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181. Mss Eur F231/8, f33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f33
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 15 May; agrees that legislation to implement 1st report of Law Commission should be by Legislative Council in India rather than Parliament and is persuading Chairs to agree, but Canning must legislate speedily; checks introduced by 1833 India Act tend to cause delay;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

182. Mss Eur F231/8, f38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f38
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Canning's letters of 3, 4 and 5 June [last not traced]; Canning's health; policy towards Persia; one of worst features of Indian Govt is absence of good police; impending controversy with Directors over number of cadetships – 'the desire for fresh patronage and promotion among the di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

183. Mss Eur F231/8, f41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f41
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Urges Canning to get Legislative Council to enact as much of Law Commission's recommendations as possible as Sir J Jervis (Chief Justice of Common Pleas) and Robert Lowe (Whig politician) are highly critical of Vernon Smith for not acting on its work without reference to India; slow progress on W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

184. Mss Eur F231/8, f46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f46
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 3 July (1); suggests Legislative Councillor [i.e. Law Member of Governor-General's Executive Council] no longer necessary and that £10,000 p.a. could be saved; two batches of civil servants (of 20 each) being sent out, plus those currently at Haileybury found fit aft...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

185. Mss Eur F231/8, f49 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f49 (1)
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Salt report should be on its way; is sending despatch to Directors regarding their method of drawing bills on India - it may be resented but the practice is seemingly wasteful; Jackson's revenue experience will be useful in Oudh where revenue settlement, opium and salt are matters coming up; comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

186. Mss Eur F231/8, f49 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f49 (2)
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 17 July; brief comments on Indian financial position; possibility of negotiations with Persia at Constantinople, but meanwhile Canning should continue with preparations for campaign; agreement has been given to Anson's tour of inspection; inconvenience of latter's co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

187. Mss Eur F231/8, f52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f52
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Orders have been sent to start Persian expedition to seize Bushire and Kharaq; is urging Elphinstone to active commissariat preparations should objects be extended to Shiraz, but agrees with Canning difficulties begin there; Dost Muhammad should be encouraged to attack Persia; Clerk thinks 10,000...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

188. Mss Eur F231/8, f55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f55
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Thinks despatch of English officers to Herat would be feasible (extraordinary lack of news from there), but otherwise agrees with Canning's letter of 22 August; important that Dost Muhammad understands he is being helped to expel Persians from Herat, but not to install himself who has no right to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

189. Mss Eur F231/8, f58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f58
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letters of 8 September; Persian expedition; Court of Directors now adopting more liberal attitude to Oudh royal family; encloses draft Act on Admiralty jurisdiction in India; has urged O'Shaughnessy to return to India rather than take charge of railways and telegraphs of other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

190. Mss Eur F231/8, f60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f60
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letters of 22 September; preparations for Persian expedition; possibility of placing Outram in command; agrees on keeping aloof from Afghan entanglements, but current events 'force us into interference'; urges action on Law Commission for domestic political reasons; he and Man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item