Marseilles, according to the regulations laid down with respect to such Letters.
I have thought it necessary to inform you of the circumstance this despatch not having gone forward, in case it was intended to have been sent via Marseilles by the mail of the 10th instant.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient Servant Mr Merriale.
If the despatch to the Secretary of State were of no great consequence, I think, however, that the note this delaying omission, have for some time been spoken of.
The accident was ... my part - not to mark on the Envelope "via Marseilles" an omission which I very much regret.
It arose from my trusting to the printed envelope, some having the words "via Marseilles" printed thereon.
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