Conyngham, Marquis of, Postmaster-General, iii. 88, 113
Conyngham, Marchioness of, i. 46; wears a Crown jewel, 48; Court
intrigues, 207
Conyngham, Lord Francis, i. 50
Coprogli, History of the Grand Vizier, iii. 115
Cornelius, painter, ii. 149
Coronation, the, of William IV., decided on, ii. 156;
preparations for, 157, 163, 165; estimates for, 181; disputes
over the arrangements for, 187
Cottenham, Lord, Lord High Chancellor, iii. 328
Cotton, Sir Willoughby, suppresses the insurrection in Jamaica,
ii. 262; on affairs in Jamaica, 380
Council, Clerk of the, Mr. Greville sworn in, i. 44; after the
accession of William IV., ii. 12; Lord Grey's Administration
sworn in, 71; for the proclamation against rioters, 73;
recorder's report in, 85; clerks of the, 87; scene at Council
for a new Great Seal, 188
Council, Privy: suttee case before the, ii. 307; embargo on Dutch
ships, 343; meeting of the, on the London University petition,
iii. 80; counter petition of Oxford and Cambridge, 80
Council, Cabinet: the first of Lord Melbourne's Administration,
iii. 120; the first of Sir Robert Peel's Administration, 174
Covent Garden Theatrical Fund Dinner, i. 205
Coventry, glove trade, ii. 224
Cowley, Abraham, lines from 'Ode to Solitude,' ii. 272
Cowper, Earl, at Panshanger, ii. 229
Cowper, Countess, at Panshanger, ii. 229
Cowper, William, Life of, by Southey, iii. 134
Cradock, Colonel, sent to Charles X., ii. 37
Crampton, Sir Philip, Irish story, i. 243
Craven, Earl of, disperses a mob, ii. 77; on the proposed new
Peers, 232
Craven, General the Hon. Berkeley, suicide of, iii. 350
Crawford, William, member for the City of London, iii. 188
Creevey, Mr., i. 235
Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, edition of 'Boswell's Life of
Johnson,' ii. 105; reviews lost, 106
Cumberland, H.R.H. the Duke of, opposition to Catholic Relief
Bill, i. 180; intrigues at Court, 222; insults Lady Lyndhurst,
222, 223; quarrel with Lord Lyndhurst, 224; disputes concerning
the office of 'Gold Stick,' ii. 5, 21
Cumberland, H.R.H. the Duchess of, i. 2
Cuvier, Baron, death of, ii. 307
Dalberg, Duke de, letter on European affairs, ii. 44
Dawson, Right Hon. George Robert, speech on Catholic
Emancipation, i. 138, 200; sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 71
De Cazes, Duke, favourite of Louis XVIII., ii. 305; Ambassador to
the Court of St. James, 306
Dedel, M., Dutch Minister at the Court of St. James, iii, 32
Denbigh, Earl of, Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, ii. 342; sworn
in Privy Councillor, 352
Denman, Lord, correspondence with the King, i. 156; sworn in a
Privy Councillor, ii. 329; Lord Chief Justice, 330; qualities
of, 331; meeting of, with Lord Brougham, in Bedfordshire, iii.
71; raised to the Peerage, 74
Derby Dilly, the, iii. 236, 237, 253
De Ros, Lord, in Rome, i. 368
De Ros, Colonel, the Hon. Arthur John Hill, death of, i. 81;
character of, 82
Dickenson, Captain, trial of, by court-martial, i. 235
Diebitsch, Marshal, death of, from cholera, ii. 154
Dino, Duc de, arrest of the, i. 255
Dino, Duchesse de, ii. 57; on the state of France, 195
Discontent throughout the country, ii. 108
Disraeli, Benjamin, projects for sitting in Parliament, iii. 170
Dissenters' Marriage Bill, iii. 207, 230. For debates on, _see_
Commons, House of
Dorsetshire election, 1831, ii. 203, 207; crime in, iii. 77
Dover, Lord, resigns the Woods and Forests, ii. 109; created a
Peer, 150; death of, iii. 4; character of, 4; Life of
Frederick II., 6; book on the Man in the Iron Mask, 6
Down, deanery of, iii. 70
Drax _v._ Grosvenor, case of, ii. 224; lunacy case, 369; decision
on, 375; final meeting on, 377
Drummond, Henry, mission to the Archbishop of York, iii. 333
Dublin Police Bill, iii. 333
Dudley, Earl of, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, i. 95,
124; dinner to Marshal Marmont, ii. 38; eccentricity of, 271,
272
'Duke of Milan,' quotation from the, i. 178
Duelcken, Madam, performs before the Judicial Committee, iii. 325
Duncannon, Viscount, iii. 104; called to the House of Lords, and
Secretary of State, 109; sworn in, 112; Home Secretary, 113; on
O'Connell, 117; at a fire in Edward Street, 117; on the state
of affairs, 196; Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord
Melbourne, 256
Duncombe, Hon. Thomas Slingsby, maiden speech of, i. 128;
petition from Barnet, ii. 255; guilty of libel, iii. 9; at
Hillingdon, 123
Durham, Earl of, quarrel with Lady Jersey, ii. 119; influence
over Lord Grey, 222; attack on Lord Grey at a Cabinet dinner,
226; rudeness of, 269; return from Russia, 333; violence of,
333; created an earl, 365
Dwarris, Sir Fortunatus, dinner at the house of, ii. 359
East, Sir E. Hyde, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155
Eboli, Duchesse d', ball at Naples, i. 335
Ebrington, Viscount, moves a vote of confidence in the
Government, ii. 202, 204
Ebury, Lord, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 78
Egremont, Earl of, at Petworth, ii. 336; wealth of, 337;
hospitality to the poor, iii. 84
Eldon, Earl of, audience of King George IV., i. 197; speech at
Apsley House, ii. 198; career of, 378; tribute to, iii. 42
Election, General, in 1830, ii. 20, 29; in 1831, 139, 141, 142,
145; in 1832, 335; in 1835, iii. 184, 189, 191, 193; results
of, 195; in the counties, 198; result, 201
Eliot, Lord, return of, from Spain, iii. 259; conversation with
Louis Philippe, 259
Ellenborough, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 124; letter to Sir
John Malcolm, 271; on West India affairs, ii. 350; on Egypt,
351; speech on admission of Dissenters to the University, iii.
