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

London, September 18th.—It was at Doncaster on Wednesday morning last that I heard of the Duke of Wellington's death, which at first nobody believed, but they speedily telegraphed to London, and the answer proved that the report was correct. Doncaster was probably the only place in the kingdom where the sensation caused by this event was not absorbing and profound; but there, on the morning of the St. Leger, most people were too much occupied with their own concerns to bestow much thought or lamentation on this great national loss. Everywhere else the excitement and regret have been unexampled, and the press has been admirable, especially the 'Times,' the biographical notice and article in which paper were both composed many months ago, and shown to me. Indeed the notices of the Duke and the characters drawn of him have been so able and elaborate in all the newspapers, that they leave little or nothing to be said. Still, there were minute traits of character and peculiarities about the Duke which it was impossible for mere public writers and men personally unacquainted with him to seize, but the knowledge and appreciation of which are necessary in order to form a just and complete conception of the man. In spite of some foibles and faults, he was, beyond all doubt, a very great man—the only great man of the present time—and comparable, in point of greatness, to the most eminent of those who have lived before him. His greatness was the result of a few striking qualities—a perfect simplicity of character without a particle of vanity or conceit, but with a thorough and strenuous self-reliance, a severe truthfulness, never misled by fancy or exaggeration, and an ever-abiding sense of duty and obligation which made him the humblest of citizens and most obedient of subjects. The Crown never possessed a more faithful, devoted, and disinterested subject. Without personal attachment to any of the monarchs whom he served, and fully understanding and appreciating their individual merits and demerits, he alike reverenced their great office in the persons of each of them, and would at any time have sacrificed his ease, his fortune, or his life, to serve the Sovereign and the State. Passing almost his whole life in command and authority, and regarded with universal deference and submission, his head was never turned by the exalted position he occupied, and there was no duty, however humble, he would not have been ready to undertake at the bidding of his lawful superiors, whose behests he would never have hesitated to obey. Notwithstanding his age and his diminished strength, he would most assuredly have gone anywhere and have accepted any post in which his personal assistance might have been essential to the safety or advantage of the realm. He had more pride in obeying than in commanding, and he never for a moment considered that his great position and elevation above all other subjects released him from the same obligation which the humblest of them acknowledged. He was utterly devoid of personal and selfish ambition, and there never was a man whose greatness was so thrust upon him. It was in this dispassionate unselfishness, and sense of duty and moral obligation, that he was so superior to Napoleon Bonaparte, who, with more genius and fertility of invention, was the slave of his own passions, unacquainted with moral restraint, indifferent to the well-being and happiness of his fellow-creatures; and who in pursuit of any objects at which his mind grasped trampled under foot without remorse or pity all divine and human laws, and bore down every obstacle and scorned every consideration which opposed themselves to his absolute and despotic will. The Duke was a good-natured, but not an amiable man; he had no tenderness in his disposition, and never evinced much affection for any of his relations. His nature was hard, and he does not appear to have had any real affection for anybody, man or woman, during the latter years of his life, since the death of Mrs. Arbuthnot, to whom he probably was attached, and in whom he certainly confided. Domestic enjoyment he never possessed, and, as his wife was intolerable to him, though he always kept on decent terms with her, at least, ostensibly, he sought the pleasure of women's society in a variety of capricious liaisons, from which his age took off all scandal: these he took up or laid aside and changed as fancy and inclination prompted him. His intimate friends and adherents used to smile at these senile engouements, but sometimes had to regret the ridicule to which they would have exposed him if a general reverence and regard had not made him a privileged person, and permitted him to do what no other man could have done with impunity. In his younger days he was extremely addicted to gallantry, and had great success with women, of whom one in Spain gained great influence over him, and his passion for whom very nearly involved him in serious difficulties. His other ladies did little more than amuse his idle hours and subserve his social habits, and with most of them his liaisons were certainly very innocent. He had been very fond of Grassini, and the successful lover of some women of fashion, whose weaknesses have never been known, though perhaps suspected. These habits of female intimacy and gossip led him to take a great interest in a thousand petty affairs, in which he delighted to be mixed up and consulted. He was always ready to enter into any personal matters, intrigues, or quarrels, political or social difficulties, and to give his advice, which generally (though not invariably) was very sound and good; but latterly he became morose and inaccessible, and cursed and swore at the people who sought to approach him, even on the most serious and necessary occasions.

Although the Duke's mind was still very vigorous, and he wrote very good papers on the various subjects which were submitted for his judgement and opinion, his prejudices had become so much stronger and more unassailable, that he gave great annoyance and a good deal of difficulty to the Ministers who had to transact business with him. He was opposed to almost every sort of change and reform in the military administration, and it was a task of no small difficulty to steer between the exigencies of public opinion and his objections and resistance. As it was always deemed an object to keep him in good humour, and many considerations forbade anything like a dissension with him, or an appeal against him to the public, the late Ministers often acted, or refrained from acting, in deference to his opinions and against their own, and took on themselves all the responsibility of maintaining his views and measures, even when they thought he was wrong. His habits were latterly very solitary, and after the death of Arbuthnot he had no intimacy with any one, nor any friend to whom he could talk freely and confidentially. As long as Arbuthnot lived he confided everything to him, and those who wished to communicate with the Duke almost always did so through him.

Notwithstanding the friendly and eulogistic terms in which he spoke of Sir Robert Peel just after his death, it is very certain that the Duke disliked him, and during the latter part of their Administration he seldom had any communication with Peel except such as passed through Arbuthnot. The Duke deeply resented, and I believe never heartily forgave, Peel's refusal to have anything to do with the Administration he so unwisely undertook to form on Lord Grey's sudden resignation in 1832, in the middle of the Reform contest; but this did not prevent his advising King William to make Peel Prime Minister, and taking office under him in 1835, and again in 1841. They acted together very harmoniously during Peel's Administration, but the Duke (though he sided with Sir Robert when the schism took place) in his heart bitterly lamented and disapproved his course about the Repeal of the Corn Laws, not so much from aversion to Free Trade as because it produced a fresh and final break-up of the Conservative party, which he considered the greatest evil which could befall the country. But whatever may have been his real sentiments with regard to various public men, he never allowed any partialities or antipathies to appear in his manner or behaviour towards them, and he was always courteous, friendly, and accessible to all, especially those in office, who had recourse to him for his advice and opinion. He had all his life been long accustomed to be consulted, and he certainly liked it till the last, and was pleased with the marks of deference and attention which were continually paid to him.

His position was eminently singular and exceptional, something between the Royal Family and other subjects. He was treated with greater respect than any individual not of Royal birth, and the whole Royal Family admitted him to a peculiar and exclusive familiarity and intimacy in their intercourse with him, which, while he took it in the easiest manner, and as if naturally due to him, he never abused or presumed upon. No man was more respectful or deferential towards the Sovereign and other Royal personages, but at the same time he always gave them his opinions and counsels with perfect frankness and sincerity, and never condescended to modify them to suit their prejudices or wishes. Upon every occasion of difficulty, public or private, he was always appealed to, and he was always ready to come forward and give his assistance and advice in his characteristic, plain, and straightforward manner. If he had written his own memoirs, he might have given to the world the most curious history of his own times that ever was composed, but he was the last man to deal in autobiography. One of his peculiarities was never to tell anybody where he was going, and when my brother or his own sons wished to be acquainted with his intentions, they were obliged to apply to the housekeeper, to whom he was in the habit of making them known, and nobody ever dared to ask him any questions on the subject. He was profuse but careless and indiscriminating in his charities, and consequently he was continually imposed upon, especially by people who pretended to have served under him, or to be the descendants or connexions of those who had, and it was very difficult to restrain his disposition to send money to every applicant who approached him under that pretence. Partly from a lofty feeling of independence and disinterestedness, and partly from indifference, he was a very bad patron to his relations and adherents, and never would make any applications for their benefit. The consequence was that he was not an object of affection, even to those who looked up to him with profound veneration and respect. He held popularity in great contempt, and never seemed touched or pleased at the manifestations of popular admiration and attachment of which he was the object. Whenever he appeared in public he was always surrounded by crowds of people, and when he walked abroad everybody who met him saluted him; but he never seemed to notice the curiosity or the civilities which his presence elicited.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A.

LETTER ON THE DEFENCES OF THE COUNTRY.

Early in the year 1848, on the eve of the great convulsion caused by the French Revolution of February, Mr. Cobden delivered a speech in Manchester in which he ridiculed armaments and attacked the Duke of Wellington for his recent attempt to call public attention to the defences of the country. This led Mr. Greville to address the following letter to Mr. Cobden, in the 'Times' of February 2, 1848:—

Sir,—I have read with regret your recent speech at Manchester, more especially your comments on the Duke of Wellington's letter to Sir John Burgoyne, which are as unworthy of yourself as they are unjust and disrespectful to that illustrious person. It is fit that the real facts concerning that letter and its publication should be made known to the world, for the exaggerations and misrepresentations which have grown out of it are both injurious to the Duke of Wellington, and the source of much mischief and error in respect to the vexed question of national defence.

The letter (which is now above a year old) was a reply to one addressed by Sir John Burgoyne to his Grace upon the defence of the country. It was an exposition of the Duke's views and opinions, written, not merely without the least notion of its ever being published, but imparted confidentially, and (as I believe) without any idea that the contents of it would ever be divulged; but, by a most extraordinary and reprehensible breach of propriety and prudence, copies were taken of this letter, which were carelessly distributed, and almost hawked about the world. Curiosity and interest soon became excited. These copies were greedily sought, and particularly by those who subscribe to the Duke's opinions on the subject. Allusions and extracts first made their appearance in a newspaper, and at length the letter was published in extenso, without the consent or knowledge, and (as those who best know his sentiments affirm) very much to the annoyance and displeasure of the Duke. It is a great mistake to deal with this letter as if it were a formal official document, taken out of a Blue Book. No man knows better than the Duke of Wellington the difference between what is desirable and what is practicable. In writing confidentially to his military colleague, he naturally imparted to him what he thought it would be expedient to do; but, in dealing practically with such a subject, we may be sure that he never loses sight of the various complex considerations which the Government must look to, and of the necessity of combining the military exigencies with the political and financial circumstances of the country.

In explaining that the Duke's letter was not intended for publication, I am far from meaning to admit that the letter itself requires any apology, though the same cannot be said of the comments you have thought fit to make upon it; you misrepresented both its matter and its spirit, and all who respect your character and admire your abilities must have lamented to hear you treat the Duke himself with a contumely unbecoming in the mouth of any one, but especially so in that of a man with the high reputation which you deservedly enjoy. In vain, too, do we look in your speech for any of that vigorous reasoning with which you fought the great battle of Free Trade. Had you not sustained that cause with more forcible arguments than you have produced on the present occasion, you would never have obtained a European celebrity, and the flag might still be flying on the citadel of Protection.

You, and those who think with you, appear to rely mainly on two propositions:—

1. That a war with France is next to impossible; so improbable as to be not worth providing against.

2. That, in case of war, our naval superiority will always protect us from invasion or insult.

So far as I can find out, the only reasons and arguments by which you maintain the former of these propositions are your own demonstration that all nations would do well and wisely to turn their swords into ploughshares, and for the future to interchange merchandise instead of blows, and the fact that some French Free Traders have been making speeches marvellously resembling your own, and abounding with the same wholesome truths. The recommendations of Messrs. Visinet and Crémieux, as well as your own, are unquestionably replete with wisdom, and happy would it be if all the world would embrace them; if, besides such admirable speeches, we could see any essential reduction in the French tariff, or if the efforts of the French Opposition were seriously directed to promote the cause of commercial reform; but although you, Sir, in your recent tour throughout Europe, have been everywhere received with all the honour which is justly due to you, and though you have abundantly scattered the seeds of sound information and advice, we have yet to learn that any one country that you have visited, or any one Government with which you communicated, has put your lessons in practice.

DEFENCES OF THE COUNTRY.

