Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/120

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 3701 to 3750, consisting of correspondence, relating to applications for posts and other matters. These papers were originally included in one bundle of one hundred docketed sets of papers, labelled ‘No. 38 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 3701 to 3800’. Each numbered set of papers usually consists of an original letter sent to the Private Secretary to the Governor General, or to the Governor General, a copy of the reply from the Private Secretary, Lewin Bentham Bowring, and any other papers. In addition, for each set of papers, either on the back of the original letter, or on a separate sheet of paper, is written the number of the set of papers, the year, the name of the writer of the original letter, the official position and location of the sender, the date the letter was despatched, the date it was received, the date it was answered, any cross references to other papers, and a brief summary of the letter. Numbers 3701, 3702, 3703, 3704, 3705, 3706, 3708, 3709, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3721, 3722, 3725, 3726, 3727, 3728, 3729, 3730, 3731, 3733, 3737, 3738, 3741, 3743, 3745, 3748, 3749 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

3701. May 1858. Letter from Mr R Montgomery, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. About appointments in the Commission. He reports that the rebels made a movement towards Oonao, and General Grant was obliged to move South West after them. The country near Furrackabad is very unsettled by the rebels at Shahjehanpore collected by Nirput Sing, who is in correspondence with the Moulvee. Future plans. The Moulvee and Nirput Sing are about to join forces.

3702. May 1858. Letter from Mr J F D Inglis, Magistrate and Collector of Bareilly. Will send news daily. After two engagements the Mooradabad side of Bareilly was taken, and the Commander in Chief or his advance guard is now at the Nukutra bridge; the Nana has fled by Besulpore and Powica; if Khan Bahadoor Khan, Feroze Shah and Mehmood Khan do not bolt they are likely to be caught.

3703. May 1858. Letter from Mr W B Ford, Post Master Allahabad. About postal arrangements.

3704. April 1858. Memorandum (copy) by Mr John Bishop, steward of Sir William Peel. Describing how Sir William arrived at Cawnpore, fell ill, and died of smallpox. See also 3708.

3705. May 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Camp, near Jugdeespore. Reports their arrival at the top of the jungle, 6 miles from Jugdeespore, and the determination of General Lugard not to advance until he has heard of the movements of the Sasseram troops; unfortunately the messenger sent to that camp is said to have been killed. The rebels are expected to bolt over the Soane towards Gya. Koer Sing is said by the best spies to be alive, whilst Mr MacDonald seems confident that he is dead.

3706. May 1858. Letter from Mr F Gubbins, Commissioner of Benares. About the appointment of a Joint Magistrate of Benares. Encloses a letter from Mr Stainton confirming the news of the death of Koer Sing. Returns two memoranda (enclosed) one by Mr Harrington on the taxation of cities by Punchayut and the other by Mr Currie on tax on capital in trade. See also 3709; Governor General's Book number 990, 1187.

3707. May 1858. Letter from Mr F B Gubbins, Commissioner of Benares. Submits an application from Mr Jenkinson to be Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector of Benares. Mr Venables has left a mother and another brother, and gives their addresses. See also 3622.

3708. May 1858. Letter from the Reverend T Moore, chaplain of Cawnpore. Gives an account of Sir W Peel's death and funeral. See also 3704.

3709. May 1858. Letter from Mr C Currie, Officiating Magistrate and Collector, Roolundshahur. Encloses a memorandum on the tax proposed by him to be levied on the non-agricultural population (no longer enclosed); with comments. See also 3706; Governor General's Book number 990, 1187.

3710. May 1858. Letter from Mr C Sharp, Superintendent, Barrackpore Park. Submits a report on the park and menagerie. Encloses a letter offering for sale a young male tiger which he has bought for 35 Rupees. Copy of reply approving his purchase.

3711. May 1858. Letter from Mr J Lynch, Lucknow. Complains of the injustice of the present Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oudh towards the old assistants attached to his office.

