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Has been suffering from 'acute gout'; cannot attend 2nd reading of Poor Law Bill but has convinced Lord Grey to give it priority; will attend committee stage and ask recipient if he knows of any likely amendments. 'Private'.

Will dine with recipient on Tuesday.

Has received article from Morning Post sent by S.; only obstacle now [to S. obtaining post as Master of Chancery] is Lord Brougham who has written to Lord Melbourne [re abolition of Mastership on grounds of economy]; comments [in pencil] at end of letter: 'There is no chance now I think for you.'. 'Private & confidential'.

Has invited Mr J[ones] Lloyd [recte Loyd] to dine on Sunday and would like S. to meet him and [George] Nicholls; S. can make arrangements with Henry [Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord Shelburne] re journey [visit to cotton factories of Lancs.].

Invites recipient to dinner on Sunday; will arrange introduction to Professor [? ] of Bonn.

Returns paper which he praises: '... it will fairly exhaust the subject of Irish evils & their causes.' Need to outline possible Government measures; comments on growing strength of RC clergy in Ireland; is to visit Bowood and hopes to see recipient on his return.

Thanks for recipient's opinion; delighted that marriage has taken place [? Lord Shelburne's second marriage]; encloses letter from [Mcvay] Napier re Irish article and asks recipient to suggest to Napier that Nassau William Senior's paper should not be shortened.

Has been working on the Belgian trust; surprised that his former letter had been sent to Napier. Many Whigs disapprove of paying the RC clergy, so that 'I have no right to pronounce what Napier evidently considers as a decision, binding the future conduct of a party.' Believes reviews are useful means of informing public opinion but decisions can only be taken when 'opportunity for action arrives.' Suggests Napier should show article to Russell.

Comments on the Poor Law in Ireland; has attended meeting of Board of Guardians in Co. Donegal and comments on Mr Montgomery and Lord Conyngham's attitude to problem.

Lengthy report on Poor Law in Glenties Union; gives statistical analysis; suggests indoor relief might be better than outdoor relief; comments on possibility of levying a rate for all Ireland; this would be opposed by Ulster. 'I am told that such an attempt wd make all the Northern Irish (the handle by which we hold Ireland) our bitter enemies.' Suggests that commissioner(s) should be sent to inquire into the working of the Poor Law Extension Act.

Writer has discovered passage in [Lord] Holland's papers:. 'I have a strong proof of the falsehood of the imputation of his (Lord L[ansdowne]'s) having made money by the peace [? of Adrianople, 1829] - as one can have of a negative proportion. Lord W[ycombe ?, Lansdowne's son] came of age soon after & before he was 21 he concurred with his father in arrangements which relieved him from many pecuniary embarassnients. His principles in such matters were correct - On others they may have been questionable.' Lansdowne and Senior have agreed that this part should be 'struck out.' Will see that corrected MS is sent to Longmans [? Lord Holland, Memoirs of the Whiq Party durinq my Time, ed. by his son, 1852].

Encloses extract from letter by Tocqueville, which is more alarming than Sir Howard Douglas's postscript. Tocqueville believes that Louis Napoleon may 'turn his arms against us.' Has heard a number of comments which he relates. Criticisms of Duke of Newcastle and Lord Hardinge: 'neither... are good judges of men.' '.... Dr Smith, the head of the Medical Board is a worn out selfish old man, who does nothing but complain of the trouble that the war gives, and has sent both to Scutari, and to the Crimea a set of surgeons whose ignorance and inhumanity are frightful.' Critical of General England and Napier, Chads, Plumridge, Boser and Dundas of the navy. 'Pray forgive this painful letter. It has cost me much to write it.'. Copy. [Attached also is a typed copy by Mrs Strachey].

Sends book containing writer's 'unmutilated' Uncle Tom article; grieved to hear that recipient has gout; relates of planned visit to Scotland and might have journeyed to Dunrobin had recipient been there: 'But I fear that when man proposes, gout disposes.' 'There were strange rapprochements at Holland House last week. Thiers & Clarendon. Thiers & Palmerston. Palmerston & D'Aumale. Holland House will be marked with black in the Tuileries Register.'.

Re visit of a 'medium', Mr [Daniel Dunglas] Home; describes mysterious seance at writer's home; has heard that Britain is to cede the Ionian islands. 'I have advised Sir E[dmund Walker] Head to put up for Greece. Why shd they have a royal candidate ? A man of Gubernatorial experience wd do far better.'.

Re mistaken idea that Artim Bey had made offensive remarks to writer about the Viceroy [see C142]; hopes recipient will explain matter to Viceroy. ? Draft. [Attached is one page of galley proofs from Conversations and Journals in Eaypt and Malta, stamped 1882, Aug. 10].

Writer may write biography of [2nd] Lord Grey; is working on his Roman history.