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Sends the address of Thomas Farrer, whose brother he has been to see. Routine matters.

Concerning the dispute between the [Glamorganshire] Canal Coy. and the Marquis of Bute, in which the arbitrator has reported only the evidence of a lock-keeper on the Canal side against a host of evidence for the Marquis; advice to apply for a rehearing. Routine business advices.

W(illia)m Routh, London, to William Crawshay (II), Merthyr Tidvil, to acknowledge the receipt of correspondence relating to Farrer, with which recipient's father agrees.

W(illia)m Routh, London, to William Crawshay (II), Merthyr Tidvil, to explain the above viewpoint of recipient's father, which is based on news of Hill's increase of furnaces and on the view that part-payment of Wages out of Poor Rates plus distribution of production costs over a large output enable iron to be sold at £4. 15s. 0d. per ton. Recipient is asked to go ahead with this policy or advance reasons against it. [Inscribed on Letter 679(a)].

Concerning the decision announced in Letter 683, and his agreement with the policy of selling only as much iron as will keep their heads above water (without reducing stocks); the probable increased demand for iron from the U.S.A, where the Northern States must accede to the demand of the Southern for further reduction in import duties; Blakemore's intention to sue the Canal every Monday; the absence of news of the ship on which young Forman sailed.

Concerning the expenses, renumeration and promotion prospects of a midshipman and his ability to secure such a berth for "young Davis"; a letter from "the old Rat" (Bibby?) which has been sent to the "Ratcatcher at Newington" (William Crawshay I).

The strengthening of Littleton's Bill [Vide Letter 539] by Lord Brougham, who has struck out the clause permitting the Privy Council to dispense with its operation in particular places and at particular periods. Routine advices.

W(illia)m Routh, partner in the London House of Richard and William Crawshay to William Crawshay, II, Merthyr Tidvil, also a partner, to announce that Richard Crawshay, dissatisfied with the recent rearrangement of shares in the partnership, is pressing for a larger share for himself, to which recipient's father is disposed to consult if recipient will concur. The illness of recipient's father.

The withdrawal of the Canal Bill because of Lord Bute's carrying a clause to the effect that he was Lord of the Taff and entitled to compensation for any water taken from it. The likelihood of trouble following from this claim and from "rogues of lawyers and agents".

The refusal of recipient's father to consider a change; the probability of the system of selling all the "make" from Cardiff not bring interrupted. Routine advices. [A pencilled note on Letter 472(a)].

On behalf of recipient's father, and in response to recipient's letter, sends back Letter 86 and intimates that the correspondence over the last three years with George Crawshay, who had been given an eighth share in the London Houses has also been destroyed to remove unpleasant records. The decision to again reduce iron prices to £8 the arrangements between the London House and Cyfarthfa for June; accounting matters.

The decision of recipient's father to take orders at £5. 10s. but not to allow the circulation of notes to this effect to the trade; the attitude of the father towards Letter 482, the purchase of Hensol, the loan to Harfords, and George Crawshay's wish to retire; the weakness of George Crawshay; his doubt of the father's yielding further at the Balance meeting. The father's hint that his money would not be buried with him as recipient seems to suppose.

Concerning his appointment as sole correspondent and sales conductor under recipient's father, who daily increases in jealousy of interference with regard to prices etc.; an explanation of his attitude to Lenox, Logan, Brunton, the Navy contract, the prices charged to these, and other matters; a request for recipient's opinion of the proposal to buy Blakemore's Melingriffith Works and of the alternative proposition to extends Cyfarthfa for the purpose of making tinplates, sheets and hoops.

The danger of the defeat of a Parliamentary Bill in connection with the Glamorganshire Canal unless concessions are made to Blakemore, to which recipient's father is averse. The slippery attitude of Lord Bute. Routine advices.

Intimating the acquiescence of recipient's father in recipient's intentions as to the Chepstow concern [the bank?] from which recipient expected £1,500 or £2,000 a year.

Sends a proxy for voting in the Glamorganshire Canal Company can behalf of recipient's father; and a notice from the London House to Cyfarthfa, terminating the agreement between the two concerns. The desire of recipient's father to decide far himself whether Cyfarthfa should stock its iron, dispose of it at a low price to the London House, or sell direct to the market.

Encloses a copy of a letter sent by himself to Messrs. Harford Brothers & Co., to the effect that William Crawshay is vexed with Meyrick's delay and wishes the agreement as to the mortgage to be completed immediately. Routine instructions. [inscribed on Letter 265(a)].

W(illia)m Routh, partner in the London House, to William Crawshay, (II), Merthyr Tidvil, to recommend Banks of Joliffe & Banks, as a suitable engineer for the work named by recipient, of whose father's reaction to Letter 87 he gives friendly information. The father's secret intention to make recipient a partner in Hirwaun works, and make George Crawshay a partner in the London House without effect on recipient's share.

Routine advices concerning Edwards's Bill, the possibility of Lord Bute's paying off some Trust Money; the hearing of the [Glamorganshire] Canal case, etc.

A detailed account of the bidding for the Rumney Works, which was entered at the last price of £72,100 and knocked down at £126,100 to Lake; the declaration of Thomas Forman that he was the buyer for the South Wales Mining Co.; the report that the Duke of Beaufort thought Bailey ill used and would not agree to the assignment (of the lease to the new purchasers) unless Bailey participated.