The letters of the Bishop, written with reference to the occasion, should not be left unchronicled. They ran as follows, viz.:
"Church House,
Dean's Yard, S.W.,
May 10th, 1898.
"My dear Postmaster,—I am speaking at Bath on the afternoon of the 20th, and am engaged to stay the night. But I think your proposal so important that I am writing to my host, Mr. S., to ask if he has engaged friends to meet me. If he can excuse me, I will, if all be well, come to you and say something.
"Yours very truly,
G. F. Bristol."
"The Athenæum,
May 12th, 1898.
"My dear Postmaster,—I have arranged to return to Bristol on the evening of May 20, and if all be well can be with you. Send me a card of place and hour.
"Yours very truly,
G. F. Bristol."
The following extract from a letter in which His Grace wrote concerning the meeting, is indicative
of the interest which he took in matters affecting the postal and telegraph services of Bristol, viz.:—