CONTENTS
of
THE THIRD VOLUME
CHAPTER XXI
- Dinner at
Greenwich Monk Lewis
- The King's
Letter
- Lord Althorp's
Finance
- Salutes to the
Royal Family
- Death of Lord
Dover
- His Character
- Lyndhurst and
Brougham on the Local Courts Bill
- Charles Napier
captures the Miguelite Fleet
- The Irish
Church Bill
- The Duke Of
Wellington and the Bonapartes
- Blount's
Preaching
- Sir Robert
Peel on Political Unions
- Mr. George
Villiers appointed to Madrid
- Duke of
Richmond
- Suspension
Clause in Irish Church Bill
- Apprenticeship
Clause in West India Bill
- State of House
of Commons
- Lucien and
Joseph Bonaparte
- Lord Plunket
- Denis
Lemarchant
- Brougham and
Sugden
- Princess
Lieven
- Anecdotes of
the Emperor Nicholas
- Affairs of
Portugal
- Don Miguel at
Stratfieldsaye
- Prorogation of
Parliament
- Results of the
Reform Bill
CHAPTER XXII
- The Speaker a Knight of the
Bath
- Lord Wellesley
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
- M. Thiers in England
- Prince Esterhazy's Opinion
of the State of England
- Queen of Portugal at
Windsor
- The Duke Of Leuchtenberg
- Macaulay and Sydney Smith
- Brougham's Anecdotes of
Queen Caroline
- Judicial Committee Of the
Privy Council
- Sir Stratford Canning and
M. Dedel
- Sydney Smith and the 'Siege
Of Saragossa'
- Edward Irving
- The Unknown Tongues
- Tribute to Lord Eldon
- W. J. Fox
- Lord Tavistock on the
Prospects Of his Party
- Moore at the State Paper
Office
- Russia and England
- Belvoir Castle
- The Duke of Wellington at
Belvoirs
- Visit to Mrs. Arkwright
- Sir Thomas Lawrence and the
Misses Siddons
- A Murder at Ranton
- Sandon
- Lord and Lady Harrowby
- Burghley
- Railroads talked of
- Gloomy Tory
Prognostications
- State of Spain
- Parliament opens
- Quarrel of Sheil and Lord
Althorp
- Unpopularity of Lord
Palmerston
- Mrs. Somerville
- O'Connell's Attack on Baron
Smith
- Lord Althorp's Budget
- The Pension List
- Lord Althorp as Leader of
the House
- Sir R. Peel's Position in
the House
- Meeting of Supporters of
Government
- Mr. Villiers on the State
of Spain
- Predicament of Horne, the
Attorney-General
CHAPTER XXIII
- Spain
- Russia and
Turkey
- Sir R. Peel's
Pictures
- Peel and Stanley
- Lord Brougham's Judicial
Changes
- Lord Brougham's
Defence
- Admission of Dissenters to
the Universities
- Lord Denman's
Peerage
- Growing Ascendency of
Peel
- An Apology for Lord
Brougham
- Personal
Reflections
- Crime in
Dorsetshire
- Spain and
Portugal
- Procession of the Trades'
Unions
- Lady Hertford's
Funeral
- Petition of the London
University for a Charter
- Repeal of the
Union
- Excitement of the
King
- Brougham and Eldon at the
Privy Council
- Duke of Wellington's
Aversion to the Whigs
- Lord Brougham and Lord
Wynford
- Fête at
Petworth
- Lord Brougham's Conduct on
the Pluralities Bill
- Crisis in the
Cabinet
- Prince Lieven
recalled
- Stanley, Graham, and the
Duke of Richmond resign on the Irish Church Bill
- History of the
Crisis
- Ward's Motion defeated by
moving the Previous Question
- Affairs of
Portugal
- Effects of the late Change
- Oxford
Commemoration
- Peel's
Declaration
- Festival in Westminster
Abbey
- Don Carlos on his way to
Spain
- Stanley's 'Thimble-rig'
Speech
- Resignation of Lord
Grey
- Mr. Greville's Account of
the Causes of his Retirement
- The Government
reconstituted by Lord Melbourne
- Lord Duncannon Secretary of
State
CHAPTER XXIV
- Taylor's 'Philip van
Artevelde'
- Goodwood
- Earl Bathurst's
Death
- Death of Mrs.
Arbuthnot
- Overtures to
O'Connell
- Irish Tithe Bill
- Theodore Hook's
Improvisation
- Lord Westmeath's Case in
the Privy Council
- First Council of Lord
Melbourne's Government and Prorogation
- Brougham's
Vagaries
- Lord Durham's
Exclusion
- The Edinburgh
Dinner
- Windsor and
Meiningen
- Spencer Perceval
- Lord Grey's
Retirement
- The Westmeath Case
again
- The Queen's
Return
- Melbourne and Tom
Young
- Holland House
- Reflections
- Conversation on the
Poets
- Miscellaneous
Chat
- Lord Melbourne's Literary
Attainments
- Lord Holland's Anecdotes of
Great Orators
- Execution of Charles
I.
