[Transcriber's Note: Footnotes: There are two styles of footnotes used in this work. Footnotes enclosed in square brackets are by the editor Footnotes not enclosed in square brackets are by the author. So example footnotes would be: [Footnote 1: [This note is by the editor]] [Footnote 2: This note is by the author]] THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS (SECOND PART) VOL. III. PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON _THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS_ (_SECOND PART_) A JOURNAL OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA FROM 1837 TO 1852 BY THE LATE CHARLES C. F. GREVILLE, ESQ. CLERK OF THE COUNCIL IN THREE VOLUMES--VOL. III. LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1885 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. CHAPTER XXIII. Death of Mr. Thomas Grenville--Russian Measures in Poland--French Overtures to England--The Confidential Correspondence on the Spanish Marriage--Relations with France--Hostility of Lord Palmerston to France--Visit to Paris--Princess Lieven's Version of the Transaction--Lord Cowley's Opinion--Conversation with M. Guizot--M. Duch‚tel's Opinion--The exact Truth as to the Spanish Marriage--Conversation with M. Thiers--A Dinner at M. Thiers'--Further Argument with M. Guizot--Character of Queen Christina--Papers laid before the Chamber--Relations of the British Embassy with the French Opposition--At the Tuileries--Mr. Baring's Opinion--Debate in the Chamber of Deputies--Mrs. Austin's Salon in Paris--Debates in England--Bad Effect of Lord Normanby's Intrigues with Thiers--Another Misunderstanding--M. de Tocqueville--Ball at the HÙtel de Ville--Animosity of Guizot and Lord Palmerston--A Call at the Sorbonne and at the HÙtel Lambert--Change of Government in Spain--Farewell Visit to M. Guizot--Effect of the English Blue Book--Conversation with M. Thiers _page_ 1 CHAPTER XXIV.