Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Gaskell, 1852 February 26.

Concerning the recent fall of the ministry ("I do not however think that the change of government need necessarily forward the realization of our wishes ... for I do not think a protectionist government will last over more than one quarter day"); efforts to secure a pension for "your Manchester Howard"; expressing his approval of the marriage of their mutual friend, Mrs. [Caroline Anne] Davenport [known as Lady Hatherton following her marriage to Edward John Littleton in February of 1852].