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41. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/5

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/5
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Shares Stanley's high opinion of Durand and is seriously considering appointing him Foreign Secretary; comments favourably on Bartle Frere (Chief Commissioner, Sind); only preferred Montgomery to Frere for Punjab because natives know and respect Montgomery and he knows them; difficult to employ B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

42. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/10

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/10
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to his letter of 29 January (3); Financial Despatch by this mail deals with longer term which is 'not cheering'; there is need for new taxes, loans amounting to £5 million, and £4 million from England; this takes no account of home charges which are roughly equal to £4 million which Govt o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

43. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/11
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Grateful for Govt's approval of line taken regarding Company's European regiments [cf Stanley to Canning, 8 January]; his great anxiety regarding this matter, and describes how it appears to have been blown out of all proportion by Headquarters staff; Lord Clyde has been unwell – need to keep him...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

44. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/14
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to his letter of 16 February and explains why it has been necessary to announce loan for £5 million before hearing from Stanley; receipt on 19 February of Stanley's letter of 17 January on application to Parliament for £7 million – Canning's assumptions regarding apportionment of this sum ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

45. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/21

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/21
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to Talbot's letter of 3 February; delays in equipping new European cavalry regiments arose in England; many recruits were still boys; Queen's regiments could not spare men to be instructors (cavalry was in short supply in Oudh and central India); recruits landed at worst possible time to a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

46. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/22
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Stanley's letter of 30 January]; character sketch of Harris whom he has offered Chaplaincy of Penang; suggests possibility of giving Crown livings to deserving Assistant Chaplains and describes services of two others (Moore and Mackay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

47. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/39
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Has had to rebuke Sir C Trevelyan (Governor of Madras), despite which he still intends to give Local Governors more freedom of action in things 'not essentially imperial' as Stanley will see from changes in Public Works system.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

48. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/48
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to Stanley's letter of 25 April; shortcomings of Governor-General's Council as an administrative machine, as instanced by cases of Raja of Farukhabad, and discontent of European troops; problem caused by legal right of each Council member to be consulted on all subjects; one solution is to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1859
Extent:
1 item

49. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/51
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to his own letter of 13 June and Stanley's of 16 May (3) on reform of his Council and clarifies first of alternative proposals suggested in the former; his second proposal very similar to Stanley's unless Stanley envisaged Secretaries having cognisance of work of other departments as well ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1859
Extent:
1 item

50. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/52
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Rumours that Pasha of Egypt plans to throw off allegiance to Ottoman Empire and place himself under protection of French; also that he is refusing to allow P&O Company to transport coal by railway from Alexandria to Suez; possibility that their stocks are low reinforces Canning's advice to la...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1859
Extent:
1 item

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