Tuesday

My dear Walewski,
I have not received any thing from Constantinople. As soon as I do you shall have it.
I send you a copy of my dispatch to Stratford which is in the sense that you & I agreed upon, but I did not express a strong opinion of my own upon the subject of the union of the provinces because in truth I see many grave objections to it & I would not have taken any part in favor of the plan but for my wish to promote the views of the Emperor. The Porte, be assured, will not yield except upon compulsion & will regard the union as the first step towards the independence of the provinces & therefore as an act of spoliation. It is our interest to uphold & strengthen Turkey & not to do any thing which can weaken & alarm her & altho I think that the question of the union should be fairly discussed yet it would seem to me neither wise nor generous to decide it without Aali Pacha should have authority to discuss it.
The Wallachians at Paris wish to present an address to you, & Cavour, & to myself in favor of the union of the provinces & the adress contains nothing objectionable but I should wish to take the same course as you about receiving deputation & am quite ready to decline it. I know nothing about the people who would compose the deputation & they may be some mauvaises tetes who wish to give themselves importance.
Ever yours
Clarendon
Copy of a telegraphic dispatch from lord Clarendon to lord Stratford, dated Paris March 8 1856

“We think is very desirable matter union of the two principalities should be disruped, as opinion is in favor of that arrangement, but Hali Pacha has no instructions to consent to its being considered.He writes to have that permission. Ask the [...] to give him full power on the matter”.