given to possibilities of reducing


the amount of clerical work before ...


We have held eleven meetings . We decided as a


first step to seek information from a number


of organisations and persons having an interest


in the questions before us and at a later stage we


arranged for publication of a press notice inviting


anybody interested to submit representations . We


compiled a list of the points which we thought


were of importance , but we made it clear that


the replies need not be confined to these


particular items .


As a general rule we did not ask for oral evidence , though


we found it an advantage in certain instances . Appendix


1 gives a list of the bodies and persons consulted . The


Department of Health for Scotland , the Home Office and


the Ministry of Health submitted evidence to us ;


officers of these Departments attended our meetings


and have given us valuable assistance .


On 23rd November , 1959 , we submitted


an Interim Report . This dealt with two questions


which arose from our terms of reference and


which had been brought specially to our notice .


First , we were asked to examine the risks


attending the abuse of carbromal and


bromvaletone and preparations containing these


substances . The Poisons Board had already


considered this problem but , in the absence of


sufficient evidence that these compounds


4 . On examination of the evidence it became clear


to us that carbromal and bromvaletone were examples


of a number of drugs on sale to the public which


were not appropriate for restriction to supply on


prescription under the Dangerous Drugs Act , 1951 ,


or the Therapeutic Substances Act , 1956 , and had


not so far been recommended for control as


poisons .


5 . We recommended that , in general , any drug or


pharmaceutical preparation which has an action on the


central nervous system and is liable to produce physical


or psychological deterioration should be confined to supply


on prescription and that an independent expert body


should be responsible for advising which substances


should be so controlled . 6 . As an interim and urgent


measure , the Secretary of State for the Home Department ,


on the recommendation of the Poisons Board , has


We are glad to note the action that has been taken


and we hope that arrangements will be made to ensure


that , as other preparations affecting the central nervous


system become available , they too will be brought to


the notice of the Poisons Board , or such other advisory


body as may in due course be appointed for the


purpose , to consider whether there are sufficient


grounds for restricting any of them also to supply


on prescription .


8 . The second part of our Interim Report was


devoted to anaesthetists who become addicted


to the gases and vapours which they use in the


course of their professional duties . We


ascertained that the incidence of this irregular-


ity was very small indeed . However , over a


period of eleven years , patients' lives had been


endangered in two known instances .


We were assured by our expert witnesses on this


subject that , with the apparatus at present to hand , the


preliminary sniffing of the gases immediately before


administering them to a patient was a recognised and


necessary precaution . We accepted this . 10 . In view of


the heavy and direct responsibility carried by every


anaesthetist we were convinced that anyone addicted


to the inhalation of gases and vapours should never be


entrusted with their administration .


The main tasks of the Rolleston Committee , whose advice


we were invited to review , were to advise on : ( a ) the


circumstances , if any , in which the supply of morphine


and heroin , and preparations containing these substances ,


to persons addicted to those drugs might be regarded


as medically advisable ; ( b ) the precautions which medical


practitioners administering or prescribing morphine or


heroin should adopt to avoid abuse and any


administrative measures that seemed expedient to


secure observance of those precautions .


12 . Through the system of records and


inspection then in operation cases were


brought to the notice of the Home Office


at that time in which exceptionally


large quantities of morphine and heroin


had been supplied to particular practi-


tioners or prescribed for individual


cases . On further enquiry it was


ascertained that sometimes the


doctor had ordered these drugs simply


13 . It appeared then that in some circumstances


dangerous drugs were being supplied in


contravention of the intention of Parliament


that a doctor should be authorised to supply


drugs only so far as was necessary for the


practice of his profession . Before deciding on


measures to secure proper observance of


the law , it was felt necessary to have


some authoritative medical advice on various


aspects of the treatment of addiction , ...


The Rolleston Committee's recommen-


dations in 1926 on the supply of morphine


and heroin to addicts to these drugs and


on the use of drugs in treatment are discussed


later in this Report . They have , up to now ,


been included in the Memorandum on


the Dangerous Drugs Act and Regulations


which is prepared by the Home Office


for the information of doctors and


dentists .


The Secretary of State was empowered , on the recommendation of a


tribunal , to withdraw a doctor's authority to possess and supply


dangerous drugs and to direct that such a doctor , or a doctor


convicted of an offence under the Act , should not issue


prescriptions for dangerous drugs . ( 3 ) It was made clear


that prescriptions should only be given by a duly qualified


medical practitioner when required for purposes of


medical treatment .


