Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/144

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 4901 to 4950, 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. 50 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 4901 to 5000’. 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, 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 4901, 4907, 4910, 4911, 4919, 4920, 4926, 4927, 4933, 4936, 4937, 4939, 4946, 4947, and 4950 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

4901. Letter from Captain R De Bourbel, Officiating Executive Engineer, Barrackpore Division, Barrackpore, Feb 1859. Submits plans and estimates for adding a landing stage to the river, and plans of the causeway lately made at Government House, Barrackpore. Suggests various other improvements which might be made at Barrackpore. Enclosed are 3 plans and 2 estimates. Copy of reply about the alterations. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 5105, 5117, 5746.

4902. Copy of reply to A G Stark Esquire, India Navy Club, Bombay, Feb 1859. Acknowledging receipt of his letter and a copy of the Bombay Gazette. Governor General's Book number 1251.

4903. Letter from Mr G B Cornelius, late Deputy Assistant Commissary, Commissariat Department, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Sends a petition asking for 6 months batta, as granted to those who assisted in the capture of Lucknow. Petition no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, his petition has been transferred to the Military Department.

4905. Letter from the Honourable G C Talbot, Private Secretary to Lord Stanley, East India House, London, Jan - Feb 1859. Sends 2 letters from Captain Scot and Mrs Mawe interceding on behalf of the Nawab of Banda. Cover only. Endorsed: transferred to the Portfolio Secretary of State number 82. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 5165.

4906. Letter from Bernard Bassaya, Valernademoudeliar, Cuddalore, Jan - Feb 1859. States that the Queen had sent orders to the Madras Government to grant him an appointment, asks that this may be done. 1 enclosure. Copy of reply, request refused.

4907. Letter from Major General Sir W P Mansfield, Chief of the Staff, Lucknow, Feb 1859. Sends 2 letters showing the quiet state of Palamow.

4908. Letter from Captain J Mac Viccar, 41st Madras Native Infantry, Madras, Feb 1859. Sends a letter to the Governor General (no longer enclosed) and asks for employment; he was for many years at the head of the Agency for the Suppression of Human Sacrifice in Orissa. Copy of reply, application noted. Governor General's Book number 1259.

4909. Copy of a letter to R J Dunlop Esquire, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Asking him to call on the Governor General.

4910. Letter from Mr A Hume, Magistrate and Collector, Etawah, Camp, Gosurahar, Feb 1859. Asks if Captain Chamberlain is certain to come to Etawah, and if Hume may leave the district. Copy of reply, answering his complaints. Telegraphic Message Sent number 577.

4911. Letter from Major General Sir W R Mansfield, Chief of the Staff, Lucknow, Feb 1859. Submits 2 letters, 1 from General Walpole about the arrangements made to clear out the jungles on the left bank of the Saarda; and 1 from Brigadier Horsford giving his reasons for establishing a patrol along the Frontier towards Pudnaha, which created a panic in the first valley of Nepal and induced a great number of the enemy to retire further into the interior in the belief that the British would soon cross the Frontier. Horsford believes that unless the British are invited to turn the rebels out of Nepal, they will stay there as long as their funds last.

4912. Letter from Assistant Surgeon A Young, Jodhpur Legion, Ermpoora, Rajputana, Feb 1859. Asks for employment in Oudh or the Provinces, or elsewhere. Copy of reply, application noted. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 3521, 3985, 4056, 4079, 9153, 9154, 9160, 9167, 9168.

4913. Letter from Captain W G Cumming, Political Assistant to the Agent for the Governor General Central India, Malwa Field Force, Camp, Jan - Feb 1859. Asks to be appointed to the Political Agency in Nimar or to the Bheel Agency in Bhopawur.

4914. Letter from Dr H N Elton, Assistant Surgeon 32nd Native Infantry, the Naval Detachment and No 6 Bullock Battery at Barrackpore, Feb 1859. Applies for the appointment of Marine Surgeon and Presidency Surgeon, or Superintendent of Vaccine. Testimonial. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4232, 4295.

4915. Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Asks that Lieutenant Griffiths may join the Survey Department without delay. Copy of reply, he will be gazetted. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4785, 4830, 4921.

4917. Letter from Mr N Porter, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Sends a letter for the Governor General (no longer enclosed). Governor General's Book number 1258.

4918. Letter from Mr J E Kitts, Agent to Mr Farquharson, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Asks to be allowed to use the names of Lord and Lady Canning as patrons for Mr Farquharson's next entertainment. Copy of reply, request refused. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4892, 5025.

4919. Copy of a letter to W D Arnold Esquire, Director of Public Instruction in the Punjab, London, Feb 1859. Conveying the Governor General's thanks for Arnold's note on education in the Punjab.

4920. Letter from Dewan Hakim Rae, Benares, Feb 1859. Asks for pardon and release from prison. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of letter transferring Hakim Rae's papers to Simson. Copy of reply to Hakim Rae, his papers have been sent to the Foreign Department. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 5031.

4921. Letter from Major General R J K Birch, Secretary to Government of India, Military Department, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Returns papers, Lieutenant Griffiths may be placed at the disposal of the Survey Department. 4 papers. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4785, 4830, 4915.

