VOL. 15D Summary of Contents. Correspondence relating mainly to foreign affairs....

VOL. 15D Summary of Contents. Correspondence relating mainly to foreign affairs. Politics and government: Tariff reform. Correspondence: Louis Mallet (fs. 11-13). Cattle disease: prohibition of export of animals from G.B. into Ireland. Correspondence: Sir G. Grey (fs. 274-7). General election (July 1865). Correspondence: Lord Palmerston; A. H. Layard and others. Death of Richard Cobden: question of his widow's pension; proposal for a national memorial. Correspondence: W. E. Gladstone; C. F. Adams (U.S. Minister); Hon. Secretaries, memorial committee. Question of continued residence at Claremont of Queen Amélie: the Queen's interest. Correspondence: Sir C. Phipps (fs. 5-6). Lord Palmerston's views on coal exports: he condemns a policy which may "needlessly hasten the period of exhaustion ..... of our coal" and blames "selfish coal owners" (fs. 68-9). Foreign affairs: U.S.A.: the civil war: question of shipbuilding for belligerents in British ports: Lord Palmerston's views (fs. 30-1). J.R. defends cabinet policy to the Queen (fs. 41-2). Palmerston and the obligations of neutrality (fs. 44-6); the "Alabama" claims and the case of the "Shenandoah"; questions of treatment of foreigners accused of participation in the war, withdrawal by U.S. government of coastal blockade and vessel search, and belligerant rights. Death of Abraham Lincoln: the Queen's condolences to Mrs. Lincoln (fs. 114-15) and her reply (fs. 163-5). Question of a successor to British ambassador Lord Lyons (Sir F. Bruce). Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Palmerston, Derby; C. F. Adams; W. V. Harcourt; W. E. Gladstone; Sir F. Bruce; J. H. Burnley and others. Foreign affairs: France and Tunis: Lord Palmerston advises a firm line "..... principiius obsta should be our maxim in dealing with (the Emperor)" (fs. 2-4). Foreign affairs: France, Turkey and the Suez Canal: question of land disposal. Palmerston warns on possible disputes with France over rights of passage (fs. 172-4). Turkey's attitude: Palmerston disagrees with Cowley's view that "the Porte does not care about the canal" (fs. 180-2). Correspondence: Sir H. Bulwer; Lords Palmerston, Cowley; Hon. W. Stuart. Foreign affairs: Italy: the Roman question. Odo Russell's views on the Pope's encyclical letter of Dec. 21, 1864 (fs. 7-8); Palmerston urges that instructions be sent to him to prevent the Pope appointing a successor to Cardinal Wiseman (fs. 37-8). Foreign affairs: Prussia and Austria: intimations of conflict; the Gastein convention (Aug. 1865); recurring questions of the future of Schleswig and Holstein, and of cession to Austria of the Danube principalities in exchange for Venetia. Correspondence: J.R.; Lords Palmerston, Napier, Bloomfield; Baron Baude. Foreign affairs: Austria: question of a commercial treaty with the U.K. Correspondence: S. A. Beaumont; Lord Bloomfield; A. H. Layard. Foreign affairs: Greece: the Queen's alarm at position of King George "without an army he can depend upon" (fs. 55-6). Foreign affairs: Abyssinia: Consul Cameron's description to L. Hertslet of his "chaining" and imprisonment (fs. 22-4; 187-90). A. H. Layard's views on proposed negotiating mission to King Theodore from Egypt (fs. 183-5). Foreign affairs: Diplomatic service: appointments, transfers, promotions. The Queen objects to Sir R. Alcock's appointment to Peking (fs. 66-7; 70-2). Recall of Sir H. Bulwer from Constantinople; his defence (fs. 204-7). R. B. D. Morier's reluctance to go to Japan (fs. 233-5); the Queen wishes him to return within two years; he is posted to Athens. Foreign affairs: Diplomatic service: Lord Palmerston's dislike of the inclusion in F.O. despatches of "speculative opinions as to future events" (fs. 35-6). Foreign affairs: Lord Palmerston and slave trade suppression: need for extra ships but he recognises that "..... all the naval men hate the slave trade service" (fs. 9-10).

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