letter thomas spring rice (16 Ergebnisse)

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Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting "to dine at Queens' to meet the Chancellor", the Duke of Devonshire, installed the following day (10th June) to succeed the late Prince Consort, with autograph envelope front, 1 side 8vo., Exchequer, Old Palace Yard, 27th May.

An interesting letter, casting light on the activities of trustees during the early days of the National Gallery. See the entries for Spring Rice and Baring in the Oxford DNB, as well as that for Sir Culling Eardley (1805-1863), 3rd Baronet. In good condition, lightly aged and folded twice, with slight traces of glue from mount on reverse. Dated from 'The Uplands / East Sheen / Saturday'. 1p, 8vo. Eleven lines of text. 'Do look in at the British Gallery in Pall Mall to take another look at Culling Eardleys two Murillos which we visited together a few years back. I should not despair of obtaining them on reasonable terms & I think the purchase for our national Collection would not be a discreditable memorial of the present exhibition / All our Trustees will be in town & we [should easily have?] a good meeting'.

See the entries for Spring Rice and Baring in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Folded twice. Eighteen lines of text. He gives citations in Hansard and elsewhere (the latest dated 11 March 1844) to cases of 'Lord Althorp' and 'Goulburn', concluding: 'I am almost ashamed of referring to my Evidence as authority[.] I only allude to it as giving the clearest & most distinct expression of my opinion'.

asking him "if you can" to "see Mr [Rowley] Lascelles" about "the Papers Transcripts &c. under the direction of the late Record Commission in Ireland, something it seems necessary to do - and how & what is the question", 1 side 4to black-edged, Palace Yard, 21st October light original offset Manners-Sutton was Speaker in seven successive governments, 1817-1835.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A very scarce political tract addressed to the moderate unionist reformer Thomas Spring Rice. Undated, dated using records on Library Hub.This letter regards parliamentary reform and how parliament should represent the interests and opinions of the different orders of the community.Very scarce.Written by Francis Palgrave of the Inner Temple and addressed to the Whig politician Thomas Spring Rice.With a contemporary owner's marginalia in pencil elaborating on the points made in this work. Recently rebound in a full cloth binding. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional pencil marginalia. Near Fine. book.

3pp., folio. Bifolium. In poor condition, worn and stained. A corner has been cut away from both leaves. Addressee's name at foot of first leaf, difficult to decipher, but appearing to read: 'The Rep[resentati]ve of J D de Warter at Mr Davis | Parliament Street'. Docketed: 'Treasury Circular of 17th Decemr 1833 | Calling on Supplemental Claimants to present appeals within a fortnight'. At upper left: 'Claims rejected'. Begins: 'Sir, | The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury having had under their consideration the Cases of the several parties whose Claims altho' presented after the termination of the period limited by the Convention No 7 of 1815 were examined into & decided upon by the late Board of French Claims under the authority of a Minute of the Lords of the Treasury of 2d. May 1826 and having ascertained by a careful examination into the several Cases and into the Awards of the late Board of French Claims thereupon what Parties under the directionis of the Minute of the Board of Treasury of 8th June 1830 are entitled to the advantages of an appeal from such Award, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that the Claim preferred by you appears to them to be one of those entitled to the advantage of such an appeal if you shall think fit to present it.'.

3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly-aged, with traces of grey paper mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Thirty-seven lines of text. The letter is written to the anonymous author of 'Decimal coinage. The plan of the mathematicians rejected by commercial and practical men' (London: Ridgway, 1858), who has sent his work to Monteagle. He begins by complaining that 'a mass of important public business has been cast upon [him] by the House of Commons Select Committee', but regarding the publication, he writes: 'I can assure you that I fully appreciate the opinions of one who like yourself has devoted your abilities to the consideration of the question of our coinage'. He freely admits 'the great advantage that would flow from adopting a common system of international coinage [.] As between two countries like & France, or France & Belgium, or between British N. America & the United States, those difficulties may be overcome the disturbing forces being few & simple, but it is different as between England & all the Continent of Europe our Colonial provinces'. He is sure that 'the adoption of the Daniel Scale in any shape is the best & surest step towards this great desideratum. So long as we cling to our confused system of £. s. d. there cannot be any approximation whatever.' He touches briefly on the Italian lira and French franc, before referring him to the 'replies of Sir J Herschel, Professor Airey, the Dean of Ely & de Morgan',