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Sends a volume of debates on motions put forward by WW respecting the slave trade. Hopes that they will both agree that the rapid improvements in conditions that have taken place will ensure that the population as a whole will see that the keeping of slaves is unnecessary.

Sends his congratulations on EM's forthcoming marriage.

Apologises for not replying to a letter sooner and confirms that the petition was presented without delay.

Gives thanks for a recent 'friendly communication', wishes GH success with spreading protestantism and recounts somewhat disbelievingly the news of a miracle.

Apologises for not replying to a communication sooner and blames the problem with his eyes for this apparent incivility.

Was so interested by 'the affair of honour' in which he was called on for aid that he forgot about Mr Harbord as 'the medium thro' which to get at Mr Bodkin'. Asks TFB to manage it for him. Is anxious about the poor widow. Hopes TFB's wife will benefit from being by the sea. The hot day makes WW long for the woods and downs.

Acknowledges a letter sent to him by WBC. Asks for more information on the subject but points out that a lack of time, absence of advisors and advancing old age means that he cannot devote a great deal of energy to new projects.

Apologises for intruding on WW's time and would not have done so if he had known about his poor health and advancing years. Gives an account of his efforts in converting 'the pagan inhabitants' in India.

Apologises for the delay in replying, being in part due to the failure of his eyesight. Gives thanks for a volume sent recently, but asks for another copy as he has mislaid the first.

Gives thanks for the present and commends EWB for her work 'sowing the seeds of good principle in youthful and even infant minds', an education that was not available only a short time previously.