CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/39/101
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Mr Gladstone to Queen Victoria
Date21 May 1870
WriterGladstone, William Ewart
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionCabinet's decision to resist a Bill depriving Bishops of their seats in the House of Lords. Cabinet discussion of a draft by Lord Clarendon on the Alabama case (United States of America). Cabinet committee appointed to consider the question of the availability of the Suez Canal for the transport of men and stores in war time. Certain amendments sanctioned by Cabinet to the Education Bill. Cabinet to accede in principle to a motion for the termination of pecuniary grants from the Consolidated Fund to clergymen of the Established Church of Scotland. Lord Palmerston on the history of the title Lord Macleod of Castlehaven, in connection with the proposed creation of the Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Cromartie.
LanguageEnglish
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