Richard Owen Cambridge begins by offering James Harris advice on how to deal with varnish on a picture befor telling a story involving Voltaire and Sir William Hamilton. He ends with reference to verse published by Jonas Hanway on the death of Lord Lyttelton.

Richard Owen Cambridge notes that Lord North expects to become Chancellor, before commenting on Frederick Calvert, Lord Baltimore’s travel book. He ends with a comment on Voltaire’s L’Ingénu.