73
Ellesmere, Earl of, Irish Secretary, i. 146
Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, iii. 104; and the Colchester election,
112; Secretary for War, 113; in Paris, 379
Elliot, Frederic, letter from Canada, iii. 325
Epsom races, 1831, ii. 143; in 1833, 373
Erskine, Right Hon. Thomas, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 223;
Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, 223
Escars, Duchesse d', at a party given by the Duke of Wellington,
i. 214
Este, Sir Augustus d', behaviour of, ii. 194
Esterhazy, Prince Paul, conversation with, ii. 40; on Belgian
affairs, 189; on the state of England, iii. 32; on affairs in
Europe, 370; conversation with, 373
Europe, state of, ii. 126; in 1831, 187; in 1836, iii. 370
Evans, General de Lacy, iii. 265; reported death of, 359
Evans, the incendiary, arrest of, ii. 70
Exeter, Bishop of, correspondence with Lord Melbourne, ii. 97;
interview with Lord Grey, 205; talents of, 287; ambition of,
289
Falck, Baron, ii. 15, 41
Ferdinand, Emperor, of Austria, iii. 374
Fergusson, Right Hon. Cutlar, Judge Advocate, iii. 95
Ferrara, i. 405
Fieschi conspiracy, iii. 286
Fingall, Earl of, created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Finsbury election, 1834, Radical returned, iii. 100
Fitzclarence, Colonel George, _see_ Munster, Earl of
Fitzclarence, Lord Frederick, resigns appointment at the Tower,
ii. 362
Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus, picture of, ii. 179
Fitzclarence, Lord Augustus, at Ascot, ii. 147; picture of, 176
Fitzclarence, Lady Augusta, marriage of, iii. 363
Fitzgerald, Right Hon. Vesey, i. 150
Fitzherbert, Mrs., death of, iii. 396; documents of, 396
Flahault, Madame de, anecdotes of Princess Charlotte, ii. 319;
_salon_ of, in Paris, iii. 381
Fleury, Cardinal, ii. 347
Florence, i. 299; sights of, 300; society at, 302; sculpture,
300, 301; pictures, 303; Grand Duke, 303
Foley, Lord, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 84; Lord-Lieutenant
of Worcestershire, 84; at St. James's, 297
Fonblanque, Albany, iii. 348
Forester, Right Hon. Colonel Cecil, resigns his appointment as
Groom of the Bedchamber, ii. 118
Forfar election, 1835, iii. 197
Fox, Mrs. Lane, accompanies the Prince of Orange to Gravesend,
ii. 133; receives the Cabinet Ministers, iii. 140
Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, described by Talleyrand, ii. 344
Fox, W. J., Unitarian minister, sermon, iii. 43
France, state of affairs in, i. 284; appearance of the country,
287; impending crisis in 1830, 369; events in 1830, ii. 17;
revolution, 19; Duke of Orleans ascends the throne, 26;
political prospects, 26; reconstruction of the Constitution,
28; army ordered to Belgium, 178; army in Belgium, 181; seizure
of Portuguese ships, 182, 184; republican tendencies of, 187;
state of the country, 1831, 195; weakness of the Government of
Louis Philippe, 322; dispute with America, iii. 322; state of
the country, 382
Francis, Sir Philip, handwriting of, i. 234
Franklin, Benjamin, ii. 185
Franz Joseph, Archduke, iii. 374
Frascati, convent at, i. 305; dinner at, 305; visit to, 390
Gallatin, Albert, i. 257
Gambier, Lord, proxy of, ii. 286
Garrick, David, anecdotes of ii. 316
Gell, Sir William, at Rome, i. 372, 375
Geneva, i. 415
Genoa, i. 292; palaces, 293, 295; churches, 294; tomb of Andrew
Doria, 296
George III., death of, i. 23; will, 64; jewels and property, 65;
dislike of the Duke of Richmond, iii. 129
George IV., illness of, i. 23; at the Pavilion, 49; interview
with, 91; health and habits of, 143; violent dislike to the
Catholic Relief Bill, 153, 181; character of, 155; personal
habits of, 189; interview with the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of
Wellington, and Sir Robert Peel, 201; health of, 206; racing
interests of, 212; anecdotes concerning, 216; eyesight
affected, 233, 236; courage of, 236; conduct in reference to
Mr. Denman, 250; illness of, 368; death of, 417; funeral of,
ii. 4; sale of wardrobe, 23; details of last illness, 30;
anecdotes concerning, 189
Gerard, Marshal, reported resignation of, ii. 45; ordered to
Belgium, 178
Gibson, John, R.A., at Rome, i. 383
Gladstone, William Ewart, West India Committee, iii. 280
Glenelg, Lord, President of the Board of Trade, i. 124; Board of
Control, ii. 66, iii. 113; Colonial Secretary in Lord
Melbourne's second Administration, 256; and the King, 276
'Glenfinlas' performed at Bridgewater House, iii. 353, 355
Glengall, Earl of, comedy by the, i. 249
Glengall, Countess of, ii. 85
Gloucester, H.R.H. the Duke of, ii. 8
Goderich, Viscount, Small Notes Bill, i. 79; Secretary of State
for Colonial Affairs and War, 95; sent for by the King, 107;
scene at Windsor, 108; Administration of, formed, 108;
resignation of, 115; returns to office, 116; Ministry
dissolved, 120; Colonial Secretary, ii. 66; Lord Privy Seal,
365; created an earl, 367; invested with the Order of the
Garter, 367
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, death of, ii. 307
Goodwood, ii. 182; in 1833, iii. 20
Gorhambury, party at, ii. 188
'Goriot, Le Pere,' iii. 378
Goulburn, Right Hon. Henry, Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 124
Graham, Right Hon. Sir James, First Lord of the Admiralty, ii.
66; elevation of, 90; remarks on, 91; resignation of, iii. 88;
declines to join the Peel Administration, 176; conservative
spirit of, 249; on the crisis of 1835, 249; joins the
Opposition, 272
Grange, The, attacked by a mob, ii. 68
Grant, Right Hon. Charles, _see_ Glenelg, Lord
Granville, Earl, Ambassador in Paris, iii. 385
Granville, Countess, i. 10; quarrel with M. Thiers, iii. 380
Greece, policy of the English Government towards, i. 255
Greenwich, dinner at, iii. 1
Grenville, Thomas, conduct during the riots of 1780, iii. 129
Gresley, Sir Roger, quarrel with Lord H. Bentinck, ii. 148
Greville, Charles, sen., death of, ii. 318
Greville, Mrs., 'Ode to Indifference,' ii. 319
Greville, Algernon, private secretary to the Duke of Wellington,
iii. 163
Grey, Earl, hostility to the Government, i. 100; forms an
Administration, 1830, ii. 64, 66; First Lord of the Treasury,
66; at dinner at Lord Sefton's, 69; nepotism of, 78; character
of, 88; relations with Lord Lyndhurst, 88; lays the Reform Bill
before the King, 109; weakness of Government in the House of
Commons, 116; remarks on Administration of, 137; invested with
the Order of the Garter, 146; at dinner at Hanbury's Brewery,
149; attacked on his foreign policy, 178; on Belgian affairs,
178; attacked by Lord Durham, 226; proposed new Peers, 230;
altered conduct of, 232; reluctance to make new Peers, 247;
conversation with, 248; interview with Lord Harrowby and Lord
Wharncliffe, 259; minute of compromise with Lord Harrowby and
Lord Wharncliffe, 260; speech on Ancona, 269; speech at the
close of the Reform debate, 288; continued efforts for a
compromise, 291; Government defeated in committee, 293;
resignation of Administration of, 294; resumes office with his
colleagues, 300; remarks on the members of the Administration
of, 322; embarrassment of Government, 369; instance of
readiness of, iii. 10; on Portuguese affairs, 21; compared with
the Duke of Wellington, 73; changes in the Administration of,
88, 90, 91; situation of, in the crisis of 1834, 91; letter to
Lord Ebrington, 92; weakness of the Government, 97; resignation
of, 101; refuses the Privy Seal, 112; desires to retire, 124;
dinner to, at Edinburgh, 135; events subsequent to retirement
of, 145; intrigue, 145; conservative spirit of, 249; audience
of the King, 251; dissatisfaction of, 352
Grey, Sir Charles, Governor of Jamaica, sworn in a Privy
Councillor, iii. 271
Grote, George, returned for the City of London, iii. 188
Guizot, Monsieur, reported resignation of, ii. 45; eminence of,
iii. 379
Gully, Mr., account of, ii. 335; returned for Pontefract, 336
Gunpowder Plot, papers relating to, i. 161
Haddington, Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 181
Halford, Sir Henry, report on the cholera, ii. 137
Hampden, Dr. Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, iii. 341,
342
Hanbury's Brewery, dinner at, ii. 148
Happiness, reflections on, iii. 293
Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir Henry, on the prospects of the Tory
Government, iii. 167; on the King and Lord Melbourne, 168
Harrowby, Earl of, Lord President, i. 95; speech on Reform, ii.
206; interview with Lord Grey, 224; circular to the Peers, 242,
248; interview with Lord Grey, 259; discussions on letter of,
262; letter shown to Lord Grey, 264; the 'Times' on the letter
of, 264, 265; patriotic conduct of, 275; declines to vote on
Schedule A, 281; character of, iii. 52; subscription to
election expenses, 182
Harrowby, Countess of, iii. 52
Hartwell, visit to, ii. 345
Harvey, Whittle, committee, iii. 112; speech of, at Southwark,
188
Harwich election, 1835, iii. 186
Health, formation of a board of, ii. 154
Henry II., King, and Thomas a Becket, iii. 130
Henry VIII., King, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Herbert, Sydney, Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. 194
Herculaneum, i. 349
'Hernani,' ii. 154
Herries, Right Hon. John Charles, scene at Council, i. 108;
discussions on appointment of, 110; ill-will of, towards his
colleagues, 121; Master of the Mint, 124
Hertford, Marchioness of, funeral of, iii. 79
Hess, Captain, ii. 319, 320
Heurteloup, Baron, before the Judicial Committee, iii. 332
Heythrop, riot at, ii. 77
Hill, Mr., Irish members' squabble, iii. 55
Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir John Cam, speech on the Reform Bill, ii.
123; Secretary of War, 243; resigns Irish Secretaryship and
seat for Westminster, ii. 368; on the state of affairs, iii.
195; Board of Control, in Lord Melbourne's second
Administration, 256
Holland, the King of, invades Belgium, ii. 175; state of, 200;
conduct of the King of, 314; the King refuses to give up
Antwerp, 321, 329; obstinacy of the King, 324; bankrupt
condition of, iii. 32
Holland, Lord, at Panshanger, ii. 47; Duchy of Lancaster, iii.
113; anecdotes related by, 131; on Reform, 135; on Mr. Canning,
135; anecdotes, 335; on Mr. Fox, 335; contempt for the Tory
party, 336
Holland, Lady, fancies of, ii. 331; and Spencer Perceval, iii.
