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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

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; 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

Cornwall, the Duchy of, iii. 67

Coronation of Queen Victoria, i. 105, 106

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

Courvoisier, murder of Lord W. Russell, i. 284

Cousin, Victor, visit to, iii. 44

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

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; 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

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;
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

Dost Mahomed, surrender of, i. 360

Downton Castle, visit to, i. 218

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

Eastnor Castle, i. 219

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

Egypt, _see_ Eastern Question

Election, general, result of, in 1837, i. 13, 16, 18; in 1841,
ii. 15; result of, 20-22; in 1852, iii. 454; 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; 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

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; 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; 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 £10 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; 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

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; resignation of, on the
Maynooth Endowment, 267; 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; 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

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;
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

Gregory, Mr., house of, near Belvoir, i. 42

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.)

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; 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

Habeas Corpus Act suspended in Ireland, iii. 207; suspension of,
renewed, 265

Haddington, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the First Lord of the Admiralty in
Sir Robert Peel's Administration, ii. 37; declines the
Governor-Generalship of India, 46; correspondence of, with the
Duke of Wellington, 224

Hampden, Dr., made Bishop of Hereford, iii. 109; consequent
disputes, 112, 114; correspondence of, with the Bishop of
Oxford, 115; correspondence on appointment of, as Regius
Professor, 116, 117; case of, 118

Hannibal, comparison with the Duke of Wellington, i. 57

Hanover, the King of, proclamation of, i. 12; act of, on his
accession, 42; declines to give up the apartments in St.
James's Palace, 280; arrival of, ii, 161; in London, 192;
anecdote, 192

Hanover, Stade Treaty with, ii. 107

Hardinge, Rt. Hon. Lord, Secretary at War in Sir R. Peel's
Administration, ii. 37; Governor-General of India, 240; dinner
at the India House, 242; 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; character of, 96, 98

Hastings, Lady Flora, i. 172; death of, 224

Head, Right Hon. Sir Edmund, Poor Law Commissioner, ii. 60

Head, Right Hon. Sir Francis Bond, position of, i. 166; 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; 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; account of, 91, 92;
will of, disputed, 111; 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;
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; on the Eastern Question, 325, 329; death
of, 341; M. Guizot's estimate of, 370

Holland, Lady, death of, ii. 306; character of, 307

Holland House, dinner at, i. 152; anecdotes of George Selwyn,
217; anecdotes, 245; dinner at, after Lord Holland's death,
367; anecdotes, 368; 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; 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; conduct of, on the East Retford franchise, 424

Hutt, Mr., motion of, on the African squadron, iii. 324

India, the Sikh war, ii. 372; terminated, 380; retrospect of the
campaign, iii. 214; discussions on the Governor-Generalship of,
iii. 87; 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; state of, ii.
197; debate on, 228, 230; division, 232; Mr. Greville's book on
the 'Policy of England to,' 259, 263; publication of book, 274;
criticisms on, 275; opinions of the press on, 284; potato
failure, 301; state of, 375, 426, 434, iii. 71; Lord-
Lieutenancy discussed, 77, 80; plan for abolishing the office,
80; discussions on the Lord-Lieutenancy of, 81-85; critical
state of, 103; Government measures, 104, 106; seditious state
of, 156, 160; plans for improvement of, 167; affray at
Limerick, 172; proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant, 207; Habeas
Corpus Act suspended, 207; strong measures taken, 209; reported
outbreak, 210; flight of Smith O'Brien, 213; and capture, 215;
Lord Clarendon's policy in, 217; disaffection in, 220; proposed
remedies for, 221; financial difficulties in, 237; emigration
scheme, 251; renewal of suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act,
265; distress in, 267; relief for, 285; the Queen's visit to,
295; Encumbered Estates Act, 314; proposed abolition of the
office of Lord-Lieutenant, 314; Papal Aggression, 367

Irish Arms Bill, ii. 188, 194; proposal for renewing the, 408;
given up, 410

Irish Coercion Bill, ii. 375

Irish Poor Law, iii. 69

Irish Registration Bills, i. 373; Government defeated on Lord
Morpeth's Bill, 391

