Reassures Smith he franked Smith's letter to Mrs Martin, comment on Mrs Lloyd. Will be pleased to look over ["Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis"] with Smith; guards his copy and has only allowed [Edward] Rudge to view it, under supervision. Complained to Linnean Society about their habit of holding Council meetings late in the evening, which means he cannot attend, and against the Horticultural Society using the Society's rooms. [Thomas] Marsham has repaid £50 but Goodenough distressed to see the former resolution to make Marsham confess judgement has not been implemented and the business has been given to [Daniel] Moore.
Will give Smith's message about Norwich societies to Lord Sidmouth [Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Home Secretary 1812-1822]. [Henry] Hunt's meetings [(1773-1835), radical speaker] are fueling disorder amongst the "lower orders"; there are reports of respectable women being accosted for money on quiet streets and Goodenough himself was "accosted very rudely" in his own street.