ond."--Unpopularity of
the Duke of Cumberland.--"My Dog and my Gun."--Lord John Russell
Introduces a Reform Bill.--Second Reading Carried by a Majority of
One.--General Election.--Lord John Russell's Second Reform Bill Passes
the House of Commons.--Deputation to the Lords.--"Bringing up our
Bill."--The Lords Throw it Out.--Lord John Russell again brings in a
Bill.--Ministers again in a Minority in the Lords.--Earl Grey tenders
certain Alternatives.--Excitement caused by the Opposition of the
Lords.--Perplexity of the King.--How he Overcame the Opposition of the
Peers.--William IV. as Johnny Gilpin.--The King as Mazeppa and Sinbad
the Sailor.--Outrage on the Duke of Wellington.--"Taking an Airing in
Hyde Park."--"Auld Lang Syne."--"A Hint to Duellists."--"A Great
Subject Dedicated to the Royal College of Surgeons."--Sir Francis
Burdett.--"Following the Leader."--"The Dog and the Shadow."--"A Race
for the Westminster Stakes."--"A Fine Old English Gentleman."--"Jim
Crow Dance and Chorus."
_pp._ 235-253.

CHAPTER XII.

Political Sketches of HB. (continued).--Lord John
Russell.--"Jonah."--Reduction of the Stamp on Newspapers.--How it was
evaded.--Arguments of the Opponents of the Measure.--Hard and Soft
Soap _versus_ Newspapers.--Strange Arguments of the Newspaper
Proprietors of the Day.--"The Rival Newsmongers."--Brougham Watches
for the Door of Preferment being Opened.--"The Gheber Worshipping the
Rising Sun."--Made Lord Chancellor.--"A Select Specimen of the Black
Style."--A Scene in the House of Lords.--"The Duel that Did Not Take
Place."--Dissolution of Parliament in 1834.--Brougham's Royal
"Progress" through Scotland.--Annoyance of William IV., who Determines
to Get Rid of Him.--"The Fall of Icarus."--"The Vaux and the
Grapes."--The Irish Coercion Bill of 1833.--Irish Disaffection which
led Up to It.--List of Irish Crimes for One Year.--Scenes between
English and Irish Members.--"Prisoners of War."--Good Effects of the
Coercion Bill.--Irish Agitators of 1833 and 1883 Compared.--O' Connell
and the Irish Peasant.--Unscrupulous Political Conduct of
O'Connell.--"The Comet of 1835."--"Doctor Syntax [_i.e._ Peel] on his
Faithful Steed in Search of the Picturesque."--Amazing Number of HB's
Political Sketches.--His failings.--His Imitators and their Fate.
_pp._ 254-276.

CHAPTER XIII.

John Leech.--Birth.--At Charterhouse.--The "Coach