Cabul, retreat from, ii. 85, 89, 107;
recapture of, 123;
opinion of the Duke of Wellington on the events at, 137, 138
Cambridge, visit to, ii. 238
Cambridge, University of, H.R.H. Prince Albert elected Chancellor of, iii. 65;
installed, 97
Cambridge, H.R.H. Adolphus, Duke of,
concedes precedence to Prince Albert, i. [270];
death of, iii. 366
Cambridge, H.R.H. George, Duke of, precedence of, iii. 365, 366
Campbell, Lord, Lord Chancellor of Ireland with a peerage, ii. 14;
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 405;
speech of son of, at Cambridge, iii. 89;
Lord Chief Justice of England, 327;
success in the Court of Queen’s Bench, 327
Canada, insurrection in, i. [34];
debate on, in the House of Commons, [34];
Duke of Wellington on, [37];
Lord Durham sent out as Governor-General, [49];
state of, [53];
discussions on, [55];
Lord Durham’s Ordinance, [123];
disallowed, [125];
Lord Durham’s Proclamation, [134];
report on administration of, [162];
bill dealing with the Canada Clergy Reserves, [294];
government of, ii. 117;
Sir Charles Bagot succeeds Lord Sydenham, 117;
Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed Governor-General, 117
Canning, Stratford, Rt. Hon. Sir, opposition of, to Russia, iii. 279
Cannizzaro, Duchess of, death of the, i. [365];
account of the, [365], [366]
Canterbury, Archbishop of, Dr. Sumner appointed, iii. 125
Capel, Hon. and Rev. William, dispute with the Bishop of London, ii. 113
Capua, Prince of, the, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. [279]
Carnarvon, visit to, with Lord Anglesey, ii. 18
Carnot, iii. 153
‘Carolus’ letter to the ‘Times,’ iii. 372, 374;
see Appendix B, vol. iii.
Catholic Clergy, Endowment question, ii. 199
Cavaignac, General, iii. 199, 205
Cécille, Admiral, Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, iii. 268
Ceylon, committee of enquiry into administration of, iii. 269;
witnesses, 308;
evidence of Captain Watson, 312
Chantrey, death of, ii. 60;
monument by, in Lichfield Cathedral, 60
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, defeat of, iii. 218;
abdication of, 282
Chartists, progress of the, i. [155];
precautions in London for great meeting of the (1848), iii. 160, 162, 164;
failure of the demonstration, 165;
dangerous manifestations in the country, 188;
Government measures, 190;
agitation, 191;
demonstration, 192;
establishment near Chenies, 215
Chatham, Rt. Hon. Earl of, anecdotes of the, i. [245]
Chatsworth, visit to, ii. 204;
visit of the Queen to, 215
Chester, Mayor of, question of baronetcy on the birth of the Prince of Wales, ii. 52
Chillianwallah, battle of, iii. 273
China, war with, i. [283];
debate on, [283];
Duke of Wellington on the war with, [286];
annexation of Hong Kong, [383];
return of Captain Elliot from, ii. 49, 52;
views of Sir George Grey on, 72;
treaty of peace with, 123
Chiswick, visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to, ii. 14;
fête at, for the Czar, 244
Chloroform, an operation under, iii. 110
Christina, Queen of Spain, intrigues of, ii. 419, 421;
M. Guizot’s account of, iii. 32;
conduct of, 119
Church of Scotland, disruption in the, ii. 206
Circourt, Madame de, salon of, iii. 45
Clanricarde, Marquis of, Postmaster-General, ii. 405
Claremont, council at, for events in the East, i. [328];
lent to King Louis Philippe, iii. 154
Clarendon, Rt. Hon. Earl of,
office of Governor-General of Canada offered to the, i. [173];
first appearance of the, in the House of Lords, [227];
Lord Privy Seal, [243];
on Eastern policy, [301];
dissents from the treaty (1840), [304];
conversation with M. Guizot, [305];
offers to resign on the Eastern Question, [317];
letter of, on Lord Holland’s death, and on French affairs, [341];
confidence of the Queen in, ii. 403;
President of the Board of Trade, 405;
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 85;
requires a Coercion Bill for Ireland, 105;
and the Irish Catholics, 195;
applies for more powers, 212;
Proclamation of, 207;
policy of, in Ireland, 217;
interview of, with King Louis Philippe, 239;
on Irish emigration, 251;
on taking high office, 251;
Irish relief, 285;
conversation with Sir R. Peel, 286;
success of the Queen’s visit to Ireland, 295;
dismissal of Lord Roden, 310;
explanation in the House of Lords, 313;
Encumbered Estates Act in Ireland, 314;
conversation with the Queen
and Prince Albert on foreign affairs, 317;
conversation with Lord J. Russell, 361;
spoken of as Foreign Secretary, 428, 431
Cobden, Richard, Mr. Greville’s letter to, in the ‘Times,’ iii. 123;
see Appendix A, vol. iii.
