Accession of William IV.--The King's Proceedings--His Popularity--Funeral of George IV.--Dislike of the Duke of Cumberland--The King's Simplicity and Good-nature--Reviews the Guards--The First Court--The King in St. James's Street-- Dissolution of Parliament--The King dines at Apsley House--The Duke of Gloucester--The Quaker's Address--The Ordinances of July--The French Revolution--Brougham's Election for Yorkshire--Struggle in Paris--Elections adverse to Government-- The Duke of Wellington on the French Revolution--Duke of Cumberland resigns the Gold Stick and the Blues--George IV.'s Wardrobe--Fall of the Bourbons--Weakness of the Duke's Ministry--The King at Windsor--The Duke of Orleans accepts the Crown of France--Chamber of Peers remodelled--Prince Polignac-- The New Parliament--Virginia Water--Details of George IV.'s Illness and Death--Symptoms of Opposition--Brougham--Charles X. in England--Dinner in St. George's Hall--Lambeth--Marshal Marmont--His Conversation--Campaign of 1814--The Conflict in Paris--Dinner at Lord Dudley's. Page 1 CHAPTER XII. The Belgian Revolution--The Duke of Wellington and Canning--The King's Plate--Gloomy Forebodings--Retreat of the Prince of Orange--Prince Talleyrand--Position of the Government--Death of Huskisson--His Character--The Duke of Wellington and Peel-- Meeting of Parliament--The Duke's Declaration--The King's Visit to the City abandoned--Disturbances in London--Duchesse de Dino--The Cholera--Southey, Henry Taylor, John Stuart Mill-- Dinner at Talleyrand's--The Duke of Wellington resigns--Mr. Bathurst made Junior Clerk of the Council--Lord Spencer and Lord Grey sent for--Formation of Lord Grey's Administration-- Discontent of Brougham--Brougham takes the Great Seal-- Character of the New Ministers--Prospects of the Opposition-- Disturbances in Sussex and Hampshire--Lord Grey and Lord Brougham--Lord Sefton's Dinner--The New Ministers sworn at a Council. Page 40 CHAPTER XIII.