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The extreme mischievousness of keeping up large fighting establishments; nothing can be less prosperous than the French settlement about Algiers; the flattery of 'our youthful Queen' is most nauseating, and it must inevitably corrupt her.

Good sense in England regarding the Canada revolt; writer supposes that Brougham wished to be appointed instead of Lord Durham; the financial relations are the cardinal point of colonial government; the chief cause of discontent is the paucity of posts for colonials; the Duke of Wellington's moral character and practical ability; English lawyers in Malta are most troublesome demagogues.

The English lawyers are the pests of Malta.

The great importance of education in manufacturing districts; English outrages, unlike those in Ireland, are suggested by anarchical opinions.

Prospect of Anglo-French metal trade; French liberalism; history of the Revolution; the trial of the Duchess of Berry; Nice is ready to fall to France; its population; the penitentiary, language and climate of Sardinia.

Cholera in Radnorshire; Brougham is involved in a skirmish in the Commons; John Romilly canvasses Ludlow for his brother Edward.

Recipient and his brother receive appointments; Lord Melbourne mismanages the London police; a radical change in punishments is needed; TFL decides not to undertake the Poor Law Commission in Ireland; the Bishop of London complains about the immorality of English theatres.

A noisy night at Liverpool; a girl in a state of insensibility; Whately does not answer letters.

Contradictions regarding the Irish character; recipient's suspicion that they are an inferior variety of the Caucasian race is confirmed; the North Welsh are inferior to the English; writer differs from Senior's view that an English poor law in Ireland would not diminish emigration.

Plans for a visit to England; slow progress of the work in Ireland; Hume's masterly pamphlet on the Corn Laws.

Writer's English visit; another enquiry in Ireland; Cameron is the reputed author of an article on the Irish poor laws.

Articles in the Law Magazine.

Mr Wilkins succeeds TFL in Parliament; writer cannot afford a contest; the disturbed condition of Tipperary; conacre land; a combination to prevent the ejectment of tenants; violent means of enforcing its rules; possession of land or starvation are the only two alternatives; Revans is now in charge of the Poor Commission; the Church Commission is very popular with the Catholics.

Civil, Protestant, and Catholic parishes; Lister's article on Irish church reform; the Tory attempt must fail.

A change of ministry is hardly possible, but would have a powerful effect in Ireland. Incomplete.

Wells has been appointed by the Poor Law commissioners for the Ash district.

Writer and his father are in favour of recipient accepting a most important office, especially as the government is gaining strength; recipient would also get rid of the contact of Torrens.

A Latin motto. (Enclosed was writer's paper about quarantine.].

Italian objections to the freedom of the press in Malta are carefully considered and dismissed; the real objection is to the increase of English influence in the Mediterranean due to her liberal policy; there are only about three Italian exiles in Malta; the Maltese are full of strong national predjudices and are religious even to superstition, so they would not allow foreigners to meddle with their politics; the great difficulty is ignorance, which can only be removed by a free press and education.

Writer is satisfied that his paper on the Irish Poor Law should be published; the anonymous pamphlet, probably written by Whately, is detestable; he tries to prove that no poor law can be administered in Ireland; a good system would be better than Whiteboyism and fear of starvation; the workhouse must be the gate to emigration; Mr Nicholls is better calculated to make a poor law for Ireland than Whately; priests contract a habit of intellectual dishonesty; the King may have interfered with the liberty of the press in Malta; the Commission wish to be recalled unless the Colonial Office are likely to grant political changes; the Commission has excited expectations; a legislative council and municipal bodies will be recommended; moral, but no legal, checks on the conduct of the local government will be proposed; having been subject to military despotism for 300 years, the people are childlike; granted certain conditions Malta might be governed with an old broomstick; with a free press, illegal assemblies could be put down; economic prospects are bleak; reckless habits of breeding might necessitate emigration; the hot weather; cholera.