Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/178

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 6602 to 6650, 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. 67 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 6601 to 6700’. 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 6606, 6615, 6616, 6617, 6622, 6625, 6626, 6627, 6630, 6631, 6632, 6634, 6639, 6647, and 6648 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

6602. Dec 1859. Letter from Mr G Robertson, 3rd class Sub Engineer, Officiating Executive Engineer, 7th Division, Grand Trunk Road, Umballa. Looks forward to seeing the Private Secretary at Umballa. States that the 7th Division extends as far as Delhi, and that Captain Hutchinson, Superintending Engineer of the Circle, left on 26 Dec to see Colonel Yule at Delhi.

6603. Dec 1859. Letter from Mr J C Ryley, Head Clerk, Deputy Commissioner's Office, Delhi. Sends a petition further to his request to be appointed to the Oudh Military Police as a reward for his services in defending the Magazine of Delhi. Cover only. Endorsed: Transferred to Military Secretary

6604. Dec 1859. Letter from Sir R Shakespear, Agent to the Governor General for Central India, Camp, Biorah. Writes about appointments in the Commission, Captain Hutchinson is to go to England on sick leave. Copy of reply about these. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6678

6605. Dec 1859. Letter from Mr J Taylor, Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab, Umballa. Offers his services to assist Mr Wilson, the Financial Member of Council, and suggests methods whereby he could save money for the Government (Letter no longer enclosed). Copy of reply, Taylor's letter has been sent to Mr Wilson.

6606. Dec 1859. Letter from Colonel G Ramsay, Resident at Nepal. Returns with thanks Mr Wingfield's letter (not enclosed), and agrees with him in considering the report of Jung Bahadoor's going down to aid the rebels, and of the ex-Ranee of Lahore raising the Sikhs as without foundation; says the former will never break with the British, and the latter is now spiritless, indolent, and has no money. Asks if the Governor General has any objection to his being furnished with copies of the instructions that have been issued to the officers attached to Colonel Holditch's Camp. He regrets very much the presence of Captain Hill in Jung Bahadoor's Camp, as it may lead to a re-opening of the question of compensation, and payment of the expenses of the Gurkha expedition. Mentions the course adopted by him in his discussions with the Durbar regarding the driving out of the rebels from the Terai by Jung Bahadoor. Sends a translation of a letter from Jung Bahadoor to Brigadier Holditch. Copies

6607. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr J D Lyne, late Commission Agent and Auctioneer, Delhi. Asks when he will receive compensation for his heavy losses by the Mutiny amounting to 25,070 Rupees. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Compensation Commissioner. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 3962

6608. Dec 1859. Letter from Ram Chundra, Head Master, Government School, Delhi. Asks the Governor General to visit the School or to be allowed to pay his respects personally. Sends three copies of his work (not enclosed). Copy of reply, the Governor General will see Ram Chundra before he leaves Delhi. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6609, 6619

6609. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr E L Brandreth, Commissioner of Delhi. Sends a letter from Ram Chundra, Head Master of the Government School at Delhi, asking the Governor General to visit the School. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6608, 6609

6610. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr L Ricketts, Assistant Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts Camp, Hospett. States the circumstances which entitled him to promotion to the grade of 1st class Assistant Commissioner and asks to be allowed to act for Captain M Tayler as Deputy Commissioner. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6398, 6624

6611. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Petition of Mahomed Haniff, late Manjee, Number 4 Boat of the Military Secretary's Office, Calcutta. Complains that he has been given an insufficient pension; asks to be reinstated, as he has sufficient strength to work for 10 more years or to be allowed the full pension to which he is entitled. Copy of reply, he must prove that he is entitled to the full pension, as according to the Government books he has only served for 26 years. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 5926, 5938, 6002, 6154

6612. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Captain J Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore Division, Barrackpore. Asks for orders about various buildings. Copy of reply about these.

6613. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Lieutenant H Phillpotts, 2nd in Command of the Mhair Regiment, Camp, Rajmahal. Applies for the vacancy in the Rajputana Agency. Copy of reply, acknowledgement.

