File FG 1/25. - Anecdote about Rossini, 28 Dec. 1857 (p. 15); particulars about Thackeray 1 Jan. 1858 (pp. 20-2), a character sketch of ...,

Anecdote about Rossini, 28 Dec. 1857 (p. 15); particulars about Thackeray 1 Jan. 1858 (pp. 20-2), a character sketch of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 6 Jan. 1858 (pp. 25-6); brief reports of debates in the House, 5 Feb. - 12 July, 1858 (pp. 43-150 passim) including an account of his speech against the Tenants Compensation (Ireland) Bill (pp. 82-7); copy letter to Lord Derby applying for a peerage with a copy of Derby's reply, 6 Mar. 1858 (pp. 56-62); meeting at Lord Derby's, 30 Apr. 1858 (pp. 95-6); a visit to the Westminster House of Correction, 16 June, 1858 (p. 130); negotiations with the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort and the Duke of Beaufort over the marriage settlement of his son Arthur and Lady Emily Somerset, 15 June - 17 July, 1858 (pp. 129-55 passim); a visit to Cherbourg including an account of a meeting between Victoria and Napoleon III, 4-7 Aug. 1858 (pp. 179-83); a sailing trip on his yacht from Strangford to Rothesay and Greenock and a visit to Edinburgh, 11-27 Sept. 1858 (pp. 203-29) and to his Cumberland estate including a long account of the iron ore mine at Moor Row, Whitehaven, 28 Sept. 1858 (pp. 217-29).