ggered about
the stage, taunting his foes, and hugging his friends with an
exultation quite unbecoming and out of character. With this
exception it was a fine performance; the success was unbounded,
and the audience transported. After Macready had been called on,
they found out Bulwer, who was in a small private box next the
one I was in with Lady Blessington and D'Orsay, and were
vociferous for his appearance to receive their applause. After a
long delay, he bowed two or three times, and instantly retreated.
Directly after he came into our box, looking very serious and
rather agitated; while Lady Blessington burst into floods of
tears at his success, which was certainly very brilliant.

March 12th, 1839 {p.173}

The Government have offered Canada to Lord Clarendon,[4] who is
coming home to give his answer in person. They are resolved to
make _maison nette_ at the Colonial Office, and want to oust
Stephen; but the publication of Sir Francis Head's extraordinary
book,[5]--in which he is denounced as a Republican, and as the
author of all the mischievous policy by which our Colonial
possessions have been endangered, and his dismissal is loudly
demanded--makes it impossible for Stephen to retire, or for
Government to invite him to do so. Stephen cannot vindicate
himself, except by divulging official secrets which he considers
it would be a grievous breach of trust and duty to do; but he
declares to me that he has abundant means of vindication in his
hands if he chose to avail himself of them. The world believes
that each Secretary of State (Glenelg particularly) has been a
mere puppet in his office, and that it is Stephen who has moved
all the strings; but the fact is, there have been three parties--
Stephen, Glenelg, and the Cabinet; and though the first may have
exercised a great influence over the second, it has often
happened, that both have been overruled by the last, and neither
Head nor anybody else can do more than conjecture what has really
been the secret history of our Colonial policy. Glenelg, however,
was evidently feeble, and his faculties seem to have been
entirely benumbed ever since the flagellations he got from
Brougham in the beginning of last session. His terror of Brougham
is so intense that he would submit to any humiliation rather than
again expose his back to such a merciless scourge.[6]

[4] [Sir George Villiers, then Minister at Madrid,
succeeded to the title of Earl of Cla