Letter enclosing and commenting on a report of a speech by Lord Shaftesbury at West Bromwich on the conflict between the conclusions of geological researches and Biblical authority, by 'Polaris' Speech no longer with letter. Letter begins: "The enclosed report of the Earl of Shaftesbury's speech at West Bromwich may be taken as a speciment of the sentiments of opinion of the 'religious world' concerning science". 9 November 1861