Record

Document Reference	Bu 2/35
Title	Letter from H. Howard, Berlin, Prussia, to A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 27 Apr 1849.
Date	27 April 1849
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Relays news on behalf of Lord Westmorland; the hostile votes of the second chamber on both internal and external affairs were over and the chamber had been dissolved; there was talk of the retirement of Count Arnim but nothing was settled; thinks an extension to the franchise would be helpful; hoped the Russian Government would support the Frankfurt Government; had also received news that the King of Hanover had dissolved his chambers; the King of Württemberg was a 'melancholy example of weakness' who gave in to the demands of his ministers and would be willing to accept the German Constitution.
Term	constitutions, German
	politics, German
	unification, Germany

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6055	Fane; John (1784-1859); 11th Earl of Westmorland	1784-1859
NA6089	Arnim; Harry K. von (1824-1873); Count; diplomat	1824-1873
NA6090	Wilhelm I (1781-1864); King of Württemberg; ( succeeded 1816)	1781-1864
NA6091	Ernest August (1771-1851); King of Hanover; son of George III; cr. Duke of Cumberland 1799; succ. as King of Hanover 1837	1771-1851
NA6083	Howard; Henry F. (1809-1898); Sir; British Diplomatic Service	1809-1898
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882