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Dinner arrangements.

News from Barbados; political matters.

Wants S. to visit America. 'I cannot flatter myself you will find any great change in the outward state of things. I am not sanguine, and a moral revolution in a republican country is slow.' Complains of [William Makepeace] Thackeray who acted '... in a manner highly discreditable to an English gentleman', while in America; S. would not make same mistakes; is defying the authorities by protecting escaped slaves; attacks the Constitution; 'I will only add, excuse this letter, and burn it. I shall mention it to no one.'.

Certificate Of Acquittal of N. T. Senior by John Mair from the obligation of restoring deeds (which are now missing) relating to a debt which has now been paid [see E724].

Has purchased estate (which is described) for recipient in Dominica; has bought nearby estate for himself and his new wife (formerly Miss Molly Caddell). 'Upon the whole this Island must soon become very valuable, and I have not the least doubt of its being the first West India[n] Island belonging to the English, if we except Jamaica.' Describes island. (Received June 20). [Letter not in Bruce's hand but signed by him and includes holograph postscript dated May 9].

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 7), entitled 'Capital continued - division of labour'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand, but corrected by him.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 8), entitled 'Capital concluded - Instruments'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand, but corrected by him. Dated 28 August 1848.]

Includes duplicate of letter dated 1777, July 24, relating to the Dominican estate; October letter relates to financial affairs of estate in Dominica. (Received 1778, Jan. 17).

Dinner engagement.

Dinner engagement.

Journal containing notes on Senior's visit to Brussels, 5-16 April 1852. The major topic of conversation is the political situation in Belgium in relation to the coup d'état in France. Conversations with: Leopold I, King of Belgium (1790-1865); Arrivabene; Conte du Lalaing (b. 1780); Philip de Molinari (1792-1870); Edouard Ducpetiaux (1804-68); Lamoriciere; Charles Rogier (1800-85); Hubert Frère-Orban (1812-96); Mr Gould [US minister in Hawaii], et al. There are conversations on English politics; Belgian agriculture, education, nobility, etc.; political situation in various European countries; Hawaii; and North Africa.
[Published in Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and Other Distinguished Persons During the Second Empire, ed. by M. C. M. Simpson (London, 1878).]

Bound volume containing:<br>(i) 'A Bill to amend the laws concerning the relief & settlement of the poor and bastardy.' [includes emendations by S.] ff. 4.<br>(ii) List of Poor Law problems to be investigated.<br>(iii) Copy of a reply to Lord Althorp's question on the Labour Rate, by the Poor Law Commissioners. [Published Parliamentary Papers, 1833, Vol. XXXIII.<br>(iv) Copy of a letter from S. to the Lord Chancellor [Brougham] on the Poor Laws, 14 Sept. 1832. [see also Appendix I].<br>(v) Copy of a letter by W. Sturges Bourne entitled 'Observations upon Mr Senior's letter to the Lord Chancellor', Oct., 1832. ff. 22.<br>(vi) Copy of a letter from Henry Garler to the Lord Chancellor relating to S.'s letter, Nov. 1, 1832. ff. 22.<br>(vii) Letter from S. to the Lord Chancellor on the Poor Laws, Jan. 7, 1833. ff. 38.<br>(viii) Miscellaneous undated notes on the Poor Laws. [Not in S.'s hand].

Bound Volume containing the following printed material: (i) Abstract of clauses, 3rd. edition, 1834 (Includes emendations by S.); (ii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834 (Includes emendations by S.; endorsed 'private & confidential').

Bound Volume containing the following printed material: (i) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, April 18 (Includes emendations by S. and others); (ii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, April 18 (Includes emendations by S. and others); (iii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, April 18 (Includes emendations by S. and others); (iv) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, June 21 (Endorsed: 'As amended on the Recommitment'); (v) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, July 2 (Endorsed: 'Bill as passed in the House of Commons').

Bound Volume containing the following printed material: (i) 'Measures submitted by the Poor Law Commissioners to his Majesty's Ministers', [1834]; (ii) 'Evidence with relation to Remedial Measures', [1834]; (iii) Copy of a letter from S. to Lord Lansdowne on the Poor Law Amendment Bill, March 2, 1834 [not printed]; (iv) 'Abstract of clauses proposed to form a Bill for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor', 1834; (v) 'Abstract of clauses proposed to form a Bill for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor', 1834 (Includes emendations; endorsed ; '2nd edition' by S.); (vi) 'Abstract of clauses proposed to form a Bill for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor', 1834 (Includes emendations; endorsed: '2nd edition' by S.).

Bound Volume containing the following printed material: (i) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834 (Endorsed 'Jas. Stephen Esq., Kensington Gore; includes several emendations); (ii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834 (Endorsed: 'Mr Senior's copy'; includes emendations); (iii) 'A Bill to alter and amend the Laws respecting the Settlement of the Poor in England and Wales', 1834 (Includes emendations by S.); (iv) 'A Bill to alter and amend the Laws in England and Wales relating to Bastardy', 1834 (Includes emendations by S.).

Bound Volume containing the following printed material: (i) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, April 18; (ii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, June 21 ('As amended on the re-commitment); (iii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, July 2 ('Bill as Passed in the House of Commons'); (iv) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, July 31 ('with the Amendments made by the committee'); (v) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, Aug. 9 ('with the Amendments made by the Lords'); (vi) 'An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales', 1834, Aug. 14.

Bound Volume containing the following printed material: (i) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, July 2 (Includes emendations by S. and others); (ii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, Aug. 4, and a list of clauses to be added to the report (Includes emendations by S. and others); (iii) 'A Bill, etc...', 1834, Aug. 4 (Endorsed 'J. M. White' and including emendations).

Bound Volume containing MS of S.'s: 'History of the Passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834', written for Lord Lansdowne. Not in S.'s hand. 250 Ff.