Immediately on the receipt of your letter of the 22nd September I had an interview with Mr Long on the subject—He has promised me to use his best exertions to fulfil the wishes of the Visitors of the College—In addition I am carrying on a correspondence with Several literary men with a view to success—

To the learned Professor Sandford of Glasgow I have written—my acquaintance with some of the Professors of Oxford I shall turn to the same account—It is not however to be disguised that there is great difficulty in procuring a man of the high standing which fits him for the vacant professorship who is willing to leave his Country for a distant land—Still I am not hopeless—It is unnecessary to assure you and your associates of my Zeal in a Cause whose success I have so much at heart—Mr Lawrence is now in Paris: before leaving England he informed me he had turned over the funds of the University in the hands of Baring brothers & Co to my credit as your Trustee—The amount seems to be £324 12.2. It will give me pleasure to be serviceable to the University in appropriating this fund if the University desires it—I offer you my best respects