| Content Description | Informs him he will consider the best method to replace Mitchell; comments that he has been in the country; he is going to a ball at Lord Ely's; states that Lord Clarendon told him the 'Premier looked fresher'[Palmerston]; remarks that Lord John did not mention diplomatic appointments and that the post of Washington seems difficult to fill; comments that Lord Clarendon has contacted the Paget's about the St Petersburg post, remarks family illness may prevent acceptance; informs him that Lyons's health would not allow him to return to Washington but he will not be leaving the service, Wyke is still to be placed; discussion of Russian aggression in Central Asia and a speech by Lord Ellenborough; comments on how close the Russians are to Tashkent.
Requests that he sends him any autographs he may have of eminent Russians, especially the Imperial family; informs him of the wedding of Lord Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven and the engagement of Lord Chelsea and Lady Beatrice Craven; comments that 'suppers and plays are very much in vogue' and that he was chaperoned by Lord Ely and suppered at Lord Cadogans the previous evening; sends kind wishes to Lady Buchanan. |