TALBOT5968

London
Sunday
27 June 1847

My Dear Constance

I have done all I can for M^r Kenrick. ¹ I called on L^d Lansdowne ² today & asked him for his interest – He said that if D^r Greenough ³ was a candidate he must give it to him, but that it was quite uncertain whether Melksham would be in the same district as Calne.

I think I must have missed one of your letters because in that of Friday you tell me that Ela ⁴ is better, [illegible deletion] but I had not heard previously of her being unwell, your letter of Sunday saying nothing about it.

I went to Oxford on Thursday afternoon after my return from North Wales, and left it on Saturday evening – But I intend to return there this evening, as we are to have a talk about Photography tomorrow in the Chemical Section ⁵ – I think of returning to Town again on Wednesday morning – Sir D. Brewster ⁶ is at Oxford, and a number of distinguished persons among whom is M. le Verrier ⁷ the French astronomer, and M^r Adams ⁸ of S^t John’s College Cambridge who advance rival claims to the new planet Neptune.

In haste Your aff^t
Henry

Please mention to M^r Kenrick what I have done for him or rather, endeavoured to do.–