6614. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr A G Keene, Superintendent of Dehra Dhoon. Wishes to communicate to the Lieutenant Governor the expression of His Excellency's favourable opinion of himself. Copy of reply, His Excellency has no objection. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6598

6615. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Moonshee Ameer Ally, Calcutta. Sends four printed copies of comments on the Licence Bill, by inhabitants of Calcutta and Patna (Not enclosed). Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement. See also Private Secretary’s Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects, Mss Eur F699/1/2/6/35, item 430a

6616. Jan 1860. Copy of a letter to A D Hume Esquire, Collector of Etawah. About the question of Deposits. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6363, 6376, 6454, 6577, 6573, 6628, 6658. Endorsed: note that all letters on this subject have been transferred to the Foreign Secretary.

6617. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr H S Reid , Director of Public Instruction, North West Provinces, Meerut. Sends Sagur Chund's Prize Essay on the Decline and Fall of the Mogul Empire.

6618. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr W Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department, Calcutta. Sends a letter from Mr Morgan, stating that he has not yet been formally appointed to the Mastership in Equity. See also See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6435

6619. Jan 1860. Letter from Ram Chundra, Head Master, Government School, Delhi. Will wait on the Private Secretary at 6pm. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6608, 6609

6620. Jan 1860. Copy of a letter to the Proprietor of the Oudh Gazette, Lucknow. Asking for an account for the Governor General's and Private Secretary's subscription to the Gazette.

6621. Jan 1860. Copy of a letter to Messrs W H Smith and Sons, Strand, London. Complaining that the English newspapers are not received regularly by Calcutta and Bombay alternately as they should be.

6622. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Mr M P Dunne, Indigo Planter, Calcutta. Sends a Memorial praying for the remission of the Government rent on Mehal Shamshabad conferred on him for services during the Mutiny (Memorial no longer enclosed). Note from Mr Beadon. Copy of reply, his papers have been forwarded to Beadon. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 5969

6624. Jan 1860. Letter from Colonel C Davidson, Resident at Hyderabad. In reply reports on the respective claims to promotion in the Commission of Messrs L Ricketts and Bell and Mr Pestonjee Viccajee. Copy of earlier letter about Ricketts. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6610

6625. Jan 1860. Copy of a letter to Captain Prichard. Asking him to insert a notice in the Delhi Gazette to the effect that it is not the intention of Government to carry out Mr Ricketts' proposal for separating Sindia's territory from the Central India Agency. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6565

6626. Jan 1860. Letter from the Honourable Sir R Montgomery, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Lahore. Replies about the Governor General's visit to Ferozepore. Two other notes. Copy of earlier letter. Copy of reply about arrangements.

6627. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr E L Brandreth, Commissioner of Delhi. Submits a proposal for a re-division of the grants made to the Putiala, Jheend and Nabha states in the Jhujur District. Cover only. Endorsed: Transferred to Secretary to Government Foreign Department

6629. Jan 1860. Letter from Captain C W Vincent, late 30th Native Infantry Officiating Interpreter, Her Majesty's 99th Regiment, Delhi. Applies to be appointed as 2nd in command of the Mairwarra (?) Local Battalion which post he formerly held (Letter no longer enclosed). Copy of reply, his letter has been sent to Sir E Campbell. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 3901, 6501

6630. Nov 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Major General Le Grand Jacob, late Political Commissioner Southern Mahratta Country. Sends copies of letters sent by the last mail on the subject of the omission of his name in the Governor General's Minute of 2 July acknowledging the services of civil officers and others during the late rebellion; but for the instantaneous crushing of insurrection wherever it arose in the Districts under him it would have been impossible for the Bombay troops to have operated in Central India. Three letters. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6551, 6693

6631. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr Hardy Wells, Civil Engineer on special duty. Moradabad. Offers his services for the command of a Civil Army Works Corps under the Commander in Chief of the China Army. Two papers. Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement of his offer. Most of the material for an Army Works Corps has already been supplied and a nucleus has already been formed at Canton.

6632. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr F Lincoln, Superintendent Judicial Commissioner's Office, Lucknow. Accepts the offer of a 3rd class Extra Assistant Commissionership but hopes in consideration of his services during the siege of Lucknow he will soon be promoted. Note from Mr Wingfield. Copy of reply, notifying him of his appointment. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6443, 6387, 6403, 6507, 6524, 9322

6633. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr W J Money, Magistrate and Collector, Etah. Hopes that the difficulty about his exchange to Bengal has now been removed and asks for information. Copy of reply, if the Bengal Government applies officially for his services the Governor General will offer no objection. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 5719, 5721, 5750, 5933, 6534, 6540, 6500, 6534, 6540

6634. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr E L Brandreth, Commissioner of Delhi, Camp. Returns with remarks the Reverend Wooddington's letter about the Delhi Church.

