I fear that they are delayed at the Foreign Office; here it cannot be, as for instance these lines go this evening.
I can easily understand that the present crisis must have something very painful for you, and you will do well for your health and comfort to try to take it as philosophically as possible; it is a part of the Constitutional system which is for the Sovereign very hard to get over.
_Nous savons tous des paroles sur cet air_, as the French say.

I was convinced that Lord Melbourne's right and good feeling would make him pause before he proposed to you a dissolution.

A general election in England, when great passions must be roused or created to render it efficacious for one party or another, is a dangerous experiment, always calculated to shake the foundations on which have hitherto reposed the great elements of the political power of the country.
Albert will be a great comfort to you, and to hear it from yourself has given me the sincerest delight.

His judgment is good, and he is mild and safe in his opinions; they deserve your serious attention; young as he is, I have really often been quite surprised how quick and correct his judgment is....
[Pageheading: TORY DISSENSIONS] _Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria._ WILTON CRESCENT, _16th May 1841._ Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has the honour to state that the general effect of last week's debate[29] has been greatly in favour of the measures of your Majesty's Ministers.
The speeches of Mr Labouchere, Sir George Grey, and Lord Howick, with the powerful argument of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday night, have not been met by any corresponding ability on the other side.
In fact the Opposition seem to have concealed their own views of policy, and to have imagined that the Anti-Slavery feeling would carry them through successfully.

But this expectation has been entirely disappointed; debate has unmasked the hollow pretence of humanity, and the meetings at Exeter Hall and in the country have completely counteracted the impressions which Dr Lushington's speech[30] had produced.
Lancashire, Cheshire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire have been roused to strong excitement by the prospect of a reduction of the duty on corn.