Volume I Part 26 (2/2)
Dined at Lord Lansdowne's; Moore, Rogers, J Russell, Spring Rice, Charles Keers was overpowered by nuood professional stories, and they all agreed that Irish courts of justice afforded the finest ians' are both founded on facts; the stories are in the 'New Monthly Magazine;' they said the author had not ians' story Very odd nervousness of Moore; he could not tell that story (of Craed hied in neck and shoulders, because everybody was telling just such stories; he is delighted with hter and her success--said she enty, and that she had once seen Mrs Siddons in 'Lady Randolph' when she was seven years old She was so affected in 'Mrs Beverley' that he was obliged to carry her into her dressing-room, where she screamed for five minutes; the last scream (when she throws herself on his body) was involuntary, not in the part, and she had not intended it, but could not resist the impulse She likes Juliet the best of her parts
February 28th, 1830 {p280}
Dined yesterday with Lord Stanhope; Murray the bookseller (who published 'Belisarius'), Wilkie the painter, and Lord Strangford; nobody else of note Wilkie appears stern, and ht pass for mad; he said very little Murray chattered incessantly; talked to htily provoked if he had heard hih Lord Stanhope is ae in his appearance, so ultra-Tory and anti-Liberal in his politics, full of inforood deal of drollery Murray toldto write a 'Life of Petrarch' Croker would have written Lawrence's Life if Campbell [the poet] had not seized the task before anybody else thought of laying hold of it He has circulated a co to communicate will send their letters to _his secretary_, and not to hie Head: FOR ITALY]
March 2nd, 1830
To-o there, without violent expectations of pleasure, but not thinking of disappoint in it; there are a few people whose society I regret, but as to friends or those who care for me, or for whom I care, I leave few behind
CHAPTER VIII
Calais--Beau Brunac and Charles X--The Duke of Orleans--State of Parties--Talleyrand-- Lyons--First Io--Genoa--Road to Florence--Pisa--Florence--Lord and Lady Burghersh--Thorwaldsen--Lord Cochrane--Rome-- St Peter's--Frascati--Grotta Ferrata--Queen Hortense and Louis Napoleon--Coliseum--Death of Lady Northampton--The Moses-- Gardens--Palm Sunday--Sistine Chapel--The Cardinals--Popes-- Cardinal Albani--The Farnese Palace--A Dead Cardinal--Pasquin-- Statue of Pompey--Galleries and Catacombs--Bunsen--The Papal Benediction--Ceremonies of the Holy Week--The Grand Penitentiary--A Confession--Protestant Cemetery--Illumination of St Peter's--Torlonia--Bunsen on the Forue Head: PARIS IN MARCH 1830]
Paris, March 6th, 1830 {p282}
I left London at three o'clock on Wednesday, the 3rd, and arrived at Dover between twelve and one Went over in the packet at nine on Thursday, which was not to have sailed till twelve, but did go at nine, principally because they heard that I had got despatches, for I had armed myself with three passports couched in such ter passage--near four hours--and the day nificent Landed with difficulty in boats Detained at Calais till seven There I had a long conversation with Brummell about his Consulshi+p, and was moved by his account of his own distresses to write to the Duke of Wellington and ask hi, dressing; some pretty pieces of old furniture in the rooreen macaw perched on the back of a tattered silk chair with faded gilding; full of gaiety, impudence, and misery
Lord Tweeddale caether He was full of the Duke of Richht, which he said had annoyed the Duke of Wellingtonthat ever happened to him, and that the Duke of Richmond was now equally sorry for what he had said
He (Tweeddale) was ee from the one Duke to the other, which, however, the Duke of Wellington did not take in good part, nor does it seem that he is at all disposed to lay aside his resenthly, and says he was greatly esteeht--the roads horrid in ht at half-past twelve
Found everything prepared--an excellent apartment, _laquais de place_, and courier Called on Lady Stewart and old Madaay and brilliant in the finest weather I ever saw I find the real business is not to begin in the Chanac is said to be very stout, but the general opinion is that he will be in a minority in the Chaood information about the state of parties For the first time (between Calais and Paris) I saw so near Abbeville and Beauvais, and the cottages near Monsieur de Clerlish look
It is Lent, and very little going on here During the Carnival they had a ball for the benefit of the poor, which was attended by 5,000 people, and produced 116,000 francs Iiven in charity, and well appropriated during the severe weather There are also nuns (_soeurs de charite_), who visit and tend the sick, whose institution is farof which our Protestant country can boast I shall only stay here a very few days
[Page Head: IMPENDING CRISIS IN FRANCE]
March 8th, 1830 {p283}
It will be difficult to get away froo at once; the plot thickens, and I a I walked about, visiting, and then went through the Tuileries and the Carrousel The Gardens were full of well-dressed and good-looking people, and the day so fine that it was a glorious sight The King is, after all, hardly master of his own palace, for the people h it, and he is the only o into the Gardens Dined with Standish, Brooke Greville, Madahter, and then went to Madame de Flahault's to see the world and hear politics After all, nobody has an idea how things will turn out, or what are Polignac's intentions or his resources Lord Stuart[1] told , but that when he saw all the Ministers perfectly calm and satisfied, and heard theh all France and a clear ainst the theyin reserve, of which people were not aware Lady Keith,[2] ho talk, told me that she did not believe it possible they could stand, that there was no revolutionary spirit abroad, but a strong determination to provide for the stability of their institutions, a disgust at the obstinacy and pretensions of the King, and a desire to substitute the Orleans for the reigning branch, which was beconorant of France, and will not listen to the opinions of those who could enlighten hi is determined to push matters to extremity, to try the Chaovern _par ordonnance du Roi_, then to try and influence the elections and obtain a Chamber more favourable than the present Sonac had recently had with the King, in which his Majesty said to him, 'Jules, est-ce que vous m'etes tres-devoue?' 'Mais oui, Sire; pouvez-vous en douter?' 'Jusqu'a aller sur l'echafaud?' 'Mais oui Sire, s'il le faut' 'Alors tout ira bien' It is thought that he has got into his head the old saying that if Louis XVI had got upon horseback he could have arrested the progress of the Revolution-- a piece of nonsense, fit only for a man 'qui n'a rien oublie ni rien appris' It is supposed the Address will be carried against the Government by about 250 to 130 (It was 221 to 180 ---- has a _tabatiere Warin_ of that day, with the names of the 221 on the lid) All the na yesterday for the Presidency are obnoxious to him, but he named Royer Collard, who had twice as many votes as any of the others It was re dropped his hat, and that the Duke of Orleans picked it up, and they always reat deal of these trifles The Duke of Orleans is, however, very ith the Court, and will not stir, let ill happen, though he probably feels like Macbeth before the , why let chance crown me Without my stir
[1] [Lord Stuart de Rothesay was then British Ambassador in Paris]
[2] [Married to Count de Flahault; in her own right Baroness Keith and Nairn She died in 1867]
March 8th, 1830, at night {p285}