Recollections of a Long Life, Vol. 5 of 6: With Additional Extracts From His Private Diaries; 1834-1840 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Buckingham Palace - Sir E. Wilmot and Emancipation of Negroes Tom Moore and Sydney Smith - A Question of Precedence - Peel's Jokes - Debate on Negro Emancipation - Brougham compared to Satan - The Portuguese and the Slave Trade - Wellington's Opinion of the British Soldier - Dinner with Wilmot Horton - Anecdotes of the French Revolution, etc. - Increase of Public Expenditure - Macaulay's Talk - Waterloo Ball at the Palace - The Wellington Memorial Resignation of Sir H. Fane, commander-in-chief in India - Suggested Successors - Recollections of Lord Sidmouth and Pitt - Brougham and his Anecdotes - Preparations for Coronation - The Coronation Marshal Soult - Coronation Coin - o'connellhissed - The Fireworks General Ventura - Party of Lord lansdowne-success of Coronation Dinner with Marshal Soult - Lord Durham in Canada - Indian Labourers Bill - Conversation with Palmella - State of Spain and Portugal Review in Hyde Park - Brougham attacks the Duke - Banquet at Mansion House - Brougham's Behaviour - Confusion in Toasts.

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