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WW will see an article in the Times about the Address: 'I mention it only to say I had nothing to do with it nor do I know anything of its parentage except that it must be one of the parties represented by Mont. Villiers - I see no great harm in it except that it seems to postpone the universities to the London clergy which is not my taste. I have read Hare's [Julius Hare] letter and charge - they are excellent and practical. I think they must do good and I really feel obliged to him for them'. RJ is not so happy with Hare's 'tinkering of the address'. On the whole RJ sees 'a prospect of union which must give great strength and have really left off being scared about Tractarian wars'. RJ is very concerned about Charlotte Jones's health. The new Professor at Haileybury has been installed: 'I see nothing to dislike in him but he is not quite so striking a person as I was led to expect...his name is Buckley'.

Adhesion to the views of the Address RJ wrote have come from all quarters - 'leading politicians of all sorts pretty strong opinions as to the impolicy of moving at all - I acquiesced without being quite convinced and sent word to the Archbishop who acquiesced too and expressed himself fully satisfied'. Lord John Russell told RJ that he wanted him to communicate 'with Montague Villiers from whom I got 2 duplicate letters expressing an anxious wish that his (that is the low church) party in London should be enabled to join in what I suppose I must call my address - I ran down to Brighton to see him and found we could easily concoct an address which would remove their scruples and satisfy I thought my friends beginning with yourself'. RJ 'found him frank[,] gentlemanly[,] able and never transacted business more satisfactorily with anyone. I will not answer for it however that no small attempts will be made. on the whole it appears to me that the low church and all the high church short of the Tractarians are not unlikely to stand together in united brotherly strength and feelings if the Tractarians will fight and so out of evil may come much present and future good'. RJ thinks 'the spirit of the low church very good and I attribute this very much to Carus [William Carus] - I hardly know why'.