Florence, i. 299;
sights of, 300;
society at, 302;
sculpture, 300, 301;
pictures, 303;
Grand Duke, 303
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
Genoa, i. 292;
palaces, 293, 295;
churches, 294;
tomb of Andrew Doria, 296
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]
Gibson, John, R.A., at Rome, i. 383
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]
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
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]
Gunpowder Plot, papers relating to, i. 161
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
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
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
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, 135;
anecdotes, 335;
on Mr. Fox, 335;
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
Hook, Theodore, improvisation of, iii. 119, 197;
singing of, 197
Home, Sir William, Attorney-General, ii. [333];
and Lord Brougham, iii. 67
Hortense, Queen, at Frascati, i. 305
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
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]
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, 41;
interview with Lord Melbourne, 129
Irving, Washington, i. 249
Istria, Duchesse d’, beauty of, iii. 381
Jacquemont’s Letters, iii. 115
Jamaica, insurrection in, ii. [262];
Mr. Greville, Secretary of the Island of, [349];
petition to the King, [352];
affairs of, [352];
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
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