[428] F.O. France 480 and 483, Granville to Palmerston, January 24, March 14, April 18, 1834.
[429] Sir Stratford Canning, who had been created Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, was ambassador to the Porte at the time of the Crimean War. The negotiations are said to have been influenced by Nicholas’ dislike of him.
[430] F.O. Russia 201 and 207, Palmerston to Bligh, October 27, 1832; Bligh to Palmerston, November 17, 1832; Palmerston to Bligh, December 14, 1832; Bligh to Palmerston, January 9, May 29, June 19, 1833 (the whole of this correspondence is in the form of private letters).
[431] The following article appeared in The Times of May 28, 1834: “The recall of Prince Lieven, or rather of Madame la Princesse, is an event. We cannot say of Her Serene Highness that the petit nez retroussé has occasioned much mischief, whatever her organs of speech or her implements of writing may have done. . . . There never figured on the courtly stage a female intriguer more restless, more arrogant, more (politically and therefore we mean it not offensively) odious and insufferable than this supercilious ambassadress. She fancied herself a ‘power,’ she was, however, more frequently a dupe,” etc., etc.
[432] E. Daudet, Une Vie d’Ambassadrice, pp. 170, 180-183.
[433] F.O. Turkey 234, Palmerston to Ponsonby, March 10, 1834 (secret).
[434] F.O. France 497, Wellington to Aston, March 17, 1835.
[435] C. Greville, Journals (1), III. pp. 225-229.
[436] F.O. Turkey 271, Palmerston to Ponsonby, June 20, 1836.
[437] F.O. Turkey 274, Ponsonby to Palmerston, May 15, 1836.