etails of the measure they proposed to
bring in. They informed his Majesty that it would be
necessary to modify in the case of the Roman Catholics
that part of the oath of supremacy which relates to the
ecclesiastical jurisdiction and supremacy of the Pope.
To this the King said he could not possibly consent.
Upon this Mr. Peel and his colleagues informed his
Majesty that they must resign. His Majesty accepted the
resignations, and the Ministers returned to London
(after an audience of five hours) under the full
persuasion that the Government was dissolved. In the
interval some attempt was made to form a Protestant
Cabinet; but on the evening of the following day, the
4th of March, the King wrote a letter to the Duke of
Wellington, informing him that his Majesty anticipated
so much difficulty in the attempt to form another
Administration that he could not dispense with his
Ministers' services, and that they were at liberty to
proceed with the measures of which notice had been
given in Parliament.]

Lady Jersey is in a fury with Lord Anglesey, and goes about
saying he insulted her in the House of Lords the other night. She
was sitting on one of the steps of the throne, and the Duchess of
Richmond on the step above. After Lord Anglesey had spoken he
came to talk to the Duchess, who said, 'How well you did speak;'
on which he said, 'Hush! you must take care what you say, for
here is Lady Jersey, and she reports for the newspapers;' on
which Lady Jersey said very angrily, 'Lady Jersey is here for her
own amusement; what do you mean by reporting for newspapers?' to
which he replied with a profound bow, 'I beg your Ladyship's
pardon; I did not mean to offend you, and if I did I beg to make
the most ample apology.' This is his version; hers, of course, is
different. He says that he meant the whole thing as a joke. It
was a very bad joke if it was one, and as he knows how she abuses
him, one may suspect that there was something more than joking in
it.

The other night Lord Grey had called Lord Falmouth to order, and
after the debate Falmouth came up to him with a menacing air and
said, 'My Lord Grey, I wish to inform you that if upon any future
occasion you transgress in the slightest degree the orders of the
House, I shall most certain