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
Cholera, the,
in Russia, ii. 57;
account of, 150;
preventive measures against, 154, 216;
effect on trade of, 156;
spread of, 161;
alarm about, 169;
at Berlin, 192;
at Sunderland, 208, 210;
at Marseilles, 221;
on the decline, 224;
near Edinburgh, 240;
in London, 258, 259;
in Bethnal Green, 261;
account of, 278;
diminution of, 285;
in Paris, 287;
alarm in London, 309, 311
Christina, Queen, of Spain, iii. 66, 72;
reported flight of, 360;
courage of, 365
Christmas trees,
introduced by Princess Lieven at Panshanger, i. [259]
Church Bill, the,
Committee on, iii. 199
Church Reform, iii. 206
City, the,
address to the King, ii. 126;
illumination in, 140;
election, 1835, iii. 184, 186, 187;
anxiety in the money-market, 373, 376
Clanricarde, Marquis of,
sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 78
Clarence, H.R.H. the Duke of,
Lord High Admiral, i. [95];
removal of, from the office of Lord High Admiral, [138],
[140].
See[William IV.]
Cobbett, William,
trial of, ii. 158;
returned for Oldham, 335;
takes his seat, 351;
and Sir Robert Peel, 373
Cochrane, Lord,
at Florence, i. [301];
villa near Florence, [302]
Codrington, Sir E.,
interview with the Duke of Wellington, i. [179]
Coercion Bill, the, introduced, ii. 359
Colchester Election, iii. 112
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
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
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
Dulcken, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, death of, ii. 307
Goodwood, ii. 182;
in 1833, iii. 20
Gorhambury, party at, ii. 188
‘Goriot, Le Père,’ 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
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
Guixot, Monsieur, reported resignation of, ii. 45;
eminence of, iii. 379
Gully, Mr., account of, ii. 335;
returned for Pontefract, 336