| Content Description | States that he is sorry to hear he had been unwell and asks if he had tried homeopathic medicine; discusses European politics and states that in his opinion, Bismarck is becoming increasingly dictatorial; informs him that he had discussed Bismarck with Rechberg, who felt that if Britain and France were not prepared to go to war over Denmark, Prussia would gain in strength; informs him of a prisoner in Padua calling himself Robert Newton, who has been robbing innkeepers all over Europe; states that he is thought to be a Dublin barrister. |