VOL. 10B Summary of Contents. Political correspondence and defence memoranda. Politics...

VOL. 10B Summary of Contents. Political correspondence and defence memoranda. Politics and government: new session opening debate Feb. 3; J.R's speech praised but Palmerston's reply considered by Lord Normanby "feeble and laboured" (fs. 33-4) and by Lord Clarendon "not as able as I expected" (fs. 60-3). Ministry in decline; resignations and refusals to serve; "..... you must be occupied with many unpleasant matters" (Clarendon f. 23). New reform bill launched: comments from MPs and others - "..... it is replete with shortcomings" (G. Moffatt, fs. 101-2); Lord Clarendon considers the measures are not too strong to be accepted by parliament. Defeat and resignation of Russell ministry (Feb. 21) on Palmerston's amendment to the militia bill. Lord Derby to form a government; he tells J.R. that "you are more to be congratulated than myself" (fs. 258-9); Lord Clarendon fears that "if all Stanley's (Derby's) appointments are on the Malmesbury level, Heaven help us" (fs. 262-3). Correspondence: J.R; Lords Clarendon, Ellesmere; Normanby, Derby, Aberdeen; G. Moffatt; J. C. B. Coles and others. Customs reform and the dock companies. Correspondence: Sir T. Fremantle; G. C. Lewis. Metropolitan burial legislation: question of extension to Reading. Correspondence: Bishop of Oxford; Lord Seymour. Defence: Coastal defence: Mayor's complaint about Pembroke dock defences and Sir J. Burgoyne's comments thereon (fs. 91-4). Sir J. Duke's proposals (fs. 99-100). Proposal to refurbish the Martello towers. Correspondence: Mayor of Pembroke; Sir John Burgoyne; Sir James Duke; Lord Anglesey; Col. C. K. K. Tynte and others. Defence: Army: Lord Grey's criticism of Duke of Wellington's administration repeated to the Duke by Adjutant General; J.R. has to extricate Grey (fs. 47-55). Defence: Militia bill: Col. Tulloch's proposals; views of J.R.; Lords Palmerston, Buchan; Dukes of Wellington, Rutland. Foreign affairs: J.R's continued guidance to Lord Granville on diplomatic appointments and foreign policy. Foreign affairs: France: Lord Cowley appointed ambassador. Foreign affairs: Italy: Sir R. Abercromby reports reasons for occupation of Tuscany by Austrian troops (fs. 84-8). Belgium: report on the Belgian army. Colonial affairs: Ionian Is.: Sir H. Ward's report (fs. 70-1). Ireland: Lord Clarendon on the Birch case; J.R's defence and Clarendon's gratitude. Ecclesiastical: question of bishop of Durham's son and the Durham canonry. Correspondence: Bishop of Durham; J. Shaw Lefevre; Sir B. Hall. Ecclesiastical: Lord Shaftesbury praises J.R's church appointments. Ecclesiastical: St. Albans: question of creation of a bishopric. Correspondence: Revd. W. Malet.

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