Vol. 3C Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence, memoranda...

Vol. 3C Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence, memoranda and reports Parliament and government administration: reconstruction of the cabinet; Lord Howick's resignation and T.B. Macaulay's inclusion; Lord Glenelg's dimissal andJR as Colonial Secretary; retirement of Speaker Abercromby and question of a successor. JR's relations with Sir James Graham. General parliamentary correspondence with cabinet colleagues. Legislative questions: slavery abolition; penal transportation; the ballot. English Poor Law Commission: question of duration and powers. Birmingham and Manchester railway. Penny post: doubts and difficulties. Theatre licensing: question of Lord Chamberlain's jurisdiction. Correspondence: JR; Lords Melbourne, Howick, Tavistock, Duncannon, Conyngham, Denman; H. Warburton; Duke of Bedford; Sir G. Grey; Charles Whitbread; James Abercromby (Lord Dunfermline); E. Ellice; G.C. Lewis; George Nicholls and others. Chartism: unrest. Sir H. Bunbury considers "a wide spreading insurrection of the people" not improbable [fs.91-6]. secret arming at Liverpool; Monmouth meeting. Question of use of troops. Correspondence: JR; Digby Mackworth; C. Hanbury Leigh; Sir B. Hall; Sir H. Bunbury; Lords Ebrington, Morpeth. Colonial affairs: Distribution of the army; Lord Hill's statement. Colonial Office staffing; James Stephen's minute on colonial legislation. JR's memorandum on transportation and secondary punishment and its relation to the Australian colonies. Canada: Lord Durham's proclamation; his resignation and appointment of Poulett Thomson as Governor General. Proposed security legislation. Loan to upper Canada [cabinet minute 21 Aug 1839]. Correspondence: JR; Lords Melbourne, Durham, Tavistock, Glenelg; E. Ellice; Poulett Thomson and others. Ireland: question of extent of military force required. Poor Law administration matters. Resignation of Thomas Drummond. Appointment of a paid commissioner of education. Lord Ebrington's reports. Correspondence: JR.; George Nicholls; Thomas Drummond; Lords Fitzroy Somerset, Ebrington and others. Foreign affairs: Belgium - Holland dispute: Foreign office conference reports from meetings of plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia. Correspondence: Lords Palmerston and Melbourne. Foreign affairs: Persia: Russian threat to India; question of use of force against the Shah. Correspondence: Lord Palmerston Foreign affairs: Egypt: the Eastern Question: report of Adolphus Slade. Foreign affairs: Swiss commerce: Dr J. Bowring's report. Foreign affairs: Lord William Russell's letters from Berlin Education: as a means of crime prevention Schools: statements of distribution and grants; Scottish schools. Durham university: dispute with London university on wording of degree regulations. Correspondence: Bishop of Durham; Lord Landsdowne; J.P. Kay [Shuttleworth]; Duke of Bedford; Archdeacon Thorp Sir Lancelot Shadwell; Temple Chevallier; H.M. Inspector of Prisons. Ecclesiastical: appointments; church leases. Correspondence: Dean of York and others. Personal: letters to JR on sundry personal matters from Duke and Duchess of Bedford; Lord and Lady Holland; Lord Tavistock; Lady William Russell; Thomas Moore

Topics

International

Railways

Army

Trade and commerce

Asia

Chartism

Religions

Europe and Russia

Conflict

Pay and pensions

Slavery

Treason and rebellion

Ireland

Poverty

Americas

Middle East

Prisons

Personal and family papers