VOL. 5C Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence. Politics...

VOL. 5C Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence. Politics and government: Railway Board appointments. Proposal to build a museum of economic geology. Post Office: proposals for expansion. National Gallery: Lord de Mauley advisespurchase of pictures from Barberigo Palace, Venice. Correspondence: Sir John Burgoyne: R. Vernon Smith; Lords Auckland, Morpeth, Clanricarde, de Mauley. Ireland: famine, starvation and unrest. J.R's intense preoccupation with the Irish troubles; his exhortations to and criticism of Lord Bessborough and his administration. Lord Bessborough's relations with Daniel O'Connell. Question of Catholic appointments to Irish Privy Council. Proposal for a naval arsenal at Cork. Tidewaters legislation. Relief employment: Lord Bessborough's proposals to extend relief to private estates; discussion on amendment of Act 10 Vict. C.107; J.R's memorandum and cabinet minutes. Electoral divisions. Prayers for succour. Correspondence: J.R. and Lord Bessborough; C. Wood; Lords Lansdowne, Monteagle, Auckland, Bandon, Dunraven; H. Labouchere; Sir George Grey; Capt. Wynne and others. Foreign affairs: France and Spain: the Spanish marriages. Franco - British tension. Lord Palmerston's violent objections to Montpensier marriage. Lord Normanby on Guizot's trickery. Lord Clarendon indignant at Louis Phillipe's treachery. Queen blames Guizot and approves despatch of official protest. Madrid: question of raising H. L. Bulwer to ambassadorial rank. Charles Wood urges J.R. to take matters with France into his own hands and cites precedents. Colonial affairs: West Indies and Jamaica: proposed reduction of garrisons. Question of labour supply arising from blockade of West African coast (slave trade suppression). Norfolk Island convict settlement: intolerable conditions and proposal to disband. Colonial military commands: question of senior appointments. Correspondence: Lord Grey. India: Lord Hardinge pledges support to J.R; prospects in the Punjab. Question of appointment of C. in C: doubts about Sir Charles Napier's capacity. Governorship of Bombay: possible candidates. Correspondence: Sir J. Hobhouse; Lord Hardinge; Duke of Wellington. Defence: Navy: estimates; Mediterranean and Channel complements. Thomas Clarkson on "crimping" (fleecing of sailors while in port). Correspondence: Lords Auckland, Minto. Ecclesiastical: Welsh bishoprics: merger of diocese of St. Asaph and Bangor. Correspondence: Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishops of Durham, Chester; C. Wood; Sir G. Grey.

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Art, architecture and design

International

Labour

Public disorder

Railways

Army

Trade and commerce

Marriage and divorce

Religions

Caribbean

Europe and Russia

Slavery

Australia and Pacific

Population

Ireland

Museums and galleries

Navy

Communications

Disasters and emergencies

Operations, battles and campaigns