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 State of Ireland--Lord Hertford's Will--A Pun of Jekyll's--Lord Melbourne--The Irish Church--The Privy Council Bill--Anecdote of Mr. Pitt's Peers--Cambridge--Lord Ellenborough's Recall--Lord Brougham's Hostility--The Factory Bill--Lord Hardinge Governor-General of India--Lord Brougham on Lord Hertford's Case--The Emperor of Russia in London--Government Defeat on the Sugar Duties--Sir Robert Peel resolves to resign--The Opening of Letters at the Post Office--The Case of 'Running-Rein'--Lord Brougham's Privy Council Bill--Summary of Events--The Tahiti Quarrel with France--The O'Connell Judgement--Lord Stanley goes to the Upper House 222