Kemble, Miss Fanny, i. 240, ii. 129;
tragedy by, 270;
in the ‘Hunchback,’ 285
Kempt, Right Hon. Sir James, Master-General of the Ordnance,
sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 84
Kent, H.R.H. the Duchess of,
disputes in the Royal Family, ii. 190;
and the Duke of Wellington, 190;
the Regency Bill, 191;
salutes to, iii. [3];
at Burghley, [315];
quarrels with the King, [366];
scene at Windsor, [367];
answer to the address of the City of London, [399];
squabble with the King, [400]
Kenyon, Lord, speech at Apsley House, ii. 198
Kinnaird, Lord,
created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, anecdote of, iii. [130]
Knatchbull, Right Hon. Sir Edward,
joins the Peel Government, iii. [176], [177];
attack on, [226]
Knighton, Sir William, i. 72;
influence with the King, 99, 144;
behaviour of, during the King’s illness, ii. 174
Lafayette, Marquis de, resignation of, ii. 99
La Ferronays, M. de, French Ambassador at Rome, i. 307;
on the accession of the Emperor Nicholas, 373;
on French politics, 368;
civility of, 380, 381;
on French affairs, 393, 395
Langdale, Lord,
reply to Lord Brougham, iii. [81];
declines the Solicitor-Generalship, [141];
peerage, [328];
Master of the Rolls, [328]
Lansdowne, Marquis of,
Secretary of State for the Home Department, i. 95;
Lord President, ii. 66;
dinner to name the sheriffs, 109;
on the Reform Bill, 131;
and Lord Brougham, 347;
Lord President in both of the Administrations of Lord Melbourne,
iii. [113], [256]
Lemon, Robert, F.S.A.,
Deputy Keeper of the State Papers, iii. [44]
Lennard, John Barrett,
Chief Clerk of the Privy Council Office, ii. 370
Leopold, King, i. 22;
desires to ascend the throne of Greece, 265;
anxiety to ascend the throne of Belgium, ii. 153;
accepts the throne of Belgium, 158;
starts for Belgium, 167;
proposes to the Princess Louise of France, 168;
in Belgium, 177;
want of confidence in, 177;
cold reception of, at Windsor, iii. [370]
Leuchtenberg, Duke of, at Havre, iii. [33];
marriage of, [33];
letter to Lord Palmerston, [34];
arrival of, [195]
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, (‘Monk’ Lewis),
journals and voyages to the West Indies, ii. 382;
anecdote of, iii. [2];
agreement with Mr. Murray for the Journal, [8]
Lieven, Princess, character of, i. 15;
attacks Lord Grey, ii. 261;
on the Belgian question, 266;
conversation with, 322;
renews her friendship with the Duke of Wellington, 325;
grievances of, 351;
interference of, 358;
diplomatic difficulties, 357;
reception of, at St. Petersburg, iii. [23];
position, of, in Paris, [379]
Littleton, Right Hon. Edward, i. 11;
proposed by Lord Althorp as Speaker, ii. 333;
Secretary for Ireland, 372;
and O’Connell, iii. [99];
instrumental in breaking up the Government, [102];
political career of, [103];
letter to Lord Wellesley, [103], [110];
in communication with O’Connell, [103], [110];
Irish Secretary, [113]
Liverpool, Earl of, and the King, i. 25;
paralytic seizure, 90;
transactions before the close of Administration of, ii. 173
Liverpool, opening of the railroad, ii. 43, 47;
bribery at election, 79
Lobau, Marshal, Commandant-Général, ii. 99
Lodge, the Royal, entertainments at, i. 99
London, speech of Bishop of, iii. [391];
University Charter, iii. [80], [81],
[237];
meeting of Committee of Council on, [260],
[262]
Londonderry, Marquis of, death of, i. 51;
character of, 52;
funeral of, 54
Londonderry, Marquis of,
motion on Belgium, ii. 180;
attacks Lord Plunket, 266;
debate on appointment of, to St. Petersburg, iii. [225];
opinion of the Duke of Wellington, [227];
