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Senior (London) ; Ellice (London) ; James Wilson 

 (London) ; Thiers (Paris) ; Archduke Maximilian (Vi- 

 enna) ; Baron de Bruck (Vienna) ; H.K.H. the Duke 

 de Brabant (Brussels) ; Lord Holland (London). 



" As the principal opposition to the scheme still came 

 from the English Government, I determined to pay a 

 second visit to London, and while in Paris, on my 

 way from Egypt, I had a long conversation with Lord 

 Clarendon, at the close of which, after hearing all I 

 had to say, he held out the hope of our being able to 

 come to an understanding, adding, i As you are going 

 to London, please repeat to Lord Palmerston the sub- 

 stance of our conversation. We can discuss the matter 

 together again, for we shall meet in London in a few 

 days.' 



To M. de Negrelli) Vienna. 



"LONDON, April 17, 1856. 



" I enclose you the text of an important conversa- 

 tion I had with Lord Clarendon just before I left 

 Paris, and this will explain to you the motives of my 

 journeying to England. Having been here a week, I 

 have not yet had an opportunity of discussing matters 

 with Lord Palmerston, owing to the sudden death 

 of his stepson, Lord Cowper. But I have not been 

 idle, and I am carefully preparing to form an English 

 committee composed of eminent men who will render 

 the same success which you and Baron de Bruck do in 

 Austria. 



