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11. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/11

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/11
Title:
No. 11: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Thanks Lord Canning for his letters on Mr Plowden's Salt Report, and about the Legislative Council; with comments. He is pleased with the account of Oudh, and urges Lord Canning not to overcrowd the Province with Europeans, but to do as much as possible with natives. Criticises the appointment o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/12

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/12
Title:
No. 12: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Agrees with Lord Canning that the Legislative Council in India should carry into effect the recommendations of the Law Commission, and no Parliamentary legislation would then be necessary. Lord Canning's complaint of delay in the other two Presidencies is counterbalanced by complaints from Madra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1856
Extent:
2 items

13. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/13
Title:
No. 13: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Sorry to hear from Lady Clanricarde that Canning has not been well. The decision on Persia goes out by the present mail; comments. Ballard and Green have been sent to Bombay to await orders. Officers and muskets to the Dost, with the news of an expedition to the Persian Gulf at the end of Sep wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/14
Title:
No. 14: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Urges Lord Canning to persuade the Legislative Council to pass as much as they can of the recommendations of the Law Commission, and also to speed up educational progress. Maule and the Duke of Cambridge have unadvisedly altered Hardinge's proposal about the two regiments in India. War with Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/15
Title:
No. 15: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Hopes as much legislation will be passed as possible in India before the meeting of Parliament, in spite of the difficulty about the Admiralty law. Asks if [Barnes] Peacock's appointment as Legislative Councillor need be continued. Remarks on the delays in the Police despatch, and on sending out...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/16
Title:
No. 16: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Comments on finance. Feroze Khan is going to Constantinople, preparations for war should be continued. General Anson's tour of inspection has been agreed upon. The currency question [at Singapore?] is causing a great stir. Comments on the treatment of the Queen of Oudh.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

17. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/17
Title:
No. 17: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
States that it has been resolved to order the expedition to the Persian Gulf to start and to occupy Karrack and Bushire, with comments. Shiraz would be difficult to supply. Dost Mahomed should be encouraged to attack the Shah. Sir George Clerk thinks that 9,000 or 10,000 men would not be half en...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

18. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/18

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/18
Title:
No. 18: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Writes in reply that he is not quite convinced by Canning's arguments that some officers should not be sent from Bombay to Herat. Hopes Canning will make it clear to the Dost that he will be assisted to expell the Persians from Herat, but he is not to establish himself there. Gortschakoff's inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

19. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/19

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/19
Title:
No. 19: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Glad to hear that the Persian Expedition will be ready at the beginning of Oct. Discusses plans. Palmerston has become quite eager about the war. The Oudh family is quiet, and the Court want to give them the whole 12 lacs in perpetuity. He hoped rather than expected India to do without a Loan. E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

20. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/20
Title:
No. 20: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Writes in reply that the Expedition for the Persian Gulf would not have been ready earlier. It is difficult to appoint Outram. Agrees that the authorities should keep aloof as much as possible from Afghan entanglements but current events force interference. Approves of action to be taken about t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

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