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 Unpopularity-- 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 John Russell 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. Page 204