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The Letters of Queen Victoria Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Letters of Queen Victoria novel. A total of 363 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Letters of Queen Victoria.Volume 1.1837-1843.by Queen Victoria.PREFACE
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The Letters of Queen Victoria.Volume 1.1837-1843.by Queen Victoria.PREFACE
Entrusted by His Majesty the King with the duty of making a selection from Queen Victoria's correspondence, we think it well to describe briefly the nature of the doc.u.ments
- 101 CLAREMONT, _16th July 1842._ The Queen is anxious to draw Sir Robert Peel's attention to a circ.u.mstance which she has already some months ago mentioned to him: this is relative to Sir Edward Disbrowe.[48] The Queen knows that Sir Robert Peel shares
- 102 _The Queen of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ NEUILLY, _21st July 1842._ MY BELOVED VICTORIA,--I was unable to thank you the other day for your kind and feeling letter of the 14th, although I was greatly touched by it, and I trust you will have excused m
- 103 [Pageheading: THE FATHERLESS CHILDREN]_The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ LAEKEN, _5th August 1842._ MY DEAREST VICTORIA,--... Little Paris,[57] who has gained much of late, will keep the name of Paris, at least for the present. Helene will be,
- 104 [Pageheading: THE DUKE ACCEPTS]_The Duke of Wellington to Queen Victoria._ LONDON, _12th August 1842._ Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his humble duty to your Majesty. He has been informed by Sir Robert Peel that your Majesty had been gracio
- 105 The movement is not one caused by distress. The demand for employment has increased, and the price of provisions--and particularly of potatoes, bread, and bacon--has rapidly fallen within the last fortnight or three weeks.People of property and the Magist
- 106 DOWNING STREET, _26th August 1842._ Lord Stanley, with his humble duty, submits for your Majesty's perusal copies of three despatches, received yesterday from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, detailing the unfortunate result of an attack made b
- 107 [Footnote 84: Frederic William (1819-1904), afterwards Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. See _post_, p 434. (Ch. XI, Footnote 93)][Footnote 85: Son of the Archduke Charles.][Footnote 86: (1771-1847), third son of the Emperor Leopold II. Distinguished in
- 108 The accounts of poor dear Alexandrine's eyes continue _very bad_; she cannot write at all, or go out, or do anything.Say everything proper from us to the whole family, and pray believe me, always, your devoted Niece, VICTORIA R.[Footnote 93: The Prin
- 109 I wish Clem's marriage was no longer a secret, now that it _is settled_, as it is (forgive my saying it) really a fas.h.i.+on in our family to have these _secrets de la comedie_, when one is almost forced to tell a lie about what is true. I _own_ I d
- 110 On the 16th of September, General Pollock entered Cabul with his victorious troops and planted the Colours of your Majesty in the Bala Hissar, on the spot most conspicuous from the city.An extract from a letter from General Pollock to Lord Ellenborough, d
- 111 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _13th December 1842._ DEAREST UNCLE,--I have to thank you for two most kind letters of the 5th and 8th. I can report very favourably of the healths of young and old; we are all very flouris.h.i
- 112 [Pageheading: HISTORICAL READING]_Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria._ BROCKET HALL, _30th December 1842._ Lord Melbourne presents his humble duty to your Majesty. He has been much delighted this morning by receiving your Majesty's letter of the 28
- 113 Hallam has not written a History of the Church, but in all his books there is necessarily much about the Church, and much that is worthy of mention. A short History of the Church is, Lord Melbourne fears, not to be found, the subject is so large and so di
- 114 Sir Robert Peel begs leave to mention to your Majesty a fact _which has not hitherto transpired_--and of which he was not aware until he had an interview this morning with Sir James Graham.On the Inspector Tierney going into the cell of MacNaghten this mo
- 115 [Pageheading: THE ROYAL FAMILY AND POLITICS]_Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria._ BROCKET HALL, _2nd February 1843._ Lord Melbourne presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and thanks much for the letter of the 30th ult., which he received here yesterd
- 116 _Queen Adelaide to Queen Victoria._ CANFORD HOUSE, _14th February 1843._ MY DEAREST NIECE,--Your delightful letter of Tuesday gave me such pleasure and satisfaction that I must thank you with all my heart for it. Your happiness, and your grat.i.tude for t
