The Greville Memoirs, Part 2 (of 3), Volume 3 (of 3) / A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 - Charles Greville

INDEX.

Abbotsford, visit to, iii. [291]
Aberdeen, Rt. Hon. Earl of, Foreign Secretary in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
1. and the Spanish quarrels, 73, 74;
2. at the Château d'Eu, 200;
3. communications of, with the 'Times,' 200;
4. Scotch Church Patronage Bill, 206;
5. handsome behaviour of, to Lord Palmerston, 406;
6. communications of, with the 'Times' on the Corn Laws, 311;
7. reluctance of, to distrust M. Guizot, iii. [53];
8. negotiations with, on the formation of a Government (1851), [383]
Acland, Sir Thomas, motion of, i. 92
Adair, Sir Robert, anecdotes, iii. [212]
Adelaide, Queen, at Exeter Hall, ii. 97
Afghanistan, expedition to, i. 241;
1. events in (1842), ii. 85, 89;
2. withdrawal from, 99, 101;
3. recapture of Ghuznee and Cabul and release of the prisoners, 123, 125;
4. indignation in England, 136
Aix-la-Chapelle, visit to, ii. 167
'Alarm,' accident to, at the Derby, ii. 284;
1. wins at Newmarket, 302;
2. wins the Emperor's Cup, 396
Alava, General, i. 241;
1. conversation with, 241, 242
Albert, H.R.H. Prince, betrothal of, to the Queen announced, i. 247;
1. proposed allowance for, 258;
2. naturalisation of, 259;
3. precedence of, 259, 263;
4. refused, 265;
5. Mr. Greville's pamphlet on the Precedence Question, 266, 269;
6. see Appendix, vol. i.;
7. marriage of, 266, 269, 272;
8. precedence conceded by the Duke of Cambridge, 270;
9. name inserted in the Liturgy, 272;
10. gazetted, 273;
11. introduction of, 305;
12. at Oxford, ii. 13;
13. declines an invitation to the Waterloo Dinner, 15;
14. and the King of Hanover, 192;
15. hunting at Belvoir, 216;
16. conversation with the Duke of Bedford, 264;
17. elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, iii. [65];
18. installed, [97];
19. at Balmoral, [296];
20. on Lord Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, [317]
Aldborough, Lady, at Baden Baden, ii. 183
Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Emperor Alexander II. of Russia), departure of, i. 215;
1. munificence of, 215
Allen, Mr. John, i. 38;
1. death of, ii. 153;
2. account of, 154
Alliance meeting at Hertford, ii. 415
Althorp, library at, ii. 275
Alvanley, Lord, death of, iii. [304];
1. character of, [305]
America, case of McLeod, i. 383;
1. boundary question settled, ii. 101;
2. discovery of a missing map, 102
Ampthill, visit to, i. 250
Anglesey, Marquis of, the, speech of, at the Waterloo Dinner, i. 102-104;
1. wounded at Waterloo, 135;
2. visit to, in North Wales, ii. 16-17;
3. reception of, at Carnarvon, 18
Anti-Papal Bill, the objections of the Peelites to, iii. [385], [387];
1. objections to, [392], [393];
2. debate on, [400]
Antwerp, visit to, ii. 287
Arbuthnot, Mr., death of, iii. [362];
1. character of, [363]
Arkwright, Mr., death of, ii. 157
Armstrong, Colonel, ii. 94
Ashburton, Lord, mission of, to the United States, ii. 71;
1. signs the Treaty of Washington, 101
'Atlantic,' fête on board the, iii. [409]
Auchterarder Case, the, ii. 206, 207
Auckland, Lord, great ability of, ii. 63;
1. First Lord of the Admiralty, 405;
2. death of, iii. [254];
3. career of, [255];
4. character of, [255]
Augusta, H.R.H. Princess, Royal consent given for the marriage of the, ii. 118
Austin, Mrs., salon of, in Paris, iii. [38]
Austria, revolution in, iii. [155], [158];
1. victories over the Piedmontese, [218];
2. at Novara, [282]
Austria, Ferdinand, Emperor of, decision of, iii. [159]
Backhouse, Mr., correspondence of, with Mr. Urquhart, i. 158
Bacourt, M. de, opinion of, of the Treaty of Washington, ii. 101
Baden Baden, arrival at, ii. 176;
1. society at, 177-186;
2. excursions, 178-186;
3. scenery, 179
Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, ii. 117
Baillie, Right Hon. Henry, motion of, for a Committee of Enquiry on Ceylon, British Guiana, and Mauritius, iii. [269]
Ball, fancy, at the Palace, ii. 283
Ballot, The (for debates on, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of), division on, i. 61;
1. an open question, 216
Balmoral, Council at, iii. [295];
1. the Court at, [296]
Bangor Cathedral, service at, ii. 17
Bank Charter Act, the, suspended, iii. [101]
Barcelona, bombardment of, ii. 201
Baring, Hon. William Bingham (afterwards second Baron Ashburton), returned for North Staffordshire, i. 17
Baring, Hon. Francis (afterwards third Baron Ashburton), on French politics, iii. [35]
Baring, Sir Francis, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. [260]
Barnes, Mr., i. 123;
1. death of, ii. 2;
2. anecdote, iii. [75]
Bath, visit to, i. 222;
1. Mr. Harry Greville at, 222;
2. Abbey Church at, 223
Battersea Schools, the, i. 131;
1. lecture at, 151;
2. visit to the, ii. 86
Battle of the Diamond, the, i. 30, 31
Bavaria, King of, the, abdication of, iii. [155]
Beaudesert, party at, i. 48
Beaumaris, visit to, ii. 17
Beaumont, M. Gustave de, appointed French Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, iii. [218]
Beauvale, Lord, and Lord Palmerston, iii. [120]
Bedchamber, ladies of the, affair of the, i. 201, 209
Bedford, fourth Duke of, diary of, ii. 47
Bedford, sixth Duke of, letter of Lord Brougham to, on education, i. 238
Bedford, seventh Duke of, Devonshire property of, iii. [206]
Bedford, Duchess of, resignation of, ii. 32
Bentinck, Lord George, racing transactions of, ii. 160;
1. speech on the Corn Laws, 373;
2. denounces a supposed job, 413;
3. railway scheme defeated, iii. [57];
4. speech on the Cracow affair, [67];
5. attack on Mr. Labouchere, [71];
6. attacked by Lord J. Russell, [197];
7. death of, [222];
8. character of, [223], [232];
9. career of, [224], [234];
10. 'Orlando' trial, [228];
11. political career of, [229];
12. Disraeli's life of, [417], [423]
Bentinck, Lady William, death of, and character, ii. 157;
1. funeral of, 159
Berlin, revolution in, iii. [155]
Berry, Miss, ii. 201;
1. anecdote of, 202
Berry, Miss Agnes, ii. 201, 202
Bessborough, Right Hon. Earl of, opinion of, on affairs, ii. 353;
1. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 405;
2. illness of, iii. [77], [80];
3. letter to Lord J. Russell, [81];
4. death of, [82]
Beyrout, bombardment of, i. 328
Birkenhead, visit to, ii. 282
Birthday reflexions, i. 85
Blanc, Louis M., iii. [152];
1. at dinner, [235]
Blessington, the Countess of, society at Gore House, i. 167;
1. works of, 168
Bonaparte, Jérôme, Count de Montfort, at Gore House, i. 277
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, afterwards Emperor of the French, see Napoleon
Bordeaux, Duc de, visit to England of the, ii. 211;
1. recetion of the, 212, 213
Bourqueney, Baron, letter from M. Guizot to the, i. 348;
1. misreported conversation with Lord Palmerston, 381
Bowood, party at, ii. 69
Bradshaw, Mr., disloyal speech of, at Canterbury, i. 244;
1. duel with Mr. Horsman, 254, 255
Bresson, Count, instructions to, on the Spanish marriages, iii. [24] (see Spanish Marriages)
Bretby, visit to, ii. 309;
1. contrasted with Woburn, 416
Bridgewater House, private theatricals at, ii. 96
Bridgewater Trust, account of the, ii. 303
British Museum, correspondence with the, about the missing Privy Council Registers, ii. 162
Broadlands, visit to, ii. 104
Brocket, visits to, iii. [119], [375];
1. manuscripts at, [376]
Broglie, Duc de, speech of the, iii. [37]
Brougham, Lord, scene with Lord Melbourne, i. 32;
1. ability of, 33;
2. on the ballot, 59;
3. anecdote of, 59;
4. habits of, 60;
5. and Wakley, 60;
6. at the Council Office, 65;
7. qualities of, 66;
8. in the House of Lords, 69, 71;
9. anti-slavery speech, 73;
10. speech on Small v. Attwood, 83;
11. article on Lady C. Bury's book, 90;
12. and Mr. Handley, 99;
13. contrast to the Duke of Wellington, 111;
14. attacks Lord Durham's Ordinance, 123;
15. pamphlet letter to the Queen, 149;
16. reconciled to Lord Durham, 150;
17. denies the pamphlet, 152;
18. and Lord Melbourne, 152;
19. and the Serjeants-at-Law, 156;
20. anecdote of, and Lord Lyndhurst, 160;
21. on the Bedchamber affair, 211, 212;
22. attacks the Ministers, 213;
23. great speech censuring the Irish policy of the Government, 228;
24. freaks of, at a Greenwich dinner, 229;
25. proposes the health of the Duke of Wellington at the Dover dinner, 237, 240;
26. letter on education, 238;
27. anecdotes of, 240;
28. pretended death of, 243, 245, 247;
29. squabbles with M. de Tocqueville and others, ii. 150, 151;
30. intercourse with the Court, 151;
31. endeavours to obtain an affidavit from Mr. Reeve, 207;
32. Judicial Committee Bill, [225], 234;
33. caprices of, 235;
34. makes eleven speeches in the House of Lords, 242;
35. at the Judicial Committee, 242;
36. executor to Lord Melbourne, iii. [252]
Brown, Mr., M.P., fête on board the 'Atlantic,' iii. [409]
Brunnow, Baron, mission of, to England, i. 242;
1. letter of, complaining of Lord Palmerston's conduct, iii. [332];
2. on foreign affairs, [345]
Buccleuch, the Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 82;
1. Lord President of the Council, 337
Buccleuch, the Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, ii. 44
Buckingham, the Duke of, Lord Privy Seal in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
1. resignation of, 79;
2. First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Buckinghamshire, dispute on the appointment of sheriff, ii. 144
Buckinghamshire magistrates, appointment of the, ii. 66;
1. opinion of the Duke of Wellington on, 77
Buckland, Dr., at the Grange, ii. 264
Bugeaud, Marshal, commands the troops in Paris in 1848, iii. [144]
Buller, Charles, Mr., Radical opinions of, i. 32;
1. appointed by Lord Durham, 109;
2. author of Lord Durham's report, 163;
