On coming down to breakfast the newspaper disclosed to us the fact that the Prince died last night at about eleven o’clock. This is a more important event than it would at first appear to be. Politically the Prince is made a cipher, but in point of fact he was the most trusted adviser of the Queen. Filling a situation of great difficulty he has acquitted himself so admirably as in great measure to disarm the jealousy and distrust of the English nobility. Perhaps there has never been a period of twenty years in English history, when the Court movement have been better regulated nd so free from intrigues of all kinds. Much of this is due to him. The English will value him better now that he is gone. We stayed at home all day. Mr Senior called in and stopped to dinner. Mr Bates and I took a stroll in Richmond Park, where I observed the setting of the sun at fifteen minutes to four o’clock. The weather continues very open and the grass is fresh and green. Professor Owen, his Wife and son dined with us also. He is one of the superintendents of the British Museum, and I agreed to go to see it on Tuesday. Messrs Calvert and Stuart Wortley came in to make a call on the Batese’s. Little talked of but the painful event. I had some conversation with Mr Senior about American politics.311