331
Holland House, dinner at, ii. 245; conversation at, 316; Allen
and Macaulay, 317; sketch of, 331; conversation at, iii. 127,
129; literary criticisms, 130; Lord Melbourne's conversation,
131; dinner at, 132; news of the fall of Lord Melbourne's
Administration, 147; party spirit at, 192
Holmes boroughs, ii. 140
Hook, Theodore, improvisation of, iii. 119, 197; singing of, 197
Home, Sir William, Attorney-General, ii. 333; and Lord Brougham,
iii. 67
Hortense, Queen, at Frascati, i. 305
Horton, Wilmot, lectures at the Mechanics' Institute, ii. 97
Howe, Earl, dismissal of, ii. 203; Queen's Chamberlain, 319; and
Queen Adelaide, 331; correspondence about the Chamberlainship,
339
Howick, Viscount, Under-secretary, ii. 78; in office, iii. 254;
civility of the King to, 255; Secretary of War, 256; acrimony
of, 312; interview with Spencer Perceval, 330; on the position
of parties, 360
Hudson, Sir James, page of honour, ii. 339
Hume, John Deacon, Assistant-Secretary to the Board of Trade, i.
223; ii. 49
Hume, Joseph, extreme Radical views of, ii. 361; speech on the
Orangemen, iii. 344; deputation to Lord Melbourne, 357
'Hunchback, The,' ii. 285
Hunt, Henry, speech of, ii. 112; speech of, against the Reform
Bill, 134
Huskisson, Right Hon. William, President of the Board of Trade,
i. 95; dispute in the Cabinet, 120; joins the new Government,
122; Colonial Secretary, 124; resignation of, 131; Lord
Melbourne's opinion of, ii. 46; death of, 47; character of, 49;
funeral of, 51
Incendiarism in the country, ii. 84
Ireland, trials in, i. 239; dissatisfaction in, ii. 76;
unpopularity of Government changes in, 89; state of, 112, 114;
education in, 267, 271; tithes, 309; Church difficulties in,
323
Irish Church, abuses in, iii. 9; the Irish Church Bill dangerous
to the Government, 86; differences in the Cabinet, 89;
difficulties of the Irish Church question, 240, 253; opinions
of Lord Melbourne on the, 269. For debates on the Irish Church
Bill, _see_ Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
Irish Tithe Bill, thrown out, iii. 117; divisions on the, 246;
conduct of the Government, 298; difficulties of, 353, 354;
abandonment of the Appropriation Clause, 355
Irving, Edward, service in chapel, iii. 40; the unknown tongues,
41; sermon of, 41; interview with Lord Melbourne, 129
Irving, Washington, i. 249
Istria, Duchesse d', beauty of, iii. 381
Jacquemont's Letters, iii. 115
Jamaica, insurrection in, ii. 262; Mr. Greville, Secretary of the
Island of, 349; petition to the King, 352; affairs of, 352;
anecdote of a slave, 359; opinion of Sir Willoughby Cotton,
380; office of Secretary to the Island of, threatened, iii.
266, 268, 275; secured, 279
Jebb, Judge, charge of, at O'Connell's trial, ii. 109
Jeffrey, Lord, and Professor Leslie, iii. 44
Jersey, Countess of, character of, i. 12; party at the house of,
ii. 64; quarrel with Lord Durham, 119; correspondence with Lord
Brougham, 126
Jockey Club, dinner given by the King to the, 1828, i. 154; in
1829, 211
'John Bull,' the, newspaper, ii. 97
Johnson, Dr., anecdotes of, ii. 316
Johnstone, Right Hon. Sir Alexander, sworn in a Privy Councillor,
iii. 27, 30; at the Judicial Committee, 125
Jones Loyd, Mr., iii. 188
Jones, 'Radical,' interview with Lord Wharncliffe, ii. 200
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Bill for the
establishment of the, iii. 21; meeting to make regulations for
the, 35; first sitting of the, 38; working of the, 205
Kelly, Mrs., adventures of her daughter, i. 379, 383; case before
the Privy Council, iii. 259, 261, 266, 267; judgment, 274
Kemble, Charles, and his family, iii. 260
Kemble, Miss Fanny, i. 240, ii. 129; tragedy by, 270; in the
'Hunchback,' 285
Kempt, Right Hon. Sir James, Master-General of the Ordnance,
sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 84
Kent, H.R.H. the Duchess of, disputes in the Royal Family, ii.
190; and the Duke of Wellington, 190; the Regency Bill, 191;
salutes to, iii. 3; at Burghley, 315; quarrels with the King,
366; scene at Windsor, 367; answer to the address of the City
of London, 399; squabble with the King, 400
Kenyon, Lord, speech at Apsley House, ii. 198
Kinnaird, Lord, created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, anecdote of, iii. 130
Knatchbull, Right Hon. Sir Edward, joins the Peel Government,
iii. 176, 177; attack on, 226
Knighton, Sir William, i. 72; influence with the King, 99, 144;
behaviour of, during the King's illness, ii. 174
Lafayette, Marquis de, resignation of, ii. 99
La Ferronays, M. de, French Ambassador at Rome, i. 307; on the
accession of the Emperor Nicholas, 373; on French politics,
368; civility of, 380, 381; on French affairs, 393, 395
La Granja, revolution of, iii. 364, 365
'Lalla Rookh,' at Bridgewater House, iii. 353
Lamb, Sir Frederick, ii. 94; reported letter to the King of
France from the Duke of Wellington, 94
Lambeth Palace, restoration of, ii. 34
Lancashire election, 1835, iii. 198
Langdale, Lord, reply to Lord Brougham, iii. 81; declines the
Solicitor-Generalship, 141; peerage, 328; Master of the Rolls,
328
Lansdowne, Marquis of, Secretary of State for the Home
Department, i. 95; Lord President, ii. 66; dinner to name the
sheriffs, 109; on the Reform Bill, 131; and Lord Brougham, 347;
Lord President in both of the Administrations of Lord
Melbourne, iii. 113, 256
La Ronciere, case of, iii. 202
Laval, M. de, at Apsley House, ii. 15
Law, History of English, iii. 114
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, early genius of, i. 256; death of, 263;
character of, 264; funeral of, 268; engagement of, to the
Misses Siddons, iii. 50
Leach, Right Hon. Sir John, disappointed of the Woolsack, ii. 68;
in the case of Drax _v._ Grosvenor, 378
Leigh, Colonel George, ii. 189
Leinster, Duke of, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155
Leitrim, Earl of, created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Le Marchant, Denis, at Stoke, iii. 21
Lemon, Robert, F.S.A., Deputy Keeper of the State Papers, iii. 44
Lennard, John Barrett, Chief Clerk of the Privy Council Office,
ii. 370
Leopold, King, i. 22; desires to ascend the throne of Greece,
265; anxiety to ascend the throne of Belgium, ii. 153; accepts
the throne of Belgium, 158; starts for Belgium, 167; proposes
to the Princess Louise of France, 168; in Belgium, 177; want of
confidence in, 177; cold reception of, at Windsor, iii. 370
Leuchtenberg, Duke of, at Havre, iii. 33; marriage of, 33; letter
to Lord Palmerston, 34; arrival of, 195
Leveson, Lord Francis, _see_ Ellesmere, Earl of
Levee, iii. 213
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, ('Monk' Lewis), journals and voyages to
the West Indies, ii. 382; anecdote of, iii. 2; agreement with
Mr. Murray for the Journal, 8
Lichfield, Earl of, at Runton, iii. 51
Lichfield Cathedral, iii. 327
Lieven, Prince, recalled, iii. 87
Lieven, Princess, character of, i. 15; attacks Lord Grey, ii.
261; on the Belgian question, 266; conversation with, 322;
renews her friendship with the Duke of Wellington, 325;
grievances of, 351; interference of, 358; diplomatic
difficulties, 357; reception of, at St. Petersburg, iii. 23;
position, of, in Paris, 379
Littleton, Right Hon. Edward, i. 11; proposed by Lord Althorp as
Speaker, ii. 333; Secretary for Ireland, 372; and O'Connell,
iii. 99; instrumental in breaking up the Government, 102;
political career of, 103; letter to Lord Wellesley, 103, 110;
in communication with O'Connell, 103, 110; Irish Secretary, 113
Liverpool, Earl of, and the King, i. 25; paralytic seizure, 90;
transactions before the close of Administration of, ii. 173
Liverpool, opening of the railroad, ii. 43, 47; bribery at
election, 79
Lobau, Marshal, Commandant-General, ii. 99
Lodge, the Royal, entertainments at, i. 99
London, speech of Bishop of, iii. 391; University Charter, iii.
80, 81, 237; meeting of Committee of Council on, 260, 262
Londonderry, Marquis of, death of, i. 51; character of, 52;
funeral of, 54
Londonderry, Marquis of, motion on Belgium, ii. 180; attacks Lord
Plunket, 266; debate on appointment of, to St. Petersburg, iii.
