Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/122

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 3801 to 3850, 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. 39 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 3801 to 3900’. 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 3801, 3811, 3812, 3819, 3822, 3824, 3831, 3832, 3833, 3837, 3842, 3845, 3849, 3850 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

3801. May to June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports the destruction by fire of an indigo factory on the Arrah and Buxar road by 12 sepoys; and particulars of a murder committed by the rebels in a village called Rajpoor. General Lugard is to turn the enemy out of the jungle; a sepoy captured has given their numbers as 2000, but this is not believed. It is difficult to cut the jungle as the labourers are terrified and refuse to work.

3802. June 1858. Letter from Mr W Glynn, Deputy Magistrate, Futtehpore. Refuses the appointment as 1st class Extra Assistant Commissioner in Oudh as it is only equal to his present post, and reapplies for an Assistant Commissionership. Copy of reply, there are no vacancies at present.

3804. May to June 1858. Letter from Mr G F Edmonstone, Secretary to Government of India with the Governor General Allahabad. Forwards the Durbar Accounts for March and April. Copy of reply, returning countersigned Accounts.

3806. June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant G F F Vincent, 30th Native Infantry, Fort Agra. Asks if the Private Secretary would advise him to come to Allahabad and wait upon the Governor General to urge his claims for employment, should his Court Martial result favourably. Copy of reply, acknowledging his letter and a telegram announcing his acquittal; Private Secretary could not advise his coming to Allahabad. See also 3809.

3807. May to June 1858. Letter from Sir Robert Hamilton, Calpee. Has not received letters since the fall of Calpee. It is impossible for him to reach Gwalior before 15 Jun though Scindia has telegraphed to Sir Hugh Rose to hurry up the troops for an expected attack by the rebels. Chandeeree and Lullutpore should be held against the Thakoors. Sends a letter from Ram Chunder Rao, Holkar's minister, reporting the death of Holkar's son, and recommending that adoption be allowed. Reports an interview with Messrs Thornton and Vincent about the protection and assistance given them and others by Monohur Sing, sends a certificate about this, and hopes the Governor General has pardoned him.

3808. June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant G F F Vincent, 30th Native Infantry. Sends a telegraph announcing his acquittal by Court Martial. Enclosed is a copy of the General Orders about the Court Martial. See also 3806.

3810. June 1858. Letter from Mr W Moore, Howrah. Submits a Memorial to the Governor General and asks for a suitable appointment.

3811. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports a panic at Buxar, the flight of the inhabitants, and the rush of European women and children into the Fort, owing to some of the rebels having crossed over and burnt the Railway Works at Kurumnasa. The Europeans there are said to have escaped, and Messrs Burn and Company's loss to be enormous. 2 Jun was fixed for the extermination of the Jugdeespore rebels, and he hopes General Lugard will be able to give a good account of them.

3812. June 1858. Letter from Captain T Dennehy, Commandant of Police Battalion for the Allahabad Division, Allahabad. In reply, Sirdar Golab Sing could take with him to Lucknow 60 men fully armed, after leaving an adequate number to take the guard duty for the Governor General. Copy of earlier letter asking how many men are personally attached to Golab Sing who wishes to serve in Oudh. See also 3780, 4030.

3813. May 1858. Copy of a letter to Major H L Thuillier, Calcutta. Asking for a map of the Gorruckpore and North Behar Frontier.

3814. May to June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant H G Raverty, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry, Mooltan. Asking for permission to dedicate his Pushtoo Dictionary to the Governor General.

3815. June 1858. Letter from Captain W A Crommelin, Superintending Engineer, Lucknow. Asks for promotion for his brother Mr C P Crommelin, Extra Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab, with a letter from Mr Montgomery, Chief Commissioner of Oudh. Copy of reply, application noted, at present no vacancies.

3816. June 1858. Letter from Dr G Paton, Post Master General, North West Provinces, Meerut. Submits copy of his telegram to the Director General of Post Offices, reporting the employment of extra Hurkaras or the road to Jeypore, the horse dak at Gwalior being closed.

3817. June 1858. Letter from Mr C Wingfield, Commissioner of Gorruckpore. Asks for a reply to his letter of resignation from the Oudh Commission, and asks how he is to be employed.

3818. June 1858. Letter from Mr W Glynn, Deputy Magistrate, Futtehpore. Hopes for a future appointment to Oudh. 1/2 anna stamp. Copy of reply returning a testimonial.

3819. June 1858. Letter from Sir R N C Hamilton, Agent to the Governor General for Central India, Jaloun. Reports the receipt of unsatisfactory news from Gwalior, the meeting of the rebels with Tantia Topi at Mahona, and their move with Rao Sahib and Jhansi Rani to Indoorkee, a rebel fort of Dowlut Sing. He does not believe reports of the defeat of the Maharajah at Gwalior, but the steady advance of the rebels to Gwalior indicates some preconcerted understanding. If Gwalior is attacked by the British the Nana will come down and every endeavour will be made to raise the Maharatta and the Deccan.

3820. May to June 1858. Letter from Mr C W West, Inspecting Post Master General, Camp, Mangalore. Asks for a suitable employment for his son, now employed on the Madras Railway in the Malabar Coast. 1/2 anna stamp. Copy of reply, refused.

3821. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Hawkins, Deputy Post Master, Cawnpore. Replies about delays in the transmission of letters between Calpee and Allahabad, and the arrangements made.

