CHAPTER XI.

THE BEDCHAMBER PLOT.

Resignation of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet--Sir Robert Peel sent for--Fails to form a Cabinet--His Explanation--The Queen refuses to Dismiss her Ladies of the Bedchamber-- Supported by her late Ministers--Sir Robert Peel's Objections--The Queen will not give way--The Whigs recalled to Power--Public Opinion on the Dispute--The Whig Ministers blamed, and the Queen exculpated 84