"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد II." [‎٤‎٢‎٣] (٦٥٤/٤٤٠)

JOURNEY TO IRELAND. 423
rupted by occasional tours, undertaken partly with the
object of visiting friends and partly for the purpose of
increasing bis stock of information relative to the coun
tries of the West. In 1823 be started on a visit to Ire
land. Lord Wellesley was tben Lord Lieutenant of tbe
island, and be bad sent bis old friend a warm invitation
to visit bim tbere. Malcolm's brother Charles also was
then resident in tbe vicinity of Dublin, so that the journey
had a double object.
Accompanied by a friend—Captain (now Sir Henry)
Hart—Sir John Malcolm left London on tbe morning of
the 19tb of August, by a Birmingham coach, and travelled
onward till be reached the neighbourhood of bis brother
Gilbert's village, near Moreton-on-tbe-Marsb. Tbere
he alighted, and leaving bis servant in charge of his
luggage, walked on to Todenham, where, under his
brother's charge, there was a small colony of the younger
members of tbe family—his own son included in the
number. It was a joyous hour, we may be sure, for them
when Sir John and bis friend burst suddenly into the
school-room and let all the boys loose—himself, as ever,
as great a boy as any of the party. " For some time,'
as he wrote to bis eldest daughter, " there was an end to
all peace and quiet at Todenbam." There were all sorts
of fun, ending with a volley of squibs and crackers; and
next day a grand cricket-match, in which Sir Jobn took
part, and then proceeded on his journey to Birmingham.
Leaving his friend to lionise that town, Malcolm paid
a visit to his friend Mr. Littleton, of Toddesley, near
Wolverhampton, beneath whose hospitable roof be
"found Mr. Canning and bis Secretary, Lord George
Bentinck."* Next day, returning to Wolverhampton,
* Malcolm wrote that he and Lord Staffordshire gentlemen. They must
George had been partners at whist in have been troublesome antagonists for
the evening, and won almost every any not very expert players,
game, against a couple of wealthy