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Turkey was the best means of preventing
Russian aggression :
" The first thing the Russians do when they get possession of or connexion with any country is to exclude all other nations from navigating its waters. I think, theuefore, it is of great iniportance that we should get prior possession of this river."
Question: "Do you think it desirable that the whole of the countries in the line from Scanderoon to Bussorah should be under Turkish government?" Answer : " I think it MTmld be very desirable, for it would preserve the peace of the river, and get up a power which it would be difficult for Russia to oppose."
Peacock's evidence before other com- mittees of the House of Commons may be here mentioned as an aid to any future biographer of this novelist, whose works are in new editions taking a fresh lease of life.
His evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons which met to consider the trade in salt takes up nearly half the Minutes of the Proceedings (pp. 67-126 and 134). This Committee met in 1836 under the presidency of Mr. Wilbraham. He delivered to the Committee numerous papers, of which, however, only one can claim him as its author. This paper on ' Charges of Collection,' and the others, are printed in the Appendix to the Report (pp. 213-15). His evidence in the Buck- ingham Case is included in the corresponding Minutes of Evidence (pp. 85-122), and the papers submitted by him on this occasion to the Committee in their Appendix (pp. 110- 142). In conclusion, his evidence before the Select Committee on Finance and Ac- counts, held under the presidency of Thomas Hyde Villiers in 1831-2, can be found in the Minutes of Evidence thereto belonging (pp. 119-30). A. B. YOUNG.
Addresses, Remonstrances, and Petitions to the
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JUBILEE OF 'THE CITY PRESS.'
(See ante, pp. 81, 103.)
OF special interest to the readers of ' N. & Q.' is the service rendered by the Corporation in making known the contents of its splendid series of records. Attention was called to this by Mr. John Randall at the recent dinner of the Correctors of the Press, at which the Lord Mayor, Sir William Treloar, presided ; and through the courtesy of my friend Dr. Reginald R. Sharpe, to whose care and research in editing many of the documents we owe so much, I am able to give the following list of works printed by the Corporation since 1863 :
Memoranda relating to the Royal Hospitals of the City of London. Reprinted 1863. (Originally printed 1836.)
A Statistical Vindication of the City of London
By Benjamin Scott, F.R.A.S. 1867 (3rd ed., 1877). '
Memorials of London and London Life in the -thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - being a Series of Extracts from the City's so-called Letter-Books. By H. T. Riley, M.A. 1868.
Analytical Index to the Series of City Records known as Remembrancia, A.D. 1579 - 1664 bein^ Copies of Correspondence between the City ancl Officers of State. 1878.
Reports on the Day-Census of the City, 1881 and
Extracts touching the City's Possession of Rich- mond Park, A.D. 1649-1660. By Sir T J Nelson City Solicitor. 1883.
London's Roll of Fame : being Votes and Ad- dresses by the City on Presentation of the Honorary Freedom, with Replies, A.D. 1757-1884.
Calendar of Letters from the City of London to Various Towns at Home and Abroad on Commer- cial and Municipal Matters, A.D. ia50-1390. By R. R. Sharpe, D.C.L. 1885.
A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the Uity of London, its History and Associations. By J. E. Price, F.S.A. 1886.
Calendar of Wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-1688. By R. R. Sharpe, D.C.L. 2 vols. 1889-90.
History of the Monument, with a Brief Account of the Great Fire. By Charles Welch, F.S.A., Librarian to the Corporation of London. 1893.
The Guildhall Library and its Work. By the same. 1893. (Out of print.)
History of the Tower Bridge, by the same, to- gether with a Description of the Bridge, by G Wolfe Barry, C.B. 1894.
London and the Kingdom, compiled mainly from the City's Archives. By R. R. Sharpe, D.C.L. 3 vols. 1894-5.
Numismata Londinensia : Medals struck by the Corporation of London. With Notes by Charles- Welch, F.S.A. 1894. (Out of print.)
The Guildhall of the City of London, together with a Short Account of its Associations and the Municipal Work carried on Therein. By J. J Baddeley, Deputy for the Ward of Cripplegate Without. 3rd ed., 1905.
A Brief Guide to the Guildhall Museum. By Charles Welch, F.S.A., Librarian and Curator.
Calendars of Letter-Books, lettered A to H A.D. 1275-1399. By R. R. Sharpe, D.C.L. (A Calendar of Letter -Book I is in course of pre- paration.)
Memorials of Newgate Gaol and the Sessions House, Old Bailey. By the same. 1907.
It does not seem to be sufficiently well known that the following can be purchased at the prices annexed, application to be made to the Guildhall Library Committee :
Memorials of London, 10s. 6d.
Index Remembrancia, 5s.
London's Roll of Fame, 5s.
Calendar of Letters, 5s.
Calendar of Wills, 2 vols., 21. 2s.
London and the Kingdom, 3 vols., 10*'. 6d.
