
          conversed with MrMaclean on the
subject of the increase of compensation
He says that without an action of the
Board the old sum of 500 dollars
could be given but at present
the funds of the Institution are in
such a condition that it will
be impossible to do more and
at the same time live within our
income - More of this however
when we meet - The support
of the college is principally from the
South and from the prospect of the
times we may anticipate a diminution
of our numbers. -

I have just parted with a gentleman
who saw you a few days since at
the shop of Mr Bosch He informs me
that he never saw you look so thin
and that the appearance of your face
indicated a diseased liver. The person
is Mr [Welsh?] the canal engineer Your
        