| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | With regard to the Finsbury Deputation, Queen Victoria calls Lord John Russell's attention to his letter of November 3rd, where he says the Government cannot be too vigilant, or weigh their proceedings too scrupulously, and cannot suppose that he can look on the reception by Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston of Addresses in which Allied Sovereigns are called despots and assassins, with equanimity. Queen Victoria hopes the Cabinet will make careful inquiry into the justice of her complaint. The question with Queen Victoria is not whether she pleases the Emperor of Austria (Francis Joseph I), but whether she gives him just cause of complaint or not. If she does, it will not add to her popularity with her own people. Queen Victoria is disappointed with Russell's letter as a defence of Palmerston's conduct. Presumably Palmerston must console himself for the mortifiction of not receiving Louis Kossuth. Queen Victoria believes he has seen him. |