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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/27/104
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
Date	17 September 1859
Writer	Palmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Lord Palmerston on instructions to Lord Canning and Lord Clyde concerning troops to be sent to Hong Kong from India. Offer to be made to discharged men of local European force. Gratuity to the others, and offer of enlistment for general service with bounty. Cabinet approval of steps taken. Further instructions to be sent to Lord Canning. Ministers' decision on troops to be sent to China from India. Measures approved by Cabinet. Further steps decided on. Doubts as to international legality of action at the mouth of Peiho. Lord Chancellor to be consulted. His own view. List given to Cabinet of Navy ships to be prepared to go to China. A list, in order of readiness to go, to be submitted to Queen Victoria.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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