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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/C/8/111
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date	3 October 1849
Writer	Victoria, Queen
Addressee	Russell, John, Lord
Description	Queen Victoria approves the unanimous advice of the Cabinet on the line to be adopted with regard to the Porte, but regrets the necessity for it. She still feels Britain could hold a higher tone, if the country had not been a party to the refusal the Porte gave. The terms of the Treaty of 1774 are very positive, and the Queen encloses the clause which Sir Stratford Canning [British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire] sent. She reminds Lord John that Canning says the Porte has not been altogether neutral with regard to Hungary. Canning ought to have advised the Porte to send the refugees somewhere else, to obviate all embarrassment. The Queen fears that Russia is playing a deep game.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
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