Il est evident qu'il est dans la possession entiere et exclusive de la confiance de la Reine, et que ses ressentiments, comme ses peines passees, sont confies sans reserve a son Premier Ministre....] [Pageheading: PARLIAMENT PROROGUED] _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ _18th July 1837._ MY BELOVED UNCLE,--...

I have been so busy, I can say but two words more, which are that I prorogued Parliament yesterday in person, was very well received, and am not at all tired to-day, but quite frisky.
There is to be no review _this year_, as I was determined to have it only if I _could ride_, and as I have not ridden for two years, it was better not.

Believe me, always, your devoted Niece, VICTORIA R.
_Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._ STANHOPE STREET, _22nd July 1837._ ...

With regard to Count Orloff,[62] your Majesty will probably renew to him, on his taking leave, the assurances which your Majesty has already given, of your desire to cement and maintain the friendly alliance which subsists between the two Crowns; and an expression might be repeated of the pleasure which your Majesty has derived from the selection of a person who possesses the confidence and esteem of the Emperor so fully as Count Orloff is known to do.
It might, perhaps, be as well to avoid any allusion to your Majesty's not being personally acquainted with the Emperor, or anything that might be construed into an invitation to that Sovereign to come to England, because Viscount Palmerston has reason to believe that any such hint would be eagerly caught at, while at the same time such a visit does not, under all circumstances, seem to be a thing particularly to be desired....
[Footnote 62: The Russian Ambassador.] [Pageheading: DISCRETION ADVISED] _The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._ LAEKEN, _24th July 1837._ MY DEAREST CHILD,--...

I hear that the Levee went off very well, and I have no doubt that the Drawing-Room did the same.