Content Description | Discusses the death of Palmerston; comments that when he left England a fortnight ago he was not even ill; remarks on the demise of his contemporaries, Metternich and Nesselrode; Lord Russell and Gladstone have put into operation their contingency plan; comments on new roles for Lord Clarendon and Granville; remarks on Russell's anxiety about Bismarck's home policy; sends best wishes to Lady Buchanan. |