Isabella II., Queen of Spain, marriage of, ii. 418, 420; conduct
of, iii. 78; account of, 118; _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; Spanish marriages
affair, 420, 431; on the annexation of Cracow, 430; details of
the Spanish marriages, iii. 6; 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; Amendment Bill, 273; suggestions for, 274;
petition of the Serjeants-at-Law, 156-160; James Wood's Will
case, ii. 28; Lord Brougham's Bill, 225; working of, 226; Vice-
Presidency of, 227; Lord Hertford's Will case, 231; the Gorham
case, iii. 300-304; judgement, 323

Junius, letters of, proposed new edition of, ii. 346; Macaulay's
opinion on, 416

Kay, Dr. (afterwards Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, Bart.), visit to
Poor Law school of, i. 230; 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; reception of, 414; speeches of,
416

Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry, Under-Secretary for the Colonies,
i. 171; Chief Secretary for Ireland, ii. 405; afterwards Vice-
President of the Board of Trade, 405

Ladies of the Bedchamber, affair of the, i. 201, 209; 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; greatness of, in
the French revolution, 141; 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; defence of Lord Palmerston, iii. 174; declines the
Premiership, 243; and Count Colloredo, 289; 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; at Windsor, 246; 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;
mission of, to Netherby, iii. 411, 412; 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; of the Duchess
of Kent, 15; and Lady Palmerston, ii. 130; account of interview
between Guizot and Thiers, 287; on the Spanish marriage
disputes, iii. 18; conversations with, 36, 42, 48; flight of,
137; account of the Revolution (1848), 137-141; on French
affairs, 153; 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; 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; charge of, 112;
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; debates on
the Canada Bill, 51-53; skirmish between Lords Melbourne and
Lyndhurst, 68; violence of Lord Brougham, 71; debate on the
Coolie question, 73; appeal of Small _v._ Attwood, 83; debate
on affairs in Spain, 102; debate on the naval instructions,
111; the Bishops on the Ecclesiastical Discipline Bill, 120;
attack on Lord Durham's Ordinance, 123; review of session of
1838, 126; the Turton case, 170; Lord Roden's motion on the
state of Ireland, 175; debate on the Bedchamber affair, 211,
212; Lord Melbourne declines to make Radical concessions, 213;
debate, 213; majority against proposed Committee of Council on
Education, 224; debate on Irish policy of the Government, 228;
naturalisation of Prince Albert, 259; debate on the China
question, 286; St. Sulpice question, 388; debate on the Address
(1841), ii. 31; vote of thanks to Lord Ashburton, 152; debate
on Lord Roden's motion, 194; Lord Aberdeen's Scotch Church
Patronage Bill, 206, 207; Lord Brougham's Judicial Committee
Bill, 225, 234; debate on the Corn Laws, 370; debate
conciliatory to France, iii. 39; defeat of the Protectionists,
59; debate on the Enlistment Bill, 77; Government beaten on the
Diplomatic Bill, 126; opening of the session (1849), 263;
Sicilian arms affair, 276; debate on the Navigation Bill, 287;
affair of Lord Roden, 310, 312; debate and division on the
Pacifico affair, 341; Lord Torrington's defence, 402

Louis Philippe, King, policy of, on the Eastern Question, i. 339;
receives Queen Victoria at the Château d'Eu, ii. 196, 200; on
Spanish affairs, 200; aversion of, to Lord Palmerston, 345;
shot at by Lecomte, 388; letter to M. Guizot, 414; conduct of,
in the affair of the Spanish marriages, 418-423; Cracow affair,
429; at the Tuileries, iii. 35; and Danton, anecdote of, 111;
fall of, 135; arrival of, in England, 137; as Comte de Neuilly,
137; conduct of, during the Revolution, 139, 143; narrative of
the Revolution, 150; at Claremont, 154; letter of, on the
Spanish marriages, 168; courtesy of Queen Victoria to, 186; on
the French generals, 205; reported communication from M.
Thiers, 239; interview with Lord Clarendon, 239; and Admiral
Cécille, 268; M. Malac's mission, 328; death of, 364

