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VOL. 5E Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/22/5E
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This record is about the VOL. 5E Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda... dating from 1846 Nov. in the series Lord John Russell: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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VOL. 5E Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda relating mainly to Irish affairs. Ireland: famine, distress and unrest. Proposed legislation: franchise; waste lands; town lands; landed property. Distribution and cost of relief works and food; abuses; treasury stipulations; emigration not a solution. Question of employment of Scottish labour in Ireland. Reports from Co. Clare. J.R. gently rebukes Lord Bessborough: "Some (cabinet members) do not quite like your way of going on" (fs.90-1). Correspondence: J.R; Lords Bessborough, Lansdowne, Fortescue; Charles Wood; H. Labouchere. Foreign affairs: France and Spain: the Spanish marriages. Precautions against war with France. Correspondence: J.R; Lords Aberdeen, Palmerston; Sir Robert Peel. Lord Palmerston's relations with Prince Metternich. Defence: Sir John Burgoyne's memorandum on port and coastal defence. Defence: Navy: retirement of Captains; brevet promotions in the army cause discontent. Correspondence: Lord Auckland. Defence: Army: Ordnance Office statements on number and distribution of percussion arms and Lord Palmerston's views thereon. Brevet promotions. Colonial garrisons. Pensioner corps. Correspondence: J.R; Duke of Wellington; Lord Palmerston. Ecclesiastical: question of Welsh sees. Correspondence: J.R; Lord Powis. Legal: Lord Langdale on need for a parliamentary legal body to monitor legislation. Education: Durham University and St. Bees College. Correspondence: Bishop of Durham. Education: J.R. as Lord Rector of Glasgow College. Education: Provost Hodgson of Eton condemns custom of Montem (Triennial gathering of Etonians, abolished 1847).
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VOL. 5E Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda...
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