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81. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/34
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Discontent among Company's European troops regarding transfer to crown not at an end as he had hoped and believed; encloses message from Maj-Gen J F Bradford (CO at Meerut) announcing widespread and open discontent there - something amiss with command there if they were previously unaware of it.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

82. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/35
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Encloses further messages regarding situation at Meerut, and a memorandum on the geographical disposition of troops in the area.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

83. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/36
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Discusses discontent among East India Company's European troops particularly at Meerut and Allahabad and how it should be handled; situation has been critical; its possible effect on native troops; wishes Court of Enquiry at Meerut to complete its work quickly.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

84. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/37
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Encloses papers on doings of 4th European Regiment and 2nd Light Cavalry at Allahabad showing 'how narrow escape we have had from grievous disaster. I never passed a more anxious 24 hours than after the first announcement of Sir John Inglis' intention to disarm'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

85. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/38
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Health of (Sir) Henry Ricketts having broken down, and with only two remaining colleagues (Outram and Peacock) neither of whom is in robust health, it is imperative, in view of volume of business, for him to exercise his power to appoint temporary member of Council.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

86. 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

87. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/40
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Further discussion of handling of discontent among Company's European troops; need to refill vacancies which will be left in Bengal Artillery by discharges by offering bounties for volunteers from British Army infantry regiments; has held up embarkation of two British Army regiments for time being.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

88. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/41
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to previous letter; effect of disaffection of Local Troops on question of maintaining a Local European Army; can no longer say that it would be safe to entrust management of large numbers of raw English recruits to management of officers trained to command natives only; in short term hopes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

89. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/42
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Refers to Stanley's letter of 18 April (1); thanks for Stanley's and Derby's statements regarding himself.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1859
Extent:
1 item

90. Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 475/43
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Given that war in Europe seems certain, is preparing earthworks along the Hooghly to defend Calcutta from naval attack; these will not be costly but protection of (currently defenceless) Rangoon will be expensive and difficult.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1859
Extent:
1 item