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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II) - A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1852 to 1860 - -Author: Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville - -Editor: Henry Reeve - -Release Date: October 9, 2013 [EBook #40680] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREVILLE MEMOIRS, VOLUME I *** - - - - -Produced by Louise Davies, Val Wooff and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -book was produced from scanned images of public domain -material from the Google Print project.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40680 ***</div> <div class="transnote"> <p>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES</p> <p>The Third Part of The Greville Memoirs contains two volumes, of which -this is the first. The second volume is available from Project Gutenberg +this is the first. The second volume is available from Proj Gutenberg at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40681">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40681</a></p> <p>All spellings are as they appeared in the original text save for those that were obviously printer's errors.</p> <p>All phrases that are in languages other than English have been italicised for consistency.</p> @@ -166,7 +123,7 @@ Footnotes not enclosed in square brackets are by the author.<br /> 1 [This note is by the editor.]<br /> 2 This note is by the author.</p> <p>For ease of reference, the index to both volumes of this diary has been added. It originally appeared at the -end of volume 2. References in the index to the second volume have been cross-linked to the file at Project Gutenberg.</p> +end of volume 2. References in the index to the second volume have been cross-linked to the file at Proj Gutenberg.</p> </div> <div class="pagebreak"> @@ -367,7 +324,7 @@ the Vienna Note—A Cabinet summoned <a href="#CHAPTER_III"><i>page 58 <p><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV.</a></p> -<p>The Conference at Olm�tz—The Turks declare War—Lord Palmerston's +<p>The Conference at Olm?tz—The Turks declare War—Lord Palmerston's Views—Lord Palmerston lauded by the Radicals and the Tories—Failure of the Pacific Policy—Lord Aberdeen desires to resign—Lord John to be Prime Minister—Obstacles to Lord John's Pretensions—Danger of @@ -478,7 +435,7 @@ Crimea—The Repulse at the Redan—Visit to Thiers—A Dinner at th Tuileries—Conversation with the Emperor—M. Guizot on the War—Death of Lord Raglan—A Dinner at Princess Lieven's—The Palace of Versailles—Revelations of Lord John Russell's Mission—Dinner with -the Emperor at Villeneuve l'�tang—Lord John Russell's Conduct at +the Emperor at Villeneuve l'?tang—Lord John Russell's Conduct at Vienna—Excitement in London—Lord John's Resignation—Lord John's Conduct explained—'Whom shall we Hang?'—Prorogation of Parliament <a href="#CHAPTER_IX"><i>page 253</i></a></p> @@ -656,7 +613,7 @@ seems by no means more disposed than he was before to take the burden on himself, while he is conscious that it will be more difficult for him to refuse. He has been suffering very much, and is certainly physically unequal to -the task, and <i>le cas �ch�ant</i> he will no doubt try to make his +the task, and <i>le cas ?ch?ant</i> he will no doubt try to make his escape; but, from what I hear of him, I do not think he will be inexorable if it is made clear to him that there is no other way of forming a Liberal Government, and especially @@ -785,7 +742,7 @@ strolling and staring about in the midst of a thousand workmen going on with their business all the same, and all the fine ladies scrambling over vast masses of timber, or ducking to avoid the great beams that were constantly sweeping -along. These public funerals are very disgusting <i>me� sententi�</i>. +along. These public funerals are very disgusting <i>me? sententi?</i>. On Saturday several people were killed and wounded at Chelsea; yesterday everything was orderly and well conducted, and I heard of no accidents.</p> @@ -1011,7 +968,7 @@ friends insist he will not do. I am disposed to think he will. Since that we have had Beresford's affair in the House of Commons, and Clanricarde's folly in the Lords.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p> -<p>Cockburn produced a strong <i>prim� facie</i> case against Beresford, +<p>Cockburn produced a strong <i>prim? facie</i> case against Beresford, and the committee has been appointed on his case, and proceeds to business on Monday.<a name="FNanchor_2_7" id="FNanchor_2_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_7" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> Clanricarde chose <i>de son chef</i> to propose a resolution like that of the Commons, which @@ -1684,7 +1641,7 @@ to a statesman, and Peel's losing his election there in 1829 was the most fortunate event possible for him. The only speech of the new Ministers calling for special notice is Palmerston's at Tiverton, which appears to me to conceal an -<i>arri�re-pens�e</i>. He spoke in civil, even complimentary, terms +<i>arri?re-pens?e</i>. He spoke in civil, even complimentary, terms of the Derby Government, so much so, that if any break-up or break-down should occur in this, and Lord Derby return to office, there appears no reason why Palmerston should @@ -2428,7 +2385,7 @@ that was reviving between us and Vienna has all been upset by the late attempt on the Emperor's life,<a name="FNanchor_1_21" id="FNanchor_1_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_21" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> which has thrown the Austrians into a ferment, and renewed all their bitter resentment against us for harbouring Kossuth -and Mazzini, to whom they attribute both the <i>�meute</i> at +and Mazzini, to whom they attribute both the <i>?meute</i> at Milan and the assassination at Vienna severally. They are no doubt right about Mazzini and wrong about Kossuth, but fortunately for us the first is not in England and has been @@ -3260,17 +3217,17 @@ notabilities (principally of the Liberal party), and he tells me there is but one opinion amongst them, that this Empire cannot last, and they only differ as to the time it may last. Most of them think it will be short. Thiers gives it only a -year, Duch�tel alone thinks it will go on for some years. +year, Duch?tel alone thinks it will go on for some years. The unpopularity of Louis Napoleon increases and his discredit