CHAPTER VII

1838

Lord Melbourne--Canada--Influence of the Crown--Daniel O'Connell

--Position of Ministers of State in England and abroad--New Poor Law

--Pressure of business--Prince Albert's education--Favourite horses

--Deaths of old servants--The Coronation--Address from Bishops--Ball

at Buckingham Palace--Independence and progress of Belgium

--Anglo-Belgian relations--Foreign policy--Holland and Belgium

--Coronation Day--Westminster Abbey--The enthronement--Receiving

homage--Popular enthusiasm--Coronation incidents--Pages of honour

--Extra holidays for schools--Review in Hyde Park--Lord Durham and

Canada--Government of Canada--Ireland and O'Connell--Death of Lady

John Russell--The Queen's sympathy with Lord John Russell--Belgium

and English Government--Belgium and Holland--Canada--Resignation of

the Earl of Durham--English Church for Malta--Disappointment of Duke

of Sussex--Brighton (pages 102-140)