TALBOT7065

Dear Sir,

I regret very much that it would be impossible for me to go to London at present, or even till spring. If your case ¹ were one of those that depended on my testimony I would allow neither business nor health to prevent me from giving it; but I feel confident that you will succeed, and if there is any flaw of a legal kind to injure your case, I am sure that no individual evidence could reverse it. Altho' personal testimony is necessary in a Jury trial, yet your Counsel ² can avail himself in his speech of that which has been given in affidavit or even in Books.

Sir John Herschel ³ will surely not fail you on this occasion, and M^r Buckle ⁴ of Leamington will I am sure as he promised to me give any testimony in your favour. His evidence appears to me to be of the greatest value, as he still thinks the Paper Process the best.

I am working night and day on finishing my Life of Newton ⁵ which will require 5 or 6 months more.

I am Yours Most Truly
D Brewster

S^t Leonards' College
S^t Andrews

Nov^r 25^th 1854

H. Fox Talbot Esq^r.