Faraday to Henry Bence Jones   15 April 1862

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 15 April / 62

Dear Dr Bence Jones

1 Let me have Mr D’Orseys letter - it contains a particular address1[.]

2 I have only this moment learned that Mr Butler2 declines lecturing3. The general advertisement appeared this morning 4[.] It will appear again on the 25th - unless you tell me before the 23rd - that he will go on[.]

3 I wrote an hour ago to Mr Roscoe about expenses5 & sending him a cheque for £5 on that score - asking him whether that is right - I suppose I ought to make it up £12- now[.]

I will try to draw up some form of expression for a notice in reference to Mr. Fearons6 letter & will see you upon the matter in a few days - so that we may do what is best after Easter7.

Any word as to paragraphs 1, 2 & 3 which you may send to the R.I. I shall get either tomorrow or Saturday8[.]

Ever Yours | M. Faraday

1
See letter 4167 and note 1.
2
George Butler (1819–1890, ODNB). Vice Principal of Cheltenham College, 1857–1865.
3
Butler did deliver a course of three lectures on ‘The Art of the Last Century’ from 27 May to 10 June 1862. RI MS GB 3: 13-14.
4
See Daily News, 15 April 1862, p.4, col.b which included an announcement of Butler’s lectures.
5
For his three lecture course on ‘Spectrum Analysis’ delivered on 29 March, 5 and 12 April 1862. RI MS GB 3: 13.
6
John Peter Fearon (d.1873, age 69, GRO). Solicitor (1861 Census, TNA RG9/582, f.91, p.29) and a member of the Royal Institution from 1852.
7
That is 20 April 1862.
8
That is 19 April 1862.

Please cite as “Faraday4168,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 8 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4168