27 April

Thursday 27^th. Chapel. & Logic. M^r. Watts told me this morn^g

a circumstance that greatly surprised _^^{and annoyed} me. He told me

he had heard from Mr Mitchell, a member of our Hall,

that ## he (Mr. M.) had read in the Portsmo. Telegraph

of 16^{th inst.} ###, my appointment to be Sublibn in the British

Musm!!! What a damnable piece of folly! I see

clearly how it has happened. Henry has told what

passed between M_^r Baber  & myself. to Mrs Jackson, & she

in writing ^{home, has}#### magnified it into _^^{a permanent}### appointm^t. I

can only suppose, that, on receivg such a letter, my

Father was fool enough to insert such a paragraph _^^{in the Paper.}

It has vexed me to death, & I fear will be productive

of very great injury to me, ###^should it fall under the

notice of M^r Baber or the Trustees, particularly of

Mr Tyndale. – I dined with D.^r Bliss, &, by his advice

I shall take no further notice of it, than by writing

home – & expressing pretty plainly what I feel on the

subject. This I did, whilst at his house. Whilst with

him, I saw the Diploma & seal prepared, intended

to be presented by the University to Mr. Blanco White,

as an honor, for the service they consider he has done

the Church of England by his writings. In the Convocation

today, it was put to the vote, whether it ###^should be done

or not, & it was carried by about 90 to 7.

D^r.

^Copleston Bliss however, expected it would have been unanimous, &

had prepared the Diploma accordingly,– ^{“conspirantibus omnium}########

^{suffragiis”, which Dr. Bliss had copied,-} ############## so by the division he had to scratch

this out, & insert a qualified term! It proved a wet #####^evening

but I walked up to Haddington# with D^r. B.