Belfast
30^th October 1839

My dear Lucy,

I received your latter and have since seen Mr Mayne to whom I communicated your wishes as to his interference with Miss Atkinson and Macmullen to induce them to pay their rent more punctually. He has promised to write to them for their rent and arrears and, of course to inform him of the dates of their last receipts. The Newspaper will inform you that Mr Anderson, my present curate, is appointed to the new church in Academy Street, Belfast. It was formerly a Methodist chapel belonging to the Primitives, who sold it to the church accommodation society. Mr Hugh Wilson will undertake the duties of my curacy on the 1^st of December. He is the principal Classical Master in the Academical Institution, and does me the honour to prefer my curacy to it. He is a married man, and his wife produced her first born yesterday. I trust I have now done with any further trouble respecting St. Andrew’s Parish. Mr Bristow has taken a very comfortable and pleasant residence in the village of Glynn, near Larne, where they will go to reside this week, we intend to pay them a visit in five or six weeks and as in Spring we shall beat up the Hodder’s quarters in Newcastle upon Tyne. I do not think Belfast will see much of us for some time. I have had two letters from Mr Binnie, Lord Bangor’s agent, about my Killough leases. I shall go to Kirkcubbin the first week of December and examine my papers. I shall give him all the information in my power. Where does he receive the Killough rents, and at what time. Mrs Lascelles has had a very severe cold. he is, however, a great deal better today. She joins me in love to Mrs Johnston and family and also to yourself. I am dear Lucy,

Affectly yours,

F.E. Lascelles.

P.S. Mrs Lascelles got your things from the dyers for which she paid three shillings but the man would not give a receipt unless he got 3s-6d. Mrs Bristiw says the bargain was for 3s only. Mrs Lyons attends the parish church now and Mr Drew takes no notice of her. who is appointed to the Killough curacy. I am sorry that Mr Forde who is so good a young man is to leave you.