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]
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]
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
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
Artevelde, Philip van, iii. [114];
discussed at Holland House, [128]
Ascot Races,
1831, ii. 147;
1833, 375
Attwood,
chairman of the Birmingham Union, ii. 205, 206;
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]
Augustus, Prince, of Prussia, ii. 319
Austin, Mr. John, his work on Jurisprudence, [iii. 138]
Austin, Mr. Charles, ii. 306
Aylmer, Lord,
recalled from Canada, iii. [394];
the King’s address to him, [395]
Bachelor,
valet to the Duke of York and to King George IV., i. 142, 143;
conversation with, ii. 30
Bagot, Lord, conduct to Lord Harrowby, ii. 253
Baiæ, Bay of, i. 341
Baring, House of, ii. 53
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]
Barri, Madame du, ii. 219
Barry, Dr.,
sent to Sunderland, ii. 216;
report on cholera, 217
Bath, Chapter of the Order of the, i. 254
Bathurst, Earl,
Lord President, i. 124;
death of, iii. [115];
character of, [115]
Bathurst, Countess, conversation with, ii. 62
Bathurst, Hon. William,
appointed Clerk of the Council, ii. 61, 86;
delay in appointment of, 74;
sworn in Clerk of the Council, 94
Bathurst, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Seymour,
death of, iii. [79]
Baudrand, General, ii. 33;
reception of, 38
Bazaar, in Hanover Square, ii. 383
Beauclerc, Lord Aurelius,
dances a country dance with the King, ii. 341
Belgian question, the, settlement of, ii. 314
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
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 Horne, [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]
Brummel, ‘Beau,’ i. 282
Brussels, disturbances at, ii. 40
Buccleuch, Duke of,
subscription to election expenses, iii. [182]
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]
Cholera, the,
in Russia, ii. 57;
account of, 150;
preventive measures against, 154, 216;
effect on trade of, 156;
spread of, 161;
alarm about, 169;
at Berlin, 192;
at Sunderland, 208, 210;
at Marseilles, 221;
on the decline, 224;
near Edinburgh, 240;
in London, 258, 259;
in Bethnal Green, 261;
account of, 278;
diminution of, 285;
in Paris, 287;
alarm in London, 309, 311
Christina, Queen, of Spain, iii. [66], [72];
reported flight of, [360];
courage of, [365]
Christmas trees,
introduced by Princess Lieven at Panshanger, i. 259
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]
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]
Covent Garden Theatrical Fund Dinner, i. 205
Coventry, glove trade, ii. 224
Cowley, Abraham,
lines from ‘Ode to Solitude,’ ii. 272
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.R.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
Cumberland, H.R.H. the Duchess of, i. 2
Cuvier, Baron, death of, ii. 307
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 Cazes, 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]
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]
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]
Erskine, Right Hon. Thomas, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 223;
Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, 223
Escars, Duchesse d’, at a party given by the Duke of Wellington, i. 214
Este, Sir Augustus d’, behaviour of, ii. 194
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]
Evans, the incendiary, arrest of, ii. 70
Exeter, Bishop of,
correspondence with Lord Melbourne, ii. 97;
interview with Lord Grey, 205;
talents of, 287;
ambition of, 289