I am partly, indeed, of my correspondent’s way of thinking in this matter; but I must not allow myself to be dazzled by his munificence into an undue respect for his opinion; and I beg to assure him, and one or two other religious gentlemen who have had the goodness to concern themselves about my inconsistency, that the change in my mode of life which they wish me to carry out, while it would cause no inconvenience to me, seeing that I have before now lived in perfect comfort, and could now live in what is much more to me than comfort—peace—on a couple of guineas a week; plaguing myself no more either with authorship or philanthropy, and asking only so much charity from the Bursar of Corpus as to take charge for me of the sum of £2,000 sterling, and dole me out my guineas from that dead capital monthly,—the surplus, less burial expenses, to be spent in MSS. for Corpus library at my death;—while, I say, this would be an entirely satisfactory arrangement, and serenely joyful release from care, to myself, it would be an exceedingly inconvenient arrangement to a number of persons who are at present dependent on me for daily bread, and who, not sharing my views about Interest, would have no consolation in their martyrdom. For which, and sundry valid reasons besides, I once for all assure my conscientious correspondents that the time is not yet come for me to do more than I have done already, and that I shall receive without cavilling, or asking for more, the tenth part of their own fortunes for St. George, with extreme pleasure. THE MASTER’S ACCOUNTS. £ s. d. Aug. 21. Crawley [91] 30 0 0 ” George Inn, Aylesbury [92] 30 0 0 23. Circular notes [93] 200 0 0 ” Down’s 50 0 0 25. Annie Brickland 10 0 0 Sept. 1. Raffaelle 10 0 0 ” Bernard Quaritch 320 0 0 ----------- £655 0 0 =========== Balance, Aug. 15th 596 12 8 Sale of £500 Bank Stock 1279 8 0 ----------- 1876 0 8 655 0 0 ----------- Balance, Sept. 15th £1221 0 8 =========== III. From ‘Carlisle Journal.’