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 à Becket, iii. 130
Henry VIII., King, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Herbert, Sydney, Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. 194
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, ib.;
anecdotes, 335;
on Mr. Fox, ib.;
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
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, ib.;
interview with Lord Melbourne, 129
Jamaica, insurrection in, ii. 262;
Mr. Greville, Secretary of the Island of, 349;
petition to the King, 352;
affairs of, ib.;
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]
‘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, ib.;
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 Roncière, 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
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
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