Note 358 — Chapter VI
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F.O. Portugal 436, Howard de W. to Palmerston, June 23, 1835 (confidential), contains following enclosure:—
“Lisbon, June 22, 1835.
“My dear Lord,
“You may give Lord Palmerston the most positive assurance that I should resign my position as a minister to the crown the moment it is out of my power to prevent the marriage of the queen with any prince that would put an end to the relations existing between France and England.
“(Signed), Saldanha.”