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Mss Eur F213/23, p1
- Record Id:
- 041-002301802
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002301764
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x0002b2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F213/23, p1
- Title:
- Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
- Scope & Content:
- Indian provinces all quiet; relations with Maharani of Punjab; assessment there going on rapidly and successfully and virtually no sign of discontent; no improvement in Oudh; temporary return of Maharani of Gwalior; suppression of disturbance in Nagool; approves policy towards Hyderabad outlined in Hobhouse's despatch of friendly interference – had it advocated 'walking over' Nizam (as advocated by many in India and England) Dalhousie would have refused; Madras despatched regiment to China expeditiously but HMG's latest orders regarding China have led to its recall which means Queen's 4th can now proceed to England as planned; Satara affairs; recommends KCB for Sir H Maddock; no progress with Indian railway because of inability of Company (which has large staff in India) to raise deposit; defalcations of Sir Thomas Turton (Registrar of Supreme Court of Calcutta, and administrator of estates) – Dalhousie will not allow victims be compensated by levy on future estates and urges Hobhouse not to compensate them from public revenues; [this refers to Hobhouse's letter of 24 January]; hopes to work harmoniously with Falkland – 'They are not a harmonious party at Bombay' and should it be necessary Dalhousie will show them he is master 'speedily and unmistakeably'; hopes call for further £500,000 for home charges will not be made; serious fall in opium prices; fears of extension of opium cultivation in China; loan is going badly; Hardinge's trumpeting prospects of balanced budget were premature; has no political news from former colleagues; will not discuss Indian administration in any future correspondence with them, but hopes Hobhouse and Lord John Russell will not object to his mentioning Indian affairs to Duke of Wellington.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002301764
036-002301791
040-002301801
041-002301802 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F213 : Papers of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52
Mss Eur F213/21-28 : John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, President of the Board of Control 1846-52: correspondence with persons in India and…
Mss Eur F213/23 : Letters from persons in India. Principal correspondents: John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, legislative member of the Supreme…
Mss Eur F213/23, p1 : Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse - Hierarchy:
- 032-002301764[0008]/036-002301791[0003]/040-002301801[0001]/041-002301802
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F213
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 8 Mar 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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