Record

Document Reference	Bu 45/152
Title	Letter from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 20 May 1860.
Date	20 May 1860
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Discusses a report that the Government of Naples has requested Spanish assistance in suppressing the insurrection in Sicily; Mr Collantes stated that it is impossible for the Queen [Isabel] to intervene; Mr Collantes believed that Naples would have done better to ask Spain's advice, which might have helped avert the present crisis; Mr Collantes has emphasised that Spain intends to stay neutral in European affairs.
Term	civil disorder, insurrections
	politics, Spanish, foreign policy
	foreign policy, Spanish

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6259	Isabella II (1830-1904); Queen of Spain; ( reigned 1833-1868)	1830-1904
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA6087	Pius IX (1792-1878); Pope; Giovanni M.M. Ferretti Pope from 1846	1792-1878
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878