Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Mr Pilbeam, Whitehall Rooms, Hôtel Métropole 'The numbers who have put their names down for the dinner is 231. Of these 3 or 4 are doubtful, and there are usually a few who drop out if the weather is bad. We shall have to provide 231 places and I dare say 220 will dine. This, at any rate, is the nearest I can tell you. I will let you know tomorrow, what the Committee decide as to the arrangement of the table'. 25 November 1891