The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon

THE

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

LIFE

LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON,

WITH

SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE.

HORACE TWISS, ESQ.

ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNsel.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

"Ingens ara fuit, juxtaque veterrima laurus

Incumbens aræ, atque umbrâ complexa Penates."
VIRG. Æn. lib. ii. 513, 514.

"Hard by, an aged laurel stood, and stretch'd
Its arms o'er the great altar, in its shade
Sheltering the household gods."

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Letter from Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes.

Silk Gown. Game Laws. Unitarian Marriages.

Character of Mr. Canning.— Formation of Lord Goderich's Ministry.

Duke of Wellington's Acceptance of the Command of the Army:

Letters of the Duke, of Lord Goderich, of the King, and of Lord

Eldon. Letters of Lord Eldon to Lord Stowell and to Lady Eliza-

beth Repton. Close of the Anecdote-Book: remaining Anec-

Dissolution of Lord Goderich's Ministry, and Formation of the Duke of

Wellington's: Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes, and of

Mr. Peel to Lord Eldon. - · Opening of Session: Lord Eldon's Sup-

port of the Address. Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes.

Lord Eldon's Speech on Battle of Navarino. Letters of

Lord Eldon to Mrs. H. Ridley, and Lady F. J. Bankes. Repeal of

Test and Corporation Acts: Lord Eldon's Speeches against it.

Lord Encombe's Degree: Lord Eldon's Letter to Mrs. Farrer.

Letters from Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes. Pitt Club Anni-

versary. Retirement of a Section of the Ministry. Catholic

Question. Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes and

Lord Stowell, and of Lord Redesdale to Lord Eldon. - Letters of

Lord Eldon to Lord Howe and Lord Stowell

CHAPTER LII.

1829.

Recommendation of Catholic Relief in the King's Speech: Opposition

of Lord Eldon in the House of Lords: Petitions. Mr. Peel's Re-

signation of his Seat for Oxford: Lord Encombe suggested as his

Successor his Correspondence on that Subject with Lord Eldon :

Proposal withdrawn in favour of Sir R. H. Inglis: Election of Lord

Encombe for Truro. — Letter of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes.

· Petitions respecting the Catholic Claims: Second Reading of

Relief Bill: Committee: Third Reading: Protest. - Lord Eldon's

Memorandum of Two Conversations with George IV. respecting the

Royal Assent to the Relief Bill. Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F.

J. Bankes. Business of Equity Courts: Bill to constitute New

Judge. Eldon Law Scholarships: Vauxhall School. — Changes in

Cabinet: Letter of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes. Letter

forged in Lord Eldon's Name: Letters of Lord Eldon to Lord En-

combe, to Lord Stowell, and Lady F. J. Bankes. Illness of Lady

Eldon. Illustrations of Sayers's Caricatures. Close of Lord

Eldon's Field Sports. Diversion of a Road: Letter of Lord Eldon

to Lady F. J. Bankes. Testimonies of Respect from Clergy and

House of Lords: Welsh Judicature: Production of Opinions of Law

Officers: State of the Nation. — Letter from Lord Eldon to Lord

Stowell. Hastings' Estate Bill: Lord Eldon's continuing Influence

in the Legal Business of the House of Lords. Eldon Law Scho-

larship. Bill to constitute Equity Judge. — Demise of George IV.

Debate on Provision for the Contingency of an Infant Sovereign.

Forgery Bill: Scotch Jury Bill: East Retford Bill.— King Wil-

liam IV. and Lord Eldon. - Dissolution: Unfavourable Feeling

towards the Ministry.— Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes,

Lord Encombe, and Lord Stowell. — Reported Overtures to Lord

Palmerston. Meeting of Parliament, Ministers defeated on the

Civil List: Dissolution of the Duke's Government: Formation of

House of Lords: Appointment of Magistrates: Distress of the Country.

First Reform Bill: Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes

and to Lord Stowell. - Pitt Club. Vauxhall School: Letter from

Prince George of Cumberland to Lord Eldon. New Parliament :

Scotch Divorces. Death of Lady Eldon: Letters of Lord Eldon

to Lord Stowell, of the Duke of Cumberland to Lord Encombe, and

of the Bishop of Bristol to Lord Eldon: Consecration of Burial-

ground at Kingston by the Bishop. - Lord Eldon's Return to Public

Business Chancellor's Absence from the House of Lords. Second

Reform Bill Letters from Lord Eldon to Lord Stowell. Visit of

Lord Eldon to the Burial Place of his Wife: Letters from him to

Lord Stowell. Coronation of William IV. — Approaching Mar-

riage of Lord Encombe. - Production of Opinions of Law Officers.

-Bankruptcy Court Bill: Letter from Lord Eldon to Lord Brougham

upon the Patronage of the Great Seal. - Petitions to the House of

Lords on the Reform Bill. Chancellor's Absences. Letters from

Lord Eldon to Lord Feversham and Lord Encombe: Marriage of

Lord Encombe. - Debates on the Reform Bill: Letters to Lord

Stowell: Rejection of the Bill: Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J.

Bankes and Lord Stowell. Disturbances in Dorsetshire: 11 Health

and uneasy Feelings of Lord Eldon: threatened Attack on En-

combe Letters to Lord Stowell

CHAPTER LV.

1831, 1832.

Page 121

Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes. Address on Opening

of Session: Black List.-Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes,

Lord Encombe, and Lord Stowell.-Irish Tithes.-Attack on Lord

Eldon for supposed Accumulation of Patronage upon his Son: his

Vindication of himself in the House of Lords. Letters to Lady F.J.

Bankes and Lord Stowell. Third Reform Bill: Lord Eldon's

Speech on the Second Reading.— Letters of Lord Eldon to Lord

Encombe. Defeat of Ministers by Lord Lyndhurst in Committee

on Reform Bill: threatened Creation of Peers to force the Bill:

Remonstrance of Lord Eldon: Reform Bill finally carried - 161

CHAPTER LVI.

1832.

Letters, from the Duchess of Cumberland to Lord Eldon, and from

Lord Eldon to Lord Stowell. House of Lords: Capital Punish-

ments: State of Ireland. Letters from Lord Eldon to Lord

Stowell. Death of Mr. W. H. J. Scott. Bill for abolishing

Letters from Lord Eldon to Lord Stowell. —

Chancery Sinecures.

Visit of Lord Eldon to Durham: Miss Forster's Recollections of it.

Letters from him to Lord Encombe and to Mrs. Bell

CHAPTER LVII.

1833.

- 179

Re-establishment of Lord Eldon's Health. Letter from him to Lord

Encombe.House of Lords: Coercion Bill: Bill for Amendment

of Law: Irish Church Temporalities Bill. — Letter of Lord Eldon

to Lord Stowell. - Restoration by Lord Eldon of Kingston Chapel.

-Letters from him to Lady F. J. Bankes. — Enlistment of British

Subjects in the Wars of Portugal. - Reception of Lord Eldon at the

Middle Temple.-Letters to Lady F. J. Bankes.- Political Unions :

Local Jurisdictions: 147th Clause of Irish Temporalities Bill.

MS. of Lord Eldon upon the Application of Church Property to

Lay Purposes. — Letters of Lord Eldon to Lady F. J. Bankes: his

Speeches against Irish Church Temporalities Bill, and Portuguese

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