CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/20/65
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria
Date23 June 1849
WriterRussell, John, Lord
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionThe Chancellor of the Exchequer made his Budget statement with great clearness. Result not brilliant, but satisfactory, considering the disasters on the Continent, and famine in Ireland. Russell says the Transportation for Treason (Ireland) Bill was committed. 'The usual nonsense was spoken upon it'.
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