[688] F.O. Russia 269, Palmerston to Clanricarde, January 11, 1841.
[689] Among the despatches in vol. 653 Angleterre, is an extract from a letter from M. —— to M. Guizot, dated November 28, 1840; the writer gives the views of Melbourne, Russell and Lansdowne. He also speaks of a conversation with Esterhazy, and talks of an interview of two hours’ duration with Palmerston. The author of this communication was perhaps Ellice. The evidence of Greville’s Journal seems to make it very improbable that he was responsible for it. Nor can the authorship of it be imputed to Reeve.
[690] Guizot, Mémoires, VI. pp. 49-50.
[691] Levant correspondence, Palmerston to Ponsonby, January 29, 1841.
[692] F.O. Austria 208, Beauvale to Palmerston, January 17, 1841.
[693] Levant correspondence, Palmerston to Bloomfield, December 2, 1840.
[694] Affaires étrangères, 657 Angleterre, Bourqueney à Guizot, 7 janvier, 1841 (confidentielle et réservée).
[695] Levant correspondence, Palmerston to Ponsonby, March 16, 1841.
[696] Ibid., Granville to Palmerston, March 12, 15, 1841.
[697] Levant correspondence, Ponsonby to Palmerston, March 6, 9, 17, 27, 1841. Guizot, Mémoires, VI. pp. 95-98.