| Content Description | Comments on his appointment to Madrid and life in Spain; the only other appointments he is certain of are Gordon to Hanover and Harris to Berne; discusses the way in which appointments were made without consultation with individual diplomats or foreign governments, citing the example of Loftus whose appointment to Vienna had not been satisfactory to the Austrian Government; states that in his opinion both Lord and Lady Augustus Loftus were unsuitable representatives for the court in Vienna; informs him that Julian Fane was to succeed Elliot in Vienna; comments on the weak position of the English Government, which he thought, may be defeated on the India and Finance Bills; speculates as to whether Palmerston or Russell would form the next Government.
Informs him that Manteuffel is in the country and there was no news on the Holstein question. |