Lowther, Rt. Hon. Lord, Postmaster-General, ii. 37

Ludlow, visit to, i. 217; 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; judgement
of, in Small _v._ Attwood, reversed, 80; anecdote of, and Lord
Brougham, 160; at Gore House, 255; Lord Chancellor in Sir R.
Peel's Administration, ii. 37; exchange of patronage with Lord
Ripon, 413; reply to Lord G. Bentinck, 413, 415

Lynedoch, Lord, at Woburn, ii. 46

Macaulay, Rt. Hon. Thomas Babington, return of, from India,
i. 112; on the state of parties, 112; talents of, 121; elected
at Edinburgh, 215; 'Grote and his wife,' 215; speech of, 215; a
saying of Lord Brougham's, 240; conversational powers of, 367;
Mr. Henry Taylor's remark on, 367; anecdotes of, 368; collected
ballads, ii. 60; at Bowood, 69, 70; 'Lays of Ancient Rome,'
116; meets Ranke, 203; Maynooth speech of, 279; attack on the
Irish Church, 282; repartee of, 339; on Junius, 416; History of
England, iii. 252; 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; visit to, 305

'Mango,' trial of, i. 23; 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; anecdotes of, 67

Marliani, pamphlet by, i. 251

Mayence, visit to, ii. 169, 174

Maynooth Grant, ii. 276; debate on, 279

Mehemet Ali, _see_ Eastern Question

Melbourne, Rt. Hon. Lord, adviser of the Queen, i. 22; attack of,
on Lord Brougham, 33; position of the Government, 62; and Lord
Lyndhurst, 69; and the Queen, 130; at Windsor, 147; resigns,
199; the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-209; resumes the
Government, 207; declines to make Radical concessions, 213;
effect of speech, 214; on Mr. Creevey's Journal, 275; alarmed
at affairs in the East, 303, 307; indecision of, 312; asleep at
the Cabinet, 321; remarks on Lord Palmerston, 363; advice to
the Queen, ii. 23; advice to Sir R. Peel on behaviour to the
Queen, 39; attack of palsy, 116; failing health of, 214; and
the Court of Rome, 217; on O'Connell's trial, 233; on the Post-
Office affairs, 289; nervous condition of, 292; breaks out on
the Corn Laws at Windsor, 351; visit to, at Brocket, iii. 119;
anecdote of, 121; death of, 240; character of, 241; devotion
of, to the Queen, 244; compared to Sallustius Crispus, 246;
conversations and opinions, 247; declaration in regard to the
Hon. Mrs. Norton, 253; manuscript books of, 376

Melrose, visit to, iii. 291

Metcalfe, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles, on Afghanistan, ii. 99; Governor-
General of Canada, 117

Metternich, Prince, on the Eastern Question, i. 306; suggestion
of, 325; flight of, iii. 155; 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; 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; conviction of, 182

Molé, M., opinion of affairs, iii. 20; 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; 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; at the Tuileries, iii. 35 (_see_ Spanish
Marriages)

'Morning Chronicle,' the, conduct of, i. 179; ill-timed hostility
of, to France, 326, 327; violent article on M. Guizot, iii. 42;
attacks on Lord Aberdeen, 52; 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; 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; Lord Palmerston's breach of
neutrality, 261, 271; Lord Palmerston's claims on, 419

Napoleon, Louis, Prince (afterwards Emperor of the French), at
Gore House, i. 167; success of, iii. 239; elected President of
the French Republic, 253; position of, 329; _coup d'état_,
1851, 420; M. Thiers' account of, 443; 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; letter of the, to the Lord Chancellor,
195; interview of the, with the Duke of Wellington, 195

