Finley writes to Sidney from Fenton's Hotel, London, on July 1:-- "Yours from Edinburgh of the 28th ulto.

is just received.

I regret we did not see you when you called the evening before you left London.

We all wished to see you and all yours before we separated so widely apart, but you know in what a whirl one is kept on a first arrival in London and can make allowances for any seeming neglect.

From morning till night we have been overwhelmed with calls and the kindest and most flattering attentions.
"On the day before you called I dined at Greenwich with a party invited by Mr.Brett, representing the great telegraph interests of Europe and India.