Asks for bed, board and stabling at start of journey to Petersburgh (?). If PE replies to Stafford Row rather than the Exchequer, he is not to mention the topic which has occupied his recent letter, since Bedford cannot guarantee that the letter will not be read by others. Someone (the king?) has been suffering from intestinal gas.

Serious letter of advice. PE apparently is about to further a young man's career by finding him a situation abroad. Bedford warns against action which may give rise to a future claim from the young man's mother and sister, who will no longer have his support.

Spearman has asked him to recommend Abbott, recently enrolled at St Alban Hall - formerly in the Light Horse Volunteers, and now seeking ordination as he has to support his family following the death of his father.

Kidd has sent an agreeable letter concerning PE, which he has shown to Hallam - all PE's friends are indebted to Kidd for his attentions. Lord and Lady Grenville were most kind during Bedford's three days at Dropmore.

Publication of Septem. Knows little about the comic writers. Abuse of Mr (Edmund?) Barker and Dr (Samuel) Parr. Mild criticism of Gaisford. Hostile remarks re Butler.

Remarks on his editions of Aesch, and on PE's review of Gaisford's republication of Markland. Porson's drunkenness, and the charge of plagiarism against PE (Horsfall pp459f.). Butler has decided not to reply to the criticisms in the Ed Rev in his latest volume. Monk has been staying. B has yet to meet PE.

History of B's (anonymous) review of Monk's Hippolytus, and Monk's warm appreciation of it. Edmund Henry (Barker?) publicly criticises B, taking his attitude from Dr. Parr (who clearly lisped). Prepared to review PE's Oedipus if Monk doesn't get in first. Support for new journal (inc. PE's). PE's proposed visit to Cambridge. Authorship of preface to Porsoniana (Horsfall pp454ff).

PE thanked for commenting on B's (warm) review of PE's Heraclidae (?). Visit to Oxford and meeting with Gaisford. Sales of Museum Criticum - Murray (see Row 174) has printed 1,000 copies, whereas the total possible readership must be ca.300! Proposed visit to London, where he hopes to met PE (apparently for the first time) - PE has vetoed The Grecian, so B suggests The Hummums. Typos in Valpy's Iconographie. Punning jokes on Butler's Geography.

Mild text. crit. of Heraclidae. Liber Fossianus. Progress of printing of Persae - B anticipated by PE in Classical Journal, but this will have to be acknowledged in the addenda. Frr. of Alcaeus in next ed. of Museum Criticum.

Date probable, in view of preceding. Staying at The Hummums rather than at Eastey's. Too busy to visit St Mary Cray, but hopes to see PE in town. Lack of contributions to Museum Criticum - hopes for some notes on the Medea from PE.