Recollections of a Long Life, Vol. 5 of 6

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Excerpt from Recollections of a Long Life, Vol. 5 of 6: With Additional Extracts From His Private Diaries, 1834-1840Buckingham 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.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.