Sales catalogue 591: Maggs Bros

Date:
1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/133
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 591: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cobden (Richard)—continued. ‘‘ But my object in troubling you is with reference to the enclosed extract from Lord Clarence Paget’s speech respecting line-of-battle ships. Can you tell me from authentic sources what is the actual comparison of the screw wooden liners at this moment in the two navies? He says (speaking in April last) we have 67 Line-of-Battle ships built or building. France has 37. How many of these are actually completed & how many have been suspended. ‘““Qne other point. Can you tell me whether America has still one line-of- battle ship in commission or not? . . . ‘‘The more that is spent the greater the waste, & the waste is I believe in a geometrical ratio to the expenditure. Hence it is that my hope has been mainly directed to an arrangement by which England & France should not allow themselves to be driven into this foolish rivalry.’’ Etc. Tweet pi IT have been putting together for some time facts and arguments with reference to England & French naval armaments, but what I shall do with it I have not yet quite decided. ‘‘ A well informed person in France tells me that since 1847 they have not put on the stocks a ship-of-the-line which was not designed for a steamer & that on the contrary the English Admiralty have up to a recent time been still building large ships on the models of sailing vessels. Is this true?’ Ete. ON THE SECURITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. 1230 COCKBURN (SIR GEORGE, 1772-1853). Admiral. Conveyed Napoleon to St. Helena. Governor of the Island. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO VISCOUNT MELVILLE. 34 pp., 4to. Cavendish Square, 11th February, 1817. £16 16s “| «dT have no hesitation in stating that I do not consider the occupation of the Island of Tristan d’Acunha to be of the slightest importance towards the security of General Bonaparte at St. Helena. . . With reference to the idea of Tristan d’Acunha being taken possession of by any other nation or set of people, as a place from whence to send vessels to endeavour to take off Bonaparte from St. Helena, I have to observe that such vessels must approach the latter Island precisely in the same way as vessels coming from any other part of the world, and though their voyage would be perhaps somewhat shorter, I can see no substantial advantage they would have in making this attempt from Tristan d’Acunha over a similar expedition undertaken from many parts even of Europe & America.’’ LKtc. On FUNDS IN ENGLAND SECRETED BY NAPOLEON. 1231 COCKBURN (SIR GEORGE). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO THE SAME. 3-pp.j 4to. St. Helena, 11th November, 1615, £14 74s Concerning a bill of exchange for £100 drawn by Comte de las Cases which he believes is for the use of Bonaparte. «6 Ag Mr. de la Cases lost his property during the French Revolution & has been of late entirely dependent upon General Buonaparte, as he is not supposed by the other Frenchmen here to be possessed of any private fortune, and the things he has begun to purchase being all for the use of the General, | have heard it stated . . . that the General has very considerable sums in our funds subject to the management of the same person on whom this draft has been drawn : I have judged it right to avail myself of the earliest opportunity of thus communicat- ing these circumstances to your Lordship, conceiving that they may tend to enable His Majesty’s Government to ascertain the actual extent of the Resources at the disposal of General Buonaparte, in England.” 1232 COLBERT (JEAN BAPTISTE, 1619-1683). French Statesman. LETTER SIGNED TO LEBRET. 4 pp., folio. Versailles, 24th January, 1682. £16 10s Giving lengthy instructions respecting the public works then bemg carried on in Dauphiny.
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