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Belmont. - Death of Milnes' father [Richard Slater Milnes]; choice of subject for Cambridge Latin Declamation Prize; Milnes should have the highest English Declamation Prize; envies Milnes' trip to Edinburgh; hopes he will remain at Cambridge until Christmas; right choice of college.

St. Saviour's Road, St. Helier, Jersey. - 'Letters cost nothing nowadays', so he will write and let Milnes know how they have been since they left England. Mrs Fenton is much better; he bought her a New Forest pony and now she 'never rides less then 12 or 14 miles a day'; the children also 'grow fat' and do very well. St Helier's is 'the most beautiful place I ever saw'; housing is dear, but 'Every Article of Food is 30 per cent cheaper than in England except Bread'. Does not understand this, as he is sure more corn has been brought to the island since he came there than would be needed for everyone on it for a year; has 'no doubt a great deal of it, finds its way into England as Jersey Meal - which is exported for Seed to England'. Discusses the price of meat and wine, and the nature of the farming land. Attendance at church on Sunday 'set[s] us an example'.

Hopes Milnes' wife is better. His 'duty' may be done in four Sundays, and then he will return. Worth coming here if Milnes wants an 'excursion'; the Malanta [? - ship] from Southampton is 'like your own drawing Room, and a passage only of 10 or 11 hours'.

Naples. - Amused by Milnes' examples of Kestner's English, and adds his own; indebtedness to Torlonias; Milnes' prospects. Drove to Pozzuoli with Sir Walter Scott today; Scott confessed that he had reviewed a work on bridges without any knowledge of the subject; Gell's work on Troy was once badly reviewed by Sir William Drummond owing to a misunderstanding about an invitation. Scott was lively and in tolerable health; his speech little changed; 'I remember when the Lay [of the Last Minstrel] first came out he read it at the Priory, L[ord] Abercorn's, & the deuce a word did those of the company who were born south of Trent understand of it'. Milnes should enjoy more worldly pursuits while he has the chance. [Halley's] comet not expected to threaten disaster as it was largely transparent on its last appearance; recounts Scott's anecdote about Mrs __ and the 'supernatural' apparition of Dr Gordon. Odd behaviour of the Heydebrecks makes them hard to assist; Lord Hertford's recommendations for avoiding political fights when entertaining; reform and revolution in England; Rome; would like to force some good from Mezzofante.

Endorsed by Luigi Chiaveri.

Corsham Court, Chippenham. - On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes. Saw the news in the newspaper of the 'sad event' which prevented Milnes's visit. Quite true that Broughton's friend Charles [Skinner] Matthews compared Robert Pemberton Milnes to 'the admirable [James] Crichton - referring to his intellectual power & his physical energy & agility'; this was said on seeing Milnes 'jump over a very high gate hunting'.

Whitton Park, Hounslow. - Agrees as to inadvisability of publishing memoir of Charles Skinner Matthews: personal details of his short life, including 'passion for Whist & for boxing; will overshadow importance of a talent never fully developed; will inform Henry Matthews. Scrope Berdmore Davies had only about £200 on departure last year, but Mr Hibbert thinks he might escape calamity of income from King's College fellowship can be conveyed to him; he is at Ostend with irretrievable debts of seventeen or eighteen thousand pounds; Mr Andrews will be hardest hit'; Davies should have sought help from his friends rather than obtain money under false pretences. Hibbert's address is 47 Great Ormond Street.