CHAPTER XII.

The Belgian Revolution--The Duke of Wellington and Canning--The King's Plate--Gloomy Forebodings--Retreat of the Prince of Orange--Prince Talleyrand--Position of the Government--Death of Huskisson--His Character--The Duke of Wellington and Peel-- Meeting of Parliament--The Duke's Declaration--The King's Visit to the City abandoned--Disturbances in London--Duchesse de Dino--The Cholera--Southey, Henry Taylor, John Stuart Mill-- Dinner at Talleyrand's--The Duke of Wellington resigns--Mr. Bathurst made Junior Clerk of the Council--Lord Spencer and Lord Grey sent for--Formation of Lord Grey's Administration-- Discontent of Brougham--Brougham takes the Great Seal-- Character of the New Ministers--Prospects of the Opposition-- Disturbances in Sussex and Hampshire--Lord Grey and Lord Brougham--Lord Sefton's Dinner--The New Ministers sworn at a Council. Page 40