3. paper of, on Ireland, iii. [221];
4. death of, [241];
5. character of, [249]
Bulwer, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Lytton, play of 'Richelieu,' i. 173
Bulwer, Sir Henry, expulsion of, from Spain, iii. [169];
1. arrival of, in London, [180];
2. defence, [181];
3. debate in the House of Commons, [190];
4. intrigues in Spain, [194] (for despatches to, see Spanish Marriages)
Burge, William, Mr., Q.C., i. 255
Burghersh, Lord (afterwards Earl of Westmorland), opera by, i. 116;
1. mistake of, ii. 275
Burghley, party at, i. 37
Burgoyne, Sir John, letter from the Duke of Wellington to, iii. [107]
Burke, Rt. Hon. Edmund, iii. [213]
Bury, Lady Charlotte, book by, i. 48;
1. book reviewed by Lord Brougham, 65, 90
Butler, Mrs., reading of, at Bowood, ii. 69;
1. in the 'Hunchback,' 96
Cabul, retreat from, ii. 85, 89, 107;
1. recapture of, 123;
2. 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];
1. installed, [97]
Cambridge, H.R.H. Adolphus, Duke of, concedes precedence to Prince Albert, i. 270;
1. 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;
1. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 405;
2. speech of son of, at Cambridge, iii. [89];
3. Lord Chief Justice of England, [327];
4. success in the Court of Queen's Bench, [327]
Canada, insurrection in, i. 34;
1. debate on, in the House of Commons, 34;
2. Duke of Wellington on, 37;
3. Lord Durham sent out as Governor-General, 49;
4. state of, 53;
5. discussions on, 55;
6. Lord Durham's Ordinance, 123;
7. disallowed, 125;
8. Lord Durham's Proclamation, 134;
9. report on administration of, 162;
10. bill dealing with the Canada Clergy Reserves, 294;
11. government of, ii. 117;
12. Sir Charles Bagot succeeds Lord Sydenham, 117;
13. Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed Governor-General, 117
Canada Bill, see Commons, House of
Candlish, Dr., sermon by, iii. [292]
Canford, visit to, ii. 105
Canning, Rt. Hon. George, distrust of, ii. 399
Canning, Stratford, Rt. Hon. Sir, opposition of, to Russia, iii. [279]
Cannizzaro, Duchess of, death of the, i. 365;
1. 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];
1. 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];
1. witnesses, [308];
2. evidence of Captain Watson, [312]
Chantrey, death of, ii. 60;
1. monument by, in Lichfield Cathedral, 60
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, defeat of, iii. [218];
1. abdication of, [282]
Chartists, progress of the, i. 155;
1. precautions in London for great meeting of the (1848), iii. [160], [162], [164];
2. failure of the demonstration, [165];
3. dangerous manifestations in the country, [188];
4. Government measures, [190];
5. agitation, [191];
6. demonstration, [192];
7. establishment near Chenies, [215]
Chatham, Rt. Hon. Earl of, anecdotes of the, i. 245
Chatsworth, visit to, ii. 204;
1. visit of the Queen to, 215
Chepstow, visit to, i. 222
Chester, visit to, ii. 16
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;
1. Duke of Wellington on the war with, 286;
2. annexation of Hong Kong, 383;
3. return of Captain Elliot from, ii. 49, 52;
4. views of Sir George Grey on, 72;
5. treaty of peace with, 123
Chiswick, visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to, ii. 14;
1. fête at, for the Czar, 244
Chloroform, an operation under, iii. [110]
Christina, Queen of Spain, intrigues of, ii. 419, 421;
1. M. Guizot's account of, iii. [32];
2. 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;
1. lent to King Louis Philippe, iii. [154]
Clarence, H.R.H. Duke of, see William IV., King
Clarendon, Rt. Hon. Earl of, office of Governor-General of Canada offered to the, i. 173;
1. first appearance of the, in the House of Lords, 227;
2. Lord Privy Seal, 243;
3. on Eastern policy, 301;
4. dissents from the treaty (1840), 304;
5. conversation with M. Guizot, 305;
6. offers to resign on the Eastern Question, 317;
7. letter of, on Lord Holland's death, and on French affairs, 341;
8. confidence of the Queen in, ii. 403;
9. President of the Board of Trade, 405;
10. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. [85];
11. requires a Coercion Bill for Ireland, [105];
12. and the Irish Catholics, [195];
13. applies for more powers, [212];
14. Proclamation of, [207];
15. policy of, in Ireland, [217];
16. interview of, with King Louis Philippe, [239];
17. on Irish emigration, [251];
18. on taking high office, [251];
19. Irish relief, [285];
20. conversation with Sir R. Peel, [286];
21. success of the Queen's visit to Ireland, [295];
22. dismissal of Lord Roden, [310];
23. explanation in the House of Lords, [313];
24. Encumbered Estates Act in Ireland, [314];
25. conversation with the Queen and Prince Albert on foreign affairs, [317];
26. conversation with Lord J. Russell, [361];
27. spoken of as Foreign Secretary, [428], [431]
Clifton, visit to, i. 222
Cobden, Richard, Mr. Greville's letter to, in the 'Times,' iii. [123];
1. 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;
1. disorder in, 31;
2. debate on insurrection in Canada, 34;
3. discussions on Canada, 55;
4. division on the ballot, 59;
5. scene in, 68;
6. Pendarves' motion, 70;
7. vote of censure on Lord Glenelg, 72;
8. amendment on, 73;
9. Lord Eliot's motion on Spain, 83;
10. motion of Sir George Strickland on emancipation, 84;
11. motion on Lord Durham's expenses, 86;
12. the Appropriation Clause, 93;
13. Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, 100;
14. session of 1838, 127;
15. debate on the Irish policy of the Government, 190;
16. Jamaica Bill, 196;
17. division on, 199;
18. Sir H. Fleetwood's motion, 215;
19. Ballot an open question, 216;
20. the privilege question, 257, [271];
21. Prince Albert's allowance, 258;
22. Ministers defeated on the Irish Registration Bill, 279;
23. debate on vote of censure on measures resulting in Chinese war, 283;
24. debate on the Registration Bill, 287;
25. two new Irish Registration Bills, 373;
26. Government defeated on Lord Morpeth's Bill, [391];
27. division on the Sugar Duties, ii. 8;
28. vote of censure carried by one, 10;
29. dissolution, 14;
30. Sir R. Peel's Corn Bill, 83, 86;
31. attack of Lord J. Russell on Lord Corehouse, 84;
32. Sir R. Peel's Budget, 87;
33. Vote of Thanks to Lord Ashburton, 152;
34. Irish Arms Bill, 188, 194;
35. debate on Ireland, 228, 230;
36. division, 232;
37. the Ten Hours Bill, 236;
38. Government defeated on the Sugar Duties, 246;
39. Maynooth Grant, 276;
40. debate, 279;
41. Sir R. Peel's measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357;
42. protracted debate on the Corn Laws, 366, 367, 371;
43. scene in the House, 392;
44. debate on the annexation of Cracow, iii. [67];
45. Irish Poor Law, [69];
46. Mr. Strutt's Railroad Bill, [93], [95];
47. Irish measures (1847), [104], [106];
48. obstruction, [161], [163];
49. mismanagement of, [186];
50. West India Committee, [187];
51. alteration of the Oath Bill, [187], [192];
52. debate on occurrences in Spain, [190];
53. West India Sugar Bill, [193];
54. subsequent crisis, [195];
55. irritation, [197];
56. Irish Bill, [209];
57. Irish grant opposed, [267];
58. committee of enquiry on Ceylon and British Guiana, [269], [309];
59. debate on, [270];
60. Sicilian arms affair, [271], [277];
61. maiden speech of Mr. Frederick Peel, [288];
62. debate on the Poor Laws, [319];
63. Mr. Hutt's motion on the African squadron, [324];
64. Stamp Bill, [325], [327];
65. Mr. Roebuck's vote of confidence, [344];
66. Mr. Locke King's motion, [378];
67. Anti-Papal Bill, [400];
68. Lord Palmerston's dismissal, [446];
69. Militia Bill, [447], [449];
70. dissolution, [454];
71. Reform question, [469]
Conference at Constantinople (1840), i. 328, 329
Conroy, Sir John, i. 14, 20
'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;
1. allusion to, in the Queen's Speech, ii. 82;
2. Sir R. Peel's Bill, 83;
3. discussions on, 301;
4. repeal of the, announced by the 'Times,' 309;
5. consequent agitation, 312, 316;
6. Sir R. Peel's Government broken up, 317;
7. Mr. Greville's pamphlet, 350;
8. Duke of Wellington on the, 351;
9. Sir R. Peel's measure for sliding-scale duties, 357;
10. immediate repeal of, discussed, 360, 366;
11. debate on the, 366;
12. protracted discussions, 379
Cornwall, the Duchy of, iii. [67]
Coronation of Queen Victoria, i. 105, 106
Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor, ii. 405;
1. resignation of, iii. [338]
Council, picture of the Queen's first, i. 82;
1. at Windsor, 145;
2. for declaration of the Queen's marriage, 247;
3. at Windsor on crutches, ii. 203;
4. at Osborne, resignation of Sir R. Peel, 316
Courvoisier, murder of Lord W. Russell, i. 284
Cousin, Victor, visit to, iii. [44]
Cowley, Lord, conversation with, in Paris, iii. [19];
1. views of, on the Spanish marriage question, [26]
Cowley, Lord (afterwards Earl Cowley), Ambassador at Paris, iii. [441], [446];
1. question of proxy, [472]
Cracow, ii. 427;
1. the annexation of, 430, 431;
2. debate on annexation of, iii. [67]
Creevey, Mr., death of, i. 63;
1. offices held by, 63;
2. letters and papers of, 64, 275
Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, article by, in the 'Quarterly Review,' i. 103, 105;
1. two anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington, 248;
2. on Sir R. Peel's policy, ii. 200;
3. and the Duke of Wellington, iii. [98];
4. and Sir R. Peel, [98]
Cromer, visit to, ii. 120
Curran, anecdote of, i. 153;
1. 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;
1. promising speech of, 395
Danton, anecdote of, iii. [111]
D'Arblay, Madame, journal of, ii. 127
Day, Sam, the jockey, death of, i. 133
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;
