Volume II Part 14 (1/2)

July 28th, 1831 {p170}

On Tuesday night they got through Schedule A, but in a very bungling ed the Bill, not, however, that anything can hurt it in the House of Cos may tell in the House of Lords; but on the question of Saltash, which the Opposition did not consider as a very strong case, so little that they had not intended to divide on it, John Russell and the rest suddenly gave way, and without inforht to be in Schedule B On a division all the Ministers voted with, the Opposition, so the borough was transferred to B Their friends were furious, and not without reason, that they had not deterht to be placed, and have transferred it the them in the dilemma they were in when the division arrived A court and levee yesterday

Oatlands, July 31st, 1831 {p170}

[Page Head: CANNING'S NEGOTIATION WITH THE WHIGS]

The Arbuthnots and Mr Loch here I rode down after the Opera last night; walked for an hour and a half with Arbuthnot under the shade of one of the great trees, talking of various oldand his disputes and differences with the Duke of Wellington He says that the Duke's principal objection to Canning was the knowledge of his having negotiated with the Whigs previously to Lord Liverpool's illness, which was communicated to the Duke; he would not say by whom The person ent between theha Sir Robert spoke to Huskisson, and he to Canning What they said was this: that finding his view so liberal, they were ready to support and join hi Minister (on Lord Liverpool's death or resignation) that they would serve under hi sent to this, nor whether he _did_ anything on it, but when on Lord Liverpool's illness Canning went to the King at Windsor, he told hi nas,' but this he entreated the King not to , and to hi had said The Duke told the King that he was already aware of Canning's intercourse with the Whigs, and with that knowledge that he could not consent to his being Prime Minister, as he could have no confidence in hination of the Ministers, but after the difficulties had begun, Knighton came to Arbuthnot, and said he was afraid his Royal Master had done a great deal ofhad said, that he was very anxious to bring the Duke and Canning together again, and asked hi and see what could be done Arbuthnot declined, but said if Canning _wished_ to see hi conversation, in which he expressed his desire to go on with the Duke, and it was agreed the Duke should call on hied The Duke called on him, and they talked of a variety of matters, but not a word passed about the formation of a new Ministry Arbuthnot went to the House, and told Canning howhad come of this conversation, to which he made no reply, but Arbuthnot found afterwards that between his leaving Canning and the Duke's going to him Peel had been to him and proposed that the Duke should be Pri that it was a measure of the party and done with the Duke's consent, that he resolved not to utter a word to the Duke on the subject, and so ended the hopes of their agree could have been done, for Canning was bent upon being Prime Minister; and I asked Arbuthnot to what the Duke would have consented, and he said, 'Not to that,' that after the transaction with the Whigs he could not have felt sufficient confidence in Canning to agree to his being Priht to have refused to act with hi Priround of his objection was shi+fted) Originally the King could not bear Canning, and he was only persuaded by the Duke to take him into the Cabinet Afterwards he was so offended at the influence he acquired there, and particularly with that which he had got over the mind of Lord Liverpool, that he one day sent for Arbuthnot and desired him to tell Lord Liverpool that he could not endure to see Canning make a puppet of him, and he would rather he was Prime Minister at once than have all the poithout the na him (Lord Liverpool) as he pleased, and that unless he could shake off this influence he was determined not to let him continue at the head of the Govern rid of Canning altogether This Arbuthnot wrote to Lord Liverpool, rote an answer couched in ter he by no ues would resent any indignity offered to hi had better take care what he was about, and not, by producing disunion in the Governn as disastrous as the beginning of it had been prosperous

Not very long after Canning got into favour, and in this way:--Harriet Wilson at the tiot hold of soha, unless he gave her a large su she could

This produced diset Ponsonby away and to silence the wo to have recourse to Canning, who saw the opening to favour, jumped at it, and instantly offered to provide for Ponsonby and do anything which could relieve the King from trouble Ponsonby was sent to Buenos Ayres forthwith, and the letters were bought up Frorew in favour, which he took every ained coe Head: CANNING AND THE LIVERPOOL ADMINISTRATION]