- Lord Melbourne's Opinion of
Henry VIII.
- The 'Times' attacks Lord
Brougham
- His Tour in
Scotland
- His Unpopularity
- Cowper's Secret
- Canning on
Reform
- Lord Melbourne on
Palmerston and Brougham
- Canning and Brougham in
1827
- Senior
- Lord Melbourne and the
Benthamites
- His Theology
- Spanish
Eloquence
- The Harley
Papers
- The Turf
- Death of Lord
Spencer
- The Westmeath Case
heard
- Law Appointments
- Bickersteth
- Louis Philippe's Position
CHAPTER XXV
- Fall of Lord Melbourne's
Government
- History and Causes of this
Event
- An Intrigue
- Effect of the Coup at
Holland House
- The Change of
Government
- The two Camps
- The King's Address to the
New Ministers
- The Duke's Account of the
Transaction
- And Lord
Lyndhurst's
- Diffcult Position of the
Tories
- Their Policy
- The Duke in all the
Offices
- Negotiation with Mr.
Barnes
- Power of the 'Times'
- Another Address of the
King
- Brougham offers to be Lord
Chief Baron
- Mr. Barnes dines with Lord
Lyndhurst
- Whig View of the Recent
Change
- Liberal Views of the Tory
Ministers
- The King resolved to
support them
- Another Account of the
Interview between the King and Lord Melbourne
- Lord Stanley's
Position
- Sydney Smith's Preaching at
St. Paul's
- Lord Duncannon and Lord
Melbourne
- Relations of the four
Seceders to Peel
- Young Disraeli
- Lord Melbourne's Speeches
at Derby
- Lord John Russell's Speech
at Totness
- The Duke of Wellington's
Inconsistencies and Conduct
CHAPTER XXVI
- Sir R. Peel
arrives
- The First
Council
- The King's
Address
- Lord Stanley
and Sir J. Graham decline to join the Government
- Lord
Wharncliffe and Sir E. Knatchbull join
- The Ministers
sworn in
- Peel's Address
to his Constituents
- Dinner at the
Mansion House
- Offer to Lord
Roden
- Prospects of
the Election
- Stanley's Want
of Influence
- Pozzo di
Borgo's Views
- Russia and
England
- Nomination of
Lord Londonderry to St. Petersburg
- Parliament
dissolved
- State of the
Constituencies
- A
Governor-General for India
- Sébastiani and St. Aulaire
- Anecdote of
Princess Metternich
- The City
Elections
- Lord
Lyndhurst's View of the Government
- Violence of
the Opposition
- Close Contest
at Rochester
- Sidney
Herbert
- Sir John
Hobhouse's Views
- Anecdotes
- County
Elections
- The Queen
supposed to be with Child
- Church
Reform
- Dinner of
Ministers
- Story of La
Roncière
- The King's
Crotchets
CHAPTER XXVII
- The
Speakership
- Temporary
Houses of Parliament
- Church
Reform
- Dissenters'
Marriage Bill
- Peel's False
Position
- Burke
- Palmerston's
Talents as a Man of Business
- Sympathy of
Continental Courts with the Tories
- Abercromby
elected Speaker
- Defeat of the
Government
- Tactics of the
Opposition
- The Speaker
does not dine with Peel
- Meeting of
Stanley's Friends
- Debate on the
Address
- Lord
JohnRussell leads the Opposition The Stanley Party
- Second Defeat
of the Government
- Peel's
Ability
- The Lichfield
House Meeting
- Debate on Lord
Londonderry's Appointment
- His Speech in
the Lords and Resignation
- Sir E. Sugden
resigns the Great Seal of Ireland
- Lady
Canterbury
- Brougham in
the House of Lords
- Peel's
Readiness and Courage
- Lord
Canterbury and Stratford Canning proposed for Canada
- Approaching
Fall of the Peel Government
- Meetings of
the Opposition
- Further
Defeat
- Sir Robert
Peel's own View of the State of Affairs
- He resigns
CHAPTER XXVIII
- Lord Grey and
Sir James Graham express Conservative Views
- Opinions of
Lord Stanley
- Lord Grey sees
the King, but is not asked to resume Office
- Lord
Melbourne's Second Administration
- His
Moderation
- A
Difficulty
- Spring
Rice
- A Joyless
Victory
- Exclusion of
Brougham
- The New
Cabinet
- Lord John
Russell defeated in Devonshire
- Lord Alvanley
and O'Connell
- Duel with
Morgan O'Connell
- Lord Wellesley
resigns the Lord Stewardship
- The Eliot
Convention
- Swift v.
