Thanks Smith for sending the willow-cuttings, especially 'Salix russelliana'. Sir Joseph Banks is "uncommonly well" after using a "French quack medicine" for gout, at the behest of Lord [George John] Spencer, called Eau Medicinale de d'Husson; short description of his relief after the first dose. Attests for efficacy of the medicine: Major [James] Rennell [(1742-1830), cartographer] and twenty others have all tried it with the same immediate relief, it is unknown from which plant it is derived. Death of [Henry] Cavendish [(1731-1810), natural philospher]; short obituary. Plans for altering and improving the Royal Institution have met with little opposition.