But while we are invited to accept such speculative reasoning as conclusive proof of the inviolability of peace, unfortunately one page of very recent history sweeps away the whole concatenation of your logic, the narration of which may produce something both of reflexion and anticipation. I admit that a war with France is not a probable event, but the same thing might have been said (perhaps with more truth) in 1844. The present Government, indeed, is no less pacifically inclined than the last, but it is well known that the relations of the two countries are by no means so intimate now as they were at the former period; and if, by any unhappy accident, differences should now occur, the same facilities for reconciliation and adjustment might not be forthcoming. And yet, in 1844, with the entente cordiale in full force, when M. Guizot and Lord Aberdeen were knit together by the closest ties of personal as well as diplomatic friendship, we suddenly found ourselves on the very brink of war. Everybody must remember the Tahiti affair, but many may have forgotten or never known its momentous details. The English Government considered itself aggrieved by France, and demanded reparation for the alleged wrong. The French Minister refused to give us the full measure of satisfaction that our honour required. A serious, and for a long time a fruitless discussion ensued between the two Governments, pending which an adjournment of the two Houses of Parliament took place. About a month afterwards (in the beginning of September) they met again. The day was fixed for the prorogation, and still the dispute with France was unsettled. At this crisis, and at the eleventh hour, a last offer was made by the French Government. There was barely time to consider it. The Cabinet was assembled for that purpose on the afternoon of the 4th. On the result of its deliberations the question of peace or war depended. There was very little to spare, for the maximum which M. Guizot could bring himself to offer was the minimum that we could with honour accept. However, the proposal was accepted, and on the following day the speech from the Throne announced that the reconciliation was effected, but in terms which showed the magnitude of the danger from which the world had escaped. 'Her Majesty,' it ran, 'has recently been engaged in discussions with the Government of the King of the French on events calculated to interrupt the good understanding and friendly relations between this country and France; you will rejoice to learn that, by the spirit of justice and moderation which has animated the two Governments, this danger is now happily averted.' The storm blew over, the Funds rose, and the country (slightly ruffled) relapsed into its ordinary state of security and repose. For some time before this incident, the Duke of Wellington had been urging the Government to make themselves stronger, and our naval force had been considerably increased. But it is not surprising that what had recently occurred, and the narrow escape we had had of being actually at war, should have made the Duke still more anxiously alive to the situation in which the country would have been placed if a rupture had unhappily taken place. He knew that the risks to which it was exposed were incalculably great. He knew that, in spite of all the difficulties we could interpose, it was far from impossible for an able and active enemy to inflict upon us, unprepared as we were, a disastrous, and a dishonourable blow. The spirit and patriotism of the warrior and the statesman rose up within him at the degrading thought, and from that moment he has never ceased to urge the Government of the day to place the country as soon as possible in a proper posture of defence; not, as it has been falsely and foolishly asserted, to prepare in peace for the last extremity, and incur the full cost of war, but, by making our moderate establishments really efficient, and adopting those defensive precautions which his great sagacity and profound knowledge of the art of war enabled him to suggest, to place the British Islands in a state of security against any sudden attack. And for thus contemplating the possibility of a catastrophe, which all but happened not four years ago, and for warning his countrymen against the danger, and showing them how to avert it, he is held up to the derision of a great assembly as a mischievous dotard, whose age is his only excuse. Having thrust aside the Duke of Wellington, you consistently proceeded in your speech to inform your audience that of such questions as the probability of peace or war, questions depending on various complex and secret operations of international policy, 'merchants and manufacturers, shopkeepers, operatives—ay, and calico printers,' are the most competent judges. Far be it from me to speak of these classes with the contempt with which you have treated the Duke and all others who defer to his opinions. They are entitled to respect, for they constitute a large part of the intelligence of the nation. Amongst them may be found silly and conceited persons, ready to swallow such flattery as you have condescended to tickle them with, but I believe they are, for the most part, men of sober and robust minds, who will not be misled by such fallacious compliments, and form a juster estimate of their own capacities, and the matters on which their habits, pursuits, and education render them really competent to decide. I think I have shown that war is not a contingency so utterly improbable as you would have the English public believe, and that those who contemplate the possibility of such a calamity are not necessarily the dotards, cowards, and fools, that you represent them. I am satisfied that the Sovereigns, the Ministers, the Parliaments, and the people of both countries desire the maintenance of peace. But what can insure us against future Pritchards, and D'Aubignés, and Bruats? Unforeseen accidents may beget untoward events, and the sparks of a fortuitous collision falling on some combustible matter may produce an explosion of national resentment or pride which no moderation and wisdom may be sufficient to extinguish. We have been taught to believe that the life of the French King is Europe's best security for the continuation of peace. Time is rapidly stealing away that security from us; and who can say when that wise head and steady hand shall be withdrawn, how long the elements of discord and confusion will be prevented from breaking loose? Nothing is more remarkable than the exaggeration which has marked the whole course of opposition to the plans of national defence. Their advocates, the Duke of Wellington at the head of them, are taunted with the folly of proposing a war establishment in a time of profound peace. Do those critics know what it is in contemplation to propose now, and what preparations were made when an invasion was really apprehended? The present purpose is to replenish our empty arsenals, add about 2,000 men to the artillery, and gradually (by 10,000 men at a time) to call out and discipline the Militia; these, together with the completion of the fortifications already in progress, are understood to be the defensive and precautionary measures which Parliament will be invited to sanction, and against which such a clamour is raised. Look at what was done in 1803 and 1804, when war was about to break out, and the camp of Boulogne was in process of formation. To encounter the army of 150,000 men which Napoleon was marshalling on the opposite coast, we had in these islands 650,000 men in arms: there were 130,000 Regulars, 110,000 Militia, and above 400,000 Volunteers. And three years later, when all dread of invasion had vanished, when the navies of France had been utterly destroyed, our forces in England were not less than 200,000 men.

DEFENCES OF THE COUNTRY.

That our naval superiority must always be our chief reliance is undoubtedly true; but here, again, we have history against speculation, and we may look to the past for instruction as to the future. In 1796 nothing but storms and tempests prevented Hoche's expedition from accomplishing the invasion of Ireland or of England, if the French had preferred such an attempt. The events of that period have been thus recorded by Mr. Alison and Mr. James:—'The results of the expedition,' says the former, 'were pregnant with important instruction to both countries: to the French as demonstrating the extraordinary risks which attend a maritime expedition, the small number of forces which can be embarked on board, even of a great fleet, and the unforeseen disasters which frequently on that element defeat the best concerted enterprise; to the English, as showing that the empire of the seas does not always afford security against invasion; that, in the face of superior maritime forces, her possessions had been for sixteen days at the mercy of the enemy, and that neither the skill of her sailors nor the valour of her armies, but the fury of the elements, had saved them from danger in the most vulnerable point of her dominions. While these considerations are fitted to abate the confidence of invasion, they are calculated to weaken our own confidence in naval superiority, and to demonstrate that the only basis on which certain reliance can be placed, even in an insular Power, is a well-disciplined army and the patriotism of its own subjects.' Mr. James says:—'That a succession of storms, such as those with which the British Channel was visited, should disperse an encumbered and ill-manned French fleet ought not to excite surprise, but that during the three or four weeks that the ships of this fleet were traversing the English and Irish Channels in every direction, neither of the two British fleets appointed to look after them should have succeeded in capturing a single ship, may certainly be noted down as an extraordinary circumstance.' Steam has now made a great revolution in naval as well as social affairs; but though, in the long run, this country is more likely to profit by it than France, it is incontestable that the accidents and unforeseen circumstances of modern warfare render this country more vulnerable than it was under the old system. The general arguments have, however, been so amply and so ably stated in publications without end, that it would be superfluous to say more on the reality of the danger, and the wisdom of making adequate provision to meet it. But it is hard for any man who cares for the dignity or safety of his country, and who honours its greatest citizen and patriot, to endure in silence such a speech as you have lately delivered. You have acquired great influence over vast multitudes of men; you may safely guide or mischievously mislead a large amount of public opinion, and those who, from the vigour and intelligence of your past career, entertained sanguine expectations of your future usefulness as a public man, must feel deep disappointment and sorrow at the very different prospect held out by your recent display.

I am, Sir, &c.,
C. C. G.

(The 'Times,' February 2, 1848.)

APPENDIX B.

LETTER ON THE ANTI-PAPAL AGITATION.

The following is the letter signed 'Carolus' which Mr. Greville addressed to the 'Times' on the subject of the Protestant Agitation, on December 9, 1850, which is referred to in the text:—

To the Editor of the 'Times.'

THE ANTI-PAPAL AGITATION.

Sir,—I am one of those who think we have had enough, and more than enough, of anti-Papal agitation. All the good it can produce has been achieved, while the evil is still increasing. The good, which I do not underrate, is a manifestation of the strong and universal attachment of the people of this country to the Protestant religion. The evil, the revival of sectarian animosities, and of that intolerant zeal so alien to the true spirit of Christianity, and which has ever been the bane and the torment of every country in which it has prevailed. I refrain from commenting upon the harangues and addresses which for weeks past have been resounding through the country and filling your columns, and I only hope that in all Europe nobody reads these effusions but ourselves, for they will not exalt our national reputation. It may be a vain attempt to sprinkle some drops of reason and remonstrance upon the raging furnace of popular excitement; but, like everything in this world, abuse and ridicule of the Pope and railing against the Roman Catholic religion must at last come to an end. When all this fury has exhausted itself, and people get tired of reading or of hearing the same stale repetitions, they will begin to take a more sober and practical view of the case, and to consider what this mountain in labour is eventually to produce. We shall assuredly look exceedingly foolish if all the hubbub should turn out to have been made without some definite, reasonable, and, moreover, attainable object; and yet we appear to be in imminent danger of finding ourselves in this perplexing and mortifying predicament. We cry out that an insult has been offered by the Pope to the English Crown and nation; that the ecclesiastical constitution which he has promulgated is illegal or unconstitutional, and that it shall not be endured. When the Queen of England is insulted, or her subjects are injured by any foreign Power, she demands redress, and, failing to obtain it, she exacts it by her armies and her fleets. Are we to hold the Pope in his temporal capacity responsible for his merely spiritual acts, and deal with him by demands and threats, and by armaments to enforce them? I apprehend that no such extreme measures will be adopted. How, then, are we to deal with a Power over which we can have no control, whose authority is purely spiritual, while the visible signs of its exercise are only to be found in a voluntary obedience which no laws can reach and no Governments can prevent? Your statutes will have no more effect at the Vatican than Papal bulls in Westminster Hall. You cannot restrain the Pope from elaborating his ecclesiastical policy here, and all the lawyers in England would fail in devising prohibitory laws as to spiritual matters which the objects of them could not find means to evade. Cardinal Wiseman has said with truth that England could not complain of being taken by surprise. More than two years ago it was no secret that such measures were in contemplation. They were discussed not only in the press, but in the House of Commons; and on one occasion Lord John Russell made a speech, which was so replete with wisdom and truth, and so exactly applicable to the present occasion and to all that is passing around us, that it deserves the most attentive and general consideration. On August 17, 1848, in a debate on the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill, Sir Robert Inglis, after declaring that he had no objection to call Dr. Wiseman a bishop, but objected to call him Archbishop of Westminster, put certain questions with regard to the appointment of archbishops and bishops in this country without the consent of its sovereign, to which the Prime Minister replied in the following terms:—

'I do not know that the Pope has authorised in any way by any authority that he may have the creation of archbishoprics and bishoprics with dioceses in England; but certainly I have not given my consent, nor should I give my consent if I were asked to do so, to any such formation of dioceses. With regard to spiritual authority, the honourable gentleman must see, when he alludes to other States in Europe, that whatever control is to be obtained over the spiritual authority of the Pope can only be obtained by agreement for that end. You must either give certain advantages to the Roman Catholic religion, and obtain from the Pope certain other advantages in return, among which you must stipulate that the Pope shall not create any dioceses in England without the consent of the Queen; or, on the other hand, you must say you will have nothing to do with arrangements of that kind, that you will not consent in any way to give any authority to the Roman Catholic religion in England. But then you must leave the spiritual authority of the Pope entirely unfettered. You cannot bind the Pope's spiritual influence unless you have some agreement.... But though you may prevent any spiritual authority being exercised by the Pope by law, yet there is no provision, no law my honourable friend could frame that would deprive the Pope of that influence that is merely exercised over the mind, or that could preclude him from giving advice to those who choose to attend to such advice. It is quite obvious that you cannot by any means or authority prevent the Pope from communicating with the Catholics of this country. You may try to prevent such communication from being open, but I think it would be very foolish if you took any means of great vigour and energy for that purpose. If it is not open, it will be secret. So long as there are Roman Catholics in this country, and so long as they acknowledge the Pope as the head of their Church, you cannot prevent his having spiritual influence over those who belong to that communion.'

