JUNE, 1838--JANUARY 21.

1839 Arrival in England .-- Application for letters patent .-- Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph .-- Patent refused .-- Departure for Paris .-- Patent secured in France .-- Earl of Elgin .-- Earl of Lincoln .-- Baron de Meyendorff .-- Russian contract .-- Return to London .-- Exhibition at the Earl of Lincoln's .-- Letter from secretary of Lord Campbell, Attorney-General.
-- Coronation of Queen Victoria .-- Letters to daughter .-- Birth of the Count of Paris .-- Exhibition before the Institute of France .-- Arago; Baron Humboldt .-- Negotiations with the Government and Saint-Germain Railway .-- Reminiscences of Dr.Kirk .-- Letter of the Honorable H.L.

Ellsworth .-- Letter to F.O.J.

Smith .-- Dilatoriness of the French.