VOL. 8E Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda....

VOL. 8E Summary of Contents. Political and administrative correspondence and memoranda. Politics and government: death of Sir Robert Peel. Correspondence: Lord Stanley; Sir J. Graham; Duke of Bedford; H. Goulburn and others. Lord Clarendon considers Peel's death .... "a great national calamity" (fs. 112-13). Appointments to Land Revenue and Board of Health. Correspondence: Lords Carlisle, Fortescue; Hon. C. Gore. Appointment of Sir D. Le Marchant as Chief Clerk, House of Commons: the Speaker tells J.R. ".... I will do my best to train him". Civil List accounting. Correspondence: Lord Monteagle. Lord Campbell on representative government and bribery. House of Commons: question of conversion of a temporary roof into a permanent one: Sir C. Wood writes ".... Barry wishes to do it" (fs. 239-40). Legal: resignations and administrative changes resulting from retirement of Lord Cottenham (Lord Chancellor) and appointment of Sir Thomas Wilde (later Lord Truro). Question of jurisdiction of House of Lords. History of Lord Privy Seal's office. Question of appointment of an additional vice chancellor. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Cottenham, Langdale; Sir J. Romilly; Sir J. Wigram; E. Ellice; Sir G. Grey; Sir T. Wilde; Sir J. Jervis. Defence: Sir John Burgoyne's memorandum (copy of printed version, Vol. 8D). Proposed transfer of civil departments of army and ordnance to Secretary at War: Duke of Wellington's objections. Lord Palmerston on need for protection of dockyards. Foreign affairs: Greece: "Don Pacifico" case. Suspicion of French mediation motives. Russian support of Greece. Correspondence: Lord Palmerston. Foreign affairs: Schleswig Holstein: question of German Confederation's signature to a protocol. Queen Victoria's angry letter to Lord Palmerston (June 22); he defends his draft: ".... (it is not) `an attack upon Germany'" (fs. 80-5). Baron Stockmar commends the new German envoy to J.R. Foreign affairs: France and Spain: Lord Palmerston stresses importance to England that Spain should be as independent as possible of France. Foreign affairs: Brazil and the slave trade: naval problems of search and detention of ships. Correspondence: Lord Palmerston; Sir F. Baring. Foreign affairs: Foreign policy debate of June 24: Lord Palmerston's "magnificent defence" of his foreign policy praised by Lord Clarendon (fs. 102-5). Colonial affairs: Ceylon: Lord Torrington's bitter objections to proceedings of the select committee. Lord Clarendon regrets the loss of Sir Robert Peel's moderating influence on the committee. Colonial affairs: Ionian Is.: Sir Henry Ward defends his policy following the rebellion. India: question of appointment of Queen's or Company officers to senior military commands. Correspondence: J.R.; Duke of Wellington. Ecclesiastical: legislative matters. Ecclesiastical Commission (amending act 1850 Aug.); question of appointment of an estates commissioner and other provisions of the act. Correspondence: Archbishop of Canterbury; Lords Lansdowne, Chichester, Carlisle. Education: University reform: appointment of a royal commission. Revd. J. W. Blakesley's plan for "increasing the utility" of Cambridge (fs. 163-86). Education: Correspondence: Lords Carlisle; Monteagle; Duke of Wellington; Bishop of Norwich and others. Queen Adelaide's estate: question of pensions to her ladies. Correspondence: Lord Howe. Death of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge: extracts from his will. Correspondence: Prince George of Cambridge; Duke of Wellington. Personal: from Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford (his stepmother) to J.R. "..... unaccustomed as I am to direct the Prime Minister (concerning the route to her home in Scotland)" (fs. 233-4). J.R. receives instruction from his cousin on rifle shooting when deer stalking (fs. 247-50).

Topics

Government finances

International

Manufacturing

Litigation

Trade and commerce

Europe and Russia

Conflict

Pay and pensions

Slavery

Weapons

Treason and rebellion

Navy

Americas

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Sports

Personal and family papers