| Content Description | States that the German/Danish conflict is growing more complicated; notes the effect of Danish public opinion; reports that Rechberg had told him that if Denmark persisted in capturing ships, Austria would retaliate; encloses a newspaper [not present] containing an article on the Austrian/Prussian alliance; refers to the guarantees of 1720 [on the position of Schleswig-Holstein]; Lady Bloomfield has arrived from Paris; speculates on Prussian involvement in the Schleswig-Holstein dispute and on the Prussian position should Bismarck cease to govern; comments on the cost of the Crimean War and the errors made during the Indian Rebellion. |