'Times' attacks Lord Brougham--His
Tour in Scotland--His Unpopularity--Cowper's Secret--Canning on
Reform--Lord Melbourne on Palmerston and Brougham--Canning and
Brougham in 1827--Senior--Lord Melbourne and the Benthamites--
His Theology--Spanish Eloquence--The Harley Papers--The Turf--
Death of Lord Spencer--The Westmeath Case heard--Law
Appointments--Bickersteth--Louis Philippe's Position.
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CHAPTER XXV.

Fall of Lord Melbourne's Government--History and Causes of this
Event--An Intrigue--Effect of the _Coup_ at Holland House--The
Change of Government--The two Camps--The King's Address to the
New Ministers--The Duke's Account of the Transaction--And Lord
Lyndhurst's--Difficult Position of the Tories--Their Policy--
The Duke in all the Offices--Negotiation with Mr. Barnes--Power
of the 'Times'--Another Address of the King--Brougham offers to
be Lord Chief Baron--Mr. Barnes dines with Lord Lyndhurst--Whig
View of the Recent Change--Liberal Views of the Tory
Ministers--The King resolved to support them--Another Account
of the Interview between the King and Lord Melbourne--Lord
Stanley's Position--Sydney Smith's Preaching at St. Paul's--
Lord Duncannon and Lord Melbourne--Relations of the four
Seceders to Peel--Young Disraeli--Lord Melbourne's Speeches at
Derby--Lord John Russell's Speech at Totness--The Duke of
Wellington's Inconsistencies and Conduct.
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CHAPTER XXVI.

Sir R. Peel arrives--The First Council--The King's Address--Lord
Stanley and Sir J. Graham decline to join the Government--Lord
Wharncliffe and Sir E. Knatchbull join--The Ministers sworn
in--Peel's Address to his Constituents--Dinner at the Mansion
House--Offer to Lord Roden--Prospects of the Election--
Stanley's Want of Influence--Pozzo di Borgo's Views--Russia and
England--Nomination of Lord Londonderry to St. Petersburg--
Parliament dissolved--State of the Constituencies--A
Governor-General for India--Sebastiani and St. Aulaire--Anecdote
of Princess Metternich--The City Elections--Lord Lyndhurst's View
of the Government--Violence of the Opposition--Close Contest at
Rochester--Sydney Herbert--Sir John Hobhouse's Views--
Anecdotes--County Elections--The Queen supposed to be with
Child--Church Ref