TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES The Third Part of The Greville Memoirs contains two volumes, of which this is the second. The first volume is available from Project Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40680 All spellings are as they appeared in the original text save for those that were obviously printer's errors. All phrases that are in languages other than English have been italicised for consistency. The oe ligature is replaced by the separate letters oe. There are two styles of footnotes used in this work. Footnotes enclosed in square brackets [ ] are by the editor. Footnotes not enclosed in square brackets are by the author. 1 [This note is by the editor.] 2 This note is by the author. THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS (THIRD PART) VOL. II. PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON _THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS_ (_THIRD PART_) A JOURNAL OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA FROM 1852 TO 1860 BY THE LATE CHARLES C. F. GREVILLE, ESQ. CLERK OF THE COUNCIL IN TWO VOLUMES--VOL. II. LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1887 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAPTER XI. France and Prussia--The Emperor's Speech--Faint Hopes of Peace--Favourable View of the Policy of Russia--Progress of the Negotiations--Russia accepts the Terms of Peace--The Acceptance explained--Popular Feeling in Favour of the War--Lord Stratford and General Williams--Mr. Disraeli's Prospects--Meeting of Parliament--Baron Parke's Life Peerage--The Debate on the Address--Debate on Life Peerages--Report on the Sufferings of the Army--Strained Relations with France--Lord Clarendon goes to the Congress at Paris--Opening of the Conference--Sabbatarianism--Progress of the Negotiations--Kars--Nicolaieff--The Life Peerage Question--Blunders and Weakness of the Government--A Visit to Paris--Count Orloff's View of the War--Lord Cowley on the Negotiations--Princess Lieven on the War--An Evening at the Tuileries--Opening of the Legislative Chamber--Lord Cowley's Desponding Views--The Austrian Proposals--Bitterness in French Society--Necessity of Peace to France--Conversation with M. Thiers--A Stag Hunt at St. Germains--The Emperor yields to the Russians--Birth of the Prince Imperial _page_ 1 CHAPTER XII.