Volume II Part 18 (1/2)

December 4th, 1831 {p222}

Dined with Talleyrand yesterday He complained to me of Durham's return, and of 'sa funeste influence sur Lord Grey:' that because he had been at Brussels and at Paris, he fancied nobody but hin affairs; he praised Pal to Lady Harroho told me John Russell had been with her, all moderation and candour, and evidently for the purpose of keeping alive the aotiation When Lady Harrowby said it was over, he replied, 'For the present,' said how glad he should be of a coht be instruht move an amendment in the House of Commons; abused Macaulay's violent speech--in short, was all mild and _doucereux_--all which proves that they _do_ wish to coe it conveniently Lord John Russell told her that there was no going on with Durham, that he never left Lord Grey, tormented his heart out, and made him so ill and irritable that he could not sleep

Durhan Affairs

December 7th, 1831 {p223}

Parliah wordy and ill-written There was an oversight in the Address, which was corrected in both Houses by Peel and Lord Harrowby, but not taken _as an aht be inserted in Lord Ca of Holland and the treaty The Address says that they rejoice _at the treaty_, whereas there is none at present Lord Lyttelton made a very foolish speech, and was very well cut up by Lord Harrowby, and Peel spoke well in the other House

Decee Head: AN APPEAL FROM LORD CHANCELLOR BROUGHAM]

At Court yesterday to swear in Erskine,[5] Broughae in Bankruptcy and Privy Councillor The Chancellor is in a great rage with ), the first appeal of the kind for above a hundred years;[6] I told hied to know if he had any wish as to who should be summoned to hear it He said very tartly, 'Of course I shall have somebody to hear it _with me_' I said, 'Do you mean to hear it yourself, then?' 'And pray why not? don't I hear appeals from myself every day in the House of Lords? didn't you see that I could not hear a case the other day because Lord Lyndhurst was not there? I have _a right_ to hear it I sit there as a Privy Councillor' 'Oh,' I said, 'you have certainly _a right_ if you choose it' 'Youunusual in the Privy Council,' and then he flounced off in high dudgeon I told Lord Lansdowne afterwards, who said he should not allow it to be heard by _hireat law authorities of the Privy Council This was the case of Drax _v_ Grosvenor, which excited great interest, in which Broughaed to defeat, and the judgment was reversed, as is described farther on I never had the advantage of seeing the Chancellor before in his sulks, though he is by no means unfrequently in them, very particularly so this ti in his ht he was ill-used, so Auckland told ht Hon Thoe in Bankruptcy, and afterwards a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas]

[6] [It was an Appeal in Lunacy No other appeals save in Lunacy lie fro in Council, and these are very rare Drax _v_ Grosvenor is reported in Knapp's 'Privy Council Reports']

The cholera is on the decline at Sunderland, but in the meantime our trade will have been put under such restrictions that the greatest eence is already come that the Manchester people have curtailed their orders, and many workmen will be out of work Yesterday a deputation froorical answer as to whether Government meant to resulove trade at Coventry would discharge their workmen

December 11th, 1831 {p224}

Yesterday Harrowby had an intervieith Lord Grey, the result of which I do not knoalked with Stuart (de Rothesay) in the ton the day before I said I was afraid he was very obstinate He said 'No, he thought not, but that the Duke fancied Wharncliffe had gone too far'

[Page Head: THE SECOND REFORM BILL]

To-morrow the Reform Bill comes on Some say that it will be as hotly disputed as ever, and that Peel's speeches indicate a bitterness undieneral tone and tee like a decent compromise, thethe business to an end by any means What has already taken place between the Government and Wharncliffe and Harrowby has certainly s of asperity which before existed The press, too, is less violent, the 'Morning Herald' openly preaching a co that sort of shich, if it does not indicate a change, shows a disposition to take such a position as _--Called on Lord Bathurst in theout, and stopped to talk to hi Street; that Lords Harrowby, Wharncliffe, and Chandos were to meet the Chancellor and Lords Althorp and Grey; that Chandos had gone to Brighton, ostensibly to talk to the King about the West Indies, but had taken the opportunity to throw in so desired him to speak to Palmerston, and allowed hi, it see on, for he reads no newspapers and the Household tell hily Chandos did speak to Pal these three would meet the three Ministers above ham did not arrive till the conference was nearly over There was an abundant interchange of civilities, but nothing concluded, the Ministers declining every proposition that Lord Harrowby h Lord Grey owned that they did not ask for anything which involved an abandonment of the principle of the Bill They are, then, not a bit nearer an accoe Bentinck toldof a scene which had been related to him by the Duke of Richmond, that lately took place at a Cabinet dinner; it was very soon after Durhaotiations and question of coe and impertinence, because he is the only person whom he dares attack

After dinner he made a violent _sortie_ on Lord Grey (it was at Althorp's), said he would be eternally disgraced if he suffered any alterations to be made in this Bill, that he was a betrayer of the cause, and, a kept him in town on account of this Bill in the su been the cause of the death of his son'

Richmond said in his life he never witnessed so painful a scene, or one which excited such disgust and indignation in every member of the Cabinet Lord Grey was ready to burst into tears, said he would much rather work in the coal-mines than be subject to such attacks, on which the other ht do worse,'

or soot up and left the room

Lord Grey very soon retired too, when the other Ministers discussed this extraordinary scene, and considered what steps they ought to take They thought at first that they should require Durhay (ie before all of them) to Lord Grey for his impertinence, which they deemed due to _the occurred in his house, but as they thought it was quite certain that Durhaht be pained at another scene, they forbore to exact this