CHAPTER IV

Warwick Castle--Queen Adelaide--The Duke of Wellington--London 27 at its best--Woburn Abbey--M. de Lieven's recall--A rift in the Cabinet--Lord Brougham--Dinner with Palmerston--Lord Grey's difficulties--Palmerston's methods--Oxford and the Duke--Kings in exile--A jovial monarch--Mirabeau--Talleyrand's Memoirs--The King's health--Don Carlos and Court--A Schism at Almack's--Resignation of Lord Grey--Don Carlos escapes--Lord Melbourne's position--Revolutionary politics--European politics--Spanish affairs--Palmerston's incivility--A scene at the levée--Last days in England--Talk with Louis-Philippe--George Sand--English visitors--A royal visit--M. de Talleyrand resigns--Lord Brougham in Paris--A State trial--Talleyrand's successor.