Queen Victoria to the Duke of Newcastle

Queen Victoria to the Earl of Derby.

LORD DERBY SUMMONED

Windsor Castle, 30th January 1855.

The Queen would wish to see Lord Derby at Buckingham Palace (whither she is going for a few hours) to-morrow at half-past eleven.

Buckingham Palace, 31st January 1855.

The Queen has just received the Duke of Newcastle's letter.

She readily grants him the permission he asks, and seizes this opportunity of telling him how much she feels for him during this trying time, and what a high sense she shall ever entertain of his loyal, high-minded, and patriotic conduct, as well as of his unremitting exertions to serve his Sovereign and Country.

Footnote 18: The Duke, in order to refute Lord John Russell, asked leave to state what had passed in the Cabinet.