158/196 ("Bear" Ellice).] [Footnote 137: Near Lichfield, a seat of Lord Anglesey.] [Footnote 138: Lord Fitzwilliam's house, near Rotherham.] [Footnote 139: Lord Carlisle's house, near York, built by Vanbrugh.] [Pageheading: HOLLAND AND BELGIUM] _The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ LAEKEN, _22 October 1841._ ... In France there is a great outcry that a Bourbon must be the future husband of the Queen of Spain, etc. I must say that as the Spaniards and the late King changed themselves the Salic custom which Philip V.had brought from France,[140] it is natural for the rest of Europe to wish that no Bourbon should go there. Besides, it must be confessed that the thing is not even easy, as there is great hatred amongst the various branches of that family. |