The Greville Memoirs, Vol. 2 of 3
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Excerpt from The Greville Memoirs, Vol. 2 of 3: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. And King William IV The Prince of Orange - Peel´s Reserve - Ministers beaten - Parliament dissolved by the King in Person - Tumult in both Houses - Failure of the Whig Ministry - The King in their Hands - The Elections - Illumination in the City - The Queen alarmed - Lord Lyndhurst´s View of the Bill - Lord Grey takes the Garter - The King at Ascot - Windsor under William IV. - Brougham at Hanbury, Buxton & Co.´s Brewery and at the British Museum - Breakfast at Rogers´ - The Cholera - Quarantine - Meeting of Peers - New Parliament meets - Opened by the King - ´Hernani´ at Bridgewater House - The Second Reform Bill - The King´s Coronation - Cobbett´s Trial - Prince Leopold accepts the Crown of Belgium - Peel and the Tories - A Rabble Opposition - A Council for the Coronation; Preparations for the Coronation - Long Wellesley committed by the Chancellor for Contempt - Alderman Thompson and his Constituents - Prince Leopold goes to Belgium - Royal Tombs and Remains - The Lieutenancy of the Tower - The Cholera - The Belgian Fortresses - Secret Negotiations of Canning with the Whigs - Transactions before the Close of the Liverpool Administration - Duke of Wellington and Peel - The Dutch invade Belgium - Defeat of the Belgian Army - The French enter Belgium - Lord Grey´s Composure - Audience at Windsor - Danger of Reform - Ellen Tree - The French in Belgium - Good-wood - The Duke of Richmond - The Reform Bill in Difficulties - Duke of Wellington calls on Lord Grey - The King declines to be kissed by the Bishops - Talleyrand´s Conversation - State of Europe and France - Coronation Squabbles - The King divides the old Great Seal between Brougham and Lyndhurst - Relations of the Duchess of Kent to George IV. and William IV. - The Coronation - Irritation of the King - The Cholera - A Dinner at St. James´s - State of the Reform Bill - Sir Augustus d´Este - Madame Junot - State of France - Poland; Whig and Tory Meetings on Reform - Resolution to carry the Bill - Holland - Radical Jones - Reform Bill thrown out by the Lords - Dorsetshire Election - Division among the Tories - Bishop Phillpotts - Prospects of Reform - Its Dangers - Riots at Bristol - The Cholera at Sunderland - An Attempt at a Compromise on Reform - Lord Wharncliffe negotiates with the Ministers - Negotiation with Mr. Barnes About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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