Chapter XI

Accession of William IV.--The King's Proceedings--His
Popularity--Funeral of George IV.--Dislike of the Duke of
Cumberland--The King's Simplicity and Good-nature--Reviews the
Guards--The First Court--The King in St. James's Street--
Dissolution of Parliament--The King dines at Apsley House--The
Duke of Gloucester--The Quaker's Address--The Ordinances of
July--The French Revolution--Brougham's Election for
Yorkshire--Struggle in Paris--Elections adverse to Government--
The Duke of Wellington on the French Revolution--Duke of
Cumberland resigns the Gold Stick and the Blues--George IV.'s
Wardrobe--Fall of the Bourbons--Weakness of the Duke's
Ministry--The King at Windsor--The Duke of Orleans accepts the
Crown of France--Chamber of Peers remodelled--Prince Polignac--
The New Parliament--Virginia Water--Details of George IV.'s
Illness and Death--Symptoms of Opposition--Brougham--Charles X.
in England--Dinner in St. George's Hall--Lambeth--Marshal
Marmont--His Conversation--Campaign of 1814--The Conflict in
Paris--Dinner at Lord Dudley's.
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CHAPTER XII.

The Belgian Revolution--The Duke of Wellington and Canning--The
King's Plate--Gloomy Forebodings--Retreat of the Prince of
Orange--Prince Talleyrand--Position of the Government--Death of
Huskisson--His Character--The Duke of Wellington and Peel--
Meeting of Parliament--The Duke's Declaration--The King's Visit
to the City abandoned--Disturbances in London--Duchesse de
Dino--The Cholera--Southey, Henry Taylor, John Stuart Mill--
Dinner at Talleyrand's--The Duke of Wellington resigns--Mr.
Bathurst made Junior Clerk of the Council--Lord Spencer and
Lord Grey sent for--Formation of Lord Grey's Administration--
Discontent of Brougham--Brougham takes the Great Seal--
Character of the New Ministers--Prospects of the Opposition--
Disturbances in Sussex and Hampshire--Lord Grey and Lord
Brougham--Lord Sefton's Dinner--The New Ministers sworn at a
Council.
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