Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria.
Carlton Gardens, 26th June 1848.
Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and is sorry he is not able to submit to your Majesty the proposed draft to Sir Hamilton Seymour to go by to-night's mail, as he has not succeeded in settling the wording of it with Lord John Russell, and is therefore obliged to defer it till the next mail.
Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell.
Buckingham Palace, 26th June 1848.
The Queen sends this letter, which she has just received from Lord Palmerston. No remonstrance has any effect with Lord Palmerston. Lord John Russell should ask the Duke of Bedford to tell him of the conversation the Queen had with the Duke the other night about Lord Palmerston.
Queen Victoria to Viscount Palmerston.
ENGLAND AND ITALY
Buckingham Palace, 1st July 1848.