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F[rysto]n. - About to leave for Serlby; Sir H. Bentinck and Colonel Lane probably to go there to shoot, Philip Savile also keen but not gifted. Encloses Richard Monckton Milnes' poem [no longer present] on Bognor.

[Beginning missing]. John Monson; the Wyvills; Lord Bolton's poor game; local poisoning [William Dove's murder of his wife?]; distress caused by peerage offer; attempts at poetry,

Encloses verses [no longer present] for careful perusal and return.

Congratulates Milnes and his wife on the birth of their son, 'heir to the United Kingdom of Fryston, Bawtry & their dependencies!' Intends to go over to Fryston this afternoon to see how things are going; stayed a night there on Friday, Milnes' father was in 'good spirits... but futile [?] in appearance'.

Kippax Park. - On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes. Should like to attend the funeral, so asks to be sent details.

Letters from: Caroline, Countess d'Andreis; George Davison Bland; Thomas Davison Bland; Edward Cheney; John Craufurd; Rev. William C. Fenton; Mary Gaskell, née Brandreth; his sister Caroline Milnes; his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes; his mother Rachael Milnes; his brother Richard Rodes Milnes; his nephew and son-in-law George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway; his daughter Henrietta Eliza Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway; William Moorhouse; his cousin John Thornton; his brother-in-law Marmaduke Wyvill; his nephew Richard Rodes Wyvill.

Montmorency. - Would have enjoyed a visit from Milnes as the train journey from Paris only takes 40 minutes; fears they will not meet again; Vichy waters made him so ill he had to be carried; nearly died of 'gout of the stomach' last month and was burned by an iron in the confusion; only kept alive by his wife's care. Tom's career as a country gentleman far better than a life of worldly vanity; Milnes has been both the 'brilliant political meteor of Bolton Row' and a simple farmer at Thorne, but perhaps neither satisfied him; good reports of Milnes' son's new wife. [Section missing]. Discussion of inappropriate business speculations; Spencer Cowper has sold one of his Norfolk estates. [End missing].