Nevertheless , average net family income


was appreciably higher in families with


several children than in those with only ,


many of which were incomplete families


of younger parents with lower earnings ,


and of course with lower tax reliefs and


no family allowances . The rise in net family


incomes between 1954 and 1959 was great-


est for childless couples , especially older


couples ( probably because of the


Compared with 1958 , the expenditure index for 1959


showed increases of 4 to 6 per cent for couples without


children and those with one child , and much smaller


changes for couples with several children . The quantity


index , which has risen only slowly since 1956 , was


almost unchanged in 1959 for couples with two or more


children , but rose by 3 per cent in the older two-adult


households and by 1-2 per cent for younger childless


couples and couples with one child .


As in 1958 , younger couples paid some 12 1/2 per cent


more per calorie than the national average , and families


with four or more children 19 per cent less . The only


substantial change was in families with three children ,


for whom the index declined from 91 to 88 . Table 27


also shows the corresponding values of an index which


compares the prices paid by different types of household


for the commodities constituting the average household


diet in 1959 .


For all foods the range was from 3.6 per cent above the national average


in younger two-adult households to 4.8 per cent below in families with


four or more children , compared with -3.6 to -5.4 per cent in 1958


and -2.8 to -2.6 per cent in 1957 . As with the price of energy index ,


the only noteworthy change was for households with three children ,


in which the index fell by 1.8 to 97.5 per cent of the average for


all households in the sample .


The price ranges for milk ,


cheese , sugar , bread and flour


were very narrow . For most other


foods younger childless couples paid


the highest average prices and


large families the lowest , the price


gradients being steepest for


carcase meat ( -7 to -7 per cent ) ,


" other " fish ( -8 to -11 ) , " other " vegetables


( -9 to -9 ) and beverages other than


tea ( -12 to -16 ) .


Consumption by younger childless couples declined


throughout this period , but that of the smaller families was


maintained except for the slight fall in 1959 . In the largest


families , particularly those containing four or more children ,


there was a tendency for consumption to increase between 1955 and


1957 , and thereafter to decline . Graduated scales of family


allowances were introduced in October 1956 , and the welfare


milk subsidy was reduced in April 1957 .


75 . The smaller families and the residual groups of


households containing children reduced their consumption


of sugar and of preserves , but in all other types of


household a decline in purchases of the one was


accompanied by an increase in consumption of the other .


76 . Most groups spent slightly less on potatoes than in


the previous year , but consumption was maintained


except in families with more than one child and in


the unclassified households with children or


adolescents .


All groups except families with four or more children


or with adolescents but no children consumed more fresh green


vegetables , especially in the first half of the year , although most


reduced their consumption of other vegetables . Purchases of


quick-frozen peas and beans generally increased , but extreme-


ly wide group differences persisted , the averages ranging from


0.1 oz. per head per week in families with four or more


children to 0.9 oz. per head in younger two-adult


households ; average consumption by older couples and other


wholly-adult households was 0.5 oz. per head per week .


The two latter groups consumed much smaller


quantities per head of canned vegetables and canned and


bottled tomatoes than any other group , and much smaller


quantities of canned and bottled fruit than younger


childless couples ; in households containing children ,


consumption of canned fruit fell off sharply with


increasing family size , but there was no regular


gradation in purchases of canned vegetables and canned


tomatoes .


All types of household benefited from the improved


supplies and lower prices of fresh fruit compared


with 1958 , but the increase in consumption was


least in families containing children . 77 . Total


bread consumption was virtually unchanged ,


although most types of household bought less


white bread and more rolls and speciality


breads than in 1958 . Most groups increased


their purchases of puddings , cakes and biscuits ,


but obtained less flour .


78 . Regression estimates of the expenditure on


different commodities attributable to the adult


couple and each additional child in a selected


group of households consisting of childless couples


( both under 55 ) and couples with different numbers


of children were given for 1952-56 in Table 39 of


the Annual Report for 1956 . The younger childless


couples are broadly comparable in age and family


income with the family households , so that differences


in food expenditure may be associated with the


presence of children .


The relative expenditure per child declined from 1952 to 1956 ,


but rose in 1957 when the subsidy on welfare and national dried


milk was reduced ; since 1957 it has again declined . Most of the


average expenditure associated with a child was on cereal foods ,


potatoes and milk ; for fresh green vegetables , fruit , cheese , fish and


carcase meat , the incremental expenditure was slight .


79 . Table 30 shows the energy value and nutrient content of


the diets of households of different composition . The averages


showed little change compared with those for the previous year ,


except for generally increased intakes of vitamins C and D .


Since physiological requirements vary widely with age , sex


and level of activity , comparisons between families of different


composition are only apposite when considered in relation


to needs .


80 . Estimates of the adequacy of the diets , assessed by


comparison with allowances based on the recommendations


of the British Medical Association , are also shown in Table 30 .


In comparison with the previous year , changes were small


except for higher estimates for vitamin C . In families with


four or more children the levels of adequacy for all


nutrients other than vitamin C decreased slightly .


