A Journal of the Reigns of Kings George IV and William IV (Vol. I), by Charles C. F. Greville

Macao, verses on, i. 11, 12
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, speeches on the Reform Bill, ii. 123, 199; eloquence of, 204; at Holland House, 245; appearance of, 246; character of, 317; on the Coercion Bill, 363; conversation of, iii. 35; memory of, 337; eloquence of, compared to Lord Brougham, 338; inscription on monument erected in honour of Lord William Bentinck, 339
Macaulay, Zachary, iii. 337
Mackintosh, Right Hon. Sir James, speech of, on the criminal laws, i. 19; conversation of, 241; death of, ii. 307; ‘History of England,’ iii. 139; remarks on life of, 293, 314; compared with Burke, 314; life of, 316; abilities of, 316; religious belief of, 324
Maggiore, Lago, i. 414
Maidstone, state of the borough, iii. 184
Maii, Monsignore, i. 367, 375
Malibran, Maria Felicita, in the ‘Sonnambula,’ iii. 12
Mallet, conspiracy of, ii. 186
Malt Tax, the, Government defeated on, ii. 368
Manners Sutton, Sir Charles, G.C.B., proposed as Premier, ii. 326; conduct of, 341; reappointed Speaker, 343; Knight of the Bath, iii. 30; the Speakership, 204, see Canterbury, Lord
Mansfield, Lord, speech against the Government, ii. 136; audience of the King, 138; meeting of Peers, 152
Mansion House, the, dinner at, iii. 178
Marengo, battle-field of, i. 292
Maria, Donna, Queen of Portugal, at a child’s ball, i. 209; proposals of marriage for, iii. 33; at Windsor, 33; picture of, 195
Marie Amélie, Queen, iii. 383
Marmont, Marshal, at Lady Glengall’s, ii. 34; conversation with, ib.; revolution of 1830, 37; at Woolwich, 38; dinner at Lord Dudley’s, 38
Matteis, trial of, i. 336, 341
Matuscewitz, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary, i. 159; on affairs in Europe, ii. 176; conduct of, 324; conversation with, iii. 314
Maule, Mr. Justice, at dinner at the Athenæum. ii. 101
Meeting of moderate men, origin of the ‘Derby Dilly,’ iii. 219
Meiningen, château of, model of the, iii. 122; the Queen revisits the, 125
Melbourne, Viscount, Home Secretary, ii. 66; efficiency of, in office, 90; negotiations with, 104; dissatisfaction of, 245; on the proposed new Peers, 254; on the Reform Bill, 277; on the members of Lord Grey’s Administration, 322; sent for by the King, iii. 102; forms an Administration, 108; letter to the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Stanley, 109; Administration of, 113; anecdote of, 126; information of, 130; literary conversation of, 131; on Benthamites, 138; theological reading of, 138; fall of Government of, 143; dismissal of, 144; details of fall of Government, 147; account of dismissal, 150, 168; with the King, 163, 168; with his colleagues, 164; 165, 166; dispute with Lord Duncannon, 166; speeches at Derby, 170; weakness of, ib.; second Administration formed, 253; composition of, 256; theological reading of, 324; appointment of Dr. Hampden, 342; action against, brought by the Hon. Mr. Norton, 349; result of the trial, 351; difficulties of the Government, 355
Melville, Viscount, President of the India Board, i. 124
Mendizabal, ability of, iii. 321; dismissal of, 350
Messiah, the oratorio of the, performed in Westminster Abbey, iii. 98
Methuen, Paul, M.P., on supporting the Government, iii. 65; retort of O’Connell to, 65
Metternich, Princess, anecdote of, iii. 187
Mexico, failure of the Spanish expedition against, i. 249
Meynell, Mr., retires from the Lord Chamberlain’s department, ii. 133
Mezzofanti, i. 403
Middlesex election, 1835, iii. 197
Middleton, party at, i. 12
Miguel, Dom. ii. 312, 315, 321; attacks Oporto, 324; fleet captured by Captain Napier, iii. 9; anecdote of, 26; blunders of, 93
Milan, i. 413
Mill, John Stuart, at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59
Milton, Viscount, at a meeting at Lord Althorp’s, ii. 161
Mirabeau, Count de, Talleyrand’s account of, ii. 384
Miraflores, Count de, Spanish Ambassador in London, iii. 98; doubtful compliment to Madame de Lieven, 99
Mola di Gaeta, i. 359; Cicero’s villa, 368
Molé. M., Prime Minister of France, iii. 379; abilities of, 380
Montalivet, case of the French refugee, iii. 386
Monti, Vincenzo, anecdote of, ii. 186
Moore, Thomas, i. 239, 245; conversation of, 242; anecdotes, 247; Irish patriotism of, ii. 98; opinions on Reform, 140; copy of ‘Lord Edward Fitzgerald,’ 169; satire on Dr. Bowring, 219; compared with Rogers, iii. 324; quarrel with O’Connell, 346
‘Morning Herald,’ the, moderate Tory organ, ii. 269
Mornington, Countess of, death of, ii. 194
Morpeth, Viscount, Irish Secretary, iii. 256; speech on Irish Tithe Bill, 256
Mosley, Sir Oswald, meeting of moderate men, iii. 220
Mulgrave, Earl of, in Jamaica, ii. 352; refuses the office of Postmaster-General, iii. 90; Lord Privy Seal, 113; capability of, 255
Municipal Corporation Bill, iii. 263, 284, 290; policy of Tory Peers on the, 283; prospects of the, 295; effects of the, 309, 313; the Bill carried, 310
Munster, Earl of, employed by the King, ii. 10; raised to the Peerage, 143; Lieutenant of the Tower, 168; sworn in a Privy Councillor, 352

