Item 141 - Richard Jones to William Whewell

RJ will write about WW's political economy in another letter ['Mathematical Exposition of some Doctrines of Political Economy: Second Memoir', Trans. of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1850]. Details concerning WW's private business: 'I should certainly have been better pleased to have seen some portion of your property taken out of Railway securities'. However the Marshalls wanted a reinvestment and RJ did not think it right to oppose their decision: 'But I think it right to consult Fuller before it is irrevocably done - that is I want to know if the powers in your settlement clearly authorise it. I have little doubt they do and shall not interrupt the transaction on this account'. RJ 'was to have been settling prospective legislation during the recess early on but all the plans proposed about copyholds sweeping up tithes etc may be upset by coming men and events'. RJ has heard that there is perhaps some serious check about the University Commission, however, 'I think they must proceed with it in some way or other.