Palmerston, Viscount,
speech on the Portuguese question, i. 211;
Foreign Secretary, ii. 66;
suggests a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211;
on proposed new Peers, 254;
on prospects of the Reform Bill, 256;
business habits of, iii. [20], [21];
unpopularity of, [56];
speech on the Turkish question, [71];
Foreign Secretary in Lord Melbourne’s Administration, [113];
unpopularity with the corps diplomatique, [136];
loses his election in Hampshire, [197];
as a man of business, [210];
Foreign Secretary, [256];
abilities of, [360]
Panic, the, 1825, i. 77;
on the Stock Exchange, 1830, ii. 43
Panshanger, parties at, ii. 46, 47, 229
Paris, society at, in 1830, i. 283;
in July, 416, 417;
Marshal Marmont’s account of events at, in 1830, ii. 36;
alarm felt in, 99;
change of Ministry, 133;
in 1837, iii. [377];
society at, [378], [385];
sight-seeing, [381], [383]
Pedro, Dom, expedition of, ii. 312, 315;
proposal to combine with Spain, iii. [72];
in possession of Portugal, [93]
Peel, Right Hon. Sir Robert, Home Secretary, i. 124;
speeches on Catholic Relief Bill, 167, 183;
Oxford University election, 1829, 177;
defeated, 178;
political prospects of, ii. 95, 96;
power in the House of Commons, 116;
speech on the Reform Bill, 123;
inactivity of, on the Reform Bill, 130, 134;
complaints of policy of, 141;
conduct of, 160;
reserve of, 161, 174;
excellence in debate, 200;
answer to Lord Harrowby, 248, 249;
policy of, 264;
speech on Irish Tithes, 269;
invited to form a Government, 294;
refuses to take office, 296;
defence of conduct, 304;
conduct during the Tory efforts to form a Government, 327, 328;
conduct compared with that of the Duke of Wellington, 328;
character of, 354;
on political unions, iii. [12];
in society, [35];
position of, in the House of Commons, [64];
collection of pictures, [70];
great dinner given by, [72];
speech on admission of Dissenters to the University, [75];
policy of the Administration of, [161];
friendship with the Duke of Wellington renewed, [167];
arrival of, from the Continent, [174];
formation of Administration, [177];
manifesto to the country, [178];
prospects of the Ministry, [179];
qualities of, [189];
Toryism of Administration of, [194];
false position of, [208];
prospects of Government, [214],
[235], [236];
talents of, [224];
conduct to his adherents, [230], [244];
courage of, [283];
impending resignation of, [242];
Government defeated, [246];
resignation of Administration of, 1835, [246],
[248];
speech on Corporation Reform, [263];
on Irish Church Bill, [281];
relations with Lord John Russell, [282];
seclusion of, [297];
speech on Corporation Reform, [304];
consideration for Lord Stanley, [335];
conduct with regard to the Corporation Bill, [340];
position of, [358];
on the beginning of the new reign, [402]
Pepys, Right Hon. Sir Christopher, Master of the Rolls, iii. [328].
See[Cottenham, Lord]
Perceval, Spencer, discourse of, iii, 41;
the Unknown Tongue, 41;
on the condition of the Church, 123;
apostolic mission to the members of the Government, 331;
at Holland House, 331;
apostolic mission of, 333
Périer, Casimir, momentary resignation of, ii. 175;
attacked by cholera, 288;
death of, 307
Persian Ambassador, the, quarrel of, with the Regent, i. 21
Pitt, Right Hon. William,
described by Talleyrand, ii. 345;
anecdotes of, iii. [131]
Plunket, Lord,
Lord Chancellor in Ireland, ii. 90;
anecdote of, 107;
at Stoke, iii. [21];
Deanery of Down, [70]
Poland, contest in, ii. 157
Polignac, Prince Jules de,
head of the Administration in France; i. 160, 229, 283;
Administration of, 394;
behaviour of, ii. 29;
letter to M. de Molé, 33;
exasperation against, 38, 39
Pompeii, i. 338;
excavations at, 343
Ponsonby, Viscount, Minister at Naples, ii. 155;
letters of, 172;
conduct of, as Ambassador at Constantinople, iii. [405]
Pope, the, audience of Pius VIII., i. 382;
Irish appointments of the, iii. [269].
See[Rome]
Reform, plan of, ii. 105;
remarks on, 207;
negotiations concerning, 215, 217, 218
Reform Bill, the,
laid before the King, ii. 109;
excitement concerning, 124;
carried by one vote, 132;
alterations in, 134;
Government defeated, 135;
remarks on, 180;
attitude of the press, 193;
prospects of, 199;
negotiations for a compromise, 211;
altered tone of the press, 225;
meeting of Peers in Downing Street, 225;
measures for carrying the second reading in the House of Lords,
235, 237, 239, 241;
continued efforts to compromise, 268;
finally passed in the House of Commons, 270;
continued discussions on, 274;
difficulty with Schedule A, 280;
carried in the House of Lords, 287;
in committee, 292;
passes through committee, 304;
results of, iii. [27], [191].