1. 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];
1. conduct of the Government, [453];
2. dissolution of Parliament, [454];
3. at Goodwood, [463];
4. and Lord Cowley's proxy, [472];
5. efforts to strengthen the Government, [473];
6. see also Stanley
Derby, the, accident to 'Alarm,' ii. 284
De Ros, Lord, death of, i. 180
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;
1. quarrel with General Peel, ii. 388;
2. Protectionist speech of, 392;
3. and Mr. Moxon, iii. [75];
4. defends Lord G. Bentinck, [197], [198];
5. leader of the Protectionists, [264];
6. 'Life of Lord G. Bentinck,' [417], [423];
7. Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby's Administration, [451];
8. speech on the Budget, [451]
Dolly's Brae affair, iii. [310], [313]
D'Orsay, Count, at Gore House, i. 167;
1. death of, iii. [465];
2. character of, [466]
Dost Mahomed, surrender of, i. 360
Downton Castle, visit to, i. 218
Drouyn de Lhuys, M., French Ambassador in London, iii. [326];
1. on the Greek affair, [326];
2. 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;
1. diary of, destroyed, 275;
2. 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;
1. conversation of, ii. 133;
2. as Solicitor-General, iii. [122]
Durham, Right Hon. Earl of, Governor-General of Canada, i. 49, 54;
1. motion on expenses of, 86;
2. behaviour of, 88;
3. appointments of, attacked, 109;
4. entry of, into Quebec, 110;
5. ordinance of, attacked, 123;
6. disallowed, 125;
7. resignation of, 133;
8. proclamation of, 134;
9. return of, from Canada, 137, [141];
10. conduct of, in Canada, 143;
11. excuses of, 158;
12. report of, on the administration of Canada, 162;
13. distributes copies of report, 163;
14. position of, 165;
15. anecdote of, iii. [75]
Eastern Question, the, beginning of, i. 242;
1. in 1840, 297;
2. anti-Palmerstonian policy of France, 302;
3. communication of M. de Pontois to the Porte, [304], [306];
4. conduct of ministers at the beginning, [308];
5. protocol signed, 309;
6. conversations with M. Guizot on, 310, 315, 319;
7. indecision of ministers, 312;
8. intentions of Lord John Russell, 313;
9. discussions on, [315], 317, 325;
10. cabinet on, 320;
11. Prince Metternich's suggestion, 325;
12. Lord Holland's remarks, 325;
13. bombardment of Beyrout, and deposition of Mehemet Ali, 328;
14. Lord Palmerston gains his point, 330;
15. Lord Ponsonby's despatch, 334;
16. note from the French Government, 335;
17. surrender of the Emir Beschir, 344;
18. terms of conciliation with France, 351;
19. mission of Baron Monnier, 356;
20. unsettled affairs in Egypt, 361;
21. settlement of (1841), 377-383;
22. protocols signed, 383;
23. the Hatti-sherif, 385;
24. fresh obstacles, 387
Easthope, Sir John, proprietor of the 'Morning Chronicle,' i. 179
Eastnor Castle, i. 219
Eaton, visit to, ii. 15;
1. lines cut on an hotel window, 16
Eden, Hon. and Rev. Robert (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells), Rector of Battersea, i. 131;
1. lecture in Battersea, 151;
2. Battersea Schools, ii. 86
Eden, Hon. Emily, letter of, i. 383;
1. 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;
1. house of, at Worsley, 303
Egremont, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 23;
1. character of the, 24;
2. at Petworth, 25
Egypt, see Eastern Question
Election, general, result of, in 1837, i. 13, 16, 18;
1. in 1841, ii. 15;
2. result of, 20-22;
3. in 1852, iii. [454];
4. result of, [459]
Eldon, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 49
Ellenborough, Right Hon. Earl of, Board of Control in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
1. anecdotes of, 78;
2. proclamation of, 123, 125;
3. attacks on, 128, 136, 138;
4. Duke of Wellington's opinion of, 139;
5. extraordinary behaviour of, 141;
6. position of, 145;
7. vindication of, 148;
8. despatch on the secret committee of the directors, 219;
9. recall of, 238
Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, at Brocket, iii. [375]
Elliot, Captain (afterwards Sir Charles), return of, from China, ii. 49, 52
Emir Beschir, see Eastern Question
Ems, visit to, ii. 287
Endsleigh, visit to, iii. [205]
Epsom, racing transactions of Lord G. Bentinck and Lord Kelburne, ii. 160
Espartero, downfall of, ii. 201
Eton College case, ii. 411
Eu, Château d', visit to, of Queen Victoria, ii. 196, 200;
1. the agreement at, 201
Evans, Sir De Lacy, made a K.C.B., i. 65
'Every Man in his Humour,' performance of, ii. 302
Exchequer Bills, forgery of, ii. 50;
1. anecdotes of, 56, 57
Exchequer, Court of, anecdote, iii. [125]
Exeter, Bishop of, attacks the Archbishop, i. [120];
1. on the St. Sulpice question, 388;
2. charge of, ii. 136;
3. attack on Newman, 136;
4. reply to a Privy Council judgement, 136;
5. 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;
1. death of, ii. 158
Fitzroy, Lord Charles, resigns the office of Vice-Chamberlain, i. 86
Fleetwood, Sir H., motion on [10]l. householders, i. 216
Foley, Lord, anecdote, i. 217
Foster, Lady Elizabeth, ii. 378
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;
1. attempt at conciliation with, 351;
2. debate in the Chamber on Eastern affairs, 354;
3. dispute with, on the Tahiti affair, ii. 253;
4. opinions on change of government in England (1845), 345, 347;
5. estrangement with, on the Spanish marriages question, iii. [10], [11];
6. effect of conciliatory debate in England, [39];
7. threatened rupture with, [62];
8. estrangement from England, [73];
9. revolution in 1848, [132];
10. state of, [148], [152];
11. Provisional Government in, [152];
12. M. Delessert on affairs in, [157];
13. anarchy in, [178];
14. fighting in Paris, [202];
15. tranquillity, [219];
16. Prince Louis Napoleon elected President of the Republic, [253];
17. unsatisfactory condition of the country, [284];
18. share in the English and Greek dispute, [334], 337;
19. 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;
1. Dannecker's 'Ariadne,' 170;
2. Rothschild's house, 171;
3. Jews' Street, 173;
4. the mother of the Rothschilds, 173
Frost, Mr. John, a magistrate, i. 250;
1. concerned in a Chartist riot, 250;
2. trial of, 256
Fullerton, Lady Georgiana, novel by, ii. 205
Galiera, Duchesse de, ball at the house of the, iii. [35]
Garnier Pagès, iii. [153]
George II., King, anecdote of, ii. 215
George IV., King, Memoirs of the time of, i. 48
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;
1. resignation of, on the Maynooth Endowment, 267;
2. explanation, 271
Glasgow, visit to, iii. [292]
Glastonbury, Lord, and his peerage, ii. 236
Glenelg, Rt. Hon. Lord, resignation of, i. 161
Gomm, Sir William, Commander-in-Chief in India, iii. [273]
Goodrich Castle, i. 220
Goodrich Court, armoury at, i. 221
Goodwood, party at, ii. 408; iii. 463
Gore House, dinner at, i. 166;
1. hoax of Lord Brougham's death, 243;
2. party at, 255;
3. Jérôme Bonaparte at, 277
Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, iii. [300]-[304];
1. judgement, [323]
Gorhambury, visit to, ii. 111;
1. 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;
1. negotiation of, between Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Russell, 185, 189;
2. Home Secretary in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
3. on the state of parties, iii. [51];
4. and the Governor-Generalship of India, [87];
5. on the Cumberland election, [89];
6. declines the Governor-Generalship of India, [92];
7. on colonial matters, [124];
8. on obstruction in the House of Commons, [161];
9. declines the Admiralty, [259];
10. reasons for declining, [262], [264];
11. on administrative reforms, [338];
12. forebodings of, [382];
13. negotiations with the Whigs, [383];
14. on the state of parties, [390];
15. vacillation of, [394];
16. and the Whigs, [398], [401];
17. Lord J. Russell's overtures to, [410];
18. mission of Sir G. C. Lewis to Netherby, [411], [412];
19. on public affairs, and a possible coalition, [435]-[439]
Granby, Marquis of, chosen leader of the Protectionist party, iii. [123];
1. consistent conduct of, [471];
2. appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, [472]
Grange, The, visit to, i. 137
Granville, Rt. Hon. (first) Earl, paralytic seizure of, i. 390
Granville, Rt. Hon. (second) Earl, Foreign Secretary, iii. [428];
1. conversation with Lord Palmerston, [433];
2. paper of, on foreign policy, [442]
Greece, disputes with, iii. [308], [311], [314];
1. disputes continued, [325];
2. opinions of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, [326];
3. further disputes, [334];
4. debate in House of Lords on dispute, [341];
5. Lord Palmerston on brigandage in, [418]
Green, Mr., anatomical lecture by, iii. [375]
Greenwich dinner, freaks of Lord Brougham at a, i. 229;
1. Lord Normanby's health drunk at a, 237
Gregory, Mr., house of, near Belvoir, i. [42]
Grenville, Thomas, Mr., anecdote of, i. [80];
1. dinner with, ii. 114;
2. anecdote of Porson, 114;
3. Julio Clovio, 115;
4. recollections and anecdotes, 116;
5. anecdote of Wolfe, 120;
6. death of, iii. [1];
7. character of, [2]
Greville, Charles C., Mr., pamphlet of, on Prince Albert's Precedence, i. 266, 269, 270 (see Appendix, vol. i.);
1. book of, on Ireland, ii. 259;
2. criticisms on, 260;
3. publication of, objected to, 261, 266;
4. publication decided on, 274;
5. criticisms on, 276;
6. opinions of the press on, [284];
7. letters to France, [345];
8. pamphlet 'Sir R. Peel and the Corn Law Crisis,' 350, 368;
9. success of pamphlet, 354;
10. visit to Paris (1847), iii. [16];
11. birthday reflexions, [73];
12. letter to Cobden in the 'Times,' [123] (see [Appendix A], vol. iii.);
13. removes to Bruton Street, [277];
14. elected a member of Grillon's Club, [321];
15. letter of 'Carolus,' [372], [374] (see [Appendix B], vol. iii.)
