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THE
GREVILLE MEMOIRS
(SECOND PART)
Vol. III
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SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON
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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.
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CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Death of Mr. Thomas Grenville—Russian Measures in Poland—FrenchOvertures to England—The Confidential Correspondence on the SpanishMarriage—Relations with France—Hostility of Lord Palmerston toFrance—Visit to Paris—Princess Lieven's Version of the Transaction—LordCowley's Opinion—Conversation with M. Guizot—M. Duchâtel'sOpinion—The exact Truth as to the Spanish Marriage—Conversationwith M. Thiers—A Dinner at M. Thiers'—Further Argument withM. Guizot—Character of Queen Christina—Papers laid before theChamber—Relations of the British Embassy with the French Opposition—Atthe Tuileries—Mr. Baring's Opinion—Debate in the Chamber ofDeputies—Mrs. Austin's Salon in Paris—Debates in England—BadEffect of Lord Normanby's Intrigues with Thiers—Another Misunderstanding—M.de Tocqueville—Ball at the Hôtel de Ville—Animosityof Guizot and Lord Palmerston—A Call at the Sorbonne and at theHôtel Lambert—Change of Government in Spain—Farewell Visit toM. Guizot—Effect of the English Blue Book—Conversation withM. Thiers page 1
CHAPTER XXIV.
Return to Paris—Possibility of a Tory Government—Hostility to LordPalmerston—Lord Aberdeen's Dissatisfaction—The Duke's short Viewof the Case—Sir Robert Peel's Repugnance to take Office—Lord JohnRussell—Further Disputes of Guizot and Lord Normanby—The Quarrelwith the Embassy—Lord Stanley attacks the Government—The NormanbyQuarrel—Lord Palmerston threatens to break off DiplomaticRelations with France—Sir Robert Peel's Opinion of Lord Palmerston—Mr.Walter—The 'Times'—The Normanby Quarrel made up—Mr.Greville's Opinion of his own Journals—Income of the Royal Family—LordGeorge Bentinck—Lord Normanby's ...