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
Malibran, Maria Felicita, in the ‘Sonnambula,’ iii. 12
Mallet, conspiracy of, ii. 186
Malt Tax, the, Government defeated on, ii. 368
Manners Sutton, Sir Charles, G.C.B.,
proposed as Premier, ii. 326;
conduct of, 341;
reappointed Speaker, 343;
Knight of the Bath, iii. 30;
the Speakership, 204,
see Canterbury, Lord
Mansfield, Lord,
speech against the Government, ii. 136;
audience of the King, 138;
meeting of Peers, 152
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, ib.;
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
Molé. M., Prime Minister of France, iii. 379;
abilities of, 380
Montalivet, case of the French refugee, iii. 386
Monti, Vincenzo, anecdote of, ii. 186
Moore, Thomas, i. [239], [245];
conversation of, [242];
anecdotes, [247];
Irish patriotism of, ii. 98;
opinions on Reform, 140;
copy of ‘Lord Edward Fitzgerald,’ 169;
satire on Dr. Bowring, 219;
compared with Rogers, iii. 324;
quarrel with O’Connell, 346
‘Morning Herald,’ the, moderate Tory organ, ii. 269
Mornington, Countess of, death of, ii. 194
Morpeth, Viscount, Irish Secretary, iii. 256;
speech on Irish Tithe Bill, 256
Mosley, Sir Oswald, meeting of moderate men, iii. 220
Mulgrave, Earl of, in Jamaica, ii. 352;
refuses the office of Postmaster-General, iii. 90;
Lord Privy Seal, 113;
capability of, 255
Municipal Corporation Bill, iii. 263, 284, 290;
policy of Tory Peers on the, 283;
prospects of the, 295;
effects of the, 309, 313;
the Bill carried, 310
Munster, Earl of, employed by the King, ii. 10;
raised to the Peerage, 143;
Lieutenant of the Tower, 168;
sworn in a Privy Councillor, 352
Murat, Achille, ii. 115
Murray, Dr., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, i. [146]
Murray, Sir George, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, ii. 11
Murray, Lady Augusta, marriage of, ii. 194
Musard’s ball, iii. 384
Namik Pacha, Turkish Ambassador, ii. 339
Napier, Sir William, on the state of the country, ii. 108;
‘History of the Peninsular War,’ iii. 271
Napier, Captain Charles, captures Dom Miguel’s fleet, iii. 9;
cause of capture of a French squadron, 11;
anecdote of, 34
Naples, i. [333];
sight-seeing at, [334];
Court of Justice, [334];
manuscripts, [334];
ceremony of taking the veil, [338];
sights of, [345], [356];
miracle of the blood of San Gennaro, [353],
[355], [364];
excursions to Astroni, [356];
lines on leaving, [361]
Nemours, H.R.H. Duc de, accompanies King Louis Philippe, ii. 99;
nomination to the throne of Belgium declined, 111;
in the House of Commons, iii. 306;
at Doncaster, 315
Newmarket, political negotiations at, ii. 290
Nicholas, Emperor, accession of, i. [373];
reception of strangers, iii. 24;
on the change of Government in England, 211;
speech at Warsaw, 319;
dislike to King Louis Philippe, 387;
qualities of, 371
‘Norma,’ the opera of, iii. 2
North, Lord, Letters of George III. to, iii. 129;
anecdote of, 132
Northamptonshire election, iii. 326
Northumberland, Duke of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
i. [157]
Northumberland, Duchess of,
resigns her office of governess to the Princess Victoria, iii. 400
Norton, Hon. Mr., action brought against Lord Melbourne, iii. 349;
result of the trial, 351
Oaks, The. ii. 374;
party at, 374
Oatlands, the residence of the Duke of York, i. [4];
weekly parties at, [5], [7]
O’Connell, Daniel, character of, i. [145];
at dinner, [203];
attempts to take his seat, [207];
elected for Clare, 1829, [223];
insult to, ii. 76;
in Ireland, 96;
opposition to Lord Anglesey, 98;
abilities of, 100;
violence of, 106;
arrest of, 107;
trial of, 109;
position of, 111;
pleads guilty, 114;
opposition to Lord Duncannon in Kilkenny, 115;
explanation of, 123;
dread of cholera, 309;
member for Ireland, 351;
violent speech at the Trades’ Union, 362, 363;
attack on Baron Smith, iii. 59;
retort to Mr. Methuen, 65;
and the Coercion Bill, 103, 110;
in correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 110;
union with the Whig party, 219;
power of, 255;
affair with Lord Alvanley, 256;
in Scotland, 316;
proposed expulsion from Brooks’s club, 320;
quarrel with Moore, 346;
Carlow election, 348
O’Connell, Morgan, duel with Lord Alvanley, iii. 256
Orange, Prince of, dinner to the, ii. 57;
returns to Holland, 133
Orange, Princess of, robbery of jewels of, i. [267]
Orange Lodge, association of, iii. 343
Orangemen, meeting of, ii. 123
