Herries has suggested asking for PE's help in devising a Latin inscription for a sword to be presented to the commander of the frigate Lavinia. Some humorous suggestions are appended - e.g. He forced his way though French and Dutch - but yet/ Begg'd he might not appear in the Gazette.
Apparently PE on behalf of his sister-in-law Mary Elmsley (nee Hallowell) has questioned whether Henry Bedford can forward letters to Mary's brother Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew. Would like to accompany PE to Cambridge, but the notice is too short and his father is unwell.
A bill of Mrs Elmsley has been accepted at the Treasury. Has just returned from visiting Bignor Roman Villa (discovered three years previously), Petworth, Chichester Cathedral and Chertsey Abbey (being dug up by the owner for materials).
Asks for advice for purchasing an edition of Sophocles, with Latin notes - also Aeschylus and Euripides. Has taken PE's watch to be cleaned by Martin in King Street. A copy of Barre Roberts' book awaits PE at Paine's (presumably Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of Barre Charles Roberts, with a Memoir of his Life - reviewed by Southey in the Quarterly Review of January, 1815).
Urges PE to come to town to view the Duke of Grafton's library prior to its auction by George Nicol (the Nicol who has been visiting PE with Bedford? - v.355 et al.). This would enable Bedford to escape a concert to which he has been invited - or if PE would bring silk stockings, he could come too.
To PE at Hotel de Flandre in Brussels (v. 309). Has seen some of PE's letters to Mrs Elmsley - comments on the prison at Ghent (v. 301), and asks if it is similar to Jeremy and Samuel Bentham's panopticon; the Penitentiary House at Millbank (first prisoners admitted on 26th June, 1816) built on same principles. Comments on Ghent cathedral, and on PE's view of the people. Wynn has had a son. News of his mother and brother.
