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]
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
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
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]
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
Byng, Right Hon. George, Lord of the Treasury, iii. 95
Byron, Lord,
Moore’s Life of, i. 272;
character of, 273
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
Capo di Monte, i. 335
Capua, i. 360
Cardinals, the, i. 309
Carlisle, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 95; iii. 88
Carlists, the,
in Spain, iii. 66
Carlos, Don,
in London, iii. 98
Carlow election, iii. 348
Carnarvon, Earl of,
refuses to move the address in the House of Lords, iii. 202
Caroline, Queen,
return of, i. 28;
trial of, 31, 35;
anecdote of, iii. 37
Carvalho, Minister of Finance to Dom Pedro, iii. 93
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
Craven, Earl of, disperses a mob, ii. [77];
on the proposed new Peers, [232]
Craven, General the Hon. Berkeley, suicide of, iii. 350
Crawford, William, member for the City of London, iii. 188
Creevey, Mr., i. 235
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
Derby Dilly, the, iii. 236, 237, 253
De Ros, Lord, in Rome, i. 368
De Ros, Colonel, the Hon. Arthur John Hill,
death of, i. 81;
character of, 82
Dickenson, Captain, trial of, by court-martial, i. 235
Diebitsch, Marshal, death of, from cholera, ii. [154]
Dino, Duc de, arrest of the, i. 255
Dino, Duchesse de, ii. [57];
on the state of France, [195]
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]
‘Duke of Milan,’ quotation from the, i. 178
Dülcken, 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]
Eboli, Duchesse d’, ball at Naples, i. 335
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
Ellesmere, Earl of,
Irish Secretary, i. 146
Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, iii. 104;
and the Colchester election, 112;
Secretary for War, 113;
in Paris, 379
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