3712. May 1858. Letter from Mrs Martha Barrett, widow of the late Supervisor George Barrett of Lucknow, House of Refuge, Calcutta. Appeals for a pension as the widow of a man who died of cholera during the siege of Lucknow. Copy of reply, a decision in her case has been delayed, but she will hear from the Secretary to Government, North West Provinces.

3713. April 1858. Letter from the Reverend J Owen, Allahabad. Asks for a contribution to the Bible and Tract Societies for the North West Provinces. See also 3714.

3714. May 1858. Letter from the Reverend J Owen, Allahabad. Asks for the return of the subscription books of the Bible and Tract Societies. Copy of reply returning these, without a subscription. See also 3713.

3715. May 1858. Letter from Mr C Beadon, Secretary to the Government of India Home Department, Calcutta. At the instance of the President in Council asks if the Governor General has any objection to the Agricultural Society having a copy of His Lordship's Minute on the introduction of the Cinchona plant into India. Copy of reply, the Governor General has no objection.

3716. May 1858. Letter from Mr D Sutherland, Registrar, Legislative Council Office, Calcutta. Applies for the acting appointment of Clerk Assistant to the Legislative Council and encloses testimonials. See also 3947.

3717. April to May 1858. Letter from Mrs Ann Rodrigues, Jaffar, Ceylon. Renews her request for money.

3718. May 1858. Letter from Baboo Ram Chunder Mullick, Calcutta. Renews his request to be Deputy Superintendent of the Government Toshakhana. See also 3509.

3719. May 1858. Letter from Mr W Moore, Howrah. Renews his request for an appointment and money. Copy of reply, his Memorial is now before the Governor General.

3720. May 1858. Letter from Captain H A Dwyer, Officiating Assistant Commissioner, Jhujjur. Applies to be 1st or 2nd class Assistant Commissioner in Oudh or elsewhere. Copy of reply, there are no vacancies in Oudh; he should seek permanent civil employment through the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab.

3721. May 1858. Letter from Baboo Inder Mun, extra Writer in the Executive Engineers' Office, Meerut Division, Public Works Department. Asks to be reappointed as 3rd clerk in the office of the Deputy Commissioner of the Mullapore District; asks for compensation for his losses during the Mutiny; encloses a vernacular document written by himself about the conspirators of Bareilly. Copy of reply, acknowledgment; his application to be re-appointed and for compensation should be sent to the Chief Commissioner of Oudh.

3722. May 1858. Letter from Pundit Ujoodhia Pursad, Tehsildar, Lucknow. Wishes to be transferred to Mirzapore, Benares or Lucknow from Fyzabad. States that none of the great Talukdars of Oudh have come to Lucknow; gives the names of the petty Zemindars and Talukdars who have come. Encloses a Persian purwannah from Mr Gubbins. Endorsed: answered privately.

3723. May 1858. Letter from Captain F C Chapman. Asks to be appointed Assistant Commissioner in Oudh. See also 3724, 3725.

3724. May 1858. Letter from Captain F C Chapman, 2nd in Command, Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, Gorruckpore. Forwards his application to be appointed Assistant Commissioner in Oudh as a reward for his services (Application no longer enclosed). See also 3723, 3725.

3725. May 1858. Letter from Captain F C Chapman, 2nd in Command, Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, Gorruckpore. Rectifies a mistake in his earlier letter, about the grade of appointment he solicits. Copy of reply; the Governor General is fully conscious of the services Chapman has rendered; but the appointment desired by him demands great experience, and a thorough acquaintance with administrative details. The interests involved in the management of Oudh are so momentous that the Governor General does not deem it advisable that there should be any risk of errors by the nomination of inexperienced officers. Memorandum about Chapman. See also 3723, 3724.

