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The benevolent Howard, who devoted himself with such zeal to gaol improvement, on hearing of the intentions of the magistrates, made a visit to Shrewsbury for the purpose of examining the plans; and the circumstance is thus adverted to by Telford in one of his letters to his Eskdale correspondent: "About ten days ago I had a visit from the celebrated John Howard, Esq.
He accordingly left Eskdale for the first time, in 1780, and sought work in Edinburgh, where the New Town was then in course of erection on the elevated land, formerly green fields, extending along the north bank of the "Nor' Loch." A bridge had been thrown across the Loch in 1769, the stagnant pond or marsh in the hollow had been filled up, and Princes Street was rising as if by magic.
Nor does he forget to add that he has his hair powdered every day, and puts on a clean shirt three times a week. The Eskdale mason was evidently getting on, as he deserved to do. But he was not puffed up. To his Langholm friend he averred that "he would rather have it said of him that he possessed one grain of good nature or good sense than shine the finest puppet in Christendom."
'Ah! exclaimed one of the ladies, turning at the voice, and starting a little. 'Ah! it is Mr. Coningsby. Lord Eskdale paid the salt for the next carriage. 'Do they come down pretty stiff? he inquired, and then, pulling forth a roll of bank-notes from the pocket of his pea-jacket, he wished them good morning.
The letters written by him from Portsmouth to his Eskdale correspondents about this time were cheerful and hopeful, like those he had sent from London. His principal grievance was that he received so few from home, but he supposed that opportunities for forwarding them by hand had not occurred, postage being so dear as scarcely then to be thought of.
Lord Eskdale had a plan for putting Villebecque, as he termed it, 'on his legs again. It was to establish him with a French Company in London at some pretty theatre; Lord Eskdale to take a private box and to make all his friends do the same. Villebecque, who was as sanguine as he was good-tempered, was ravished by this friendly scheme.
'I know nothing about annuity offices, but I know that almost everybody dies who goes to those countries; look at young Fernborough, he was just Tancred's age; the fevers alone must kill him. 'He must take some quinine in his dressing-case, said Lord Eskdale. 'You jest, Henry, said the duchess, disappointed, 'when I am in despair.
It is impossible, even now, to travel in any part of England, Wales, or Scotland, without coming across innumerable memorials of Telford's great and useful life; impossible to read the full record of his labours without finding that numberless structures we have long admired for their beauty or utility, owe their origin to the honourable, upright, hardworking, thoroughgoing, journeyman mason of the quiet little Eskdale village.
'I shall be with him in good time, replied his lordship, again looking down. 'If you could manage to come down at once, my lord, said Mr. Harris. 'Why? 'Mr. Leander wishes to see your lordship very much. 'Ah! Leander! said Lord Eskdale, in a more interested tone. 'What does he want? 'I have not seen him, said Mr. Harris; 'but Mr. Prevost tells me that his feelings are hurt.
'Sir Charles Buckhurst, sir, a Berkshire man: Shirley Park is his place. 'Why, that must be Charley's son, Eskdale, said Lord Monmouth; 'I had no idea he could be so young. 'He married late, you know, and had nothing but daughters for a long time. 'Well, I hope there will be no Reform Bill for Eton, said Lord Monmouth, musingly. The servants had now retired.
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