Chippenham
5 April 1860

Dear Sir,

I thank you very much for the Specimen of Seend iron which you have kindly sent me, I will shew it as opportunity offers to such of my friends as are interested in the discovery of the ore and manufacture of the metal. I observed yesterday both furnaces at Westbury “in blast.”

I have sent you a County paper containing an account of the trial of the Spaniard, Serafin Manzano, for Murder – He was convicted and is left for Execution. I succeeded in getting a mixed Jury – The trial was fully reported in the Times of the 28^th or 29^th March – Unless a respite or reprieve arrives in the meantime he will be executed at Devizes on the 11^th ins^{t <1>}

I remain yours obliged
West Awdry.

H. F. Talbot Esq

[envelope:]
H.F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey

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Notes:

1. Manzano was hanged at Devizes on 11 April 1860, before a crowd of 3 or 4000, the first execution in Devizes in 11 years. The 29 year old Spaniard had been convicted of the extraordinarily brutal murder of Mrs. Anastatia Trowbridge at Ashcombe on 3 November 1859.