Greville, Harry, Mr., at Bath, i. 222
Greville, Mrs. Algernon, death of, i. 390
Grey, Rt. Hon. Earl, prevents the formation of a Whig Government, ii. 330, 331;
1. explanation of conduct of, 341-344, 353;
2. Colonial Secretary, 405;
3. Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland, iii. [65];
4. remonstrance of, on Lord Palmerston's conduct, [185];
5. speech of, on the suppressed despatches, [200];
6. 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;
1. Radical party reduced to, 215;
2. visit to, iii. [122]
Grove, The, visit to, ii. 111;
1. agreeable party at, 289;
2. Macaulay at, 415;
3. 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;
1. on the Eastern Question, 302, 303;
2. at dinner at Windsor, 310;
3. conversations with, on Eastern affairs, 311, 315, 317;
4. on the deposition of Mehemet Ali, 328;
5. difficulty of dealing with Lord Palmerston, 330;
6. conciliatory efforts of, 335;
7. note from the French Government, 335;
8. succeeds M. Thiers (1840), 343;
9. letter of, to Baron Bourqueney, 348;
10. speech in the Chamber, 355;
11. critical position of, ii. 269, 270;
12. amicable meeting with M. Thiers, 278, 288;
13. alarm at possible return of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign Office (1845), 345;
14. conduct of, in the Spanish Marriages affair, 425; ib. iii. [6];
15. explanation relating to the Spanish Marriages, iii. [17];
16. conversation with, on the Spanish Marriages, [20]-[26];
17. complaints of Lord Palmerston, [30];
18. and Lord Palmerston's despatch, [33];
19. indignation of, [42];
20. bad terms of, with Lord Normanby, [42];
21. resentment at Lord Normanby and Lord Palmerston, [46], [47];
22. invited to the British Embassy 'by mistake,' [59];
23. continuance of the quarrel, [60];
24. the quarrel made up, [66];
25. escape of, to England, [137], [145];
26. conduct of, in the Revolution, [138];
27. narrative of the Revolution, [142]-[145];
28. dines with Lord Palmerston, [157]
Gurwood, Colonel, second of Mr. Bradshaw, i. 254
Habeas Corpus Act suspended in Ireland, iii. [207];
1. suspension of, renewed, [265]
Haddington, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the First Lord of the Admiralty in Sir Robert Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
1. declines the Governor-Generalship of India, 46;
2. correspondence of, with the Duke of Wellington, 224
Hampden, Dr., made Bishop of Hereford, iii. [109];
1. consequent disputes, [112], [114];
2. correspondence of, with the Bishop of Oxford, [115];
3. correspondence on appointment of, as Regius Professor, [116], [117];
4. case of, [118]
Hannibal, comparison with the Duke of Wellington, i. 57
Hanover, the King of, proclamation of, i. 12;
1. act of, on his accession, 42;
2. declines to give up the apartments in St. James's Palace, 280;
3. arrival of, ii, 161;
4. in London, 192;
5. anecdote, 192
Hanover, Stade Treaty with, ii. 107
Hardinge, Rt. Hon. Lord, Secretary at War in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
1. Governor-General of India, 240;
2. dinner at the India House, 242;
3. sent to Ireland, iii. 213
Harewood Lodge for Ascot, ii. 11
Harrowby, Rt. Hon. Earl of, death of the, iii. [112]
Harrowby, Countess of, the, death of, i. 96;
1. character of, 96, 98
Hastings, Lady Flora, i. 172;
1. death of, 224
Head, Right Hon. Sir Edmund, Poor Law Commissioner, ii. 60
Head, Right Hon. Sir Francis Bond, position of, i. 166;
1. book by, 174
Heidelberg, visit to, ii. 175
Herbert, Right Hon. Sidney, in the Cabinet, ii. 267
Hereford, Bishop of, appointment of, iii. [109], [112];
1. consequent disputes, [114]
Herefordshire, state of the constituency, iii. [463]
Herrenheim, Château de, visit to the, ii. 287
Herries, Right Hon. John C., President of the Board of Control in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Hertford, Marquis of, the, death of, ii. 90;
1. account of, 91, 92;
2. will of, disputed, 111;
3. will case at the Judicial Committee, 231
Hervey, Lord William, pamphlet by, suppressed, ii. 130
Hesse, the Elector of, at Ems, ii. 287
Hillingdon, visit to, ii. 121
Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir John Cam, conversation with, i. 241;
1. President of the Board of Control, ii. 405
Hodgson, Mr., i. 48
Holland, Right Hon. Lord, objects to Lord Palmerston's Eastern policy, i. 308, 309;
1. on the Eastern Question, 325, 329;
2. death of, 341;
3. M. Guizot's estimate of, 370
Holland, Lady, death of, ii. 306;
1. character of, 307
Holland House, dinner at, i. 152;
1. anecdotes of George Selwyn, 217;
2. anecdotes, 245;
3. dinner at, after Lord Holland's death, 367;
4. anecdotes, 368;
5. death of John Allen, ii. 153
Hook, Rev. Mr. (afterwards Dean of Chichester), preaches before the Queen, i. 116
Horsman, Mr., duel of, with Mr. Bradshaw, i. 254, 255
Hôtel de Ville, ball at the, iii. [42]
Howick, Lord, see Grey, Earl
Hudson, Mr., 'The Railway King,' ruin of, iii. [273]
Hullah, John, Mr., system of teaching vocal music, i. 372;
1. choral meeting at Exeter Hall, ii. 97
'Hunchback, The,' amateur performance of, ii. 96
Huntington, William, S.S., story of, i. 369
Huskisson, Right Hon. William, anecdote of, and Sir Robert Peel, iii. [216];
1. conduct of, on the East Retford franchise, [424]
Hutt, Mr., motion of, on the African squadron, iii. [324]
India, the Sikh war, ii. 372;
1. terminated, 380;
2. retrospect of the campaign, iii. 214;
3. discussions on the Governor-Generalship of, iii. [87];
4. Governor-Generalship offered to Sir James Graham, [92]
Inverary, visit to, iii. [292]
Irby, Mr., death of, ii. 115
Ireland, administration of Lord Normanby, i. 176;
1. state of, ii. 197;
2. debate on, 228, 230;
3. division, 232;
4. Mr. Greville's book on the 'Policy of England to,' 259, 263;
5. publication of book, 274;
6. criticisms on, 275;
7. opinions of the press on, 284;
8. potato failure, 301;
9. state of, 375, 426, 434, iii. 71;
10. Lord-Lieutenancy discussed, 77, 80;
11. plan for abolishing the office, 80;
12. discussions on the Lord-Lieutenancy of, 81-85;
13. critical state of, 103;
14. Government measures, 104, 106;
15. seditious state of, 156, 160;
16. plans for improvement of, 167;
17. affray at Limerick, 172;
18. proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant, 207;
19. Habeas Corpus Act suspended, 207;
20. strong measures taken, 209;
21. reported outbreak, 210;
22. flight of Smith O'Brien, 213;
23. and capture, 215;
24. Lord Clarendon's policy in, 217;
25. disaffection in, 220;
26. proposed remedies for, 221;
27. financial difficulties in, 237;
28. emigration scheme, 251;
29. renewal of suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 265;
30. distress in, 267;
31. relief for, 285;
32. the Queen's visit to, 295;
33. Encumbered Estates Act, 314;
34. proposed abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant, 314;
35. Papal Aggression, 367
Irish Arms Bill, ii. 188, [194];
1. proposal for renewing the, [408];
2. given up, [410]
Irish Coercion Bill, ii. [375]
Irish Poor Law, iii. [69]
Irish Registration Bills, i. 373;
1. Government defeated on Lord Morpeth's Bill, 391
Isabella II., Queen of Spain, marriage of, ii. 418, 420;
1. conduct of, iii. [78];
2. account of, [118];
3. see Spanish Marriages
Isturitz, sent away, iii. [193]
Jamaica Bill, the, i. 196
Jarnac, Philippe de Rohan Chabot, Comte de, First Secretary of the French Embassy in London, ii. 409;
1. Spanish marriages affair, 420, 431;
2. on the annexation of Cracow, 430;
3. details of the Spanish marriages, iii. [6];
4. on Lord Normanby, Lord Palmerston, and M. Guizot, [56]
Jekyll, Mr., pun of, ii. 232
Jersey, Right Hon. Earl of, the, Master of the Horse, ii. 37
Jervis, Right Hon. Sir John, Attorney-General, difficulty about his son's election, iii. [122]
Journal, reflexions on keeping a, i. 36
Judge and Jury Court, the, ii. 123
Judicial Committee, the, petition of apprentices from British Guiana, i. 80;
1. Amendment Bill, 273;
2. suggestions for, 274;
3. petition of the Serjeants-at-Law, 156-160;
4. James Wood's Will case, ii. 28;
5. Lord Brougham's Bill, 225;
6. working of, 226;
7. Vice-Presidency of, 227;
8. Lord Hertford's Will case, 231;
9. the Gorham case, iii. [300]-[304];
10. judgement, [323]
Junius, letters of, proposed new edition of, ii. 346;
1. Macaulay's opinion on, 416
Kay, Dr. (afterwards Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, Bart.), visit to Poor Law school of, i. 230;
1. Battersea schools, ii. 86
Kelburne, Viscount (afterwards Lord Glasgow), racing transactions, ii. 160
Kent, H.R.H. the Duchess of, conversation of, with Princesse Lieven, i. 15, 16
King, Locke, Mr., motion of, for the extension of the suffrage, iii. [378]
Kisseleff, Count, and M. Guizot, iii. [46]
Kossuth, in England, iii. [413];
1. reception of, [414];
2. speeches of, [416]
Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, i. 171;
1. Chief Secretary for Ireland, ii. 405;
2. afterwards Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 405
Ladies of the Bedchamber, affair of the, i. 201, 209;
1. steps taken (1841) to avert recurrence of difficulty, ii. 7, 8
Lahore, death of the King of, i. 360
Lakes, the English, visit to, iii. [409]
Lamartine, 'Histoire des Girondins,' iii. [111];
1. greatness of, in the French revolution, [141];
2. reply to the Irish deputation, [161]
Lambert, Hôtel, account of the, iii. [44]
Lambeth, dinner at, i. 99
Lancaster, Duchy of, appointment of a council for, ii. 427
Langdale, Right Hon. Lord, at the Judicial Committee, ii. 266
Lansdowne, Right Hon. Marquis of, Lord President of the Council, ii. 405;
1. defence of Lord Palmerston, iii. [174];
2. declines the Premiership, [243];
3. and Count Colloredo, [289];
4. on Reform, [414]
Lansdowne House, ball at, i. 282
'Lays of Ancient Rome,' publication of, ii. 116