This speech, which is equally sensible and true, and the really practical view of the subject, gives a complete answer to the present agitation, and to those who are clamouring for acts of vigour and for restrictive or prohibitory laws. It is fruitless now to search into the animus or the objects of the Pope. He was ill-advised, ignorant of the state of feeling and opinion here; his pretensions were extravagant, and his hierarchy was proclaimed in an ostentatious and offensive manner. But, granting all this, and admitting our indignation to be called for, the question still recurs, 'What is it we can do?' It is easy to determine what we cannot do. We cannot compel the Pope to rescind his brief. We cannot prevent the bishops from exercising their functions within the precise limits of the jurisdictions severally assigned to them. We cannot undo territorial circumscriptions which have no tangible character, and which are nothing but local designations indicative of a defined sphere of spiritual action. We cannot abrogate the spiritual allegiance which the whole Roman Catholic hierarchy bear to the Pope, nor obstruct the free exercise of the Roman Catholic religion, in which freedom, if it is to be perfect, its episcopal constitution must be included. The people of England, to do them justice, in the utmost heat of their resentment, have evinced no disposition to violate the principle of religious liberty, and all suggestions of returning to penal laws against the Roman Catholics have been invariably repudiated. Well, then, if we cannot do any of these things, what is left for us to do? We are told that the Pope may, indeed, make bishops, but that he need not have sent any here, and that he has sent too many; and, again, that, though he might appoint bishops, he could not appoint dioceses over which they were to preside. But the Pope himself can alone judge of the necessary extent of his episcopal establishment, and if bishops are appointed at all, it is indispensable, for the mere avoidance of confusion and disputes, that each prelate should have some local attribution, and this can be nothing else but his diocese—the proper and only name for the circuit of his jurisdiction. In fact, wherever there is a bishopric there must be a diocese. But the Pope has not only created bishops, but has given them titles; and this seems to be considered the head and front of his offence, inasmuch as it is opposed to the spirit, if not to the letter of our laws, and is an audacious assumption of a power belonging only to the sovereign of this realm. I am very wise (as people often are) after the event, and can clearly see that the acts of the Pope, together with the language of some in authority under him, have been very imprudent and mischievous. But I doubt whether I should have been so wise had I been aware of his Holiness' intentions; for, though I should have deprecated his purpose, I certainly should not have anticipated an outburst of popular, or rather of national rage and resentment, which has had no parallel in England since the time of the Popish plot. Nevertheless, if we consider the matter calmly, it must be confessed that the Pope had some grounds for thinking that he might make these appointments without any danger of deeply offending this country. He had already created titular Bishops in various colonies with the concurrence and consent of the Government; and the whole hierarchy of Ireland, with their open assumption of the titles of their sees, had been rather more than winked at, the law which forbids that assumption had been advisedly suffered to be a dead letter. But besides this, in the speech of Lord John Russell, to which I have already alluded, there was an intimation that it would not be expedient to enter into agreements with the Pope for the regulation of the religious arrangements of the Roman Catholics. And as this opinion immediately followed his dictum 'that the spiritual authority of the Pope could only be controlled by agreement, and without any such agreement that it must be left entirely unfettered,' I think the Pope might not unreasonably conclude that the British Government were not inclined to communicate with him at all on these matters, and that they preferred leaving him to administer his ecclesiastical affairs in England according to his own discretion. I have ever been very strongly of opinion that the true policy of England, with her 8,000,000 or 9,000,000 of Roman Catholics, would be to communicate with the Pope as other Powers do, and to concert with the Holy See such measures as the spiritual interests of those Catholics may appear to require. This is the practice of Prussia, and why should it not be that of England? I believed at the time of its introduction that the Diplomatic Relations Bill had this object in view, for it is obvious that we never can have any important secular affairs to discuss with the Vatican, and no need, therefore, of any diplomatic relations for merely political purposes. But that Bill was a sham; its real character was not avowed; and in order to make it appear that no recognition of the Pope's de facto authority, even over Roman Catholics, was intended, and that we were not going to communicate with him in his spiritual capacity, the matter was so mismanaged that the Bill itself has been totally inoperative, and the Pope himself was offended instead of being conciliated by the transaction. The Lords began by a puerile and pedantic denial of his title as 'the Pope' or the 'Sovereign Pontiff,' and would only consent to call him 'Sovereign of the Roman State,' and this was followed up by the foolish clause prohibiting an ecclesiastic from coming here as ambassador. It was as notorious as the sun at noonday, that we had long been in communication with the Pope, upon ecclesiastical affairs, in an underhand and clandestine manner, which was equally undignified and unsatisfactory. All statesmen, particularly those who governed Ireland, were anxious that regular and open relations should be substituted, and such was the desire of the Roman Catholics and of the Pope. Between the niceness of some and the timidity or indifference of others, this project of conciliation and practical utility fell to the ground, and the nation is now convulsed by a paroxysm of wrath and indignation at measures which, if they had been concerted with our Government, and arranged in a spirit of liberality and good will, might have been carried into effect without giving umbrage to the most zealous Protestant or any semblance of invading the prerogative of the Queen. However, all this is gone by. Instead of conciliation and agreement, we are employed in vilifying and caricaturing the Pope, burning him and the Sacred College in effigy, and heaping execrations on the Roman Catholic religion. The great City of London is going up in solemn procession to lay at the foot of the Throne its superfluous protestations of allegiance, its fanciful complaints of injury, and its vague demands for redress. And how is redress to be obtained? After so much has been said, what is to be done? 'Ay, there's the rub!'

THE ANTI-PAPAL AGITATION.

We cannot touch the Pope himself and we cannot unfrock his Bishops. To wage war with the dioceses would be to fight the empty air; to put any restraint on the Roman Catholic Clergy would be religious persecution: this all men eschew. Nothing that I know of remains, nothing at least that is accessible and tangible, but to make a legislative attack on the episcopal titles, either by an extension of the existing law or the enactment of a new one. This would, indeed, be but a lame and impotent conclusion to an agitation which has shaken the isle from its propriety; and before we proceed to break such flies upon the wheels of legislation, it would be advisable to consider what the thing is we are to attack, and what has already been done in reference to the very same matter. People talk of the Pope's making a Bishop of Birmingham as if it was just the same thing as the Queen's making a Bishop of London; forgetting that while the Queen bestows rank, peerage, wealth, authority, and innumerable legal privileges and immunities, the Pope confers nothing but his own delegated authority to a priest to govern spiritually those individuals within a specified and geographical limit who may be willing to submit themselves to his government, and this geographical limit being marked out for an ecclesiastical purpose only, and placed under the supervision of a Bishop, is called according to canonical custom a diocese. But the Pope's Bishop has no revenues, and in the eye of the law no authority, no privilege, no immunity whatever; the law recognises in him no power, he has no power, he has no Court into which he can cite offenders even of his own persuasion. He may be arrested for debt and tried by juries like any other citizen. Bishop of Birmingham he is and will be, in spiritual communion with the Roman Catholics of his diocese; but if Dr. Ullathorne should attempt to assume that title in the ordinary intercourse of society, he would expose himself to merited contempt, and though the Roman Catholics may acknowledge it, no Protestant will.

The Irish Roman Catholic Bishops all sign their Christian and surnames, and so entirely have time and the gradual softening of sectarian acrimony in Ireland moulded apparently irreconcileable rights and claims into harmonious custom, that while even official documents speak of 'the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin,' that same prelate is content to be everywhere received and to call himself 'Archbishop Murray.' All this is the fruit of mutual but tacit concession and a sincere desire for 'peace and goodwill.' Not many years ago Dr. MacHale on some occasion or other subscribed himself 'John Tuam,' and an angry interpellation was addressed to Lord Melbourne (then Premier), to know whether Her Majesty's Government meant to prosecute this violation of the law. Lord Melbourne replied that the Government had considered the matter, and, exercising their own discretion, they did not think it expedient to make an appeal to the law. This prudent decision excited the indignation of the opposite benches, but the Duke of Wellington, with his usual good sense and superiority to party motives, rebuked the zeal of his followers and approved of the forbearance of the Government. What practical mischief resulted from the fact of the Irish prelates taking the titles of their sees? and would it have been better to indict Dr. MacHale, and that he should have been either acquitted by a jury, or convicted in a penalty of 100l., and perhaps imprisoned for refusing to pay the fine? If it was not expedient to enforce the old law then, would it be advisable to do so now, or to ask Parliament for fresh laws? Is it fit to invoke that mighty power merely to repel an impertinence?

THE ANTI-PAPAL AGITATION.

I well know how perilous it is to attempt to throw cold water on the fire of popular wrath, but no such consideration shall deter me from speaking out what I believe to be the sober truth. I think the character of my countrymen, and their reputation all over the world, and in after ages, much more in jeopardy than their religion. Indeed, it is not without a feeling of shame that I see the pusillanimous terror of Popery which is so often and openly proclaimed. What, when we Protestants form nineteen out of twenty out of the population, with an incalculable superiority of wealth, influence, and learning, a richly endowed Church, all the great seminaries of education, almost the whole of the aristocracy, a vast preponderance of public opinion, and, above all, with reason, truth, and the Bible on our side, are we afraid of the Roman Catholics? and can we not defy the open efforts or the secret machinations of the Romish hierarchy? Let me not, however, be misunderstood. Although I think the prevailing agitation exaggerated, and far more than commensurate with the cause which has excited it, I do not think it unnatural or unreasonable in its origin, and notwithstanding the apology for the Pope, of which the scope of my arguments necessarily presents the appearance, I join in the general condemnation which his proceedings have elicited. They exhibit rashness, want of courtesy to the Crown, and want of consideration for the feelings of the people of England. It is impossible to expect men to distinguish accurately or to reason calmly when the passions are roused; and all the odious or offensive matter scattered through briefs, pastoral letters, and Popish sermons have been confounded together into one cumulative case against the Pope and the Roman Catholic Faith. The flourish of trumpets, the songs of triumph, the vain boasting with which those measures were proclaimed, justify a large amount of disgust and indignation; but the real injury which the honour and the policy of England are required to redress bears in my mind but a small proportion to the false assumptions and ridiculous pretensions which we might well afford to regard with a scornful indifference. I do not, indeed, believe that the Pope intended to insult the Queen, because such conduct would be inconsistent alike with his character and his interest; but he ought to have taken more pains than he did, even for the sake of the English Catholics, to ascertain how his measures would be received, and still more, to be careful that their introduction was divested of every suspicious circumstance and offensive detail. Whatever may have been his motives, he has cast a firebrand into this country, and been the primary cause of a conflagration which time and great prudence and moderation alone can quench. I cannot help looking beyond the present hour, and regarding with horror the prospect of a chronic state of religious discord and sectarian hatred. All men deprecate the renewal of penal laws, but at the same time express a vague and undefined longing to have something done. It is said, that if we do nothing we shall give the Catholics a triumph; but we shall surely give them a much greater triumph if by some piece of peddling and abortive legislation we should have the appearance of being willing without having the power to strike them. I cannot conclude without expressing the deep regret with which I have read denunciations of the Roman Catholic Church, in language which is not that of humility, or charity, or peace; nor do I think that it becomes the members of a Church, which admits its own fallibility, thus dogmatically to condemn the belief of the great majority of the Christian world.