likewise, and as soon as the unpopularity shall extend<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span> to the army, it will be all over with him. The Opposition which has sprung up, which has increased rapidly and will -increase still more in the Corps L�gislatif, is deemed to be +increase still more in the Corps L?gislatif, is deemed to be very important and significant, and they think it will be impossible for him to go on with such a body so constituted and disposed, and he will have to decide upon suffering the embarrassment it will cause him, or having recourse to a -<i>coup d'�tat</i>, a measure which would be hazardous. There +<i>coup d'?tat</i>, a measure which would be hazardous. There are no fresh adhesions to the Court beyond the half dozen men of rank or name who have already joined it, and who are hated and despised for having done so. While such is @@ -3459,7 +3416,7 @@ and put off all discussion till the matter is decided one way or another. He thinks so in reference to the case itself, leaving out of consideration the convenience of the Government; he thinks that any discussion in the House of -Commons will elicit a disposition for peace <i>� tout prix</i>, which +Commons will elicit a disposition for peace <i>? tout prix</i>, which would seriously embarrass affairs, and only confirm Russia in the course she is pursuing. I do not think so, but his opinions are founded on what he hears Cobden has said, @@ -3840,7 +3797,7 @@ only got back at one in the morning.</p> <p><i>August 27th.</i>—Since the 11th I have been absent from town, at Grimstone for York races, then at Hatchford, and since that gouty. While at York the Session closed with -<i>�clat</i> by a speech of Palmerston's in his most flashy and successful +<i>?clat</i> by a speech of Palmerston's in his most flashy and successful style. John Russell gave a night at last for the discussion of the Turkish question, and made a sort of explanation, which was tame, meagre, and unsatisfactory. After some @@ -3904,8 +3861,8 @@ our fleet. Clarendon thinks that the Emperor is certain to reject the Turkish terms, and that the Turks are very capable of declaring war thereupon; for in their last communication they said that they were prepared for '<i>toutes -les �ventualit�s,</i>' and he suspects that Stratford has not -<i>bon� fide</i> striven to induce them to accept the proffered +les ?ventualit?s,</i>' and he suspects that Stratford has not +<i>bon? fide</i> striven to induce them to accept the proffered terms. Their rejection is the more unreasonable because the proposal is a hash-up of Menschikoff's original Note, and that which the Turks proposed in lieu of it, but in @@ -4019,7 +3976,7 @@ judgement and the sound advice of his friends.</p> <div class="sidenote">OPPOSITION OF LORD STRATFORD.</div> -<p><i>September 3rd.</i>—I dined last night <i>t�te-�-t�te</i> with Clarendon +<p><i>September 3rd.</i>—I dined last night <i>t?te-?-t?te</i> with Clarendon and heard all the details of the state of the Turkish question, and read the interesting correspondence of Cowley, with his accounts of his conversations with the Emperor, @@ -4117,7 +4074,7 @@ I heard last night; but the affair is so tangled, that it is impossible to weave it into an intelligible and consistent narrative, and I can only jot down fragments, which may hereafter serve to explain circumstances connected with -the <i>d�nouement</i>, whenever it takes place. John Russell and +the <i>d?nouement</i>, whenever it takes place. John Russell and Palmerston are both come to town, so that a little Cabinet will discuss this matter. Palmerston is extremely reasonable, does not take the part of the Turks, but on the contrary @@ -4191,8 +4148,8 @@ could hold the office, as neither would consent to the elevation of the other. On the whole, he inclines to the opinion that Palmerston has made up his mind to go on with this Government and his present colleagues, that he means to -act fairly and honestly with and by them, and has no <i>arri�re -pens�e</i> towards the Tories, though he is not sorry to have +act fairly and honestly with and by them, and has no <i>arri?re +pens?e</i> towards the Tories, though he is not sorry to have them always looking to him, and paying him, as they do, excessive court. It ensures him great support and an easy life in the House of Commons, where, however, he says Palmerston @@ -4246,7 +4203,7 @@ to send the Vienna Note. The Emperor Napoleon has again given the strongest assurances of his determination in no case whatever to separate his policy from ours, his resolution to adhere to the English alliance, and to maintain peace -<i>� tout prix</i>, which he frankly owns to be indispensably necessary +<i>? tout prix</i>, which he frankly owns to be indispensably necessary to the interests of his country. The Austrians are already beginning to hang back from taking any decided part in opposition to Russia, and while still ready to join in @@ -4295,7 +4252,7 @@ power; all the other vessels of the line were sailing ships.]</p></div> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV.</a></h2> -<blockquote><p>The Conference at Olm�tz—The Turks declare War—Lord Palmerston's +<blockquote><p>The Conference at Olm?tz—The Turks declare War—Lord Palmerston's Views—Lord Palmerston lauded by the Radicals and the Tories—Failure of the Pacific Policy—Lord Aberdeen desires to resign—Lord John to be Prime Minister—Obstacles to Lord John's Pretensions—Danger of @@ -4320,7 +4277,7 @@ great part of the afternoon on Sunday reading the Eastern Question despatches, printed in a Blue Book to be laid by-and-by before Parliament. On Sunday came Westmorland's account of his interviews with the Emperor of Russia and -Nesselrode at Olm�tz, which sounded very satisfactory, for +Nesselrode at Olm?tz, which sounded very satisfactory, for the Emperor was very gracious and pacific, and Nesselrode in his name disclaimed in the most positive terms any intention of aggrandising himself at the expense of Turkey @@ -4437,7 +4394,7 @@ and that nothing would induce the latter to make war on Russia. He said this idea had been confirmed by the language of Aberdeen, who had continually spoken of his determination to avoid war to Brunnow and others, and in -his letters to Madame de Lieven—<i>la paix � tout prix</i>. Clanricarde, +his letters to Madame de Lieven—<i>la paix ? tout prix</i>. Clanricarde, however, himself said he would not declare war against