- 117 [Footnote 18: The allusion is to a hoax played on the Premier, by a presentation made to him of a piece of the then novel fabric, velveteen, stamped with a free-trade design. Peel afterwards wrote that he was unaware that the specimen bore "any allus
- 118 [Pageheading: LEVeES]_Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria._ DOWNING STREET, _18th March 1843._ Sir Robert Peel presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and begs leave to submit to your Majesty that should your Majesty determine that the Prince should hold
- 119 DEAREST UNCLE,--Many thanks for your very kind letter of the 31st, which I received on Sunday, just as our excellent friend Stockmar made his appearance. He made us very happy by his excellent accounts of you _all_, including dearest Louise, and the child
- 120 All consider the restoration of the gates to be a national, not a religious, triumph. At no place has more satisfaction been expressed than at Paniput, a town almost exclusively Mussulman, where there exist the remains of the first mosque built by Sultan
- 121 Lord Ripon, with his humble duty to your Majesty, begs to inform your Majesty that despatches have been this day received at the India House from the Governor-General of India and from the Governor of Bombay, announcing the successful issue of a battle, o
- 122 The Queen thinks this of the greatest importance with respect to the effect it may have in Ireland, likewise as proving that the Government is willing to show great forbearance, and to trust to the good sense of the people; but that if outrages are commit
- 123 [Footnote 52: Elizabeth, daughter of the eighth Marquis of Tweeddale, afterwards d.u.c.h.ess of Wellington. She died in 1904.]_Queen Victoria to Sir Robert Peel._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _3rd August 1843._ The Queen returns the enclosed papers, and gives her sanc
- 124 [Footnote 58: Lady Evelyn Leveson Gower, married, on 4th October, to Charles, Lord Blantyre.][Pageheading: VISIT TO THE CHaTEAU D'EU]_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ CHaTEAU D'EU, _4th September 1843._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I write to
- 125 [Pageheading: MATRIMONIAL PROJECTS]_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _26th September 1843._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I cannot sufficiently thank you for your two _most kind_ and affectionate letters of the 22nd and 23rd, which gave m
- 126 WINDSOR CASTLE, _17th October 1843._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--Your kind letter of the 13th I received yesterday, and return you my warmest thanks for it....By your letter, and by one I received from Victoire yesterday morning, I see every reason to hope that we
- 127 _The Earl of Aberdeen to Queen Victoria._ DRUMLANRIG, _27th October 1843._ Lord Aberdeen, with his humble duty, begs to lay before your Majesty another letter received last night from Lord Morton,[78] which gives an account of the visit of the Duc de Bord
- 128 [Footnote 87: Gray, the poet, who had been appointed by the Duke Professor of Modern History, composed an ode (set to music by Randall) for the latter's installation as Chancellor, on 1st July 1769.][Footnote 88: The cultured but indolent Edward, Lor
- 129 There may be a proposal of a collation and of an Address, to be received in the Town Hall.Should not the Lord Lieutenant (Lord Warwick) have notice?Is the Mayor to accompany the Prince in the same carriage?[91]The Mayor has no carriage.No communication sh
- 130 It rather disgusts one, but still it had done, and does, good, for it has put an end to all impertinent sneering for the future about Albert's riding. This journey has done great good, and my beloved Angel in particular has had _the greatest success_
- 131 The Letters of Queen Victoria.Vol 2.1844-1853.by Queen Victoria.INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO CHAPTER XIII The new year (1844) opened with signs of improved trade, and a feeling of confidence, partly due to the friendly _entente_ with France. In Ireland, soon aft
- 132 _Queen Victoria to Sir Robert Peel._ Buckingham Palace, _23rd April 1844._ The Queen has heard with the greatest regret from Sir R. Peel that the Court of Directors, after all, mean to recall Lord Ellenborough. She cannot but consider this _very_ unwise a
- 133 [Pageheading: THE REVIEW][Pageheading: THE QUEEN'S IMPRESSIONS][Pageheading: THE CZAR NICHOLAS]_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ Buckingham Palace, _11th June 1844._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I received your very kind and long letter of the 7th
- 134 _The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ LAEKEN, _28th June 1844._ MY BELOVED VICTORIA,--I have again to offer my warmest and best thanks for a very long and kind letter. I am truly and sincerely happy that a Ministerial crisis has been spared you; i