speech of, [228];
resignation of, [229]
Long, St. John, trial of, ii. 85
Lords, House of, debate of Royal Dukes, i. 177;
debate on Catholic Relief Bill, 199;
division on Catholic Relief Bill, 199;
debate on affairs in Portugal, 277;
debate on the Methuen Treaty, ii. 118;
speech of Lord Brougham, 118;
violent scene in the, 136;
debate on Lord Londonderry’s motion, 180;
prospects of the Reform Bill, 193;
First Reform Bill thrown out, 202;
attack on the Bishops, 205;
new Peers, 230;
measures for carrying the second reading
of the Second Reform Bill, 235, 237;
division on the Belgian question, 240;
Reform Bill, 271;
Irish education, 271;
debates on second reading of the Reform Bill, 272, 286;
list of proposed new Peers, 283;
Reform Bill carried, 287;
in Committee on the Reform Bill, 291;
debate on conduct of the Tory party, 303;
Russo-Dutch Loan, 315;
Government beaten on Portuguese question, 376;
powerlessness of, 377;
Local Courts Bill, 382, 384;
debate on Local Courts Bill, iii. [7];
Government defeated, [7];
Irish Church Bill, [8];
Bill for the observance of the Sabbath, [83];
debate on the Irish Church Bill, [94];
Poor Law Bill, [114];
debate on Irish Tithe Bill, [117];
conduct of the House, [239];
debate on Corporation Bill, [286], [290];
position of the House, [288], [291];
Irish Tithe Bill thrown up, [295];
conflict with the House of Commons, [295];
state of the House, [307];
debate on Corporation Bill, [308], [351];
hostility to the House of Commons, [359];
conduct of the House, [360], [361]
Louis XVIII., King, memoirs of, ii. 305;
favourites of, 305;
at Hartwell, 345
Louis Philippe, King,
accession of, ii. 26;
conduct of, 27;
tranquillises Paris, 99;
speech of, 169;
averse to French attack on Antwerp, 334;
behaviour of, to the Queen of Portugal, iii. [33];
power of, in the Chamber, [142];
courage of, [286];
conduct towards Spain, [321],
[360], [364];
at the Tuileries, [382];
dislike to the Duke de Broglie, [386]
Louise, H.R.H. Princess,
daughter of King Louis Philippe, ii. 168
Louis, Baron, reported resignation of, ii. 45
Luckner, General, ii. 219
Lushington, Dr., speech of, in the appeal of
Swift v. Kelly, ii. 383
Luttrell, Henry, character of, i. 10;
‘Advice to Julia,’ 33
Lyndhurst, Lord,
Lord High Chancellor, i. 95, 124;
quarrel with the Duke of Cumberland, 223;
dissatisfaction at Lord Brougham’s being raised to the Woolsack, ii. 68;
reported appointment to be Lord Chief Baron, 89;
opinion of the Government, 93;
Lord Chief Baron, 106;
political position of, 107;
anecdote of a trial, 107;
retort to the Duke of Richmond, 139;
on the Government, 143;
on Sir Robert Peel, 144;
on Lord Brougham, 144;
sent for by the King, 294;
efforts to form a Tory Government, 326;
judgment in Small v. Attwood, 330;
account of the efforts of the Tory party to form a
Government, 340;
forgets the message of the King to Lord Grey, iii. [49];
account of transactions between the King and Lord Melbourne, [150];
policy of, [151];
on Lord Brougham, [153];
Lord High Chancellor, [156];
on the Administration of Sir Robert Peel, [189];
conduct on the Corporation Bill, [288], [292];
on the prospects of the session, [332];
on the business of the House of Lords, [333];
speech in vindication of conduct, [362];
in Paris, [378];
insult offered to, in House of Commons, [389];
capacity of, [390];
violent speech of, [401]
Lyndhurst, Lady,
insulted by the Duke of Cumberland, i. 222;
conversation with, ii. 93
Macaulay, Thomas Babington,
speeches on the Reform Bill, ii. 123, 199;
eloquence of, 204;