Divines can say but what themselves believe; Strong proofs they have, but not demonstrative; For were all sure, then all sides would agree, And faith itself be lost in certainty. To live uprightly, then, is sure the best: To save ourselves, and not to damn the rest.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Carolus.

(The 'Times,' December 9, 1850.)

INDEX.

1. Abbotsford, visit to, iii. 291
2. Aberdeen, Rt. Hon. Earl of, Foreign Secretary in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
   • and the Spanish quarrels, 73, 74;
   • at the Château d'Eu, 200;
   • communications of, with the 'Times,' 200;
   • Scotch Church Patronage Bill, 206;
   • handsome behaviour of, to Lord Palmerston, 406;
   • communications of, with the 'Times' on the Corn Laws, 311;
   • reluctance of, to distrust M. Guizot, iii. 53;
   • negotiations with, on the formation of a Government (1851), 383
3. Acland, Sir Thomas, motion of, i. 92
4. Adair, Sir Robert, anecdotes, iii. 212
5. Adelaide, Queen, at Exeter Hall, ii. 97
6. Afghanistan, expedition to, i. 241;
   • events in (1842), ii. 85, 89;
   • withdrawal from, 99, 101;
   • recapture of Ghuznee and Cabul and release of the prisoners, 123, 125;
   • indignation in England, 136
7. Aix-la-Chapelle, visit to, ii. 167
8. 'Alarm,' accident to, at the Derby, ii. 284;
   • wins at Newmarket, 302;
   • wins the Emperor's Cup, 396
9. Alava, General, i. 241;
   • conversation with, 241, 242
10. Albert, H.R.H. Prince, betrothal of, to the Queen announced, i. 247;
    • proposed allowance for, 258;
    • naturalisation of, 259;
    • precedence of, 259, 263;
    • refused, 265;
    • Mr. Greville's pamphlet on the Precedence Question, 266, 269;
    • see Appendix, vol. i.;
    • marriage of, 266, 269, 272;
    • precedence conceded by the Duke of Cambridge, 270;
    • name inserted in the Liturgy, 272;
    • gazetted, 273;
    • introduction of, 305;
    • at Oxford, ii. 13;
    • declines an invitation to the Waterloo Dinner, 15;
    • and the King of Hanover, 192;
    • hunting at Belvoir, 216;
    • conversation with the Duke of Bedford, 264;
    • elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, iii. 65;
    • installed, 97;
    • at Balmoral, 296;
    • on Lord Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, 317
11. Aldborough, Lady, at Baden Baden, ii. 183
12. Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Emperor Alexander II. of Russia), departure of, i. 215;
    • munificence of, 215
13. Allen, Mr. John, i. 38;
    • death of, ii. 153;
    • account of, 154
14. Alliance meeting at Hertford, ii. 415
15. Althorp, library at, ii. 275
16. Alvanley, Lord, death of, iii. 304;
    • character of, 305
17. America, case of McLeod, i. 383;
    • boundary question settled, ii. 101;
    • discovery of a missing map, 102
18. Ampthill, visit to, i. 250
19. Anglesey, Marquis of, the, speech of, at the Waterloo Dinner, i. 102-104;
    • wounded at Waterloo, 135;
    • visit to, in North Wales, ii. 16-17;
    • reception of, at Carnarvon, 18
20. Anti-Papal Bill, the objections of the Peelites to, iii. 385, 387;
    • objections to, 392, 393;
    • debate on, 400
21. Antwerp, visit to, ii. 287
22. Arbuthnot, Mr., death of, iii. 362;
    • character of, 363
23. Arkwright, Mr., death of, ii. 157
24. Armstrong, Colonel, ii. 94
25. Ashburton, Lord, mission of, to the United States, ii. 71;
    • signs the Treaty of Washington, 101
26. 'Atlantic,' fête on board the, iii. 409
27. Auchterarder Case, the, ii. 206, 207
28. Auckland, Lord, great ability of, ii. 63;
    • First Lord of the Admiralty, 405;
    • death of, iii. 254;
    • career of, 255;
    • character of, 255
29. Augusta, H.R.H. Princess, Royal consent given for the marriage of the, ii. 118
30. Austin, Mrs., salon of, in Paris, iii. 38
31. Austria, revolution in, iii. 155, 158;
    • victories over the Piedmontese, 218;
    • at Novara, 282
32. Austria, Ferdinand, Emperor of, decision of, iii. 159
33. Backhouse, Mr., correspondence of, with Mr. Urquhart, i. 158
34. Bacourt, M. de, opinion of, of the Treaty of Washington, ii. 101
35. Baden Baden, arrival at, ii. 176;
    • society at, 177-186;
    • excursions, 178-186;
    • scenery, 179
36. Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, ii. 117
37. Baillie, Right Hon. Henry, motion of, for a Committee of Enquiry on Ceylon, British Guiana, and Mauritius, iii. 269
38. Ball, fancy, at the Palace, ii. 283
39. Ballot, The (for debates on, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of), division on, i. 61;
    • an open question, 216
40. Balmoral, Council at, iii. 295;
    • the Court at, 296
41. Bangor Cathedral, service at, ii. 17
42. Bank Charter Act, the, suspended, iii. 101
43. Barcelona, bombardment of, ii. 201
44. Baring, Hon. William Bingham (afterwards second Baron Ashburton), returned for North Staffordshire, i. 17
45. Baring, Hon. Francis (afterwards third Baron Ashburton), on French politics, iii. 35
46. Baring, Sir Francis, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 260
47. Barnes, Mr., i. 123;
    • death of, ii. 2;
    • anecdote, iii. 75
48. Bath, visit to, i. 222;
    • Mr. Harry Greville at, 222;
    • Abbey Church at, 223
49. Battersea Schools, the, i. 131;
    • lecture at, 151;
    • visit to the, ii. 86
50. Battle of the Diamond, the, i. 30, 31
51. Bavaria, King of, the, abdication of, iii. 155
52. Beaudesert, party at, i. 48
53. Beaumaris, visit to, ii. 17
54. Beaumont, M. Gustave de, appointed French Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, iii. 218
55. Beauvale, Lord, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 120
56. Bedchamber, ladies of the, affair of the, i. 201, 209
57. Bedford, fourth Duke of, diary of, ii. 47
58. Bedford, sixth Duke of, letter of Lord Brougham to, on education, i. 238
59. Bedford, seventh Duke of, Devonshire property of, iii. 206
60. Bedford, Duchess of, resignation of, ii. 32
61. Bentinck, Lord George, racing transactions of, ii. 160;
    • speech on the Corn Laws, 373;
    • denounces a supposed job, 413;
    • railway scheme defeated, iii. 57;
    • speech on the Cracow affair, 67;
    • attack on Mr. Labouchere, 71;
    • attacked by Lord J. Russell, 197;
    • death of, 222;
    • character of, 223, 232;
    • career of, 224, 234;
    • 'Orlando' trial, 228;
    • political career of, 229;
    • Disraeli's life of, 417, 423
62. Bentinck, Lady William, death of, and character, ii. 157;
    • funeral of, 159
63. Berlin, revolution in, iii. 155
64. Berry, Miss, ii. 201;
    • anecdote of, 202
65. Berry, Miss Agnes, ii. 201, 202
66. Bessborough, Right Hon. Earl of, opinion of, on affairs, ii. 353;
    • Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 405;
    • illness of, iii. 77, 80;
    • letter to Lord J. Russell, 81;
    • death of, 82
67. Beyrout, bombardment of, i. 328
68. Birkenhead, visit to, ii. 282
69. Birthday reflexions, i. 85
70. Blanc, Louis M., iii. 152;
    • at dinner, 235
71. Blessington, the Countess of, society at Gore House, i. 167;
    • works of, 168
72. Bonaparte, Jérôme, Count de Montfort, at Gore House, i. 277
73. Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, afterwards Emperor of the French, see Napoleon
74. Bordeaux, Duc de, visit to England of the, ii. 211;
    • recetion of the, 212, 213
75. Bourqueney, Baron, letter from M. Guizot to the, i. 348;
    • misreported conversation with Lord Palmerston, 381
76. Bowood, party at, ii. 69
77. Bradshaw, Mr., disloyal speech of, at Canterbury, i. 244;
    • duel with Mr. Horsman, 254, 255
78. Bresson, Count, instructions to, on the Spanish marriages, iii. 24 (see Spanish Marriages)
79. Bretby, visit to, ii. 309;
    • contrasted with Woburn, 416
80. Bridgewater House, private theatricals at, ii. 96
82. Bridgewater Trust, account of the, ii. 303
83. British Museum, correspondence with the, about the missing Privy Council Registers, ii. 162
84. Broadlands, visit to, ii. 104
85. Brocket, visits to, iii. 119, 375;
    • manuscripts at, 376
86. Broglie, Duc de, speech of the, iii. 37
87. Brougham, Lord, scene with Lord Melbourne, i. 32;
    • ability of, 33;
    • on the ballot, 59;
    • anecdote of, 59;
    • habits of, 60;
    • and Wakley, 60;
    • at the Council Office, 65;
    • qualities of, 66;
    • in the House of Lords, 69, 71;
    • anti-slavery speech, 73;
    • speech on Small v. Attwood, 83;
    • article on Lady C. Bury's book, 90;
    • and Mr. Handley, 99;
    • contrast to the Duke of Wellington, 111;
    • attacks Lord Durham's Ordinance, 123;
    • pamphlet letter to the Queen, 149;
    • reconciled to Lord Durham, 150;
    • denies the pamphlet, 152;
    • and Lord Melbourne, 152;
    • and the Serjeants-at-Law, 156;
    • anecdote of, and Lord Lyndhurst, 160;
    • on the Bedchamber affair, 211, 212;
    • attacks the Ministers, 213;
    • great speech censuring the Irish policy of the Government, 228;
    • freaks of, at a Greenwich dinner, 229;
    • proposes the health of the Duke of Wellington at the Dover dinner, 237, 240;
    • letter on education, 238;
    • anecdotes of, 240;
    • pretended death of, 243, 245, 247;
    • squabbles with M. de Tocqueville and others, ii. 150, 151;
    • intercourse with the Court, 151;
    • endeavours to obtain an affidavit from Mr. Reeve, 207;
    • Judicial Committee Bill, 225, 234;
    • caprices of, 235;
    • makes eleven speeches in the House of Lords, 242;
    • at the Judicial Committee, 242;
    • executor to Lord Melbourne, iii. 252
88. Brown, Mr., M.P., fête on board the 'Atlantic,' iii. 409
89. Brunnow, Baron, mission of, to England, i. 242;
    • letter of, complaining of Lord Palmerston's conduct, iii. 332;
    • on foreign affairs, 345
90. Buccleuch, the Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 82;
    • Lord President of the Council, 337
91. Buccleuch, the Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, ii. 44
92. Buckingham, the Duke of, Lord Privy Seal in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
    • resignation of, 79;
    • First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
93. Buckinghamshire, dispute on the appointment of sheriff, ii. 144
94. Buckinghamshire magistrates, appointment of the, ii. 66;
    • opinion of the Duke of Wellington on, 77
95. Buckland, Dr., at the Grange, ii. 264
96. Bugeaud, Marshal, commands the troops in Paris in 1848, iii. 144
97. Buller, Charles, Mr., Radical opinions of, i. 32;
    • appointed by Lord Durham, 109;
    • author of Lord Durham's report, 163;
    • paper of, on Ireland, iii. 221;
    • death of, 241;
    • character of, 249
98. Bulwer, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Lytton, play of 'Richelieu,' i. 173
99. Bulwer, Sir Henry, expulsion of, from Spain, iii. 169;
    • arrival of, in London, 180;
    • defence, 181;
    • debate in the House of Commons, 190;
    • intrigues in Spain, 194 (for despatches to, see Spanish Marriages)
100. Burge, William, Mr., Q.C., i. 255
101. Burghersh, Lord (afterwards Earl of Westmorland), opera by, i. 116;
     • mistake of, ii. 275
102. Burghley, party at, i. 37
103. Burgoyne, Sir John, letter from the Duke of Wellington to, iii. 107
104. Burke, Rt. Hon. Edmund, iii. 213
105. Bury, Lady Charlotte, book by, i. 48;
     • book reviewed by Lord Brougham, 65, 90
106. Butler, Mrs., reading of, at Bowood, ii. 69;
     • in the 'Hunchback,' 96
107. Cabul, retreat from, ii. 85, 89, 107;
     • recapture of, 123;
     • opinion of the Duke of Wellington on the events at, 137, 138
108. Cambridge, visit to, ii. 238
109. Cambridge, University of, H.R.H. Prince Albert elected Chancellor of, iii. 65;
