OF

THE HOUSE OF LORDS,

FROM

THE YEAR 1830 TO 1836,

INCLUDING

PERSONAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING

MEMBERS.

BY

THE AUTHOR OF

"RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS."

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., CORNHILL.

7646

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

PREFACE.

THE almost unprecedented success which the Author's work on the other House of Parliament has met with, has naturally induced him to lay the present volume before the public. He hopes it will, not only from the nature of the subject, but from the spirit in which it has been written, be found a suitable companion to "Random Recollections of the House of Commons." His great object has been to preserve the strictest impartiality in his various Sketches, and he trusts he has, in this respect, been successful. He also hopes the volume will be found fully as interesting as his work on the other House of Parliament.

In a volume embracing so great a variety of

facts, it is possible some slight inaccuracies may

be discovered; but the Author hopes that these

will not only be found unimportant in their character, but few in number.

London, March 28, 1836.

FORMS, RULES, REGULATIONS, &c. OF THE HOUSE

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