Mamma received a letter from Lord Palmerston yesterday morning, which she has sent you, and which is consolatory, I think.

He speaks in the highest terms of our beloved Ferdinand, which proves that he becomes daily more and more worthy of his arduous situation, and says that the Queen's situation "is better than it was," less bad than it might have been "after such an affair," and not so good as it would have been had poor Donna Maria waited patiently till all was ripe for action.

Dietz[16] wrote Mamma a most desponding letter, so much so, that had we not got Lord Palmerston's letter we must have thought all, all was over.[17] I hope, dear Uncle, you will tell _me_ _your_ feeling about the whole, which will only satisfy me; no one else could, for I take an interest in Ferdinand's welfare as though he were my brother.
Allow me, dearest Uncle, to say a few words respecting my _name_, to which you allude.

You are aware, I believe, that about a year after the accession of the _present_ King there was a desire to change my favourite and dear name _Victoria_ to that of _Charlotte_, also _most dear_, to which the King willingly consented.

On its being told me, I said nothing, though I felt grieved beyond measure at the thought of any change.