Faraday to the Editor of the Times   7 December 1835

Sir, - A paragraph having appeared in the Courier of this afternoon¹, in which I am censured for allowing myself to be suspected of having given, or having countenanced the giving by others, to the editor of Fraser's Magazine for the present month, data on which an article headed 'Tory and Whig Patronage to Science and Literature'² was founded, and of which article an extract was published in The Times of Saturday, the 28th ult.³, I beg leave thus publicly to state, that neither directly nor indirectly did I communicate to the editor of Fraser's Magazine the information on which that article was founded, or further, either directly or indirectly, any information to or for any publication whatsoever.

Trusting you will oblige me by inserting this disavowal in The Times of to-morrow morning,

I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant | W. [sic] Faraday.

Royal Institution, Dec. 7, 1835.