Chapter 7

1838

Lord Melbourne--Canada--Influence of the Crown--Daniel O'Connell --Position of Ministers of State in England and abroad--New Poor Law --Pressure of business--Prince Albert's education--Favourite horses --Deaths of old servants--The Coronation--Address from Bishops--Ball at Buckingham Palace--Independence and progress of Belgium --Anglo-Belgian relations--Foreign policy--Holland and Belgium --Coronation Day--Westminster Abbey--The enthronement--Receiving homage--Popular enthusiasm--Coronation incidents--Pages of honour --Extra holidays for schools--Review in Hyde Park--Lord Durham and Canada--Government of Canada--Ireland and O'Connell--Death of Lady John Russell--The Queen's sympathy with Lord John Russell--Belgium and English Government--Belgium and Holland--Canada--Resignation of the Earl of Durham--English Church for Malta--Disappointment of Duke of Sussex--Brighton (pages 102-140)