He tries to set out the future terms for their correspondence; he discusses elements of critical theory, and the relationship between students and masters; this leads him to ask for Lawrence's opinion of a work he is to send back to England for exhibition, he goes on to supply his own thoughts on the picture "a chivalrous subject"; the Rome Academy is thriving, but he asks that the
Royal Academy supply a further £50, the students wish for a larger room to draw in.