Has not written since discussions on Proclamation and Secret Despatch, publication of which 'staggered me for a time'; was tempted to answer it and come home but soon decided otherwise; realises this may be thought wrong decision even by some of his strongest supporters; agrees with Vernon Smith ...
Letters from Cabinet colleagues, including Lord Palmerston, Lord Russell, Lord Clarendon, Lord Panmure, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, Lord Carlisle, Sir Charles Wood, Henry Labouchere and Lord Canning