of no family, and his son is already a Peer. The
King, when these other Peers were created, asked Canning to name
somebody. He said he had nobody about whom he was interested but
Charles Ellis, and the King consenting to his elevation, it was
all arranged without his knowledge. However, it is thought very
ridiculous, and that he would have done much better to have
declined it. Clanricarde, too, being made a Marquis and an
English Peer is thought an indirect exertion of Canning's
influence.

[5] [Charles Rose Ellis, created Baron Seaford in 1826.
Lord Seaford was the father of Charles Augustus Ellis,
who succeeded to the title of Lord Howard de Walden
through his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Caroline
Hervey, granddaughter of the fourth Earl of Bristol,
who was the last Baron Howard de Walden, as heir
general of Thomas, first Baron. The son of Lord Seaford
had married a daughter of the fifth Duke of Portland,
and was consequently a connection of Mr. Canning.]

London, December 14th, 1826 {p.083}

The Duke of York very ill; has been at the point of death several
times from his legs mortifying. Canning's speech the night before
last was most brilliant; much more cheered by the Opposition than
by his own friends. He is thought to have been imprudent, and he
gave offence to his colleagues by the concluding sentence of his
reply, when he said, '_I_ called into existence the new world to
redress the balance of the old.' The _I_ was not relished.
Brougham's compliment to Canning was magnificent, and he was
loudly cheered by Peel; altogether it was a fine display.

Yesterday the Duke [of York] told me that the late King [George
III.] was walking with him one day at Kew, and his Majesty said,
'The world tells many lies, and here is one instance. I am said
to have held frequent communication with Lord Bute, and the last
time I ever saw or spoke to him was in that pavilion in the year
1764.' The King went over to breakfast with his mother, the
Princess Dowager, and she took him aside and said, 'There is
somebody here who wishes very much to speak to you.' 'Who is it?'
'Lord Bute.' 'Good God, mamma! how could you bring him here? It
is impossible for me to hold any communication with Lord Bute in
this manner.' However, he did see him, when Lord Bute made a
violent attack upon him for having abandoned and neglected him.
The King replied that