VOL. 6B Summary of Contents. Political correspondence and memoranda relating mainly...

PRO 30/22/6B

1847 Feb.-Mar.

VOL. 6B Summary of Contents. Political correspondence and memoranda relating mainly to Irish famine relief. Politics and government: "Ten hours bill": Lord Ashley transmits petitions from Short-Time committees. Guernsey: report on contentment and prosperity of small Channel Islands farmers. Ireland: instruction and exhortation from J.R. to Lord Bessborough "-- I will endeavour to chalk it out for you" (fs. 132-4). Relief committees and electoral divisions; Galway elections. Treasury to advance funds on assurance of local rate collections. Vagrancy arising from the Poor Laws; Lord Bessborough's definition of an Irish vagrant (fs. 244-9). Lord Abercorn's views. Fisheries relief; difficulties of private landowners; sale of encumbered estates. Treasury alarm at neglect of cultivation; reduction of relief payments. Railway construction: I. K. Brunel disagrees with Bentinck scheme; Lord Bessborough thinks rail communication vital to Ireland. Lord Bessborough reports subversion. J.R. considers emigration will be "enormous" without any government aid (fs. 125-7). Queen to sanction "day of fast and humiliation" (fs. 172-3). The Pope asked to send a pastoral letter to Irish bishops. Correspondence: J.R; Lords Bessborough, Lansdowne, Abercorn, Clanricarde, Ponsonby; Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir C. Wood and others. Defence: Duke of Wellington's memorandum (Feb. 8). Navy: naval summer programme: list of ships for assembly at Malta; estimates; dockyard protection. Correspondence: Lord Auckland; Sir C. Wood; H. G. Ward. Army: proposed militia bill: memoranda: Sir G. Grey; Lord Grey; War Office. Foreign affairs: Portugal and France: Miguelite insurrection; transfer of Torres Vedras prisoners to Africa. Lord Palmerston against intervention; his contempt of the Portuguese: "-- (they) are prone to injustice" (fs. 150-3). J.R's memoranda following French query on intervention under terms of Quadruple treaty. Copy letter from M. Guizot to M. de St. Aulaire. Lord Lansdowne's views. Foreign affairs: Spain and France: H. L. Bulwer's and Lord Normanby's views and comment. Foreign affairs: Poland: the Cracow question. Press attacks on Lords Palmerston and Aberdeen. Colonial affairs: H. E. F. Young accepts governorship of the Cape of Good Hope. Ecclesiastical: new bishoprics; deanery of Wells. Correspondence: Bishops of Durham; Norwich; Salisbury. Legal: appointment of judges: grievances of judge advocate general. Education: University of London: list of senate members and institutions voting on proposed compulsory theological examinations. Parliamentary grants: R.C. schools to be included. Correspondence: J. P. Kay-Shuttleworth. Lady Dundonald's marriage: Queen seeks through Lord Spencer guidance on its validity. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence seeks a pension. Personal: Thomas Moore's pride in J.R's achievements (fs. 336-7).

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