Russia, and we might defend Turkey without going that length. I went and told Clarendon all he had said (in greater @@ -4450,14 +4407,14 @@ contemplates as extremely probable the breaking-up of the Government on the question of war. Palmerston has been very reserved, but always on the same friendly terms with his colleagues, and Clarendon in particular; but Lady -Palmerston as usual talks <i>� qui veut l'entendre</i> of the misconduct +Palmerston as usual talks <i>? qui veut l'entendre</i> of the misconduct of the whole affair, and affirms that, if Palmerston had had the management of it, all would have been settled long ago. As matters have turned out, it is impossible not to regret that we were perhaps too moderate and patient at first; for as the course we have adopted has not been successful, it seems unfortunate we did not try another, -which might have been more so. But this is judging <i>apr�s +which might have been more so. But this is judging <i>apr?s coup</i>, and nothing is so easy as to affirm that, if something had been done, which was not done, success would have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span> attended it.</p> @@ -4632,7 +4589,7 @@ but only on condition that Prussia did likewise. The King of Prussia would have given way with his characteristic weakness, but Manteuffel would not hear of it, and contrived to keep his master straight. In an interview of two hours -between the Emperor and Manteuffel <i>t�te-�-t�te</i>, the Emperor +between the Emperor and Manteuffel <i>t?te-?-t?te</i>, the Emperor employed all the means he could think of to prevail on the Prussian Minister, but all in vain; he refused positively to allow Prussia to depart from her neutrality. This had the @@ -4646,7 +4603,7 @@ up the gauntlet thus thrown down.</p> <p><a name="Footnote_1_32" id="Footnote_1_32"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_32"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> [Count Manteuffel was the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the leading member of the Prussian Cabinet. He was accused of sacrificing -Prussian interests to those of Austria at the Conference of Olm�tz; but in +Prussian interests to those of Austria at the Conference of Olm?tz; but in fact he succeeded in defeating what would have been a very formidable confederacy of the German Powers with Russia.]</p></div> @@ -4727,7 +4684,7 @@ were much against it, and now that there is a fresh prospect of peace, it is rendered more unnecessary and undesirable.</p> <p>King Leopold is here, still uneasy (though less than he -was) upon the subject of his <i>d�m�l�s</i> with the Emperor of the +was) upon the subject of his <i>d?m?l?s</i> with the Emperor of the French. The cause of them is the libellous publications of the French refugees in Belgium. They compose the most outrageous attacks of a personal nature on him and the @@ -5952,7 +5909,7 @@ employ in explaining matters at the time of the Bedchamber quarrel with Peel, that affair would not have happened. Lord John said he thought she must have been advised by somebody to act as she did, to which she replied with g<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[Pg 132]</a></span>reat -candour and na�vet�, 'No, it was entirely my own foolishness.' +candour and na?vet?, 'No, it was entirely my own foolishness.' This is the first time I have heard of her acknowledging that it was 'foolishness,' and is an avowal creditable to her sense. Lord John said, when Lord Spencer was consulted @@ -6652,7 +6609,7 @@ we had done so.</p> <p><a name="Footnote_1_37" id="Footnote_1_37"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_37"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> [The indiscretion, such as it was, appears to have been that of Lord Aberdeen himself, and Lord Malmesbury quoted with a good deal of wit -and <i>� propos</i>, in the House of Lords, Sancho Panza's saying, 'that a cask +and <i>? propos</i>, in the House of Lords, Sancho Panza's saying, 'that a cask may leak at the top as well as at the bottom.']</p></div> <div class="footnote"> @@ -6813,7 +6770,7 @@ no actor, but it was in my opinion totally uncalled for;<span class="pagenum"><a as there is but a step between the sublime and the ridiculous, it might just as well have appeared ridiculous; but fortunately for him his audience were disposed to take it <i>au -grand s�rieux</i>. Even his brother, partial as he is to him, +grand s?rieux</i>. Even his brother, partial as he is to him, takes the same view of this that I do, and has written to me that as Lord John has often been abused when he did not deserve it, so he has now been overpraised.</p> @@ -7121,7 +7078,7 @@ the match. In that case the Court might have been very different. In the beginning, after his marriage, he attempted to purify it as well as he could, and to get rid of all the disreputable women about it; but by degrees they have all come -back again, and now they are more <i>encanaill�es</i> than ever.</p> +back again, and now they are more <i>encanaill?es</i> than ever.</p> <p>The French Government have given a strong proof of their goodwill to us by recalling Baraguay d'Hilliers from @@ -7584,7 +7541,7 @@ blows or doing them any injury. The points that were expected to be made against them entirely failed, and, with the exception of one personal matter, they have had no difficulties or annoyances to vex them. This matter was the case -of ——, the <i>d�nouement</i> of which took place two days ago; +of ——, the <i>d?nouement</i> of which took place two days ago; after being Gladstone's private secretary for two years, this gentleman was appointed by Newcastle, just before he gave up the Colonies, to be Governor of South Australia. The @@ -7979,7 +7936,7 @@ majority of the House of Commons, and of living from hand to mouth; but though this was a plausible topic, he knew very well that no other government could be formed which could exist otherwise, and that the House of Commons, while -it buffeted the Government about <i>au gr� de ses caprices</i>, was +it buffeted the Government about <i>au gr? de ses caprices</i>, was quite determined to keep it alive, and not to allow any other to be substituted for it. At present it is difficult to see how this state of things is to be altered, and time alone can show @@ -8067,9 +8024,9 @@ of being attacked by Russia. The Prince wrote an excellent answer, giving him no information, and entering into the whole question of Prussian policy without reserve. He starts to-day to Boulogne, invited by a letter from the -Emperor himself, beginning 'Mon cher fr�re,' replied to +Emperor himself, beginning 'Mon cher fr?re,' replied to very well and civilly by Prince Albert who began, 'Sire et -mon cher fr�re.' Clarendon said Aberdeen was as hot as any +mon cher fr?re.' Clarendon said Aberdeen was as hot as any one upon the Crimean expedition.