225; opinion of the Duke of Wellington, 227; speech of, 228;
resignation of, 229
Long, St. John, trial of, ii. 85
Lords, House of, debate of Royal Dukes, i. 177; debate on
Catholic Relief Bill, 199; division on Catholic Relief Bill,
199; debate on affairs in Portugal, 277; debate on the Methuen
Treaty, ii. 118; speech of Lord Brougham, 118; violent scene in
the, 136; debate on Lord Londonderry's motion, 180; prospects
of the Reform Bill, 193; First Reform Bill thrown out, 202;
attack on the Bishops, 205; new Peers, 230; measures for
carrying the second reading of the Second Reform Bill, 235,
237; division on the Belgian question, 240; Reform Bill, 271;
Irish education, 271; debates on second reading of the Reform
Bill, 272, 286; list of proposed new Peers, 283; Reform Bill
carried, 287; in Committee on the Reform Bill, 291; debate on
conduct of the Tory party, 303; Russo-Dutch Loan, 315;
Government beaten on Portuguese question, 376; powerlessness
of, 377; Local Courts Bill, 382, 384; debate on Local Courts
Bill, iii. 7; Government defeated, 7; Irish Church Bill, 8;
Bill for the observance of the Sabbath, 83; debate on the Irish
Church Bill, 94; Poor Law Bill, 114; debate on Irish Tithe
Bill, 117; conduct of the House, 239; debate on Corporation
Bill, 286, 290; position of the House, 288, 291; Irish Tithe
Bill thrown up, 295; conflict with the House of Commons, 295;
state of the House, 307; debate on Corporation Bill, 308, 351;
hostility to the House of Commons, 359; conduct of the House,
360, 361
Louis XVIII., King, memoirs of, ii. 305; favourites of, 305; at
Hartwell, 345
Louis Philippe, King, accession of, ii. 26; conduct of, 27;
tranquillises Paris, 99; speech of, 169; averse to French
attack on Antwerp, 334; behaviour of, to the Queen of Portugal,
iii. 33; power of, in the Chamber, 142; courage of, 286;
conduct towards Spain, 321, 360, 364; at the Tuileries, 382;
dislike to the Duke de Broglie, 386
Louise, H.R.H. Princess, daughter of King Louis Philippe, ii. 168
Louis, Baron, reported resignation of, ii. 45
Luckner, General, ii. 219
Lushington, Dr., speech of, in the appeal of Swift _v._ Kelly,
ii. 383
Lushington, Sir Henry, and 'Monk' Lewis, iii. 2
Luttrell, Henry, character of, i. 10; 'Advice to Julia,' 33
Lyndhurst, Lord, Lord High Chancellor, i. 95, 124; quarrel with
the Duke of Cumberland, 223; dissatisfaction at Lord Brougham's
being raised to the Woolsack, ii. 68; reported appointment to
be Lord Chief Baron, 89; opinion of the Government, 93; Lord
Chief Baron, 106; political position of, 107; anecdote of a
trial, 107; retort to the Duke of Richmond, 139; on the
Government, 143; on Sir Robert Peel, 144; on Lord Brougham,
144; sent for by the King, 294; efforts to form a Tory
Government, 326; judgment in Small _v._ Attwood, 330; account
of the efforts of the Tory party to form a Government, 340;
forgets the message of the King to Lord Grey, iii. 49; account
of transactions between the King and Lord Melbourne, 150;
policy of, 151; on Lord Brougham, 153; Lord High Chancellor,
156; on the Administration of Sir Robert Peel, 189; conduct on
the Corporation Bill, 288, 292; on the prospects of the
session, 332; on the business of the House of Lords, 333;
speech in vindication of conduct, 362; in Paris, 378; insult
offered to, in House of Commons, 389; capacity of, 390; violent
speech of, 401
Lyndhurst, Lady, insulted by the Duke of Cumberland, i. 222;
conversation with, ii. 93
Lynn Regis, election, iii. 170, 171, 175, 181
Lyons, riots at, ii. 219
Macao, verses on, i. 11, 12
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, speeches on the Reform Bill, ii. 123,
199; eloquence of, 204; at Holland House, 245; appearance of,
246; character of, 317; on the Coercion Bill, 363; conversation
of, iii. 35; memory of, 337; eloquence of, compared to Lord
Brougham, 338; inscription on monument erected in honour of
Lord William Bentinck, 339
Macaulay, Zachary, iii. 337
Mackintosh, Right Hon. Sir James, speech of, on the criminal
laws, i. 19; conversation of, 241; death of, ii. 307; 'History
of England,' iii. 139; remarks on life of, 293, 314; compared
with Burke, 314; life of, 316; abilities of, 316; religious
belief of, 324
Maggiore, Lago, i. 414
Maidstone, state of the borough, iii. 184
Maii, Monsignore, i. 367, 375
Malibran, Maria Felicita, in the 'Sonnambula,' iii. 12
Mallet, conspiracy of, ii. 186
Malt Tax, the, Government defeated on, ii. 368
Manners Sutton, Sir Charles, G.C.B., proposed as Premier, ii.
326; conduct of, 341; reappointed Speaker, 343; Knight of the
Bath, iii. 30; the Speakership, 204, _see_ Canterbury, Lord
Mansfield, Lord, speech against the Government, ii. 136; audience
of the King, 138; meeting of Peers, 152
Mansion House, the, dinner at, iii. 178
Marengo, battle-field of, i. 292
Maria, Donna, Queen of Portugal, at a child's ball, i. 209;
proposals of marriage for, iii. 33; at Windsor, 33; picture of,
195
Marie Amelie, Queen, iii. 383
Marmont, Marshal, at Lady Glengall's, ii. 34; conversation with,
34; revolution of 1830, 37; at Woolwich, 38; dinner at Lord
Dudley's, 38
Matteis, trial of, i. 336, 341
Matuscewitz, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary, i. 159; on affairs
in Europe, ii. 176; conduct of, 324; conversation with, iii.
314
Maule, Mr. Justice, at dinner at the Athenaeum, ii. 101
Meeting of moderate men, origin of the 'Derby Dilly,' iii. 219
Meiningen, chateau of, model of the, iii. 122; the Queen revisits
the, 125
Melbourne, Viscount, Home Secretary, ii. 66; efficiency of, in
office, 90; negotiations with, 104; dissatisfaction of, 245; on
the proposed new Peers, 254; on the Reform Bill, 277; on the
members of Lord Grey's Administration, 322; sent for by the
King, iii. 102; forms an Administration, 108; letter to the
Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Stanley, 109;
Administration of, 113; anecdote of, 126; information of, 130;
literary conversation of, 131; on Benthamites, 138; theological
reading of, 138; fall of Government of, 143; dismissal of, 144;
details of fall of Government, 147; account of dismissal, 150,
168; with the King, 163, 168; with his colleagues, 164, 165,
166; dispute with Lord Duncannon, 166; speeches at Derby, 170;
weakness of, 170; second Administration formed, 253;
composition of, 256; theological reading of, 324; appointment
of Dr. Hampden, 342; action against, brought by the Hon. Mr.
Norton, 349; result of the trial, 351; difficulties of the
Government, 355
Melville, Viscount, President of the India Board, i. 124
Mendizabal, ability of, iii. 321; dismissal of, 350
Messiah, the oratorio of the, performed in Westminster Abbey,
iii. 98
Methuen, Paul, M.P., on supporting the Government, iii. 65;
retort of O'Connell to, 65
Metternich, Princess, anecdote of, iii. 187
Mexico, failure of the Spanish expedition against, i. 249
Meynell, Mr., retires from the Lord Chamberlain's department, ii.
