Add MS 71592

DROPMORE PAPERS. SERIES III. Vol. VI (ff. 147). Miscellaneous political papers of Grenville rel. to foreign and colonial affairs, and the Admiralty; ::

1. ff. 2-6. Letter of the Comte de la Chapelle to the Duc d'Orleans, enclosing papers relating to Louis XVIII's plan to settle in England; 20 Feb. 1806. Copies. Printed in HMC Report, vol. IX, pp. 443 et seq.

2. ff. 7-22v. Paper [by Antoine Francois Bertrand de Molleville?], French politician and historian, 'Note sur la situation Actuelle de l' Angleterre et de la France, et sur les moyens encore possibles de de [sic] terminer la guerre par une paix solide et honorable'; 17 March 1806. With covering letter to Grenville from Molleville, 21 March 1806.

3. ff. 23-30v. Letter from Grenville to Lieut.-Gen. H. E. Fox, or to the commmanding officer of the troops in the Mediterranean, concerning an Expedition to Constantinople; 20 ? Nov. 1806. Copy. With a rough draft, mostly in ink but partly in pencil. A fair draft was transmitted to Sir James Cockburn, Under-Secretary of State for War, 31 Jan. 1807, according to the endorsement. Printed, except for an endorsement, in HMC Report, vol. IX, pp. 441-442. For Constantinople see also (9) below.

4. ff. 31-34v. Letter to Grenville from James Towers concerning Britain and India; 23 April 1806. With a paper by the latter on Canadian affairs, consisting of extracts from his notebook.

5. ff. 35-41. Paper rel. to the revenues and expenditure of Malta and Gozo, prepared by William Eton for John Richards; 1807. With a letter from Eton to Richards, 7 Jan., and from the latter to Grenville, 10 Jan. 1807.

6. ff. 42-43v. Paper, 'Establishment of the late Civil Government of the Cape of Good Hope'; watermark 1805 [1806 ?]. With pencil annotation and markings, possibly by Grenville.

7. ff. 44-61v. Correspondence of George Canning with Benjamin Garlike, Minister at Copenhagen 1805-1807; 28 Feb.-9 March 1808. Bound copies, sent to Grenville by Thomas Grenville, 15 March 1808. Relating to despatches concerning Danish affairs apparently about to be printed by order of Parliament. Printed in HMC Report, vol. IX, pp. 182-192.

8. ff. 62-139v. Series of twenty-two anonymous letters to Lieut.-Col. P. Macleod sent from Syracuse; 4-27 Dec. 1806. Copies. Partly Greek. Concerning European and world affairs, the security of the British Empire, and the institutions of Sicily. Together with a 'Supposed Manifesto on the landing of the British in Greece'. Sent by Macleod to Grenville, Jan. 1807 (? see General Correspondence). The last two folios are blank save for pagination.

9. ff. 140-145v. Correspondence of Thomas Grenville with William Wellesley-Pole, Secretary to the Admiralty; [1808 ]. Copies. Concerning their refusal to receive a report to Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood from Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, Bart., at Constantinople, on the city's strength and on the force of ships defending it. Forwarded to Thomas Grenville by Lord Collingwood, with Louis' report. With brief covering note by Thomas Grenville; Feb. 1808.

10. ff. 146-147v. Notes and statistics: 'Table showing all the Burdens of the Kingdom of Sicily . . . 1783'; n.d. [watermarked 1803]. Apparently related to a plan submitted by the Marquis of Caraciola, Viceroy of Sicily, to the King of Sicily.

includes:

• f. 7 Antoine Francois Bertrand de Molleville: Letter to Lord Grenville: 1806: Fr.
• f. 9 Antoine Francois Bertrand de Molleville: Paper on the political situations of France and England, and on the way to obtain peace: 1806: Fr: Copy.
• f. 23 City of Constantinople: General Hon Henry Edward Fox: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Army; England: Instructions, concerning an expedition to Constantinople, to Gen. H.E. Fox from Lord Grenville: 1806: Copy and draft.
• f. 31 James Towers: Letter to Lord Grenville: 1806.
• f. 33 Canada: British America, and United States: James Towers: Notebook on Canadian and American travels, addressed to Lord Grenville: [bef. 1806]: Extracts; copy.
• f. 35 Slaves, Slave Trade: British America, and United States: James Towers: Newspaper cutting rel. to negro cloth in South Carolina, sent to Lord Grenville: circa 1806: Printed.
• f. 38 Island of Malta: John Richards: William Eton, formerly of Malta: Island of Goza: Letter rel. to the annual revenues of Malta and Gozo to J. Richards from W. Eton: 1807.
• f. 39 Island of Malta: Island of Goza: Paper on the annual revenues of Malta and Gozo, by William Eton: [1807].
• f. 42 Cape of Good Hope: Establishment of the late Civil Government of the Cape of Good Hope: [1805-1807]: Copy.
• ff. 44-61v Denmark. General: Benjamin Garlike, diplomatist: George Canning, Prime Minister: Correspondence of B. Garlike and G. Canning: 1808: Copies and extracts.
• ff. 62-139 Lieutenant-Colonel P. Macleod, 2nd Battalion, 78th Regiment: Island of Sicily: Anon. letters to, rel. to European and world affairs, the British Empire and Sicily: 1806: Engl.; Gr.: Copies?.
• f. 140 Thomas Grenville, bibliophile and statesman: Covering note in the hand of,: [1808?].
• ff. 141-145v Thomas Grenville, bibliophile and statesman: William Wesley, Baron Maryborough; 3rd Earl of Mornington; afterwards Wellesley afterw. Wellesley-Pole: Correpondence of W. W. Pole and T. Grenville: 1808: Copies.
• f. 143 Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood: Letter to Thomas Grenville: 1807: Copy; extract.
• f. 144 City of Constantinople: Selim III; Sultan of Turkey: Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood: Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, 1st Baronet: Navy; England: Report on the state of the Turkish fleet, etc., to Adm. Lord Collingwood from Sir T. Louis: 1806: Copy.
• f. 146 Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily; afterwards Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies: Table showing all the burdens of the Kingdom of Sicily. . .. 1783,: circa 1803.