THE LIFE AND LETTERS

OF

LORD MACAULAY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VII.

1838-1839.

Death of Zachary Macaulay.-Mr. Wallace and Mackintosh.-Letters to

Mr. Napier and Mr. Ellis.--Sir Walter Scott.-Lord Brougham.—First

Mention of the History.-Macaulay goes abroad.—His Way of regarding

Scenery. Châlons-sur-Marne.-Lyons.-Marseilles.-Genoa.-Pisa.—

Florence. Macaulay refuses the Judge-advocateship. — Florence to

Rome. Thrasymene.-St. Peter's.-The New Zealander.-The Vatican.

-The Temporal Power.-The Doctrine of the Immaculate Concep-

tion.-Letter to Lord Lansdowne.-The Canadian Insurrection.-Gib-

bon.-Rome to Naples.-Bulwer's Novels.-Impressions of Naples.—

Virgil's Tomb.-Macaulay sets out Homeward.-Mr. Goulburn.-Ver-

sailles.......
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CHAPTER VIII.

1839-1841.

Macaulay returns to London.-He meets Lord Brougham.-Letters to Mr.

Napier and Mrs. Trevelyan.-Correspondence with Mr. Gladstone.

Heated State of Politics.-The Hostility of the Peers to Lord Melbourne's

Government.-Macaulay's View of the Situation.-Verses by Praed.-

The Bed-chamber Question.-Macaulay is elected for Edinburgh.—De-

bate on the Ballot.-Macaulay becomes a Cabinet Minister.-The Times.

-Windsor Castle.-Vote of Want of Confidence.-The Chinese War.—

Irish Registration: Scene in the House of Commons.-Letters to Napier.

-Religious Difficulties in Scotland.-Lord Cardigan.-The Corn Laws.

-The Sugar Duties.-Defeat of the Ministry, and Dissolution of Parlia-

ment.-Macaulay is re-elected for Edinburgh.-His Love for Street-bal-

lads.--The Change of Government.....

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