Chapter IV: The Coercion of Holland

The Reform Bill and the House of Lords--Death of Casimir
Périer--A Republican insurrection in Paris and a Royalist
rebellion in La Vendée--Death of the Duc de Reichstadt--The
Belgian treaty--Durham at St. Petersburg--Palmerston's
proposals to the Court of the Hague--Stockmar's advice to
Leopold--France and England resolved to coerce the King of
the Netherlands--The absolute Courts--London Conference
breaks up--Scene between Louis Philippe and M. Dupin--The
_Doctrinaires_--Broglie's conditions--The position in
England--The Tories--King William IV.--Granville's
warning--Attitude of the Northern Courts--The Convention
of October 22nd, 1832--Claim put forward by French
minister at Brussels--Siege of Antwerp--Sympathies of
the Tories with the Dutch--Proposal made to Prussia by
France and England--Capitulation of Antwerp--Convention
of May 21, 1833--Palmerston's skilful conduct of the
negotiations--Talleyrand 118-144