     • installed, 97
110. Cambridge, H.R.H. Adolphus, Duke of, concedes precedence to Prince Albert, i. 270;
     • death of, iii. 366
111. Cambridge, H.R.H. George, Duke of, precedence of, iii. 365, 366
112. Campbell, Lord, Lord Chancellor of Ireland with a peerage, ii. 14;
     • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 405;
     • speech of son of, at Cambridge, iii. 89;
     • Lord Chief Justice of England, 327;
     • success in the Court of Queen's Bench, 327
114. Canada, insurrection in, i. 34;
     • debate on, in the House of Commons, 34;
     • Duke of Wellington on, 37;
     • Lord Durham sent out as Governor-General, 49;
     • state of, 53;
     • discussions on, 55;
     • Lord Durham's Ordinance, 123;
     • disallowed, 125;
     • Lord Durham's Proclamation, 134;
     • report on administration of, 162;
     • bill dealing with the Canada Clergy Reserves, 294;
     • government of, ii. 117;
     • Sir Charles Bagot succeeds Lord Sydenham, 117;
     • Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed Governor-General, 117
115. Canada Bill, see Commons, House of
116. Candlish, Dr., sermon by, iii. 292
117. Canford, visit to, ii. 105
118. Canning, Rt. Hon. George, distrust of, ii. 399
119. Canning, Stratford, Rt. Hon. Sir, opposition of, to Russia, iii. 279
120. Cannizzaro, Duchess of, death of the, i. 365;
     • account of the, 365, 366
121. Canterbury, Archbishop of, Dr. Sumner appointed, iii. 125
122. Capel, Hon. and Rev. William, dispute with the Bishop of London, ii. 113
123. Capua, Prince of, the, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 279
124. Carnarvon, visit to, with Lord Anglesey, ii. 18
125. Carnot, iii. 153
126. 'Carolus' letter to the 'Times,' iii. 372, 374;
     • see Appendix B, vol. iii.
127. Catholic Clergy, Endowment question, ii. 199
128. Cavaignac, General, iii. 199, 205
129. Cécille, Admiral, Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, iii. 268
130. Ceylon, committee of enquiry into administration of, iii. 269;
     • witnesses, 308;
     • evidence of Captain Watson, 312
131. Chantrey, death of, ii. 60;
     • monument by, in Lichfield Cathedral, 60
132. Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, defeat of, iii. 218;
     • abdication of, 282
133. Chartists, progress of the, i. 155;
     • precautions in London for great meeting of the (1848), iii. 160, 162, 164;
     • failure of the demonstration, 165;
     • dangerous manifestations in the country, 188;
     • Government measures, 190;
     • agitation, 191;
     • demonstration, 192;
     • establishment near Chenies, 215
134. Chatham, Rt. Hon. Earl of, anecdotes of the, i. 245
135. Chatsworth, visit to, ii. 204;
     • visit of the Queen to, 215
136. Chepstow, visit to, i. 222
137. Chester, visit to, ii. 16
138. Chester, Mayor of, question of baronetcy on the birth of the Prince of Wales, ii. 52
139. Chillianwallah, battle of, iii. 273
140. China, war with, i. 283; debate on, 283;
     • Duke of Wellington on the war with, 286;
     • annexation of Hong Kong, 383;
     • return of Captain Elliot from, ii. 49, 52;
     • views of Sir George Grey on, 72;
     • treaty of peace with, 123
141. Chiswick, visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to, ii. 14;
     • fête at, for the Czar, 244
142. Chloroform, an operation under, iii. 110
143. Christina, Queen of Spain, intrigues of, ii. 419, 421;
     • M. Guizot's account of, iii. 32;
     • conduct of, 119
144. Church of Scotland, disruption in the, ii. 206
145. Circourt, Madame de, salon of, iii. 45
146. Clanricarde, Marquis of, Postmaster-General, ii. 405
147. Claremont, council at, for events in the East, i. 328;
     • lent to King Louis Philippe, iii. 154
148. Clarence, H.R.H. Duke of, see William IV., King
149. Clarendon, Rt. Hon. Earl of, office of Governor-General of Canada offered to the, i. 173;
     • first appearance of the, in the House of Lords, 227;
     • Lord Privy Seal, 243;
     • on Eastern policy, 301;
     • dissents from the treaty (1840), 304;
     • conversation with M. Guizot, 305;
     • offers to resign on the Eastern Question, 317;
     • letter of, on Lord Holland's death, and on French affairs, 341;
     • confidence of the Queen in, ii. 403;
     • President of the Board of Trade, 405;
     • Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 85;
     • requires a Coercion Bill for Ireland, 105;
     • and the Irish Catholics, 195;
     • applies for more powers, 212;
     • Proclamation of, 207;
     • policy of, in Ireland, 217;
     • interview of, with King Louis Philippe, 239;
     • on Irish emigration, 251;
     • on taking high office, 251;
     • Irish relief, 285;
     • conversation with Sir R. Peel, 286;
     • success of the Queen's visit to Ireland, 295;
     • dismissal of Lord Roden, 310;
     • explanation in the House of Lords, 313;
     • Encumbered Estates Act in Ireland, 314;
     • conversation with the Queen and Prince Albert on foreign affairs, 317;
     • conversation with Lord J. Russell, 361;
     • spoken of as Foreign Secretary, 428, 431
150. Clifton, visit to, i. 222
151. Cobden, Richard, Mr. Greville's letter to, in the 'Times,' iii. 123;
     • see Appendix A, vol. iii.
152. Coburg marriage, fear of, in France, iii. 30
153. Colborne, Sir John, Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, i. 35
154. Coleridge, Stanza from 'Ode to Tranquillity,' i. 109
155. Colloredo, Count, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 282, 283, 288
156. Cologne, visit to the cathedral at, ii. 167
157. 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
158. Conference at Constantinople (1840), i. 328, 329
159. Conroy, Sir John, i. 14, 20
160. 'Constitutionnel,' indiscreet article in the, iii. 34
161. Conway Castle, ii. 16
162. Coplestone, Dr. (Bishop of Llandaff), publishes Lord Dudley's letters, i. 273
163. 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
164. Cornwall, the Duchy of, iii. 67
165. Coronation of Queen Victoria, i. 105, 106
166. Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor, ii. 405;
     • resignation of, iii. 338
167. 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
168. Courvoisier, murder of Lord W. Russell, i. 284
170. Cousin, Victor, visit to, iii. 44
171. Cowley, Lord, conversation with, in Paris, iii. 19;
     • views of, on the Spanish marriage question, 26
172. Cowley, Lord (afterwards Earl Cowley), Ambassador at Paris, iii. 441, 446;
     • question of proxy, 472
173. Cracow, ii. 427;
     • the annexation of, 430, 431;
     • debate on annexation of, iii. 67
174. Creevey, Mr., death of, i. 63;
     • offices held by, 63;
     • letters and papers of, 64, 275
175. 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
176. Cromer, visit to, ii. 120
177. Curran, anecdote of, i. 153;
     • Master of the Rolls in Ireland, 153
178. Czartoryski, Prince, at the Hôtel Lambert, iii. 44
179. Dalhousie, Right Hon. Earl of, President of the Board of Trade, ii. 267;
     • promising speech of, 395
180. Danton, anecdote of, iii. 111
181. D'Arblay, Madame, journal of, ii. 127
182. Day, Sam, the jockey, death of, i. 133
183. De Grey, Right Hon. Earl, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37
184. 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')
185. Delessert, M., on the state of France, iii. 157
186. Denman, Lord, closes the term, ii. 63
187. 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
188. Derby, the, accident to 'Alarm,' ii. 284
189. De Ros, Lord, death of, i. 180
190. Devonshire, Duke of, letters and papers of the, ii. 377
191. Devonshire House, dinner at, to the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Capua, i. 278
192. Dickens, Charles, performance of, at the St. James's Theatre, ii. 302
193. 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
194. Dolly's Brae affair, iii. 310, 313
195. D'Orsay, Count, at Gore House, i. 167;
     • death of, iii. 465;
     • character of, 466
196. Dost Mahomed, surrender of, i. 360
197. Downton Castle, visit to, i. 218
198. Drouyn de Lhuys, M., French Ambassador in London, iii. 326;
     • on the Greek affair, 326;
     • recall of, 330
199. Drumlanrig, visit to, iii. 299
200. Drummond, Mr. Edward, assassination of, ii. 141
201. Drummond Castle, visit to, iii. 299
202. Dudley, Lord, letters of, published, i. 273;
     • diary of, destroyed, 275;
     • diary of, iii. 74
203. Duncannon, Lord, and the apartments in St. James's Palace, i. 280
204. Duncombe, Mr. Thomas, attack of, on the Post Office, ii. 272
205. Dundas, Right Hon. Sir David, at Ampthill, i. 250;
     • conversation of, ii. 133;
     • as Solicitor-General, iii. 122
206. 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
207. 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
208. Easthope, Sir John, proprietor of the 'Morning Chronicle,' i. 179
209. Eastnor Castle, i. 219
210. Eaton, visit to, ii. 15;
     • lines cut on an hotel window, 16
211. Eden, Hon. and Rev. Robert (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells), Rector of Battersea, i. 131;
     • lecture in Battersea, 151;
     • Battersea Schools, ii. 86
212. Eden, Hon. Emily, letter of, i. 383;
     • bitterness of, against Lord Ellenborough, ii. 128, 150
213. Edinburgh, visit to, iii. 291
214. 'Edinburgh Review,' originators of the, ii. 153
215. Education question, the, ii. 212
216. Egerton, Lord Francis, at Ems, ii. 287;
     • house of, at Worsley, 303
217. Egremont, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 23;
     • character of the, 24;
     • at Petworth, 25
218. Egypt, see Eastern Question
219. 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
220. Eldon, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 49
221. 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
222. Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, at Brocket, iii. 375
223. Elliot, Captain (afterwards Sir Charles), return of, from China, ii. 49, 52
224. Emir Beschir, see Eastern Question
225. Ems, visit to, ii. 287
226. Endsleigh, visit to, iii. 205
227. Epsom, racing transactions of Lord G. Bentinck and Lord Kelburne, ii. 160
228. Espartero, downfall of, ii. 201
229. Eton College case, ii. 411
230. Eu, Château d', visit to, of Queen Victoria, ii. 196, 200;
     • the agreement at, 201
231. Evans, Sir De Lacy, made a K.C.B., i. 65
232. 'Every Man in his Humour,' performance of, ii. 302
233. Exchequer Bills, forgery of, ii. 50;
     • anecdotes of, 56, 57
234. Exchequer, Court of, anecdote, iii. 125
235. 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
236. Exeter, visit to, iii. 207
237. Exhibition, the Great, 1851, opening of, iii. 405
238. Eyre, Lieutenant, book by, on Cabul, &c., ii. 137
239. Faubourg St. Germain, political feeling in the, iii. 42
240. Faucher, M. Léon, in London, iii. 410
241. Felbrigg Hall, visit to, ii. 120
242. Ferdinand I., Emperor of Austria, political crisis, 1848, iii. 159
243. FitzGerald and Vesey, Lord, conversation with, i. 46;
     • death of, ii. 158
244. Fitzroy, Lord Charles, resigns the office of Vice-Chamberlain, i. 86
245. Fleetwood, Sir H., motion on 10l. householders, i. 216
246. Foley, Lord, anecdote, i. 217
247. Foster, Lady Elizabeth, ii. 378
248. Fox, Right Hon. C. J., account of the death of, i. 154
249. Fox, Maule, Right Hon., Secretary at War, ii. 405
250. Fox, Mr. William, member for Oldham, iii. 103
251. Fox, Miss, death of, ii. 274
252. 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
253. France, Bank of, arrangement with the Emperor of Russia, ii. 70
254. Francis, Sir Philip, at Woburn, ii. 47
