| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | Queen Victoria was pleased that the Debates have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion, with all the propositions of the Government having been passed with good majorities: but she was a little shocked at Sir Charles Wood, in his speech on the Commission of Inquiry, designating the "future Government" and selecting Lord George Bentick, Mr Disraeli and Mr Herries as destined to hold high office in the next Government. The Queen also thinks that the Bishops have behaved extremely ill about Dr. Hampden, the Bishop of Exeter having gone so far, in her opinion, that he might be prosecuted for calling the Act settling the Supremacy on the Crown "a foul act" and "the Magna Charta of Tyranny". Queen Victoria approves the appointment of Lord Shelburne as a Lord of the Treasury. |