Volume III Part 20 (1/2)
The last day of Parliauished by a worse attack of O'Connell upon Alvanley for what he had said the day before in the House of Lords Alvanley has sent hiy or satisfaction, and the result I don't yet know[4]
[4] [O'Connell had called Lord Alvanley a 'bloated buffoon,' and as usual took refuge in his vow never to fight another duel Upon this his son, Morgan O'Connell, offered to meet Lord Alvanley in lieu of his father, which was accepted and the duel took place]
London, May 17th, 1835 {p256}
Newout have between thes, though I a to record We had Stanley at New a lively interest in John Russell's defeat in Devonshi+re This defeat was a great mortification to his party, and was not compensated by the easy victory which Morpeth obtained in Yorkshi+re These elections and the affair between Alvanley and O'Connell have been the chief objects of attention; all the newspapers are full of details, which I need not put down here Alvanley seereat spirit and resolution There was aat De Ros's house of De Ros, Damer, Lord Worcester, and Duncoan O'Connell's letter, and whether Alvanley should fight hi, the other two for it Alvanley at once said that the boldest course was the best, and he would go out It was agreed that no ties, and said Alvanley was ready to ested 'No, iton Street and went off in two hackney coaches; Duncombe, Worcester, and De Ros, with Dr
Huround, for Damer had objected to the presence of some Irish friend of O'Connell's, so that Alvanley's friends could only look on from a distance The only other persons who came near them were an old Irishwoman and a Methodist parson, the latter of whoo their sinful purpose, and to whoo and h to do now to think of mine' 'Think of your soul,' he said 'Yes,' said Alvanley, 'but er' The Irishwo, and asked for some money for her attendance Damer seems to have been a very bad second, and probably lost his head; he ought not to have consented to the third shots upon any account Alvanley says he execrated hies acted like a ruffian, and had anything happened he would have been hanged It is impossible to knohether the first shot was fired by mistake or not The impression on the minds of Alvanley's friends is that it was _not_, but it is difficult to believe that any e However, no shot ought to have been fired after that The affairnoise As O'Connell had threatened to mention it in the House of Commons, Damer went to Peel to put him in possession of all the circumstances, but he said that he was sure O'Connell would not venture to stir the nation of the White Wand has set conjecture afloat as to his motives, and it is asserted on one side, but denied on the other, that disgust at O'Connell's predo been himself reinstated I do not know the truth of the matter Lord John Russell takes his seat on Monday, after which business will begin again in earnest in the House of Commons There is an i continuance, and that the Ministers are themselves aware that their tenure of office h this session, for much remains to be done in the way of approximation and combination between different sections of public e the present Ministers If it was not for the Irish question, and the apparent i that to any final adjustment, I should not despair of the introduction of a better state of feeling and the ation of the bitterness and aniainst each other At present there is certainly a great calo I have been so out of the world between Newout that I know but little of what has been passing, and merely throw in this brief notice to keep up the chain of my observations and remarks
May 24th, 1835 {p258}
Caht Melbourne is said (by his friends) to be doing very well in the House of Lords, but the discussion on Friday about Lord Wellesley's resignation gave hireat annoyance Lord Wellesley declined to say why he had resigned, and rave's procession, but he did not contradict any one of the assertions that the cause was disgust at O'Connell's ascendency When Lord Harrowby said that 'if he had been Mulgrave he would rather have been torn in pieces than have marched in under such banners as were displayed,' Lord Wellesley loudly cheered hireat deal of noise, for he is supposed to have thrown over his High Tory friends very completely in it, and to have exhibited a determination to adapt his opinions and conduct to the spirit of the times However, the Tories affect to be satisfied, laud it to the skies, and distribute it through the country In the House of Co has been done; Peel has made over his Dissenters Bill to the Govern with it this session nobody expects the present Ad, as it is said, not even the is prepared for the formation of a better and more durable Cabinet
Lord Eliot[5] and Colonel Gurwood have returned from Spain, satisfied that the Carlist party cannot be put down, and having had a conversation with Louis Philippe, the substance of which appeared in the 'Tination is expressed at the indiscretion which let this out, and it is understood that Gurwood has been chattering about what passed in all directions The King of France, it is clear, will not interfere, and so they ht it out Spanish stock fell 15 per cent, in one or two days The King is in such a state of dudgeon that he will not give any dinners to anybody
