Queen Charlotte--Duchesses of Cumberland and Cambridge-- Westminster Election--Contest between Sir Francis Burdett and Sir Murray Maxwell--London Election--Oatlands--The Duke of York--Duchess of York--Ampthill--Tixall--Mr. Luttrell--Lady Granville--Teddesley--Macao--Burleigh--Middleton--Lady Jersey-- The New Parliament--Tierney and Pitt--Princess Lieven--Madame de Staël on the French Revolution--Westminster Election-- Hobhouse Defeated--Scarlett's Maiden Speech--Influence of Party--Play--The Persian Ambassador at Court--Prince Leopold-- Woburn--Anecdote of the Allies--Death of George III.--Illness of George IV.--Queen Caroline--Fleury de Chabaulon--The Cato Street Conspiracy--George IV. at Ascot--Marchioness of Conyngham--Queen Caroline in London--Message to Parliament-- Debates--Insubordination in the Guards--Wilberforce's Motion-- Proceedings against the Queen--'Les Liaisons dangereuses'--The Queen's Trial--The Duke of Wellington on the Battle of Waterloo and the Occupation of Paris. Page 1 CHAPTER II. Popularity of George IV.--The Duke of York's Racing Establishment--Clerk of the Council--Lord Liverpool and Mr. Sumner--Lady Conyngham--Death of Lady Worcester--Her Character--Ball at Devonshire House--The Duke of York's Aversion to the Duke of Wellington--The Pavilion at Brighton-- Lord Francis Conyngham--The King and the Duke of Wellington-- Death of the Marquis of Londonderry--His Policy--Sir B. Bloomfield sent to Stockholm--Mr. Canning's Foreign Secretary-- Queen Caroline and Brougham--Canning and George IV.--Lord William Bentinck aspires to go to India--His Disappointment-- The Duke of York's Duel with Colonel Lennox--George III.'s Will--George IV. appropriates the late King's Personal Property--The Duke of Wellington on the Congress of Verona and on the Politics of Europe--Intervention in Spain--Ferdinand VII.--M. de Villèle--The Duke's Opinion of Napoleon--Sir William Knighton--The Duke of York's Anecdotes of George IV.-- Death of the Marquis of Titchfield--His Character Page 43 CHAPTER III.