- 135 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _8th October 1844._ DEAREST UNCLE,--You will, I am sure, forgive my writing but a few lines as I am all alone in the agitation of the dear King's arrival, and I will leave my letter open t
- 136 VICTORIA R.[Footnote 32: On the preceding day.][Footnote 33: The novel by George Sand (1804-1876), published in 1842.]_The King of the French to Queen Victoria._ SAINT CLOUD, _le 15 Novembre 1844._ MADAME MA BIEN CHeRE S[OE]UR,--Mes souvenirs de Windsor
- 137 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _28th January 1845._ ...The feeling of loyalty in this country is happily _very_ strong, and wherever we show ourselves we are most heartily and warmly received, and the civilities and respect
- 138 You will, I am sure, be pleased to hear that we have succeeded in purchasing _Osborne_ in the Isle of Wight,[10] and if we can manage it, we shall probably run down there before we return to Town, for three nights. It sounds so snug and nice to have a pla
- 139 [Pageheading: THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE]_The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ LAEKEN, _21st May 1845._ MY DEAREST AND MOST BELOVED VICTORIA,--Receive my sincerest and most heartfelt good wishes on the happy reappearance of your birthday. I need not d
- 140 [Footnote 20: Charles, second Earl Grey, had been Prime Minister, 1830-1834.][Pageheading: THE SOVEREIGN'S ABSENCE]_Sir Robert Peel to Queen Victoria._ WHITEHALL, _6th August 1845._ Sir Robert Peel presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and begs l
- 141 _Queen Victoria to Lord Stanley._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _2nd November 1845._ The Queen has read with great concern Lord Stanley's letter of the 1st November. From private information she had been led to expect that Lord Metcalfe would not be able to contin
- 142 He was greatly moved, and said it was not "the loss of power (for I hate power) nor of office," which was nothing but a plague for him, but "the breaking up of those relations in which he stood to the Queen and me, and the loss of our socie
- 143 ST JAMES'S SQUARE, _11th December 1845._ ... Lord Stanley humbly hopes that he may be permitted to avail himself of this opportunity to express to your Majesty the deep regret and pain with which he has felt himself compelled to dissent from the advi
- 144 The Queen sees from Lord John's second letter that he has taken a copy of Sir R. Peel's letter of the 15th to her. As she does not feel to have been authorised to allow this, the Queen hopes that in case Sir Robert should have an objection to it
- 145 He thinks many would have been induced to follow his example.Sir Robert Peel did not hesitate a moment in withdrawing his offer of resignation. He said he felt it his duty at once to resume his office, though he is deeply sensible of the difficulties with
- 146 [Pageheading: THE UNEMPLOYED]_Memorandum by the Prince Albert._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _25th December 1845._ We had a Council yesterday, at which Parliament was prorogued to the 22nd of January, then to meet for the despatch of business. Lord Stanley had an audi
- 147 On the continent of Europe the most important events took place in the Peninsula. The selection of husbands for the Queen of Spain and her sister, which had so long been considered an international question, came at last to a crisis; the policy of Great B
- 148 It filled six sheets, and contained, as minutely as I could render it, the whole of the arguments we had gone through. Sir Robert read it through and over again, and, after a long pause, said: "I was not aware when I spoke to your Royal Highness that
- 149 DOWNING STREET, _26th June 1846._ (_Two o'clock._) Sir Robert Peel, with his humble duty to your Majesty, begs leave to acquaint your Majesty that the members of the Government met in Cabinet to-day at one.Sir Robert Peel is just returned from this m
- 150 The Queen returns these letters, with her best thanks. The settlement of the Oregon question has given us the greatest satisfaction. It does seem strange that at the moment of triumph the Government should have to resign. The Queen read Sir Robert Peel�
- 151 I think that the King of the French's visit is more than ever desirable--now; for if he were to be shy of coming, it would prove to the world that this _new_ Government was hostile, and the _entente cordiale_ no longer sure. Pray impress this on the
- 152 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _3rd August 1846._ The Queen has just seen Lord Bessborough, who presses very much for her going to Ireland; she thinks it right to put Lord John Russell in possession of her views on this subject.