Ledru Rollin, iii. [153]
Lehzen, Baroness, the, i. 21;
1. at Windsor, [246];
2. leaves Windsor, ii. 110
Le Marchant, Sir Denis, anecdote, iii. [75]
Lemoinne, M., iii. [240]
Lemon, Mr., ii. 162
Lesseps, M., Consul at Barcelona, iii. [38]
Lewis, Right Hon. George Cornewall, Lewis v. Ferrand, ii. 429;
1. mission of, to Netherby, iii. [411], [412];
2. Herefordshire election, [463]
Lichfield, Rt. Hon. Earl of, quarrel of, with Mr. Wallace, i. 29
Liège, visit to, ii. 166
Lieven, Princesse, audience of the Queen, i. 15;
1. of the Duchess of Kent, 15;
2. and Lady Palmerston, ii. 130;
3. account of interview between Guizot and Thiers, 287;
4. on the Spanish marriage disputes, iii. [18];
5. conversations with, [36], [42], [48];
6. flight of, [137];
7. account of the Revolution (1848), [137]-[141];
8. on French affairs, [153];
9. dines with Lord Palmerston, [157]
Limerick, affray at, iii. [172]
Lincoln, Rt. Hon. Earl of (afterwards fifth Duke of Newcastle), in the Cabinet, ii. 267;
1. Woods and Forests in Sir R. Peel's Administration, 37
Lines cut on an hotel window, ii. 16
Literature, evils of inferior, iii. [208]
Livy, character of Hannibal, i. 57
Logan, Dr., iii. [126]
London, Bishop of, at Gorhambury, ii. 111, 112;
1. charge of, 112;
2. dispute of, with the Hon. and Rev. William Capel, 113
Lonsdale, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the, Lord President of the Council in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Lord Mayor, the, and the picture of the Queen's First Council, i. 79, 82
Lords, House of, debate on Canadian Rebellion, i. 49;
1. debates on the Canada Bill, 51-53;
2. skirmish between Lords Melbourne and Lyndhurst, 68;
3. violence of Lord Brougham, 71;
4. debate on the Coolie question, 73;
5. appeal of Small v. Attwood, 83;
6. debate on affairs in Spain, 102;
7. debate on the naval instructions, 111;
8. the Bishops on the Ecclesiastical Discipline Bill, 120;
9. attack on Lord Durham's Ordinance, 123;
10. review of session of 1838, 126;
11. the Turton case, 170;
12. Lord Roden's motion on the state of Ireland, 175;
13. debate on the Bedchamber affair, 211, 212;
14. Lord Melbourne declines to make Radical concessions, 213;
15. debate, 213;
16. majority against proposed Committee of Council on Education, 224;
17. debate on Irish policy of the Government, 228;
18. naturalisation of Prince Albert, 259;
19. debate on the China question, 286;
20. St. Sulpice question, 388;
21. debate on the Address (1841), ii. 31;
22. vote of thanks to Lord Ashburton, 152;
23. debate on Lord Roden's motion, 194;
24. Lord Aberdeen's Scotch Church Patronage Bill, 206, 207;
25. Lord Brougham's Judicial Committee Bill, 225, 234;
26. debate on the Corn Laws, 370;
27. debate conciliatory to France, iii. [39];
28. defeat of the Protectionists, [59];
29. debate on the Enlistment Bill, [77];
30. Government beaten on the Diplomatic Bill, [126];
31. opening of the session (1849), [263];
32. Sicilian arms affair, [276];
33. debate on the Navigation Bill, [287];
34. affair of Lord Roden, [310], [312];
35. debate and division on the Pacifico affair, [341];
36. Lord Torrington's defence, [402]
Louis Philippe, King, policy of, on the Eastern Question, i. 339;
1. receives Queen Victoria at the Château d'Eu, ii. 196, 200;
2. on Spanish affairs, 200;
3. aversion of, to Lord Palmerston, 345;
4. shot at by Lecomte, 388;
5. letter to M. Guizot, 414;
6. conduct of, in the affair of the Spanish marriages, 418-423;
7. Cracow affair, 429;
8. at the Tuileries, iii. [35];
9. and Danton, anecdote of, [111];
10. fall of, [135];
11. arrival of, in England, [137];
12. as Comte de Neuilly, [137];
13. conduct of, during the Revolution, [139], [143];
14. narrative of the Revolution, [150];
15. at Claremont, [154];
16. letter of, on the Spanish marriages, [168];
17. courtesy of Queen Victoria to, [186];
18. on the French generals, [205];
19. reported communication from M. Thiers, [239];
20. interview with Lord Clarendon, [239];
21. and Admiral Cécille, [268];
22. M. Malac's mission, [328];
23. death of, [364]
Lowther, Rt. Hon. Lord, Postmaster-General, ii. 37
Ludlow, visit to, i. 217;
1. castle of, 218
Lushington, Rt. Hon. Dr., negotiation of, with the Duke of Wellington, i. 278
Luttrell, Mr., death and character of, iii. [425]
Lyndhurst, Rt. Hon. Lord, and Lord Melbourne, i. 69;
1. judgement of, in Small v. Attwood, reversed, 80;
2. anecdote of, and Lord Brougham, 160;
3. at Gore House, 255;
4. Lord Chancellor in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
5. exchange of patronage with Lord Ripon, 413;
6. reply to Lord G. Bentinck, 413, 415
Lynedoch, Lord, at Woburn, ii. 46
Macaulay, Rt. Hon. Thomas Babington, return of, from India, i. 112;
1. on the state of parties, 112;
2. talents of, 121;
3. elected at Edinburgh, 215;
4. 'Grote and his wife,' 215;
5. speech of, 215;
6. a saying of Lord Brougham's, 240;
7. conversational powers of, 367;
8. Mr. Henry Taylor's remark on, 367;
9. anecdotes of, 368;
10. collected ballads, ii. 60;
11. at Bowood, 69, 70;
12. 'Lays of Ancient Rome,' 116;
13. meets Ranke, 203;
14. Maynooth speech of, 279;
15. attack on the Irish Church, 282;
16. repartee of, 339;
17. on Junius, 416;
18. History of England, iii. [252];
19. elected at Edinburgh, [460]
MacDougal, Mr., Chartist meeting, iii. [193]
MacGregor, Mr., and Lord Ripon, on Free Trade, ii. 53
MacHale, Dr., appointment of, ii. 217
MacLeod, case of, i. 383
Macready as 'Richelieu,' i. 173
Maitland, General Sir Thomas, anecdote of mistaken identity, i. 285
Malac, M., mission of, to Claremont, iii. [328]
Malmesbury, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the, Foreign Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Malvern, visit to, i. 219
Manchester, riots at, ii. 98;
1. visit to, 305
'Mango,' trial of, i. 23;
1. wins the St. Leger, 23
Manners, Rt. Hon. Lord John, First Commissioner of Works in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Marie Amélie, Queen, courage of, iii. [140]
Marlborough, Duchess of, letters of the, ii. 67;
1. anecdotes of, 67
Marliani, pamphlet by, i. 251
Mayence, visit to, ii. 169, 174
Maynooth Grant, ii. 276;
1. debate on, 279
Mehemet Ali, see Eastern Question
Melbourne, Rt. Hon. Lord, adviser of the Queen, i. 22;
1. attack of, on Lord Brougham, 33;
2. position of the Government, 62;
3. and Lord Lyndhurst, 69;
4. and the Queen, 130;
5. at Windsor, 147;
6. resigns, 199;
7. the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-209;
8. resumes the Government, 207;
9. declines to make Radical concessions, 213;
10. effect of speech, 214;
11. on Mr. Creevey's Journal, 275;
12. alarmed at affairs in the East, 303, 307;
13. indecision of, 312;
14. asleep at the Cabinet, 321;
15. remarks on Lord Palmerston, 363;
16. advice to the Queen, ii. 23;
17. advice to Sir R. Peel on behaviour to the Queen, 39;
18. attack of palsy, 116;
19. failing health of, 214;
20. and the Court of Rome, 217;
21. on O'Connell's trial, 233;
22. on the Post-Office affairs, 289;
23. nervous condition of, 292;
24. breaks out on the Corn Laws at Windsor, 351;
25. visit to, at Brocket, iii. [119];
26. anecdote of, [121];
27. death of, [240];
28. character of, [241];
29. devotion of, to the Queen, [244];
30. compared to Sallustius Crispus, [246];
31. conversations and opinions, [247];
32. declaration in regard to the Hon. Mrs. Norton, [253];
33. manuscript books of, [376]
Melrose, visit to, iii. [291]
Metcalfe, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles, on Afghanistan, ii. 99;
1. Governor-General of Canada, 117
Metternich, Prince, on the Eastern Question, i. 306;
1. suggestion of, 325;
2. flight of, iii. [155];
3. fall of, [158]
Milman, Very Rev. Dean, dinner at the house of, ii. 60
Minto, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 405;
1. mission of, to Italy, iii. [108]
Miraflores, mission of, to Paris, iii. [20]
Mirasol, mission of, to London, iii. [183]
Mitchell, John, affray at Limerick, iii. [172];
1. conviction of, [182]
Molé, M., opinion of affairs, iii. [20];
1. attempts to form a government, [139], [143]
Molesworth, Right Hon. Sir William, moves vote of censure on Lord Glenelg, i. 72
Monmouth, visit to, i. 219;
1. historical interest of, 219
Monmouth convicts, the, i. 261
Montgomery, Mr. Alfred, hoax of Lord Brougham's death, i. 243
Montpensier, H.R.H. Duchesse de, Infanta of Spain, marriage of the, ii. 418;
1. at the Tuileries, iii. [35] (see Spanish Marriages)
'Morning Chronicle,' the, conduct of, i. 179;
1. ill-timed hostility of, to France, 326, 327;
2. violent article on M. Guizot, iii. [42];
3. attacks on Lord Aberdeen, [52];
4. purchased by the Peelites, [128]
Mounier, Baron, mission of, i. 356
Moxon, Mr., and Mr. Disraeli, iii. [75]
Mulgrave, Right Hon. Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 30
Munster, Right Hon. Earl of, returns the keys of the Round Tower, i. 17;
1. death of the, ii. 94
Muntz, Mr., appointed magistrate, i. 227
Murray, Sir George, asked to review the 'Wellington Despatches' in the 'Edinburgh Review,' i. 38, 57
Napier, Sir Charles, sent to India as Commander-in-Chief, iii. [274], [276], [280]
Napier, Admiral, proclamation of, i. 305
Naples, insurrection at, iii. [216];
1. Lord Palmerston's breach of neutrality, [261], [271];
2. Lord Palmerston's claims on, [419]
Napoleon, Louis, Prince (afterwards Emperor of the French), at Gore House, i. 167;
1. success of, iii. [239];
2. elected President of the French Republic, [253];
3. position of, [329];
4. coup d'état, 1851, [420];
5. M. Thiers' account of, [443];
6. and Lord Normanby, [441]
Narvaez, intrigues of, iii. [194]
Navigation Laws, the, iii. [283], [287]
Netherlands, King of the, at Goodwood, ii. 287
Newcastle, fourth Duke of, dismissed from the Lord-Lieutenancy of Nottinghamshire, i. 194;
