Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/159

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 5651 to 5700, 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. 57 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 5601 to 5700’. 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 5655, 5667, 5668, 5670, 5679, 5680, 5681, 5683, 5685, 5686, 5687, 5693, 5695, and 5699 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

5651. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr W Theobold, Barrister, Calcutta. Submits an application from Mr Peppe for a reward for his services at Goruckpore during the Mutiny. Letters no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, enquiries will be made. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5659

5652. Jul 1859. Letter from Colonel H Yule, Secretary to the Government of India Public Works Department, Calcutta. Returns a letter from Mr Manning, with comments (No longer enclosed). Copy of reply returning Manning's letter for disposal.

5654. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr C W West, Inspecting Post Master, Cannanore Division, Camp, Cannanore. Asks to be placed on the list of those who did good service during the Mutiny, in consideration of the information supplied by him. 1/2 anna stamp.

5655. Jul 1859. Copy of a letter to C Beadon Esquire. Sending him votes of thanks received from the Houses of Parliament. List enclosed

5656. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr E M Potter, late Chief Commissioner's Office in Oudh, Lucknow. Asks to be appointed Sub-Deputy Opium Agent at Ghazeepore.

5657. Jul 1859. Messrs Burkin Young and Company, Calcutta. Send tickets for a concert to the Governor General (no longer enclosed).

5658. Jul 1859. Copy of a letter to Captain G Delane, Calcutta. The Governor General accepts with much pleasure Prince Bahrain Shah's dedication of the Persian translation of Marshman's History of India.

5659. Jul 1859. Copy of a letter to W Grey Esquire, Secretary to Government of India Home Department, Calcutta. Asking him to make enquiries about Mr Peppe. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5651

5660. Jul 1859. Note that Captain J F D'E W Hall, 22nd Native Infantry, late of the Joudpore Legion.W ishes to be appointed Political Agent at Serohi.

5661. Apr - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr T Shepherd, 2nd Principal Assistant Commissioner, Akyab. Applies to be Superintendent of the Andamans. Copy of reply, acknowledgement.

5662. Jun - Aug 1859. Letter from Major G E Ashburner, 8th Bombay Native Infantry, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Malwa Division, Mhow, Malwa. Copy of reply, Captain Haughton has been appointed. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5674

5663. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from the Rev A Shears, Missionary Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Moulmein. Further to his application to be granted a small piece of land at Moulmein. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, his letter has been transferred to the Foreign Department. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 6597

5664. Jul 1859. Copy of a letter to the Head Assistant, Electric Telegraph Office, Calcutta. Repeating the request that reports of interruption and restoration of the telegraphic lines be no longer sent to the Private Secretary. Also copy of earlier letter to this effect.

5665. Jul 1859. Letter from Gopal Sing, Sepoy, late 2nd Police Battalion of Goruckpoor, Narculdangah. Asks for a reply to his petition. Copy of reply, he should state the object of his former petition.

5666. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from the Honourable W T Lewis, Resident Councillor, Penang. Has sent four baskets of mangosteens by the 'Lancefield' for Lady Canning. Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5829

5667. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr R Cust, Commissioner, Umritsur. Submits the claims of the Punjab to be represented in the Legislative Council by one of its own officers, or its having alternate nominations with the North West Province Government, and mentions Mr E Thornton as remarkably fit for the appointment. 1/2 anna stamp. Copy of reply, the Governor General has considered the suggestion. A Legislative member costs 50,000 a year, and therefore no additional member could be appointed. The different codes of procedure which have been promulgated in the Punjab have not been the work of the Legislative Council, which, except in the case of a few Imperial measures, has no concern with the Non-Regulation Provinces. The claims of the Punjab to be represented cannot be put on the same level as those of the North West Provinces Government. Private Secretary believes that Punjab officers would prefer remaining independent of the trammels of Regulations carried through Council by those who have only slight knowledge of the Province. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 5765, 6884

5668. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Sir R Shakespear, Governor General's Agent for Central India, Indore. Submits an extract from a letter from Captain W G Cumming, Bheel Agent and Political Assistant, suggesting that a European officer should be appointed to the Principality of Dhar; Shakespear wishes to know Government policy towards Dhar. Other comments.

5669. Jul 1859. Note by Mr Edmonstone. Containing a suggested distribution of offices in Rajpootana and Central India.

5671. May - Jul 1859. Copy of a letter of introduction from Lord Stanley to the Governor General. Introducing Monsieur Armand Lucy, Receiver General at Marseilles. Secret.

5672. Aug 1858 - Jul 1859. Letter from Captain R H Keatinge, Officiating Political Agent in Western Malwa, Mhow, to Mr Muir. Asking for his support for Sir R Hamilton's proposal to increase Keatinge's salary.

5674. Jul - Aug 1859. Letter from Colonel H Bates, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Ahmednuggur. In reply, sends a letter from Colonel P K Skinner, Judge Advocate General of the Bombay Army, about the qualifications of Major Ashburner. Copy of earlier letter asking for information. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5662

5675. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr C Anquetil, Calcutta. Asks for money. One enclosure. Copy of reply, request refused. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 4023, 5914, 7452

5677. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from the Honourable Sir R Montgomery, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Murree. Asks for the services of Mr H Perkins, Civil Service, to be placed at the disposal of the Punjab Government. Copy of reply about this and other matters. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 5683, 5684; Telegraph messages sent number 624

5678. Jul 1859. Letter from Lieutenant E Thomas, 3rd Bengal Europeans, en route to Allahabad. Asks for staff employment. One enclosure. Copy of reply, application noted, no vacancies at present. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5980

5679. Jan 1859. Letter from Mr C Wingfield, Commissioner, Goruckpore, Dhakehree. Gives the movements of the rebels and of the British forces, in great detail. Believes that if the right to give asylum to fugitive rebels is granted to the Nepalese, that they should be required to disarm the rebels now in the Terai and send them into the hills. Also office memorandum.

