| Content Description | Comments on the messenger service, stating that the most direct route to London is via Munich and Paris, he is therefore sending a different messenger to Berlin; reports that Rechberg, the King of Prussia and the Russians are all agreed on the limitations to be set for a congress, if one took place; with regard to Denmark he thinks Bismarck will take advantage of the new King [Christian IX] as King Frederick VII has died prior to the settlement of the constitution relating to Schleswig-Holstein question; reports that notwithstanding the comments of Bismarck, the Prussians have claimed they can find nothing in their archives relating to the issue; states that both Rechberg and Werther have referred to the matter in strict confidence; notes that Lord Russell is furious with both Vienna and Berlin.
Informs him that he has attempted to discover what Karolyi has said to Bismarck on the subject of the reform of the Diet; his intelligence came from Rechberg who stated that Karolyi had told Bismarck that the 47th Article, which provided for the defence of states within the German Confederation, should be retained and that if Austria could not count on Prussia, she would seek a foreign alliance; states that Paget will get nowhere and that the 'storm would blow over' once the Emperor Napoléon discovers that he is alone on the issue of a congress [on Poland]. |