4th Thursday – Julia went to Newport. The invitation to the members of the borough of
Newport to dine with their constituents was accepted today, at the Queens’s Rooms
about 275 of the electors and their friends had the opportunity of welcoming their
respected representatives, Charles Mangles and Charles Bart Esqs. In the good old
English fare and the best cellar could supply. The viands were supplied most bountifully
by Mr. Read of the Wheatsheaf. On Saturday Jacob Brading was charged with
trespassing in pursuit of game and fined 40s and costs. At Ryde there was a tea party
held at the Working Men’s Institute.
