| Description | Understands that Catherine has toured Europe with Aunt Simpkinson and awaits news of trip. Clear that Catherine will not visit Hobart, so meeting must wait until Eleanor's return to England. 'I am afraid however we shall find England much altered for the worse, the late attempt upon our young Queen's life does not speak much in her favour'. A good rainy season has done well for farmers. Thanks Catherine for her gift to the Christian Knowledge Society who are still in need of funds. A note that Captains Ross and Crozier have left to search for the South Magnetic Pole and feels Ross will be determined to follow the course until the pole is located, listing their probable stops at islands before their expedition starts in full. Their send off is described. A new observatory installed, Ross Banks, named in honour of Capt. Ross, in the charge of Henry Kay. Descriptions of how the observatory is used and about a 'grand term day, when the observations are taken in several places in the world precisely at the same moment of time'. A page on the 'laying-of-stone' ceremony for the new Government House and the college. Mama has bought Betsy's Islands, 880 acres. Shops in V.D. Land have the appearance of those in London, but produce is not as good, last year's season. Books Eleanor is reading and mention of Count Strolilskii staying with them and taking a geological and mineralogical survey, in which the Colony is engaged. |
| Recipient Location | Revd. I. Wights, Wrangle, Boston [Aspley Hall, Nottingham crossed out] |