obtaining a peerage, that he might have an opportunity
of vindicating his policy and honour in the House of
Lords. Whether friends or opponents of Mr. Can-
ning, all felt and exhibited a lively emotion at his
sudden death. Those who love to look on high grieve
to notice the disappearance of a star that has shone in
the firmament. Mr. Canning's Cabinet survived him
a few months, with Lord Goderich at their head: but
their inefficiency soon became evident, and on the
8th of January, 1828, after admitting four of Mr. Can-
ning's colleagues into their ranks, the Tories resumed
the reins of government, with the Duke of Wellington
as premier, and Mr. Peel as leader of the House of
Commons, with the office of Home Secretary.

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