Rev. William Alderson from Aston (co. York): had fully intended writing earlier to congratulate Sir Henry on the birth of his daughter; is now without a curate: "it makes me labour much more in my vocation than I have ever been accustomed to do ... the year 1816 has added above thirty sermons to my stock ..."; gives an account of the accident in which he was shot by Henry Gally Knight; the Sheffield riots have ended less seriously than those in London. 27 Dec 1816