heir common friend. Brougham
told me that their quarrel was at an end, and that it was now
only a question which should first speak to the other, and that
Durham had said he was not at all angry at the part he had taken
in the House of Lords, and owned he could not, consistently with
the conduct he had pursued with respect to Canada, have acted
differently. All this proves that he is ready enough to make it
up with Durham; in fact he will ally himself with anybody who is
likely to join him in attacking the Government. What Brougham
told me about the Radicals was confirmed last night by
Fonblanque, who said that Durham's return had been positively
serviceable to Government, for if he had remained in Canada there
were fourteen or fifteen of that party who would most certainly
have gone into Opposition; but his return having led to the
expectation of his joining them, and that having been frustrated,
there was every probability of their doing what they had done
before and supporting the Government, however sulkily and
reluctantly, rather than throw open the door for the return of
the Tories. He said the slightest concession to them from the
Government would secure them, but I told him none would be made,
and he was aware of it.

[7] Paley's _Natural Theology_, illustrated by Lord
Brougham, was published soon afterwards.

I met Sheil at dinner yesterday at Poulett Thomson's, who, to my
surprise, is a candidate for the office of Judge Advocate, and he
expects, if Macaulay refuses it, to be appointed. He begged of me
to let him know as soon as Macaulay's answer came, and he said,
Normanby had strongly urged it, and Melbourne was well disposed
towards him.

December 24th, 1838 {p.151}

[Page Head: A LECTURE AT BATTERSEA.]

Went on Friday to Battersea to hear Robert Eden deliver a lecture
in the school-room--one of a course he is delivering upon
anatomy, or rather upon different parts of the human body--and
demonstrating the utility of cleanliness, the danger of
drunkenness, and mixing precept with information for the benefit
of as mixed an audience as ever was assembled, but who seemed
much interested and very attentive. There were many of the gentry
of Battersea, male and female, the tradespeople, workmen, the
boys of the school, and a rough, ragged set of urchins, labourers
on the railroad--in all about 300 people. The lecture, which was
upon the arm, was very fluently given; the lecturer is not
s