CHAPTER VII

1837 (_continued_)

Chapter of the Garter — Cabinet Council — Thalberg — State visit to House of Lords — Order of St. Catherine — Anxiety about elections — Trying horses — Windsor — The King of Würtemburg — Visit of King Leopold — Talks with Lord Melbourne — A game of chess — Departure of the King and Queen of the Belgians — A review at Windsor — Queen Adelaide — Perasi of Lord Melbourne — At Brighton — Unfortunate state of Portugal — Changes at Buckingham Palace — Lord Mayor’s Dinner — Popularity with the crowd — The Queen’s Speech — State visit to the House of Lords — Debates on the Address — Pensions — Lord Melbourne on Education — Landseer’s pictures — Conversations with Lord Melbourne — Lord Brougham’s attacks — Magnetism — The Privy Purse — Character formation — Windsor 213–248