Lackham
May 24^th

Dear Talbot

I neither forgot nor mislaid your paper but I found it was unnecessary to communicate it actually to L^d John, ^<1> as I found upon conversing that both he & many members of the cabinet had received suggestions of a precisely similar nature – inclosed the projects of allocations to committees would make a budget –

all has been under consideration tho there is a great disinclination to introduce any essential change

but I must not say more.

ever Yours truly
Lansdowne

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq
Sackville S^t.
London

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Notes:

1. Lord John Russell (1792–1878), statesman.