Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/25
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan; 27 May 1863.
Date	27 May 1863
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that he will have nothing for the messenger apart from information from his meeting with Rechberg; hopes that the messenger from Paris will have news on Poland; Austrian proposals have not been popular in England or France; proposals to St Petersburg are difficult to make until the powers reach agreement; Austria thinks France is attempting to lead England into war; the objective is to cause confusion in Germany which will enable France to secure the Rhine province; Austria can do nothing but send 'civil despatches' and appeal to Tsar Alexander II; Lord Russell is to submit a draft proposal for an armistice to Cabinet; he will then send a messenger to France; refers to the publication of a Blue Book on Poland. Informs him that reports from Galicia indicate that the insurrection is coming to an end, but that is not true of the whole of Poland; Werther has 'nearly killed' Rechberg with the affairs of Germany; discusses religion; asks how he is getting along with the chapel in Berlin and the furniture there, which Bellson cannot not claim credit for.
Term	civil disorder, Polish Rebellion 1863
	government business, Cabinet
	politics, British, Blue Books

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6540	Rechberg; Johann B. (1806-1899); Count; Austrian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	1806-1899
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6555	Bellson; - (fl 1863); Mr	fl 1863
NA6500	Werther; Karl A.P. (1809-1894); Herr; diplomat	1809-1894
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882