--Duke
of Wellington--Difficulties--Lord Aberdeen consulted--Lord
Stanley to be sent for--His letter--Lord Stanley's
difficulties--Mr Disraeli--Question of dissolution--
Explanations--Lord Stanley resigns--His reasons--The Papal
Bill--Duke of Wellington--Appeal to Lord Lansdowne--Still
without a Government--Lord Lansdowne's views--Further
difficulties--Coalition impossible--Income Tax--Free Trade
--Ecclesiastical Titles Bill--Confusion of Parties--New
National Gallery--The great Exhibition--Imposing
ceremony--The Prince's triumph--Enthusiasm in the City--Danish
succession--The Orleans Princes--Regret at leaving
Scotland--Extension of the Franchise--Louis Kossuth--Lord
Palmerston's intentions--A dispute--Lord Palmerston
defiant--He gives way--The Queen's anxiety--Lord Palmerston's
conduct--The Queen's comment--Death of King of Hanover--The
Suffrage--The _Coup d'Etat_--Louis Bonaparte--Excitement
in France--Lord Palmerston and Lord Normanby--State of
Paris--Lord Palmerston's approval--Birthday wishes--The
crisis--Dismissal of Lord Palmerston--Inconsistency of
Lord Palmerston--The Prince's Memorandum--Lord
Clarendon--Discussion on new arrangements--Count Walewski
informed--Lord Granville's appointment--The Queen's view of
foreign affairs--Our policy reviewed--Difficulty of fixed
principles--Prince Nicholas of Nassau--_Te Deum_ at Paris
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CHAPTER XXI

1852

Denmark--Possible fusion of parties--Orleans family--Draft of
the Speech--Women and politics--New Houses of Parliament--Lord
Palmerston's discomfiture--M. Thiers--The Prince and the
Army--Pressure of business--Defeat on Militia Bill--Interview
with Lord John Russell--Resignation of the Ministry--The Queen
sends for Lord Derby--Lord Derby and Lord Palmerston--New
appointments--New Foreign Secretary--Interview with
Lord Derby--Louis Napoleon--Audiences--Ladies of the
Household--Lord Derby and the Church--Adherence to
treaties--The Sovereign "People"--New Militia Bill--England
and Austria--Letter from Mr Disraeli--"Necessary"
measures--Question of dissolution--Lord Derby
hopeful--Progress of democracy--England and Italy--Militia
Bill carried--France and the Bourbons--Louis Napoleon's
position--Excitement at Stockport--The Queen inherits
a for