For this fairly small group , comparisons between different


years cannot be made so precisely as in groups with a


defined number of children . In 1959 the households in


this group contained slightly more children ( average 4.64 )


than in the previous year ( average 4.53 ) . Their total food


expenditure increased less than that in other groups ,


and they purchased more of certain foods such as fish ,


poultry , eggs , canned vegetables , fresh fruit , chocolate


biscuits and breakfast cereals which , in general , are more


expensive sources of nutrients than those foods of which


they purchased less , namely dried milk , potatoes , carcase


meat , sugar , bread , flour and oatmeal and oat products .


5 . Other forms of war damage payment made by the Commission


are highway payments , clearance payments ( for clearing remains of


structures from " total loss " sites ) and church payments . Although


differing in certain important ways from the ordinary cost of


works payments , the sums paid under these heads have the


common feature that they are all payments in respect of works


which have been carried out .


To provide fuller information about certain types of


dangerous occurrence , Section 65 of the Factories Act ,


1937 , requires notification of certain specified


occurrences to H.M. District Inspectors of Factories ,


whether or not they result in injury . Appendix 20


gives figures of dangerous occurrences reported in


1960 ; the types of occurrence which have to be


reported are set out in the heading to the Appendix .


The total number of dangerous occurrences reported


during the year was 1,409 , an increase of 111 over


the total for 1959 . However , the number of


notifiable accidents associated with occurrences fell


from 252 ( 31 of them fatal ) in 1959 to


245 ( 22 fatal ) in 1960 . The main increase in


the numbers of occurrences reported occurred in the


category of those due to the collapse or


failure of a crane , derrick , winch or hoist , where


there was an increase of almost one-third from


335 to 438 .


The equipment takes two forms - an insulating


guard on the jib of the crane , intended to


prevent direct contact with the line , and


electronic equipment with a sensitive probe


mounted slightly forward of the head of the


jib and with electronic assembly


and warning apparatus in the driver's


cab . Improved designs of both forms


are being tried out at present .


There is , however , a danger that workers


will rely too much on fixed devices because


they fail to recognise their limitations .


It is therefore safer both in principle and


practice to keep the worker away from


overhead lines wherever possible , e.g. , by


( 1 ) re-routing the line , ( 2 ) putting the supply


underground , ( 3 ) making the line


dead ( after consultation with the supply


authority ) , ( 4 ) providing barriers at a safe


distance to prevent vehicles from approaching


It is also important to remember that on


lines carrying the higher voltages flashover


from the line may take place without


actual contact . A new type of


machine has recently been developed for


the automatic rolling of sole leather


bends . The sheet of leather is placed


on a sliding feed tray outside the


danger zone and is then pushed


forward between two platens , the upper


one carrying a set of small rollers .


The lower platen , which supports the


leather , is raised hydraulically to bring


it into contact with the rollers on the upper


platen , which is then caused to make


several horizontal oscillations so that the


leather is rolled and pressed at the same time .


The danger zone between the platens is fenced


by a guard which is interlocked with the


hydraulic valve and the press is also


sequentially operated : the closing of the shutter


starts the machine , the rest of the cycle


following automatically .


A new method of applying sand to the


faces of green bricks has recently been


developed . In the case of wire-cut bricks


the column of clay from the pug-mill is


carried by a short length of belt


conveyor to the sanding plant .


This consists basically of a vibrating


hopper from which the sand is


distributed to all four faces by a


system of slots , scrapers and worms .


The conveyor is broken at this point to


enable the sand to be applied to


the under surface of the column , which


passes on through two pairs of


vibrating rollers which embed the sand


firmly in the surfaces and is finally


cut into bricks at the wire cutting


table .


Of over 7,000,000 square feet of factory space built by the


development corporations , about 20 per cent represents


extensions built after the firms had become established .


It is the policy of the corporations to charge full rack-


rents or ground rents for their factories or industrial


sites ; and rents vary considerably according to the demand


for factory accommodation .


The average gross return on established industrial estates


ranges from 7 to 9 per cent of the capital expenditure on land ,


site works and buildings . Manufacturing industry affords


employment to large numbers of non-manual as well as


manual workers . An analysis made by Crawley Development


Corporation in 1958 , after collating replies from fifty-eight


manufacturing firms employing over nine thousand staff ,


showed that 5 per cent of the staff were classed as


managerial and administrative , 11 per cent as technical


or employed in research and 19 per cent as clerical .


There is no reason to suppose that this pattern is peculiar to


Crawley . The development corporations have aimed at a varied


pattern of industry , offering a reasonable choice of


employer as well as choice of occupation for men , women and


school-leavers , with due regard to the industries


already established in their towns . Inevitably engineering ,


including the motor vehicle and aircraft industries ,


predominates in all the London new towns since these are


among the industries which have expanded most


during the last ten years in the country generally .