</p> <p>They are not at all satisfied with Lord Raglan, whom @@ -8155,7 +8112,7 @@ Clarendon is dead against this, and so, he told me, is Stratford. At Boulogne the Emperor and Newcastle agreed that the best course will be to occupy the Crimea and garrison Sebastopol with a large force of English and French, and -hold it <i>en d�p�t</i> till they can settle something definitive; and +hold it <i>en d?p?t</i> till they can settle something definitive; and Clarendon leans to this arrangement, which will at least be a gain of time.</p> @@ -8171,7 +8128,7 @@ Emperor. He said the Prince had talked to him a great deal about it all at Osborne, and this is the substance of what he said as far as I recollect it: The Prince was very well satisfied with his reception; the Emperor took him in -his carriage <i>t�te � t�te</i> to the great review, so that they +his carriage <i>t?te ? t?te</i> to the great review, so that they conversed together long and without interruption or witnesses. The Emperor seems to have talked to the Prince with more <i>abandon</i> and unreserve than is usual to him. @@ -8219,7 +8176,7 @@ and which Walewski is always suggesting.</p> and her declaration of neutrality, and he said that the complaints of the doings of the Austrians in the Principalities were not without foundation. Drouyn de Lhuys spoke very -openly to H�bner on the subject, and pitched into the Austrian +openly to H?bner on the subject, and pitched into the Austrian Government without stint or reserve, and Cowley sent a despatch in which all he said was detailed, with the addition that it was Drouyn de Lhuys' intention to embody it in a @@ -9071,7 +9028,7 @@ not diverge and ultimately break up the alliance.</p> <div class="sidenote">MR. BRIGHT ON THE WAR.</div> <p>Bright has published his letter in a penny form (or somebody -has done it for him) with <i>pi�ces justificatives</i> extracted +has done it for him) with <i>pi?ces justificatives</i> extracted from the Blue Books and from other sources, and in my opinion he makes out a capital and unanswerable case. He does not, indeed, prove, nor attempt to prove, that the Emperor @@ -9370,7 +9327,7 @@ wonder, therefore, that they have no mind to go to war and to encounter this danger to accommodate us, whom they still cordially hate on many accounts, but especially for the Haynau affair, which still rankles in their hearts and in -which they think their uniform was insulted. <i>� propos</i> +which they think their uniform was insulted. <i>? propos</i> of this, Clarendon told me that the Queen was talking to him very lately about this affair, and told him that she had entreated Palmerston at the time to write some expression @@ -9556,7 +9513,7 @@ precautionary measures to resist the attack he was persuaded the Russians would make, and Canrobert's answer, in which he says that his means are curtailed by the necessity of providing for the defence of Balaklava, and of extending his -line and making dispositions '<i>dans l'int�r�t de la situation +line and making dispositions '<i>dans l'int?r?t de la situation commune,</i>' but that he has ordered Bosquet to move nearer to Evans' division, and to be in readiness if anything should happen. There was a passage omitted in the printed letter @@ -9699,7 +9656,7 @@ the difficulty of relying on him, his hatred of Austria, and the terror he would inspire; and I said Granville might do, but that I saw no reason why he should not go himself if he had reason to think it was likely to succeed, though I would -not go merely to return <i>re infect�</i>. We then talked of Lord +not go merely to return <i>re infect?</i>. We then talked of Lord John and of Newcastle. He said that Newcastle is exceedingly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[Pg 223]</a></span> slow, and has a slow mind, but that there is no case whatever for turning him out, and he cannot be blamed for @@ -9823,15 +9780,15 @@ at their posts, to the enormous detriment of the service. The genius of Lord Chatham or the energy and will of the Duke of Wellington would have failed with such a general staff here, and with such a Commander-in-Chief as Hardinge, -and with the <i>fain�antise</i> of Raglan.</p> +and with the <i>fain?antise</i> of Raglan.</p> <p><i>January 20th.</i>—It is only by degrees one can unravel the truth in political affairs. John Russell told me last night that Austria has never given in her adhesion to our conditi<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[Pg 226]</a></span>on -of making the destruction of Sebastopol a <i>sine qu� non</i> +of making the destruction of Sebastopol a <i>sine qu? non</i> of peace. She joins us in insisting on the '<i>faire cesser la -pr�potence</i>,' but the means of accomplishing this remain to +pr?potence</i>,' but the means of accomplishing this remain to be discussed. This is very different from what I had imagined, and makes it anything but certain that she will join her forces to our's, if the negotiations fail in consequence of @@ -9943,7 +9900,7 @@ but this has never been put officially before the Emperor, that we know of. Buol acquiesced, as I understood, in our explanation, but John Russell distinctly told me that Austria had never signified her concurrence in making the demolition -of Sebastopol a <i>sine qu� non</i> condition. Now, however, some +of Sebastopol a <i>sine qu? non</i> condition. Now, however, some fresh communication has been made by Austria to Russia, and we will not begin the negotiation until Austria shall have signified to us that the Emperor's acceptance is such as will @@ -10799,7 +10756,7 @@ Boulogne to confer with the Emperor Napoleon.</p> <p>There seems something like a lull here for the moment, and less of excitement and violence than there was. Palmerston has not been in office a fortnight, and already he -is enormously <i>baiss�</i>; his speeches night after night are +is enormously <i>baiss?