Coburg marriage, fear of, in France, iii. 30
Colborne, Sir John, Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, i. [35]
Coleridge, Stanza from ‘Ode to Tranquillity,’ i. [109]
Colloredo, Count, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 282, 283, 288
Cologne, visit to the cathedral at, ii. 167
Commons, House of,
select committee on pensions, i. [29];
disorder in, [31];
debate on insurrection in Canada, [34];
discussions on Canada, [55];
division on the ballot, [59];
scene in, [68];
Pendarves’ motion, [70];
vote of censure on Lord Glenelg, [72];
amendment on, [73];
Lord Eliot’s motion on Spain, [83];
motion of Sir George Strickland on emancipation, [84];
motion on Lord Durham’s expenses, [86];
the Appropriation Clause, [93];
Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, [100];
session of 1838, [127];
debate on the Irish policy of the Government, [190];
Jamaica Bill, [196];
division on, [199];
Sir H. Fleetwood’s motion, [215];
Ballot an open question, [216];
the privilege question, [257], [271];
Prince Albert’s allowance, [258];
Ministers defeated on the Irish Registration Bill, [279];
debate on vote of censure on measures resulting in Chinese war, [283];
debate on the Registration Bill, [287];
two new Irish Registration Bills, [373];
Government defeated on Lord Morpeth’s Bill, [391];
division on the Sugar Duties, ii. 8;
vote of censure carried by one, 10;
dissolution, 14;
Sir R. Peel’s Corn Bill, 83, 86;
attack of Lord J. Russell on Lord Corehouse, 84;
Sir R. Peel’s Budget, 87;
Vote of Thanks to Lord Ashburton, 152;
Irish Arms Bill, 188, 194;
debate on Ireland, 228, 230;
division, 232;
the Ten Hours Bill, 236;
Government defeated on the Sugar Duties, 246;
Maynooth Grant, 276;
debate, 279;
Sir R. Peel’s measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357;
protracted debate on the Corn Laws, 366, 367, 371;
scene in the House, 392;
debate on the annexation of Cracow, iii. 67;
Irish Poor Law, 69;
Mr. Strutt’s Railroad Bill, 93, 95;
Irish measures (1847), 104, 106;
obstruction, 161, 163;
mismanagement of, 186;
West India Committee, 187;
alteration of the Oath Bill, 187, 192;
debate on occurrences in Spain, 190;
West India Sugar Bill, 193;
subsequent crisis, 195;
irritation, 197;
Irish Bill, 209;
Irish grant opposed, 267;
committee of enquiry on Ceylon and British Guiana, 269, 309;
debate on, 270;
Sicilian arms affair, 271, 277;
maiden speech of Mr. Frederick Peel, 288;
debate on the Poor Laws, 319;
Mr. Hutt’s motion on the African squadron, 324;
Stamp Bill, 325, 327;
Mr. Roebuck’s vote of confidence, 344;
Mr. Locke King’s motion, 378;
Anti-Papal Bill, 400;
Lord Palmerston’s dismissal, 446;
Militia Bill, 447, 449;
dissolution, 454;
Reform question, 469
Conference at Constantinople (1840), i. [328],
[329]
‘Constitutionnel,’ indiscreet article in the, iii. 34
Conway Castle, ii. 16
Coplestone, Dr. (Bishop of Llandaff),
publishes Lord Dudley’s letters, i. [273]
Corn Laws, i. [158], [164];
allusion to, in the Queen’s Speech, ii. 82;
Sir R. Peel’s Bill, 83;
discussions on, 301;
repeal of the, announced by the ‘Times,’ 309;
consequent agitation, 312, 316;
Sir R. Peel’s Government broken up, 317;
Mr. Greville’s pamphlet, 350;
Duke of Wellington on the, 351;
Sir R. Peel’s measure for sliding-scale duties, 357;
immediate repeal of, discussed, 360, 366;
debate on the, 366;
protracted discussions, 379
Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor, ii. 405;
resignation of, iii. 338
Council, picture of the Queen’s first, i. [82];
at Windsor, [145];
for declaration of the Queen’s marriage, [247];
at Windsor on crutches, ii. 203;
at Osborne, resignation of Sir R. Peel, 316
Cowley, Lord, conversation with, in Paris, iii. 19;
views of, on the Spanish marriage question, 26
Cowley, Lord (afterwards Earl Cowley), Ambassador at Paris, iii. 441, 446;
question of proxy, 472
Cracow, ii. 427;
the annexation of, 430, 431;
debate on annexation of, iii. 67
Creevey, Mr., death of, i. [63];
offices held by, [63];
letters and papers of, [64], [275]
Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, article by,
in the ‘Quarterly Review,’ i. [103], [105];
two anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington, [248];
on Sir R. Peel’s policy, ii. 200;
and the Duke of Wellington, iii. 98;
and Sir R. Peel, 98
Cromer, visit to, ii. 120
Curran, anecdote of, i. [153];
Master of the Rolls in Ireland, [153]
Czartoryski, Prince, at the Hôtel Lambert, iii. 44
Dalhousie, Right Hon. Earl of, President of the Board of Trade, ii. 267;
promising speech of, 395
De Grey, Right Hon. Earl, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37
Delane, Mr. John T., succeeds Mr. Barnes as editor of the ‘Times,’ ii. 3;
information on the Corn Law question from Lord Aberdeen, 310, 315 (see[‘Times’])
Delessert, M., on the state of France, iii. 157
Denman, Lord, closes the term, ii. 63
Derby, Right Hon. (fourteenth) Earl of, forms a government, iii. 447;
conduct of the Government, 453;
dissolution of Parliament, 454;
at Goodwood, 463;
and Lord Cowley’s proxy, 472;
efforts to strengthen the Government, 473;
see also[Stanley]
Devonshire, Duke of, letters and papers of the, ii. 377
Devonshire House, dinner at,
to the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Capua, i. [278]
Dickens, Charles, performance of, at the St. James’s Theatre, ii. 302
Disraeli, Right Hon. Benjamin,
maiden speech of, i. [26], [30];
quarrel with General Peel, ii. 388;
Protectionist speech of, 392;
and Mr. Moxon, iii. 75;
defends Lord G. Bentinck, 197, 198;
leader of the Protectionists, 264;
‘Life of Lord G. Bentinck,’ 417, 423;
Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby’s Administration, 451;
speech on the Budget, 451
Dolly’s Brae affair, iii. 310, 313
D’Orsay, Count, at Gore House, i. [167];
death of, iii. 465;
character of, 466
Drouyn de Lhuys, M., French Ambassador in London, iii. 326;
on the Greek affair, 326;
recall of, 330
Drumlanrig, visit to, iii. 299
Drummond, Mr. Edward, assassination of, ii. 141
Drummond Castle, visit to, iii. 299
Dudley, Lord, letters of, published, i. [273];
diary of, destroyed, [275];
diary of, iii. 74
Duncannon, Lord, and the apartments in St. James’s Palace, i. [280]
Duncombe, Mr. Thomas, attack of, on the Post Office, ii. 272
Dundas, Right Hon. Sir David, at Ampthill, i. [250];
conversation of, ii. 133;
as Solicitor-General, iii. 122
Durham, Right Hon. Earl of,
Governor-General of Canada, i. [49], [54];
motion on expenses of, [86];
behaviour of, [88];
appointments of, attacked, [109];
entry of, into Quebec, [110];
ordinance of, attacked, [123];
disallowed, [125];
resignation of, [133];
proclamation of, [134];
return of, from Canada, [137], [141];
conduct of, in Canada, [143];
excuses of, [158];
report of, on the administration of Canada, [162];
distributes copies of report, [163];
position of, [165];
anecdote of, iii. 75
Eastern Question, the, beginning of, i. [242];
in 1840, [297];
anti-Palmerstonian policy of France, [302];
communication of M. de Pontois to the Porte, [304],
[306];
conduct of ministers at the beginning, [308];
protocol signed, [309];
conversations with M. Guizot on, [310],
[315], [319];
indecision of ministers, [312]
intentions of Lord John Russell, [313];
discussions on, [315], [317],
[325];
cabinet on, [320];
Prince Metternich’s suggestion, [325];
Lord Holland’s remarks, [325];
bombardment of Beyrout, and deposition of Mehemet Ali, [328];
Lord Palmerston gains his point, [330];
Lord Ponsonby’s despatch, [334];
note from the French Government, [335];
surrender of the Emir Beschir, [344];
terms of conciliation with France, [351];
mission of Baron Monnier, [356];
unsettled affairs in Egypt, [361];
settlement of (1841), [377-383];
protocols signed, [383];
the Hatti-sherif, [385];
fresh obstacles, [387]
Easthope, Sir John, proprietor of the ‘Morning Chronicle,’ i. [179]
Eaton, visit to, ii. 15;
lines cut on an hotel window, 16
Eden, Hon. and Rev. Robert (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells),
Rector of Battersea, i. [131];
lecture in Battersea, [151];
Battersea Schools, ii. 86
Eden, Hon. Emily, letter of, i. [383];
bitterness of, against Lord Ellenborough, ii. 128, 150
Edinburgh, visit to, iii. 291
‘Edinburgh Review,’ originators of the, ii. 153
Education question, the, ii. 212
Egerton, Lord Francis, at Ems, ii. 287;
house of, at Worsley, 303
Egremont, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. [23];
character of the, [24];
at Petworth, [25]
Ellenborough, Right Hon. Earl of, Board of Control in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37;
anecdotes of, 78;
proclamation of, 123, 125;
attacks on, 128, 136, 138;
Duke of Wellington’s opinion of, 139;
extraordinary behaviour of, 141;
position of, 145;
vindication of, 148;
despatch on the secret committee of the directors, 219;
recall of, 238
Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, at Brocket, iii. 375
Elliot, Captain (afterwards Sir Charles), return of, from China, ii. 49, 52
‘Every Man in his Humour,’ performance of, ii. 302
Exchequer Bills, forgery of, ii. 50;
anecdotes of, 56, 57
Exchequer, Court of, anecdote, iii. 125
Exeter, Bishop of, attacks the Archbishop, i. [120];
on the St. Sulpice question, [388];
charge of, ii. 136;
attack on Newman, 136;
reply to a Privy Council judgement, 136;
the Gorham Case, iii. 300
Exeter, visit to, iii. 207
Exhibition, the Great, 1851, opening of, iii. 405
Eyre, Lieutenant, book by, on Cabul, &c., ii. 137
Faubourg St. Germain, political feeling in the, iii. 42
Faucher, M. Léon, in London, iii. 410
Felbrigg Hall, visit to, ii. 120
Ferdinand I., Emperor of Austria, political crisis, 1848, iii. 159
FitzGerald and Vesey, Lord, conversation with, i. [46];
death of, ii. 158
Fitzroy, Lord Charles, resigns the office of Vice-Chamberlain, i. [86]
Fleetwood, Sir H., motion on 10ℓ. householders, i. [216]
Fox, Right Hon. C. J., account of the death of, i. [154]
Fox, Maule, Right Hon., Secretary at War, ii. 405
Fox, Mr. William, member for Oldham, iii. 103
Fox, Miss, death of, ii. 274
France, Lord Palmerston’s hostility to, i. [347];
attempt at conciliation with, [351];
debate in the Chamber on Eastern affairs, [354];
dispute with, on the Tahiti affair, ii. 253;
opinions on change of government in England (1845), 345, 347;
estrangement with, on the Spanish marriages question, iii. 10, 11;
effect of conciliatory debate in England, 39;
threatened rupture with, 62;
estrangement
from England, 73;
revolution in 1848, 132;
state of, 148, 152;
Provisional Government in, 152;
M. Delessert on affairs in, 157;
anarchy in, 178;
fighting in Paris, 202;
tranquillity, 219;
Prince Louis Napoleon elected President of the Republic, 253;
unsatisfactory condition of the country, 284;
share in the English and Greek dispute, 334, 337;
coup d’état of Louis Napoleon, 420
France, Bank of, arrangement with the Emperor of Russia, ii. 70
Francis, Sir Philip, at Woburn, ii. 47
Frankfort, visit to, ii. 169;
Dannecker’s ‘Ariadne,’ 170;
Rothschild’s house, 171;
Jews’ Street, 173;
the mother of the Rothschilds, 173
Frost, Mr. John, a magistrate, i. [250];
concerned in a Chartist riot, [250];
trial of, [256]
Fullerton, Lady Georgiana, novel by, ii. 205
Galiera, Duchesse de, ball at the house of the, iii. 35
Germany, condition of the country and people of, ii. 180, 181
Ghent, visit to, ii. 285
Girondins, Histoire des, by Lamartine, iii. 111
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. William E., President of the Board of Trade in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37;
resignation of, on the Maynooth Endowment, 267;
explanation, 271
Gore House, dinner at, i. [166];
hoax of Lord Brougham’s death, [243];
party at, [255];
Jérôme Bonaparte at, [277]
Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, iii. 300-304;
judgement, 323
Gorhambury, visit to, ii. 111;
Bishop of London at, 111, 112
Goulburn, Rt. Hon. Henry, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37
Graham, Rt. Hon. Sir James, conduct of, i. [9];
negotiation of, between Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Russell, [185],
[189];
Home Secretary in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37;
on the state of parties, iii. 51;
and the Governor-Generalship of India, 87;
on the Cumberland election, 89;
declines the Governor-Generalship of India, 92;
on colonial matters, 124;
on obstruction in the House of Commons, 161;
declines the Admiralty, 259;
reasons for declining, 262, 264;
on administrative reforms, 338;
forebodings of, 382;
negotiations with the Whigs, 383;
on the state of parties, 390;
vacillation of, 394;
and the Whigs, 398, 401;
Lord J. Russell’s overtures to, 410;
mission of Sir G. C. Lewis to Netherby, 411, 412;
on public affairs, and a possible coalition, 435-439
Granby, Marquis of, chosen leader of the Protectionist party, iii. 123;
consistent conduct of, 471;
appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 472
Granville, Rt. Hon. (first) Earl, paralytic seizure of, i. [390]
Granville, Rt. Hon. (second) Earl, Foreign Secretary, iii. 428;
conversation with Lord Palmerston, 433;
paper of, on foreign policy, 442
Greece, disputes with, iii. 308, 311, 314;
disputes continued, 325;
opinions of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, 326;
further disputes, 334;
debate in House of Lords on dispute, 341;
Lord Palmerston on brigandage in, 418
Green, Mr., anatomical lecture by, iii. 375
Greenwich dinner, freaks of Lord Brougham at a, i. [229];
Lord Normanby’s health drunk at a, [237]
Grenville, Thomas, Mr., anecdote of, i. [80];
dinner with, ii. 114;
anecdote of Porson, 114;
Julio Clovio, 115;
recollections and anecdotes, 116;
anecdote of Wolfe, 120;
death of, iii. 1;
character of, 2
Greville, Charles C., Mr., pamphlet of,
on Prince Albert’s Precedence, i. [266], [269],
[270] (see[Appendix], vol. i.);
book of, on Ireland, ii. 259;
criticisms on, 260;
publication of, objected to, 261, 266;
publication decided on, 274;
criticisms on, 276;
opinions of the press on, 284;
letters to France, 345;
pamphlet ‘Sir R. Peel and the Corn Law Crisis,’ 350, 368;
success of pamphlet, 354;
visit to Paris (1847), iii. 16;
birthday reflexions, 73;
letter to Cobden in the ‘Times,’ 123 (see Appendix A, vol. iii.);
removes to Bruton Street, 277;
elected a member of Grillon’s Club, 321;
letter of ‘Carolus,’ 372, 374 (see Appendix B, vol. iii.)
Grey, Rt. Hon. Earl, prevents the formation of a Whig Government, ii. 330, 331;
explanation of conduct of, 341-344, 353;
Colonial Secretary, 405;
Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland, iii. 65;
remonstrance of, on Lord Palmerston’s conduct, 185;
speech of, on the suppressed despatches, 200;
discredit of, 309
Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir George, Home Secretary, ii. 405
Grey, Sir George (formerly Chief Justice of Bengal), views of, on Chinese affairs, ii. 72
Grillon’s Club, dinner at, iii. 321
Grote, George, Mr., returned for the City of London, i. [13];
Radical party reduced to, [215];
visit to, iii. 122
Grove, The, visit to, ii. 111;
agreeable party at, 289;
Macaulay at, 415;
return to, iii. 409
Guards, the, question of promotion on the birth of the Prince of Wales, ii. 51
Guernsey duties, affair of the, ii. 292
Guizot, M., French Ambassador in London, i. [282];
on the Eastern Question, [302], [303];
at dinner at Windsor, [310];
conversations with, on Eastern affairs, [311], [315],
[317];
on the deposition of Mehemet Ali, [328];
difficulty of dealing with Lord Palmerston, [330];
conciliatory efforts of, [335];
note from the French Government, [335];
succeeds M. Thiers (1840), [343];
letter of, to Baron Bourqueney, [348];
speech in the Chamber, [355];
critical position of, ii. 269, 270;
amicable meeting with M. Thiers, 278, 288;
alarm at possible return of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign Office (1845), 345;
conduct of, in the Spanish Marriages affair, 425; iii. 6;
note in reply to Lord Palmerston, ii. 433;
explanation relating to the Spanish Marriages, iii. 17;
conversation with, on the Spanish Marriages, 20-26;
complaints of Lord Palmerston, 30;
and Lord Palmerston’s despatch, 33;
indignation of, 42;
bad terms of, with Lord Normanby, 42;
resentment at Lord Normanby and Lord Palmerston, 46, 47;
invited to the British Embassy ‘by mistake,’ 59;
continuance of the quarrel, 60;
the quarrel made up, 66;
escape of, to England, 137, 145;
conduct of, in the Revolution, 138;
narrative of the Revolution, 142-145;
dines with Lord Palmerston, 157
Gurwood, Colonel, second of Mr. Bradshaw, i. [254]