CHAPTER XXIII.

Death of Mr. Thomas Grenville--Russian Measures in Poland--French Overtures to England--The Confidential Correspondence on the Spanish Marriage--Relations with France--Hostility of Lord Palmerston to France--Visit to Paris--Princess Lieven's Version of the Transaction--Lord Cowley's Opinion--Conversation with M. Guizot--M. Duch‚tel's Opinion--The exact Truth as to the Spanish Marriage--Conversation with M. Thiers--A Dinner at M. Thiers'--Further Argument with M. Guizot--Character of Queen Christina--Papers laid before the Chamber--Relations of the British Embassy with the French Opposition--At the Tuileries--Mr. Baring's Opinion--Debate in the Chamber of Deputies--Mrs. Austin's Salon in Paris--Debates in England--Bad Effect of Lord Normanby's Intrigues with Thiers--Another Misunderstanding--M. de Tocqueville--Ball at the HÙtel de Ville--Animosity of Guizot and Lord Palmerston--A Call at the Sorbonne and at the HÙtel Lambert--Change of Government in Spain--Farewell Visit to M. Guizot--Effect of the English Blue Book--Conversation with M. Thiers _page_ 1