Footnote 18: Princess Louise of Belgium was born on the 4th of February.
Footnote 19: Formerly General Pélissier; see ante, [p. 143], note 80.
Mr Disraeli to Queen Victoria.
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
House of Commons, 23rd March 1858.
(Tuesday.)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer with his humble duty to your Majesty.
The discussion on the Passport Question, this evening, was not without animation; the new Under-Secretary, Mr Fitzgerald,20 makes way with the House. He is very acute and quick in his points, but does not speak loud enough. His tone is conversational, which is the best for the House of Commons, and the most difficult; but then the conversation should be heard. The general effect of the discussion was favourable to the French Government.
In a thin House afterwards, the Wife's Sister Bill was brought in after a division. Your Majesty's Government had decided among themselves to permit the introduction, but a too zealous member of the Opposition forced an inopportune division.