1. letter of the, to the Lord Chancellor, 195;
2. interview of the, with the Duke of Wellington, 195
Newport, Mayor of, the, at Court, i. 249
Newport, Chartist riot at, i. 249, 256;
1. result of the trial, 260
Norbury, Right Hon. Earl of, murder of the, i. 157
Norman Court, visit to, i. 133
Normanby, Right Hon. Marquis of, the, succeeds Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office, i. 161, 164;
1. Irish administration of, 176;
2. at a Greenwich dinner, 237;
3. despatches relating to the Spanish marriages, iii. [17];
4. indiscretion of, [30], [34];
5. relations of, with M. Thiers, [35];
6. communications of, with M. Thiers, [40];
7. bad terms of, with M. Guizot, [43], [46];
8. condition of the Embassy, [49];
9. perplexity of, [58];
10. further misunderstanding, [59], [60];
11. the quarrel made up, [66];
12. more blunders, [69];
13. results in Europe of the squabble, [72];
14. proposed as Ambassador to Rome, [108];
15. resigns, [441], [445];
16. and Louis Napoleon, [442]
North, Right Hon. Lord, anecdote of, ii. 116
Nottinghamshire election, iii. [389]
Novara, battle of, iii. [282]
Oakley Park, visit to, i. 218
O'Brien, Smith, return of, to Ireland, iii. [167];
1. affair at Limerick, [172];
2. search for, [213];
3. capture of, [215]
O'Connell, Daniel, speech of, at the 'Crown and Anchor' Tavern, i. 66, 67;
1. declines the Mastership of the Irish Rolls, 101;
2. speech of, 279;
3. conduct of, on Irish measures, ii. 132;
4. proclamation of, prohibiting Repeal meeting, 204;
5. arrest of, 205;
6. trial of, 210, 218;
7. popularity of, 214;
8. advice of, on Ireland, 220, 221;
9. result of the trial of, 228;
10. release of, 255;
11. death of, iii. [82];
12. career of, [85]
O'Connor, Feargus, at the Chartist meeting (1848), iii. [166]
Odilon Barrot, conduct of, in the French Revolution, iii. [140], [144]
Orange, Princess of, the, ii. 287
Orangemen, discomfiture of, i. 30
Orford, Right Hon. Earl of (Horace Walpole), letters of the, to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 202
'Orlando' takes the Derby Stakes, ii. 250;
1. the trial, iii. [228]
Orleans, H.R.H. Duchesse d', iii. [35];
1. on the proposed reconciliation between the two branches of the French Royal family, [329]
Ossington, visit to, ii. 309
Ostend, passage to, ii. 166
Ovid, quotation from, i. 238
Oxford, Bishop of, anti-slavery speech of, ii. 411;
1. want of tact of, 411;
2. correspondence with Dr. Hampden, iii. [115]
Pacifico, Don, the case of, iii. [308], [311];
1. debate on, in the House of Lords, [341]
Pakington, Right Hon. Sir John, Colonial Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Palace, the, dinner at, i. 77;
1. balls at, [9], [109]
Palmerston, Right Hon. Viscount, and Mr. Urquhart. i. 117, 119;
1. and the 'Portfolio,' 159;
2. policy in the East (1840), 297-304;
3. objections to policy of, 301;
4. coolness of, 304;
5. conduct of, at the outset of the Eastern Question, 308;
6. offers to resign, 308;
7. independence of, at the Foreign Office, 309;
8. the Eastern Question, 312-314;
9. at the Cabinet on the Eastern Question, 321;
10. hostility of, to France, 326;
11. article in the 'Morning Chronicle,' 326;
12. triumph of, 330;
13. note from the French Government, 335;
14. ignores his colleagues, 345;
15. defends Lord Ponsonby, 347;
16. hostility to France, 347, 353;
17. and the Tories, 363;
18. position of, 364;
19. settlement of the Eastern Question, 377-383;
20. jobbing at the Foreign Office, ii. 48;
21. attack on, in a Berlin newspaper, 75;
22. and consequent misunderstanding, ib.;
23. abuses the treaty of Washington, 104, 109;
24. attacks on the Government, 105, 106;
25. and the press, 130;
26. commencement of coalition with M. Thiers, 267;
27. consternation in France at possible return of, to the Foreign Office, 345;
28. visit of, to Paris, 383;
29. letter to King Louis Philippe, 388;
30. Foreign Secretary, 405;
31. incipient disputes with France, 409;
32. Spanish marriages, 418, iii. 6;
33. despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 424;
34. conversation with, on the Spanish marriages, iii. [15];
35. conduct discussed by M. Guizot, [20], [26];
36. effect of despatch, [25];
37. M. Guizot's complaints of, [30];
38. mismanagement of, [40];
39. and the 'Morning Chronicle,' [52];
40. threatens a rupture with France, [62];
41. consequences in Europe, [72];
42. anecdote of, [121];
43. dinner to M. Guizot, [157];
44. despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, [169];
45. conduct of, attacked in the House of Lords, [173];
46. omission of, [178];
47. and the Duc de Broglie, [185];
48. Sicilian arms affair, [261], [271], [276];
49. attacks on, [261];
50. and Count Colloredo, [282], [283];
51. suppression of a despatch, [288];
52. the Greek dispute, [308], [311];
53. quarrels with France, [330];
54. Baron Brunnow complains, [332];
55. able speech of, [346];
56. Radical dinner to, [362];
57. conversation with, [374];
58. and Kossuth, [413], [416];
59. Finsbury and Islington deputation, [415];
60. claims on Naples, [419];
61. dismissal of, from the Foreign Office, [426];
62. own version of the affair, [428];
63. succeeded by Earl Granville, [433];
64. complete account of the affair, [434];
65. further details, [444];
66. explanations in Parliament, [446]
Palmerston, Lady, conversation with, on Eastern affairs, i. [330]
Panic in the money market, iii, [99];
1. proposed measures of the Government, [101]
Panshanger, party at, ii. [415]
Papal aggression, iii. [366]
Paris, visit to (1847), iii. [16]-[50];
1. Mrs. Austin's salon, [38];
2. ball at the Hôtel de Ville, [42];
3. ball at Mme. Pozzo di Borgo's, [42];
4. visit to M. Cousin, [44];
5. the Hôtel Lambert, [44];
6. Mme. de Circourt's salon, [45];
7. Mme. de Girardin's salon, [45];
8. farewell visits, [48];
9. Revolution (1848), [132];
10. state of, [149], [284];
11. fighting in the streets of, [199];
12. details of fighting, [202];
13. the Archbishop of, killed on a barricade, [200], [203];
14. the coup d'état of Louis Napoleon, [420]
Parke, Rt. Hon. Baron, and Lord Brougham, i. 59
Parker, Admiral, instructions to, iii. [216]
Parkes, Mr. Joseph, tour of, i. 194
Parliament, dissolution of, debated, ii. 5;
1. resolved on, 9, 12, 13;
2. dissolved, 14;
3. opening of (1842), 81;
4. opening of, and state of parties (1844), 222
Parliamentary proceedings, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
Payne, Knight, built Downton Castle, i. 218
Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert, informed of the moderation of Lord J. Russell, i. 188;
1. caution of, 193;
2. sent for by the Queen, 200;
3. the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-209;
4. coldness of, to Lord J. Russell, 259;
5. thrown over on the Canada Bill, by the Duke of Wellington, 294;
6. vote of censure on the Government, ii. 10;
7. sent for to Windsor, 33;
8. forms an administration (1841), 37;
9. conversation with the Queen, 41;
10. Corn Bill (1842), 83;
11. Budget, 87;
12. difficulties of, 189;
13. unpopularity of, 191, 247;
14. Maynooth Grant, 276;
15. resignation of, 317;
16. position of, 324;
17. conduct of, 328;
18. resumes office, 332;
19. vindication of, in Mr. Greville's pamphlet, 350, 368;
20. measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357;
21. discussions on the measure, 357-366;
22. position of, 380;
23. anecdote of, 387;
24. conversation with, 389;
25. assailed by the Protectionists, 392;
26. behaviour to Mr. Canning, [397];
27. resigns office, 401;
28. resolution of, not to take office, 433;
29. position of, iii. [94];
30. unpopularity of, in Liverpool, [97];
31. correspondence with Mr. Croker, [98];
32. influence of, [100];
33. position of, [146];
34. on obstruction, [163];
35. reluctance of, to take office, [199];
36. anecdote of, and Huskisson, [216];
37. conversation with Lord Clarendon, [286];
38. on foreign affairs, [315];
39. accident to, [347];
40. death of, [348];
41. character of, [349];
42. career of, [350]-[358];
43. effects of death of, [358];
44. conduct of, on the East Retford franchise, [424]
Peel, Rt. Hon. Gen. Jonathan, affronts Mr. Disraeli, ii. 388
Peel, Frederic (afterwards Rt. Hon. Sir F. Peel, K.C.M.G.), maiden speech of, iii. [288]
Penryn Castle, visit to, ii. 17
Perceval, Rev. Mr., preaches before the Queen, i. 116
Pereira, Mr., lecture of, i. 78
Perez, Antonio, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129
Phillips, Sir Thomas, at Windsor, i. 249
Phillpotts, see Exeter, Bishop of
Pigou, Mr., and the Duke of Wellington's letter on the defence of the country, iii. [107]
Piscatory, M., in the French Revolution, iii. [140]
Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, peerages, ii. 235
Plas Newydd, visit to Lord Anglesea at, ii. 16
Plunket, Rt. Hon. Lord, compelled to resign the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ii. 14
Plymouth, visit to, iii. [207]
Poland, reported annexation of, by Russia, iii. [4]
Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. George, Irish Chancellor, i. 153;
1. and Curran, 153
Ponsonby, Viscount, despatch of, announcing Mehemet Ali's deposition, i. 334;
1. recall of, proposed, 346;
2. defended by Lord Palmerston, 347;
3. violence of, 361;
4. conversation with, ii. 110
Pontois, M. de, communication of, to the Porte, i. 304
Porson, anecdote of, ii. 114
'Portfolio,' the, i. 117, 118, 158
Portland, third Duke of, anecdote of the, iii. [212]
Portugal, Donna Maria, Queen of, iii. [79]
Portugal, state of affairs in, iii. [76], [77], [79]
Post Office, letters opened at the, ii. 249;
1. alleged opening of Mr. Thomas Duncombe's letters, 272;
2. Lord Melbourne's warrants for opening letters, 289
Pozzo di Borgo, Comtesse, ball at the house of, iii. [42]
Prandi, at Burnham Beeches, iii. [122]
Precedence Question, see H.R.H. Albert, Prince;
1. Mr. Greville's pamphlet on, see Appendix, vol. i.;
2. of ambassadors, i. 282
'President,' the, loss of, i. 391
Pritchard, Mr., and the Tahiti affair, ii. 252
Privilege Question, the, i. 257;
1. disputes on, 270
Privy Council, position of the sons of the Sovereign, i. 274;
1. introduction of Prince Albert, 274
Privy Council Office, correspondence with the British Museum on the missing registers, ii. 162;
1. (see Judicial Committee)
Protectionist party, position of the, iii. [380]
Protestant agitation, iii. [368], [369], [373]
Protocol signed, 1840, i. 309
Prussia, King of, arrival of the, ii. 77;
1. sightseeing, 78;
2. at the House of Lords, 81;
3. lunches with Mrs. Fry. 81
Prussia, Prince of, the, flight of, iii. [155];
1. visit of, to Queen Victoria, [179]
Prussia, state of, iii. [238];
1. retrospect of 1848, [257]
'Punch,' cartoon in, iii. [407]
Quarterly Review, the, article on Sir R. Peel's policy, ii. 200;
1. article on Lord Orford's letters, 202
Rachel, Mlle., as Hermione, ii. 6;
1. recites at Windsor Castle, 11
Radetzki, Marshal, victory of, iii. [282]
Radical party, the, reduced, i. 215;
1. dissatisfaction at Lord J. Russell, 216
Radowitz, General, invited to Windsor, iii. [372]
Raglan Castle, visit to, i. 220
Railway, first time of travelling on the, i. 11;
1. speculation, ii. 300
Ranke, Professor, breakfasts with Sir G. C. Lewis, ii. 203
Rapallo, Exchequer Bills, ii. 50;
1. advanced money to Louis Napoleon, 50
Reeve, Henry, Mr., first acquaintance of, with Mr. Greville, i. 27;
1. goes to Paris, 388;
2. declines to make an affidavit for Lord Brougham, ii. 207;
3. and King Louis Philippe, 216;
4. letters of, from Paris, 345-347
Reform, question of, iii. [469]
Repeal magistrates, the, restored, ii. 407
Revolution, the French (1848), iii. [132];
1. details of, [138], [142] (see France)
Revolution in Austria, iii. [155], [158]
Rhine, voyage up the, ii. 167
'Richelieu,' first representation of, i. 173
Riddlesworth, visit to, ii. 205
Ripon, Right Hon. Earl of, the, and Mr. Macgregor at the Board of Trade, ii. 5;
1. President of the Board of Trade in Sir R. Peel's Administration, 37;
2. differs with Mr. Macgregor, 53;
3. 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;
1. estimate of Lord Eldon, 265
Rolle, Lord, at the Queen's Coronation, i. 107
Rome, retrospect of the year 1848, iii. [257]
Romsey, church at, ii. 105
Ross, visit to, i. 219;
1. 'The Man of,' 219
Rossi, Count, on French affairs, i. 343
Rothschild, house of the family of, at Frankfort, ii. 171, 173
Royal Academy of Arts, lecture at the, iii. [375]
Royal Institution, evening at the, i. 78
'Running Rein,' case of, ii. 250
Russell, Right Hon. Lord John, attack on the Bishop of Exeter, i. 66;
1. finality speech of, 181;
2. position of, 182;
3. sentiments of moderation towards Sir R. Peel, expressed through Sir J. Graham, [183], [189];
4. skilful speech of, 190;
5. threatened by the Radicals, 191;
6. slight to an Irish member, 194;
7. letter to the electors of Stroud, 196;
8. brings in the Jamaica Bill, 196;
9. speech on Sir H. Fleetwood's motion, 216;
10. note to Sir R. Peel, 259;
11. as leader, 293;
12. alarmed, at affairs in the East, 303, 307;
13. opposes Lord Palmerston's policy, 312;
14. Cabinet on the Eastern Question, 320;
15. weakness of, 331;
16. efforts of, to settle affairs in the East, 333;
17. threatens to resign, 344;
18. intentions of (1841), ii. 27;
19. attack on two judges, 84;
20. conversation at Holland House on the Reform Bill, 121;
21. dissatisfaction of, at the American Treaty, 126;
22. sent for by the Queen, 317;
23. difficulties in forming a Government, 319, 331;
24. resigns, 332;
25. promise to the Queen, 361;
26. convokes a meeting of Whig Peers, 394;
27. forms a Government, 405;
28. conversation with, on French affairs, iii. [55];
29. threatened with personal violence, [65];
30. speech on the Irish Poor Law, [69];
31. position of, [96];
32. financial statement of, [126];
33. results, [128];
34. difficulties with Lord Palmerston, [185];
35. West India Sugar Bill, [193];
36. subsequent crisis, [195];
37. peerage suggested for, [281], [285];
38. despatch relating to the Spanish marriages, [298];
39. Government defeated on the Pacifico affair, [341];
40. indecision of, [342];
41. conversation with Lord Clarendon, [361];
42. letter on the Papal aggression, [367], [370];
43. resigns, [378];
44. negotiations for the formation of a government, [383];
45. return of, to office, [389];
46. negotiations with Sir J. Graham, [395], [399], [401];
47. overtures to Sir J. Graham, [410], [412];
48. dismissal of Lord Palmerston, [426], [429];
49. details of the affair, [434], [444];
50. explanations in Parliament, [446];
51. resignation of, [447]
Russell, Lord William, murder of, i. 284
Russell, Lord William, G.C.B., recalled from Berlin, ii. 66
Russia, the Emperor Nicholas of, visit to London, ii. 243;
1. review in Hyde Park, 243;
2. fête at Chiswick, 244;
3. appearance of, 244;
4. arrangement with the Bank of France, iii. [70];
5. and Louis Napoleon, [441];
6. remark of, on the British fleet, [315]
Russia, measures in Poland, iii. [5];
1. interference with, [279];
2. 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;
1. dinner with, iii. [54]
St. James's Palace, arrangements for the apartments in, i. 280
St. Jean d'Acre, capture of, i. 354
St. Leger, won by 'Mango,' i. 23
St. Leonards, Right Hon. Lord, Lord Chancellor in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Salamanca, battle of, Duke of Wellington's account of the, i. 39
Sale, Mrs., letter of, from Cabul, ii. 85
Salic Law, the, proposed revival of, in Spain, iii. [13]
Salisbury, Right Hon. the Marquis of, Lord Privy Seal in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. [451]
Salisbury Cathedral, visit to, i. 223
Sampayo, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129
Sandwich, Countess of, appointment of, i. 224
Sardinia, defeated by Austria, iii. [282]
Schleswig-Holstein question, the, iii. [371]
Schwabe, Mr., on Spain, iii. [38]
Scotland, visit to, iii. 2[91]; Balmoral, [295]
Scrope, Davies, iii. [47]
Seaton, Lord, see Colborne
Sefton, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 138;
1. character of the, 138, 139
Selwyn, George, anecdotes of, i. 217
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;
1. opening of the (1849), iii. [263]
Sicily, revolution in, iii. [123];
1. Lord Palmerston's breach of neutrality with the Government of, [261], [271], [276]
Sikh war, the, ii. 372;
1. termination of, 380;
2. 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;
1. 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;
1. at Queen Victoria's coronation, 106;
2. reception of, 113
Southern, Mr., on Irish affairs, iii. [171]
Southwell, Church at, ii. 309
Spain, termination of the Carlist war, i. 241, 242;
1. quarrels in, ii. 73;
2. insurrection in, 201;
3. intrigues in, 421;
4. proposed revival of the Salic Law, iii. [13];
5. political crisis in, [45];
6. affairs in, [78];
7. relations with, [183];
8. debate in the House of Commons, [190];
9. intrigues in, [194];
10. expulsion of Sir H. Bulwer, [169]
Spanish Marriages, the, first proposals for the Queen's marriage (1838), i. 251;
1. papers relating to the, iii. [6];
2. detailed account of the affair, [7]-[11];
3. further details, [15], [17];
4. Princesse Lieven on the quarrels, [18];
5. discussion with M. Guizot, [20]-[26], [30]-[33];
6. letters relating to the, [168];
7. beginning of the disputes, [412];
8. account of intrigues, [418]-[423];
9. indignation at, [425];
10. 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;
1. death of, 295;
2. character of, 295-[298]
Spencer, Hon. John, anecdotes of, ii. 67
Spottiswoode Gang, the, i. 31
Stade Dues, the, ii. 107
Staleybridge, riots at, ii. 98
'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;
1. Colonial Secretary in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
2. called up to the House of Lords, 256;
3. good speech of, 395;
4. replies to Lord Grey, iii. [200];
5. Steward of the Jockey Club, [205];
6. on the Dolly's Brae affair, [310], [312];
7. negotiations for the formation of a Government, [381], [384], [385];
8. attempt to form a Government, [385];
9. failure of the attempt, [386];
10. 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
Stephens, arrest of, i. 155
Sterling, John, Mr., and Coleridge, i. 109
Stowe, sale at, iii. [216]
Strachan, Lady, ii. 91
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;
1. at dinner at Devonshire House, 278;
2. dissatisfaction of, 279;
3. death of, ii. 155;
4. funeral of, 156
Sutton Sharpe, anecdotes, ii. 78
Sybilla, Margravine, the residence of, near Baden, ii. 184
Syria, military operations in, i. 328;
1. affairs of, 346, 354
Tahiti affair, the, ii. 252
Talleyrand, death of, and character, i. 94;
1. and Napoleon, ii. 193
Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 10
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;
1. beginning of coalition with Lord Palmerston, ii. 267;
2. amicable meeting with M. Guizot, 278, 288;
3. visit to England, 298;
4. interview with Lord Aberdeen, 299;
5. bitterness of, towards Talleyrand, 299;
6. visit to, and conversation, iii. [27]-[29];
7. dinner at, [29];
8. cordial relations of, with the British Embassy, [35];
9. communications with Lord Normanby, [40];
10. bitterness of, [48];
11. conduct of, during the Revolution, [140], [144];
12. reported communication of, to King Louis Philippe, [239];
13. visit to London, [407];
14. account of the coup d'état, [443]
Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett (Lord Sydenham), sent to Canada, i. 235;
1. death of, ii. 117;
2. abilities of, ib.
