ith his wishes, in the
expectation of having them returned to her after they shall have been
copied.

The King may have been embarrassed by the presence of the Crown
Prince of Prussia here at Osborne, and have on that account postponed
speaking openly to Lord Palmerston. His desire to acquire Denmark and
Finland is not unnatural, and would not be very dangerous; but
the important part of the matter is, that the Emperor Napoleon has
evidently tried to bribe him for his schemes by such expectations.
After having established a large kingdom, dependent upon him and
possessing a fleet, in the South of Europe on his right flank, he
evidently tries to establish by the same means a similar power on his
left flank in the North. If then the Revolution of Poland and Hungary
takes Germany also in the rear, he will be exactly in the all-powerful
position which his Uncle held, and at which he himself aims, with that
one difference: that, unlike his Uncle, who had to fight England all
the time (who defended desperately her interests in Europe), he tries
to effect his purposes in alliance with England, and uses for this end
our own _free_ Press and in our own free country!

The Polish and Hungarian Revolutions (perhaps the Russian) and the
assistance which may be (nobly?) given to them by Sweden, can easily
be made as popular in this country as the Italian has, and efforts
to produce this result are fully visible already. The position and
prospects of the Ally, when the Emperor shall have the whole Continent
at his feet, and the command of the Mediterranean and the Baltic,
will not be a very pleasant one. Moreover, the Ally will probably have
irritated him and the French Nation all the time by abusing them, and
by showing that, although we may have approved of her policy, we did
not intend that France should reap any benefits from it. All this is
probably not thought of by our journalists, but requires the serious
attention of our statesmen.

Lord Palmerston will perhaps show this letter to Lord Russell when he
sends him the copies of the Memoranda, which he will probably do.

[Pageheading: FROGMORE]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

OSBORNE, _20th August 1861_.

MY BELOVED UNCLE,--Before I thank you for your dear letter of the
14th, or at least before I answer it, I wish to tell you _how soothed_
I was by that visit to that _lovely_ peaceful _Mausoleum at Frogmore_.

We parted from our dear children and