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]
Frascati, convent at, i. 305;
dinner at, 305;
visit to, 390
Gallatin, Albert, i. 257
Gambier, Lord, proxy of, ii. 286
Garrick, David, anecdotes of ii. 316
Gell, Sir William, at Rome, i. 372, 375
Geneva, i. 415
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]
Glengall, Earl of, comedy by the, i. 249
Glengall, Countess of, ii. 85
Gloucester, H.R.H. the Duke of, ii. 8
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]
Grenville, Thomas, conduct during the riots of 1780, iii. [129]
Gresley, Sir Roger,
quarrel with Lord H. Bentinck, ii. 148
Greville, Charles, sen., death of, ii. 318
Greville, Mrs., ‘Ode to Indifference,’ ii. 319
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]
Guizot, 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]
Henry VIII., King, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Herbert, Sydney, Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. [194]
Herculaneum, i. 349
‘Hernani,’ ii. 154
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]
Holmes boroughs, ii. 140
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]
Hudson, Sir James, page of honour, ii. 339
Hume, John Deacon,
Assistant-Secretary to the Board of Trade, i. 223; ii. 49
Hume, Joseph, extreme Radical views of, ii. 361;
speech on the Orangemen, iii. [344];
deputation to Lord Melbourne, [357]
‘Hunchback, The,’ ii. 285
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
Incendiarism in the country, ii. 84
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]
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
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]