He must be very careful not to alarm the Queen, by Her Majesty for an instant supposing that the Prince was carrying on business with Peel without her cognisance.
If it were possible for any one to advise Peel, he would recommend that he should write fully to Her Majesty, and _elementarily_, as Her Majesty always liked to have full knowledge upon everything which was going on.

He would advise the Queen to be cautious in giving a verbal decision, that she should not allow herself to be _driven into a corner_, and forced to decide where she felt her mind was not made up and required reflection.
Peel should be very careful that intelligence came first from him direct.

King William was very particular upon this point, so was the Queen.
I asked Lord Melbourne if he had considered the future position of himself with the Queen, and also of Peel with the Queen.

He said he owned he had not and would avoid entering into any discussion--he felt sure that he should be regarded with extreme jealousy, not so much by Peel as by the party.

He would be looked upon as Lord Bute had been in his relation to George III.,--always suspected of secret intercourse and intrigue.