Orleans, H.R.H. Duke of, arrival of, i. [208];
sent to Lyons, ii. 219;
in England, 373;
project of marriage at Vienna, iii. 372;
question of marriage of, 387
Orloff, Count, arrival of, ii. 278;
delay in ratification of the Belgian Treaty, 285
Palmerston, Viscount,
speech on the Portuguese question, i. [211];
Foreign Secretary, ii. 66;
suggests a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211;
on proposed new Peers, 254;
on prospects of the Reform Bill, 256;
business habits of, iii. 20, 21;
unpopularity of, 56;
speech on the Turkish question, 71;
Foreign Secretary in Lord Melbourne’s Administration, 113;
unpopularity with the corps diplomatique, 136;
loses his election in Hampshire, 197;
as a man of business, 210;
Foreign Secretary, 256;
abilities of, 360
Panic, the, 1825, i. [77];
on the Stock Exchange, 1830, ii. 43
Panshanger, parties at, ii. 46, 47, 229
Paris, society at, in 1830, i. [283];
in July, [416], [417];
Marshal Marmont’s account of events at, in 1830, ii. 36;
alarm felt in, 99;
change of Ministry, 133;
in 1837, iii. 377;
society at, 378, 385;
sight-seeing, 381, 383
Park, Judge, anecdotes of, ii. 92; iii. 372
Parke, Right Hon. Sir James, sworn in a Privy Councillor, iii. 21;
Baron of the Exchequer, 71;
in the appeal of Swift v. Kelly, 268
Parliament, meeting of, 1830, ii. 53;
meeting of, 1831, ii. 110;
dissolution of 1831, 137;
opening of, 153;
in 1831, 223;
dissolution of, 1832, 334;
opening of, 1833, 351;
prorogation of, 1833, iii. 27;
opening of, 1834, 55;
dissolution of, 183;
temporary buildings for Houses of, 205;
opening of, 219;
in 1836, 334;
prorogation of, 1836, 361
Parnell, Sir Henry, turned out of office, ii. 243
Parsons, anecdotes of, ii. 108
Paskiewitch, Marshal, in quarantine, ii. 162
Pattison, James, returned to Parliament for the City of London, iii. 188
Pavilion, The, dinner at, i. [49];
completion of, [54]
Pease, Mr., and O’Dwyer, iii. 59
Pedro, Dom, expedition of, ii. 312, 315;
proposal to combine with Spain, iii. 72;
in possession of Portugal, 93
Peel, Right Hon. Sir Robert, Home Secretary, i. [124];
speeches on Catholic Relief Bill, [167],
[183];
Oxford University election, 1829, [177];
defeated, [178];
political prospects of, ii. 95, 96;
power in the House of Commons, 116;
speech on the Reform Bill, 123;
inactivity of, on the Reform Bill, 130, 134;
complaints of policy of, 141;
conduct of, 160;
reserve of, 161, 174;
excellence in debate, 200;
answer to Lord Harrowby, 248, 249;
policy of, 264;
speech on Irish Tithes, 269;
invited to form a Government, 294;
refuses to take office, 296;
defence of conduct, 304;
conduct during the Tory efforts to form a Government, 327, 328;
conduct compared with that of the Duke of Wellington, 328;
character of, 354;
on political unions, iii. 12;
in society, 35;
position of, in the House of Commons, 64;
collection of pictures, 70;
great dinner given by, 72;
speech on admission of Dissenters to the University, 75;
policy of the Administration of, 161;
friendship with the Duke of Wellington renewed, 167;
arrival of, from the Continent, 174;
formation of Administration, 177;
manifesto to the country, 178;
prospects of the Ministry, 179;
qualities of, 189;
Toryism of Administration of, 194;
false position of, 208;
prospects of Government, 214, 235, 236;
talents of, 224;
conduct to his adherents, 230, 244;
courage of, 283;
impending resignation of, 242;
Government defeated, 246;
resignation of Administration of, 1835, 246, 248;
speech on Corporation Reform, 263;
on Irish Church Bill, 281;
relations with Lord John Russell, 282;
seclusion of, 297;
speech on Corporation Reform, 304;
consideration for Lord Stanley, 335;
conduct with regard to the Corporation Bill, 340;
position of, 358;
on the beginning of the new reign, 402
Peel, Sir Robert, sen., account of, ii. 125
Peel, Right Hon. Jonathan, iii. 243
Pemberton, Thomas, ii. 314;
in the appeal of Swift v. Kelly, iii. 267, 271
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
Pitt, Right Hon. William, described by Talleyrand, ii. 345;
anecdotes of, iii. 131
Plunket, Lord, Lord Chancellor in Ireland, ii. 90;
anecdote of, 107;
at Stoke, iii. 21;
Deanery of Down, 70
Poland, contest in, ii. 157
Polignac, Prince Jules de,
head of the Administration in France; i. [160],
[229], [283];
Administration of, [394];
behaviour of, ii. 29;
letter to M. de Molé, 33;
exasperation against, 38, 39