4922. Letter from Mr K B Harington, Legislative Councillor, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Asks whether the application for extension of leave with retention of staff appointment of Captain H I Hawes, Deputy Commissioner in the Punjab, should be sent to the Foreign Office or the Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Punjab. 2 letters. Copy of reply, application should be made to Foreign Secretary.

4924. Copy of a letter to K C Chapman Esquire, Feb 1859. Sending 200 Rupees, Lady Canning's subscription to the Calcutta Girls' School. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 4943.

4925. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J Sleeman, General Superintendent Thuggee and Dacoitee, on leave Calcutta, Feb 1859. Asks for an interview. Copy of reply arranging interview.

4926. Letter from the Honourable G F Edmonstone, Lieutenant Governor North West Provinces, Allahabad, Feb 1859. Asks for lists of applications made for Cantonment Joint Magistracies, for posts in the Police. Copy of reply about this.

4927. Copy of a letter to the Honourable G F Edmonstone, Lieutenant Governor North West Provinces, Allahabad, Feb 1859. Sending him an addition to Muir's last letter to Ricketts.

4928. Copy of a letter to C Beadon Esquire, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Asking what orders have been issued about the Governor General's Despatches for the Bombay Mail.

4929. Letter from Mr C Sarkies, Superintendent Lahore Chronicle Press, Lahore, Jan - Feb 1859. Asks for payment of an account. 1/2 anna stamp. Copy of reply, asking for explanation of the account.

4930. Letter from Mr J Chopin, Home Department, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Sends 5 copies of his compilation subscribed for by the Governor General (not enclosed). Copy of reply sending payment for these. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4801, 4859.

4931. Extract from a Government General Order, Feb 1859. Placing the services of Lieutenant J F Sherer, 49th Native Infantry, 2nd in Command, Sylhet Light Infantry Battalion, at the disposal of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Note from General Birch. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4612, 4666, 4679, 4932.

4932. Letter from Captain H Raban, Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Alipore, Feb 1859. Asks about Lieutenant J F Sherer. Copy of reply, Sherer is to be nominated as Commandant of the Kookee Levy and Assistant Superintendent of Cachar. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 4612, 4666, 4679, 4931.

4933. Letter from the Honourable Henry Ricketts, Member of Council, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Forwards a letter to the Private Secretary so that an addition may be made to it. Copy of reply, returning Muir's letter with the addition. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 4927.

4934. Letter from Mr C Sharp, Superintendent of Barrackpore Park, Feb 1859. Reports on the state of the Park.

4935. Copy of a letter addressed to the 'Morning Herald' by Mr George Palmer Junior, Oct 1858. Correcting certain erroneous statements in the published account of the services rendered by him at Bijnour and Mozuffurnuggur 7 Oct.

4936. Letter from Lieutenant General Sir J Outram G C B, Member of the Supreme Council of India, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Forwards a letter from Lieutenant Colonel J Brasyer, Commandant of the Regiment of Ferozepore, reporting a prisoner's statement that there is a general feeling of alarm about the seizure of arms by the Government. Also encloses a copy of a vernacular letter (with translation by Private Secretary) from the Nawab of Bullubgurh (recte Malagurh according to the Private Secretary) about surrendering himself. Note by Private Secretary. Copy of reply to Outram, acknowledgment.

4937. Petition of Captain Sirdar Golab Sing Attarewalla, Feb 1859. Asks for a transfer. Cover only. Endorsed: transferred to Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

4938. Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Forwards a copy of the new map of Rajputana (not enclosed), and returns thanks for the note about Lieutenant Griffiths.

4939. Printed notice from the Government Central Museum, Madras, Jan 1856. Announcing that the Right Honourable the Governor of Madras has liberally established Zoological Gardens for the amusement and instruction of the people, and hoping that donations of rare or curious animals will be made.

4940. Letter from Lieutenant E Stevenson, 3rd Europeans, Gwalior, Feb 1859. Renews his application for staff employment. Asks to be appointed to one of the Police Regiments which are being raised in Bengal. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Lieutenant Governor for a Police appointment.

4942. Letter from Mr R D Turnbull, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Sends a copy of the Annual Report, and a copy of the first Report on a new system of drainage and sewerage in Calcutta. Reports no longer enclosed.

4945. Letter from Meean Rutton Singh of Mundee, Benares, Feb 1859. Submits a petition praying that if his claims to the Guddee of Mundee cannot be recognised, his pension may be increased, and he may be allowed to live at Mundee. 1/2 anna stamp. See also 5060 (Petition no longer enclosed.)

4946. Letter from Mr O Toogood, Officiating Magistrate of Monghyr, Camp, Monghyr, Feb 1859. Has not yet received the promotion he expected from a remark of the President in Council; appeals to the Governor General for redress. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 5052.

4947. Letter from Mr R Montgomery, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow, Feb 1859. Will send a Report on the past and present administration of Oudh. Has telegraphed the Private Secretary about his departure from Lucknow.

4948. Letter from Mr J R Caesar, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Forwards a prospectus of a work he intends to publish, being a reprint of letters in the newspapers on Christian Missions.

4950. Letter from Mr W Theobald, Secretary Indigo Planters' Association, Calcutta, Feb 1859. Forwards a copy of a petition from the Compensation Committee to Parliament.