Volume I Part 12 (1/2)
Henry de Ros told hton, who told hi was ainst than Peel, and for this reason:--When the late Govern, and in reply to his desire that he should form a part of it told him he could not continue in any Government the head of which was a supporter of Catholic E proposed to hie and promise from him that the question should not be carried This of course Peel refused, and the King, who construed his rejection of the disgraceful proposal as conveying a doubt of his word, dise Head: LORD LANSDOWNE AND THE KING]
Septe up the account fro, and it was settled Herries was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer He returned and wrote to Lord Lansdowne entreating hi, and the result of his intervieas that he retained office together with his friends He wrote a letter to one of the an account of his conduct andreceived him very well and spared no entreaties to hi said that he was most anxious the present Government should continue on every account, buton the Continent; that Lord Lansdowne's holding office was indispensable for this object, and he asked hin; that what had occurred had arisen out of a series of blunders which, 'let me say,' he added, 'were neither yours nor mine' Lord Lansdowne said it was put to him in such a way that he could not do otherwise; that he had insisted with Goderich that Stanley and Mackintosh[20] should be employed This was the pith of his letter I have been with Huskisson for a week in the country; he is in good health and excellent spirits Capo d'Istria was there, going to Greece Huskisson told me he wanted reat hu I discovered froht keep the Russians quiet and prevent a war between Russia and Turkey The Sultan had announced his intention of sending any Minister to the Seven Toho should co is now quiet for theof Parliament
[20] [Mr Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby, had taken office under Mr Canning, and was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from April 1827 till January 1828 Lord Lansdowne her office]
[21] [The Treaty of London for the Settleland, France, and Russia on the 7th of July, 1827 It was of course received with indignation by the Porte, and led three ht on the 20th of October]
December 13th, 1827 {p114}
Three months have passed since the above ritten I went to Doncaster and Chatsworth, then to Newmarket, and returned to town the ht, and after three weeks' expectation we know very little about thepart of the Cabinet, with Huskisson at the head, are for letting things take their course, and for suffering Russia to go to ith Turkey, and leaving it to her to enforce the articles of the Treaty of London The plan is that Russia should occupy Moldavia and Wallachia; that the terms should then be offered to the Sultan, and that on his yielding the Greek independence these provinces should be evacuated by the Russians; this is what they propose that our mediation shall effect In theof Parliament They anticipate a violent opposition in the House of Lords; they are by no means sure of atheh to face it Lord Dudley is terrified to the greatest degree at the notion of being attacked by Lord Grey Then, though they are not disunited, they derive no strength fro has assumed, and the peremptory manner in which he has claie, is both a proof of the weakness of Govern themselves, and the cause of distrust mixed with conte and the Duke of Clarence made the promotions and dispensed the honours after the battle of Navarino without consulting the Ministers The King gave Sumner the Bishopric of Winchester in the saeneral opinion that the Cabinet is weak, that they do not act together with cordiality, that they have neither energy nor authority, and are not likely to keep their places It has been currently reported that they would willingly have censured Codrington, and have thrown the responsibility of the battle from their own shoulders upon his, if they had dared, but that they were prevented by the precipitate approbation expressed by the King
These things are greatly exaggerated, but are not without foundation
[22] [_Vide supra_, p 45, when Lord Liverpool caused the nomination of Mr Sumner to a canonry of Windsor to be cancelled, because he had not been consulted The King took the earliest opportunity of appointing him to the See of Llandaff, whence he was soon afterwards translated to that of Winchester He died in 1874]
[Page Head: LORD GodERICH'S RESIGNATION]
December 15th, 1827
The Ministry is at an end Goderich resigned either by letter to the King yesterday or at the Council on Thursday They have been going on ill together for sousted at his inefficiency, and at the assue
Huskisson is away, and wishes to be out They are embarrassed with the Greek question, and have to meet Parliament with an is and th produced Goderich's resignation Yesterday the Chancellor, Dudley, and Huskisson were backwards and forwards to the King all day, and when he went to Windsor at half-past five they were still in the Palace, and he left thehton reotiate and co is quite mad upon the Catholic question, and that his real desire is to get rid of the Whigs, take back the Duke of Wellington, and make an anti-Catholic Government This seems to be quite impossible in the present state of affairs, but a few days will probably produce soe
1828
January 2nd, 1828 {p116}