255. Frankfort, visit to, ii. 169;
     • Dannecker's 'Ariadne,' 170;
     • Rothschild's house, 171;
     • Jews' Street, 173;
     • the mother of the Rothschilds, 173
256. Frost, Mr. John, a magistrate, i. 250;
     • concerned in a Chartist riot, 250;
     • trial of, 256
257. Fullerton, Lady Georgiana, novel by, ii. 205
258. Galiera, Duchesse de, ball at the house of the, iii. 35
259. Garnier Pagès, iii. 153
260. George II., King, anecdote of, ii. 215
261. George IV., King, Memoirs of the time of, i. 48
262. Germany, condition of the country and people of, ii. 180, 181
263. Ghent, visit to, ii. 285
264. Girondins, Histoire des, by Lamartine, iii. 111
265. 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
266. Glasgow, visit to, iii. 292
267. Glastonbury, Lord, and his peerage, ii. 236
268. Glenelg, Rt. Hon. Lord, resignation of, i. 161
269. Gomm, Sir William, Commander-in-Chief in India, iii. 273
270. Goodrich Castle, i. 220
271. Goodrich Court, armoury at, i. 221
272. Goodwood, party at, ii. 408; iii. 463
273. Gore House, dinner at, i. 166;
     • hoax of Lord Brougham's death, 243;
     • party at, 255;
     • Jérôme Bonaparte at, 277
274. Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, iii. 300-304;
     • judgement, 323
275. Gorhambury, visit to, ii. 111;
     • Bishop of London at, 111, 112
276. Goulburn, Rt. Hon. Henry, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37
277. 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
278. Granby, Marquis of, chosen leader of the Protectionist party, iii. 123;
     • consistent conduct of, 471;
     • appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 472
279. Grange, The, visit to, i. 137
280. Granville, Rt. Hon. (first) Earl, paralytic seizure of, i. 390
281. Granville, Rt. Hon. (second) Earl, Foreign Secretary, iii. 428;
     • conversation with Lord Palmerston, 433;
     • paper of, on foreign policy, 442
282. 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
283. Green, Mr., anatomical lecture by, iii. 375
284. Greenwich dinner, freaks of Lord Brougham at a, i. 229;
     • Lord Normanby's health drunk at a, 237
285. Gregory, Mr., house of, near Belvoir, i. 42
286. 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
287. 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.)
288. Greville, Harry, Mr., at Bath, i. 222
289. Greville, Mrs. Algernon, death of, i. 390
290. 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
291. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir George, Home Secretary, ii. 405
292. Grey, Sir George (formerly Chief Justice of Bengal), views of, on Chinese affairs, ii. 72
293. Grillon's Club, dinner at, iii. 321
294. Grote, George, Mr., returned for the City of London, i. 13;
     • Radical party reduced to, 215;
     • visit to, iii. 122
295. Grove, The, visit to, ii. 111;
     • agreeable party at, 289;
     • Macaulay at, 415;
     • return to, iii. 409
296. Guards, the, question of promotion on the birth of the Prince of Wales, ii. 51
297. Guernsey duties, affair of the, ii. 292
298. 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; ib. iii. 6;
     • 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
299. Gurwood, Colonel, second of Mr. Bradshaw, i. 254
300. Habeas Corpus Act suspended in Ireland, iii. 207;
     • suspension of, renewed, 265
301. 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
302. 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
303. Hannibal, comparison with the Duke of Wellington, i. 57
304. 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
305. Hanover, Stade Treaty with, ii. 107
306. 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
307. Harewood Lodge for Ascot, ii. 11
308. Harrowby, Rt. Hon. Earl of, death of the, iii. 112
309. Harrowby, Countess of, the, death of, i. 96;
     • character of, 96, 98
311. Hastings, Lady Flora, i. 172;
     • death of, 224
312. Head, Right Hon. Sir Edmund, Poor Law Commissioner, ii. 60
313. Head, Right Hon. Sir Francis Bond, position of, i. 166;
     • book by, 174
314. Heidelberg, visit to, ii. 175
315. Herbert, Right Hon. Sidney, in the Cabinet, ii. 267
316. Hereford, Bishop of, appointment of, iii. 109, 112;
     • consequent disputes, 114
317. Herefordshire, state of the constituency, iii. 463
318. Herrenheim, Château de, visit to the, ii. 287
319. Herries, Right Hon. John C., President of the Board of Control in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
320. Hertford, Marquis of, the, death of, ii. 90;
     • account of, 91, 92;
     • will of, disputed, 111;
     • will case at the Judicial Committee, 231
321. Hervey, Lord William, pamphlet by, suppressed, ii. 130
322. Hesse, the Elector of, at Ems, ii. 287
323. Hillingdon, visit to, ii. 121
324. Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir John Cam, conversation with, i. 241;
     • President of the Board of Control, ii. 405
325. Hodgson, Mr., i. 48
326. 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
327. Holland, Lady, death of, ii. 306;
     • character of, 307
328. 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
329. Hook, Rev. Mr. (afterwards Dean of Chichester), preaches before the Queen, i. 116
330. Horsman, Mr., duel of, with Mr. Bradshaw, i. 254, 255
331. Hôtel de Ville, ball at the, iii. 42
332. Howick, Lord, see Grey, Earl
333. Hudson, Mr., 'The Railway King,' ruin of, iii. 273
334. Hullah, John, Mr., system of teaching vocal music, i. 372;
     • choral meeting at Exeter Hall, ii. 97
335. 'Hunchback, The,' amateur performance of, ii. 96
336. Huntington, William, S.S., story of, i. 369
337. Huskisson, Right Hon. William, anecdote of, and Sir Robert Peel, iii. 216;
     • conduct of, on the East Retford franchise, 424
338. Hutt, Mr., motion of, on the African squadron, iii. 324
339. 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
340. Inverary, visit to, iii. 292
341. Irby, Mr., death of, ii. 115
342. 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
343. Irish Arms Bill, ii. 188, 194;
     • proposal for renewing the, 408;
     • given up, 410
344. Irish Coercion Bill, ii. 375
345. Irish Poor Law, iii. 69
346. Irish Registration Bills, i. 373;
     • Government defeated on Lord Morpeth's Bill, 391
347. Isabella II., Queen of Spain, marriage of, ii. 418, 420;
     • conduct of, iii. 78;
     • account of, 118;
     • see Spanish Marriages
348. Isturitz, sent away, iii. 193
350. Jamaica Bill, the, i. 196
351. 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
352. Jekyll, Mr., pun of, ii. 232
353. Jersey, Right Hon. Earl of, the, Master of the Horse, ii. 37
354. Jervis, Right Hon. Sir John, Attorney-General, difficulty about his son's election, iii. 122
355. Journal, reflexions on keeping a, i. 36
356. Judge and Jury Court, the, ii. 123
357. 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
358. Junius, letters of, proposed new edition of, ii. 346;
     • Macaulay's opinion on, 416
359. Kay, Dr. (afterwards Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, Bart.), visit to Poor Law school of, i. 230;
     • Battersea schools, ii. 86
360. Kelburne, Viscount (afterwards Lord Glasgow), racing transactions, ii. 160
361. Kent, H.R.H. the Duchess of, conversation of, with Princesse Lieven, i. 15, 16
362. King, Locke, Mr., motion of, for the extension of the suffrage, iii. 378
363. Kisseleff, Count, and M. Guizot, iii. 46
364. Kossuth, in England, iii. 413;
     • reception of, 414;
     • speeches of, 416
365. 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
366. Ladies of the Bedchamber, affair of the, i. 201, 209;
     • steps taken (1841) to avert recurrence of difficulty, ii. 7, 8
367. Lahore, death of the King of, i. 360
368. Lakes, the English, visit to, iii. 409
369. Lamartine, 'Histoire des Girondins,' iii. 111;
     • greatness of, in the French revolution, 141;
     • reply to the Irish deputation, 161
370. Lambert, Hôtel, account of the, iii. 44
371. Lambeth, dinner at, i. 99
372. Lancaster, Duchy of, appointment of a council for, ii. 427
373. Langdale, Right Hon. Lord, at the Judicial Committee, ii. 266
374. 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
375. Lansdowne House, ball at, i. 282
376. 'Lays of Ancient Rome,' publication of, ii. 116
377. Ledru Rollin, iii. 153
378. Lehzen, Baroness, the, i. 21;
     • at Windsor, 246;
     • leaves Windsor, ii. 110
379. Le Marchant, Sir Denis, anecdote, iii. 75
380. Lemoinne, M., iii. 240
381. Lemon, Mr., ii. 162
382. Lesseps, M., Consul at Barcelona, iii. 38
383. Lewis, Right Hon. George Cornewall, Lewis v. Ferrand, ii. 429;
     • mission of, to Netherby, iii. 411, 412;
     • Herefordshire election, 463
384. Lichfield, Rt. Hon. Earl of, quarrel of, with Mr. Wallace, i. 29
385. Liège, visit to, ii. 166
386. 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
387. Limerick, affray at, iii. 172
388. 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
389. Lines cut on an hotel window, ii. 16
390. Literature, evils of inferior, iii. 208
391. Livy, character of Hannibal, i. 57
392. Logan, Dr., iii. 126
393. London, Bishop of, at Gorhambury, ii. 111, 112;
     • charge of, 112;
     • dispute of, with the Hon. and Rev. William Capel, 113
394. Lonsdale, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the, Lord President of the Council in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
396. Lord Mayor, the, and the picture of the Queen's First Council, i. 79, 82
397. 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
398. 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
399. Lowther, Rt. Hon. Lord, Postmaster-General, ii. 37
400. Ludlow, visit to, i. 217;
     • castle of, 218
401. Lushington, Rt. Hon. Dr., negotiation of, with the Duke of Wellington, i. 278
402. Luttrell, Mr., death and character of, iii. 425
403. 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
404. Lynedoch, Lord, at Woburn, ii. 46
405. 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
406. MacDougal, Mr., Chartist meeting, iii. 193
407. MacGregor, Mr., and Lord Ripon, on Free Trade, ii. 53
408. MacHale, Dr., appointment of, ii. 217
409. MacLeod, case of, i. 383
410. Macready as 'Richelieu,' i. 173
411. Maitland, General Sir Thomas, anecdote of mistaken identity, i. 285
412. Malac, M., mission of, to Claremont, iii. 328
413. Malmesbury, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the, Foreign Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
415. Malvern, visit to, i. 219
416. Manchester, riots at, ii. 98;
     • visit to, 305
417. 'Mango,' trial of, i. 23;
     • wins the St. Leger, 23
418. Manners, Rt. Hon. Lord John, First Commissioner of Works in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
419. Marie Amélie, Queen, courage of, iii. 140
420. Marlborough, Duchess of, letters of the, ii. 67;
     • anecdotes of, 67
421. Marliani, pamphlet by, i. 251
422. Mayence, visit to, ii. 169, 174
423. Maynooth Grant, ii. 276;
     • debate on, 279
424. Mehemet Ali, see Eastern Question
425. 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
426. Melrose, visit to, iii. 291
427. Metcalfe, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles, on Afghanistan, ii. 99;
     • Governor-General of Canada, 117
428. Metternich, Prince, on the Eastern Question, i. 306;
     • suggestion of, 325;
     • flight of, iii. 155;
     • fall of, 158
429. Milman, Very Rev. Dean, dinner at the house of, ii. 60
430. Minto, Rt. Hon. Earl of, the, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 405;
     • mission of, to Italy, iii. 108
431. Miraflores, mission of, to Paris, iii. 20
432. Mirasol, mission of, to London, iii. 183