Newport, Mayor of, the, at Court, i. 249

Newport, Chartist riot at, i. 249, 256; 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; Irish administration of, 176;
at a Greenwich dinner, 237; despatches relating to the Spanish
marriages, iii. 17; indiscretion of, 30, 34; relations of, with
M. Thiers, 35; communications of, with M. Thiers, 40; bad terms
of, with M. Guizot, 43, 46; condition of the Embassy, 49;
perplexity of, 58; further misunderstanding, 59, 60; the
quarrel made up, 66; more blunders, 69; results in Europe of
the squabble, 72; proposed as Ambassador to Rome, 108; resigns,
441, 445; 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; affair at
Limerick, 172; search for, 213; capture of, 215

O'Connell, Daniel, speech of, at the 'Crown and Anchor' Tavern,
i. 66, 67; declines the Mastership of the Irish Rolls, 101;
speech of, 279; conduct of, on Irish measures, ii. 132;
proclamation of, prohibiting Repeal meeting, 204; arrest of,
205; trial of, 210, 218; popularity of, 214; advice of, on
Ireland, 220, 221; result of the trial of, 228; release of,
255; death of, iii. 82; 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; the trial, iii. 228

Orleans, H.R.H. Duchesse d', iii. 35; 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; want of tact
of, 411; correspondence with Dr. Hampden, iii. 115

Pacifico, Don, the case of, iii. 308, 311; 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; balls at, 9, 109

Palmerston, Right Hon. Viscount, and Mr. Urquhart. i. 117, 119;
and the 'Portfolio,' 159; policy in the East (1840), 297-304;
objections to policy of, 301; coolness of, 304; conduct of, at
the outset of the Eastern Question, 308; offers to resign, 308;
independence of, at the Foreign Office, 309; the Eastern
Question, 312-314; at the Cabinet on the Eastern Question, 321;
hostility of, to France, 326; article in the 'Morning
Chronicle,' 326; triumph of, 330; note from the French
Government, 335; ignores his colleagues, 345; defends Lord
Ponsonby, 347; hostility to France, 347, 353; and the Tories,
363; position of, 364; settlement of the Eastern Question,
377-383; jobbing at the Foreign Office, ii. 48; attack on, in a
Berlin newspaper, 75; and consequent misunderstanding, 75;
abuses the treaty of Washington, 104, 109; attacks on the
Government, 105, 106; and the press, 130; commencement of
coalition with M. Thiers, 267; consternation in France at
possible return of, to the Foreign Office, 345; visit of, to
Paris, 383; letter to King Louis Philippe, 388; Foreign
Secretary, 405; incipient disputes with France, 409; Spanish
marriages, 418, iii. 6; despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 424;
conversation with, on the Spanish marriages, iii. 15; conduct
discussed by M. Guizot, 20, 26; effect of despatch, 25; M.
Guizot's complaints of, 30; mismanagement of, 40; and the
'Morning Chronicle,' 52; threatens a rupture with France, 62;
consequences in Europe, 72; anecdote of, 121; dinner to M.
Guizot, 157; despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, 169; conduct of,
attacked in the House of Lords, 173; omission of, 178; and the
Duc de Broglie, 185; Sicilian arms affair, 261, 271, 276;
attacks on, 261; and Count Colloredo, 282, 283; suppression of
a despatch, 288; the Greek dispute, 308, 311; quarrels with
France, 330; Baron Brunnow complains, 332; able speech of, 346;
Radical dinner to, 362; conversation with, 374; and Kossuth,
413, 416; Finsbury and Islington deputation, 415; claims on
Naples, 419; dismissal of, from the Foreign Office, 426; own
version of the affair, 428; succeeded by Earl Granville, 433;
complete account of the affair, 434; further details, 444;
explanations in Parliament, 446

