Abercromby, Right Hon. James,
proposed as Speaker, ii. 333;
Master of the Mint, iii. 95;
proposed as Speaker, 201;
the Speakership, 204;
elected Speaker, 213
Aberdeen, Earl of,
Duchy of Lancaster, i. 124;
motion about Belgium, ii. [238]
Achmet Pacha,
concludes a treaty with Russia, iii. 69
Adair, Right Hon. Sir Robert,
sworn in Privy Councillor, i. 136
Addington, Henry Unwin,
recalled from Madrid, iii. 14
Address, proposed amendment to the, iii. 217
Adelaide, Queen, ii. [7];
at the Ancient Concert, [133];
mobbed in the City, [141];
audience of, about the crown, [179];
coronation of, [190];
Lord Howe, [338];
yacht, iii. 99;
return of, 125;
illness of, 125;
supposed to be with child, 198, 199, 201
Alexander, Emperor of Russia,
death of, i. 78;
coronation of, described by Talleyrand, ii. [185]
Allen, Dr., Bishop of Ely, iii. 363
Allen, John, iii. 135;
unbelief of, 324
Althorp, Viscount,
proposed as Chairman of the Finance Committee, i. 120;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. [66],
introduces the budget, [114];
leader of the House of Commons, [116], [200];
letter to Attwood, [205], [206];
hurries on the Irish Church Bill, [364];
as Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. 2;
arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms, 56;
financial statement, 60;
defects as leader, 62;
summons a meeting of the supporters of Government, 92;
resigns, 101;
popularity of, 105;
Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Melbourne, 113;
succeeds his father as Earl Spencer, 140
Alvanley, Lord,
duel with Morgan O’Connell, ii. [257];
on Irish affairs, [348]
America,
dispute with France, iii. 322
Anglesey, Marquis of,
recalled, i. 149;
entry into Dublin, ii. [99];
disputes with O’Connell, [106]
Antwerp,
threatened bombardment of, by the Dutch, ii. [321];
French army marches to, [329]
Arbuthnot, Right Hon. Charles,
nickname ‘Gosh,’ i. 103;
conversation with, on the Duke of Wellington’s Administration, ii. [51];
conversation with, at Oatlands, [170]
Attwood,
chairman of the Birmingham Union, ii. [205],
[208];
proclamation against, [215]
Auckland, Lord,
Board of Trade, ii. [66];
First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 88, 113;
on the state of affairs, 238;
First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Melbourne’s second Administration, 256
Baring, Right Hon. Alexander,
offered the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, ii. [299];
proposes a compromise with the ex-Ministers, [300]
Baring, Francis,
Chairman of the West India Committee, iii. 279
Barnes, Mr., editor of the ‘Times,’ ii. [97], [214];
negotiations with, for supporting the Government, iii. 155, 156, 157
dines with Lord Lyndhurst, 167, 169
alarm of, at the prevailing spirit, 188
Belgium,
revolution in, ii. [41];
affairs of, [44];
unsettled state of, [69];
deputation from, [160];
fortresses of, [169];
invaded by the Dutch, [175];
French army refuses to leave, [181];
end of hostilities with the Dutch, [184];
Conference, 1832, [321]
Belmore, Earl of, Governor of Jamaica, i. 140, 147
Belvoir Castle, iii. 46
Benson, Canon, sermon at the Temple Church, ii. [113]
Bentinck, Right Hon. Lord William,
desires to be appointed Governor-General of India, i. 59;
address to the electors of Glasgow, iii. 339, 343;
qualities of, 339;
inscription on monument in honour of, 340
Bentinck, Lord Henry, quarrel with Sir Roger Gresley, ii. [148]
Brougham, Lord,
attack upon, in ‘Quarterly Review,’ i. 16;
speech on the Queen’s trial, 35;
letter to the Queen, 57;
character of, 117;
qualities of, ii. [18], [33];
appointed Lord High Chancellor, [65];
discontent of, [65];
social qualities of, [69];
anecdote of, [106];
quarrel with Sugden, [106];
correspondence with Southey on rewards to literary men, [112];
speech on Chancery Reform, [118];
domestic kindness of, [120];
origin of representation of Yorkshire, [125];
as Lord Chancellor, [128];
at the Horse Guards, [129];
as a judge, [145];
at dinner at Hanbury’s brewery, [148];
at the British Museum, [149];
claims the old Great Seal, [188];
intention of sitting at the Privy Council, [223];
speech on the Russian Loan, [244];
quarrel with Sugden, [312];
anecdote of, [314];
Bill for creating a new Court of Appeal, [342];
Bill objected to, [344];
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Bill, [365];
sits on the case of Drax v. Grosvenor, [370];
as Chancellor, iii. 22;
anecdotes of Queen Caroline, 36;
and Sir William Home, 67;
meets Sir Thomas Denman in Bedfordshire, 71;
judicial changes, 71;
defence of himself, 72;
apology for, 76;
speech on Lord Wynford’s Bill for the observance of the Sabbath, 83;
on the Pluralities Bill, 86;
on the Irish Church, 94;
and the ‘Times,’ 96;
Lord Chancellor in Lord Melbourne’s Administration, 113;
and Lord Westmeath, 119;
conduct in the Westmeath case, 119, 124;
versatility of, 121;
lines applied to, 121;
Greek epigrams, 121;
ambition of, 122;
in Scotland, 133;
communicates to the ‘Times’ the fall of Lord Melbourne’s first
Administration, 145;
resigns the Great Seal, 156;
takes leave of the Bar, 156;
asks for the Chief Baronship, 157;
anecdote, 232;
conduct of, in the case of Swift v. Kelly, 260, 267;
on the London University Charter, 261;
judgment in the case of Swift v. Kelly, 274;
on the Corporation Bill, 286;
violence in the House of Lords, 303;
illness of, 329;
and Macaulay, 337, 338;
at Queen Victoria’s first Council, 408
Byng, Right Hon. George, Lord of the Treasury, iii. 95
Byron, Lord,
Moore’s Life of, i. 272;
character of, 273
Cambridge, H.R.H. the Duchess of,
reception of, i. 2
Cambridge, University of,
petition for the admission of Dissenters to the, iii. 72, 75
Campbell, Sir John, Solicitor-General, ii. [333];
Attorney-General, iii. 141
Canada, affairs in, iii. 350
Canning, Right Hon. Sir Stratford,
Ambassador at St. Petersburg, ii. [352], [357];
anecdote of, iii. 39;
offered the Governor-Generalship of Canada, 234
Canning, Right Hon. George. Foreign Secretary, i. 55;
correspondence with the King on taking office, 59;
forms an Administration (1827), 93, 95;
death of, 103;
anecdotes of, 104;
industrious habits of, 106;
memoirs of, 263, 272;
despatch in verse, 326;
sagacity of, ii. [42];
conversation with the King, [102];
correspondence with the Duke of Wellington, [103];
coldness to the Duke of Wellington, [103];
anecdote of, [125];
negotiation with the Whigs, [170];
influence over Lord Liverpool, [172];
in favour with the King, [172];
on Reform, iii. 135;
and King George IV., 137
Canning, Lady,
visit to, ii. [101];
authorship of pamphlet, iii. 40
Canning, Mr. Charles,
offered a Lordship of the Treasury, iii. 202
Cannizzaro, Duchess of, iii. 11;
crowns the Duke of Wellington, 406
Canterbury, Archbishop of,
indecision of the, ii. [250], [262], [263];
importance of support of the, [252], [253]
Canterbury, Viscount,
declines to go to Canada, iii. 234
Capo di Monte, i. 335
Capua, i. 360
Cardinals, the, i. 309
Carlisle, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 95; iii. 88
Carlists, the,
in Spain, iii. 66
Carlos, Don,
in London, iii. 98
Carlow election, iii. 348
Carnarvon, Earl of,
refuses to move the address in the House of Lords, iii. 202
Caroline, Queen,
return of, i. 28;
trial of, 31, 35;
anecdote of, iii. 37
Carvalho, Minister of Finance to Dom Pedro, iii. 93
Commons, House of;
Alien Bill, i. 1;
Dr. Halloran’s petition, 14;
debate on grant to the Duke of York, 18;
debates on Queen Caroline, 30, 32, 38;
Small Notes Bill, 79;
debates on Catholic Relief Bill, 91, 133, 166, 191;
division on Catholic Relief Bill, 185;
Catholic Relief Bill read a third time, 203;
Regency and Civil List, ii. [45];
debate on the Evesham election, [25];
debate on the Civil List, [110];
announcement of the Reform Bill, [110];
Pension List, [111];
debate on Ireland, [112];
Budget of 1831, [113];
proposed reductions, [118];
introduction of the first Reform Bill, [121];
debates on the Reform Bill, [123], [125];
debate on the Timber duties, [130];
debate on the Reform Bill, [131];
division on the Reform Bill, [132];
Government defeated, [135];
scene in the House, [135];
second reading of the Reform Bill, [156];
Wine duties, [160];
Reform Bill, Schedule A, [170];
second Reform Bill, [227];
debate on, and second reading of the second Reform Bill carried, [228];
Reform Bill supported by the Irish Members, [239];
division on the Russian Loan, [240];
division on the sugar duties, [267];
Reform Bill passed, [270];
debates, [296];
violent scene in debate on petition of the City of London, [299];
Irish Tithe question, [308];
debate on, [309];
debate on the Address, [353];
Irish Church Reform, [354];
aspect of the reformed House, [360];
debate on Slave Emancipation, [371];
vote of confidence in the Ministers, [376];
division on the Irish Church Bill, [381];
vote against sinecures, iii. 13;
division on Apprenticeship Clause of West India Bill, 16;
disorganised state of the House, 17;
Pension List, 60;
business of the House, 61;
debate on the Corn Laws, 68;
debate on admission of Dissenters to the University, 75;
debate on Repeal of the Union, 80;
Pension List, 80;
debate on Portugal, 82;
Poor Law Bill, 83;
debate on Irish Tithe Bill, 98, 99;
gallery for reporters, 205;
debate on the Speakership, 214;
debate on the Address, 221;
debate and division on amendment to the Address, 223;
Malt Tax, 224;
debate on appointment of Lord Londonderry, 225;
Dissenters’ Marriage Bill, 230;
Government beaten on Chatham election, 234;
state of parties in the House, 234;
debate and division on Irish Church question, 240;
uproar in the House, 243;
Government defeated on Irish Tithe Bill, 246;
debate on Irish Church Bill, 281;
position of the House, 288, 291;
conflict with the House of Lords, 225;
debate and division on the amendment to the Address, 334;
effect of division, 336;
Opposition defeated, 347;
division, 359;
Irish Corporation Bill, 388;
insult to Lord Lyndhurst, 389;
debates on Irish Tithe Bill, 391;
abandonment of the appropriation clauses, 393
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
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.S.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]
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 Gazes, 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]
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
Dülcken, 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
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
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
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]
Gérard, 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
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]
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
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
Guixot, 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
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
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
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
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
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]
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. 134;
in 1829, 211
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
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]
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
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
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]
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
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]
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]
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
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 Amélie, 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 Athenæum, ii. [101]
Meeting of moderate men, origin of the ‘Derby Dilly,’ iii. 219
Meiningen, château 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
Molé. M., Prime Minister of France, iii. 379;
abilities of, 380
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]
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]
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
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
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
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]
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]
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
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
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
Périer, 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];
fête at, iii. 84
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 Molé, [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
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, ii. [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]
Robinson, Right Hon. Frederick John,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 79;
See[Goderich, Viscount]
Rochester election, 183.3, 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
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, ii. [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]
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, 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
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
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
Staël, Madame de,
‘Considérations sur la Révolution française,’ 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]
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
Swift v. Kelly,
before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, iii. 259, 266, 267, 271;
judgment, 274
Tallyrand, 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
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, 370;
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
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
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 Blücher, 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, 245;
and the Ministers, 251;
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]
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