e must have raised him to the
pinnacle of Parliamentary fame and political power. Perhaps he
would have partaken in this delusion, and have bitterly lamented
the success which had deprived him of a more brilliant fortune and
a loftier fame; for it may reasonably be doubted whether all his
laborious investigations of the deepest recesses of the human
mind, and his extensive acquaintance with the theory of mental
phenomena, would have enabled him accurately to ascertain the
practical capabilities of his own mind, and to arrive at those
just conclusions which should indicate to him that path of life on
which it was most expedient for him to travel, with reference to
the strength of his understanding, and the softness, not to say
feebleness, of his character.

[3] Sir James Mackintosh was a member of the Board of
Control under Lord Grey's Government. He never held any
other office in England.

CHAPTER XXX.

Emperor Nicholas's Speech at Warsaw--His respect for opinion in
England--Burdett proposes the expulsion of O'Connell from
Brookes's--Club law--George Villiers at Madrid--Lord Segrave
Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire--Dispute between France and
America--Allen's account of Mackintosh and Melbourne--
Prolongation of a Patent--Should Dr. Arnold be made a Bishop?--
Frederic Elliot--O'Connell's mischievous influence--Bretby--
Chesterfield MSS.--The Portfolio--Lord Cottenham and Lord
Langdale--Opening of Parliament--The Judicial Committee--
Poulett Thomson at the Board of Trade--Mr. Perceval's
interviews with the Ministers--Prospects of the Tories--Lord
Stanley's relations to them--Holland House Anecdotes--
Mischievous Effects of the division on his Address--The youth
of Macaulay--Brougham and Macaulay--Lord William Bentinck--
Review of Sir R. Peel's conduct--Dr. Hampden's appointment--The
Orange Lodges.

November 17th, 1835 {p.319}

Since I have been in London, on my return from the Newmarket
meetings, I have had nothing to note. The O'Connell and Raphael
wrangle goes on, and will probably come before Parliament. It
appears to make a greater sensation at Paris than here; there,
however, all other sensations are absorbed in that which the
Emperor of Russia's speech at Warsaw has produced, and which
indicates an excitement, or ferocity, very like insanity.[1]
Melbourne mentioned at dinner on Sunday that it was not only
quite co