Thynne, Rev. Lord John, visit to, iii, [207]
'Times,' the, on the Corn Laws, i. 158;
1. on Lord Durham's report, 163;
2. on the Eastern Question, 324;
3. and Lord Palmerston, 362;
4. death of Mr. Barnes, ii. 2;
5. Mr. Delane appointed editor, 3;
6. communications with the Government, 200;
7. Mr. Henry Reeve's article on the Duc de Bordeaux, 216;
8. article announcing the repeal of the Corn Laws, 309;
9. contradiction, 312, 314;
10. supports Lord J. Russell's Administration, 406;
11. anecdote, iii. [75];
12. on Lord Palmerston's breach of neutrality, [261], [272];
13. letter of 'Carolus,' [272], [274],
14. see [Appendix B], vol. iii., letter to Cobden, [Appendix A], vol. iii.
Tintern Abbey, visit to, i. 221
Tocqueville, M. de, letter of, i. 362;
1. attacked by Lord Brougham, ii. 150;
2. on the state of parties in France, iii. [41]
Torrington, Viscount, attack on, iii. [269];
1. defence of, [402]
Tory-Radical, a, i. 19
Tower of London, fire at the, ii. 51
Treason, High, cases of, i. 289
Treaty, July 15, 1840, for settling the affairs of the East, i. 297 (for results of Treaty, see Eastern Question)
Trench, Sir Frederic, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington, i. 106
Troy House, visit to, i. 219;
1. built by Duke of Beaufort, 1689, 219
Tuileries, reception at the, iii. [35]
Turton, Mr., appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110;
1. appointment criticised, 158;
2. debate on, in House of Lords, 170
Underwood, Lady Cecilia, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 278;
1. created Duchess of Inverness, 282;
2. at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282
Urquhart, Mr., and Lord Palmerston, i. 117;
1. account of, 119;
2. the 'Portfolio,' 158
Usk Castle, visit to, i, 220
Usk salmon, i. 220
Ventura, General, ii. 100
Victoria, Her Majesty Queen, accession of, i. 2;
1. praise of, [14], 20;
2. audience to Princesse Lieven, 15;
3. interview of, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham, 20;
4. visit to Queen Adelaide, 21;
5. cordiality to Lord Melbourne, 22;
6. picture of first Council of, 83;
7. at a ball at the Palace, [91];
8. Coronation of, 105, 106;
9. two sermons, 116;
10. and Lord Melbourne, 130;
11. life at Windsor, 146;
12. resignation of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet, 200;
13. the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-206;
14. declaration of marriage of, 247;
15. opens Parliament (1840), 253;
16. Marriage of, 266;
17. goes to the Ancient Concert, 275;
18. at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282;
19. shot at, 288;
20. on the Eastern Question, 323;
21. visit to Nuneham and Oxford, ii. 13;
22. visit to Chiswick, 14;
23. visit to Woburn, 26;
24. council for appointing ministers in Sir R. Peel's Administration, 37;
25. admirable behaviour of, 38;
26. appointments in the Household (1841), 42, 43;
27. reception of the new Ministers, 44;
28. birth of the Prince of Wales, 51;
29. the new Ministers, 84;
30. shot at, 96;
31. first visit to Scotland, 108;
32. visit to the Château d'Eu, 196, 200;
33. visit to Chatsworth, 215;
34. fancy ball, 283;
35. absence in Germany, 292;
36. sends for Lord J. Russell, 317;
37. Lord J. Russell's audience, 322, 323;
38. letter on Lord Palmerston's despatch, 424;
39. decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434;
40. good order of private affairs of, iii. [67];
41. correspondence on the Spanish marriages, [168];
42. visit of the Prince of Prussia to, [179];
43. affection of, for the Orleans Royal family, [186];
44. annoyance of, at Lord Palmerston's conduct, [289];
45. visit to Ireland, [295];
46. life at Balmoral, [296];
47. on Lord Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, [317];
48. sends for the Duke of Wellington, [388];
49. 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
Visconti, Madame, i. 365
Wakefield, Mr. Edward Gibbon, appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110
Wakley, Mr., i. 60
Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, birth of, ii. 51;
1. question of promotion for the officer on guard, 51;
2. question of a baronetcy for the Mayor of Chester, 52;
3. armorial bearings of, 63;
4. gazetted Duke of Saxony, 65
Wales, North, excursion to, ii. 15-20;
1. the inhabitants of, 19
Walewski, Count, mission of, i. 315;
1. opinion of Lord Palmerston, iii. [418]
Walpole, Rt. Hon. Spencer, position of, iii. [397];
1. Home Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, [451];
2. clause in the Militia Bill, [449]
Walter, John, Mr., returned for Nottingham, i. 391;
1. succeeds to the 'Times,' iii. [64]
Washington, the Treaty of, signed, ii. 101;
1. discovery of a missing map, 102;
2. attacked by Lord Palmerston, 101, 104-106;
3. controversy kept up, 109, 111;
4. dissatisfaction of Lord J. Russell at, 126;
5. ratification of, 147
Wellington, Duke of, the, on operations in Canada, i. 37;
1. on his Spanish campaigns, 37-41, 46;
2. advice of, to the King of Hanover, 42;
3. patriotism of, 45;
4. on the Canada Bill, 53;
5. comparison of, with Hannibal, 57;
6. at the Waterloo dinner, 103;
7. meets Marshal Soult, 105;
8. and Mr. Croker, 105;
9. equestrian statue of, 106;
10. contrast to Lord Brougham, 111;
11. panegyric on despatches of, 120, 121;
12. with Lord Anglesey at Waterloo, 135;
13. at Orthez, 135;
14. at Salamanca, 136;
15. lost his army, 136;
16. interview of, with the Duke of Newcastle, 195;
17. assurance of support to Lord Melbourne after moderation of the latter, 213;
18. effect of speech of, 214;
19. angry vein of, 225;
20. at the Dover dinner, 237;
21. Mr. Croker's anecdotes of, 248;
22. serious seizure of, 267;
23. on the Privilege Question, 270;
24. altered appearance of, 271, 275;
25. at Court, 278;
26. instance of failing memory, 278;
27. speech on the China question, 286;
28. conversation with, 287;
29. opposes the Canada Bill, 294;
30. influence of, 296;
31. on Eastern affairs, 300;
32. illness of, 373;
33. self-reliance of, ii. 34;
34. irritability of, 43;
35. chattels of, 59;
36. delusions of, 61;
37. meets the King of Prussia, 77;
38. on events in Afghanistan, 89, 100, 137;
39. at Exeter Hall, 97;
40. opinion of Lord Ellenborough, 139;
41. on the Duke of Marlborough, 192, 193;
42. Talleyrand and Napoleon, 193;
43. on the evils of the press, 220;
44. deference shown to, at the Cabinet, 223;
45. increasing irritability of, 223;
46. correspondence with Lord Haddington, 224;
47. at a review, 243;
48. on the Corn Laws, 351;
49. decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434;
50. conversation with, iii. [55];
51. reasons against taking office, [55];
52. on the defence of the country, [76];
53. on the Enlistment Bill, [76], [78];
54. Wyatt's statue of, [91];
55. failing powers of, [97];
56. and Mr. Croker, [98];
57. letter of, on the defence of the country, [107];
58. preparations of, for the great Chartist meeting, [162];
59. death of Mr. Arbuthnot, [362];
60. sent for by the Queen, [388];
61. death and character of, [474]
Wells, visit to, iii. [207]
West Indies, threatened emancipation of the, i. 84
West India question, the, iii. [175]
West India Committee, iii. [187]
West India Bill, iii. [193]
Westminster Play 'Phormio,' ii. 216
Wharncliffe, Rt. Hon. Lord, Lord President in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
1. management of the Privy Council Office, 212;
2. contradicts the statement of the 'Times' on the repeal of the Corn Laws, 312-314;
3. death of, 335
Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, in society, iii. [73]
Wheatstone, Mr., i. 79
Whig Government, prospects of the, i. 180;
1. state of the party, 193;
2. split with the Radicals, 192;
3. Government resigns, 199;
4. defeat of the party at the general election (1841), ii. 21-23;
5. negotiations with the Peelites (1851), iii, [383];
6. possible coalition with the Peelites, discussed, [437]-[440]
Wiesbaden, visits to, ii. 171, 285;
1. theatre and society at, 172
'Wilberforce, Life of,' review of, in the 'Edinburgh Review,' i. 90
Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), at the Grange, ii. 264
Wilde, Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice, dinner party at, iii. [125]
Wilkie, David, picture of the Queen's First Council, i. 79, 82
William IV., H. M. King, as Duke of Clarence, i. 2;
1. Lord High Admiral, 3;
2. character of, 3;
3. funeral of, 8
Wilton, visit to, i. 223
Windcliffe, visit to, i. 222
Windsor Castle, invitation to, i. 132;
1. the Queen at, 146;
2. Council at, 246;
3. dinner at, 246;
4. Mayor of Newport at, 249;
5. anecdote of M. Guizot, 310;
6. dinner in St. George's Hall, ii. 11;
7. Council and dinner at, 44, 45
Wiseman, Dr., ii. 25;
1. conversation on relations with the Pope, iii. [108];
2. manifesto of, [369]
Woburn, visit of the Queen to, ii. 26;
1. visit to, 46, 47;
2. party at, 76;
3. fire at, 76;
4. management of the estate, 110;
5. contrasted with Bretby, 416
Wolfe, General, anecdote of, ii. 120
Wolff, Dr., i. 88
Wood, Right Hon. Sir Charles, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 405;
1. income-tax difficulty, iii. [146]
Wood, Mr., President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, dismissal of, i. 165
Wood, James, Mr., will case of, ii. 28
Worms, visit to, ii. 287
Worsley, visit to, ii. 303
Wrest, visit to, i. 250-251
Wyatt, Matthew, statue by, of the Duke of Wellington, i. 106
Wye, the river, scenery on, i. 220, 222
Wyse, Right Hon. Sir Thomas, British Minister at Athens, iii. [334];
1. instructions to, in the Greek dispute, [334]
York, Archbishop of (Hon. Edward Harcourt), death of the, iii. [102]
Zichy-Ferraris, Countess, ii. 91

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FOOTNOTES.

[1] [No pamphlet was written, but the substance of the Prince's views on the seizure of Cracow was published in an article in the 'Edinburgh Review,' vol. lxxxv. p. 261.]

[2] He endeavoured to tranquillise me about the information to Thiers, and said of course it would be given with great caution. It did not tranquillise me, however, and my soul was prophetic. What mischief has resulted from this false and profligate step! (February 21st).