For debates on, see[Lords, House of], and
[Commons, House of]
Reichstadt, Duke of, and Marshal Marmont, iii. [374]
Rice, Right Hon. Thomas Spring,
Colonial Secretary, iii. [88], [113];
difficulties with, [253];
Chancellor of the Exchequer, [256];
incapacity of, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, [376]
Richmond, Duke of, and King George III. at a naval review,
iii. [129]
Richmond, Duke of,
summary of character of, i. 199;
Postmaster-General, ii. 66;
refuses the appointment of Master of the Horse, 67;
difficulties with his labourers, 68;
at Goodwood, 182;
on Reform, 211;
character of, iii. [15];
resignation of, [88]
Riots,
in London, 1830, ii. 55;
among the farm labourers, 68;
proclamation against, 73;
in the country, 77
Rome, i. 303, 304;
St. Peter’s, 303, 321;
sight-seeing, 306, 311, 322;
the Sistine Chapel, 309;
the cardinals, 309;
a cardinal lying in state, 312;
Pompey’s statue, 313;
Temple of Bacchus, 313;
the Catacombs, 314;
the Pope’s blessing, 316, 324;
Holy Week observances, 317;
the Grand Penitentiary, 317, 319;
washing of pilgrims’ feet, 320;
supper to pilgrims, 321;
Protestant burial-ground, 322;
St. Peter’s illuminated, 325;
excavations, 327;
sight-seeing, 328, 329, 362;
aqueducts, 363;
the Scala Santa, 364;
St. Peter’s, 366;
Library of the Vatican, 367;
votive offering of a horse-shoe, 367, 372;
Columbaria, 374;
saints, 385;
the Flagellants, 387;
relations with Protestant countries, 391;
the Coliseum, 395;
story of a thief, 396;
convent of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 397;
sight-seeing, 398
Rosslyn, Earl of,
Lord Privy Seal, i. 210;
Lord President of the Council, iii. [177];
dinner for selecting the Sheriffs, [201]
Roussin, Admiral, at Constantinople ii. 367
Rovigo, the Duke de, at Rome, i. 325
Rundell, Mr., fortune of, will of, i. 90
Runton Abbey,
shooting at, iii. [51];
murder in the neighbourhood, [51]
Russell, Right Hon. Lord John,
introduces the Reform Bill, ii. 121;
seat in the Cabinet, 150;
brings in his Bill, 155;
letter to Attwood, 205, 206;
willing to compromise, 223;
brings on the second Reform Bill, 227;
Paymaster, of the Forces, iii. [113];
objected to by the King as leader of the House of Commons, [160];
speech at Totness, [171];
on the Speakership, [205];
on Church Reform, [206];
first speech as leader of the House of Commons, [214];
letter of, on the Speakership, [218];
as leader of the House of Commons, [221];
marriage of, [252];
Home Secretary in Lord Melbourne’s second
Administration, [256];
introduction of Corporation Reform, [263];
relations with Sir Robert Peel, [282];
course to be pursued on the Corporation Bill, [303],
[310];
speech on the Orangemen, [344];
moderation of, [352];
meeting at the Foreign Office, [357], [358];
intention of the Government to proceed with their Bills, [397];
speech in answer to Roebuck, [401]
Russia, state of, 1829, i. 158;
intrigues of, ii. 351;
diplomatic relations with, 352;
combines with Turkey against Egypt, 366;
fleet sent to Constantinople, 366;
establishes her power in the East, 371;
quarrel with, iii. [44];
policy towards Turkey, [48];
treaty with Turkey, [69];
relations with Turkey, [183]
Russo-Dutch Loan,
question of the, ii. 240, 241;
origin of the, 244;
debate on the, in the House of Lords, 315
Rutland, Duke of,
anti-Reform petition, ii. 263;
birthday party, iii. [46]
Sadler, Mr., maiden speech of,
in opposition to the Catholic Relief Bill, i. 191
Saint-Aulaire, M. de,
French Ambassador at Vienna, iii. [187];
anecdote of, [187]
Seton, Sir Henry, arrival of, from Belgium, ii. 178
Seymour, Lord,
withdraws his support from the Government, ii. 124
Seymour, George, Master of the Robes, ii. 50
Seymour, Horace,
retires from the Lord Chamberlain’s Department, ii. 133
Seymour, Jane, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Shadwell, Right Hon. Sir Lancelot, on legal business, iii. [76]
Shee, Sir Martin, elected President of the Royal Academy, i. 269
Sheil, Right Hon. Richard, dispute with Lord Althorp, iii. [55];
arrest of, by the Serjeant-at-Arms, 56;
committee, 57, 58;
insult to Lord Lyndhurst, 389
Smith, Baron, ii. 105;