3726. April 1858. Letter from Lieutenant D McNeill, Camp, Ajoodheea. Reports the arrival of the Gurkhas at Ajoodheea, and the visit paid to them by Rajah Mann Sing. Urges the permanent occupation of the position they now occupy. Remarks on the uselessness of moving columns, and recommends the raising of a Camel Corps, and the establishment of Police supported by bodies of military at well selected points. Will cross the river with the Gurkhas 5 miles further down, join Rowcroft, and with his cavalry drive the rebels from their entrenchments. Encloses a rough sketch of their position.

3727. May 1858. Letter from Mr R Montgomery, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Reports an attack by a large body of the rebels on the Police Post at Gosaeeagunge; refers to an order which prevented General Parker sending a party to its relief. At Nawabgunge preparations were being made for 15,000 or 20,000 men, accompanied by the Begum. There is panic in the City, and he has urged the immediate return of General Grant's column; sends copy of a letter to General Mansfield, and another from Mr S Martin, Deputy Commissioner of Lucknow, to Colonel Abbott on the subject.

3728. May 1858. Letter from Mr R Montgomery, Chief Commissioner of Oudh. Reports that the gathering at Nawabgunge has only partially come off, that the restoration of the Begum has been proclaimed there. General Barker has moved some troops towards Chinhat. Refers to General Grant's continued inactivity, and to the necessity of a light column. Sends a note from him; hopes he will destroy Benee Madho's stronghold, the destruction of Doudukhera will do good. The exodus from the city of Lucknow has slackened; the discontinuance of the functions of the Prize Agents will help restore confidence. He hopes that after the relief of Shahjehanpore General Jones' column will go on to Mohundee or Seetapore. The Gurkhas are said to be marching down the right bank of the Gograh.

3729. May 1858. Letter from Mr R Montgomery, Chief Commissioner of Oudh. Encloses a copy of Assistant Commissioner C A Elliott's Journal, reporting the destruction of the Fort and Town of Buxar, where 9 of the European refugees from Cawnpore were murdered; also a letter from Mr St G Tucker, about General Grant's plans. Reports the flight of Rambux Sing after failing to induce the Rajpoots to oppose Grant's column. Has offered a reward for various rebels. Hopes that General Jones will pursue the Bareilly refugees.

3730. May 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Camp, Jugdeespore. Confirms the statement in the 'Delhi Gazette' about the disaster at Arrah. Reports the result of a general assault on the rebel force at Jugdeespore, and the capture of Kooer Sing's house with three wooden guns. Colonel Corfield's advance from Sasseram is awaited. Believes the rebels will bolt to the Rhotoss hills. A wounded sepoy whom they caught believed that Kooer Sing was still alive, though he had not seen him.

3731. May 1858. Letter from Mr T D Forsyth, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Forwards two letters (copies) from Dr McClelland about the country and climate to the east of Oudh, of Fyzabad in particular. Copy of reply, acknowledgment.

3732. May 1858. Letter from Lord William Hay, Superintendent, Hill States, Simla. States that his brother has not yet passed in Hindi so as to be eligible for employment in the Punjab; submits his own wish for promotion. Endorsed: appointed 3rd class Assistant Commissioner Punjab, 7 Aug 1858. Telegraph Messages Sent number 428, 429, 430; Telegraph Messages received number 721, 722, 726.

3733. May 1858. Letter from Mr R H Davies, Officiating Magistrate and Collector, Azimgurh. Returns thanks for the favourable mention made of him in General Orders.

3734. May 1858. Letter from Mrs Marian Manning, Howrah. Sends a copy of a letter from the Honourable G Talbot to her husband, and asks for an enquiry into her husband's suspension.

3735. May 1858. Letter from Mr R Manning, Howrah. Asks if the Government intends to prosecute the native for defrauding the East India Railway Company, if not he will bring a charge of defamation of character against the native and others.

3736. May 1858. Letter from Mr E C Bayley, Officiating Deputy Secretary to Government North West Provinces Allahabad. Submits an application from Rakhall Doss Bose for employment. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Commissioner of the Division.

