Vol. 2B Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda....

Vol. 2B Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda. Parliament and government administration: Registration bill (1836 Aug.): question of trustees' rights. J.R's note on House of Lords obstruction. Dover harbour administration. Private Bills committee. Ministerial and government appointments. Brighton railway route. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Campbell, Brougham; J. Abercromby; Duke of Wellington; J. Bonham Carter; T. Drummond; R.K. Dawson; T.H. Lister and others. Legal: Durham assizes; Tiveston sessions. Report on Newgate prison. Prisoners' Counsel legislation. Duchess of Kent's concern for juvenile prisoners. Correspondence: Sir. J. Conway; Whitworth Russell; Lords Denman, Grey, Palmerston; Bishop of Chichester. Ecclesiastical: reform legislation. English Tithes bill (1835- 6), deans of chapters; pluralities and residence: effect on Cambridge professors; church leases. Ecclesiastical Commission 4th report: Bishop of London's objections. Dissenters: question of sanctity of civil marriages; Scottish churches. Correspondence: Lords Melbourne, Palmerston, Carew; E. Terrell; Sir J. Boileau; Archbishop of Canterbury; Archdeacon Goddard; J.W. Buller; C. Hanbury Tracy; Revd. Sydney Smith; Bishop of London, Bristol; T.H. Lister; J. Parker. Defence: Lord Palmerston's views on militia system and enforcement of the ballot. Ireland: destruction of William III statue, Dublin. Municipal legislation. Tithe Bill (1835-6); payment of clergy; education grants. Irish church legislation. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Mulgrave, Melbourne; J. Abercromby; T. Drummond and others. Scotland: request to permit style of Lord Provost to Chief Magistrate of Aberdeen. Correspondence Alex. Bannerman. Foreign Affairs: Lord William Russell's reports from Berlin, mainly on east European affairs. Colonial Affairs: Canada: cabinet paper on affairs of Lower Canada and proposed action. Colonial Affairs: Ionian Is. Lord Nugent's maladministration of Corfu; his libel action. Correspondence: Lord Glenelg; J.A. Stuart. Personal: Letters to J.R. from G.P.R. James, historical author; Sir David Wilkie, painter, thanking for a knighthood; Duke of Bedford and Lord Tavistock on personal and public matters. Personal: J.R's household accounts; his wife's and stepchildrens' settlements.

Topics

International

Railways

Army

Religions

Tithes

Population

Ireland

Children

Crime

Americas

Prisons

Personal and family papers