VOL. 11F Summary of Contents. Political correspondence. War reports and memoranda....

VOL. 11F Summary of Contents. Political correspondence. War reports and memoranda. Politics and government: dismissal of T. F. Kennedy: Lord Aberdeen cannot sanction a pension (fs. 23-6) or "injure" Gladstone's position (fs. 313-14); J.R's annoyance. War department: J.R's dissatisfaction with existing dual constitution; he urges Aberdeen to appoint Palmerston as Minister of War (fs. 60-77); Lord Aberdeen's resistance to Duke of Newcastle's removal; J.R. defends his proposal (fs. 123-42); question of Sidney Herbert's role as Secretary at War; Lord Aberdeen stands firm; J.R's anger; anxiety of old colleagues. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Aberdeen, Palmerston, Lansdowne; Sir C. Wood and others. Poor Law board: question of appointment of a secretary. Correspondence: Lord Aberdeen; M. T. Baines and others. Foreign affairs: Crimean war: Lord Clarendon's concern with Austrian and Prussian attitudes; he cites France's fear of a hostile German coalition (fs. 1-4); he fears Russian influence with Persia; his dependence on J.R's advice (fs. 295-6). Austria signs project treaty with Britain and France (Dec. 2). Conduct of the war: Sir J. Graham's criticism of naval strategy (fs. 15-18); A. H. Layard's report from Sebastopol (fs. 21-2); Sir E. Colebrooke's report from Balaclava (fs. 35-7). Lord Palmerston urges employment of foreign troops: question of raising Spanish, Hanoverian and Piedmont contingents. Sir W. Molesworth advises dismissal of Adjutant and Quartermaster Generals; Lord Granville's criticism of Lord Raglan "..... (he) surrounds himself with young Somersets and their cousins" (fs. 347-50): J.R's constructive memorandum (fs. 380-5). Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Clarendon, Lansdowne, Palmerston, Aberdeen, Minto, Raglan; Sir J. Graham; Sir E. Colebrooke; Sir H. Ward; Dukes of Argyll and Newcastle; James Hudson; Sir C. Wood; Sir W. Molesworth and others. Colonial affairs: South Australian constitution: copies of despatches (fs. 184-9). New Zealand Company: questions of debt settlement and land sales. Correspondence Sir G. Grey; W. E. Gladstone. Education: questions of religious instruction and sectarian prejudice; pauper childrens' education; uniting of two colleges at Aberdeen. Question of successor to retiring inspector general of schools. Correspondence: Bishop of St. Asaph; Revd. H. Moseley; Lord Aberdeen; R.R.W. Lingen; J. E. Denison. Ecclesiastical: question of church rates and repairs. Correspondence: Bishop of St. Asaph.

Topics

International

Labour

Treaties and alliances

Europe and Russia

Pay and pensions

Australia and Pacific

Debt

Navy

Poverty

Middle East

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Operations, battles and campaigns

Personal and family papers