He refers to the failure of the Niger Expedition and how he had accounted for it to himself by arguing that God had taken the matter entirely into His own hands. He tells him that he heard the most pleasing accounts of Black people in the West Indies and quotes Stanley's address to the Government of France saying that he hoped other nations would be encouraged by this to follow the example of the British. He rejoices in the abolition of Indian slavery even though he realises that the effects might not be immediately apparent. He tells him how happy he was in his family life and hoped that all was going well in his diocese for which he had abjured such delights. He reports that Elizabeth Fry was dangerously ill following a mission to France, Holland, Germany, and Denmark, and that they feared the worst though she was peaceful. Joseph John, who accompanied her, had also been seriously indisposed but had now recovered. He reports on the concern felt for the state of Ireland, that trouble was expected, and it was thought that France and America would take advantage of that, but he believed God would not allow a nation that had abolished slavery and tried to suppress the slave trade to be vanquished by those who still practised both. (Copy.)