Macaulay, Major-General Colin Campbell


To Lady Olivia Sparrow, 13 December [1815]

General Macaulay who has been with us, boasts much of some pleasant hours spent with you in Wales. He is a superior Man, brimful of information One of our best Orientalists. He is just returned from his second visit to the City of sin, whither he went to see his friend * He is going again on a Mission about the French New Testament, which I am happy to say hi /a/ s /been/ circulated by many Priests, to the amount of three Editions. – I hope you have seen ’ excellent Article on ‘The Church in Danger’ in the last British Review.* I am glad to find that valuable work is in high repute.