TALBOT2168

Lansdowne House ¹
Ap^l 12^th

Dear Henry

Altho’ from what Kerry ² tells me I conceive that you may not feel as much interest now in the fate of Malmsbury as you did when I last saw you, I may as well tell you that it is determined as far as Gov^t is concerned to recognize its claim to be raised out of the unfortunate Schedule A. ³ to the comparative paradise of B. where I trust in future its one member will be returned upon purer principles than have hitherto produced two –

Yours ever truly
Lansdowne