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Mss Eur F231/11, f39
- Record Id:
- 041-002302422
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x000304
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/11, f39
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledges Vernon Smith's letter of 27 July; no prominent good news to tell, but 'general aspect of affairs is improving'; situation at Delhi where strength is much increased thanks to exertions of John Lawrence; siege train has arrived, but Canning thinks internal divisions among mutineers quite as likely to lead to capitulation as direct assault; overtures to treat made from King of Delhi to Wilson and there was a disposition to entertain which Canning has forbidden; Outram is approaching Cawnpore with reinforcement which will bring force there to 2500, and Canning begins to hope Lucknow will be saved; difficulty of bringing away helpless ones will be great but 'I am in much better Herat about it than I was a fortnight ago'; encouraging that Mohurram passed without any outbreak at Hyderabad – there were no means of putting down any outbreak in Deccan; some danger that insurgents in Oudh may spread towards Bengal 'and put us to shame in our oldest Provinces – but this is the worst'; two China regiments have not yet appeared; amazed that Court should have drawn on Govt of India for £0.25 million; despatch being sent asking Court not only to be ready to answer calls from India, but to send money out (4 instalments of £0.5 million) ; it will probably not all be wanted as there is plenty of money in India to be invested once support there is appearance of support from home; likes Campbell but he has deficiencies as well as excellencies; provisional appointment [as Governor-General] of Henry Lawrence was wise, but Vernon Smith should not repeat it with John Lawrence; Canning will comment further on these two last matters in his next letter.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302142
040-002302414
041-002302422 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F231 : Papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73) as President of the Board of Control 1855-58
Mss Eur F231/1-11 : Letterbooks of correspondence with the Governor-General of India, the Governors of Madras and Bombay and others
Mss Eur F231/11 : Letters from Lord Canning Vol 3 [formerly Mss Eur B324] Dated as: 3 Jul 1857 17 Mar 1858
Mss Eur F231/11, f39 : Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0001]/036-002302142[0011]/040-002302414[0008]/041-002302422
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 9 Sep 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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