Volume II Part 24 (1/2)

June 25th, 1832 {p307}

At Fern Hill all last week; a great party, nothing but racing and ga; then to Shepperton, and to town on Saturday The event of the races was the King's having his head knocked with a stone

It made very little sensation on the spot, for he was not hurt, and the felloas a reat burst of loyalty in both Houses, and their Majesties were loudly cheered at Ascot The Duke of Wellington, who had been the day beforepopularity froood than harm

July 12th, 1832 {p307}

The suttee case was decided at the Privy Council on Saturday last, and was not uninteresting The Chancellor, Lord President, Graham, John Russell and Grant, Sir Edward East, the Master of Rolls, Vice-Chancellor, Lord Amherst, and Lord Wellesley were present (the latter not the last day) Lushi+ngton was for the appeal, and Hoenious speeches; when the counsel withdrew the Lords gave their opinions _seriati the order[10] of the Governor-General, but ad, therefore, that the execution of it should be suspended Sir Edward East, in a long, diffusive harangue, likewise condeainst suspension; Sir Jaainst suspension; Lord Aether John Russell gave his opinion very well The Chancellor was prolix and confused; he hit upon a bit of metaphysics in one of the cases on which he took pleasure in dilating The result was that the petition was dismissed

[10] The order was a decree of the Governor-General of India abolishi+ng the practice of suttee, against which certain Hindoos appealed to the King in Council

Another party, however, were in favour of the order, and the Rajah Raent

I know nothing of politics for so subsided, people are principally occupied with speculations on the next elections At present there is every appearance of the return of a House of Commons very favourable to the present Governether in the House of Lords, and they are ani able to turn out the Ministry, e than fro on the Government I conceive, however, that as soon as Parliament is up there will be a creation of Peers In the House of Coreat subject of interest and discussion O'Connell and the Irish members debate and adjourn just as they please, and Althorp is obliged to give way to the in his Bill, he detailed his plan in a speech of two hours They thought fit to oppose this, which is quite unusual, and O'Connell did not arrive till after Stanley had sat down Not having heard his speech he could not answer him, and he thereforethe Reform Bill, when the Tories moved an adjournment after many hours' debate, the Governht till seven o'clock in the ainst the Irish members, but they would not treat the Radicals as they did the Tories, and then on a subsequent occasion they sube Head: O'CONNELL'S DREAD OF CHOLERA]

O'Connell is supposed to be horridly afraid of the cholera He has dodged about between London and Dublin, as the disease appeared first at one and then the other place, and now that it is everywhere he shi+rks the House of Commons from fear of the heat and the atree of alarhtens all other servants out of their wits, and they frighten their masters; the death of any one person they are acquainted with terrifies peopleAs long as they read daily returns of a parcel of deaths here and there of A, B, and C they do not mind, but when they hear that Lady such a one's nurse or Sir somebody's footman is dead, they fancy they see the disease actually at their own door

July 15th, 1832 {p309}

[Page Head: IRISH titHES]

I had a good deal of conversation yesterday with Lord Duncannon and Lord John Russell about Ireland The debate the night before lasted till four o'clock O'Connellanother, talking of resistance and of his readiness to join in it This drew up Peel, who had spoken before, and hen attacked with cries of 'Spoke!' said, 'Yes, I have spoken, but I will say that no party considerations shall preventtheot up in order to throw hih he did not address hi he had said expressly John Russell spoke out what ought to have been said long ago, that the Church could not stand, but that the present clergyman must be paid Both he and Duncannon are aware of the false position in which the Governe that their laws cannot be enforced, and the latter said that, whateverat the hands of Stanley It is unfortunate that his attachment to the Church e Irish affairs, and he has contrived to make himself so personally unpopular that with the best intentions he could not give satisfaction Under these circu there is impossible, but what is to be done with him? He is of such importance in the House of Commons that they cannot part with him I asked John Russell why they did not send Hobhouse to Ireland and make Stanley Secretary of War He said would he consent to exchange? that he was tired of office, and would be glad to be out I said I could not suppose in such an eency that he would allow any personal considerations to influence hiement would be most beneficial to the Government and conducive to the settlement of Irish affairs The truth is (as I told him) that they are, with respect to Ireland, in the situation of a er live, not tenable; various architects propose this and that alteration, to build a room here and pull down one there, but at last they find that all these alterations will only serve to er, that the dry rot is in it, and that they had better begin, as they will be obliged to end, by pulling it down and building up a new one He owned this was true, but said that here another difficulty presented itself with regard to Stanley--whether he would, as a leading o so much further than he would be disposed to do I said that I could not iht be his predilections) that hisway to the state of things, and that he ht consent to measures which he felt he was not a fit person to introduce and recommend He assented to this He then talked of the views of the Protestants, of the Lefroys, &c, that they began to ade, but by no means would consent to the alienation of Church property fro where there was a large parish consisting entirely of Catholics that the tithes should be taken froe Protestant flock--an arrangeust the Catholics as much as or more than any other, and be considered a perfect le about as much as ill, we may examine and report and make laws, but tithe, the tithe system is at an end

