CHAPTER XXV

1856

The Conference--The Queen's determination--Russia accepts the terms--Sardinia and the Conference--Protection of neutrals--The Crimean enquiry--Incorporation of Oudh--Canning succeeds Dalhousie--Unclouded horizon in India--Future of the Principalities--Birth of the Prince Imperial--The Princess Royal--The Treaty of Paris--End of the War--Garter for Lord Palmerston--The Title of Prince Consort--Position of the Queen's husband--Retirement of Lord Hardinge--Appointment of the Duke of Cambridge--Lord Granville's mission--Coronation of the Czar--A Royal proposal--Russian procrastination--Death of Lord Hardinge--The Archduke Maximilian--Affair of Neuchatel--Death of Prince Charles of Leiningen--Dispute with the United States 158-222

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