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his sisters : ' Whewell called on us oil Sunday 

 afternoon and confided to Carry his matrimonial 

 intentions, . . . and when Mrs. R. heard who the 

 intended was, she merely observed, " He'll get a 

 ' temper.' ' But I dare say they will be very 

 well matched, and that there will still be a Master 

 as well as a Mistress of Trinity.' 



In this month Professor Owen ' was honoured 

 with an invitation from the Prince of Wales to 

 dine at the White Lodge on Saturday,' for so he 

 writes to his sister Catherine. The Prince was 

 then in his eighteenth year, and on this occasion had 

 gathered round him a small party of five. There 

 was ' much agreeable conversation,' Owen says, 

 ' the form of waiting for a remark or question from 

 the royal host not being observed. I told the 

 Prince the latest news of Dr. and Mrs. Livingstone, 

 and of Madame Pfeiffer, just returned from Mada- 

 gascar. The history of Richmond Park coming 

 up, General Bo water remarked that Charles I.'s 

 enlargement of it was one of the causes of his un- 

 popularity. " Why should that have made him un- 

 popular?" asked His Royal Highness. "Because," 

 replied Mr. Gibbs, " he took other people's land 

 arbitrarily, or not quite according to law." I 

 noted the use of such an opportunity of imparting 

 constitutional principles.' 



The frequent memoranda of sums of money 

 in the corners of letters sent to Professor Owen, 

 in which a request was made for help, form a 



