CE is candidate for office of secretary to Commission of Inquiry into state of University of Cambridge.
CE is candidate for office of secretary to Commission of Inquiry into state of University of Cambridge.
Received royal warrant to appoint commission of inquiry into state of Cambridge University. Asks JH to attend between 16 and 22 Oct. Also inviting Adam Sedgwick and John Romilly. Wants joint meeting with Oxford inquiry commission, headed by Bishop of Norwich.
Thanks for his encouragement. Regarding the Hoggerts.
As president, TW asks JH to chair next annual soirée of Leeds Mechanics' Institution and Literary Society. Names distinguished predecessors. Describes members and activities.
The publisher [John] Murray wants a new edition of JH's Admiralty Manual. Suggests revisions for WW to make in WW's paper in that volume.
Has no intention of standing as MP for Cambridge. Thanks him for his generous offer. Would be pleased to pass on £200 to his cousin Thomas Baldwin.
Was pleased with JH's reply to his offer. Has just returned from Poole. Remembers Mary Baldwin. Long discussion on politics.