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Vol. 2A Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence. Parliament...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/22/2A
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This record is about the Vol. 2A Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence. Parliament... dating from 1836 Jan. - Mar. in the series Lord John Russell: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Vol. 2A Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence. Parliament and government administration: JR as Home Secretary. Restriction in numbers of Deputy Lieuts. Scottish constituency matters. Lord Ashley's defence of street singers. Poor Law and municipal legislation. Printing of Registration bill (1836). Custody and preservation of records: John Allen's plan for a record office [f. 292]. Brighton - London railway: suggested route. Rural police. Bank of England governorship. Birmingham affairs: Lord Lyttleton's reports; dinner in honour of David O'Connell. Influx of criminals into manufacturing districts. Miscellaneous parliamentary matters, composition of committees etc. Correspondence: JR; Lords Lansdowne, Ashley, Lyttleton, Dacre; Dukes of Cleveland and Richmond; Sir R. Peel; Joseph Hume; R. M. Rolfe; J. Bonham Carter; Hon. C. W. Pelham; W. F. Campbell; E. J. Stanley; E. Blount. Ireland: Municipal legislation; legal and police matters. Case of the Birr magistrates and cabinet views thereon. Poor Law Commission. Irish church reform. Membership of Orange societies; question of soldiers attending Orange lodges. Lord Lieut's reports on state of the country. Correspondence: Lords Mulgrave, Lyttleton, Fitzroy Somerset, Killeen; N. Fitzsimon; John Gibson; C. O'Donnell; members of the cabinet and others. Scotland: legal administration. Argyll election. Correspondence: Lord Jeffrey; W.A. Campbell. Foreign affairs: Lord Palmerston's analysis of eastern European affairs and the French attitude. Suspicion of Russian motives. Lord William Russell's reports from Paris and Berlin. Ecclesiastical: church commission statement on patronage values [fs. 336-9]. Proposal to commute tithes. Dissenters' grievances and cabinet views thereon. Correspondence: Revd. Sydney Smith; Revd. W. Cooke; Bishop of Chichester; Lord Howick; Duke of Bedford; S.H. Savill; T. B. Lennard; cabinet members; T. H. Lister. Personal: Lord Tavistock's apology to JR for past harsh treatment and fagging "when you were a very little boy -- in and out of health" [fs. 309-11]. Allowance to J.R. for his stepdaughters' maintenance.
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