She has a great concert on the 13th, but to both, as I hear, the invitations have been on a very exclusive principle, no Tories being invited who could on any pretence be left out.

These are small matters, but everything tends to create a public impression that Her Majesty takes a personal and strong interest in the Whigs--a new ingredient of difficulty."-- _Croker Papers_, II.

347.] I also told Lord Melbourne that I feared I had embarrassed the Government; that I acted quite alone.

Lord Melbourne saw, and said I could not do otherwise.

"I must summon the Cabinet," said Lord Melbourne, at half-past nine.