Spain--Russia and Turkey--Sir R. Peel's Pictures--Peel and Stanley--Lord Brougham's Judicial Changes--Lord Brougham's Defence--Admission of Dissenters to the Universities--Lord Denman's Peerage--Growing Ascendancy of Peel--An Apology for Lord Brougham--Personal Reflections--Crime in Dorsetshire-- Spain and Portugal--Procession of the Trades' Unions--Lady Hertford's Funeral--Petition of the London University for a Charter--Repeal of the Union--Excitement of the King--Brougham and Eldon at the Privy Council--Duke of Wellington's Aversion to the Whigs--Lord Brougham and Lord Wynford--Fête at Petworth--Lord Brougham's Conduct on the Pluralities Bill-- Crisis in the Cabinet--Prince Lieven recalled--Stanley, Graham, and the Duke of Richmond resign on the Irish Church Bill-- History of the Crisis--Ward's Motion defeated by moving the previous Question--Affairs of Portugal--Effects of the late Change--Oxford Commemoration--Peel's Declaration--Festival in Westminster Abbey--Don Carlos on his way to Spain--Stanley's 'Thimble-rig' Speech--Resignation of Lord Grey--Mr. Greville's account of the Causes of his Retirement--The Government reconstituted by Lord Melbourne--Lord Duncannon Secretary of State. Page 68 CHAPTER XXIV. Taylor's 'Philip Van Artevelde'--Goodwood--Earl Bathurst's Death--Death of Mrs. Arbuthnot--Overtures to O'Connell--Irish Tithe Bill--Theodore Hook's Improvisation--Lord Westmeath's Case in the Privy Council--First Council of Lord Melbourne's Government and Prorogation--Brougham's Vagaries--Lord Durham's Exclusion--The Edinburgh Dinner--Windsor and Meiningen--Spencer Perceval--Lord Grey's Retirement--The Westmeath Case again--The Queen's Return--Melbourne and Tom Young--Holland House-- Reflections--Conversation on the Poets--Miscellaneous Chat-- Lord Melbourne's Literary Attainments--Lord Holland's Anecdotes of Great Orators--Execution of Charles I.--Lord Melbourne's Opinion of Henry VIII.--The 'Times' attacks Lord Brougham--His Tour in Scotland--His Unpopularity--Cowper's Secret--Canning on Reform--Lord Melbourne on Palmerston and Brougham--Canning and Brougham in 1827--Senior--Lord Melbourne and the Benthamites-- His Theology--Spanish Eloquence--The Harley Papers--The Turf-- Death of Lord Spencer--The Westmeath Case heard--Law Appointments--Bickersteth--Louis Philippe's Position. Page 114 CHAPTER XXV.