Kelly
- The
Kembles
- London
University Charter discussed at the Privy Council
- Corporation
Reform
- Formation of
the Conservative Party
- The King's
Habits
- Secretaryship
of Jamaica
- Lord
Melbourne's Tithe Bill
- The Pope
rejects the Recommendation of the British Government
- Relations with
Rome
- Carlists and
Christinos in Spain
- Walcheren
- The King's
Address to Sir Charles Grey
- Stanley and
Graham cross the House
- Failure of
Stanley's Tactics
- Alava and the
Duke of Cumberland
- A Sinecure
Placeman
- Lord Glenelg
and the King
- Concert at
Stafford House
- The King's
Aversion to his Ministers and to the Speaker
- Decision on
the Secretaryship of Jamaica
- Archbishop
Whateley
- Irish Church
Bill
- Payment of
Catholic Clergy
- Peel and Lord
John Russell
- Factious
Conduct of Tory Peers
- The King's
Violence
- Debate on the
Corporation Bill
CHAPTER XXIX
- Resistance of
the Lords
- Duke of
Richmond
- Happiness
- Struggle
between Lords and Commons
- Peel keeps
aloof
- Inconsistency
of the Whigs on the Irish Church Bill
- Violent
Language in the Lords
- Lord John
Russell and Peel pass the Corporation Bill
- Dissolution of
the Tory Party foreseen
- Meeting of
Peers to consider the Amendments
- King's Speech
in Council on the Militia
- Lord Howick's
Bitterness against the Lords
- Lord
Lyndhurst's Opinion of the Corporation Bill
- The King's
Language on the Regency
- Talleyrand's
View of the English Alliance
- Comparison of
Burke and Mackintosh
- The St.
Leger
- Visit of
Princess Victoria to Burghley
- O'Connell's
Progress through Scotland
- Mackintosh's
Life
CHAPTER XXX
- Emperor
Nicholas's Speech at Warsaw
- His Respect
for Opinion in England
- Burdett
proposes the Expulsion of O'Connell from Brooks's
- Club
Law
- George
Villiers at Madrid
- Lord Segrave
Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
- Dispute
between France and America
- Allen's
Account of Mackintosh and Melbourne
- Prolongation
of a Patent
- Should Dr.
Arnold be made a Bishop?
- Frederic
Elliot
- O'Connell's
Mischievous Influence
- Bretby
- Chesterfield
MSS.
- The
Portfolio
- Lord Cottenham
and Lord Langdale
- Opening of
Parliament
- The Judicial
Committee
- Poulett
Thomson at the Board of Trade
- Mr. Perceval's
Interviews with the Ministers
- Prospects of
the Tories
- Lord Stanley's
Relations to them
- Holland House
Anecdotes
- Mischievous
Effects of the Division on the Address
- The Youth of
Macaulay
- Brougham and
Macaulay
- Lord William
Bentinck
- Review of Sir
R. Peel's Conduct
- Dr. Hampden's
Appointment
- The Orange
Lodges
CHAPTER XXXI
- Moore and
O'Connell
- Defeat of the
Opposition
- The Carlow
Election
- Lord
Alvanley's Speech to the Tory Peers
- Norton
v. Lord Melbourne
- Catastrophe
after Epsom
- Mendizabal and
Queen Christina
- Lord John
Russell's Moderation in the Ecclesiastical Commission
- Theatricals at
Bridgewater House
- Irish
Church
- Ministerial
Difficulties
- Deplorable
State of Spain
- What was
thought of Lord Palmerston in 1836
- Weakness of
Govemment
- Lord
Lyndhurst's Summary of the Session
- Balance of
Parties
- Lady Augusta
Kennedy's Marriage
- King's Speech
to Princess Victoria
- Revolution of
La Granja
- Rudeness of
the King to Ministers
- Irritation of
the King at the Duchess of Kent
- Scene at
Windsor on the King's Birthday
- Prince
Esterhazy's View of the Affairs of Europe
- Emperor
Nicholas at Vienna
- A Gisis in
Trade
- State of the
Court at Vienna
- Duc de
Reichstadt
CHAPTER XXXII
- Crisis in the
City
- The Chancellor
of the Exchequer
- A Journey to
Paris
- Lord Lyndhurst
in Paris
- Princess
Lieven
- Parties in
France
- Berryer
- The Strasburg
Conspirators
- Rotten State
of France
- Presentation
at the Tuileries
- Ball at the
Tuileries
- Bal
Musard
- Lord
Granville
- The Duc de
Broglie
- Position of
the Duc d'Orléans
- Return to
England
- Conservative
Reaction
- Sheil's Tirade
against Lord Lyndhurst
- Lyndhurst as a
Tory Leader
- Angry Debate
on Church Rates
- The Government
on the Brink of Resignation
- Sir R. Peel's
Prospects
- The King and
Lord Aylmer
- Death of Mrs.
Fitzherbert
- Ministerial
Compromise
- Westminster
Election
- Majority of
the Princess.Victoria
- The King's
Illness
- The King's
Letter to the Princess
- Preparations
for the Council
- Sir R. Peel on
the Prospects of the New Reign
- Prayers
ordered for the King's Recovery
- Affairs of
Lord Ponsonby
- Death of King
William IV.
- Council of
Queen Victoria
- The Queen
proclaimed
- Character of
William IV