Excerpt from Recollections of a Long Life, Vol. 6 of 6: 1841-1852 Russell's Reform Scheme - Labours of a Prime Minister - Peel and the Dilettanti Society - Disraeli on Agricultural Distress - J am offered a Peerage - Debate on Reform - Baron Broughton de Gyflord - Con gratulations - Political Crisis - Graham and Aberdeen refuse to join the Government - The Duke of Wellington's J eke - Lord Stanley fails to form a Government - Letter from Prince Albert - The Queen consults the Duke of Wellington - I take my Seat in ...
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Excerpt from Recollections of a Long Life, Vol. 6 of 6: 1841-1852 Russell's Reform Scheme - Labours of a Prime Minister - Peel and the Dilettanti Society - Disraeli on Agricultural Distress - J am offered a Peerage - Debate on Reform - Baron Broughton de Gyflord - Con gratulations - Political Crisis - Graham and Aberdeen refuse to join the Government - The Duke of Wellington's J eke - Lord Stanley fails to form a Government - Letter from Prince Albert - The Queen consults the Duke of Wellington - I take my Seat in the House of Lords - Lord J. Russell recalled - The Duke's Opinion of the Napiers - The Queen on the Crisis - Brougham - Income-tax - Henry Hallam - Sir C. Napier - Lord Grey and the Duke of Wellington - Dinner at Mansion House - The Crystal Palace - Success of the Great Exhibition - Sir J. Paxton - Mr. Fox - Description of the Building - Thackeray's Lectures on the Humorists - Scrope Davies in Old Age - Battle between Lord Truro and Lord Brougham - Ball at guildhall-mr. Grow - Rachel in Angelo - Marriage of Miss Sephia Hobhouse - Closing of the Exhibition - Russell on Reform - Menacing Aspect of Foreign Affairs - Kossuth in London - Lord Normanby's Reports from Paris - Louis Napoleon The Queen and Palmerston - The Queen's Complaints of Palmerston Macaulay on Louis Napoleon, and on his own Work - Resignation of Lord Palmerston - Strengthening the Cabinet - Visit to Bowood Irritability of Cabinets - Russell's Draft of Reform Bill - Fox Maule at the India Board - Visit to Windsor - Future of the (hyetal Palace Kong John played in Rubens' Gallery - Macaulay in Tears - His Views of Court Life - End of Lord Russell's Ministry - I am given the g.c.b. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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