To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street - visit to Bedgebury - the Beresfords - T.R. Robinson and the dispute about the Herschel telescope - Herschel and Babbage - Herschel's character (pp.5-8 missing) - Mrs Hawse, née Brunel - Brodie and the man who swallowed a guinea - Boswelling Sydney Smith on the Irish church - London conversation - Rogers and Macaulay - S. Smith's admiration for Herschel's Essay on Natural Philosophy - Mrs Somerville - Bushe - Maria Edgeworth and prudent reticence in old letters to Mrs Ruxton. pp. 5-8 of letter missing