Murray, Dr., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, i. 146
Murray, Sir George, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, ii. 11
Murray, Lady Augusta, marriage of, ii. 194
Musard’s ball, iii. 384

Namik Pacha, Turkish Ambassador, ii. 339

Napier, Sir William, on the state of the country, ii. 108; ‘History of the Peninsular War,’ iii. 271

Napier, Captain Charles, captures Dom Miguel’s fleet, iii. 9; cause of capture of a French squadron, 11; anecdote of, 34

Naples, i. 333; sight-seeing at, 334; Court of Justice, 334; manuscripts, 334; ceremony of taking the veil, 338; sights of, 345, 356; miracle of the blood of San Gennaro, 353, 355, 364; excursions to Astroni, 356; lines on leaving, 361
Navarino, battle of, i. 114, 163
Nemours, H.R.H. Duc de, accompanies King Louis Philippe, ii. 99; nomination to the throne of Belgium declined, 111; in the House of Commons, iii. 306; at Doncaster, 315
Newmarket, political negotiations at, ii. 290
Nicholas, Emperor, accession of, i. 373; reception of strangers, iii. 24; on the change of Government in England, 211; speech at Warsaw, 319; dislike to King Louis Philippe, 387; qualities of, 371
‘Norma,’ the opera of, iii. 2
North, Lord, Letters of George III. to, iii. 129; anecdote of, 132
Northamptonshire election, iii. 326
Northumberland, Duke of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 157
Northumberland, Duchess of, resigns her office of governess to the Princess Victoria, iii. 400
Norton, Hon. Mr., action brought against Lord Melbourne, iii. 349; result of the trial, 351

Oaks, The. ii. 374; party at, 374

Oatlands, the residence of the Duke of York, i. 4; weekly parties at, 5, 7
O’Connell, Daniel, character of, i. 145; at dinner, 203; attempts to take his seat, 207; elected for Clare, 1829, 223; insult to, ii. 76; in Ireland, 96; opposition to Lord Anglesey, 98; abilities of, 100; violence of, 106; arrest of, 107; trial of, 109; position of, 111; pleads guilty, 114; opposition to Lord Duncannon in Kilkenny, 115; explanation of, 123; dread of cholera, 309; member for Ireland, 351; violent speech at the Trades’ Union, 362, 363; attack on Baron Smith, iii. 59; retort to Mr. Methuen, 65; and the Coercion Bill, 103, 110; in correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 110; union with the Whig party, 219; power of, 255; affair with Lord Alvanley, 256; in Scotland, 316; proposed expulsion from Brooks’s club, 320; quarrel with Moore, 346; Carlow election, 348
O’Connell, Morgan, duel with Lord Alvanley, iii. 256
Old Bailey, trials at, i. 204; ii. 85
Opera House, the English, burnt, i. 277
Orange, Prince of, dinner to the, ii. 57; returns to Holland, 133
Orange, Princess of, robbery of jewels of, i. 267
Orange Lodge, association of, iii. 343
Orangemen, meeting of, ii. 123
Orleans, H.R.H. Duke of, arrival of, i. 208; sent to Lyons, ii. 219; in England, 373; project of marriage at Vienna, iii. 372; question of marriage of, 387
Orloff, Count, arrival of, ii. 278; delay in ratification of the Belgian Treaty, 285
Osterley, party at, ii. 187

