ire, and find them satisfied with a little at a time, even that
little will not be got, as the subordinates naturally take the tone
from their superiors. Ten Militia Regiments would not even represent
the 10,000 men whom Parliament has voted the supplies for. A Battalion
will probably not reach 600 for a time, and from these we hope to draw
volunteers again!

The Queen hopes the Cabinet will yet look the whole question in the
face, and decide while there is time what they must know will become
necessary, and what must in the hurry at the end be done less well
and at, probably, double the cost. The Queen can speak by very recent
experience, having seen exactly the same course followed in the late
War.

_Queen Victoria to Viscount Palmerston._

OSBORNE, _23rd August 1857_.

The Queen approves of Lord Fife[33] and Lord R. Grosvenor being
made Peers, and of an offer being made to Mr Macaulay, although she
believes he will decline the honour....

[Footnote 33: James, fifth Viscount Macduff and Earl of Fife
in the peerage of Ireland, was, on the 1st of October, created
a Baron of the United Kingdom; he was the father of the
present Duke of Fife. Lord Robert Grosvenor became Lord
Ebury, and Mr Macaulay Lord Macaulay of Rothley Temple (his
birthplace), in the county of Leicester.]

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_Queen Victoria to Viscount Palmerston._

OSBORNE, _25th August 1857_.

The Queen has received Lord Palmerston's letter of yesterday, and must
say that she is deeply grieved at her want of success in impressing
upon him the importance of meeting the present dangers by agreeing on,
and maturing a general plan by which to replace _in kind_ the troops
sent out of the country, and for which the money _has_ been voted by
Parliament.[34] To the formation of the full number of Battalions, and
their full strength in Companies, Lord Palmerston objects that the men
will not be found to fill them, and therefore it is left undone; to
the calling-out of more Militia, he objects that they ought not to be
used as Recruiting Depots, and if many were called out the speed with
which the recruiting for the Army went on, would oblige them to be
disbanded again. The War Office pride themselves upon having got 1,000
men since the recruiting began; this is equal to 1,000 a month or
12,000 a year, the ordinary wear and tear of the Army!! Where will the
Reserves for India be to be found? It