ionate regard.]

February 9th, 1819 {p.016}

The Opposition are in a state of the highest exultation on
account of the division in the House of Commons last night on
Brougham's being added to the Bank Committee. The numbers were
173 to 135. They triumph particularly in this strong minority
because the attack upon Brougham in the 'Quarterly Review' was
deemed so successful by the Ministerial party that they thought
he would not be able to lift up his head again. The review is
extremely well done, as all allow. It is supposed to be written
by Dr. Ireland [it was by Dr. Monk[28]], and that Canning
supplied the jokes, but Arbuthnot assured me he had no hand in
it.

[28] [Dr. Monk, not Dr. Ireland, was the author of the
article. Monk became Bishop of Gloucester in 1830. This
passage relates to the celebrated article on the Report
of Mr. Brougham's Committee on the Education of the
People which appeared in the 'Quarterly Review' of
December 1818. The article was a violent one, but it is
amusing to see the effects attributed to it at the
time. Some controversy has since taken place as to the
share Canning had in it. I have myself seen the letters
from Gifford (editor of the 'Review') to Dr. Monk, in
which he speaks of the additions which have been made
to the article; and there is the strongest internal
evidence that these _purpurei panni_ were added by
Canning. The subject is discussed in the 'Edinburgh
Review' for July 1858.]

February 10th, 1819 {p.016}

Wilberforce made a speech last night which reminded one of the
better days of the House of Commons. He presented a petition from
the Quakers against the Criminal Code, and introduced a
compliment to Romilly. Castlereagh was in a minority in the
Committee concerning the equerries of the Windsor establishment;
he wished to keep two more than Tierney proposed; the latter had
eight to six in the Committee.[29]

[29] [In consequence of the death of Queen Charlotte in the
preceding month of November, the Government visited the
Windsor establishment. The Duke of York was appointed
_custos personae_ of the King, and received in that
capacity L10,000 a year, which had previously been
allowed to the Queen. A debate took place on this
subject on the 25th of Februa