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Duc de Bordeaux — Hanoverian Orders — Domestic happiness — Death of the Duke of Coburg — Lord Melbourne on old age — Recall of Lord Ellenborough — Uncle and niece — Lord Ellenborough's honours — Prince de Joinville's brochure — The Emperor Nicholas — A great review — At the Opera — The Emperor's character — The Emperor and Belgium — Crisis in Parliament — The King of Saxony — Lord Ellenborough and India — England, France, and Russia — France and Tahiti — King Louis Philippe expected — Arrangements for the visit — Queen Louise's solicitude — Arrival of King Louis Philippe — A successful visit — The King's departure — Opening of the Royal Exchange — Gift to the Prince of Wales — Education in India |
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The Spanish marriages — Position of the Prince — Title of King Consort — Purchase of Osborne — Maynooth grant — Religious bigotry — Public executions — Birthday letter — Princess Charlotte — Vacant Deanery — Wine from Australia — King of Holland — Projected visit to Germany — Question of Lords Justices — Visit to the Château d'Eu — Spanish marriages — The Prince criticised — Governor-Generalship of Canada — Corn Laws — Cabinet dissensions — Interview with Sir Robert Peel — Lord John Russell suggested — Attitude of Lord Melbourne — The Queen's embarrassment — Attitude of Sir Robert Peel — Lord Stanley resigns — The Commandership-in-Chief — Duke of Wellington — |
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