at Holland House, 245;
appearance of, 246;
character of, 317;
on the Coercion Bill, 363;
conversation of, iii. [35];
memory of, [337];
eloquence of, compared to Lord Brougham, [338];
inscription on monument erected in honour of Lord William
Bentinck, [339]
Mackintosh, Right Hon. Sir James,
speech of, on the criminal laws, i. 19;
conversation of, 241;
death of, ii. 307;
‘History of England,’ iii. [139];
remarks on life of, [293], [314];
compared with Burke, [314];
life of, [316];
abilities of, [316];
religious belief of, [324]
Malibran, Maria Felicita, in the ‘Sonnambula,’ iii. [12]
Mallet, conspiracy of, ii. 186
Malt Tax, the, Government defeated on, ii. 368
Manners Sutton, Sir Charles, G.C.B.,
proposed as Premier, ii. 326;
conduct of, 341;
reappointed Speaker, 343;
Knight of the Bath, iii. [30];
the Speakership, [204],
see Canterbury, Lord
Mansfield, Lord,
speech against the Government, ii. 136;
audience of the King, 138;
meeting of Peers, 152
Marmont, Marshal,
at Lady Glengall’s, ii. 34;
conversation with, 34;
revolution of 1830, 37;
at Woolwich, 38;
dinner at Lord Dudley’s, 38
Matteis, trial of, i. 336, 341
Matuscewitz,
Russian Ambassador Extraordinary, i. 159;
on affairs in Europe, ii. 176;
conduct of, 324;
conversation with, iii. [314]
Maule, Mr. Justice,
at dinner at the Athenæum, ii. 101
Meeting of moderate men, origin of the ‘Derby Dilly,’ iii. [219]
Meiningen, château of,
model of the, iii. [122];
the Queen revisits the, [125]
Melbourne, Viscount, Home Secretary, ii. 66;
efficiency of, in office, 90;
negotiations with, 104;
dissatisfaction of, 245;
on the proposed new Peers, 254;
on the Reform Bill, 277;
on the members of Lord Grey’s Administration, 322;
sent for by the King, iii. [102];
forms an Administration, [108];
letter to the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and
Mr. Stanley, [109];
Administration of, [113];
anecdote of, [126];
information of, [130];
literary conversation of, [131];
on Benthamites, [138];
theological reading of, [138];
fall of Government of, [143];
dismissal of, [144];
details of fall of Government, [147];
account of dismissal, [150], [168];
with the King, [163], [168];
with his colleagues, [164], [165],
[166];
dispute with Lord Duncannon, [166];
speeches at Derby, [170];
weakness of, [170];
second Administration formed, [253];
composition of, [256];
theological reading of, [324];
appointment of Dr. Hampden, [342];
action against, brought by the Hon. Mr. Norton, [349];
result of the trial, [351];
difficulties of the Government, [355]
Melville, Viscount, President of the India Board, i. 124
Mendizabal,
ability of, iii. [321];
dismissal of, [350]
Messiah, the oratorio of the, performed in Westminster Abbey, iii. [98]
Methuen, Paul, M.P.,
on supporting the Government, iii. [65];
retort of O’Connell to, [65]
Miguel, Dom, ii. 312, 315, 321;
attacks Oporto, 324;
fleet captured by Captain Napier, iii. [9];
anecdote of, [26];
blunders of, [93]
Milan, i. 413
Mill, John Stuart,
at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59
Milton, Viscount,
at a meeting at Lord Althorp’s, ii. 161
Mirabeau, Count de, Talleyrand’s account of, ii. 384
Miraflores, Count de, Spanish Ambassador in London, iii. [98];
doubtful compliment to Madame de Lieven, [99]
Mola di Gaeta, i. 359;
Cicero’s villa, 368
Molé, M., Prime Minister of France, iii. [379];
abilities of, [380]
Montalivet, case of the French refugee, iii. [386]
Monti, Vincenzo, anecdote of, ii. 186
Moore, Thomas, i. 239, 245;
conversation of, 242;
anecdotes, 247;
Irish patriotism of, ii. 98;
opinions on Reform, 140;