Padua, i. 411
Pæstum, i. 344
Palmella, Duke of, arrival of in London, ii. 315
Palmerston, Viscount, speech on the Portuguese question, i. 211; Foreign Secretary, ii. 66; suggests a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211; on proposed new Peers, 254; on prospects of the Reform Bill, 256; business habits of, iii. 20, 21; unpopularity of, 56; speech on the Turkish question, 71; Foreign Secretary in Lord Melbourne’s Administration, 113; unpopularity with the corps diplomatique, 136; loses his election in Hampshire, 197; as a man of business, 210; Foreign Secretary, 256; abilities of, 360
Panic, the, 1825, i. 77; on the Stock Exchange, 1830, ii. 43
Panshanger, parties at, ii. 46, 47, 229
Paris, society at, in 1830, i. 283; in July, 416, 417; Marshal Marmont’s account of events at, in 1830, ii. 36; alarm felt in, 99; change of Ministry, 133; in 1837, iii. 377; society at, 378, 385; sight-seeing, 381, 383
Park, Judge, anecdotes of, ii. 92; iii. 372
Parke, Right Hon. Sir James, sworn in a Privy Councillor, iii. 21; Baron of the Exchequer, 71; in the appeal of Swift v. Kelly, 268
Parliament, meeting of, 1830, ii. 53; meeting of, 1831, ii. 110; dissolution of 1831, 137; opening of, 153; in 1831, 223; dissolution of, 1832, 334; opening of, 1833, 351; prorogation of, 1833, iii. 27; opening of, 1834, 55; dissolution of, 183; temporary buildings for Houses of, 205; opening of, 219; in 1836, 334; prorogation of, 1836, 361
Parnell, Sir Henry, turned out of office, ii. 243
Parsons, anecdotes of, ii. 108
Paskiewitch, Marshal, in quarantine, ii. 162
Pattison, James, returned to Parliament for the City of London, iii. 188
Pavilion, The, dinner at, i. 49; completion of, 54
Pease, Mr., and O’Dwyer, iii. 59
Pedro, Dom, expedition of, ii. 312, 315; proposal to combine with Spain, iii. 72; in possession of Portugal, 93
Peel, Right Hon. Sir Robert, Home Secretary, i. 124; speeches on Catholic Relief Bill, 167, 183; Oxford University election, 1829, 177; defeated, 178; political prospects of, ii. 95, 96; power in the House of Commons, 116; speech on the Reform Bill, 123; inactivity of, on the Reform Bill, 130, 134; complaints of policy of, 141; conduct of, 160; reserve of, 161, 174; excellence in debate, 200; answer to Lord Harrowby, 248, 249; policy of, 264; speech on Irish Tithes, 269; invited to form a Government, 294; refuses to take office, 296; defence of conduct, 304; conduct during the Tory efforts to form a Government, 327, 328; conduct compared with that of the Duke of Wellington, 328; character of, 354; on political unions, iii. 12; in society, 35; position of, in the House of Commons, 64; collection of pictures, 70; great dinner given by, 72; speech on admission of Dissenters to the University, 75; policy of the Administration of, 161; friendship with the Duke of Wellington renewed, 167; arrival of, from the Continent, 174; formation of Administration, 177; manifesto to the country, 178; prospects of the Ministry, 179; qualities of, 189; Toryism of Administration of, 194; false position of, 208; prospects of Government, 214, 235, 236; talents of, 224; conduct to his adherents, 230, 244; courage of, 283; impending resignation of, 242; Government defeated, 246; resignation of Administration of, 1835, 246, 248; speech on Corporation Reform, 263; on Irish Church Bill, 281; relations with Lord John Russell, 282; seclusion of, 297; speech on Corporation Reform, 304; consideration for Lord Stanley, 335; conduct with regard to the Corporation Bill, 340; position of, 358; on the beginning of the new reign, 402
Peel, Sir Robert, sen., account of, ii. 125
Peel, Right Hon. Jonathan, iii. 243
Pemberton, Thomas, ii. 314; in the appeal of Swift v. Kelly, iii. 267, 271
Pembroke, Earl of, i. 250
Pension List, see Commons, House of
Pepys, Right Hon. Sir Christopher, Master of the Rolls, iii. 328. See Cottenham, Lord
Perceval, Spencer, discourse of, iii, 41; the Unknown Tongue, 41; on the condition of the Church, 123; apostolic mission to the members of the Government, 331; at Holland House, 331; apostolic mission of, 333
Périer, Casimir, momentary resignation of, ii. 175; attacked by cholera, 288; death of, 307
Persian Ambassador, the, quarrel of, with the Regent, i. 21
Perth election, 1835, iii. 197
Petworth House and pictures, ii. 336; fête at, iii. 84
Peyronnet, Comte de, i. 393
Phillpotts, see Exeter, Bishop of
Pisa, i. 297
Pitt, Right Hon. William, described by Talleyrand, ii. 345; anecdotes of, iii. 131
Plunket, Lord, Lord Chancellor in Ireland, ii. 90; anecdote of, 107; at Stoke, iii. 21; Deanery of Down, 70
Poland, contest in, ii. 157
Polignac, Prince Jules de, head of the Administration in France; i. 160, 229, 283; Administration of, 394; behaviour of, ii. 29; letter to M. de Molé, 33; exasperation against, 38, 39
Pompeii, i. 338; excavations at, 343
Ponsonby, Viscount, Minister at Naples, ii. 155; letters of, 172; conduct of, as Ambassador at Constantinople, iii. 405
Pope, the, audience of Pius VIII., i. 382; Irish appointments of the, iii. 269. See Rome
Portfolio, the, iii. 327
Portland, Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 95
Portugal, ships seized by the French, ii. 182, 184; affairs in, iii. 25, 79; bankrupt state of, 93
Powell, Mr., ii. 52
Pozzo di Borgo, Count, ii. 347; views of, on the state of Europe, iii. 182; Russian Ambassador in London, 201, 203
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, first speech of, ii. 115; First Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. 194
Pratolino, i. 402
Prayer, form of, on account of the disturbed state of the kingdom, ii. 99
Proclamation against rioters, ii. 73

