IntheeveningdinedatMinisterNewel’s。SatbetweenMinisterOkolicsanyioftheAustriandelegation，andCountWelsersheimb，thechairmanofthatdelegation，andhadinterestingtalkswiththem，withtheDukeofTetuan，andothers。ItappearsthattheDuke，whoisaverycharming，kindlyman，has，likemyself，apassionbothforcathedralarchitectureandfororganmusic;hedweltmuchuponBurgos，whichhecalledthegemofSpanishcathedrals。
ThencetothefinalreceptionatthehouseofM。deBeaufort，ministerofforeignaffairs，whoshowedmeacontemporaryportraitofGrotiuswhichdisplaysthetraitsobservableinthecopieswhichBurleighpaintedformetwentyyearsagoatAmsterdamandLeyden。TalkedwithSirJulianPauncefoteregardingtheSwissmatter;hehadabstainedfromvotingforthereasonthathehadnoinstructionsinthepremises。
July2。
InthemorningMajorAllen，militaryattacheofourembassyatBerlin，arrived，bringingtheGrotiuswreath。UnderSecretaryHay’spermission，IhadgiventooneofthebestBerlinsilversmithsvirtuallycarteblanche，andtheresultismostsatisfactory。Thewreathisverylarge，beingmadeup，ononeside，ofalaurelbranchwithleavesoffrostedsilverandberriesofgold，and，ontheother，ofanoakbranchwithsilverleavesandgoldacorns，bothboughsbeingtiedtogetheratthebottombyalargeknotofribboninsilvergilded，bearingthearmsoftheNetherlandsandtheUnitedStatesonenameledshields，andaninscriptionasfollows:
TotheMemoryofHUGOGROTIUS;