| Content Description | Informs him that the messenger had arrived and his despatches had been sent to London; thanks him for his letter and states that he was also 'compelled to guess at the wishes of Downing Street'; Lord Malmesbury, like Lord Clarendon, did not say much about the Danish question; discusses the influence of public opinion on English politics; comments on the resignation of [Sir George] Seymour, which had been forced by Malmesbury.
PS States that he was sorry to hear Copenhagen had become so expensive and that he did not know who would succeed Wodehouse in St Petersburg. |