CHAPTER XXXIII.

Disraeli's Life of Lord George Bentinck--An approaching Storm--Peel's Conduct on the East Retford Franchise in 1830--Death of Mr. Luttrell--Dismissal of Lord Palmerston--Lord Clarendon declines the Foreign Office--Lord Granville takes the Foreign Office--Causes of Lord Palmerston's Dismissal--Effects of the Change--The Complete Story--Lord John negotiates with the Peelites--Whigs and Peelites--Lord Normanby's Relations with Louis Napoleon--Foreign Policy of the Country--Thiers' Account of the Coup d'…tat--Further Details on Palmerston's Dismissal--Lord Normanby's Recall--Lord John's Explanations--Change of Government--Lord Derby's First Ministry--Lord Palmerston's Position--Discredit of the Derby Government--Disraeli's Speech on the Budget 423