On October the 26th he writes to his son:-- "I have been with Mrs.Hoare at Bristol, where all appears still.

Should anything arise to alarm, you may rely upon our care to avoid danger.

Sir Charles Wetherell, to be sure, is not popular, nor is the Bishop, but I trust that both will be safe from violence--abuse they will not mind.

The Bishop seems a good-humoured man, and, except by the populace, is greatly admired." A few days later, however, he has to record that his views of the situation were not to be fulfilled.

He writes:-- "Bristol, I suppose, never in the most turbulent times of old, witnessed such outrage.