My father and mother stood in the centre of the row near each other.

Your uncle, Chartres, and all the Princes followed on the side of my father, and the princesses on the side of my mother.

Paris remained with Helene till the moment of the christening.

When the ceremony began he advanced near the font with my father and mother (sponsors), and was taken up in the arms of his nurse.

After the christening a Mass and _Te Deum_ were read, and when we came back to the Tuileries the _corps municipal_ brought the sword which the City of Paris has given to the Comte de Paris....
[Footnote 22: Of the Comte de Paris, at this time nearly three years old, son of the Duc d'Orleans.] [Pageheading: THE SUGAR DUTIES] _Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria._ WILTON CRESCENT, _4th May 1841._ Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has the honour to report that Lord Stanley yesterday postponed his Bill for a fortnight, which at this period of the year is equivalent to its abandonment.
On the other hand, Lord Sandon gave a notice for Friday for a Resolution on Sugar Duties.
If, as is probable, this Motion is made as a party movement, it is probable that, with the addition of those on the Ministerial side who have an interest in the West Indies, the Motion will be successful.
The whole scheme of finance for the year will thus be overturned.
The Tory party seem to expect a dissolution of Parliament, but your Majesty's advisers will hardly be able to recommend to your Majesty such a step.
The cry against the Poor Law is sure to be taken up by the worst politicians of the Tory party, and, as at Nottingham, may be successful against that most useful law.
The friends of Government who represent counties will be taunted with the proposal to alter the Corn Law.
Bribery is sure to be resorted to beyond anything yet seen.
A defeat of the Ministry on a dissolution would be final and irreparable.
On the other hand, their successors in the Government would have to provide for the excess in the expenditure pledged against the best measures that could be resorted to for the purpose.