Chapter III

A Ball at the Palace--Aspect of Foreign Affairs--Irish Tithe
Bill--Debate on Sir T. Acland's Motion--Death of Prince
Talleyrand--Death and Character of Lady Harrowby--Government
defeated on Emancipation of Slaves--Dispute of Mr. Handley and
Lord Brougham--Dinner at Lambeth--Arrangement of Irish
Questions--Settlement of Irish Questions--O'Connell declines
the Rolls--Naval Intervention in Spain--Duke of Wellington's
Moderation--Marshal Soult arrives--Preparations for the
Coronation of Queen Victoria--The Wellington Statue--The
Coronation--Coleridge and John Sterling--Lord Durham's Mission
to Canada--Lord Brougham contrasted with the Duke--Macaulay on
his return from India--Soult in London--Duke of Sussex quarrels
with Ministers--Lord Burghersh's Opera--High Church Sermons--
Lord Palmerston and Mr. Urquhart--The Ecclesiastical Discipline
Bill--The Duke's Despatches--Macaulay's Plan of Life--Lord
Durham's Canada Ordinance--Mr. Barnes--Canada Indemnity Bill--
Lord Durham's Ordinance disallowed--Irish Corporation Bill--
Review of the Session
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