The Frederick
Cadogans and Pahlen dined with me, and we went to Léotard in the evening-his
performance is as wonderful as it is beautiful in its way.
Prince Albert's
malady, which is a gastric fever, is taking the usual course, and is likely to
last twenty-one days.
On going out to-day
I heard from Charles that Clarendon had told him the Duc d'Aumale received a
letter from the Prince de Joinville, who on hearing of the 'Trent' affair went
to General McClellan and told him that it was quite impossible that England
could patiently submit to such an outrage that General McClellan had agreed
with the Prince, who entreated him to go and tell the President how much better
it would be to deliver up Mason and Slidell at once, before
any demand were made by us. McClellan did so, but found the President of a
different opinion and resolved to do nothing of the sort. This fact makes
it almost certain that the Message expected to-night will hold such language as
to make war inevitable.
I have a letter from
Henry Loch to tell me of his marriage to Miss Villiers.
SOURCE: Alice
Countess of Stratford, Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville:
1857-1861, pp. 415-6
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