Walpole seeks advice on a Roman inscription intended for his work (see preceding letter). In a PS he adds an inscription from the Troad mentioning Homer.

Compositors of the Clarendon Press to PE, one of the Delegates, objecting to the proposal to reduce rates of pay

J W Mylne - request and thanks for a testimonial for a position as assistant and successor to the Prof of Logic in Glasgow. He did not get the post. (NB PE has been dangerously ill.)

John Crawford in Naples to PE in Oxford - re inconclusive negotiations to purchase some mss. from the Colonna library - the Colonna heirs don't expect much, but the Vatican may be interested - PE has authorised payment of

William Crawford enclosing a sum of money from his mother in Rome

Mr Barnard after spending the day in Ch Ch didn't receive PE's note to come round till his return home

Percival Hart Dyke re his son Percy - caught with coachmen in his rooms (offence of driving) - rusticated from Oxford, and now the question of moving to Cambridge

Robert Bourne acknowledge receipt of note and liberal fee. Will visit again, but hopes that PE will soon be cured

William Tayler (Isle of Wight) re finishing the Tuscan Room and the Pheasantery

J Parker (uncle? Helensburgh near Glasgow) - progress of a court case to do with a trust - some gossip, remarks on Bonaparte, and family news