It is only about 24 hours’ sail from the Dardanelles to here, at the rate the

Czarina Catherine

has come from London. She should therefore arrive some time in the morning; but as she cannot possibly get in before then, we are all about to retire early. We shall get up at one o’clock, so as to be ready.

25 October, Noon

.⁠—No news yet of the ship’s arrival.

Mrs.