133
Mezzofanti, i. 403
Middlesex election, 1835, iii. 197
Middleton, party at, i. 12
Miguel, Dom, ii. 312, 315, 321; attacks Oporto, 324; fleet
captured by Captain Napier, iii. 9; anecdote of, 26; blunders
of, 93
Milan, i. 413
Mill, John Stuart, at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59
Milton, Viscount, at a meeting at Lord Althorp's, ii. 161
Mirabeau, Count de, Talleyrand's account of, ii. 384
Miraflores, Count de, Spanish Ambassador in London, iii. 98;
doubtful compliment to Madame de Lieven, 99
Mola di Gaeta, i. 359; Cicero's villa, 368
Mole, M., Prime Minister of France, iii. 379; abilities of, 380
Montalivet, case of the French refugee, iii. 386
Monti, Vincenzo, anecdote of, ii. 186
Moore, Thomas, i. 239, 245; conversation of, 242; anecdotes, 247;
Irish patriotism of, ii. 98; opinions on Reform, 140; copy of
'Lord Edward Fitzgerald,' 169; satire on Dr. Bowring, 219;
compared with Rogers, iii. 324; quarrel with O'Connell, 346
'Morning Herald,' the, moderate Tory organ, ii. 269
Mornington, Countess of, death of, ii. 194
Morpeth, Viscount, Irish Secretary, iii. 256; speech on Irish
Tithe Bill, 256
Mosley, Sir Oswald, meeting of moderate men, iii. 220
Mulgrave, Earl of, in Jamaica, ii. 352; refuses the office of
Postmaster-General, iii. 90; Lord Privy Seal, 113; capability
of, 255
Municipal Corporation Bill, iii. 263, 284, 290; policy of Tory
Peers on the, 283; prospects of the, 295; effects of the, 309,
313; the Bill carried, 310
Munster, Earl of, employed by the King, ii. 10; raised to the
Peerage, 143; Lieutenant of the Tower, 168; sworn in a Privy
Councillor, 352
Murat, Achille, ii. 115
Murray, Dr., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, i. 146
Murray, Sir George, Secretary of State for the Colonial
Department, ii. 11
Murray, Lady Augusta, marriage of, ii. 194
Musard's ball, iii. 384
Namik Pacha, Turkish Ambassador, ii. 339
Napier, Sir William, on the state of the country, ii. 108;
'History of the Peninsular War,' iii. 271
Napier, Captain Charles, captures Dom Miguel's fleet, iii. 9;
cause of capture of a French squadron, 11; anecdote of, 34
Naples, i. 333; sight-seeing at, 334; Court of Justice, 334;
manuscripts, 334; ceremony of taking the veil, 338; sights of,
345, 356; miracle of the blood of San Gennaro, 353, 355, 364;
excursions to Astroni, 356; lines on leaving, 361
Navarino, battle of, i. 114, 163
Nemours, H.R.H. Duc de, accompanies King Louis Philippe, ii. 99;
nomination to the throne of Belgium declined, 111; in the House
of Commons, iii. 306; at Doncaster, 315
Newmarket, political negotiations at, ii. 290
Nicholas, Emperor, accession of, i. 373; reception of strangers,
iii. 24; on the change of Government in England, 211; speech at
Warsaw, 319; dislike to King Louis Philippe, 387; qualities of,
371
'Norma,' the opera of, iii. 2
North, Lord, Letters of George III. to, iii. 129; anecdote of,
132
Northamptonshire election, iii. 326
Northumberland, Duke of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 157
Northumberland, Duchess of, resigns her office of governess to
the Princess Victoria, iii. 400
Norton, Hon. Mr., action brought against Lord Melbourne, iii.
349; result of the trial, 351
Oaks, The, ii. 374; party at, 374
Oatlands, the residence of the Duke of York, i. 4; weekly parties
at, 5, 7
O'Connell, Daniel, character of, i. 145; at dinner, 203; attempts
to take his seat, 207; elected for Clare, 1829, 223; insult to,
ii. 76; in Ireland, 96; opposition to Lord Anglesey, 98;
abilities of, 100; violence of, 106; arrest of, 107; trial of,
109; position of, 111; pleads guilty, 114; opposition to Lord
Duncannon in Kilkenny, 115; explanation of, 123; dread of
cholera, 309; member for Ireland, 351; violent speech at the
Trades' Union, 362, 363; attack on Baron Smith, iii. 59; retort
to Mr. Methuen, 65; and the Coercion Bill, 103, 110; in
correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 110; union with the Whig
party, 219; power of, 255; affair with Lord Alvanley, 256; in
Scotland, 316; proposed expulsion from Brooks's club, 320;
quarrel with Moore, 346; Carlow election, 348
O'Connell, Morgan, duel with Lord Alvanley, iii. 256
Old Bailey, trials at, i. 204; ii. 85
Opera House, the English, burnt, i. 277
Orange, Prince of, dinner to the, ii. 57; returns to Holland, 133
Orange, Princess of, robbery of jewels of, i. 267
Orange Lodge, association of, iii. 343
Orangemen, meeting of, iii. 123
Orleans, H.R.H. Duke of, arrival of, i. 208; sent to Lyons, ii.
219; in England, 373; project of marriage at Vienna, iii. 372;
question of marriage of, 387
Orloff, Count, arrival of, ii. 278; delay in ratification of the
Belgian Treaty, 285
Osterley, party at, ii. 187
Padua, i. 411
Paestum, i. 344
Palmella, Duke of, arrival of in London, ii. 315
Palmerston, Viscount, speech on the Portuguese question, i. 211;
Foreign Secretary, ii. 66; suggests a compromise on the Reform
Bill, 211; on proposed new Peers, 254; on prospects of the
Reform Bill, 256; business habits of, iii. 20, 21; unpopularity
of, 56; speech on the Turkish question, 71; Foreign Secretary
in Lord Melbourne's Administration, 113; unpopularity with the
_corps diplomatique_, 136; loses his election in Hampshire,
197; as a man of business, 210; Foreign Secretary, 256;
abilities of, 360
Panic, the, 1825, i. 77; on the Stock Exchange, 1830, ii. 43
Panshanger, parties at, ii. 46, 47, 229
Paris, society at, in 1830, i. 283; in July, 416, 417; Marshal
Marmont's account of events at, in 1830, ii. 36; alarm felt in,
99; change of Ministry, 133; in 1837, iii. 377; society at,
378, 385; sight-seeing, 381, 383
Park, Judge, anecdotes of, ii. 92; iii. 372
Parke, Right Hon. Sir James, sworn in a Privy Councillor, iii.
21; Baron of the Exchequer, 71; in the appeal of Swift _v._
Kelly, 268
Parliament, meeting of, 1830, ii. 53; meeting of, 1831, ii. 110;
dissolution of 1831, 137; opening of, 153; in 1831, 223;
dissolution of, 1832, 334; opening of, 1833, 351; prorogation
of, 1833, iii. 27; opening of, 1834, 55; dissolution of, 183;
temporary buildings for Houses of, 205; opening of, 219; in
1836, 334; prorogation of, 1836, 361
Parnell, Sir Henry, turned out of office, ii. 243
Parsons, anecdotes of, ii. 108
Paskiewitch, Marshal, in quarantine, ii. 162
Pattison, James, returned to Parliament for the City of London,
iii. 188
Pavilion, The, dinner at, i. 49; completion of, 54
Pease, Mr., and O'Dwyer, iii. 59
Pedro, Dom, expedition of, ii. 312, 315; proposal to combine with
Spain, iii. 72; in possession of Portugal, 93
Peel, Right Hon. Sir Robert, Home Secretary, i. 124; speeches on
Catholic Relief Bill, 167, 183; Oxford University election,
1829, 177; defeated, 178; political prospects of, ii. 95, 96;
power in the House of Commons, 116; speech on the Reform Bill,
123; inactivity of, on the Reform Bill, 130, 134; complaints of
policy of, 141; conduct of, 160; reserve of, 161, 174;
excellence in debate, 200; answer to Lord Harrowby, 248, 249;
policy of, 264; speech on Irish Tithes, 269; invited to form a
Government, 294; refuses to take office, 296; defence of
conduct, 304; conduct during the Tory efforts to form a
Government, 327, 328; conduct compared with that of the Duke of
Wellington, 328; character of, 354; on political unions, iii.
12; in society, 35; position of, in the House of Commons, 64;
collection of pictures, 70; great dinner given by, 72; speech
on admission of Dissenters to the University, 75; policy of the
Administration of, 161; friendship with the Duke of Wellington
renewed, 167; arrival of, from the Continent, 174; formation of
Administration, 177; manifesto to the country, 178; prospects
of the Ministry, 179; qualities of, 189; Toryism of
Administration of, 194; false position of, 208; prospects of
Government, 214, 235, 236; talents of, 224; conduct to his
adherents, 230, 244; courage of, 283; impending resignation of,
242; Government defeated, 246; resignation of Administration
of, 1835, 246, 248; speech on Corporation Reform, 263; on Irish
Church Bill, 281; relations with Lord John Russell, 282;
seclusion of, 297; speech on Corporation Reform, 304;
consideration for Lord Stanley, 335; conduct with regard to the
Corporation Bill, 340; position of, 358; on the beginning of
the new reign, 402
Peel, Sir Robert, sen., account of, ii. 125
Peel, Right Hon. Jonathan, iii. 243
Pemberton, Thomas, ii. 314; in the appeal of Swift _v._ Kelly,
iii. 267, 271
Pembroke, Earl of, i. 250
Pension List, _see_ Commons, House of
Pepys, Right Hon. Sir Christopher, Master of the Rolls, iii. 328.
