Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/22
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan; 6 May 1863.
Date	6 May 1863
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Comments on the silence of the Foreign Office; notes the publication of the Blue Book, which is not pleasing to the British public; France is shown in the role of mediator between Poland and Russia; Bismarck will be unhappy to see his comments in print; Rechberg is unhappy with the publication of Lord Russell's despatches; is sorry to hear he has been unwell; hopes that Princess Royal (Victoria) has enjoyed her visit to Potsdam; was due to visit Villiggiatura; refers to celebrations for the Queen's [Victoria] birthday; Buchanan will dine with the King; hopes Charles Murray is well; has not seen Rechberg, who had been summoned by the Emperor when they last met; discusses the Polish crisis and the Emperor Francis Joseph's reaction to proposals about to be put forward.
Term	politics, British, Blue Books
	civil disorder, Polish Rebellion 1863
	entertainments, dinners

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6540	Rechberg; Johann B. (1806-1899); Count; Austrian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	1806-1899
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6217	Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise (1840-1901); Empress of Germany; styled 'Princess Royal' until 1858; dau. of Queen Victoria; m. Frederick III Emperor of Germany 1858	1840-1901
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA6035	Murray; Charles A. (1806-1895); Sir; diplomat	1806-1895
NA6421	Franz Joseph I (1830-1916); Emperor of Austria; ( succeeded 1848)	1830-1916
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882