ccordingly thrown out in the Senate (I think the Senate) by
a small majority. Though we have nothing to do with Hanover, this
violence will, no doubt, render him still more odious here than
he was before, and it would be an awful thing if the Crown were,
by any accident, to devolve upon him. The late King's desire to
effect this change affords an indisputable proof of the sincerity
of his constitutional principles, and it is no small praise that
he was satisfied with a constitutional sovereignty, and did not
hanker after despotic power.

July 25th, 1837 {p.012}

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I remained at Knowsley till Saturday morning, when I went to
Liverpool, got into the train at half-past eleven, and at five
minutes after four arrived at Birmingham with an exact
punctuality which is rendered easy by the great reserved power of
acceleration, the pace at which we travelled being moderate and
not above one half the speed at which they do occasionally go;
one engineer went at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, but
the Company turned him off for doing so. I went to Kenilworth,
and saw the ruins of Leicester's Castle, and thence to Warwick to
see the Castle there, with both of which I was very much
delighted, and got to town on Sunday to find myself in the midst
of all the interest of the elections, and the sanguine and
confident assertions and expectations of both parties. The first
great trial of strength was in the City yesterday; and though
Grote beat Palmer at last, and after a severe struggle, by a very
small majority, it is so far consolatory to the Conservative
interest that it shows a prodigious change since the last general
election, when the Conservative candidate was 2,000 behind his
opponents.

July 28th, 1837 {p.013}

The borough elections in England, as far as they have gone, and
they are nearly over, have disappointed the Government, who
expected to gain in them.[5] The contests have been numerous,
often very close, and in some instances very costly. Norwich, won
with the greatest difficulty by Lord Douro and Scarlett, is said
to have cost L50,000. A compromise was offered at Yarmouth and at
Norwich, but the parties could not come to terms, and the result
has been the same as if it had taken place--two Tories in one
place and two Whigs in the other. There have been a vast number
of changes, and, as always happens, results very different from
what were expected in particular places