VOL. 3D Summary of Contents. Political correspondence and memoranda Parliament and...

VOL. 3D Summary of Contents. Political correspondence and memoranda Parliament and government administration: Lord Howick's resignation. Question of merit promotion in public offices. Parliamentary privilege. Ministerial changes [f. 163]. List of Liberals voting against imports of foreign corn [f. 306]. Correspondence: E.Ellice; Lords Palmerston, Cottenham; John Allen and others. The Crown: marriage of Queen Victoria; question of rites. Prince Albert's precedence and title; proposal to separate Coburg and Gotha from the Crown. "Bedchamber" crisis: Lady Cecilia Underwood's elevation. King of Hanover protests at proposed repossession of his apartments at St. James's Palace. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Melbourne, Cottenham; Sir R. Inglis and others. Legal: appointments. Case of Stockdale v. Hansard and discussion on proposed privilege bill. Bishop of London's report on Parkhurst prison for juvenile offenders. Judges' views on capital punishment. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Cottenham, Denman; Sir J. Campbell; Sir T. Wilde Colonial affairs: Lord Normanby's summary (1839 Sept. 2). Garrisons and defences of Gibraltar, Malta, West Indies, St. Helena, Canada: Gen. Lord Hill's scheme. Proposed colonial defence committee. Falkland Is.: colonisation. Endowment of colonial bishoprics. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Howick, Fitzroy Somerset; Gen. Sir H. Vivian; Archbishop of Canterbury and others. Colonial affairs: Canada: criticism of Lord Durham's report. Question of Governor General's salary and expenses. Lt. Gen. Sir J. Colborne (Lord Seaton): statement of his career. Proposed Upper Canada loan; union of provinces under discussion. Proposed clergy reserves bill: Archbishop of Canterbury's objections and cabinet views thereon. Canada - U.S.A. boundary: question of a joint survey. Colonial affairs: Canada: Correspondence: J.R.; C. Poulett Thomson; E. Ellice; Sir F. Head; Lords Palmerston, Howick and others. Colonial affairs: Jamaica: report criticising petty sessional court proceedings. Foreign affairs: J.R's verses on foreign policy [fs. 368-9] Foreign affairs: Holland-Belgium dispute: J.R's notes on draft treaty. Foreign affairs: The Eastern Question: Egypt and Syria; military force in the Mediterranean; Russian distrust of France. Convention: four powers and Turkey; France and Egypt excluded. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Holland, Palmerston, Spencer, William Russell; Dukes of Wellington and Sussex; signatories to the Convention (July 15); Foreign Office intelligence. Ecclesiastical: church leases and revenues. Correspondence: J.R.; Archbishop of Canterbury. Education: J.R's draft address to the Crown; he proposes inclusion for school grants of non-established church schools. National Society schools and attendance. Correspondence: J.R.; Lord Lansdowne and others. Personal: death of John, Duke of Bedford. Correspondence: J.R.; Lord Tavistock (Francis, Duke of Bedford)

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