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their stringency being increased, and that either Episco- 

 palians or Free Churchmen will be displaced. I am 

 di-urly of opinion, with the Edinburgh Review, that any 

 nipt to exclude the latter must d fortiori act upon 

 the former/ 



About the middle of June, he set out alone for 

 i bridge to be present at the meeting of the British 

 Association, and to visit Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely, in 

 his island deanery amid the marshes. The following letters 

 to Mrs. Forbes, who remained in Edinburgh, preserve 

 pleasing recollections of the persons who then flourished 

 as the leaders in the world of science, most of whom 

 have since then disappeared. 



* CAMBRIDGE, Thursday, June \Wi, 1845. 

 * ... Here everything is so nice, and so comfortable, 

 anl so hospitable, that I wish every hour you could have 

 come with me. It would have been such an opportu- 

 nity for you to see the lions, who are all so pleasant and 

 kind. I shook hands with Hopkins the first opportunity. 

 Old L. von Buch is here, but I have not seen him yet. 

 \Yhewell does not come on account of her father's 

 death, which throws a shadow over Trinity ; but we dine 

 with tl 'T on Saturday. The Airys arrived last 



lin^r in the greatest health and spirits, and I saw the 

 comet th ron nil the great Northumberland telescope. I 

 shall finish this in the afternoon. We are likely to have 



1 work. Tin- Magnetic Committee, on which I am, 

 is to in.-'-t at ^> A.M. to-day. We dine at Miller's/ 



1 CAMBRIDGE, Friday, 1 A.M. 



. . We had a very long night of speeches at the 



ite House. I < ould not get away, as all the gentlemen 



of our party slipped oil and left me alone in my glory with 



ladies. Herschel's address was very good, but imper- 



y heard. iVaeneh ,-d the chair, and he took it. 



I have had a very busy and a \ iting 



day, but am standing it very w. -11. We have a lecture 



m Airy to i 11 not be back to the 



Observatory till in P.M., having 1 ft it at half-past fce\. n 



