Gordon to Lord Selborne, April 1886-July 1886

Component identifier:: File ff.72-112
Content Summary:: Remarks by Sir Henry James on Gordon's conduct concerning libel published by G.W. Rusden; background to Bryce-Rusden case; possibility of J. Bryce bringing action against Gordon; despair at triumph of wrong in New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji; death of L. Tennyson; appointment of C. Mitchell as Governor of Fiji; relations with G.W. Rusden; Irish Home Rule; W.E. Gladstone; Church Disestablishment; hopes for peerage; weak support of Colonial Office for Gordon's system in Fiji; transfer of New Guinea to Queensland control; publication of memoir of Sir Peter Scratchley. (9 letters)
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