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107 Piccadilly, Manchester. - Has been attending Captain [John] Milnes who has been suffering from fever and mental excitement; he must have a friend in attendance. Captain Lawes [sic: John Milligen Laws] of the Leeds Railway Co. has suggested contacting Milnes.

Crumpsall Hall. - John Milnes was to have called on him but was advised to stay at the Mosley Arms Hotel in Manchester when he became ill; he subsequently called at two in the morning claiming to have been led there by Divine Providence; encloses details [no longer present] of his unstable condition on returning to Manchester; saw him there when he seemed better and explained his delusion; stated that he had been summoned back to London; Laws arranged money and escort for the purpose; John Milnes' agent Mr Rundall regrets the calamity which has overtaken him. Advises Richard Milnes not to renew invitation for a while.

Crumpsall Hall, nr Manchester. - Tried to reassure [John] Milnes that his visitation arose from natural causes; has heard nothing from him since he left for London; has informed [James Rundall] that £20 has been paid on Milnes' behalf.

[lodging with] Mr Parry, 3 Mill Road, Everton near Liverpool. - Captain Laws, RN, invited him to learn railway business in Manchester; became ill with a congestive complaint and came here to recuperate; requests £50; anxiety about former debts hastened illness.

3 Mill Road, Everton near Liverpool. - Was unaware that Monckton Milnes had discharged £20 order when he requested the loan; hopes to repay him soon; understands that Captain Laws has had to fill the offered place but may be able to offer another; encloses letter from Mr Shore; £50 loan would free him from worrying commitments. Enclosure: letter from Offley Shore to John Milnes - advises John Milnes not to refuse firm offer of a post elsewhere for a tentative one from himself; hopes to develop a patent in Lancashire; will contact John Milnes from Manchester but cannot guarantee an offer.