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Mr Francis Pigottys name is submitted as governor of the Isle of Man.

Smethurst's guilt is subject to so much doubt that its unsafe to carry out the sentence; its infliction in this case would discredit capital punishment generally; the judge was wanting in judicial calmness; the perplexity of this case has been mainly owing to the uncertainty of medical science; the pregnancy of Isabella Bankes would explain the obstinacy of some of the symptoms; suspicion of poison is not uncommon; other forms of punishment. Draft.

'We' are still completely in the wood [at the Poor Law Commission]; recipient is requested to get Mr Gilpin to go over to Harpton and let him look about; writer makes suggestions for his visit to Harpton; Shaw Lefevre is really a very remarkable person.

After dining with Charles Wynne writer has made out the actual position relating to changes in the Cabinet and government; the King has taken it into his unlucky head to make Harries Chan[cellor] of [the] Exc[hequer]; writer intends to stay till he knows his fate; he cannot consult his counsellors; social news.

Writer thanks recipient for both his letters; he has long suspected that the plan referred to in the last [letter] would be carried into execution whenever an opportunity offered; writer has minutes of what passed at Eywood and Berrington in the autumn of 1789; he cannot reconcile the prudence in supporting as a county member a person not over friendly to the present measures of government; writer imagines Mr J[?ohne]s would meet with some difficulty if it was represented that he was to be succeeded by a gent. not very zealous in 'their' cause; it is not prudent for writer to mention to L[or]d S[y]d[ne]y what recipient apprehends is going forward, but the latter's informant could drop a hint; writer will learn the state of Lord Lisburne's health and how soon this vacancy may happen; Mr Morgan Evans assured writer that Mr Price's appointment was much against his will; writer has bought into the 3 p[e]r c[en]ts with the notes returned by Mr Meredith. Copy: ?incomplete.

His friend W[illia]m Cooper has informed writer that recipient was even better than was expected; the sound of the words our separation hitherto vibrates in writer's ears; he now writes to her from 'this place' [Harpton] as his acknowledged wife in the life time of the only person who has kept them so long asunder; writer wishes to consider the various difficulties they have yet to struggle with; he is confident on account of her persevering prudence in that long exile she has so lately emerged from; the country 'here' hope she is destined to live amongst them, and will naturally call for a due exertion of those qualities which she is happily possessed of; a regular servitude of full 8 years has made him know those persons he is now with well - his uncle is the declared enemy of every thing to which he can affix the name of elegance or pleasure, while his aunt, from an intolerably bad education, is ignorant of every qualification w[hi]ch serves to alleviate the many troubles of life; his father had wished that writer would not experience one quarter of the uneasiness which he himself had received from each of them; writer submits to a thousand things his [nature] abhors in the interest of his family and the very great objects he has in view; whereas they have been wading through a sea of troubles in different vessels, they will soon embark in the same vessel. Endorsed is: Note stating his uncle and aunt did not visit Bedford Row, 1774, Oct. 22.

Price and some supporters named did nothing but give ale at Radnor; writer was there with Coz Lewis of Nantguilth and others named; as no one was mentioned writer thinks that 'they' had none. P. S. The coachman died last night; recipient is requested to get a new one.

Writer can't suspect any one but Jerry [? the Rev. Jeremiah Griffiths], who is in Town, or the D[octo]r, of hawking the borough about; writer can make 500 burgesses in the out boroughs, but no one else can make even one; as the returning officer is of his own naming, he can make as many as he pleases there likewise; 'he' is but one of six magistrates, and is a rakish man; writer has some thoughts of an advertisement similar to one in the Whitehall Even[in]g Post of 15-18 Dec. P. S. Recipient is told to ask Mr Redman about the out-boroughs.

Writer suggests methods of trapping and frightening Jerry, who is to be found at young Slaughters Coffee House; No. C/31 was enclosed for R. Willbraham; 'wee' are all in snow. P. S. Writer wishes to know how to prosecute a coutnry parson for keeping a whore publicly in his house.

The Honest Parson put Price upon looking out; 'they' give out Mr Pelham prevented his sooner declaring, but that Perry now thinks himself at liberty; if writer were in Town he would let the Duke know that he had preserved the interest of town and county this 40 years; writer enclosed No. C/36 to Mr Stone who would lay it before the Duke; recipient is requested to call upon Wilkinson with Sir Hump[hrey Howorth']s and writer's service; writer is glad the Duke succeeds 'him', but he fears Leg[ge] is not staunch. [Address cut off.].

At the meeting at Radnor Jennings was proposed, but is said to have declined and to have recommended another to Lord Ox[ford]; the writs are to be sent down by the purpose messenger who brings Sir Char[les] Williams down to Lempster; the D[octo]r's Lady will cry and roar more when she is told there is no letter by the next post.

Disturbances occasioned by this unhappy accid[en]t may probably reach this place; Oxford may have spoken on the side of the marriage bill to get in with the chancellor; the Duke of Newcastle and Fox will hardly operate together; the salary had been promised in the course of the winter; all must be put to the worthy parson's account; the coachman had a serious accident when he was airing Sharper, the wheel horse; Edwards, a Presteign surgeon who has done many extraordinary cures, had much ado to stop the blood; writer will be in Town in May; the Tories, who have put up Gorge, will carry ?Lemsster if the old governor does not bribe lustily; S[i]r Rob[er]t will spend [£]1,000 there; the weather is extremely cold. P. S. Mr Pelham's sudden alteration was owing to his not staying long enough at Scarborough and not physicing afterwards sufficiently.

An application could be made to Mostyn personally or by letter; members are uncertain as to when the writs are returnable; writer has such a monster near him; if he does not succeed he will pretend to be zealous for writer, who wishes to know whether the application came by letter or from Jerry or any one else personally proposing it in Town; if Mr Redman won't tell recipient, he must tell the House; writer is prepared to inform the Speaker; Mr Pelham's loss would have occasioned great confusion; writer got Patty instructions for [?his] will three months ago; recipient's sister is a little better. P. S. Enclosed was: C/33, Advertisement in a modified form. Draft.

Writer admits his close connections with Herefordshire; the possibility of no vacancy for some time and his advanced age deter him from accepting the candidature which recipient had suggested. Draft.

The word thrall; improper compounds; recipient's paper on affirmatives and negatives; discomfort at Nice; literary and legal gossip; the church has much more to fear from the dissenters than the infidels.

Recipient's description of Conway; defects in the Irish and Scotch removal bill; union organisation; tigers and lions in the classics and the Bible.

Homeric verses on the Duke of Wellington's election; Baden Powell's History of Philosophy.

Herefordshire words.

Recipient's article on Buttmann for the Philological Museum.

Travelling to Harpton; social gossip; O'Connell's policy and liberation from gaol; the trials of the Fualdes murderers.