The people will not pay the them The march of events is just as certain as that of the seasons The question which is said to be beset with difficulties is in fact very easy--that is, its difficulties arise fro interests and passions, and not fro passions are certainly very great and very e, and it is no easy matter to deal with them, but it seems to me that the wisest policy is to keep our eyes steadfastly fixed on the end, and, ad it about with the seneral benefit, and the best chance of per looks at the old syste here and there, by allowing the Church to res and tatters of its old supres which it is essential to put down for ever, and leave the seeds of grievance and hatred to spring up in a future harvest of agitation and confusion

July 25th, 1832 {p311}

Nothing of moment has occurred lately; the dread of cholera absorbs everybody Mrs So to church on Sunday , when she was seized with the disorder, never had a chance of rallying, and died at eleven at night This event, shocking enough in itself from its suddenness and the youth and beauty of the person, has created a terrible alarht, and others are suspended between their hopes of safety in country air and their dread of being reradually in all directions in town and country, but without appearing like an epideht horrible distress We, who live on the shtful appearance of the bowels of society

Don Pedro has never been heard of since he landed, and nobody seeuel succeed The Tories are for the latter and the Whigs for the forot a good finale, a large division, and a brilliant speech froiously successful Nothing could be worse in point of tactics than renewing this contest, neither party having, in fact, a good case Parlia to separate soon, and the cholera will accelerate the prorogation; not a step has been made towards an approxiainst each other with unabated virulence The moderate Tories talk of their desire to see the Governive the any diminished hostility to them as a party Opinions are so different as to the probable composition of the next Parliament, that it is difficult to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion about it The Tories evidently expect that they shall reappear in very forh in particular places the Tory party is entirely crushed; the sooner it is so altogether the better, for no good can be expected from it, and it would be far better to erect a Conservative party upon a new and broader basis than to try and bolster up this worn-out, prejudiced, obstinate faction But the ti; the h there of fortune, energy, activity, zeal, and ahams, but a host of fellows of the calibre of the actors in the old French Constituent assee Head: QUARREL BETWEEN BROUGHAM AND SUGDEN]

There has been a great breeze between the Chancellor and Sugden, abusing and retorting upon each other from their respective Houses of Parliareater interest than any others, so has this Scott, Lord Eldon's son, died, and his places becao in his evidence before the House of Coave notice to Horne (Solicitor-General) that he meant to put a question to him in the House of Commons as to whether these appointments were to be filled up or not, but before he did so (at four o'clock in the ham, who had been put by the Chancellor in Scott's place

Accordingly the next day Sugden attacked the appointh he was by way of only asking a question, he in factvituperative speech nobody was there to reply Althorp said he knew nothing of the matter, and various speeches were made, all expressive of a desire that the appointment should only be temporary Horne (it seeden said, and Denet up and say that it was not to be per received instructions froham introduced the subject in the House of Lords, and attacked Sugden with all the sarcas hi reptile,' &c Not one of his Tory friends said a word, and, what is curious, the Duke of Wellington praised Brougham for his disinterestedness, and old Eldon defended the place The following day (Friday) Sugden again brought the matter before the House of Commons, complained bitterly of the Chancellor's speech, was called to order by Stanley, when the Speaker interfered, and, dexterously turning Sugden's attack upon the newspaper report, enabled hio on

A violent discussion followed, rather aard for the Chancellor, whose friends endeavoured to soften the thing down by denying the accuracy of the report After much acrimonious debate the haden, asserted the accuracy of its own reporter, and declared that whether the Chancellor was right or wrong to have uttered them, the words were spoken by him exactly as they had been reported

Both parties are furious, but on the whole the Chancellor seems at present to have the worst of it, for it is worse for a , and more indecent to be scurrilous, than for an individual who is nothing Sugden now declares he will bring on ameditated on the subject of the Court of Chancery, in which he will exhibit to the world the whole conduct of Brougham since he has held the Great Seal, his early haste and precipitation, his recent carelessness and delay, his ignorance, inattention, and incompetence for the office he holds In this he expects to be supported by Wetherell, Knight, and Pemberton, three of the ham has nobody but Horne (of the profession) to defend him If this should occur he may thank hiot called on ian question was at last on the point of being settled, that the King of Holland had reat concession,' and that the rest must soon follow, that he had never passed two such years a so obstinate His vieas that by holding out and e army events would produce war, and that he would be able to sell hiiuave in because not a hope was left, that the difficulties were so great that it was not the fault of this Government that matters were not settled before I asked him how the Dutch had contrived to make such an exertion He said it was very creditable to theed out their hoards They had saddled themselves with a debt the interest of which aood deal for two e Head: BROUGHAM'S RESENTMENT]