- 153 Lord John Russell entirely concurs in your Majesty's wish that England and France should not appear at Madrid as countenancing conflicting parties. Lord John Russell did not attach this meaning to Lord Palmerston's proposed despatch, but he has
- 154 VICTORIA R.[Pageheading: VIEWS OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT]_Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._ CARLTON TERRACE, _12th September 1846._ Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and returns with many acknowledgments the accompanying
- 155 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _29th September 1846._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I received last week your very kind and _satisfactory_ letter of the 16th. Your opinion on this truly unfortunate and, on the part of the French, disgr
- 156 [Footnote 28: Mr (who a few weeks later became Sir) Charles Wood.][Footnote 29: Montem, the triennial Eton ceremony, the chief part of which took place at Salt Hill (_ad montem_), near Slough, was abolished in 1847.][Pageheading: A PENINSULAR MEDAL]_Queen
- 157 [Pageheading: THE QUEEN'S DECISION]_Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ OSBORNE, _14th December 1846._ The Queen has still to acknowledge Lord John Russell's letter of the 11th. She has carefully read the Duke of Wellington's letter to Lo
- 158 [Page Heading: ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL]_Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ _14th March 1847._ The Queen wishes again to call Lord John Russell's serious attention to the state of Spain and Portugal, and to the policy which has been pursued with regar
- 159 To-night we are going to the Opera in state, and will hear and see Jenny Lind[5] (who is perfection) in _Norma_, which is considered one of her best parts. Poor Grisi is quite going off, and after the pure angelic voice and extremely quiet, perfect acting
- 160 [Pageheading: THE IRISH ELECTIONS]_Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria._ PEMBROKE LODGE, _21st August 1847._ Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has the honour to state that Lord Fitzwilliam writes that he shall feel hurt if th
- 161 More failures may be expected.[12]The funds may fall still lower.Any interference by Government in the way of issuing more notes might postpone but would aggravate the distress.The railway calls add much to the present difficulty.No forcible interference
- 162 _Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._ FOREIGN OFFICE, _30th October 1847._ Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has many apologies to make for not having attended your Majesty's Council to-day, and the more so as his a
- 163 _25th November 1847._ ... I hear with delight and thankfulness that it has pleased your Majesty to agree to a Conference for regulating the dreadful Swiss quarrels.[24] I took the liberty to propose my beloved and truly amiable town of Neuchatel as the pl
- 164 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._[2]WINDSOR CASTLE, _3rd January 1848._ The Queen sends Lord John Russell a letter from her Uncle, the King of the Belgians, which will show how dreadful a blow Mme. Adelade's death will be to the King of the French a
- 165 [Footnote 4: Fifth daughter of George III., born 1777. She died in May 1848.][Pageheading: THE FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY]_The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ LAEKEN, _12th January 1848._ MY DEAREST VICTORIA,--A messenger of my own going to England, I t
- 166 The power I mean is "the power of united speech." In the year 1830 the use of this immeasurable power was criminally neglected. But now I think the danger is much more pressing than it was then. This power is divided among _us_ in equal portions. I poss
- 167 [Pageheading: A GRAPHIC NARRATIVE]_Mr Featherstonhaugh[9] to Viscount Palmerston._ HAVRE, _3rd March 1848._ MY DEAR LORD PALMERSTON,--It was a hair-trigger affair altogether, but thanks be to G.o.d everything has gone off admirably. I was obliged to aband
- 168 M. Guizot came to London from Dover at half-past six._Queen Victoria to the King of the French._ PALAIS DE BUCKINGHAM, _3eme Mars 1848._ SIRE ET MON CHER FReRE,--C'etait une consolation bien vive pour moi de recevoir la bonne lettre de votre Majeste qui
- 169 MADAME MA S[OE]UR,--Veuillez me permettre, Madame, d'offrir a votre Majeste mes sinceres felicitations de son heureuse delivrance.[10]Puisse le bon Dieu conserver votre Majeste et toute son auguste famille, c'est mon v[oe]u de tous les jours. Plus que j
- 170 Sir George Grey said he had done very rightly, but that the force at the bridges should not be diminished.Mr F. O'Connor--"Not a man should be taken away. The Government have been quite right. I told the Convention that if they had been the Government t
