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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/14/3
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria
Date	7 March 1843
Writer	Peel, Robert, Sir, 2nd Baronet
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Remaining estimates [Navy and Ordnance] passed the Commons. Lord Brougham inquired in the Lords whether the Government intended to propose any Amendment of Law in respect of safe custody of lunatics having criminal designs. Lyndhurst replied in the affirmative. Public feeling in favour of amendment. The mode to be pursued requires serious consideration. Present law defective. Persecuted by a man named Dillon, who threatens Mr Henry Goulburn [Chancellor of the Exchequer]. Dillon under surveillance of police. Peel urges Goulburn to appeal to the Law for protection.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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