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The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 3 (of 3) A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV

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 Welling...

Chapters

15. 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...

19. 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 and Unpopula...

20. 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 Adminis...

14. 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 Winds...

24. 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...

17. 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 Ad...

18. 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 Minis...

23. 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...

13. 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...

16. 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 Westmeat...

21. 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...

22. CHAPTER XXX.

Emperor Nicholas's Speech at Warsaw--His respect for opinion in England--Burdett proposes the expulsion of O'Connell from Brookes's--Club law--George Villiers at Madrid--Lord Se...

41. ii. 383

Lyndhurst, Lord, Lord High Chancellor, i. 95, 124; quarrel with the Duke of Cumberland, 223; dissatisfaction at Lord Brougham's being raised to the Woolsack, ii. 68; reported ap...

26. iii. 141

Canning, Right Hon. George, Foreign Secretary, i. 55; correspondence with the King on taking office, 59; forms an Administration (1827), 93, 95; death of, 103; anecdotes of, 104...

51. ii. 133

Smith, Sydney, and the siege of Saragossa, iii. 39; and Professor Leslie, 44; sermon of, in St. Paul's Cathedral, 166; on Sir James Mackintosh, 317; dispute of, with the Bishop...

52. iii. 237; state of the, 306; indifference of members of the,

Victoria, H.R.H. the Princess, at a child's ball, i. 209; first appearance of, at a drawing-room, ii. 119; at Burghley iii. 315; health of, proposed by the King, 364; at Windsor...

25. ii. 341

Belgium, revolution in, ii. 41; affairs of, 44; unsettled state of, 69; deputation from, 160; fortresses of, 169; invaded by the Dutch, 175; French army refuses to leave, 181; e...

28. iii. 120; the first of Sir Robert Peel's Administration, 174

Cumberland, H.R.H. the Duke of, opposition to Catholic Relief Bill, i. 180; intrigues at Court, 222; insults Lady Lyndhurst, 222, 223; quarrel with Lord Lyndhurst, 224; disputes...

53. iii. 119, 124; decision in, 140

Wharncliffe, Lord, interview with Radical Jones, ii. 200; overtures for a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211; character of, 213; draws up a declaration for signature in the City...

33. iii. 379

Harrowby, Earl of, Lord President, i. 95; speech on Reform, ii. 206; interview with Lord Grey, 224; circular to the Peers, 242, 248; interview with Lord Grey, 259; discussions o...

49. iii. 324

Rome, i. 303, 304; St. Peter's, 303, 321; sight-seeing, 306, 311, 322; the Sistine Chapel, 309; the cardinals, 309; a cardinal lying in state, 312; Pompey's statue, 313; Temple...

43. ii. 76; in Ireland, 96; opposition to Lord Anglesey, 98;

abilities of, 100; violence of, 106; arrest of, 107; trial of, 109; position of, 111; pleads guilty, 114; opposition to Lord Duncannon in Kilkenny, 115; explanation of, 123; dre...

39. iii. 99; instrumental in breaking up the Government, 102;

Londonderry, Marquis of, motion on Belgium, ii. 180; attacks Lord Plunket, 266; debate on appointment of, to St. Petersburg, iii. 225; opinion of the Duke of Wellington, 227; sp...

30. ii. 362

France, state of affairs in, i. 284; appearance of the country, 287; impending crisis in 1830, 369; events in 1830, ii. 17; revolution, 19; Duke of Orleans ascends the throne, 2...

44. iii. 188

Peel, Right Hon. Sir Robert, Home Secretary, i. 124; speeches on Catholic Relief Bill, 167, 183; Oxford University election, 1829, 177; defeated, 178; political prospects of, ii...

31. ii. 4; sale of wardrobe, 23; details of last illness, 30;

Goderich, Viscount, Small Notes Bill, i. 79; Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs and War, 95; sent for by the King, 107; scene at Windsor, 108; Administration of, formed, 10...

32. iii. 163

Grey, Earl, hostility to the Government, i. 100; forms an Administration, 1830, ii. 64, 66; First Lord of the Treasury, 66; at dinner at Lord Sefton's, 69; nepotism of, 78; char...

37. iii. 176, 177; attack on, 226

La Ferronays, M. de, French Ambassador at Rome, i. 307; on the accession of the Emperor Nicholas, 373; on French politics, 368; civility of, 380, 381; on French affairs, 393, 395

47. iii. 182; Russian Ambassador in London, 201, 203

Reform Bill, the, laid before the King, ii. 109; excitement concerning, 124; carried by one vote, 132; alterations in, 134; Government defeated, 135; remarks on, 180; attitude o...

34. i. 95; dispute in the Cabinet, 120; joins the new Government,

Irish Church, abuses in, iii. 9; the Irish Church Bill dangerous to the Government, 86; differences in the Cabinet, 89; difficulties of the Irish Church question, 240, 253; opin...

45. iii. 267, 271

Perceval, Spencer, discourse of, iii, 41; the Unknown Tongue, 41; on the condition of the Church, 123; apostolic mission to the members of the Government, 331; at Holland House,...

38. ii. 370

Leopold, King, i. 22; desires to ascend the throne of Greece, 265; anxiety to ascend the throne of Belgium, ii. 153; accepts the throne of Belgium, 158; starts for Belgium, 167;...

36. iii. 27, 30; at the Judicial Committee, 125

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Bill for the establishment of the, iii. 21; meeting to make regulations for the, 35; first sitting of the, 38; working of the, 205

54. iii. 188

York, H.R.H. the Duke of, character of, i. 5; management of racing establishment, 44; dislike to the Duke of Wellington, 48, 62; duel with the Duke of Richmond, 62; anecdotes of...

8. 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 Adminis...

2. 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 Winds...

3. 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...

29. i. 214

12. 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...

5. 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 Ad...

7. 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 and Unpopula...

42. iii. 24; on the change of Government in England, 211; speech at

4. 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 Westmeat...

10. 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 Seg...

11. 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...

6. 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 Minis...

48. ii. 66; refuses the appointment of Master of the Horse, 67;

1. 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...

9. 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...

50. iii. 180

27. ii. 262; on affairs in Jamaica, 380

Council, Clerk of the, Mr. Greville sworn in, i. 44; after the accession of William IV., ii. 12; Lord Grey's Administration sworn in, 71; for the proclamation against rioters, 7...

40. iii. 33; power of, in the Chamber, 142; courage of, 286;

35. ii. 64; quarrel with Lord Durham, 119; correspondence with Lord

46. iii. 25, 79; bankrupt state of, 93