</i>; his speeches night after night are miserable. The truth is, he never had any power as a debater, and he is out of his element as leader in the House of Commons, where he has to answer everybody, to speak on @@ -10977,7 +10934,7 @@ Crimea—The Repulse at the Redan—Visit to Thiers—A Dinner at th Tuileries—Conversation with the Emperor—M. Guizot on the War—Death of Lord Raglan—A Dinner at Princess Lieven's—The Palace of Versailles—Revelations of Lord John Russell's Mission—Dinner with -the Emperor at Villeneuve l'�tang—Lord John Russell's Conduct at +the Emperor at Villeneuve l'?tang—Lord John Russell's Conduct at Vienna—Excitement in London—Lord John's Resignation—Lord John's Conduct explained—'Whom shall we Hang?'—Prorogation of Parliament.</p></blockquote> @@ -11283,7 +11240,7 @@ who had a fight of considerable asperity; and according to all appearances the Peelites and the Whigs are completely two. When Graham was reconciled to Lord John two or three years ago, he vowed that nothing should separate them -again, but '<i>quam parum stabiles sunt hominum amiciti�,</i>' and +again, but '<i>quam parum stabiles sunt hominum amiciti?,</i>' and now they appear to be as antagonistic as ever. But, to be sure, Graham could not contemplate or foresee all the tricks which Lord John played during the whole time he was a @@ -11382,9 +11339,9 @@ it and did all they could to prevent it. They suggested that, if any misfortune occurred while he was there, he could not quit the army; if any success, he would infallibly stay to pursue it, so that his speedy return could not be counted on. -This failed to move him. The intention was that J�rome +This failed to move him. The intention was that J?rome should be, not Regent, but Chief of the Council of Ministers, -and they advised J�rome only to consent to take this office +and they advised J?rome only to consent to take this office on condition that he was invested with the same despotic power as the Emperor himself. This His Majesty would not consent to, as the Ministers foresaw, and this was the reason @@ -11419,22 +11376,22 @@ the disappointment is greater because we had become so accustomed to success that everybody regarded failure in anything as impossible. Cowley told me that the Emperor was excessively annoyed, and the more because they entirely -disapprove of P�lissier's proceedings. Without tying him +disapprove of P?lissier's proceedings. Without tying him down or attempting from hence to direct the operations of -the campaign, they had given P�lissier the strongest recommendations +the campaign, they had given P?lissier the strongest recommendations to abstain from assaults which they had reason to believe would not be decisive and would cost a vast number of lives, and they were very anxious the operations against the Russians in the field should be pressed instea<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[Pg 264]</a></span>d. There had been some half angry communications between the -Government and P�lissier, who had talked of resigning the +Government and P?lissier, who had talked of resigning the command. The opinions of the Government had been principally formed from those of General Niel, who had constantly reported his conviction to the above mentioned effect, and had earnestly deprecated these assaults. Then there is reason to apprehend that such unsuccessful attempts may produce bad blood and mutual accusations between the -allied forces. Already P�lissier and Raglan have begun to +allied forces. Already P?lissier and Raglan have begun to cast the blame of the failure on each other, though apparently the difference has not yet swelled to any serious amount. I have always thought that it would have been @@ -11460,7 +11417,7 @@ would like me to be presented to him, and it was settled that this should be done. I am nothing loth, for I have a curiosity to see this remarkable man and to converse with him. Madame de Lieven told me this morning that not long -before the Revolution of '48 J�rome Bonaparte had entreated +before the Revolution of '48 J?rome Bonaparte had entreated her to exert her influence to get him made a peer.</p> @@ -11474,15 +11431,15 @@ Fould's the day before—three in uniform, the rest in plain clothes. A man, whom I suppose to be the <i>aide de camp de service</i>, came forward to receive me and invited me to sit down. Presently the same or another man came and said -'Milord' (they all milorded me), '<i>vous vous mettrez � table, -s'il vous pla�t, � c�t� de l'Empereur � sa droite</i>.' I was then +'Milord' (they all milorded me), '<i>vous vous mettrez ? table, +s'il vous pla?t, ? c?t? de l'Empereur ? sa droite</i>.' I was then taken into the next room, which adjoins the cabinet of the Emperor. In a few minutes His Majesty made his appearance; he immediately came up to me, bowed very civilly, and asked me the usual questions of when I came to Paris, etc. In a minute dinner was announced and we went in. -As we walked in he said to me, '<i>L'Imp�ratrice sera bien -f�ch�e de ne vous avoir pas vu.</i>' At dinner, which did not +As we walked in he said to me, '<i>L'Imp?ratrice sera bien +f?ch?e de ne vous avoir pas vu.</i>' At dinner, which did not last above twenty-five minutes, he talked (a sort of dropping conversation) on different subjects, and I found him so easy to get on with that I ventured to start topics myself. After @@ -11516,8 +11473,8 @@ and of the characters and talents of the generals engaged, comparing them, much to their disadvantage, with the generals of the Empire. I asked him which were the best, and he said all the African generals were much of the -same calibre: Changarnier, Lamorici�re, St. Arnaud, Canrobert, -P�lissier—very little difference between them. The +same calibre: Changarnier, Lamorici?re, St. Arnaud, Canrobert, +P?lissier—very little difference between them. The war they waged in Africa was of a peculiar character, and did not render them more capable of conducting great strategical operations in Europe. He talked of Thiers and @@ -11581,12 +11538,12 @@ generals. Canrobert wrote home a very unhandsome letter, in which he gave as one of his reasons for resigning the impossibility of going on with Raglan. I believe Raglan complained of Canrobert with much better reason. On the 18th -P�lissier changed the plan of attack that had been agreed +P?lissier changed the plan of attack that had been agreed on between them; and, besides all the mistakes that occurred in the French operations, there seems to have been a want of continual and active concert between the two commanders-in-chief during the operations. Raglan proposed a general -attack on the town when the assaults failed, which P�lissier +attack on the town when the assaults failed, which P?lissier refused to agree to. There is a fair probability this would have succeeded, as an English force did get into a part of the town, stayed there some time, and got away unobserved. @@ -11624,7 +11581,7 @@ of diplomatic blunders, but a wonderful want of <i>invention</i>, not to strike out some means of adjusting this quarrel, in which I agree with him. This morning Labouchere and I went to Versailles. Fould had given me a letter to the Director of -the Museum there, M. Souli�, whom we found very intelligent, +the Museum there, M. Souli?, whom we found very intelligent, well informed, and obliging. We told him our object was to avoid the <i>giro regolare</i> of the endless rooms fitted up with bad pictures by Louis Philippe, and to see the @@ -11689,9 +11646,9 @@ were, and that he really acted in conformity with them, as was beyond all doubt the case.</p> -<div class="sidenote">A DINNER AT VILLENEUVE L'�TANG.</div> +<div class="sidenote">A DINNER AT VILLENEUVE L'?TANG.</div> -<p><i>July 10th.</i>—I dined at Villeneuve l'�tang. We went to +<p><i>July 10th.</i>—I dined at Villeneuve l'?tang. We went to the Palace of St. Cloud in Cowley's carriage, where we found an equerry and one of the Emperor's carriages, which took us to Villeneuve. A small house, pretty and comfortable enough, @@ -11699,22 +11656,22 @@ and a small party, all English—Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, Lord Hertford, Lord and Lady Ashburton, General Torrens and his <i>aide de camp</i>, Cowley and myself, the Duc de Bassano, Comte de Montebello, the <i>aide de camp de service</i>, -and M. Valabr�gue, <i>�cuyer</i>, that was the whole party. The +and M. Valabr?gue, <i>?cuyer</i>, that was the whole party. The Emperor sat between the two ladies, taking the Duchess in to dinner. It lasted about three quarters of an hour, and as soon as it was over His Majesty took us all out to walk about the place, see the dairy and a beautiful Bretonne cow he ordered -to be brought out, and then to scull on the lake, or <i>�tang</i>, +to be brought out, and then to scull on the lake, or <i>?tang</i>, which gives its name to the place. There were a number of little boats for one person to scull and one to sit, and one larger for two each; the Emperor got into one with the Duchess, and all the rest of the people as they liked, and we passed about half an hour on the water. On landing, ices, etc., were brought, and the carriages came to the door at nine -o'clock, a <i>char � banc</i> with four <i>percherons</i> and postillions +o'clock, a <i>char ? banc</i> with four <i>percherons</i> and postillions exactly like the old French postboy, and several other open carriages and pair. The two ladies got into the centre of -the <i>char � banc</i>, Cowley, Hertford, and I were invited to get +the <i>char ? banc</i>, Cowley, Hertford, and I were invited to get up before, and the Emperor himself got up behind with somebody else, I did not see who. We then set off and drove for some time through the woods and drives of Villeneuve @@ -11723,11 +11680,11 @@ set down at the Palace. There we all alighted, and, after walking about a little, the Emperor showing us the part which Marie Antoinette had built and telling some anecdotes connected with Louis XVIII. and Louis Philippe, and the -Ch�teau, he shook hands with all of us very cordially and -dismissed us. His Majesty got into the <i>char � banc</i> and returned +Ch?teau, he shook hands with all of us very cordially and +dismissed us. His Majesty got into the <i>char ? banc</i> and returned to Villeneuve, and we drove back to Paris. When -we were walking about the court of the Ch�teau (it was quite -dark) the sentinel challenged us—'<i>Qui va l�?</i>' when the +we were walking about the court of the Ch?teau (it was quite +dark) the sentinel challenged us—'<i>Qui va l??</i>' when the Emperor called out in a loud voice, '<i>L'Empereur.</i>'</p> <p>Of course, in this company there was nothing but general @@ -11970,7 +11927,7 @@ to make proposals, and the conduct of the Allies was disingenuous and deceitful. Certainly Austria never contemplated, still less would she have been a party to, such a course of proceeding; and her notion was, and, of course, -that of Russia also, that there should be a <i>bon� fide</i> negotiation, +that of Russia also, that there should be a <i>bon? fide</i> negotiation, and an attempt to bring about an understanding by the only way in which an understanding ever can be brought about—mutual concessions. We proposed the limitation @@ -12229,8 +12186,8 @@ Emperor, whom he had seen a day or two ago, complained of being equally in the dark. His Majesty, Granville said, was very low about the war, and complained that none of the expeditions and diversions had been undertaken which -might have advanced the cause more rapidly. P�lissier seems -to be very much <i>d�consid�r�</i> and thought worth very little as a +might have advanced the cause more rapidly. P?lissier seems +to be very much <i>d?consid?r?</i> and thought worth very little as a general.</p> <p>I saw Clarendon one day last week for a short time, but @@ -12251,9 +12208,9 @@ and with all the experience and knowledge of womankind he has acquired during his long life, passed in the world and in mixing with every sort of society. She seemed to have played her part throughout with great propriety and success. -Old J�rome did not choose to make his appearance till just +Old J?rome did not choose to make his appearance till just at the last moment, because he insisted on being treated as -a king, and having the title of <i>Majest�</i> given him—a pretension +a king, and having the title of <i>Majest?</i> given him—a pretension Clarendon would not hear of her yielding to.