- 171 VICTORIA R.[Footnote 17: A party of French Republicans entered Belgium with the intention of exciting an insurrection; the attempt signally failed.]_Queen Victoria to Viscount Palmerston._ OSBORNE, _1st May 1848._ The Queen has this morning received Lord
- 172 _The Prince of Prussia to Queen Victoria._ [_Translation._]BRUSSELS _30th May 1848._ MOST GRACIOUS COUSIN,--I obey the impulse of my heart in seizing my pen, without any delay, in order to express to you my warmest and most heartfelt thanks for the infini
- 173 [Pageheading: PALMERSTON'S FOREIGN POLICY]_Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _17th June 1848._ The Queen returns Lord Palmerston's letter. The country is at this moment suffering, particularly with regard to Spain, under the evil
- 174 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _11th July 1848._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--For another kind and dear letter of the 8th, I have much to thank you. The prosperity of dear little Belgium is a bright star in the stormy night all aro
- 175 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ OSBORNE, _27th July 1848._ The Queen has to acknowledge Lord John Russell's two letters with respect to Italy. The alterations in the draft meet many of the Queen's objections, giving to the whole step another appe
- 176 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ OSBORNE, _21st August 1848._ The Queen has received Lord John Russell's letter of yesterday, but cannot say that she has been satisfied by the reasons given by Lord Palmerston. The union of Lombardy and Piedmont can
- 177 [Footnote 42: The incorporation of Schleswig had been forcibly resisted, and Sweden determined on armed intervention; but a temporary armistice was arranged in August. This the National a.s.sembly attempted to disavow, but a few days after this letter was
- 178 _Earl Grey to Queen Victoria._ COLONIAL OFFICE, _25th October 1848._ Earl Grey presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and begs to inform your Majesty that no official accounts have been received of the engagement on the Cape Frontier between your Majes
- 179 [Pageheading: DEATH OF LORD MELBOURNE]_Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._ BROCKET HALL, _25th November 1848._ Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has to state that Viscount Melbourne was released from further suffering a
- 180 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _22nd December 1848._ The Queen has been waiting to receive an answer from Lord John Russell upon her last letter, and has therefore delayed sending the enclosed letter from Lord Palmerston.[52] But l
- 181 _Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria._ CHESHAM PLACE, _22nd January 1849._ Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and would now wish to consult Lord Lansdowne on the propriety of offering to Lord Palmerston to exchange the Foreign Off
- 182 [Footnote 4: This book was probably _Popular Education, as regards Juvenile Delinquency_, by Thos. Bullock, 1849.][Footnote 5: Lord Lansdowne, in his reply, undertook "to combine instruction in the Gaelic with the English language in the Highland as well
- 183 Je vous prie d'etre persuadee que rien n'est plus sincere que la reconnaissance que j'en conserve, et de me laisser nourrir la confiance que je puis compter sur la continuation de ces dispositions si aimables.En vous renouvelant les sentiments d'amiti
- 184 It appears the drafts are still sent to the Queen at the same time as to me, so that my remarks or corrections, or even the cancelling of a despatch, as not infrequently happens, may take effect after the Queen's pleasure has been taken.This appears to m
- 185 [Pageheading: THE IRISH VISIT]_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ LODGE, PH[OE]NIX PARK, _6th August 1849._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--Though this letter will only go to-morrow, I will begin it to-day and tell you that everything has gone off beautifull
- 186 EATON SQUARE, _29th November 1849._ Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty. In answer to your Majesty's enquiry, he has to state that a very short conversation took place in the Cabinet on the affairs of Germany upon an enquiry of Lor
- 187 _Queen Victoria to Viscount Palmerston._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _17th February 1850._ The Queen sent the day before yesterday the proposed draft to Mr Wyse back to Lord Palmerston, enclosing a Memorandum from Lord John Russell, and telling Lord Palmerston "t
- 188 I must now quickly conclude. Remaining ever, my beloved Victoria, your devoted Uncle, LEOPOLD R.[Footnote 7: _I.e._ "only."][Footnote 8: He was President in 1848.][Footnote 9: At the Mansion House banquet to the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851.