_See_ Cottenham, Lord
Perceval, Spencer, discourse of, iii, 41; the Unknown Tongue, 41;
on the condition of the Church, 123; apostolic mission to the
members of the Government, 331; at Holland House, 331;
apostolic mission of, 333
Perier, Casimir, momentary resignation of, ii. 175; attacked by
cholera, 288; death of, 307
Persian Ambassador, the, quarrel of, with the Regent, i. 21
Perth election, 1835, iii. 197
Petworth House and pictures, ii. 336; fete at, iii. 84
Peyronnet, Comte de, i. 393
Phillpotts, _see_ Exeter, Bishop of
Pisa, i. 297
Pitt, Right Hon. William, described by Talleyrand, ii. 345;
anecdotes of, iii. 131
Plunket, Lord, Lord Chancellor in Ireland, ii. 90; anecdote of,
107; at Stoke, iii. 21; Deanery of Down, 70
Poland, contest in, ii. 157
Polignac, Prince Jules de, head of the Administration in France;
i. 160, 229, 283; Administration of, 394; behaviour of, ii. 29;
letter to M. de Mole, 33; exasperation against, 38, 39
Pompeii, i. 338; excavations at, 343
Ponsonby, Viscount, Minister at Naples, ii. 155; letters of, 172;
conduct of, as Ambassador at Constantinople, iii. 405
Pope, the, audience of Pius VIII., i. 382; Irish appointments of
the, iii. 269. _See_ Rome
Portfolio, the, iii. 327
Portland, Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 95
Portugal, ships seized by the French, ii. 182, 184; affairs in,
iii. 25, 79; bankrupt state of, 93
Powell, Mr., ii. 52
Pozzo di Borgo, Count, ii. 347; views of, on the state of Europe,
iii. 182; Russian Ambassador in London, 201, 203
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, first speech of, ii. 115; First
Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. 194
Pratolino, i. 402
Prayer, form of, on account of the disturbed state of the
kingdom, ii. 99
Proclamation against rioters, ii. 73
Quakers, the, address to King William IV., ii. 17
'Quarterly Review, The,' attacks Lord Harrowby, ii. 269, 270;
pamphlet in answer to article, 270
Quintus Curtius, iii. 130
Racing, remarks on, ii. 373; anecdote, 374
Redesdale, Lord, letter of, ii. 269
Reform, plan of, ii. 105; remarks on, 207; negotiations
concerning, 215, 217, 218
Reform Bill, the, laid before the King, ii. 109; excitement
concerning, 124; carried by one vote, 132; alterations in, 134;
Government defeated, 135; remarks on, 180; attitude of the
press, 193; prospects of, 199; negotiations for a compromise,
211; altered tone of the press, 225; meeting of Peers in
Downing Street, 225; measures for carrying the second reading
in the House of Lords, 235, 237, 239, 241; continued efforts to
compromise, 268; finally passed in the House of Commons, 270;
continued discussions on, 274; difficulty with Schedule A, 280;
carried in the House of Lords, 287; in committee, 292; passes
through committee, 304; results of, iii. 27, 191. For debates
on, _see_ Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
Reichstadt, Duke of, and Marshal Marmont, iii. 374
Reis-Effendi, the, i. 159
Renfrewshire election, iii. 388
Rice, Right Hon. Thomas Spring, Colonial Secretary, iii. 88, 113;
difficulties with, 253; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 256;
incapacity of, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 376
Richmond, Duke of, and King George III. at a naval review, iii.
129
Richmond, Duke of, summary of character of, i. 199; Postmaster-General,
ii. 66; refuses the appointment of Master of the Horse, 67;
difficulties with his labourers, 68; at Goodwood, 182; on Reform,
211; character of, iii. 15; resignation of, 88
Riots, in London, 1830, ii. 55; among the farm labourers, 68;
proclamation against, 73; in the country, 77
Ripon, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 66; resignation of, iii. 88.
_See_ Goderich, Viscount
Robarts, Mr., dinner given by, iii. 184
Robinson, Right Hon. Frederick John, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
i. 79; _See_ Goderich, Viscount
Rochester election, 1835, iii. 193
Roden, Earl of, declines the office of Lord Steward, iii. 179,
181
Rogers, Samuel, breakfast given by, ii. 150; compared with Moore,
iii. 324
Rolle, Lord, remark to Lord Brougham, iii. 107
Rome, i. 303, 304; St. Peter's, 303, 321; sight-seeing, 306, 311,
322; the Sistine Chapel, 309; the cardinals, 309; a cardinal
lying in state, 312; Pompey's statue, 313; Temple of Bacchus,
313; the Catacombs, 314; the Pope's blessing, 316, 324; Holy
Week observances, 317; the Grand Penitentiary, 317, 319;
washing of pilgrims' feet, 320; supper to pilgrims, 321;
Protestant burial-ground, 322; St. Peter's illuminated, 325;
excavations, 327; sight-seeing, 328, 329, 362; aqueducts, 363;
the Scala Santa, 364; St. Peter's, 366; Library of the Vatican,
367; votive offering of a horse-shoe, 367, 372; Columbaria,
374; saints, 385; the Flagellants, 387; relations with
Protestant countries, 391; the Coliseum, 395; story of a thief,
396; convent of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 397; sight-seeing, 398
Rosslyn, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 210; Lord President of the
Council, iii. 177; dinner for selecting the Sheriffs, 201
Roussin, Admiral, at Constantinople ii. 367
Rovigo, the Duke de, at Rome, i. 325
Rundell, Mr., fortune of, will of, i. 90
Runton Abbey, shooting at, iii. 51; murder in the neighbourhood,
51
Russell, Right Hon. Lord John, introduces the Reform Bill, ii.
121; seat in the Cabinet, 150; brings in his Bill, 155; letter
to Attwood, 205, 206; willing to compromise, 223; brings on the
second Reform Bill, 227; Paymaster, of the Forces, iii. 113;
objected to by the King as leader of the House of Commons, 160;
speech at Totness, 171; on the Speakership, 205; on Church
Reform, 206; first speech as leader of the House of Commons,
214; letter of, on the Speakership, 218; as leader of the House
of Commons, 221; marriage of, 252; Home Secretary in Lord
Melbourne's second Administration, 256; introduction of
Corporation Reform, 263; relations with Sir Robert Peel, 282;
course to be pursued on the Corporation Bill, 303, 310; speech
on the Orangemen, 344; moderation of, 352; meeting at the
Foreign Office, 357, 358; intention of the Government to
proceed with their Bills, 397; speech in answer to Roebuck, 401
Russia, state of, 1829, i. 158; intrigues of, ii. 351; diplomatic
relations with, 352; combines with Turkey against Egypt, 366;
fleet sent to Constantinople, 366; establishes her power in the
East, 371; quarrel with, iii. 44; policy towards Turkey, 48;
treaty with Turkey, 69; relations with Turkey, 183
Russo-Dutch Loan, question of the, ii. 240, 241; origin of the,
244; debate on the, in the House of Lords, 315
Rutland, Duke of, anti-Reform petition, ii. 263; birthday party,
iii. 46
Sadler, Mr., maiden speech of, in opposition to the Catholic
Relief Bill, i. 191
Saint-Aulaire, M. de, French Ambassador at Vienna, iii. 187;
anecdote of, 187
Saint-Aulaire, Madame de, iii. 187
Saint-Germain, Count de, account of, ii. 186; the 'Wandering
Jew,' 186
Salerno, i. 344
Salisbury, Marquis of, petition to the King, ii. 231
Saltash, borough of, division on, ii. 170
San Carlos, Duke and Duchess of, i. 8
Sandon, Viscount, moves the Address in the House of Commons, iii.
202; on Sir Robert Peel, 340
Sandys, Lord, iii. 359
Sartorius, Admiral, petition, iii. 366
Scarlett, Sir James, Attorney-General, i. 210
Scott, Sir Walter, death of, ii. 307
Seaford, Lord, i. 83
Sebastiani, Count, French Ambassador to the Court of St. James's,
iii. 180
Sefton, Earl of, dinner to Lord Grey and Lord Brougham, ii. 69;
on Lord Brougham, 148; created a Peer of the United Kingdom,
150; qualities of, 183
Segrave, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, iii. 322
Senior, Nassau, at Holland House, iii. 138
Session of 1833, review of the, iii. 28
Sestri, i. 297
Seton, Sir Henry, arrival of, from Belgium, ii. 178
Seymour, Lord, withdraws his support from the Government, ii. 124
Seymour, George, Master of the Robes, ii. 50
Seymour, Horace, retires from the Lord Chamberlain's Department,
ii. 133
Seymour, Jane, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Shadwell, Right Hon. Sir Lancelot, on legal business, iii. 76
Shee, Sir Martin, elected President of the Royal Academy, i. 269
Sheil, Right Hon. Richard, dispute with Lord Althorp, iii. 55;
arrest of, by the Serjeant-at-Arms, 56; committee, 57, 58;
insult to Lord Lyndhurst, 389
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, iii. 336
Siege of Saragossa, the, iii. 40
Siena, i. 303
Simplon, the, i. 415
Slavery, abolition of, ii. 347; for debates on, _see_ Commons,
House of
Smith, Baron, ii. 105; O'Connell's attack upon, iii. 59, 61, 63
Smith, Sydney, and the siege of Saragossa, iii. 39; and Professor
Leslie, 44; sermon of, in St. Paul's Cathedral, 166; on Sir
James Mackintosh, 317; dispute of, with the Bishop of London,
395; letter to Archdeacon Singleton, 395
Smithson, Sir Hugh, ii. 337, 338
Somaglia, Cardinal, i. 312
Somerville, Mrs., iii. 58
Sorrento, i. 352; Benediction of the Flowers, 352
Soult, Marshal, sent to Lyons, ii. 219; Prime Minister of France,
324
Southey, Robert, at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59;
letter to Lord Brougham on rewards to literary men, 111
Spain, the Duke of Wellington on affairs in, iii. 47; state of,
55; affairs in, 66, 72; proposal to combine with Dom Pedro, 72;
affairs in, 183; deplorable state of, 359
Spanish Legion, formation of the, iii. 265
Speaker, the, indecision of, ii. 299; disputes on the
Speakership, 333; iii. 204
Spencer, Earl, death of, iii. 140
Spencer, Earl, _see_ Althorp, Viscount
Sprotborough, party at, for the races, ii. 50
Stael, Madame de, 'Considerations sur la Revolution francaise,'
i. 16; anecdote of, ii. 186
Stafford House, concert at, iii. 278
Stanley, Right Hon. Edward, Irish Secretary, ii. 66; speech on
the Reform Bill, 123; seat in the Cabinet, 150; speech in
answer to Croker, 228; Secretary for the Colonial Department,
365; at The Oaks, 374; indecision of, iii. 17; racing interests
of, 35; resignation of, 88; in opposition, 93; 'Thimblerig'
speech, 100; conciliatory letter to Lord Grey, 107; disposition
of, 165, 167; declines to join Sir R. Peel, 175, 176; speech at
Glasgow, 180; formation of the Stanley party, 220; position of
Mr. Stanley, 222; policy of, 228; meeting of party at the
'King's Head,' 237; speech on Irish Church question, 240;
character of, 250; letter to Sir Thomas Hesketh, 265; joins the
Opposition, 272; conduct of, 336
Stanley, Right Hon. Edward John, Under-Secretary of State, iii.
112
State Paper Office, i. 160; iii. 44
Stephen, James, opinions on emancipation, ii. 359
Stephenson, George, on steam-engines, iii. 54
Stewart, Lady Dudley, party given by, ii. 115; accompanies the
Prince of Orange to Gravesend, 133
Stoke, party at, i. 142; ii. 185
Strangford, Viscount, sent to the Brazils, i. 140
Strasburg prisoners, acquittal of, iii. 381
Strawberry Hill, party at, i. 247
Strutt, Edward, ii. 59
Stuart de Rothesay, Lord, Ambassador in France, i. 141
Sugden, Right Hon. Sir Edward, quarrel of, with Lord Brougham,
ii. 312; origin of animosity towards Lord Brougham, iii. 22;
Irish Chancellor, 178; resignation of, 231; retains his
appointment, 234
Sugden, Lady, not received at Court, iii. 231
Sunderland, state of, ii. 216
Sussex, H.R.H. the Duke of, marriage of, ii. 194
Sutherland, Duke of, death of the, iii. 19; wealth, of the, 19
Suttee case, before the Privy Council, ii. 307
Swift _v._ Kelly, before the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, iii. 259, 266, 267, 271; judgment, 274
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de, letter to the Emperor of Russia,
i. 23; Ambassador to the Court of St. James, ii. 44;
conversation of, 185; anecdotes, 185; _mot_ of, 195; dinner
with, 222; on Fox and Pitt, 344; detained in the Thames, 346;
on Portuguese affairs, iii. 25; on relations between France and
England, 314; opinion of, of Lord Palmerston, 360;
dissatisfaction at his position in London, 386
Tasso, i. 328; bust of, 328
Tavistock, Marquis of, on the prospects of the Liberal party,
iii. 43
Taylor, Sir Herbert, conversation with Lord Wharncliffe, ii. 251;
correspondence with, about the Chancellorship, 339
Taylor, Henry, breakfast at the house of, ii. 58; breakfast to
Wordsworth, Mill, Elliot, Charles Villiers, 120; on the
abolition of slavery in the West Indies, 348; 'Philip van
Artevelde,' iii. 114
Taylor, Brook, mission to Rome, ii. 153
Teddesley, party at, i. 11
Tenterden, Lord, death of, ii. 329; character of, 331; classical
knowledge of, 331
Terceira, Portuguese expedition to, i. 169, 170
Terni, Falls of, i. 401
Thiers, Adolphe, dinner to, iii. 31; account of, 31; at the head
of the French Government, 66; on interference in Spain, 66;
foreign policy of, 364; social qualities of, 379; quarrel with
Lady Granville, 380; courts the favour of Austria, 387
Thompson, Alderman, difficulties with his constituents, ii. 166
Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett, originates a commercial
treaty with France, ii. 219; Board of Trade, iii. 113, 256;
self-complacency of, 330
Thorwaldsen, Albert, at Florence, i. 299, 300
Tierney, Right Hon. George, i. 14; Master of the Mint, 95; death
of, 269
'Times,' the, on Lord Harrowby's letter, ii. 264, 265; attacks
Lord Grey, 267; Lord Chancellor's speech, 313; influence of
the, 362; and Lord Brougham, iii. 133; disposition of, to
support a Tory Government, 149, 152; terms of support to the
Duke of Wellington, 155; power of the, 156, 157; negotiations
with Lord Lyndhurst, 171; letter signed 'Onslow,' 199
Titchfield, Marquis of, death of, i. 75; character of, 75
Tivoli, i. 375
Tixall, party at, i. 10; Macao, 11
Torrington, Viscount, and the King, iii. 285
Tory party, state of the, ii. 162; meeting at Bridgewater House,
iii. 237; state of the, 306; indifference of members of the,
389
Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, iii. 45; between Russia and Turkey,
1834, 69; the Quadruple, for the pacification of the Peninsula,
signed 1834, 94
Tree, Ellen, at the City Theatre, ii. 181
Tuileries, the, reception at, iii. 382; ball at, 383; small ball
at, 385
Turf, the, reflections on, iii. 139
Turin, i. 291
Turkey, threatened by Russia, i. 228; critical state of, ii. 351;
relations with Russia, iii. 183
Tusculum, i. 390
Twiss, Horace, supper party given by, iii. 260
Union, speech of O'Connell on the repeal of the, iii. 80
Unions, proclamation against the, ii. 215; procession of trades,
iii. 79
Urquhart, Mr., Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople, iii.
405
Van de Weyer, Sylvain, Belgian Minister to the Court of St.
James, ii. 180
Vaudreuil, M. de, French _charge d'affaires_ in London, on French
affairs, ii. 24
Vaughan, Right Hon. Sir Charles, special mission to
Constantinople, iii. 405
Vaughan, Right Hon. Sir John, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii.
155
Venice, i. 405; sights of, 406, 408, 410
Vernet, Horace, at Rome, i. 325
Verona, Congress of, i. 65; visit to, 413
Verulam, Earl of, petition to the King, ii. 231
Vesuvius, ascent of, i. 350
Vicenza, i. 412
Victoria, H.R.H. the Princess, at a child's ball, i. 209; first
appearance of, at a drawing-room, ii. 119; at Burghley iii.
315; health of, proposed by the King, 364; at Windsor, 367;
letter from the King, 400; seclusion of, 403; first Council of,
406; proclaimed QUEEN, 408; impression produced on all, 409
Villiers, Hon. Hyde, appointed to the Board of Control, ii. 145
Villiers, Hon. George, at the Grove, ii. 105; conversation with
the Duke of Wellington, 105; mission to Paris for a commercial
treaty, 219; Minister at Madrid, iii. 14, 20, 21; on prospects
in Spain, 69, 79; letters of, from Madrid, 321, 360, 365
Villiers, Hon. Charles Pelham, ii. 59
Virginia Water, ii. 25; visit to, 30
Walewski, Count Alexander, arrival of, in London, ii. 104
Walpole, Horace, letters to Sir Horace Mann, iii. 2
'Wandering Jew, The,' ii. 186
Warsaw, affair at, ii. 95; taken by the Russians, 192
Warwickshire Election, iii. 353, 354
Wellesley, Marquis of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 31;
correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 103, 110; resigns the White
Wand, 258
Wellesley, Long, Esq., committed for contempt of court, ii. 166
Wellington, Duke of, account of the battle of Waterloo, i. 39; in
Paris with Bluecher, 41; dispute with the King, 51; on affairs
of France and Spain, 67; opinion of Bonaparte, 71; mission to
Russia, 78; visit to the Royal Lodge, 102; opinion of Mr.