O’Connell’s attack upon, iii. [59], [61], [63]
Smith, Sydney, and the siege of Saragossa, iii. [39];
and Professor Leslie, [44];
sermon of, in St. Paul’s Cathedral, [166];
on Sir James Mackintosh, [317];
dispute of, with the Bishop of London, [395];
letter to Archdeacon Singleton, [395]
Soult, Marshal, sent to Lyons, ii. 219;
Prime Minister of France, 324
Southey, Robert,
at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59;
letter to Lord Brougham on rewards to literary men, 111
Spain, the Duke of Wellington on affairs in, iii. [47];
state of, [55];
affairs in, [66], [72];
proposal to combine with Dom Pedro, [72];
affairs in, [183];
deplorable state of, [359]
Stanley, Right Hon. Edward,
Irish Secretary, ii. 66;
speech on the Reform Bill, 123;
seat in the Cabinet, 150;
speech in answer to Croker, 228;
Secretary for the Colonial Department, 365;
at The Oaks, 374;
indecision of, iii. [17];
racing interests of, [35];
resignation of, [88];
in opposition, [93];
‘Thimblerig’ speech, [100];
conciliatory letter to Lord Grey, [107];
disposition of, [165], [167];
declines to join Sir R. Peel, [175], [176];
speech at Glasgow, [180];
formation of the Stanley party, [220];
position of Mr. Stanley, [222];
policy of, [228];
meeting of party at the ‘King’s Head,’ [237];
speech on Irish Church question, [240];
character of, [250];
letter to Sir Thomas Hesketh, [265];
joins the Opposition, [272];
conduct of, [336]
Stanley, Right Hon. Edward John, Under-Secretary of State, iii. [112]
Stuart de Rothesay, Lord, Ambassador in France, i. 141
Sugden, Right Hon. Sir Edward,
quarrel of, with Lord Brougham, ii. 312;
origin of animosity towards Lord Brougham, iii. [22];
Irish Chancellor, [178];
resignation of, [231];
retains his appointment, [234]
Sutherland, Duke of, death of the, iii. [19];
wealth, of the, [19]
Suttee case, before the Privy Council, ii. 307
Swift v. Kelly,
before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, iii. [259],
[266], [267], [271];
judgment, [274]
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de,
letter to the Emperor of Russia, i. 23;
Ambassador to the Court of St. James, ii. 44;
conversation of, 185;
anecdotes, 185;
mot of, 195;
dinner with, 222;
on Fox and Pitt, 344;
detained in the Thames, 346;
on Portuguese affairs, iii. [25];
on relations between France and England, [314];
opinion of, of Lord Palmerston, [360];
dissatisfaction at his position in London, [386]
Tasso, i. 328;
bust of, 328
Tavistock, Marquis of, on the prospects of the Liberal party, iii. [43]
Taylor, Sir Herbert,
conversation with Lord Wharncliffe, ii. 251;
correspondence with, about the Chancellorship, 339
Taylor, Henry, breakfast at the house of, ii. 58;
breakfast to Wordsworth, Mill, Elliot, Charles Villiers, 120;
on the abolition of slavery in the West Indies, 348;
‘Philip van Artevelde,’ iii. [114]
Taylor, Brook, mission to Rome, ii. 153
Teddesley, party at, i. 11
Tenterden, Lord, death of, ii. 329;
character of, 331;
classical knowledge of, 331
Terceira, Portuguese expedition to, i. 169, 170
Terni, Falls of, i. 401
Thiers, Adolphe, dinner to, iii. [31];
account of, [31];
at the head of the French Government, [66];
on interference in Spain, [66];
foreign policy of, [364];
social qualities of, [379];
quarrel with Lady Granville, [380];
courts the favour of Austria, [387]
Thompson, Alderman,
difficulties with his constituents, ii. 166
Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett,
originates a commercial treaty with France, ii. 219;
Board of Trade, iii. [113], [256];
self-complacency of, [330]
Thorwaldsen, Albert, at Florence, i. 299, 300
Tierney, Right Hon. George, i. 14;
Master of the Mint, 95;
death of, 269
‘Times,’ the,
on Lord Harrowby’s letter, ii. 264, 265;
attacks Lord Grey, 267;
Lord Chancellor’s speech, 313;
influence of the, 362;
and Lord Brougham, iii. [133];
disposition of, to support a Tory Government, [149], [152];
terms of support to the Duke of Wellington, [155];
power of the, [156], [157];
negotiations with Lord Lyndhurst, [171];
letter signed ‘Onslow,’ [199]
Titchfield, Marquis of, death of, i. 75;
character of, 75