gewater House--Irish Church--
Ministerial Difficulties--Deplorable State of Spain--What was
thought of Lord Palmerston in 1836--Weakness of Government--
Lord Lyndhurst's Summary of the Session--Balance of Parties--
Lady Augusta Kennedy's Marriage--King's Speech to Princess
Victoria--Revolution of La Granja--Rudeness of the King to
Ministers--Irritation of the King at the Duchess of Kent--Scene
at Windsor on the King's Birthday--Prince Esterhazy's View of
the Affairs of Europe--Emperor Nicholas at Vienna--A Crisis in
Trade--State of the Court at Vienna--Duc de Reichstadt.
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CHAPTER XXXII.

Crisis in the City--The Chancellor of the Exchequer--A Journey to
Paris--Lord Lyndhurst in Paris--Princess Lieven--Parties in
France--Berryer--The Strasburg Conspirators--Rotten State of
France--Presentation at the Tuileries--Ball at the Tuileries--
Bal Musard--Lord Granville--The Due de Broglie--Position of the
Duc d'Orleans--Return to England--Conservative Reaction--
Sheil's Tirade against Lord Lyndhurst--Lyndhurst as a Tory
Leader--Angry Debate on Church Rates--The Government on the
Brink of Resignation--Sir R. Peel's Prospects--The King and
Lord Aylmer--Death of Mrs. Fitzherbert--Ministerial
Compromise--Westminster Election--Majority of the Princess
Victoria--The King's Illness--The King's Letter to the
Princess--Preparations for the Council--Sir E. Peel on the
Prospects of the New Reign--Prayers ordered for the King's
Recovery--Affairs of Lord Ponsonby--Death of King William IV.--
First Council of Queen Victoria--The Queen proclaimed--
Character of William IV.
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REIGN OF KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH

CHAPTER XXI.

Dinner at Greenwich--Monk Lewis--The King's Letter--Lord
Althorp's Finance--Salutes to the Royal Family--Death of Lord
Dover--His Character--Lyndhurst and Brougham on the Local
Courts Bill--Charles Napier captures the Miguelite Fleet--The
Irish Church Bill--The Duke of Wellington and the Bonapartes--
Blount's preaching--Sir Robert Peel on Political Unions--Mr.
George Villiers appointed to Madrid--Duke of Richmond--
Suspension Clause in Irish Church Bill--Apprenticeship