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J.J. Conybeare on reasons for not entering the election for Public Orator. Congratulate PE on Alban Hall, and hopes he will not now be above gossip. Has written to the Dean of Ch Ch explaining his feelings about the Public Oratorship.

P B Duncan (subsequently Keeper of the Ashmolean) to PE in Florence. Asks after some statuary ordered by William Sotheby, and also some ordered by himself. News from Oxford (no gas lighting yet). Publishing news (inc. John Murray) - Byron's Don Giovanni too caustic to print. Society gossip (inc. Lord Erskine, Lord Chancellor, eloped with his 2nd wife and former housekeeper and mistress to Gretna Green, disguised as an old woman).

Boisonade looks for a comment on (a ms. of?) the Anecdota, and argues that later Greek authors, while not comparable to the classical greats, are still worthy of study. Cf. l.70 above.

Note from E Devonshire (to PE?) enclosing the preceding.

R Finch (Balliol, antiquary, widely travelled in Europe and Holy Land, resident in Rome) in Pisa to PE in Naples. Hasn't written because of an eye complaint. Congratulates PE on his appointment re the Herculaneum mss., though regrets that Sophocles will have to be laid aside. Hints that Lord Spencer was closely watched in Florence in case he removed anything. Remarks on the English party scene in Florence. Horsfall p476.

J.Bull thanks PE for a magnificent present - has been to the Westminster Play (Epilogue not bad).

J.Bull congratulates PE on his learning

A charade, plus a an amusing epitaph on a tombstone in New England.

Note on No.6 of the 39 Articles.

Aulus Gellius [Sir William Gell] to PE at the Albergo della Speranzella (possibly in Naples?) re the publication of some papyri, to be dedicated to the King (if the King should disappear, the name can be changed from George to Frederick, George III's 2nd son. No date, but an oblique reference to the dropping of the Pains and Penalties Bill puts it between Nov 1820 and Aug 1821 (death of Queen Caroline). See Horsfall p476f & notes ad loc - perhaps the letter should be dated to late 1820, just after PE's departure from Italy.