The Duke of Beaufort will do better for Petersburg than for Vienna.

He is hardly equal to the place, which requires a clever man, it being more difficult to get information there, and to find out what is going on, than in any other country in Europe....

But Lord Melbourne does not much regard this, and the Duke of Beaufort possesses one advantage, which is of the greatest importance in that country.

He is a soldier, was the Duke of Wellington's Aide-de-Camp, and served during much of the Peninsular War.

He will therefore be able to accompany the Emperor to reviews, and to talk with him about troops and man[oe]uvres.