The Despatches, letters and papers came in this morning, and absorbed my attention wholly during the greater part of the day. The prospect of a favorable termination to this dreadful war does certainly greater part of the day. The prospect of a favorable termination to this dreadful war does certainly grow brighter. A motion to that end was almost successful in the legislature of North Carolina, whilst in the body at Richmond, the subject of negotiating without conditions has been distinctly and positively brought forward. This is advance, but not result. We must wait the to us slow progress of great events. To my great surprise I get no advices from Mr Seward, as promised. This leads me to infer the probability of my being relieved from here at any rate. I did little or nothing. Henry came in from Walton, with favorable accounts from Mary. The surgeon recommends a delay of departure, which is a change of opinion since I saw him. In other respects, it happens to be convenient Henry went off on another visit to his friend Gaskell in Yorkshire. On the whole my spirits were brighter than they have been for many weeks. Thanks be to God for all his mercies. Only one visit from Mr Ryan, the Consular Agent at Limerick. I took a long walk through the Strand and Fleet Street to Farringdon, thence by Holburn and Oxford Street, home. Evening, read one of Sir Henry Holland’s Essays.178