433. Mitchell, John, affray at Limerick, iii. 172;
     • conviction of, 182
434. Molé, M., opinion of affairs, iii. 20;
     • attempts to form a government, 139, 143
435. Molesworth, Right Hon. Sir William, moves vote of censure on Lord Glenelg, i. 72
436. Monmouth, visit to, i. 219;
     • historical interest of, 219
437. Monmouth convicts, the, i. 261
438. Montgomery, Mr. Alfred, hoax of Lord Brougham's death, i. 243
439. Montpensier, H.R.H. Duchesse de, Infanta of Spain, marriage of the, ii. 418;
     • at the Tuileries, iii. 35 (see Spanish Marriages)
440. '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
441. Mounier, Baron, mission of, i. 356
442. Moxon, Mr., and Mr. Disraeli, iii. 75
443. Mulgrave, Right Hon. Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 30
444. Munster, Right Hon. Earl of, returns the keys of the Round Tower, i. 17;
     • death of the, ii. 94
445. Muntz, Mr., appointed magistrate, i. 227
446. Murray, Sir George, asked to review the 'Wellington Despatches' in the 'Edinburgh Review,' i. 38, 57
447. Napier, Sir Charles, sent to India as Commander-in-Chief, iii. 274, 276, 280
448. Napier, Admiral, proclamation of, i. 305
449. Naples, insurrection at, iii. 216;
     • Lord Palmerston's breach of neutrality, 261, 271;
     • Lord Palmerston's claims on, 419
450. 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
451. Narvaez, intrigues of, iii. 194
453. Navigation Laws, the, iii. 283, 287
454. Netherlands, King of the, at Goodwood, ii. 287
455. 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
456. Newport, Mayor of, the, at Court, i. 249
457. Newport, Chartist riot at, i. 249, 256;
     • result of the trial, 260
458. Norbury, Right Hon. Earl of, murder of the, i. 157
459. Norman Court, visit to, i. 133
460. 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
461. North, Right Hon. Lord, anecdote of, ii. 116
462. Nottinghamshire election, iii. 389
463. Novara, battle of, iii. 282
464. Oakley Park, visit to, i. 218
465. O'Brien, Smith, return of, to Ireland, iii. 167;
     • affair at Limerick, 172;
     • search for, 213;
     • capture of, 215
466. 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
467. O'Connor, Feargus, at the Chartist meeting (1848), iii. 166
468. Odilon Barrot, conduct of, in the French Revolution, iii. 140, 144
469. Orange, Princess of, the, ii. 287
470. Orangemen, discomfiture of, i. 30
471. Orford, Right Hon. Earl of (Horace Walpole), letters of the, to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 202
472. 'Orlando' takes the Derby Stakes, ii. 250;
     • the trial, iii. 228
473. Orleans, H.R.H. Duchesse d', iii. 35;
     • on the proposed reconciliation between the two branches of the French Royal family, 329
474. Ossington, visit to, ii. 309
475. Ostend, passage to, ii. 166
476. Ovid, quotation from, i. 238
477. Oxford, Bishop of, anti-slavery speech of, ii. 411;
     • want of tact of, 411;
     • correspondence with Dr. Hampden, iii. 115
478. Pacifico, Don, the case of, iii. 308, 311;
     • debate on, in the House of Lords, 341
479. Pakington, Right Hon. Sir John, Colonial Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
480. Palace, the, dinner at, i. 77;
     • balls at, 9, 109
481. 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, ib.;
     • 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
482. Palmerston, Lady, conversation with, on Eastern affairs, i. 330
483. Panic in the money market, iii, 99;
     • proposed measures of the Government, 101
484. Panshanger, party at, ii. 415
485. Papal aggression, iii. 366
486. 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
487. Parke, Rt. Hon. Baron, and Lord Brougham, i. 59
488. Parker, Admiral, instructions to, iii. 216
489. Parkes, Mr. Joseph, tour of, i. 194
490. 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
491. Parliamentary proceedings, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
492. Payne, Knight, built Downton Castle, i. 218
493. 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
494. Peel, Rt. Hon. Gen. Jonathan, affronts Mr. Disraeli, ii. 388
495. Peel, Frederic (afterwards Rt. Hon. Sir F. Peel, K.C.M.G.), maiden speech of, iii. 288
496. Penryn Castle, visit to, ii. 17
497. Perceval, Rev. Mr., preaches before the Queen, i. 116
498. Pereira, Mr., lecture of, i. 78
499. Perez, Antonio, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129
500. Phillips, Sir Thomas, at Windsor, i. 249
501. Phillpotts, see Exeter, Bishop of
502. Pigou, Mr., and the Duke of Wellington's letter on the defence of the country, iii. 107
504. Piscatory, M., in the French Revolution, iii. 140
505. Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, peerages, ii. 235
506. Plas Newydd, visit to Lord Anglesea at, ii. 16
507. Plunket, Rt. Hon. Lord, compelled to resign the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ii. 14
508. Plymouth, visit to, iii. 207
509. Poland, reported annexation of, by Russia, iii. 4
510. Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. George, Irish Chancellor, i. 153;
     • and Curran, 153
511. 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
512. Pontois, M. de, communication of, to the Porte, i. 304
513. Porson, anecdote of, ii. 114
514. 'Portfolio,' the, i. 117, 118, 158
515. Portland, third Duke of, anecdote of the, iii. 212
516. Portugal, Donna Maria, Queen of, iii. 79
517. Portugal, state of affairs in, iii. 76, 77, 79
518. 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
519. Pozzo di Borgo, Comtesse, ball at the house of, iii. 42
520. Prandi, at Burnham Beeches, iii. 122
521. Precedence Question, see H.R.H. Albert, Prince;
     • Mr. Greville's pamphlet on, see Appendix, vol. i.;
     • of ambassadors, i. 282
522. 'President,' the, loss of, i. 391
523. Pritchard, Mr., and the Tahiti affair, ii. 252
524. Privilege Question, the, i. 257;
     • disputes on, 270
525. Privy Council, position of the sons of the Sovereign, i. 274;
     • introduction of Prince Albert, 274
526. Privy Council Office, correspondence with the British Museum on the missing registers, ii. 162;
     • (see Judicial Committee)
527. Protectionist party, position of the, iii. 380
528. Protestant agitation, iii. 368, 369, 373
529. Protocol signed, 1840, i. 309
530. Prussia, King of, arrival of the, ii. 77;
     • sightseeing, 78;
     • at the House of Lords, 81;
     • lunches with Mrs. Fry. 81
531. Prussia, Prince of, the, flight of, iii. 155;
     • visit of, to Queen Victoria, 179
532. Prussia, state of, iii. 238;
     • retrospect of 1848, 257
533. 'Punch,' cartoon in, iii. 407
534. Quarterly Review, the, article on Sir R. Peel's policy, ii. 200;
     • article on Lord Orford's letters, 202
535. Rachel, Mlle., as Hermione, ii. 6;
     • recites at Windsor Castle, 11
536. Radetzki, Marshal, victory of, iii. 282
537. Radical party, the, reduced, i. 215;
     • dissatisfaction at Lord J. Russell, 216
538. Radowitz, General, invited to Windsor, iii. 372
539. Raglan Castle, visit to, i. 220
540. Railway, first time of travelling on the, i. 11;
     • speculation, ii. 300
541. Ranke, Professor, breakfasts with Sir G. C. Lewis, ii. 203
542. Rapallo, Exchequer Bills, ii. 50;
     • advanced money to Louis Napoleon, 50
543. 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
544. Reform, question of, iii. 469
545. Repeal magistrates, the, restored, ii. 407
546. Revolution, the French (1848), iii. 132;
     • details of, 138, 142 (see France)
547. Revolution in Austria, iii. 155, 158
548. Rhine, voyage up the, ii. 167
549. 'Richelieu,' first representation of, i. 173
550. Riddlesworth, visit to, ii. 205
551. 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
552. Roden, Right Hon. Earl of, dismissed from the Commission of the Peace, iii. 310
553. Roebuck, Mr., vote of confidence in the Government, iii. 344
555. Rolfe, Right Hon. Baron (afterwards Lord Chancellor Cranworth), at Ampthill, ii. 265;
     • estimate of Lord Eldon, 265
556. Rolle, Lord, at the Queen's Coronation, i. 107
557. Rome, retrospect of the year 1848, iii. 257
558. Romsey, church at, ii. 105
559. Ross, visit to, i. 219;
     • 'The Man of,' 219
560. Rossi, Count, on French affairs, i. 343
561. Rothschild, house of the family of, at Frankfort, ii. 171, 173
562. Royal Academy of Arts, lecture at the, iii. 375
563. Royal Institution, evening at the, i. 78
564. 'Running Rein,' case of, ii. 250
565. 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
566. Russell, Lord William, murder of, i. 284
567. Russell, Lord William, G.C.B., recalled from Berlin, ii. 66
568. 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
569. Russia, measures in Poland, iii. 5;
     • interference with, 279;
     • complains of Lord Palmerston, 332
570. Russian Note, the, iii. 323
571. Rutland, Duke of, birthday festivities of, i. 41, 44, 45
572. St. Aulaire, Marquis de, French Ambassador in London, ii. 58;
     • dinner with, iii. 54
573. St. James's Palace, arrangements for the apartments in, i. 280
574. St. Jean d'Acre, capture of, i. 354
575. St. Leger, won by 'Mango,' i. 23
576. St. Leonards, Right Hon. Lord, Lord Chancellor in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
577. Salamanca, battle of, Duke of Wellington's account of the, i. 39
578. Sale, Mrs., letter of, from Cabul, ii. 85
579. Salic Law, the, proposed revival of, in Spain, iii. 13
580. Salisbury, Right Hon. the Marquis of, Lord Privy Seal in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
581. Salisbury Cathedral, visit to, i. 223
582. Sampayo, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129
583. Sandwich, Countess of, appointment of, i. 224
584. Sardinia, defeated by Austria, iii. 282
585. Schleswig-Holstein question, the, iii. 371
586. Schwabe, Mr., on Spain, iii. 38
588. Scotland, visit to, iii. 291; Balmoral, 295
589. Scrope, Davies, iii. 47
590. Seaton, Lord, see Colborne
591. Sefton, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 138;
     • character of the, 138, 139
592. Selwyn, George, anecdotes of, i. 217
593. Serjeants-at-law, petition of the, i. 156, 160
594. Serrano, Marshal, intrigues of, iii. 194
595. Session, review of the (1838), i. 126, (1839) 231, (1840) 291, (1842) ii. 97, 98;
     • opening of the (1849), iii. 263
596. Sicily, revolution in, iii. 123;
     • Lord Palmerston's breach of neutrality with the Government of, 261, 271, 276
597. Sikh war, the, ii. 372;
     • termination of, 380;
     • the campaign, iii. 214
598. Singleton, Archdeacon, death of, ii. 94
599. Smith, Rev. Sydney, death of, ii. 273
600. Smith, Bobus, death of, ii. 274
601. Small v. Attwood, i. 80, 81;
     • judgement in, reversed, 83
602. Sobraon, victory of, ii. 380
603. Somerset, Lord Fitzroy (afterwards Lord Raglan), account of the Duke of Wellington's campaigns, i. 135-137
604. Somerset, Right Hon. Lord Granville, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37
605. Somnauth, Temple of, the gates of the, carried off, ii. 123, 139
606. Sophia, H.R.H. Princess, death of the, iii. 184
607. Sotomayor, Duke of, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 169
608. Soult, Marshal, arrival of, in London, i. 103;
     • at Queen Victoria's coronation, 106;
     • reception of, 113
609. Southern, Mr., on Irish affairs, iii. 171
610. Southwell, Church at, ii. 309
611. 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
612. 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
613. Speakership, discussion on the, ii. 23
614. Spencer, Right Hon. Earl, anecdote of, when leader of the House of Commons, ii. 152;
     • death of, 295;
     • character of, 295-298
