| Description | Written from Bristol. The letter apologises that Miles cannot come up to London for the meeting of the shareholders of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company since he is being sworn in as Magistrate for Gloucestershire and comments that there have been so many alterations to the times and dates of meetings that Miles is finding it difficult to coordinate his schedule. Miles also remarks that he has several times asked, while he has been staying in London, whether there were plans for a meeting of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company so that his inability to attend the meeting is not his fault. |