Richard Westmacott letter to Richard Redgrave, 1870 [?] May 9

"Private. Dear Redgrave, I have only heard this morning - in a note from Grant - that a Govmt meeting was held - I had no notice of it! - I want to know whether any opportunity was afforded you for ventilating your proposal on the constitution of the Council - for tho' it seems the object of the 'call' was special, possibly other matters were talked of - 'entre nous', maybe there is some very [...] & exceptional cause for [...] these hurried & [...] for meetings for [...] rather than [...] measures may be very dangerous - & lead to abuse - some of us old ones must see to it. I cannot, from the slight information I have, trust there was [...]. Yours very truly, Rich Westmacott."