Chapter X: The Spanish Marriages

Lord Palmerston in Paris--Louis Philippe and M.
Guizot disconcerted by Christina's proposal to the
Coburgs--Palmerston's despatch of July 19, 1846--Bresson's
letter to Guizot of July 12--Anger of Louis Philippe--Bulwer
implores Palmerston to promote the Coburg marriage--Palmerston
puts forward Don Enrique--Effect at Madrid of the despatch
of July 19--The double marriage announced--Correspondence
between the French Queen and Queen Victoria--Guizot's
letter to Lord John Russell--Louis Philippe's letter to his
daughter--Queen Victoria's reply--Palmerston's protest founded
upon the renunciations at Utrecht--Attitude of the Northern
Courts--Palmerston's despatches of October 31, 1846, and
January 8, 1847--Debates in the French Chamber and the British
Parliament--Christina's conduct reviewed--Louis Philippe's
Bourbon policy--Why Louis Philippe broke the compact of
Eu--Palmerston's Spanish policy from 1834 to 1846--Weakness of
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