ry lately seen the Princess
Royal, I cannot refrain from addressing your Majesty, as I am sure
your Majesty will be pleased to hear how well Her Royal Highness was
looking during the Man[oe]uvres on the Rhine, and how much she seems
to be beloved, not only by all those who know her, but also by those
who have only seen and heard of her. The English could not help
feeling proud of the way the Princess Royal was spoken of, and the
high esteem she is held in. For one so young it is a most flattering
position, and certainly as the Princess's charm of manner and her kind
unaffected words had in that short time won her the hearts of all the
officers and strangers present, one was not astonished at the praise
the Prussians themselves bestow on Her Royal Highness. The Royal
Family is so large, and their opinions politically and socially
sometimes so different, that it must have been very difficult indeed
at first for the Princess Royal, and people therefore cannot praise
enough the high principles, great discretion, sound judgment, and
cleverness Her Royal Highness has invariably displayed.

Your Majesty would have been amused to hear General Wrangel[37] tell
at the top of his voice how delighted the soldiers were to see the
Princess on horseback, and the interest she showed for them. What
pleased them specially was to see Her Royal Highness ride without a
veil--such an odd thing in soldiers to remark. The King of Prussia
is looking very well, but the Queen I thought very much altered. Her
Majesty looks very pale and tired, and has such a painful drawn look
about the mouth. How the Queen will be able to go through all the
fatigues of the Coronation I do not know, as Her Majesty already
complained of being tired, and knocked up by the man[oe]vres and
dinners, and had to go to Mentz for a few days to rest herself.
Their Majesties' kindness was very great, and the Duke told me of the
extreme hospitality with which they were entertained. Every one,
high and low, were rivalling each other in civility and friendliness
towards the strangers, especially the English, and one really felt
quite ashamed of those wanton attacks the _Times_ always makes on
Prussia, and which are read and copied into all the Prussian papers.
The last night all the officers dined together. General Forey put
himself into the President's place and insisted, to the exclusion of
Lord Clyde, who was by far the senior officer, and who was expected
to do it, on prop