CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER IX. 



CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ELECTION OP LORD GRENVILLE AS 

 CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD - INFLUENCE ON THE "CATHOLIC 

 CLAIMS " - QUESTION OF GOING INTO PARLIAMENT CONFLICT- 

 ING CLAIMS OF LAW AND POLITICS - DUKE OF BEDFORD'S 

 OFFER OF A SEAT - 1 ACCEPT, AND AM RETURNED FOR CAMEL- 

 FORD - FIRST SPEECH ON WHITBREAD's MOTION AGAINST LORD 

 CHATHAM, IN REFERENCE TO THE SCHELDT EXPEDITION - 

 FLOGGING IN THE ARMY, AND CASE OF THE HUNTS - JEFFREY 

 AND THE REVIEW - LORD ERSKINE - THE REGENCY QUESTION 

 - MINISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES - TO SERVE UNDER LORD GREY 

 ON A " SUPPOSED EVENT " - JOHN ARCHIBALD MURRAY - THE 

 PENINSULAR WAR - SEAT FOR CAMELFORD NO LONGER AVAIL- 

 ABLE, AND QUESTION OF CONTESTING WORCESTER IN THE 

 " POPULAR " INTEREST - PROSPECTS OF CONTINENTAL POLI- 

 TICS, ........ 489-534 



APPENDIX OF NOTES, 535-552 



PORTRAIT FROM THE PAINTING BY SIR THOMAS LAW- 

 RENCE, ....... Frontispiece. 



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