Chapter XX

Appointment of Sir Stratford Canning to the Russian Embassy--
Cause of the Refusal--Slavery in the West Indies--The Reformed
Parliament--Duke of Wellington's View of Affairs--The Coercion
Bill--The Privy Council Bill--Lord Durham made an Earl--Mr.
Stanley Secretary for the Colonies--The Russians go to the
Assistance of the Porte--Lord Goderich has the Privy Seal, an
Earldom, and the Garter--Embarrassments of the Government--The
Appeal of Drax _v._ Grosvenor at the Privy Council--Hobhouse
defeated in Westminster--Bill for Negro Emancipation--The
Russians on the Bosphorus--Mr. Littleton Chief Secretary for
Ireland--Respect shown to the Duke of Wellington--Moral of a
'Book on the Derby'--The Oaks--A Betting Incident--Ascot--
Government beaten in the Lords on Foreign Policy--Vote of
Confidence in the Commons--Drax _v._ Grosvenor decided--Lord
Eldon's Last Judgment--His Character--Duke of Wellington as
Leader of Opposition--West India Affairs--Irish Church Bill--
Appropriation Clause--A Fancy Bazaar--The King writes to the
Bishops--Local Court Bill--Mirabeau.
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A JOURNAL
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REIGN OF KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH