Railway, first time of travelling on the, i. [11];
speculation, ii. 300
Ranke, Professor, breakfasts with Sir G. C. Lewis, ii. 203
Rapallo, Exchequer Bills, ii. 50;
advanced money to Louis Napoleon, 50
Reeve, Henry, Mr., first acquaintance of, with Mr. Greville, i. [27];
goes to Paris, [388];
declines to make an affidavit for Lord Brougham, ii. 207;
and King Louis Philippe, 216;
letters of, from Paris, 345-347
Reform, question of, iii. 469
Repeal magistrates, the, restored, ii. 407
Revolution, the French (1848), iii. 132;
details of, 138, 142 (see[France])
Ripon, Right Hon. Earl of, the, and Mr. Macgregor at the Board of Trade, ii. 5;
President of the Board of Trade in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, 37;
differs with Mr. Macgregor, 53;
exchange of patronage with Lord Lyndhurst, 413
Roden, Right Hon. Earl of, dismissed from the Commission of the Peace, iii. 310
Roebuck, Mr., vote of confidence in the Government, iii. 344
Rolfe, Right Hon. Baron (afterwards Lord Chancellor Cranworth), at Ampthill, ii. 265;
estimate of Lord Eldon, 265
Russell, Right Hon. Lord John, attack on the Bishop of Exeter, i. [66];
finality speech of, [181];
position of, [182];
sentiments of moderation towards Sir R. Peel,
expressed through Sir J. Graham, [183], [189];
skilful speech of, [190];
threatened by the Radicals, [191];
slight to an Irish member, [194];
letter to the electors of Stroud, [196];
brings in the Jamaica Bill, [196];
speech on Sir H. Fleetwood’s motion, [216];
note to Sir R. Peel, [259];
as leader, [293];
alarmed, at affairs in the East, [303], [307];
opposes Lord Palmerston’s policy, [312];
Cabinet on the Eastern Question, [320];
weakness of, [331];
efforts of, to settle affairs in the East, [333];
threatens to resign, [344];
intentions of (1841), ii. 27;
attack on two judges, 84;
conversation at Holland House on the Reform Bill, 121;
dissatisfaction of, at the American Treaty, 126;
sent for by the Queen, 317;
difficulties in forming a Government, 319, 331;
resigns, 332;
promise to the Queen, 361;
convokes a meeting of Whig Peers, 394;
forms a Government, 405;
conversation with, on French affairs, iii. 55;
threatened with personal violence, 65;
speech on the Irish Poor Law, 69;
position of, 96;
financial statement of, 126;
results, 128;
difficulties with Lord Palmerston, 185;
West India Sugar Bill, 193;
subsequent crisis, 195;
peerage suggested for, 281, 285;
despatch relating to the Spanish marriages, 298;
Government defeated on the Pacifico affair, 341;
indecision of, 342;
conversation with Lord Clarendon, 361;
letter on the Papal aggression, 367, 370;
resigns, 378;
negotiations for the formation of a government, 383;
return of, to office, 389;
negotiations with Sir J. Graham, 395, 399, 401;
overtures to Sir J. Graham, 410, 412;
dismissal of Lord Palmerston, 426, 429;
details of the affair, 434, 444;
explanations in Parliament, 446;
resignation of, 447
Russell, Lord William, G.C.B., recalled from Berlin, ii. 66
Russia, the Emperor Nicholas of, visit to London, ii. 243;
review in Hyde Park, 243;
fête at Chiswick, 244;
appearance of, 244;
arrangement with the Bank of France, iii. 70;
and Louis Napoleon, 441;
remark of, on the British fleet, 315
Russia, measures in Poland, iii. 5;
interference with, 279;
complains of Lord Palmerston, 332
Russian Note, the, iii. 323
Rutland, Duke of, birthday festivities of, i. [41],
[44], [45]
St. Aulaire, Marquis de, French Ambassador in London, ii. 58;
dinner with, iii. 54
St. James’s Palace, arrangements for the apartments in, i. [280]
Serjeants-at-law, petition of the, i. [156], [160]
Serrano, Marshal, intrigues of, iii. 194
Session, review of the (1838), i. [126],
(1839) [231], (1840) [291], (1842) ii. 97, 98;
opening of the (1849), iii. 263
Sicily, revolution in, iii. 123;
Lord Palmerston’s breach of neutrality with the Government of, 261, 271, 276
Sikh war, the, ii. 372;
termination of, 380;
the campaign, iii. 214
Singleton, Archdeacon, death of, ii. 94
Smith, Rev. Sydney, death of, ii. 273
Smith, Bobus, death of, ii. 274
Small v. Attwood, i. [80], [81];
judgement in, reversed, [83]
Sobraon, victory of, ii. 380
Somerset, Lord Fitzroy (afterwards Lord Raglan),
account of the Duke of Wellington’s campaigns, i. [135-137]
Somerset, Right Hon. Lord Granville, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37
Somnauth, Temple of, the gates of the, carried off, ii. 123, 139
Sophia, H.R.H. Princess, death of the, iii. 184
Sotomayor, Duke of, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 169
Soult, Marshal, arrival of, in London, i. [103];
at Queen Victoria’s coronation, [106];
reception of, [113]
Southern, Mr., on Irish affairs, iii. 171
Southwell, Church at, ii. 309
Spain, termination of the Carlist war, i. [241], [242];
quarrels in, ii. 73;
insurrection in, 201;
intrigues in, 421;
proposed revival of the Salic Law, iii. 13;
political crisis in, 45;
affairs in, 78;
relations with, 183;
debate in the House of Commons, 190;
intrigues in, 194;
expulsion of Sir H. Bulwer, 169
Spanish Marriages, the,
first proposals for the Queen’s marriage (1838), i. [251];
papers relating to the, iii. 6;
detailed account of the affair, 7-11;
further details, 15, 17;
Princesse Lieven on the quarrels, 18;
discussion with M. Guizot, 20-26, 30-33;
letters relating to the, 168;
beginning of the disputes, 412;
account of intrigues, 418-423;
indignation at, 425;
conversation on, with M. de Jarnac, 431
Speakership, discussion on the, ii. 23
Spencer, Right Hon. Earl, anecdote of, when leader of the House of Commons, ii. 152;
death of, 295;
character of, 295-298
‘Standard,’ the, contradicts the ‘Times’ on the repeal of the Corn Laws, ii. 313
Stanley, Right Hon. Lord (afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby) at Knowsley, i. [11];
Colonial Secretary in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37;
called up to the House of Lords, 256;
good speech of, 395;
replies to Lord Grey, iii. 200;
Steward of the Jockey Club, 205;
on the Dolly’s Brae affair, 310, 312;
negotiations for the formation of a Government, 381, 384, 385;
attempt to form a Government, 385;
failure of the attempt, 386;
at Newmarket, 402 (see[Derby, Earl of])
Stanley, Edward Henry, Hon. (afterwards fifteenth Earl of Derby), maiden speech of, iii. 337
Stephen, Right Hon. Sir James, position of, at the Colonial Office, i. [174]
Strutt, Right Hon. Edward (afterwards Lord Belper), Railroad Bill of, iii. 93, 95
Sudeley, Lord, loses three forged Exchequer Bills, ii. 57
Sumner, Dr., appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, iii. 125
Sussex, H.R.H. Duke of, the,
claim of, i. [113], [115];
at dinner at Devonshire House, [278];
dissatisfaction of, [279];
death of, ii. 155;
funeral of, 156
Sutton Sharpe, anecdotes, ii. 78
Sybilla, Margravine, the residence of, near Baden, ii. 184
Syria, military operations in, i. [328];
affairs of, [346], [354]
Tahiti affair, the, ii. 252
Talleyrand, death of, and character, i. [94];
and Napoleon, ii. 193
Taylor, Mr. Henry, paper by, on the West Indies, i. [197]
Taymouth, visit to, iii. 292
Temple Church, service at the, ii. 159
Temple, Sir William, award on the claims on Naples, iii. 419
Thiers, M., resignation of, i. [343];
beginning of coalition with Lord Palmerston, ii. 267;
amicable meeting with M. Guizot, 278, 288;
visit to England, 298;
interview with Lord Aberdeen, 299;
bitterness of, towards Talleyrand, 299;
visit to, and conversation, iii. 27-29;
dinner at, 29;
cordial relations of, with the British Embassy, 35;
communications with Lord Normanby, 40;
bitterness of, 48;
conduct of, during the Revolution, 140, 144;
reported communication of, to King Louis Philippe, 239;
visit to London, 407;
account of the coup d’état, 443
Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett (Lord Sydenham), sent to Canada, i. [235];
death of, ii. 117;
abilities of, 117
Thynne, Rev. Lord John, visit to, iii, 207
‘Times,’ the,
on the Corn Laws, i. [158];
on Lord Durham’s report, [163];
on the Eastern Question, [324];
and Lord Palmerston, [362];
death of Mr. Barnes, ii. 2;
Mr. Delane appointed editor, 3;
communications with the Government, 200;
Mr. Henry Reeve’s article on the Duc de Bordeaux, 216;
article announcing the repeal of the Corn Laws, 309;
contradiction, 312, 314;
supports Lord J. Russell’s Administration, 406;
anecdote, iii. 75;
on Lord Palmerston’s breach of neutrality, 261, 272;
letter of ‘Carolus,’ 272, 274,
see Appendix B, vol. iii., letter to Cobden, Appendix A, vol. iii.
Victoria, Her Majesty Queen, accession of, i. [2];
praise of, [14], [20];
audience to Princesse Lieven, [15];
interview of, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham, [20];
visit to Queen Adelaide, [21];
cordiality to Lord Melbourne, [22];
picture of first Council of, [83];
at a ball at the Palace, [91];
Coronation of, [105], [106];
two sermons, [116];
and Lord Melbourne, [130];
life at Windsor, [146];
resignation of Lord Melbourne’s Cabinet, [200];
the Bedchamber difficulty, [201-206];
declaration of marriage of, [247];
opens Parliament (1840), [253];
Marriage of, [266];
goes to the Ancient Concert, [275];
at a ball at Lansdowne House, [282];
shot at, [288];
on the Eastern Question, [323];
visit to Nuneham and Oxford, ii. 13;
visit to Chiswick, 14;
visit to Woburn, 26;
council for appointing ministers in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, 37;
admirable behaviour of, 38;
appointments in the Household (1841), 42, 43;
reception of the new Ministers, 44;
birth of the Prince of Wales, 51;
the new Ministers, 84;
shot at, 96;
first visit to Scotland, 108;
visit to the Château d’Eu, 196, 200;
visit to Chatsworth, 215;
fancy ball, 283;
absence in Germany, 292;
sends for Lord J. Russell, 317;
Lord J. Russell’s audience, 322, 323;
letter on Lord Palmerston’s despatch, 424;
decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434;
good order of private affairs of, iii. 67;
correspondence on the Spanish marriages, 168;
visit of the Prince of Prussia to, 179;
affection of, for the Orleans Royal family, 186;
annoyance of, at Lord Palmerston’s conduct, 289;
visit to Ireland, 295;
life at Balmoral, 296;
on Lord Palmerston’s conduct of foreign affairs, 317;
sends for the Duke of Wellington, 388;
on the crisis, 390
‘Victoria and Albert,’ the, Royal yacht, ii. 196
Vienna, outbreak at, iii. 158
Villiers, Right Hon. Charles P., correspondence with Cobden, ii. 349
Villiers, Hon. Edward, death and character of, ii. 208, 209