emselves, viz. an
_hereditary monarchy_. The example of Egypt might perfectly well be
followed in Wallachia and Moldavia.

The subject of Poland would, in the Queen's opinion, be much better
left unintroduced into the present negotiations; we have no claim
arising out of this war to ask Russia to make concessions on that
head, which, moreover, would be treated by her as an internal question
not admitting of foreign interference.

The clause in the Treaty of Vienna about the Bonapartes is a dead
letter, as this very Treaty, now to be signed, will prove, and the
Emperor would act very unwisely to call for an alteration in which all
Powers who signed the original Treaty would claim to be consulted. We
have every interest not to bring about a European Congress _pour la
Revision des Traites_, which many people suspect the Emperor wishes to
turn the present Conference into.

The Queen wishes only to add that, should Prussia be asked to join in
the final Treaty on the ground of her having been a party to the July
Treaty, we should take care that it does not appear that this was
an act of courtesy of all the other Powers towards Prussia except
England, who need not be made to take additional unpopularity in
Germany upon herself.

_The Earl of Clarendon to Queen Victoria._

PARIS, _18th March 1856._

Lord Clarendon presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and humbly
begs to say that the Emperor gave him to-day the most satisfactory
report of the Empress and the young Prince.[17] There appears to be
little or no fever now, and a great power of sleeping. The Emperor's
eyes filled with tears when he described the tortures of the Empress
and his own sensations. He said he hardly knew how to express his
gratitude for the interest which your Majesty had manifested for the
Empress, and for the letters which he had received from your Majesty
and the Prince.

The Prussian Plenipotentiaries[18] were admitted at the close of the
Conference this afternoon--all important matters under negotiation
having been concluded.

Count Walewski made an ineffectual attempt to make it appear by a
doubtful form of expression that Prussia had taken part throughout in
the negotiations. Lord Cowley and Lord Clarendon said that they wished
to show all courtesy to Prussia, but could not consent to sign what
was manifestly untrue....

[Footnote 17: The Prince Imperial, Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean
Joseph, was born on the 16th of March