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for the restoration of my shattered health you will not I trust be greatly surprized when I inform you that I am going to accept a most cordial invitation from good old Lady Newburgh the beginning of June & that it is my wish & intention to spend the months of July & August in the retirement of Felpham. I say retirement for tho I am at present so entirely out of conceit with the “hum of men” that I often think rather than continue in so much noise & smoke I would gladly breathe the free air alone upon a common, yet it is not in my plan to be le solitaire at Felpham. On the contrary one of my many inducements for fixing on Felpham (such as wearing old great coats that are become to shabby for Derby &c) is the dependance I have on your indulging me with Tom’s animated society during the greater part, if not the whole of my residence there. Added to the advantage of sea bathing (which is certainly very desirable for him) he might, I should imagine pursue writing & arithmetic to great advantage part of every day with his young Friends the Dukes