Arbuthnot said that Canning and Castlereagh had always gone on well together after their reconciliation, but that Lord Liverpool's subjection to him arose more from fear than affection Liverpool told Arbuthnot that he earnestly desired to resign his office, that his health was broken, and he was only retained by the consideration that his retire up a Governues to hi worked with a twenty-horse power; that his sensitiveness was such that he [Canning] felt every paragraph in a newspaper that reflected on hi causes produced an irritation on his mind, which was always vented upon him (Lord Liverpool), and that every time the door was opened he dreaded the arrival of a packet froreat favour with the King, who talked to him and consulted him, but he nearly cut hihton came to Arbuthnot and desired hi Prime Minister, which he told hi was just civil to the Duke and that was all The Duke had always suspected that Canning wanted all along to be Priratulate Nicholas it was to get him out of the way, and he was the o on to Moscow for the coronation, which he positively refused, having proly was Canning never had a great opinion of Huskisson, nor really liked hi conversant with the subjects on which he was hinorant--trade and finance; but he did not conte in the Cabinet, and had no confidence in his judgment or his discretion; and this tallies hat Lady Canning told h certainly he did not do Huskisson justice in any hich Arbuthnot ad's illness, and by the vigilant watch he kept over the property of various kinds prevented the pillage which Lady Conyngha, but did notchiefly intent upon areat deal of Peel, of the difficulty of going on with him, of his coldness, inco the Liverpool Railroad he had invited the Duke, Aberdeen, and so theone to it, nothing settled and nothing elicited from Peel; that on the late occasion of the wine duties they had gone to Peel and asked hiht out and divide on it; that he had referred them to Goulburn, who had decided in the affirthat was said in debate, and marched off _sans mot dire_; that somebody was sent after him to represent the bad effect of his departure, and entreat hione to bed This is by no means the first time Arbuthnot has spoken to s How are the Duke and he to ain, especially after what Lyndhurst said of the Duke? Necessity h coer may unite them, there the seeds of disunion always must be I have scribbled down all I can recollect of a very loose conversation, and perhaps so else may occur to me by-and-by

In the meantime to return to the events of the present day

Althorp raised a terrible stor that the House should sit on Saturday They spent six hours debating the question, which h they did not sit yesterday, they gained nothing andMurray made a conciliatory speech, which Burdett complimented, and all went on harmoniously

John Russell is ill, nearly done up with fatigue and exertion and the bad ate Head: LONG WELLESLEY AND BROUGHAM]

Long Wellesley has given up his daughter and has been discharged from arrest I met the Solicitor-General yesterday, who told ha terribly nervous about it This was clear, for both he and Wellesley aiting for the report of the Coha of what he should do and should have done had it been unfavourable to his authority The fact is that Long Wellesley was contumacious, but after a short confinement he knocked under and yielded to the Chancellor on all points, and was released fro on the Coronation business yesterday , and took into consideration the estimates That from the Chamberlain's Office was 70,000 and upwards, which was referred to a sub-coust 5th, 1831 {p175}

Yesterday nation in consequence of the division in the Chamber of Deputies on the election of President He had very unnecessarily con if Lafitte was elected, and though the other candidate (M Girod de l'Ain) was chosen, as it was, only by a majority of five, he considered this tantaly went out of office[2] It was supposed, but not quite certain, that Mole would be First Minister, but withoutable to keep that post

[2] [M Casih he had ned it He remained in power till his death which took place froe Head: HOLLAND AND BELGIUM]

At the sa of Holland has iue, Prince Frederick, and the Prince of Nassau

This, however, was pree in a proclamation to his arht at half-past nine, and that he marches 'to secure equitable terms of separation,' not therefore for the purpose of reconquest I saw Lord Grey in the reat consternation, the more particularly as he told me a Dutch Plenipotentiary had arrived the day before with full powers to treat, and that he had not in his intercourse with hi of Holland's intentions In the evening I had a long conversation with Matuscewitz He says that it is impossible to foresee the end of all this, but that theat the uess what the French may do, and the Conferences are useless, because any resolution they may make s produced by events hastening on elsewhere The King of Holland has all along very justly cos of the Allies towards him, which they justify by necessity ('the tyrant's plea') and to which he has been obliged sulkily to sub, except in an arotiating, but without ress, and the Dutch It is reht the reunion he could get no money at all, but no sooner did he renounce the idea of reunion, and propose to make war for objects ot a loan filled (in two days) to the a When the proposition was reed upon, there was a general understanding that the King of Holland would consent to the separation of the two States, and that the Belgians should resign their clai, and after Lord Ponsonby's letter which made so much noise, Falck's protestation, and Ponsonby's recall this seemed to be clearly established When Leopold received the offer of the Crown, he only consented to take it upon an understanding that the Belgians would agree to the ter was settled he took fright and began to repent, and it ith soian deputies with assurances that these terms would be complied with Go, however, he did, and that unaccoht or consequence from this country Matuscewitz told me that he went on his knees to Paletting into scrapes, and that Talleyrand and Falck, by far the best heads a them, had both predicted that Leopold would speedily coht be irreparable[3] Our Government, however, paid no attention to these rely he had no sooner arrived than, intoxicated with the applause he received, he forgot all that had occurred here and all the resolutions of the Allies, and flourished off speeches in direct contradiction to them, and announced his deterdonation of the King of Holland, but it is unfortunate that he could not be patient a little longer Notwithstanding his march, however, his Plenipotentiary here has full power to treat of all the disputed points, and is authorised to put a stop to hostilities at any moment when he can see the prospect of satisfaction; it is, however, believed here (though at present not on any sufficient grounds) that Prussia secretly supports the King of Holland The danger is that France may without any further coression of the Dutch as a justification of a corresponding movement on her part, and should this happen the Prussians would no longer deeations which united all the conferring and eneral ould infallibly ensue Nor is it unlikely that the French Ministry, beset as they are with difficulties, and holding their offices _de die in die the nation and bringing all the restless spirits and unquiet hu been of opinion that such s cannot end without a good deal of blood-letting [The Prussians did not support the Dutch, the French did ust 28th]