As soon as Lord Goderich had resigned they sent to Lord Harrowby and offered him the Pre, but refused the place His refusal was immediately known, and of course there were a variety of conjectures and opinions afloat as to the man ould be chosen A few days, however, put an end to these, for it was announced, to the astonishment of everybody, that Goderich had returned to town, and that he would not resign Here ended this reat noise for a few days; but the effects of what passed are yet to be seen when Parliament meets The injury which Goderich's conduct has done to the Governht theeneral opinion they will not be able to retain their places, and there are a great variety of persons in both Houses of Parliament who are disposed to withdraw fro's Governive to this As matters now stand they do not themselves know upon whom they can count, nor who are their friends and who their foes They are, however, to have Lord Holland in the Cabinet, to help them on in the House of Lords, but it is very doubtful whether his appointnation of some of the Tory members of the Government and the secession of so can exceed the alar contest in Parlia nor feeling confidence, there seeh the session
I have heard noand of his intentions, except that he said he did not see why he was to be the only gentleman in his dominions as not to eat his Christuel has been with hireat h, but is very shy He went out stag-hunting in red coat and full hunting costuor told eons who attended the Duke of York through his long and painful illness had ever received the sh their na
He toldsixteen years that he attended the Duke and his whole fauinea by way of fee or any paye Head: MR BROUGHAM AT PANSHANGER]
About three weeks ago I passed a few days at Panshanger, where I , and from the hour of his arrival to that of his departure he never ceased talking The party was agreeable enough--Luttrell, Rogers, &c-- but it was corossing all the talk, though he could not help listening with pleasure Brougham is certainly one of theof what he is in the world, his alaiety and animal spirits, his humour mixed with sarcasm, but not ill-natured, his wonderful information, and the facility hich he handles every subject, fro a mind full of varied and extensive infor to escape it, I never saw any man whose conversation impressed me with such an idea of his superiority over all others As Rogers said the us, Demosthenes, Archireat reat st other things (which I do not believe) his conviction that the Queen had never had any intrigue with Berga out the departure of Rastelli, which happened fro Rastelli in the street, recognising hiues, and at first did not believe the story, but by putting artful questions, and watching their effect, he found it was so, and then out he carand discussion whether they should not throw up their briefs and stop there, and he was all for it, but was overruled and gave way The person as ot a notion that they could not any of them speak to evidence, and he wanted to make such a speech, which he fancied he could do very well Brougha counsel for the Queen he always reserved to hiht fit, whatever the opinions of his colleagues ave their sentiments upon every debated point _seriatiht alike
The Queen never could bear him, and was seldom civil to him When she had to answer the address of the House of Commons she appealed to her counsel for their advice, which they declined to give, and she was furious, for she wanted to make them advise her to accept the propositions of the House, which would have been very unpopular, and then throw the odiuhly of Alderman Wood, who behaved very well, never annoyed or interfered with theether a _brave hoha the Queen's trial _vide supra_, p 37, October 15, 1820]
[24] [This was the address moved by Mr Wilberforce on the 22nd of June, 1820 (_vide supra_, p 30, June 23rd, 1820) Lord Brougham states in his 'Memoirs' that the Queen resolved to reject the advice of Parliaham's letters written at the time he calls Wood 'the ass and alderue which brought the Queen to England]
If it had been possible to recollect all that Brougham said on this and a hundred other subjects, it would be orth writing down, but such talk is e Head: CHARACTER OF MR BROUGHAM]
After all Brougha and very remarkable instance of the inefficacy of the most splendid talents, unless they are accompanied with other qualities, which scarcely admit of definition, but which must serve the sahareat reputation and he makes a considerable income at the bar; but as an advocate he is left behind by men of far inferior capacity, whose names are hardly known beyond the precincts of their courts or the boundaries of their circuits As a stateshest offices, and however he may be admired or feared as an orator or debater, he neither commands respect by his character nor inspires confidence by his genius, and in this contrast between his pretensions and his situation more humble abilities may find room for consolation and cease to contemplate with envy his immense superiority To suppose that his ambition can be satisfied in the possession of natural and acquired powers far greater than the majority of mankind would be contrary to all experience Such men consider their acquirereater ends, and the disappointments which they frequently meet with in the pursuit of their objects of as of pride and satisfaction which conscious superiority is calculated to inspire The life of a politician is probably one of deep mortification, for the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, and few things can bethan to see men far inferior to ourselves enabled by fortune and circumstances to attain e toil after in vain, and to learn fros there are in this life of greater practical utility than splendid abilities and unwearied industry