Chapter XXXII

Crisis in the City--The Chancellor of the Exchequer--A Journey to
Paris--Lord Lyndhurst in Paris--Princess Lieven--Parties in
France--Berryer--The Strasburg Conspirators--Rotten State of
France--Presentation at the Tuileries--Ball at the Tuileries--
Bal Musard--Lord Granville--The Due de Broglie--Position of the
Duc d'Orleans--Return to England--Conservative Reaction--
Sheil's Tirade against Lord Lyndhurst--Lyndhurst as a Tory
Leader--Angry Debate on Church Rates--The Government on the
Brink of Resignation--Sir R. Peel's Prospects--The King and
Lord Aylmer--Death of Mrs. Fitzherbert--Ministerial
Compromise--Westminster Election--Majority of the Princess
Victoria--The King's Illness--The King's Letter to the
Princess--Preparations for the Council--Sir E. Peel on the
Prospects of the New Reign--Prayers ordered for the King's
Recovery--Affairs of Lord Ponsonby--Death of King William IV.--
First Council of Queen Victoria--The Queen proclaimed--
Character of William IV.
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A JOURNAL
of the
REIGN OF KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH