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
Arbuthnot, Mrs.,
death of, iii. 116
Arkwright, Sir Richard,
fortunes of iii. 50
Arkwright, Mrs., visit to, iii. 49
Arms Bill, the, ii. l96
Arnold, Dr., proposed for a bishopric, iii. 325
Artevelde, Philip van, iii. 114;
discussed at Holland House, 128
Ascot Races,
1831, ii. 147;
1833, 375
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
Augustus, Prince, of Prussia, ii. 319
Austin, Mr. John, his work on Jurisprudence, iii. 138
Austin, Mr. Charles, ii. 306
Aylmer, Lord,
recalled from Canada, iii. 394;
the King’s address to him, 395
Bachelor,
valet to the Duke of York and to King George IV.,
i. [142], [143];
conversation with, ii. 30
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
Barri, Madame du, ii. 219
Barry, Dr.,
sent to Sunderland, ii. 216;
report on cholera, 217
Bathurst, Earl,
Lord President, i. [124];
death of, iii. 115;
character of, 115
Bathurst, Countess, conversation with, ii. 62
Bathurst, Hon. William,
appointed Clerk of the Council, ii. 61, 86;
delay in appointment of, 74;
sworn in Clerk of the Council, 94
Bathurst, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Seymour,
death of, iii. 79
Baudrand, General, ii. 33;
reception of, 38
Bazaar, in Hanover Square, ii. 383
Beauclerc, Lord Aurelius,
dances a country dance with the King, ii. 341
Belgian question, the, settlement of, ii. 314
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
Bretby,
visit to, iii. 327;
Chesterfield Papers, 327
Bridgewater House, dramatic performances at, iii. 352, 355
Bridgewater Election, iii. 398
Brighton,
the Court at, 1832, ii. 334;
races, 1835, iii. 284
Bristol, riots at, ii. 208
Broglie, Duke de. conduct of, iii. 386
Brooks’s Club, iii. 320
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