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 26 British Majesty to undertake such an interference. The time was come to undertake such a plan with success against the will of a sovereign whose rights were indisputable."

This was not all. On February 23, 1848, Mr. Anstey made the following declaration in the House of Commons:

To Colonel Evans, asking for tire production of papers with regard to Prussia's violation of her pretended neutrality in the Russo-Polish war, Lord Palmerston replied, "that the ministers of this country could not have witnessed that contest without the deepest regret, and it would be most satisfactory for them to see it terminated."—(House of Commons, August 16, 1831.)

Certainly he wished to see it terminated as soon as possible, and Prussia shared in his feelings.

On a subsequent occasion, Mr. H. Gaily Knight thus summed up the whole proceedings of the noble lord with regard to the Polish revolution:

"There is something curiously inconsistent in the proceedings of the noble lord when Russia is concerned. … On the subject of Poland, the noble lord has disappointed us again and again; remember when the noble lord was pressed to exert himself in favour of Poland, then he admitted the justice of the cause—the justice of our complaints; but he said, 'Only restrain yourselves at present, there is an ambassador fast setting out, of known liberal sentiments ; you will only embarrass his negotiation, if you incense the Power with