Drummond, Greville, and Sir J. Shelley, whom I saw in the ante-room,
congratulated me on being out, but condoled on Lord Durham's being removed
out of my way. He goes Minister to Naples _vice_ Lord Burghersh,
_dismissed_. It is understood Brougham will not _positively_ take my
office.
Levée. The Duke of Buckingham told me the King was much out of spirits. He
expressed himself much pleased with his Ministers.
The King desired Lord Camden to come and see him frequently--every three or
four days.
The Duke of Newcastle, Lord Falmouth, Sir E. Knatchbull, Sir R. Vyvyan,
will not support the new Government. Having had their revenge they mean to
put their knees in our backs and do all they can to get out the others.
They are sorry for the work they have performed, and regret their vote.
They had intended to stay away on the question of Reform--now they mean to
vote against it.
Lord Anglesey goes to Ireland; a very bad appointment. The Duke of
Devonshire would have been a very unexceptionable one.
None of the Whigs or Whig Radicals were at the levée, but a good many
Tories. We were there as usual as Ministers, and those who had business
with the King went in to him as usual.
I proposed to Herries, Goulburn, Arbuthnot, and others, that we should in
each department prepare a statement of what has been done since the Duke
came into office. This we shall do to-morrow.
I likewise proposed we should have a large sheet of paper with columns for
the new Ministers, and in each column their pledges with the dates.