at length determined that
this matter should rest till Huskisson's return. Huskisson agreed
with his colleagues about Herries, went to the King, and spoke to
him openly and firmly on the subject. The King consented that
another arrangement should be made; the one proposed was, that
Sturges Bourne should be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Herries
take the Woods and Forests without a seat in the Cabinet.
Herries, who had constantly refused to accede to any arrangement
by which he was to be excluded from the Cabinet, said he would
consider of it; but in the meantime Sturges took fright, and
refused to take the Exchequer. In vain Huskisson offered to take
all the trouble on himself, and they all tried to persuade
Sturges. He would not do it, and so this arrangement fell to the
ground. They went again to the King yesterday to report progress
and state to him what had occurred. When they came back
(Goderich, Huskisson, Sturges, Herries, and the Chancellor)
Goderich wrote a long letter to Lord Lansdowne, and he is to go
to the King again this evening.

I had a long conversation with Tierney yesterday, and I find that
the Whig Ministers are sick to death of their situation and
anxious to resign. They think they are not treated with the
consideration which is due to them whether as individuals or as
the representatives of a great party who are supporting the
Government. Then they think Goderich has behaved so ill in this
affair that they can have no confidence in him. They believe so
much in the integrity of his character that they do not suspect
him of any duplicity in what has passed, but his conduct has been
marked by such deplorable weakness as shows how unfit he is for
the situation he occupies. He has acted equally ill to the King,
to his colleagues, and to Herries himself. The history of the
transaction is this:--While Goderich was Chancellor of the
Exchequer Herries was the man upon whose assistance he relied to
carry on the business of his office, and who in fact did it all
for him. As soon as he was at the head of the Treasury he
felt that Herries would be equally necessary to him, and he
accordingly pressed him to take the office of Chancellor of the
Exchequer, which Herries declined. After repeated solicitations,
Herries told him that he had no objection to belong to his
Government, and that he would take the office of Vice-President
of the Board of Trade, and do all his Treasury business for him
(this is the a