5680. Feb - Jul 1859. Memorandum by Mr C Beadon, Secretary to Government Home Department, Calcutta. Being an Abstract of the new Customs Tariff.

5681. Jul 1859. Letter from Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, Member of the Council, Calcutta. Sends a letter from Colonel J Brasyer, giving an account of the coming in of the Rani of Toolseepore to his camp and stating that another letter had been sent to the Bullubgurh Nawab and others, and it is hoped that they also will soon surrender.

5682. Jun - Jul 1859. Petition of Emam Bandee, wife of Moonshee Golam Hossain, Calcutta. Asks for her husband's release, as no proof of his complicity in the rebellion has been shown.

5683. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr C Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Asks that the decision on the question of the finality of the Revenue Settlement may be suspended until the receipt of an official letter which Wingfield has sent. He abandons the 'finality' principle in respect of claims of equal interests, i.e. of Zemindar against Zemindar, but when the interests are different, i.e. Talookdar against the village proprietors, he deprecates interference with the Settlement. Further comments. He has reliable information of the death of Bala Rao. Copy of earlier letter, about Mr Perkins; and about the Revenue Settlement in Oudh. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 5677, 5684; Telegraph messages sent number 624

5684. Jul 1859. Copy of a letter to C Beadon Esquire, Foreign Department, Calcutta. Asking him to issue official orders to ensure the return of Mr Perkins to the Punjab from Oudh. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 5677, 5683; Telegraph messages sent number 624

5685. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr W Twemlow, Collector of Customs, Moulmein. Submits a scheme (no longer enclosed) for the revision of civil and military salaries, by which the Government would save 2,000,000 a year. Copy of reply, he seems to be imperfectly acquainted with the administration of India, his list contains mistakes and omissions. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5844; also Private Secretary’s Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects [Mss Eur F699/1/2/6/33, item 406e].

5686. Jul 1859. Letter from Major S C Macpherson, Political Agent, Gwalior. Sends a memorandum of his services, and an extract from a note from Sir R Shakespear. All goes well at Gwalior; Scindia is impatient to know how the Government intends to acknowledge his services. (Extract from Shakespear's note no longer enclosed). Copy of reply, his services will not be overlooked. Governor General 's Book number 1336

5687. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr H Pelly Hinde, Barrister, Calcutta. Asks if he should send an application for a remission of sentence passed on Lona Sing of Mithoulee to the Home Government through the Indian Government or direct to the Secretary for the Colonies. Copy of reply, he should send the Memorial to the Home Government through the Foreign Secretary. The term 'Secretary for the Colonies' is an error, 'Secretary of State for India' being the title of the proper authority.

5688. Jul 1859. Letter from Shah Kubbeeroodeen, Sasseram. Asks if it is true, as is stated in the Friend of India that the Governor General has been recalled, and if so, if he may be granted an interview. Copy of reply, the Private Secretary knows nothing of the Governor General's intention to leave India; the Shah may believe the newspaper's statement, or not, as he thinks fit.

5689. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Major J C Brooke, Commandant, Meywar Bheel Corps, Aboo. Further to his wish for an appointment, naming the Harowtee Agency. Copy of reply, his services are well known, and his application will be considered. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 5528, 5426, 5835

5691. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr R Simson, Under Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, Calcutta. Forwards a letter from the Officiating General Superintendent of Thuggee about the appointment of a successor to Captain Gib, Assistant General Superintendent at Ellichpore. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence nos. 5619, 5710, 5758

5692. Jul 1859. Letter from Monsieur Jules Lombard, Calcutta. Regrets that he cannot at present give the address of Monsieur Armand Lucy. Copy of earlier letter asking for information. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5671

5693. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr C Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Sends a statement which will appear in the Settlement Report, showing the extent to which land taken from the Talookdars at Summary Settlement in 1856 has now been restored to them. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5826

5694. Jul 1859. Letter from Dr Vos, Secretary, District Charitable Society, Calcutta. Replies about Mrs De Bruyn. Copy of earlier letter asking for information. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5647; Lady Canning’s Correspondence [Mss Eur F699/2/5/12, item 57].

5695. Jul 1859. Copy of a letter to W Grey Esquire. Asking him to ascertain whether the decision of the general question of rewarding Europeans with grants of land has not been suspended; with reference to the case of Mr Dunne. See also Private Secretary's Correspondence no. 5545

5696. Jul 1859. Letter from Mr R Turnbull, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners, Calcutta. Sends two copies of the Report of the Commissioners' Proceedings for 1858 (not enclosed). Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement.

5697. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr C W West, late Inspecting Post Master, Cannanore. Begs to be reinstated.

5698. Jun - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr C W West. Asks for money. 1/2 anna stamp.

5699. Apr - Jul 1859. Letter from Mr W Venables, Mirzapore. Further to his official application for a grant of sequestered land. After 18 years in India, he finds it difficult to obtain even a moderate living, all his factories having been burnt and plundered by the mutineers. Note from Mr Beadon. Copy of reply, his claims will receive due consideration.

5700. Jul 1859. Letter from Mrs S Richardson, Calcutta. Asks for the return of a box of fancy work which she sent to Government House for Lady Canning's inspection, and which has been retained by the servants there.