Canning, 107; forms a Government, 1828, 124; resolves to carry
the Catholic Relief Bill, 143; correspondence with Dr. Curtis,
148; ascendency of, in the Cabinet, and over the King, 176;
hardness of character of, 191; duel with Lord Winchelsea, 192;
conversation with, on King George IV. and the Duke of
Cumberland, 216, 218; prosecution of the press, 233, 258, 260;
business habits of, 262; conversation with on the French
Revolution, ii. 21; qualities of, 41; confidence in, 45;
declaration against Reform, 53; Administration of, defeated,
61; resignation of, 62; suppresses disturbance in Hampshire,
75; political character of, 81; reported letter of advice to
the King of France, 94; correspondence with Mr. Canning, 103;
conduct towards the Government, 159; objections to Mr. Canning,
170; dinner at Apsley House, 188; anti-Reform dinner at Apsley
House, 197; remarks upon, 204; memorial to the King, 211;
correspondence with Lord Wharncliffe, 221; obstinacy of, 234;
letter to Lord Wharncliffe, 248; unbecoming letter laid before
the King, 252; reply to Lord Wharncliffe, 253; speech on Irish
Education, 272; sent for by the King, 294; efforts of, to form
an Administration, 299; inability of, to form an
Administration, 300; statement of his case, 302; conduct of the
Tory party, 302; ill-feeling towards Peel, 325; view of
affairs, 1833, 363; government of French provinces, 363;
respect evinced towards, 372; defence of policy, 379; Speech on
the Coronation Oath, iii. 9, 10; policy on the Irish Church
Bill, 10; on Portuguese affairs, 11, 26; and the Bonaparte
family, 26; subsequent account of attempt to form a Government,
48; compared with Lord Grey, 73; speech on the admission of
Dissenters to the University, 73; presents the Oxford petition,
79; and the Whigs, 82; installed as Chancellor of the
University of Oxford, 95; First Lord of the Treasury, and
Secretary of State for the Home Office, 149; arrangement for a
provisional Government, 149; at the public offices, 1834, 154;
account of crisis of 1834, 162; inconsistencies of, 172; on the
division on the Speakership, 216; on Lord Londonderry's
appointment, 227; anecdote of Lord Brougham, 232; on Spain,
270; on the Walcheren expedition, 271; policy of, on the
Corporation Bill, 283; letter to the Duke of Cumberland, 320;
speech in answer to Lord Lyndhurst, 362; meeting of Tory Peers,
397; crowned by the Duchess of Cannizzaro, 406; quarrel with
the Duke of Clarence, 406
Western, Lord, evidence of, iii. 112
West India Body, consternation of the, ii. 350; deputation of
the, 350
West India Bill, prospects of the, iii. 13. For debates on the,
_see_ Commons, House of
West Indies, Lord Chandos's motion on the state of the, ii. 116;
project of emancipation, 347; alarm in the, 352; difficulties
attending emancipation, 360; committee on affairs of the, iii.
266; decision on the office of Secretary of the Island of
Jamaica, 279
Westmeath, Marchioness of, pension, i. 157, 160
Westmeath _v._ Westmeath, appeal before the Judicial Committee,
iii. 119, 124; decision in, 140
Westminster election, 1818, contest, i. 3; in 1819, 17, 19; in
1833, ii. 370; in 1837, iii. 398
Wetherell, Sir Charles, account of, i. 194; speech on the Reform
Bill, ii. 123; supports Sir E. Sugden's motion, 314
Wharncliffe, Lord, interview with Radical Jones, ii. 200;
overtures for a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211; character
of, 213; draws up a declaration for signature in the City, 214;
disappointment of, 218; final interview of, with Lord Grey,
220; correspondence of, with the Duke of Wellington, 221;
interview of, with the King on the proposed new Peers, 231,
233; memorandum laid before the King, 252; as chief of a party,
289; in communication with Lord Lyndhurst and Lord
Ellenborough, 290; defends his policy, 292; paper on the Tory
party, 343; on the prospects of the country, iii. 54; joins the
Peel Government, 175; on the prospects of the session, 341
Whately, Richard, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, iii. 280
Whig party, state of the, iii. 159; tactics of the, 216; union
with O'Connell, 219; symptoms of disunion in the, 221; meeting
at Lichfield House, 224; prospects of the, 235
Wicklow, Earl of, attack on the Government, iii. 110
Wilberforce, William, speech of, i. 16; negotiation with Mr.
Canning, ii. 125
William IV., King, accession of, ii. 1; dislike of, to the Duke
of Cumberland, 5; behaviour of, 6, 9; at the House of Lords,
11; personal anecdotes of, 11, 12, 13, 14; dinner at Apsley
House, 14; at Windsor, 25; pays the racing debts of the Duke of
York, 50; speech on the change of Government, 72; levee, 74;
health of, 106, 108; mobbed on returning from the theatre, 117;
in mourning for his son-in-law, 133; in the House of Lords,
136; dissolves Parliament, 136; conduct to his Ministers, 138;
at Ascot, 147; opens Parliament, 153; at Windsor, 179; and the
Bishops, 185; divides the old Great Seal, 188; crowned at
Westminster, 190; levee, 192; toasts at dinner at St. James's,
193; interview with Lord Wharncliffe on creation of new Peers,
233; health of, 282; reluctance of, to make Peers, 283; adverse
sentiments towards the Whigs, 298; dinner to the Jockey Club,
301; levity of, 302; letter to the Peers, 303; character of,
307; struck by a stone, 307; country dance, 341; anecdotes of,
342; state of mind of, 364; letter to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, 382, 383; letter-writing, iii. 2; animosity to the
French, 33; irritability of, 81; conduct of, 84; personal
feelings towards the members of Lord Melbourne's
Administration, 137; dismissal of Lord Melbourne, 144; speech
to the Tory Lords, 148; provisional appointments, 148; account
of difference with Lord Melbourne, 150; resolution of, to
support the Tory Government, 161; address to the new Ministers,
175; on the state of Persia, 184; whims of, 203; Island of St.
Bartholomew, 203; indignation of, at the affair of Lord
Londonderry, 231; distress of, 251; and the Ministers, 245;
personal habits of, 264; speech to Sir Charles Grey, 272;
audience to Lord Durham, 272; hostility towards Lord Glenelg
and the Ministers, 276; conduct to the Speaker, 279; scene with
Lord Torrington, 285; speech to the Bishops, 303; speech on the
Militia, 311; and the Duchess of Kent, 313; speech at dinner to
the Jockey Club, 351; Toryism of, 358; joke, 361; speech to the
Bishop of Ely, 363; proposes the health of the Princess
Victoria, 364; aversion to his Ministers, 364, 366; speech to
Lord Minto, 364, 366; rudeness to the Duchess of Kent, 366;
scene at birthday party, 367; reception of King Leopold, 370;
speech, 1837, 385; address to Lord Aylmer, 394; illness of,
399, 400; letter to the Princess Victoria, 399; dangerous
illness of, 401; prayers offered up for, 403; death of, 406;
kindness of heart of, 410
Williams, Sir John, Justice of the Common Pleas, iii. 71
Winchelsea, Earl of, duel of, with the Duke of Wellington, i.
192; incident of the handkerchief, 198
Winchester Cathedral, iii. 283
Windham, Right Hon. William, diary of, i. 231; conversation with
Doctor Johnson, 232
Windsor Castle, dinner in St. George's Hall, ii. 34, 42; dinner
during the Ascot week, 147
Windsor election, mobs at the, iii. 130
Woburn, party at, i. 23; riot at, ii. 77
Wood, Charles, on the Reform Bill, ii. 280
Wood, Matthew, returned to Parliament for the City of London,
iii. 188
Worcester, Marchioness of, death of the, i. 47
Worcester Cathedral, iii. 327; monument of Bishop Hough, 327
Wordsworth, William, characteristics of, ii. 120
Wortley, Right Hon. John, Secretary to the Board of Control, i.
271. _See_ Wharncliffe
Wrottesley, Sir John, motion of, for a call of the House, iii. 8,
13
Wynford, Lord, raised to the Peerage, i. 210; Deputy Speaker of
the House of Lords, 210
Wynn, Right Hon. Charles, President of the Board of Control, i.
95; resignation of, ii. 124
York, H.R.H. the Duke of, character of, i. 5; management of
racing establishment, 44; dislike to the Duke of Wellington,
48, 62; duel with the Duke of Richmond, 62; anecdotes of King
George IV., 73; illness of, 83, 85; death of, 84; funeral of,
89; letter to Lord Liverpool on the Catholic question, ii. 104
York, H.R.H. the Duchess of, character of, i. 5; portrait of, 8;
illness of, 27; death of, 34
Young, Thomas, private secretary to Lord Melbourne, iii. 126
Zea Bermudez, iii. 21; dismissal of, 55
Zumalacarreguy, iii. 270
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