[5] [Lord Eliot (afterwards Earl of St Gerton, in March 1835, to endeavour to raced the leaders on both sides in the civil contest raging in Spain He was eminently successful in his mission, and a Convention (coned under his Lordshi+p's rono on the 27th of April, 1835 A narrative of this mission was printed by Lord St
Gere Head: THE APPEAL OF SWIFT _v_ KELLY]
Yesterday Swift and Kelly's[6] case came on before the Privy Council It was to have been heard the Monday before, when it would have been argued and decided, because every day in the as disposable for the purpose, but Brougha there to hear it, and co till Saturday, to the extraordinary inconvenience of all parties On Saturday the court an, and in about two hours he made his appearance, read his letters, wrote notes, corrected some paper (for the press, as I could see), and now and then attended to the cause,flippant observations, much to the terror of Jervaise--Miss Kelly's uncle--for all his interruptions appeared to be directed adversely to them I told Mr Jervaise he need not pay any attention to what Brougha up the court at half-past three, and as other engagees the rest of the week, it was put off till the 18th of June
[6] [The curious case of Swift v Kelly was heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and is reported in Knapp's 'Privy Council Reports,' vol iii
p 257 Mr Greville had known so of the parties in Rome, and their adventures are related in a former part of these Journals, vol i p 379]
May 30th, 1835 {p260}
On Wednesday last went to Charles Keht, Miss Strutt, old Liverati (horrible squabbling), and Miss Adelaide Kehter's book, which Kemble told me he had 'never read till it appeared in print, and was full of subliarities,' and the ust, threw it down six tiht {p260}
To Horace Twiss's what he called 'a Judy party'--a supper and jollification, where all were expected to contribute to the amusement of the company who possessed ithal The contributors were Twiss hiht, Miss Cooke, Dance, Miss Dance, Planche, Mrs Blood, Mrs Groo, who imitated Cooper and Ward I stayed till two, and they went on till three It was sufficiently aar; company very miscellaneous, but everybody ready to ae Head: LONDON UNIVERSITY CHARTER]
The Committee of Council hareat performer; the sareat changes had since taken place, which made the assembly curious There were Melbourne, Lord Lansdowne and certain of his colleagues, Brougha--Richmond, Ripon, Stanley and Graham, the Dilly complete, and Lord Grey When they came to discuss the harant a charter ulations and restrictions to be determined hereafter' The Bishop of London objected on behalf of King's College to any advantages being conferred on the London University which would place the latter institution in a better condition than the former After much tedious discussion the words 'university,' &c, were orant a charter_' The Duke of Rich to the insolvent state of the concern Brougham sat in contemptuous silence for a few minutes while the Duke spoke, and then replied There was a squabble between them, and an evident inclination on the part of the majority present to refuse the charter, but the address of the Co's ansere read, which presented a very difficult case to act upon The King's answer arant a charter; the Privy Council was bound to decide without reference to the address and answer, and the bias _there_ was to advise against the grant Brougham, after much ineffectual discussion, said in a tone of sarcastic contempt that 'their hesitation and their scruples were ridiculous, for the House of Commons would step in and cut them both short and settle the question' This is doubtless true, and he can effect it when he will; but how monstrous, then, was the vote The House of Coument; the Council had heard it all, and were bound to report upon it, when the House, while the judg, voted an address to the Crown for the purpose of obtaining an adjudication of the s before the tribunal They all seerant a charter it required ulations it should be conceded, and Lord Grey declared that if he was called upon, without reference to any proceedings elsewhere, to decide upon the arguiving the charter, but if he were called upon to advise the Crohat under all the circuht be very different
Grahae he possessed of what had passed in the House of Coht to advise the Crown on its own responsibility what course it was expedient to adopt After wasting an hour and a half in a very fruitless and not very interesting discussion (everybody looking bored to death except Brougha all the tireed to ain on Friday next
Old Eldon was very busy and eager about it, and had all the papers sent to hiout Of course the charter (at least _a_ charter) will be given, because the House of Conorance, but of their power, have so decided
June 14th, 1835 {p262}
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