The countries which would have a chance of selling would be chiefly Poland in all its parts, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, the South of Russia on the Black Sea, and maybe Sicily.

Germany does not grow a sufficient quantity of wheat to profit by such an arrangement; it will besides not buy more from England for the present than it does now, owing to the Zollverein,[49] which must first be altered.

But I will not bore you too long, and conclude with my best love to little Victoria, of whom her Grandmama speaks with raptures.

Ever, my dearest Victoria, your devoted Uncle, LEOPOLD R.
[Footnote 48: The Duchess of Kent had left England for a tour on the Continent.] [Footnote 49: After the fall of Napoleon, the hopes of many Germans for a united national Germany were frustrated by the Congress of Vienna, which perpetuated the practical independence of a number of German States, as well as the predominance within the Germanic confederation of Austria, a Power largely non-German.

One of the chief factors in the subsequent unification of Germany was the Zollverein, or Customs Union, by which North Germany was gradually bound together by commercial interest, and thus opposed to Austria.
The success of this method of imperial integration has not been without influence on the policies of other lands.] [Pageheading: THE OPPOSITION ELATED] _Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria._ _WILTON CRESCENT, 5th June 1841._ Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has the honour to state that the House divided about three this morning.
For Sir Robert Peel 312 Against 311 -- - Majority 1 The Opposition were greatly elated by this triumph.