3737. May 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Camp, Jugdeespore. Reports the result of an attack made by the rebels on the British Force, whilst marching through the jungle to Kooer Sing's bungalow at Jeetowra, the enemy was repulsed with considerable loss. They have now joined Colonel Corfield's Force, and a general attack will be made on the rebels on 13 May, unless they decamp meanwhile. See also 3738.

3738. May 1858. Letter from Mr J W Garstin, Superintendent of Roads, Buxar. Sends extracts from two of Mr Madock's letters of 12 and 14 May reporting the operations against the rebels at Jeetowra, the junction with Colonel Corfield, the measures taken to prevent the enemy crossing the Soane; remarks on the disadvantage of fighting in jungle. See also 3737.

3740. May 1858. Letter from Lieutenant W O Swanston, 7th Madras Native Infantry, Madras. Asks to be employed in the Mysore Commission; states his services. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Commissioner of Mysore.

3741. May 1858. Letter from Sir Robert Hamilton Bart, Agent to the Governor General for Central India, Camp, before Calpee. States that as the 2nd Brigade had lost its way, there had been delay in the advance on Calpee; that he soon expects to be on the right bank of the Jumna, and to drive the mutineers out of Bundelcund. Suggests distribution of the Field Force, to get the Europeans under cover; and recommends that the Hyderabad Contingent be allowed to return to their homes, and the Madras sappers be allowed to go to Madras, as they have been 8 years on service with only 18 months at home. He hopes that General Whitlock has cleared Humeerpore of its 4 mutinous companies. Endorsed: answered privately.

3742. May 1858. Letter from Mr W Moore, Howrah. Asks for the Private Secretary's help to secure for him the appointment of Sub Deputy Opium Agent of Behar. Copy of reply, he should apply through the proper channels.

3743. May 1858. Letter from Mr J W Garstin, Superintendent of Roads, Buxar. Submits extracts from a missing letter of Mr Madocks reporting the result of some skirmishes with the enemy near Jugdeespore.

3744. May 1858. Letter from Captain C B Stuart, 3rd Native Infantry, Meerut. Asks for a civil appointment. Endorsed: answered privately.

3745. May 1858. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel G Ramsay, Resident at Nepal, Allahabad. Reports his arrival and asks for orders.

3746. May 1858. Letter from Mr W T Moore, Howrah. Asks about his original testimonials which he entrusted to a peon of the Private Secretary's office; wishes to be a Deputy Magistrate or Assistant Commissioner in Oudh. Copy of reply, the Private Secretary does not have his testimonials, the peon in question has been dismissed, he will receive an answer to his Memorial in due course.

3747. May 1858. Letter from F A V Thurburn, Acting 1st Commissioner, Lucknow, Dhurrumpoor near Futtehgurh. Asks for a permanent appointment, mentioning some he would wish to hold. Copy of reply, his application has been noted.

3748. May 1858. Letter from Mr J W D Inglis, Civil Service, Bareilly. Reports the gradual restoration of quiet at Bareilly. Khan Bahadoor Khan attacked Shahjehanpore and was repulsed with loss, but fighting continued. The Commander in Chief was at Kuttra. Brigadier Coke's march toward Pilibeet was fruitless as the rebels evaded him. Believes that a good force will be necessary in Rohilcund as the Rampore Pathans have so far only been kept quiet by the tact and pay of the Nawab.

3749. May 1858. Letter from Mr F B Gubbins, Commissioner of Benares. Asks for orders to direct Brigadier Cumberledge's Force against the villagers of Burragaon, who are in open rebellion; states that 400 of the Arrah sepoys have got into the southern end of Mirzapore. Endorsed: answered privately.

3750. May 1858. Letter from Major E K Elliott, Deputy Commissioner of Nagpore, Seetabuldee. Sends a letter to the Governor General (no longer enclosed). Copy of reply, acknowledgment.