Remarking that he is sending this letter via a servant who is going to Dublin to bring back his son, "who has been spending his Eton holidays with the Clanricardes"; asking for his opinion "as to the state of Ireland," especially "as to the probable effect of a Dissolution of Parliament, both upon Mr. [Daniel] O'Connell's plans for exciting disturbances, & upon the respective numbers of Catholick & AntiCatholick in the new returns"; discussing why he thinks this is a favorable time for the dissolution of Parliament; wondering how a dissolution of Parliament will affect the "Catholick Question"; mentioning [Edward John] Littleton.