| Disgrifiad | Mr Friend is obviously quite a wag, as the first half of this letter is most amusingly written. Regrets to hear of Mrs J J's indifferent health. He himself has become "a member of a Dancing Society ... twice a week did we caper away like so many devils - fancy your humble servant with his beautiful spider legs ... jigging about with all the grace of a Dancing Bear". He is at present learning Spanish. There follows a graphic description of the Peel Riots in London, in November, 1830 - a most important eye-witness account |