| Content Description | Reports that Lord Russell has ordered him to send a messenger to London to make clear what he had done with regard to Paget's despatches on the Danish question; Lord Russell appeared to be upset by Paget and asked him to send the messenger by way of Berlin; informs him that he may read the despatches, but not to delay the messenger; suggests that the Danish project had arrived too late; Rechberg is alarmed by the state of public opinion; states that Buchanan has had the best of his tussle with Bismarck, who 'humbugged a great deal'; states that England is moving closer to the French position; has heard rumours that Austria was recruiting 20,000 more troops, but that they were destined for Italy and not the north. |