Taylor's 'Philip Van Artevelde'--Goodwood--Earl Bathurst's Death--Death of Mrs. Arbuthnot--Overtures to O'Connell--Irish Tithe Bill--Theodore Hook's Improvisation--Lord Westmeath's Case in the Privy Council--First Council of Lord Melbourne's Government and Prorogation--Brougham's Vagaries--Lord Durham's Exclusion--The Edinburgh Dinner--Windsor and Meiningen--Spencer Perceval--Lord Grey's Retirement--The Westmeath Case again--The Queen's Return--Melbourne and Tom Young--Holland House-- Reflections--Conversation on the Poets--Miscellaneous Chat-- Lord Melbourne's Literary Attainments--Lord Holland's Anecdotes of Great Orators--Execution of Charles I.--Lord Melbourne's Opinion of Henry VIII.--The 'Times' attacks Lord Brougham--His Tour in Scotland--His Unpopularity--Cowper's Secret--Canning on Reform--Lord Melbourne on Palmerston and Brougham--Canning and Brougham in 1827--Senior--Lord Melbourne and the Benthamites-- His Theology--Spanish Eloquence--The Harley Papers--The Turf-- Death of Lord Spencer--The Westmeath Case heard--Law Appointments--Bickersteth--Louis Philippe's Position. Page 114
Fall of Lord Melbourne's Government--History and Causes of this Event--An Intrigue--Effect of the _Coup_ at Holland House--The Change of Government--The two Camps--The King's Address to the New Ministers--The Duke's Account of the Transaction--And Lord Lyndhurst's--Difficult Position of the Tories--Their Policy-- The Duke in all the Offices--Negotiation with Mr. Barnes--Power of the 'Times'--Another Address of the King--Brougham offers to be Lord Chief Baron--Mr. Barnes dines with Lord Lyndhurst--Whig View of the Recent Change--Liberal Views of the Tory Ministers--The King resolved to support them--Another Account of the Interview between the King and Lord Melbourne--Lord Stanley's Position--Sydney Smith's Preaching at St. Paul's-- Lord Duncannon and Lord Melbourne--Relations of the four Seceders to Peel--Young Disraeli--Lord Melbourne's Speeches at Derby--Lord John Russell's Speech at Totness--The Duke of Wellington's Inconsistencies and Conduct. Page 143
Sir R. Peel arrives--The First Council--The King's Address--Lord Stanley and Sir J. Graham decline to join the Government--Lord Wharncliffe and Sir E. Knatchbull join--The Ministers sworn in--Peel's Address to his Constituents--Dinner at the Mansion House--Offer to Lord Roden--Prospects of the Election-- Stanley's Want of Influence--Pozzo di Borgo's Views--Russia and England--Nomination of Lord Londonderry to St. Petersburg-- Parliament dissolved--State of the Constituencies--A Governor-General for India--Sebastiani and St. Aulaire--Anecdote of Princess Metternich--The City Elections--Lord Lyndhurst's View of the Government--Violence of the Opposition--Close Contest at Rochester--Sydney Herbert--Sir John Hobhouse's Views-- Anecdotes--County Elections--The Queen supposed to be with Child--Church Reform--Dinner of Ministers--Story of La Roncière--The King's Crotchets. Page 174