Chapter 12

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 Due de Broglie--Position of the Duc d'Orleans--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 E. Peel on the Prospects of the New Reign--Prayers ordered for the King's Recovery--Affairs of Lord Ponsonby--Death of King William IV.-- First Council of Queen Victoria--The Queen proclaimed-- Character of William IV. Page 376

A JOURNAL of the REIGN OF KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH