He provides a full report on the election of Robert Smirke and Drummond to the membership of the Academy, he provides the names of all voting members; Hoppner was not there, neither were Soane, Rigaud, Sandby, Tresham and Woodforde; he lambastes Shee for his actions at the meeting; Wyatt held a dinner with Bourgeois, Yenn and Cosway, Lawrence ponders the decline of Wyatt in the Academy; he provides a character assessment of Robert Smirke, Dance tried to influence his design on the theatre, to make it more "theatrical"; Lord Castlereagh was tight lipped about the war.
Bibliography
Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.60.