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Nassau. - Seeks Chief Justiceship as Judge Lees thinks of retiring; has deputised in the past; previous Chief Justices advanced in this way; his own long service; lists offices held; asks if Milnes will approach the Duke of Newcastle; would like to become Colonial Secretary here if the Chief Justiceship eludes him; experience of the office during 1853-1855; Nassau crowded as a result of the neighbouring [American Civil] war.

Letters from: Edward Vavasour, [9] Aug. 1837; Carl Bauer, 28 Aug. 1842; Count Ladislas Plater (in French), 19 Dec. 1843; Sir Benjamin Hawes, 23 Aug. 1847-8 Jul. 1860; E. H. Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, 15 May 1859; H. Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, 16 Aug. 1864, with some financial and Ceylon Government papers

B[awtr]y. - Proposed Lord Henry Bentinck for the county at his request, despite own illness: speech well reported in the Times. Lincoln's expenses are thought to be paid by Peel, Buccleugh and others. Retford poll prospects. Postscript: the Duke of Portland's oak plantations from Worksop to Mansfield; Retford poll 580 to 15, many did not vote; Granville Vernon on attendance at Henry Gally Knight's funeral.

56 Wilhelm Strasse, Berlin. - Will Milnes intercede with Lord Lincoln as appointments are being made; also has support of friends in Ireland and a strong letter from von Humboldt; will come over shortly to importune those who have not given support to 'one of the Martyrs of Science'; desires to know 'whether you would wish me to obtain for you or any of your more particular enemies an estate or two in Gallicia, as I think I could do something with the Austrian Molly Maguires. There are, however, still upwards of 17 out of 900 landed proprietors alive'.