n the whole course of their practice, and they
expect that he will be quite as well again as he was before. It
is remarkable that he has an accurate recollection of all the
steps of his illness from the first perception of uneasy
sensations to the moment of being seized with convulsions. He
first felt a chillness in his hand, and he was surprised to find
himself passing and repassing Lady Burghersh's house without
knowing which it was. He called, however, and went up; and to her
enquiry--for she was struck with his manner--he replied that he
was quite well. Going home he dropped the rein, but caught it up
with the other hand. When he arrived at his door, the servants
saw he could not get off his horse, and helped him, and one of
them ran off instantly for Hume. The Duke walked into his
sitting-room, where Hume found him groaning, and standing by the
chimney-piece. He got him to bed directly, and soon after the
convulsions came on.

[Page Head: PAMPHLET ON ROYAL PRECEDENCE.]

I have sent forth my pamphlet, and there seems a chance of its
being read. Lord Melbourne said to me, 'What is to be done about
this Precedence?' I said, 'I have told you[27] what I think is to
be done. Have you sent my pamphlet to the Queen?' 'I have sent it
her, and desired her to show it to Prince Albert; and I have sent
it to the Chancellor, and desired him to give me his opinion on
the law, as it requires great consideration and great care.'[28]
I asked him, 'if he had any doubt about the law, that is, about
_my_ law.' He said, 'he had doubts whether the Act of Henry VIII.
was not more stringent.' I told him I had consulted Parke,
Bosanquet, and Erskine, that we had read the Act together, and
they were all clear that the Prerogative was not limited except
as to Parliament and the Council. At all events, I said, he ought
not to be made a Privy Councillor till after this matter was
settled, and to that he agreed; and it was settled that he should
not be sworn at the Council to-morrow. So thus it stands, and if
the Chancellor sees no objection, my plan will be adopted, and I
shall have settled for them, having no earthly thing to do with
it, what they ought to have settled for themselves long ago, and
have avoided all the squabbling and bad blood which have been the
result of their unlucky Bill. In the meantime the Duke read my
pamphlet yesterday, and to-day I went there to hear what he said
to it, and found that he agreed with me entirely, an