File 1/39. - Frances Bunsen and Charles Bunsen,

Describes her state of health and Emily's; encloses recipe for eye-ointment given by Mr Bill; writes of H's progress; praises Mr Brandis's account of his journey from Orvieto to Assisi and says he will soon return to stay with them; says they will spend part of parents' £50 gift to make Palazzo Astalli fit to rent; refers to Emily and Mr Manley's visit to Lanover and Mrs Waddington's and Augusta's holiday at seaside; mentions their own intentions of going to Genzano for a few days where Mr Niebuhr's baby daughter is very ill; says she intends singing Palestrina with Sardi, Signor Giovannini and Eberhard, the sculptor. [Charles Bunsen] explains why official notification of appointment and salary are 2 months late; says he has not regretted sacrificing independence by taking his first public post since his provisional post at College of Göttingen, because he has not sacrificed his freedom of spirit; writes how they intend spending money in future - a 3 month trip through Naples, Paestrum, Tuscany, Orvieto, Assisi, Perugia, Terni, Narni, Todi, Florence, Pisa, Bologna, Venice; hopes to be introduced to Duke of Gloucester during his visit to Rome; praises Frances Bunsen's sketching and needlework and criticises dilettanti women who degrade themselves by exposing works to public; to illustrate trait of Italian character strange to the English and to the Germans, tells story about robbers' pact with government; refers to Welsh superstitions mentioned by Augusta as remarkable.