3822. June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel G Ramsay, Resident at Nepal, Allahabad. Reports his readiness to start at once for Ghazeepore and Patna. He has applied for the services of Dr Oldfield and has told him not to make any arrangements for his passage until the Governor General has communicated with Jung Bahadoor.

3823. June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant G F F Vincent, 30th Native Infantry, Fort Agra. Has been told that he did not receive an unqualified acquittal, but a reprimand, which he now reports to the Governor General. Copy of reply about this.

3824. May 1858. Letter from R Montgomery Esquire, Chief Commissioner of Oudh. Encloses a letter from General Hope Grant, assigning reasons for falling back upon Lucknow, and a diary of the Assistant Commissioner with the column, reporting an attack on the rebels near Sunrie. Regrets that the General should have retired, without even demolishing Beni Madho's fort.

3829. June 1858. Letter from the Reverend L Poynder, Chaplain of Delhi. Further to his application for leave to England. Copy of reply about this. See also 3793.

3830. May to June 1858. Petition of Colly Persaud, native doctor, 31st Native Infantry , Camp, Muroura. Applies to be made a Tehsildar in Oudh or elsewhere. Copy of letter to Surgeon E B Thring, 31st Native Infantry about this.

3831. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports an action which is said, thought not authoritatively, to have been fought on 4 Jun between General Lugard's force and the rebels at Jugdeespore, and the enemy have escaped to the South West. The General intends going into cantonments at Dinapore. Other news of actions.

3832. June 1858. Letter from Mr W S Atkinson, Principal of La Martiniere, Calcutta. Submits his views on the support he proposes to offer the Government through his newspaper. Copy of reply, the Governor General agrees with his views, and will be glad to furnish the paper with explanations of the Government policy; but cannot consider giving one newspaper exclusive possession of facts and public news to the exclusion of the others. See also 3789, 3888.

3833. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports the flight of Ummer Sing to Ghoomur, after the action of 4 Jun when the enemy was completely routed, and 93 killed.

3834. June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant G F F Vincent, 30th Native Infantry, Fort Agra. Explains why his telegraph to the Private Secretary was not prepaid. Note about this.

3835. June 1858. Letter from G F Edmonstone Esquire, Allahabad. Sends an extract of a letter from the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab applying for 5 additional Assistant Commissioners.

3836. June 1858. Letter from Mr W T Moore, Howrah. Reports the recovery of his testimonials; asks for a copy of the despatch from the Honourable Court directing a re-consideration of his Memorial.

3837. June 1858. Letter from Mr George Brown, Calcutta. Submits a copy of the Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce about a Memorial to the late Mr Venables, and asks if the Governor General would like to subscribe. Endorsed: answered by Governor General. See also 3893, 3969; Telegraph Messages Sent number 464, 469; Telegraph Messages received number 795.

3838. April to May 1858. Letter from Mr A Dunlop, Bombay. Sends a bill for the 'Bombay Times'. 1/2 anna stamp. Note about this; copy of reply. See also 1959, 2070, 3936.

3839. June 1858. Letter from Lieutenant C H Mecham, 27th Madras Native Infantry, Quarter Master, Hodson's Horse, Lucknow. Asks how his sketches were sent home. Copy of reply about this, there seems no doubt that they were sent by the 'Ava'.

3841. June 1858. Letter from Mr F C Marshall, Assistant Executive Engineer, Buxar. Asks to be made Deputy Magistrate, states his services during the siege of Lucknow, and sends copies of his testimonials. Copy of reply, he has no recommendation from his commanding officer, or certificate of his qualifications for Deputy Magistrate. See also 4474, 4575, 4598.

3842. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports that when General Lugard received Madocks' letter, Brigadier Douglas was sent to Buxar with a detachment to intercept Ummer Sing who is at Ghoomar with about 800 sepoys, 50 cavalry, and a large number of rabble, evidently thinking of a retreat towards Oudh. The Ghazeepore force will co-operate with Brigadier Douglas if the enemy stand. Owing to a report that the enemy would attack the Stud, all the Europeans save the officials slept under the Fort guns, but nothing happened.

3845. June 1858. Letter from Mr George Campbell, Judicial Commissioner, Lucknow. Asks for a copy of a letter he sent to the Home Department about schemes of administration in Oudh. Reports on the state of affairs in Oudh; refers to the Governor General's promise to send him authority for a proclamation to extend to all the immunity from death and degrading punishment offered to Talukdars, and adds that such a measure would give confidence in Oudh, and be well received in England.

3846. June 1858. Letter from Mr W C Plowden, 1st class Assistant Commissioner, Punjab, on leave, Simla. Did not intend to refuse his transfer to Oudh, but merely to point out the circumstances of his transfer. Copy of reply, the Governor General cannot now alter his previous orders, which were founded on Plowden's representations. See also 3783.

3847. June 1858. Letter from Mr C Beadon, Secretary to Government Home Department, Calcutta. Forwards a letter from Colonel Phipps conveying the Queen's thanks for the Andaman photographs.

3848. June 1858. Letter from Mr D C Mackey, Merchant, Calcutta. Encloses an appeal for money for the family for the late Thomas Goldsworthy. Copy of reply, sending 100 Rupees. See also 3864, 3895.

3849. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports the movements of Brigadier Douglas' force, and movements of the enemy. Nishan Sing has been captured and executed.

3850. June 1858. Letter from Mr H Madocks, Civil Service, Buxar. Reports the result of an action between Brigadier Douglas' Force and the rebels near the railway. The B Force is said to have just completed the bridge of boats, whilst the rebels were crossing the Ganges freely above Ghoomur. General Lugard is reported ill.