He regrets that they had not done so then and suggests that if the Spaniards had not sold them Fernando Po (Bioko) by Mar, when they could hope to see the book published if they acted at once, they would never do so. Nevertheless, he agrees to abide by the counsel of his friends. He urges him to call meetings of the main body of the Society lest their enthusiasm should fade through having nothing to do, advocating a bolder line on this than Trew would be willing to adopt. He discusses the discrepancy between Scoble's views on the growth of sugar in the West Indies and those of the plantation owners, suggesting that Lushington consult Porter of the Board of Trade in this regard. He disapproves of liberated slaves being taken to Trinidad lest the Americans and Portuguese should say that Britain was exploiting philanthropic measures to bolster colonial interests. He prefers that they should be sent to Africa to clear Fernando Po (Bioko) and to grow cotton on the African mainland, though he agrees that sending them to Demerara (Guyana) was better than their remaining in slavery in Brazil or Cuba. He sketches the case that Sturge and his followers would build against them if he and Lushington supported the Demerara scheme, the result being that the African would suffer. He regrets that his views differed from Lushington's on this matter and that they were unable to meet to discuss it, expressing impatience at being only able to write about it and vexation that he had ever come to Rome. He asks whether he had read Ferguson's paper on growing cotton in Sierra Leone; he thought this would remove his apprehensions, adding that he deemed Lushington too apt to be impressed by the difficulties he foresaw in a scheme and that he should be much bolder in his undertakings. The following day, he writes that if he had time, he would start the letter anew and burn what he had already written because he would prefer to make his points less bluntly. He thanks him for his letter of 19 Dec, received that morning, hopes that he will soon hear better news of Mrs Christopher Lushington, and laments the decision of the Vice Chancellor in not allowing them to benefit from the Ironmongers' Fund, though he expected him to appeal against the decision and to win the appeal. He agrees with him over the interview with Colville and with his opinion that the Baptists would have done better to have smoothed things over, but continues to disagree with him over the matter of transporting liberated slaves to Demerara (Guyana), while admitting that he, in London, was in a better position to judge the matter. (Copy.)