</p> <div class="footnote"> @@ -12349,7 +12306,7 @@ charge, who was desired to tell him what to do in public, when to bow to the people, and whom to speak to. He said that the Princess Royal was charming, with excellent manners, and full of intelligence. Both the children were -delighted with their <i>s�jour</i>, and very sorry to come away. +delighted with their <i>s?jour</i>, and very sorry to come away. When the visit was drawing to a close, the Prince said to the Empress that he and his sister were both very reluctant to leave Paris, and asked her if she could not get leave for them @@ -12361,11 +12318,11 @@ are six more of us at home, and they don't want us.' The Emperor himself proposed to the Queen to go to the Chapel consecrated to the memory of the Duke of Orleans upon the spot where he met with his fatal accident and expired. It -is creditable to her that she talks without <i>g�ne</i> or scruple to +is creditable to her that she talks without <i>g?ne</i> or scruple to the Emperor about the Orleans family, making no secret of her continued intimacy with them, and with equal frankness to them of her relations with him. She wrote to the -Queen Marie Am�lie an account of her going to the C<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span>hapel +Queen Marie Am?lie an account of her going to the C<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span>hapel and of the Emperor taking her there, and received a very amiable reply. The first thing she did on her return was to receive the Duc and Duchesse de Montpensier.</p> @@ -12389,7 +12346,7 @@ quietly.</p> <p>While they were in the yacht, crossing over, Prince Albert had told him that there was not a word of truth in the prevailing report and belief that the young Prince of Prussia and -the Princess Royal were <i>fianc�s</i>, that nothing had ever passed +the Princess Royal were <i>fianc?s</i>, that nothing had ever passed between the parents on the subject, and that the union never would take place unless the children should become attached to each other. There would be no mere political marriage. @@ -12862,7 +12819,7 @@ person who supplied all its information to the 'Press' paper, and I believe it was he. He confirmed the Emperor's desire for peace, but thought it very doubtful whether Russia would accept the terms of the Allies. He told me likewise that -P�lissier has sent word he is in a fix, as he cannot advance or +P?lissier has sent word he is in a fix, as he cannot advance or expel the Russians from their positions; and James Macdonald told me the Duke of Cambridge is going again to Paris to represent us at a grand council of war to be held there, to @@ -12882,8 +12839,8 @@ with Russia on such terms; and the 'Morning Post,' which has long been quite silent about war or peace, has this morning an article which is evidently a regular Palmerstonian manifesto, decidedly adverse to any hope of peace, -for it is certain that Russia will continue the war, <i>co�te que -co�te</i>, rather than submit to such conditions as the 'Morning +for it is certain that Russia will continue the war, <i>co?te que +co?te</i>, rather than submit to such conditions as the 'Morning Post' says we are to impose on her. I am persuaded Palmerston and Clarendon will do all they can to p<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span>revent peace being made on any moderate terms, and the only hope @@ -12949,7 +12906,7 @@ time collect fleets in the Bosphorus and attack her coasts when they please. Then she is to cede half Bessarabia to the Turks, including the fortress of Ismail, the famous conquest of Souvaroff when he wrote to the Empress Catherine, -'<i>L'orgueilleuse Ismailoff est � vos pieds</i>;' and they are not +'<i>L'orgueilleuse Ismailoff est ? vos pieds</i>;' and they are not to repair Bomarsund, or erect any fortress on the Aland Isles. The alterations we made in the scheme sent to us were not important, and what surprised me much was, the @@ -13381,8 +13338,8 @@ his reports of conversations with the Emperor Nicholas, and said that many years ago the Emperor had talked to him (Metternich) about Turkey in the same strain, and used the same expression about '<i>le malade</i>' and '<i>l'homme malade</i>,' -when Metternich asked him '<i>Est-ce que Votre Majest� en -parle comme son m�decin ou comme son h�ritier?</i>' Also +when Metternich asked him '<i>Est-ce que Votre Majest? en +parle comme son m?decin ou comme son h?ritier?</i>' Also letters from Bloomfield (Berlin) and from Buchanan (Cope<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_311" id="Page_311">[Pg 311]</a></span>nhagen) with different opinions as to the probability of Russia accepting or refusing—the former for, the second against; @@ -13484,7 +13441,7 @@ hand.</p> <p>This afternoon Persigny arrived from Paris and came directly to the Foreign Office. The Emperor had given him an account of his interview with M. de Seebach,<a name="FNanchor_1_68" id="FNanchor_1_68"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_68" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> who had -gone off directly afterwards <i>vi�</i> Berlin to St. Petersburg. +gone off directly afterwards <i>vi?</i> Berlin to St. Petersburg. The Emperor told him to do all he could to induce the Russian Government to consent to the terms, and to assure them that, if they did not, it would be long enough before they would @@ -13790,7 +13747,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">debate on Russell's Reform Bill, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_298">298</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">debate on Paper Duties Bill, carried, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_311">311</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_314">314</a></span><br /> <br /> -<span class="indent1">Cond�, Prince de, death of, ii. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_178">178</a></span><br /> +<span class="indent1">Cond?, Prince de, death of, ii. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_178">178</a></span><br /> <br /> <span class="indent1">Conservative party, tone of, against Lord Aberdeen, i. <a href="#Page_17">17</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">violence of Tories towards Gladstone, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>;</span><br /> @@ -14071,7 +14028,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">on fatal delay after battle of Alma, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_53">53</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on our interference at Naples, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_56">56</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">growing intimacy between France and Russia, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_57">57</a>;</span><br /> -<span class="indent2">on English Democracy, <i>� la</i> Guizot, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_57">57</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="indent2">on