Category: Biographies
Dissolution of Parliament discussed by Ministers--Death of Mr. Barnes--Impending Dissolution--Mdlle. Rachel in Hermione--Ladies of the Bedchamber--Question of Dissolution--Defeat of the Government--Vote of Want of Confidence--Government defeated on Peel's Resolution--Ascot Rac...
The Duke of Wellington on the Afghan War--Charles Buller--Lord Ellenborough's Extravagance--Assassination of Edward Drummond--Nomination of Sheriffs--Opening of the Session of P...
23. CHAPTER XX.Sir Robert Peel returns to Office--Death of Lord Wharncliffe--Tory View of the Whig Failure--Views of Sir Robert Peel and his Colleagues--Favourable Position of the Cabinet--Lor...
16. did. As long as his faculties were unimpaired, it is difficult not tobelieve that if he had had candid and intelligent friends he would have listened to and considered their opinions, for his obstinacy is not the result of pride or vanity, from b...
22. CHAPTER XIX.Death of Earl Spencer--His Character--M. Thiers in England--Fever of Speculation--Cabinets on the Corn Laws--'Every Man in his Humour'--Dickens on the Stage--'Alarm' wins a grea...
21. CHAPTER XVIII.The Policy of England to Ireland--Ministers object to the Publication--Could the Book be delayed and published anonymously?--Visit to the Grange--Buckland--Visit to Broadlands--...
20. CHAPTER XVII.Opening of Parliament--State of Parties--The Duke of Wellington's health--The Duke's Correspondence with Lord Haddington--Constitution of the Judicial Committee--Debate on the s...
19. CHAPTER XVI.Results of this Tour--Ireland--The Irish Church--Decline of Sir Robert Peel's Popularity--Position of Sir Robert Peel--King of Hanover in London--The Duke of Wellington on the D...
17. CHAPTER XIV.Visit to Broadlands--The American Treaty--Lord Palmerston on the American Treaty--The Stade Dues--The Withdrawal from Cabul--The Queen at Sea--Woburn--Baroness Lehzen--Lord Pons...
25. CHAPTER XXII.Fall of Sir Robert Peel--Lord John's Interview with Peel--Lord John and the Duke--Lord Clarendon and Lord Aberdeen--Favourable Position of the new Ministry--Lord Melbourne's Dis...
13. CHAPTER XI.Dissolution of Parliament discussed by Ministers--Death of Mr. Barnes--Impending Dissolution--Mdlle. Rachel in Hermione--Ladies of the Bedchamber--Question of Dissolution--Defea...
24. CHAPTER XXI.Signs of the Weakness of Government--The Irish Coercion Bill--Lord John Russell on Ireland--Protectionist Opposition--The Oregon Question--Lord Brougham canvassed--Weakness of t...
14. CHAPTER XII.Debate on the Address in the Lords--Conservative Majority in the New Parliament--Sir R. Peel's Audience of the Queen--Auspicious Policy of Peel--Council at Claremont--Change of...
15. CHAPTER XIII.Anecdotes about the Exchequer Bill Forgery--M. de St. Aulaire Ambassador in London--Morbid Irritability of the Duke--Macaulay on Street Ballads--Sir Edmund Head, Poor Law Commis...
26. did. He repudiated the construction put on the Treaty of Utrecht, andLast night, at the Duchess of Gloucester's ball, I met Jarnac and had at least an hour's conversation with him. He was in low spirits at the state of affairs, much disappointed...
3. CHAPTER XIII.Anecdotes about the Exchequer Bill Forgery--M. de St. Aulaire Ambassador in London--Morbid Irritability of the Duke--Macaulay on Street Ballads--Sir Edmund Head, Poor Law Commis...
11. CHAPTER XXI.Signs of the Weakness of Government--The Irish Coercion Bill--Lord John Russell on Ireland--Protectionist Opposition--The Oregon Question--Lord Brougham canvassed--Weakness of t...
8. CHAPTER XVIII.'The Policy of England to Ireland'--Ministers object to the Publication--Could the Book be delayed and published anonymously?--Visit to the Grange--Buckland--Visit to Broadlands...
10. CHAPTER XX.Sir Robert Peel returns to Office--Death of Lord Wharncliffe--Tory View of the Whig Failure--Views of Sir Robert Peel and his Colleagues--Favourable Position of the Cabinet--Lor...
12. CHAPTER XXII.Fall of Sir Robert Peel--Lord John's Interview with Peel--Lord John and the Duke--Lord Clarendon and Lord Aberdeen--Favourable Position of the new Ministry--Lord Melbourne's Dis...
6. CHAPTER XVI.Results of this Tour--Ireland--The Irish Church--Decline of Sir Robert Peel's Popularity--Position of Sir Robert Peel--King of Hanover in London--The Duke of Wellington on the D...
2. CHAPTER XII.Debate on the Address in the Lords--Conservative Majority in the New Parliament--Sir R. Peel's Audience of the Queen--Auspicious Policy of Peel--Council at Claremont--Change of...
1. CHAPTER XI.Dissolution of Parliament discussed by Ministers--Death of Mr. Barnes--Impending Dissolution--Mdlle. Rachel in Hermione--Ladies of the Bedchamber--Question of Dissolution--Defea...
7. CHAPTER XVII.Opening of Parliament--State of Parties--The Duke of Wellington's Health--The Duke's Correspondence with Lord Haddington--Constitution of the Judicial Committee--Debate on the S...
4. CHAPTER XIV.Visit to Broadlands--The American Treaty--Lord Palmerston on the American Treaty--The Stade Dues--The Withdrawal from Cabul--The Queen at Sea--Woburn--Baroness Lehzen--Lord Pons...
5. CHAPTER XV.The Duke of Wellington on the Afghan War--Charles Buller--Lord Ellenborough's Extravagance--Assassination of Edward Drummond--Nomination of Sheriffs--Opening of the Session of P...
9. CHAPTER XIX.Death of Earl Spencer--His Character--M. Thiers in England--Fever of Speculation--Cabinets on the Corn Laws--'Every Man in his Humour'--Dickens on the Stage--'Alarm' wins a grea...