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Title

Papers of Thomas Hyde Villiers, , n.d.

Shelfmark

MS. Clar. dep. c. 548

Summary

Contains

(fols. 1-4) questions on the Income Tax (2 copies), n.d.

(fols. 5-8) paper on Peel's resignation from Canning's Government on the Catholic Question, n.d. (wmk 1831)

(fols. 9-12) 'Controversy between Mr. Senior & Colonel Torrens respecting the effect of the Corn Laws', n.d. (wmk 1831)

(fols. 13-14) record of the number of sittings of the House of Commons, June-Oct. 1831

(fols. 15-16) questions concerning the effects of Working Men's Combinations, n.d. (wmk 1830)

(fols. 17-18) average prices of grain received at Limerick, 1820, 1825-30

(fols. 19-24) letter from -. Smith to T.H. Villiers, on the constitution (number and function of staff) of the Board of Control, 1825

(fols. 25-32) letter from T(?) N. Black to T.H. Villiers (Secretary of Board of Control), 1831, on the British failures in cloth trade with Turkey, with enclosures, including samples of French cloth used in Turkey

(fols. 33-4) an account of Lord Harrowby's reasons for voting for the Reform Bill at the second reading

(fols. 35-42) letter to T.H. Villiers, 1832, enclosing a copy of the Commission from George IV appointing a consul at Algiers, 1827

(fols. 43-6) letter from the American Chargé d'Affaires to T.H. Villiers, 1832, on steam navigation for commercial purposes in America

(fols. 47-56) address to Magistrates of Lambeth Street Police Office, on the effects of the crimping system on Merchant and Naval seamen (organised theft, prostitution, etc.)., n.d. (wmk 1829)

(fols. 57-61) 'Imaginary conversation with a lawyer' (endorsement), a satire, n.d. (wmk 1827)

(fols. 62-8) letters, 1828-9, concerning the Anatomy Bill

(fols. 69-70) facsimile copy of a letter to John Neilson concerning his evidence on the Lachine Canal, Canada, given before a select committee of the House of Commons upon the State of Civil Government in Canada, 1828, sent to Villiers, 1829

(fols. 71-2) opinion on the constitution of Lord Ellenborough's Act, n.d.

(fols. 73-4) note on French trade and navigation, n.d. [after Jan. 1826]

(fols. 75-6) table of prices of wheat at Marseilles on 1824, n.d. (wmk 1831)

(fols. 77-111) abstract of suggestions to the Board of Trade on the Merchant Seamen's Bill, 1828?

(fols. 112-14) list of articles on banking (incomprehensible)

(fols. 115-22) letter from Nassau Senior to T.H. Villiers, on money, 1831

(fols. 123-6) memorandum on the expenses of British and foreign ship building, and wages of crews, n.d. (wmk 1825)

(fols. 127-31) letter from Mr. Grellet to T.H. Villiers, 1832, enclosing observations on the passage between the two seas at the Isthmus of Darien

(fols. 132-3) two press cuttings

(fols. 134-41, 142-65) memorial presented by the British Ambassador (Lord Strangford) to the Court of Brazil, 12 June 1813, with English translation attached

(fols. 166-90) letters to Villiers, with some papers, on trade, mainly with Portugal, 1830-1