Reform, plan of, ii. 105;
remarks on, 207;
negotiations concerning, 215, 217, 218
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
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
Ripon, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 66;
resignation of, iii. 88.
See[Goderich, Viscount]
Robarts, Mr., dinner given by, iii. 184
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, ib.;
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
Seton, Sir Henry, arrival of, from Belgium, ii. 178
Seymour, Lord, withdraws his support from the Government, ii. 124
Seymour, George, Master of the Robes, ii. 50
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
Sorrento, i. [352];
Benediction of the Flowers, [352]
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
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
Sugden, Lady, not received at Court, iii. 231
Sunderland, state of, ii. 216
Sussex, H.R.H. the Duke of, marriage of, ii. 194
Sutherland, Duke of, death of the, iii. 19;
wealth, of the, 19
Suttee case, before the Privy Council, ii. 307
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
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
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
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]
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