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The Journey to Malta; Austin's various merits; a British man of war is an admirable work of human ingenuity; leading personalities; the Maltese could do more for themselves than the Government can.

The few remains of the 'roast beef God save the King feeling' in writer have been eradicated by seeing what the English have been in a weak colony; colonies have some chance of being heard since the Reform bill; Malta is a suitable residence for an invalid; government establishment is overdone, yet it is inefficient; Nicholls agrees with writer on Irish poor laws; writer rejoices at the repugnance of the Maltese to workhouses.

Plans for returning to England; a strong blow would convert the Government's totter into a fall; the difficulty of forming a Tory government; Lord Brougham is a wasp who inflicts no deep wounds; Lord Glenelg is very popular in Malta, but not in Canada; Ranke's book is an antidote to religious bigotry.

Appeasing Austria is no reason for not introducing a free press into Malta; objections to the present conduct of England towards Malta; the Queen will adopt the narrow and selfish prejudices of her order; cholera.

Instructions for the liberty of the press have been most welcome; moral rather than legal checks on the government are still favoured; Malta will still be a crown colony, but an elected council to advise on legislative subjects will be proposed; the number of sinecurists is almost beyond belief; most reports have been posted; an article in the Edinburgh Review on workhouses in Ireland.

National dignity prevents the mail from being sent through France; the military are in a state of active jealousy against her; English officials in Canada, or in any colony where the people are non-English, are complete bulls in the china shop; Canada must be given independence or self government; the Duke of Wellington's despatches.

The reprehensible conduct of the Radicals concerning Canada; an event showing the extreme susceptibility of the Maltese to an attack on their religion; a pamphlet by a Maltese advocate.

Head is being considered by the Government.

Holiday plans.

Writer's European tour.

The procedure and progress of the Church Commission; Lister will probably not be needed in Ireland, as he will have to superintend the printing.

TFL is undecided about going to Ireland; men of older standing than writer will be appointed to the Corporation Commission; the need for local paid inspectors of factories.

There is possibility of the Tories remaining in office beyond Easter; Irish indifference to the fall of the Whigs; possible changes in the Church Commission or even its suppression.

The Home Office refuses to give up the Commission's reports; three changes in the Commission are probable; Lord Duncannon's position; clergymen complain of the Commission; Croly's pamphlet and Inglis's book on Ireland.

Recipient's illness; writer has obtained from his tours a living picture of the state of the people; he is unable to account for the neglect of the people of Waterford to take advantage of nature's opportunities; the government has brutalized the people.

The landlord ought to pay land tax and sewer rate; Roebuck's remarks on writer's article in the London Review; endowment removes the interest of the priest.

TFL has exaggerated a rumour; there has been no culpable breach of confidence in any quarter; the conduct of the Colonial Office.

After a number of perplexing changes writer receives a letter from Lord Glenelg asking him to go to Malta; Mr Nicholls returns to Ireland after sending in a worthless paper to the Government.

Preparations for going to Malta; the true sources of the Maltese grievances are the exclusion of the upper classes from high office and the poverty of the lower classes; the difficulty of colonizing places outside the British empire; the Government's awkward position with respect to Irish poor law; Chadwick's dull performance on the Poor Laws in the Edinburgh Review.

Whitmore's character of the Maltese is exaggerated on the unfavourable side; the true defect of the upper classes is ignorance and narrow mindedness; the opposition of the clergy to a free press has been overcome; trade with Italy and Spain; the ultimate triumph of the Radicals is certain, but they should compromise with the Whigs, who could be induced to side with the people against the aristocracy, postponing their permanent interests to their temporary resentment.