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15 rue Git-le-Coeur, Paris. - Bill for erotic books bound [?] on Milnes' behalf.

Mattersea. - Re Milnes' appointment as a magistrate.

Ill; unable to attend at York Castle Grand Jury Room.

Full title: Horace Walpole’s Marginal Notes written in Dr Maty's Miscellaneous Works and Memoirs of the Earl of Chesterfield: 2 vols, 4to, 1777. Communicated by R. S. Turner Esq., the possessor of the volumes

On printed note paper, 39 Paternoster Row, London, E. C. - Returns Clements Markham's Ecloge [sic] which is not the paper he had in mind; foes not think manuscript has been submitted to the firm.

Aldenham. - Will send 38 letters from James II to the Abbé de Rancé of La Trappe, as requested: Houghton must judge whether the finished article at over 100 pages would be too long; cannot supply anything requiring a lengthy introduction; the letters contain few new facts about James but have 'a certain psychological interest'.

Incomplete.

Pontefract. - Has offered services to Royal Commission to enquire into cattle plague; previous successes in treatment of dysentery; names supporters; seeks testimonial from Houghton.

Hilton was charged with the Oct. 1839 death of Charles Donally, a fellow inmate at the Hull Asylum, at the Yorkshire Spring Assizes in 1840, but was acquitted on grounds of insanity.

Industrial School, Weston Hill, Norwood. - The child Ryder is overcoming poor health and disposition and beginning to make progress.

6 Hanover Square. - Sends part of forthcoming work on criticism [no longer present] in support of application for the Chair of Rhetoric and Literature at Edinburgh University; seeks Houghton's influence with Gladstone and Sir George Grey; Dr. [William?] Hanna a formidable opponent for the chair; only four and a half months residence required.

From: Herbert Plater (Head Master of Newark School, 6 Mar. 1868); William A. Strange (Head Master of Abingdon School, 6 Apr. 1868); H. W. Chandler (Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, 7 Apr. 1866); Evan Evans (Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 7 Apr. 1866).

5 York Gate. - His brother Gifford seeks transfer to the consulate at Tripoli as his health is affected by the cold and damp of Trebizond; can Houghton influence Lord Granville or Odo Russell; has sent poems ('stillborn about a fortnight ago') to Fryston; thanks for suggestions; yesterday Frith likened Leighton's Hercules & Death to 'a man struggling with his lay-figure.

In support of claim for the honour of C.B. Copy in Ramsay's hand. With printed minutes and copy correspondence by the Marquess of Dalhousie, Viscount Canning, R. J. H. Birch and W. Mayhew on the service of James Ramsay in the Indian Commissariat dated Oct. 1852 and Oct.-Nov. 1858.

5 Albert Place, Kensington. - Was advised to give up newspaper work by Dr. [Thomas?] Rayner but could not afford to do so for long; would like some post which will not damage his health; would her friend Milnes intervene with Lord Palmerston for the sake of Kenney and his father.

Ayr. - Inviting Milnes to attend Festival at Burns Monument. Autograph signatures only.

On printed notepaper, Legacion de España en Londres. - Acknowledges Milnes' acceptance of a place on English jury of the Calderon poetry competition; encloses translation of the rules; announcements also placed in newspapers. Enclosed: announcement and rules of poetry competition organised by the Royal Spanish Academy to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Don Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Translation of document dated Madrid, 1 Feb. 1881.

Autograph signature only.

On printed notepaper, 'Mercury Office', Stamford. - Invites Houghton to join subscribers for a Memorial to the late John Clare to be erected in Helpston churchyard; the Churchwarden, Mr. Bellars, is very much involved. Paradise wrote obitutary of Clare in the Gentleman's Magazine for June. With press cuttings on proposed Memorial to David Gray, and on John Clare's writings whilst confined to Northampton Lunatic Asylum (extract from account by Eliza Cook, 1851).

19 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W. - Acknowledges £10 subscription for bust of A. H. Clough; it is finished and can be seen at Mr. Woolner's studio at 29 Welbeck Street. Written in 3rd person.

From unidentified British newspaper. Statement by Charles Dickens, 25 May 1858, on separation from his wife, as publicised in American journals.

From unidentified French newspaper.

12 Cork St., B[urlington] G[ardens]. - Thanks for Wortley's £2; not sure of current balance as Salomons is away; probable costs of granite monument to Hood with a bronze bust by Campbell; favours very simple inscription. Should not get involved with publication of Hood's verse; Moxon will get someone like Dickens to ensure sales. Pleased by Houghton's appreciation of George Sand and the 'humanitaires' but the Fourierists are superior in their ability to organise labour; Milnes would see this if he could conquer his aversion to Fourier's neologisms and read attentively. 'Suppose you stood naked on Kennington Common, on a frosty day, which would you prefer - A humanitaire contemplating you with moistened heavenward eyes & folded arms... A Lord Ashley, who would put you on one glove towards clothing you... Or a Fourierist who would furnish you with a complete suit, and supply its proper warmth to every shivering nerve?' - only the last can solve problems as diverse as the destiny of Constantinople and the economy of a poultry yard; breadth of vision. If visiting Paris Milnes must meet Daly and Pelletan, 'a cher ami once I fancy of G. Sand'.

From unidentified paper.

Lisbon. - Her husband died on March 19th and has bequeathed a corrected copy of his Iberia Won to Milnes; shall it be posted, or kept until she is well enough to return to England?

17 Great Queen Street, Westminster. - Asks if Milnes has seen Woolner's fine bust of Tennyson, which was exhibited at Dickenson's in Bond Street and is now in Manchester; proposed presentation of bust to Trinity Library; Woolner will not part with original but can supply a copy for £100. Tom Taylor suggests subscribing for an extra copy for Tennyson himself. Invites Milnes to join Committee and encourages others to do so. Does not know Tennyson personally; subscription list 'ought to be wider than his intimate personal friends and narrower than his idolators'.