I shall return to town on the 16th of January, when Parliament meets again; it meets sooner than it was at first intended it should, on account of the affairs of Canada.
_The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._[78] LAEKEN, _26th December 1837._ MY DEAREST CHILD,--You were _somewhat irritable_ when you wrote to me!...

Affairs stand now as follows: the studies at Bonn take the whole of April, and may be concluded at the beginning of May.

From May till the end of August, if you approved of the visit, the time should be _utilise_.

A _sejour_ at Coburg would _not_ be of much use; here we are generally absent in the summer.

To confide therefore the young gentleman to his Uncle Mensdorff[79] for three months, would give him so much time for some _manly accomplishments_, which do no harm to a young man.