Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/63
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 28 Oct 1859.
Date	3 September 1859
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reveals the report of the Commission to examine the cost of arms supplied to Spain in 1835 has been completed and delivered to the Spanish Government; discusses the inferior qualily of the final 100,000 muskets supplied; reveals Mr Collantes has been informed that if Spain will pay interest on the whole debt, the British government will reduce the cost of these muskets by fifty per cent; reports Calderón Collantes 'insinuated that Her Majesty's Government showed more anxiety to cover their debt than the French Government theirs'; explains he was reminded of the differences between the French and British debts.
Term	Spanish affairs, government
	foreign affairs, Spain and Great Britain, debt
	trade, arms and armaments

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878