Footnote 82: Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Lord Privy Seal.
Footnote 83: Sir J. Conroy, who had been Comptroller to the Duchess of Kent, made certain claims which it was not considered expedient to grant. He received a pension and a baronetcy.
Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria.
CANADA
30th December 1837.
... Lord Melbourne will do his utmost to compose these differences respecting Canada and the Army,84 but your Majesty must contemplate the possibility, not to say the probability, of his not being able to succeed. It will not do for the sake of temporary accommodation to sacrifice the honour of your Majesty's Crown or the interests of your Majesty's subjects.
Footnote 84: See Introductory Notes for 1837 and 1838, pp. [56] and [102.]
Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria.
STATE DEPARTMENTS
31st December 1837.