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Accounts. Mary better. Wedding to take place in a fortnight. Hay bridge going up fast, report of an early opening of railway. Enquiries about Henry.

Accounts. Mary much better after her visit to London. Henry expected in a few days and they will accompany him to Llysdinam. Hoping for rain so that they can fish.

Acknowledges cheque for £20 towards new church. Has already received £575 in subscriptions. Politics - the Peelites, J. R. and Palmerston, Disraeli and the Times. Thanks his brother for information. Locally King and Hambury canvassing, G. C. Lewis' seat probably safe. Edward Dew's illness.

Ada V. Dew, The Vallets, Whitney, Herefordshire, to the recipient at Cannes on behalf of her husband, Tomkyns, who is very ill. Writes of the difficulty of nursing a sick man in a wretched cottage with little help apart from their baby's nurse. Thinks the baby and nurse will have to be sent from there if her husband does not improve enough to be moved very soon.

Addressed to Bishopthorpe Palace, York. Suggests when he returns to town he should see an authority about his foot. The payment of Consol dividends. Regulations about cattle plague. Mrs Newton died suddenly, the third person of his acquaintance to die young in as many weeks - the others Peel and Aldworth.

Addressed to Bishopthorpe Palace, York. They look forward to his visit. They will be at Clyro until 30th - the day of the Hay flower show. The baby will be 3 months old on 31st, a suitable date for her arrival at Llysdinam.

Addressed to Isle of Wight at the Tennyson's home. It had been decided at the meeting that any person committed for an indictable offence connected with Rebecca riots be sent to Assizes. A case of violence against the police. He does not think their tenants have much sympathy with the rioters. Rent day, Evans of Lluestnewydd half a year in arrears - the only one.

Addressed to Naples, in the care of H. Lushington. Glad to hear he is recovering from influenza. The visitation and Quarter Sessions. Archdeacon Davies brought his dog to church. He and Mary plan to go to the Quinta for a fortnight and while there made arrangements about Chester house which is not let. Social news. Aberithon let. Coarse speech of Booker in Hereford Agricultural dinner reported in Times, Oct. 20 and 21. An official return of value of things in Exhibition is to be published.

Glad he approves of the tower [at Llysdinam?], He is none the worse for the accident. Extremely cold, temperature 90F in the night. News that Gambetta is willing to accept German peace terms. Letter from Agnes enclosed. She reports on baby's progress, visit of old Mrs Dew and Tomkyns who looks very decrepit, death of two girls in village from consumption and severity of the weather - they have been distributing blankets, etc.

She is editing a volume of contributions to be printed by women at the Victoria Press, to be called victoria regia and the Queen has accepted the dedication of it. She names some of the contributors - Mr Tennyson, Mr Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, etc., and appeals to him for a paper. Her interest in finding suitable occupations for women. The prejudice against women compositors disappearing.

Thanks him for offering a choice of contributions. She would prefer the prose paper as they are short of weighty articles.

Letter of thanks for message of sympathy on death of her husband, Walter Devereux, and news about the children.

She is glad the article is progressing and likes the subject. Does he wish to see a proof?.