6635. Jan 1860. Letter from Sir R Shakespear, Governor General's Agent, Central India, Camp, Oojein. Sends a letter to the Governor General (no longer enclosed). Copy of reply, acknowledgement.

6636. Nov 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Captain C E Taylor, 35th Madras Native Infantry Brigade Major, Malabar and Canara, Point de Galle. Asks for civil employment in the Mysore or Hyderabad Commission. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. It is the custom of His Excellency to ascertain the views of the Residents before nominating to appointments in the Mysore and Hyderabad Commissions. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 1064, 1886, 1325, 7371

6637. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr W Kennedy, Manager, Punjabee Press, Lahore. Returns a draft for 22 Rupees sent by the Private Secretary as the Punjabee newspaper has stopped publication. Cover only. 6623

6639. Jan 1860. Letter from Major J Skinner, Bengal Retired List, Hansi. Thanks the Private Secretary for his kindness to himself and to his friend Nawab Hussein Ally Khan and explains why he applied for the annulment of a clause in the will of his late father Colonel Skinner. Copy of reply

6640. Jan 1860. Letter from Major J Becher, Deputy Commissioner Huzara, on leave. Sends a letter from Sir R Montgomery to Lord Canning (no longer enclosed).

6642. Jan 1860. Letter from Mrs C Breton, Agra. Further to an earlier appeal, asks for money. Copy of reply, request refused. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6568

6643. Dec 1859 - Jan 1860. Letter from Lieutenant A S Griffiths, 2nd European Light Infantry, Belgaum. Applies for the office of Acting Assistant Superintendent for the Suppression of Thuggee at Belgaum, in place of Captain Dickson, he has passed in Hindustani and Mahratta languages. Copy of reply, the vacancy has been filled.

6644. Jan 1860. Letter from Assistant Surgeon J J Clarke, Benares Horse, Camp, Bettiah en route to Gazeepoor. Asks to be appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Nepal Residency, states his services. Copy of reply, he will be considered in the event of a vacancy.

6645. Jan 1860. Letter from Captain H D Manning, Commandant, District Police, Azimgurh. Asks for an appointment, suggesting various possibilities, with a letter from Mr W Couper. Neither letter remains. Copy of reply, his letter has been transferred to the Military Secretary. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 5152, 5900

6646. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr C Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Camp, Pertabghur. Wishes to promote Mr Lindsay, 3rd class Assistant in the Punjab by promoting him to a 1st class Commissionership in Oudh and asks for the Governor General's consent. Copy of reply, the Governor General has no objection. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence no. 6695

6647. Jan 1860. Letter from Sir J Outram, President in Council, Calcutta. Sends a letter from Colonel R Wallace, Resident at Baroda, about the Secretary of State's Despatch referring to the re-transfer of the Baroda Residency to Bombay. Believes this measure has been suggested because of the position of the Gaekwar's possessions in Kattywar which is at present unsatisfactory but could be improved. The Okamundul affair is nearly over; the military arrangements were bad. Govind Rao Rosin sends his respects.

6648. Jan 1860. Letter from Mr R H Davies, Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Lahore. Not knowing who the Quarter Master General with the Governor General's Camp is, asks for a statement showing the space of ground occupied by the Governor General's and Commander in Chief's Camps. Endorsed: Note to Roberts and his reply. Copy of reply to Davies, Captain Roberts, the Quarter Master of the Camp, has written to the Commissioner of Lahore and the extent of ground required for the Camps.

6649. Jan 1860. Letter from Lieutenant F K Bacon, 22nd Native Infantry, Calcutta. Sends two introductory letters (no longer enclosed) and a copy of a testimonial and asks for employment in the North West Provinces. Copy of reply, application noted. Governor General's Book Number 1477, 1478. See also Private Secretary’s Correspondence nos. 6719, 6784, 8502

6650. Jan 1860. Letter from Captain H Raban, Commandant of the 6th Bengal Police Battalion, Tollygunge, Calcutta. Asks to be considered as a candidate for the appointment with the ex-King of Oudh, in place of Major Herbert. Copy of reply, his application will be considered, when occasion arises.