- 189 _The Marquis of Dalhousie to Queen Victoria._ SIMLA, _15th May 1850._ ... When the Governor-General had the honour of addressing your Majesty from Bombay, the arrangements for the transmission of the Koh-i-noor were incomplete. He therefore did not then r
- 190 [Pageheading: PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE]_The Duke of Cambridge to Queen Victoria._ CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, _10th June 1850._ MY DEAREST VICTORIA,--I seize the earliest opportunity of thanking you for your very kind letter, which I have this moment received, and
- 191 Mr Roebuck's Motion: That the principles on which the Foreign Policy of Her Majesty's Government has been regulated have been such as were calculated to maintain the honour and dignity of this country, and in times of unexampled difficulty to preserve p
- 192 The cheering was frequent and enthusiastic. The debate was adjourned till Thursday, when it will probably close.The expectation is that Ministers will have a majority, but on the amount of that majority must depend their future course.[Footnote 22: It las
- 193 _Queen Victoria to the King of Prussia._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _6th July 1850._ SIRE, MY MOST HONOURED BROTHER,--I have to express to you my thanks for the pleasure which the visit of your dear brother has given us, who, as I hope, will remit these lines to
- 194 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ OSBORNE, _31st July 1850._ The Queen has considered Lord Seymour's memorandum upon the Rangers.h.i.+p of the Parks in London, but cannot say that it has convinced her of the expediency of its abolition. There is not
- 195 _Viscount Palmerston to Lord John Russell._ FOREIGN OFFICE, _13th August 1850._ MY DEAR JOHN RUSSELL,--I have taken a copy of this memorandum of the Queen and will not fail to attend to the directions which it contains.With regard to the sending of despat
- 196 _Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._ BROADLANDS, _8th October 1850._ Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has had the honour to receive your Majesty's communication of the 4th instant, expressing your Majesty's wish that
- 197 _Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ OSBORNE, _19th October 1850._ The Queen is very glad of the result of the conflict with Lord Palmerston, of which Lord John Russell apprised her by his letter of yesterday's date. The correspondence, which the Queen
- 198 [Footnote 47: Minister at Berlin.][Footnote 48: Lord Palmerston may have had this letter of the Queen's in mind when he wrote on the 22nd of November to Lord Cowley: "Her (_i.e._ Prussia's) partisans try to make out that the contest between her and Aus
- 199 VICTORIA R.[Pageheading: ENGLAND AND ROME]_Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _8th December 1850._ The Queen received Lord John Russell's letter and the draft yesterday. He must be a better judge of what the effect of Mr Sheil's[51]pr
- 200 WINDSOR CASTLE, _22nd December 1850._ The Queen now returns Lord Seymour's letter respecting the New Forest, and sanctions the proposed arrangement. Considering, however, that she gives up the deer, and all patronage and authority over the Forest, she wi