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Leigham - four pupils at his new school, fees, Derwent Coleridge in Plymouth, Samuel Macaulay to become rector of Hodort, Barnes' curacy to end soon, only 40 or 50 adults in his congregation

Leigham - Will be pleased if the parents to whom Blakesley has recommended him send their children to his school as he now has only 5 pupils, has become curate of Egg Buckland, unsuccessful attempt to gain a valuable hereditary living in Gloucestershire, has visited North Wales

Plymouth - Failure of Tennant and Spedding, his family's new house, organ within, misgivings as to the capacity and honesty of the cabinet, Chancery and Parliamentary reform bills, poor heroic Poles, capture of Warsaw, still has not been given a curacy, application for the Mastership of King's College School, impressed by Tennyson's poetry.

Tamerton - trip to Totnes and Dartmouth, enquires about Blakesley's plans, Parliamentary reform, invitation to visit Devon, cottages for purchase, acquaintances in Tamerton

Plymouth - Blakesley's election to a Fellowship, Blakesley should chose the law as a profession, wishes him to visit

Plymouth - declines to visit Germany, affections for Wordsworth, still looking for a curacy, Saint-Simonism, time as a student

Plymouth - enquires about Blakesley's chosen profession, error of politicians in basing policy on precedents, Barnes' lecture on Paradise Lost attacked on religious grounds, church reform

Plymouth - Blakesley's decision to go into the church, Barnes has set up a school, visit of Coleridge and Macaulay, death of [?] Arthur from a wound received in a duel

Thorpe Arch - their old companionship, pleased to be remembered to [Richard N.?] Barnes, Milnes' Parliamentary pleasures

Plymouth - Blakesley's fellowship, Barnes working hard and his health is suffering accordingly, Aristotle and the importance of rhetoric, injustice of the forcible establishment of the protestant church in Ireland, Whately's writings, requests news of Donne

Plymouth - Barnes ordained and made chaplain of the West Floe colony of lime workers, congregation small as women do not come out after dinner, still working hard at the school, 38 or 39 pupils, met Kemp at his ordination