copy of ‘Lord Edward Fitzgerald,’ 169;
satire on Dr. Bowring, 219;
compared with Rogers, iii. [324];
quarrel with O’Connell, [346]
‘Morning Herald,’ the, moderate Tory organ, ii. 269
Mornington, Countess of, death of, ii. 194
Morpeth, Viscount, Irish Secretary, iii. [256];
speech on Irish Tithe Bill, [256]
Mosley, Sir Oswald, meeting of moderate men, iii. [220]
Mulgrave, Earl of, in Jamaica, ii. 352;
refuses the office of Postmaster-General, iii. [90];
Lord Privy Seal, [113];
capability of, [255]
Municipal Corporation Bill, iii. [263],
[284], [290];
policy of Tory Peers on the, [283];
prospects of the, [295];
effects of the, [309], [313];
the Bill carried, [310]
Munster, Earl of,
employed by the King, ii. 10;
raised to the Peerage, 143;
Lieutenant of the Tower, 168;
sworn in a Privy Councillor, 352
Murat, Achille, ii. 115
Murray, Dr., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, i. 146
Murray, Sir George,
Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, ii. 11
Napier, Sir William,
on the state of the country, ii. 108;
‘History of the Peninsular War,’ iii. [271]
Napier, Captain Charles, captures Dom Miguel’s fleet, iii. [9];
cause of capture of a French squadron, [11];
anecdote of, [34]
Naples, i. 333;
sight-seeing at, 334;
Court of Justice, 334;
manuscripts, 334;
ceremony of taking the veil, 338;
sights of, 345, 356;
miracle of the blood of San Gennaro, 353, 355, 364;
excursions to Astroni, 356;
lines on leaving, 361
Navarino, battle of, i. 114, 163
Nemours, H.R.H. Duc de,
accompanies King Louis Philippe, ii. 99;
nomination to the throne of Belgium declined, 111;
in the House of Commons, iii. [306];
at Doncaster, [315]
Newmarket, political negotiations at, ii. 290
Nicholas, Emperor, accession of, i. 373;
reception of strangers, iii. [24];
on the change of Government in England, [211];
speech at Warsaw, [319];
dislike to King Louis Philippe, [387];
qualities of, [371]
Northumberland, Duke of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 157
Northumberland, Duchess of,
resigns her office of governess to the Princess Victoria, iii. [400]
Norton, Hon. Mr., action brought against Lord Melbourne, iii. [349];
result of the trial, [351]
Oaks, The, ii. 374;
party at, 374
Oatlands, the residence of the Duke of York, i. 4;
weekly parties at, 5, 7
O’Connell, Daniel, character of, i. 145;
at dinner, 203;
attempts to take his seat, 207;
elected for Clare, 1829, 223;
insult to, ii. 76;
in Ireland, 96;
opposition to Lord Anglesey, 98;
abilities of, 100;
violence of, 106;
arrest of, 107;
trial of, 109;
position of, 111;
pleads guilty, 114;
opposition to Lord Duncannon in Kilkenny, 115;
explanation of, 123;
dread of cholera, 309;
member for Ireland, 351;
violent speech at the Trades’ Union, 362, 363;
attack on Baron Smith, iii. [59];
retort to Mr. Methuen, [65];
and the Coercion Bill, [103], [110];
in correspondence with Mr. Littleton, [110];
union with the Whig party, [219];
power of, [255];
affair with Lord Alvanley, [256];
in Scotland, [316];
proposed expulsion from Brooks’s club, [320];
quarrel with Moore, [346];
Carlow election, [348]
O’Connell, Morgan, duel with Lord Alvanley, iii. [256]
Old Bailey, trials at, i. 204; ii. 85
Opera House, the English, burnt, i. 277
Orange, Prince of, dinner to the, ii. 57;
returns to Holland, 133
Orleans, H.R.H. Duke of, arrival of, i. 208;
sent to Lyons, ii. 219;
in England, 373;
project of marriage at Vienna, iii. [372];
question of marriage of, [387]
Orloff, Count, arrival of, ii. 278;
delay in ratification of the Belgian Treaty, 285