Palmerston, Lady, conversation with, on Eastern affairs, i. 330

Panic in the money market, iii, 99; proposed measures of the
Government, 101

Panshanger, party at, ii. 415

Papal aggression, iii. 366

Paris, visit to (1847), iii. 16-50; Mrs. Austin's _salon_, 38;
ball at the Hôtel de Ville, 42; ball at Mme. Pozzo di Borgo's,
42; visit to M. Cousin, 44; the Hôtel Lambert, 44; Mme. de
Circourt's _salon_, 45; Mme. de Girardin's _salon_, 45;
farewell visits, 48; Revolution (1848), 132; state of, 149,
284; fighting in the streets of, 199; details of fighting, 202;
the Archbishop of, killed on a barricade, 200, 203; 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; resolved on, 9, 12,
13; dissolved, 14; opening of (1842), 81; 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; caution of, 193; sent for by the Queen, 200;
the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-209; coldness of, to Lord J.
Russell, 259; thrown over on the Canada Bill, by the Duke of
Wellington, 294; vote of censure on the Government, ii. 10;
sent for to Windsor, 33; forms an administration (1841), 37;
conversation with the Queen, 41; Corn Bill (1842), 83; Budget,
87; difficulties of, 189; unpopularity of, 191, 247; Maynooth
Grant, 276; resignation of, 317; position of, 324; conduct of,
328; resumes office, 332; vindication of, in Mr. Greville's
pamphlet, 350, 368; measure for sliding-scale duties on corn,
357; discussions on the measure, 357-366; position of, 380;
anecdote of, 387; conversation with, 389; assailed by the
Protectionists, 392; behaviour to Mr. Canning, 397; resigns
office, 401; resolution of, not to take office, 433; position
of, iii. 94; unpopularity of, in Liverpool, 97; correspondence
with Mr. Croker, 98; influence of, 100; position of, 146; on
obstruction, 163; reluctance of, to take office, 199; anecdote
of, and Huskisson, 216; conversation with Lord Clarendon, 286;
on foreign affairs, 315; accident to, 347; death of, 348;
character of, 349; career of, 350-358; effects of death of,
358; 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; and Curran,
153

Ponsonby, Viscount, despatch of, announcing Mehemet Ali's
deposition, i. 334; recall of, proposed, 346; defended by Lord
Palmerston, 347; violence of, 361; 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; alleged opening of
Mr. Thomas Duncombe's letters, 272; 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; Mr. Greville's
pamphlet on, _see_ Appendix, vol. i.; of ambassadors, i. 282

'President,' the, loss of, i. 391

Pritchard, Mr., and the Tahiti affair, ii. 252

Privilege Question, the, i. 257; disputes on, 270

Privy Council, position of the sons of the Sovereign, i. 274;
introduction of Prince Albert, 274

Privy Council Office, correspondence with the British Museum on
the missing registers, ii. 162; (_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; sight-seeing, 78; at
the House of Lords, 81; lunches with Mrs. Fry. 81

Prussia, Prince of, the, flight of, iii. 155; visit of, to Queen
Victoria, 179

Prussia, state of, iii. 238; retrospect of 1848, 257

'Punch,' cartoon in, iii. 407

Quarterly Review, the, article on Sir R. Peel's policy, ii. 200;
article on Lord Orford's letters, 202

Rachel, Mlle., as Hermione, ii. 6; recites at Windsor Castle, 11

Radetzki, Marshal, victory of, iii. 282

Radical party, the, reduced, i. 215; 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; 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)

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; 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

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; '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; 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, 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; 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

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. 291; Balmoral, 295

Scrope, Davies, iii. 47

Seaton, Lord, _see_ Colborne

Sefton, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 138; 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; 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

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; 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

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; 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

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; 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.

Tintern Abbey, visit to, i. 221

Tocqueville, M. de, letter of, i. 362; attacked by Lord Brougham,
ii. 150; on the state of parties in France, iii. 41

Torrington, Viscount, attack on, iii. 269; 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; built by Duke of Beaufort, 1689,
219

Tuileries, reception at the, iii. 35

Turton, Mr., appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110; appointment
criticised, 158; debate on, in House of Lords, 170

Underwood, Lady Cecilia, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 278;
created Duchess of Inverness, 282; at a ball at Lansdowne
House, 282

Urquhart, Mr., and Lord Palmerston, i. 117; account of, 119; the
'Portfolio,' 158

Usk Castle, visit to, i. 220

Usk salmon, i. 220

Ventura, General, ii. 100