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second Sikh war, the affairs of Oude, Burmah, Sattara, etc. ; 

 and the opinions of the Governors both on men and matters 

 are expressed freely and without reserve. Copies of letters 

 from the Governors to the Queen are sometimes enclosed. 



Among the other acquisitions, the following deserve 

 notice : — 



The Chronicle of George Phrantzes, in Greek ; 15th-16th 

 cent. Probably the earliest extant MS. of this author, who 

 is of considerable importance for the history of the last 

 years of the Eastern Empire. Paper. 



Chronicle of the reign of Kichard II. in French (" La 

 Traison et Mort du roy Richart d'Engleterre ") ; 15th cent. 

 Paper. The only known copy of this chronicle in England. 



Transcripts of Spanish documents relating to British 

 Guiana, employed in the arbitration with regard to the 

 boundaries of that colony and Venezuela ; 16th-19th centt. 

 Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 



Contemporary transcripts of English and foreign State 

 papers ; tempii. Elizabeth-Charles I. 



Letters and papers relating to the Paston family ; 1566- 

 1693. A supplement to the Paston Letters already in the 

 Department. 



State Papers of Sir Walter Aston, Lord Aston of Forfar, 

 ambassador to Spain 1620-1625, and 1635-1638 ; 8 vols., 

 with one vol. of private papers. 



Histoire des derniers troubles arrirez en France ; 1642- 

 1652. Presented by Miss Willmott, of Warley Place, Essex. 



Acknowledgment by Christian IV. of Denmark, of a loan 

 from the English Parliament, in German, with signatures and 

 seals of the King and his counsellors ; 1647. Vellum. 



Two letters of Charles II. to Englishmen from Paris, 1654, 

 and Cologne, 1655. Holograph. 



Private Diary of John Luke, Secretary to the Governor of 

 Tangier; 1670-1673. 



Letter of William III. written during the siege of Namur ; 

 1675. Holograph. 



Naval letters and papers, including a letter from Admiral 

 Benbow on the eve of his departure for the West Indies, 

 1701 ; a letter from Admiral CoUingwood, inclosing a report 

 of Sir R. Calder's action with Villeneuve's fleet, 1805 ; 

 a proces-verbal, in French, of the part taken by the 

 " Redoutable " (the ship from which Nelson received his 

 mortal wound) in the battle of Trafalgar, 1805 ; and letters 

 (presented by L. B. Fleming, Esq.) from Sir Sidney Smith, 

 Viscount Exmouth, Sir J. Hardy, and others, 1812-1848. 



Letter from George III. to Richard Hurd, Bishop of 

 Worcester, stating that, in the event of Bonaparte effecting 



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