The letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858 . Grand Seiior atConstantinople. Many thanks for the papers. Thedebate very interesting. Lord Aberdeen seems tobe gone demented, and the great Duke, if weak inbody, perfectly sound in his intellect. I suspectmy friends the Whigs are rather at a must be a screw loose. The only good ofall these trastornos [disturbances] is the exchangeon England being so delightfully low. They are,here and at Cadiz, looking out for bills on England,it is said, to remit them to Lisbon. My wife is busy as ever with the Alhambra, andis a little better, but still
The letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858 . Grand Seiior atConstantinople. Many thanks for the papers. Thedebate very interesting. Lord Aberdeen seems tobe gone demented, and the great Duke, if weak inbody, perfectly sound in his intellect. I suspectmy friends the Whigs are rather at a must be a screw loose. The only good ofall these trastornos [disturbances] is the exchangeon England being so delightfully low. They are,here and at Cadiz, looking out for bills on England,it is said, to remit them to Lisbon. My wife is busy as ever with the Alhambra, andis a little better, but still most wretchedly thin andweak. Saturday, Sevilla [21 Feb. 1832]. I enclose you an exact account of the militarymovements which have taken place here ; you willreceive the same account by next post from from Cadiz. This is a copy of what DonJulian writes to him this post; but, as possiblyit may interest you to have even this informationwithout loss of time, I send it you also. Don Julian (who is the best of Gods creatures). P. ri 00 MILITARY MOVEMENTS 83 never likes troubling any one, still less so greata man as your Hxcellency, as his instructions areto correspond with Don Brakenbury, otherwise hewould, in these sort of cases, write directly to you. The weather here is delicious, like EnglishOctober. Ronda Hills are covered with snow,which is unusual: Don Jose writes from Granadathat the Vega is wrapt in a fleecy mantle and thePicacho inaccessible. Captain Cook duly arrivedper diligence, we shall shortly forw^ard him toCadiz. I wish I could say as much of Don Mark,who is expected. My spouse mends very slowly ; I wish she goton as well as the Alhambra azidejo drawings. (Enclosure.) Wednesday, the 15th inst. (February 1832).Part of the Escuadron de Artilleria Volante leftthis city for Valencia de Alcantara by the Badajozroad, consisting of 4 pieces (8-pounders),8 furgones (artillery waggons),I fragua (forge),with the Escuadron maniobrero del Regimento deCaballeriade
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