615. Spencer, Hon. John, anecdotes of, ii. 67
616. Spottiswoode Gang, the, i. 31
617. Stade Dues, the, ii. 107
618. Staleybridge, riots at, ii. 98
619. 'Standard,' the, contradicts the 'Times' on the repeal of the Corn Laws, ii. 313
620. 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)
621. Stanley, Edward Henry, Hon. (afterwards fifteenth Earl of Derby), maiden speech of, iii. 337
622. Stephen, Right Hon. Sir James, position of, at the Colonial Office, i. 174
623. Stephens, arrest of, i. 155
624. Sterling, John, Mr., and Coleridge, i. 109
625. Stowe, sale at, iii. 216
626. Strachan, Lady, ii. 91
627. Strutt, Right Hon. Edward (afterwards Lord Belper), Railroad Bill of, iii. 93, 95
628. Sudeley, Lord, loses three forged Exchequer Bills, ii. 57
629. Sumner, Dr., appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, iii. 125
630. 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
631. Sutton Sharpe, anecdotes, ii. 78
632. Sybilla, Margravine, the residence of, near Baden, ii. 184
633. Syria, military operations in, i. 328;
     • affairs of, 346, 354
634. Tahiti affair, the, ii. 252
635. Talleyrand, death of, and character, i. 94;
     • and Napoleon, ii. 193
636. Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 10
637. Taylor, Mr. Henry, paper by, on the West Indies, i. 197
638. Taymouth, visit to, iii. 292
639. Temple Church, service at the, ii. 159
640. Temple, Sir William, award on the claims on Naples, iii. 419
641. 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
642. Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett (Lord Sydenham), sent to Canada, i. 235;
     • death of, ii. 117;
     • abilities of, ib.
643. Thynne, Rev. Lord John, visit to, iii, 207
644. '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.
645. Tintern Abbey, visit to, i. 221
646. Tocqueville, M. de, letter of, i. 362;
     • attacked by Lord Brougham, ii. 150;
     • on the state of parties in France, iii. 41
647. Torrington, Viscount, attack on, iii. 269;
     • defence of, 402
648. Tory-Radical, a, i. 19
649. Tower of London, fire at the, ii. 51
650. Treason, High, cases of, i. 289
651. Treaty, July 15, 1840, for settling the affairs of the East, i. 297 (for results of Treaty, see Eastern Question)
652. Trench, Sir Frederic, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington, i. 106
653. Troy House, visit to, i. 219;
     • built by Duke of Beaufort, 1689, 219
654. Tuileries, reception at the, iii. 35
655. Turton, Mr., appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110;
     • appointment criticised, 158;
     • debate on, in House of Lords, 170
656. Underwood, Lady Cecilia, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 278;
     • created Duchess of Inverness, 282;
     • at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282
657. Urquhart, Mr., and Lord Palmerston, i. 117;
     • account of, 119;
     • the 'Portfolio,' 158
658. Usk Castle, visit to, i, 220
659. Usk salmon, i. 220
660. Ventura, General, ii. 100
661. Victoria, Her Majesty Queen, accession of, i. 2;
     • praise of, 14, 20;
     • audience to Princesse Lieven, 15;
     • interview of, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham, 20;
     • visit to Queen Adelaide, 21;
     • cordiality to Lord Melbourne, 22;
     • picture of first Council of, 83;
     • at a ball at the Palace, 91;
     • Coronation of, 105, 106;
     • two sermons, 116;
     • and Lord Melbourne, 130;
     • life at Windsor, 146;
     • resignation of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet, 200;
     • the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-206;
     • declaration of marriage of, 247;
     • opens Parliament (1840), 253;
     • Marriage of, 266;
     • goes to the Ancient Concert, 275;
     • at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282;
     • shot at, 288;
     • on the Eastern Question, 323;
     • visit to Nuneham and Oxford, ii. 13;
     • visit to Chiswick, 14;
     • visit to Woburn, 26;
     • council for appointing ministers in Sir R. Peel's Administration, 37;
     • admirable behaviour of, 38;
     • appointments in the Household (1841), 42, 43;
     • reception of the new Ministers, 44;
     • birth of the Prince of Wales, 51;
     • the new Ministers, 84;
     • shot at, 96;
     • first visit to Scotland, 108;
     • visit to the Château d'Eu, 196, 200;
     • visit to Chatsworth, 215;
     • fancy ball, 283;
     • absence in Germany, 292;
     • sends for Lord J. Russell, 317;
     • Lord J. Russell's audience, 322, 323;
     • letter on Lord Palmerston's despatch, 424;
     • decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434;
     • good order of private affairs of, iii. 67;
     • correspondence on the Spanish marriages, 168;
     • visit of the Prince of Prussia to, 179;
     • affection of, for the Orleans Royal family, 186;
     • annoyance of, at Lord Palmerston's conduct, 289;
     • visit to Ireland, 295;
     • life at Balmoral, 296;
     • on Lord Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, 317;
     • sends for the Duke of Wellington, 388;
     • on the crisis, 390
662. 'Victoria and Albert,' the, Royal yacht, ii. 196
663. Vienna, outbreak at, iii. 158
664. Villiers, Right Hon. Charles P., correspondence with Cobden, ii. 349
665. Villiers, Hon. Edward, death and character of, ii. 208, 209
666. Visconti, Madame, i. 365
667. Wakefield, Mr. Edward Gibbon, appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110
668. Wakley, Mr., i. 60
669. Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, birth of, ii. 51;
     • question of promotion for the officer on guard, 51;
     • question of a baronetcy for the Mayor of Chester, 52;
     • armorial bearings of, 63;
     • gazetted Duke of Saxony, 65
670. Wales, North, excursion to, ii. 15-20;
     • the inhabitants of, 19
671. Walewski, Count, mission of, i. 315;
     • opinion of Lord Palmerston, iii. 418
672. Walpole, Rt. Hon. Spencer, position of, iii. 397;
     • Home Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, 451;
     • clause in the Militia Bill, 449
673. Walter, John, Mr., returned for Nottingham, i. 391;
     • succeeds to the 'Times,' iii. 64
674. Washington, the Treaty of, signed, ii. 101;
     • discovery of a missing map, 102;
     • attacked by Lord Palmerston, 101, 104-106;
     • controversy kept up, 109, 111;
     • dissatisfaction of Lord J. Russell at, 126;
     • ratification of, 147
675. Wellington, Duke of, the, on operations in Canada, i. 37;
     • on his Spanish campaigns, 37-41, 46;
     • advice of, to the King of Hanover, 42;
     • patriotism of, 45;
     • on the Canada Bill, 53;
     • comparison of, with Hannibal, 57;
     • at the Waterloo dinner, 103;
     • meets Marshal Soult, 105;
     • and Mr. Croker, 105;
     • equestrian statue of, 106;
     • contrast to Lord Brougham, 111;
     • panegyric on despatches of, 120, 121;
     • with Lord Anglesey at Waterloo, 135;
     • at Orthez, 135;
     • at Salamanca, 136;
     • lost his army, 136;
     • interview of, with the Duke of Newcastle, 195;
     • assurance of support to Lord Melbourne after moderation of the latter, 213;
     • effect of speech of, 214;
     • angry vein of, 225;
     • at the Dover dinner, 237;
     • Mr. Croker's anecdotes of, 248;
     • serious seizure of, 267;
     • on the Privilege Question, 270;
     • altered appearance of, 271, 275;
     • at Court, 278;
     • instance of failing memory, 278;
     • speech on the China question, 286;
     • conversation with, 287;
     • opposes the Canada Bill, 294;
     • influence of, 296;
     • on Eastern affairs, 300;
     • illness of, 373;
     • self-reliance of, ii. 34;
     • irritability of, 43;
     • chattels of, 59;
     • delusions of, 61;
     • meets the King of Prussia, 77;
     • on events in Afghanistan, 89, 100, 137;
     • at Exeter Hall, 97;
     • opinion of Lord Ellenborough, 139;
     • on the Duke of Marlborough, 192, 193;
     • Talleyrand and Napoleon, 193;
     • on the evils of the press, 220;
     • deference shown to, at the Cabinet, 223;
     • increasing irritability of, 223;
     • correspondence with Lord Haddington, 224;
     • at a review, 243;
     • on the Corn Laws, 351;
     • decorations for the Peninsular soldiers, 434;
     • conversation with, iii. 55;
     • reasons against taking office, 55;
     • on the defence of the country, 76;
     • on the Enlistment Bill, 76, 78;
     • Wyatt's statue of, 91;
     • failing powers of, 97;
     • and Mr. Croker, 98;
     • letter of, on the defence of the country, 107;
     • preparations of, for the great Chartist meeting, 162;
     • death of Mr. Arbuthnot, 362;
     • sent for by the Queen, 388;
     • death and character of, 474
676. Wells, visit to, iii. 207
677. West Indies, threatened emancipation of the, i. 84
678. West India question, the, iii. 175
679. West India Committee, iii. 187
680. West India Bill, iii. 193
681. Westminster Play 'Phormio,' ii. 216
682. Wharncliffe, Rt. Hon. Lord, Lord President in Sir R. Peel's Administration, ii. 37;
     • management of the Privy Council Office, 212;
     • contradicts the statement of the 'Times' on the repeal of the Corn Laws, 312-314;
     • death of, 335
683. Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, in society, iii. 73
684. Wheatstone, Mr., i. 79
685. Whig Government, prospects of the, i. 180;
     • state of the party, 193;
     • split with the Radicals, 192;
     • Government resigns, 199;
     • defeat of the party at the general election (1841), ii. 21-23;
     • negotiations with the Peelites (1851), iii, 383;
     • possible coalition with the Peelites, discussed, 437-440
686. Wiesbaden, visits to, ii. 171, 285;
     • theatre and society at, 172
687. 'Wilberforce, Life of,' review of, in the 'Edinburgh Review,' i. 90
688. Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), at the Grange, ii. 264
689. Wilde, Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice, dinner party at, iii. 125
690. Wilkie, David, picture of the Queen's First Council, i. 79, 82
691. William IV., H. M. King, as Duke of Clarence, i. 2;
     • Lord High Admiral, 3;
     • character of, 3;
     • funeral of, 8
692. Wilton, visit to, i. 223
693. Windcliffe, visit to, i. 222
694. Windsor Castle, invitation to, i. 132;
     • the Queen at, 146;
     • Council at, 246;
     • dinner at, 246;
     • Mayor of Newport at, 249;
     • anecdote of M. Guizot, 310;
     • dinner in St. George's Hall, ii. 11;
     • Council and dinner at, 44, 45
695. Wiseman, Dr., ii. 25;
     • conversation on relations with the Pope, iii. 108;
     • manifesto of, 369
696. Woburn, visit of the Queen to, ii. 26;
     • visit to, 46, 47;
     • party at, 76;
     • fire at, 76;
     • management of the estate, 110;
     • contrasted with Bretby, 416
697. Wolfe, General, anecdote of, ii. 120
698. Wolff, Dr., i. 88
699. Wood, Right Hon. Sir Charles, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 405;
     • income-tax difficulty, iii. 146
700. Wood, Mr., President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, dismissal of, i. 165
701. Wood, James, Mr., will case of, ii. 28
702. Worms, visit to, ii. 287
703. Worsley, visit to, ii. 303
704. Wrest, visit to, i. 250-251
705. Wyatt, Matthew, statue by, of the Duke of Wellington, i. 106
706. Wye, the river, scenery on, i. 220, 222
707. Wyse, Right Hon. Sir Thomas, British Minister at Athens, iii. 334;
     • instructions to, in the Greek dispute, 334
708. York, Archbishop of (Hon. Edward Harcourt), death of the, iii. 102
709. Zichy-Ferraris, Countess, ii. 91