English Democracy, <i>? la</i> Guizot, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_57">57</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on French intrigue with Russia, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_58">58-59</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">pressure on King Bomba, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_60">60</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">converse with Lord Clarendon on Russian intrigue, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_61">61</a>;</span><br /> @@ -14081,7 +14038,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">on the proposed Conference at Paris (a farce), <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_67">67</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on Low Church Bishops, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_68">68</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on state of England after war, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_72">72</a>;</span><br /> -<span class="indent2">on the Neufch�tel dispute, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_74">74</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="indent2">on the Neufch?tel dispute, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_74">74</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">goes to hear Spurgeon preach, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_83">83</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on Palmerston and Disraeli, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_85">85</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on our relations with France, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_86">86</a>;</span><br /> @@ -14127,7 +14084,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">confers with Brunnow on the Russian War, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_206">206</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on Lord John and Stanley, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_209">209</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on the Queen's letter to the Prince of Wales, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_213">213</a>;</span><br /> -<span class="indent2">confers with Clarendon on Compi�gne visit, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_215">215</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="indent2">confers with Clarendon on Compi?gne visit, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_215">215</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on Napoleon's designs, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_216">216</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on electric telegraph (1859), <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_220">220</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">on general opposition to Austrian war, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_224">224</a>;</span><br /> @@ -14206,7 +14163,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">position of, at crisis, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">Dukedom refused by, ii. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_120">120</a></span><br /> <br /> -<span class="indent1">Leopold, King of Belgians, his <i>d�m�l�s</i> with French Emperor, i. <a href="#Page_102">102</a></span><br /> +<span class="indent1">Leopold, King of Belgians, his <i>d?m?l?s</i> with French Emperor, i. <a href="#Page_102">102</a></span><br /> <br /> <span class="indent1">'Leviathan,' afterwards 'Great Eastern,' the, attempted launch of, ii. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_128">128</a></span><br /> <br /> @@ -14339,7 +14296,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">attempted assassination of, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_152">152</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">threatened invasion of England, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_158">158</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">effect of Orsini attempt on, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_161">161</a>;</span><br /> -<span class="indent2">speech of, to Baron H�bner, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_217">217</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="indent2">speech of, to Baron H?bner, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_217">217</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">prevarication, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_220">220</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">supposed tenderness of, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_262">262</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">letter of, to King of Sardinia, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_273">273</a>;</span><br /> @@ -14416,7 +14373,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <span class="indent2">resignation of, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_162">162</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">catastrophe unexpected, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_166">166</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">amendments on India Bill defeated, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_202">202</a>;</span><br /> -<span class="indent2">visits Compi�gne with Lord Clarendon, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_215">215</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="indent2">visits Compi?gne with Lord Clarendon, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_215">215</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">forms second Administration, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_253">253</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">distrusts Napoleon, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_303">303</a>;</span><br /> <span class="indent2">attack of, on Neapolitan Minister, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40681/40681-h/40681-h.htm#Page_309">309</a></span><br /> @@ -14634,384 +14591,7 @@ of these communications passed.]</p></div> <p class="center">SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE</p> <p class="center">LONDON </p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) -Volume I (of II), by Charles 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