| Description | He hopes that his father has received the telegram William sent via the India Office. They have been received kindly by the Lawrences, with Captain [Eugene Clutterbuck] Impey, the photographer and cousin to the Lawrences, meeting them at the jetty. Everything arrived safely, except a pair of chairs. There was a kind reception for Emma and they have paid charming visits. Conversation is practical, but 'does not range high into scientific strata'. They are the only guests apart from two ladies and Captains Impey and Beynon. He describes the Lawrences' household and social life. He has met Sir Charles Trevelyan who sat next to Emma at the dinner table and Trevelyan asked for Herschel when he realised who she was. Trevelyan looks exactly like Lord Nelson, he believes, describing his manner, appearence and his conversation about William's parents. William discusses the sovereign and its exchange rate with rupees, with Trevelyan's thoughts and his plans to issue banknotes against gold. Anyone can compel a bank to open a line of credit line of 100,000 rupees against a payment in of £10,000, giving an example of a firm opening an account of £50,000. The sovereigns involved were sold off by the bank, with the man who bought them for silver then selling the gold at a profit in the bazaar. |