‘Quakers’, the, address to King William IV, ii. 17

‘Quarterly Review, The,’ attacks Lord Harrowby, ii. 269, 270; pamphlet in answer to article, 270

Quintus Curtius, iii. 130

Racing, remarks on, ii. 373; anecdote, 374

Redesdale, Lord, letter of, ii. 269

Reform, plan of, ii. 105; remarks on, 207; negotiations concerning, 215, 217, 218

Reform Bill, the, laid before the King, ii. 109; excitement concerning, 124; carried by one vote, 132; alterations in, 134; Government defeated, 135; remarks on, 180; attitude of the press, 193; prospects of, 199; negotiations for a compromise, 211; altered tone of the press, 225; meeting of Peers in Downing Street, 225; measures for carrying the second reading in the House of Lords, 235, 237, 239, 241; continued efforts to compromise, 268; finally passed in the House of Commons, 270; continued discussions on, 274; difficulty with Schedule A, 280; carried in the House of Lords, 287; in committee, 292; passes through committee, 304; results of, iii. 27, 191. For debates on, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
Reichstadt, Duke of, and Marshal Marmont, iii. 374
Reis-Effendi, the, i. 159
Renfrewshire election, iii. 388
Rice, Right Hon. Thomas Spring, Colonial Secretary, iii. 88, 113; difficulties with, 253; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 256; incapacity of, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 376
Richmond, Duke of, and King George III. at a naval review, iii. 129
Richmond, Duke of, summary of character of, i. 199; Postmaster-General, ii. 66; refuses the appointment of Master of the Horse, 67; difficulties with his labourers, 68; at Goodwood, ii. 182; on Reform, 211; character of, iii. 15; resignation of, 88
Riots, in London, 1830, ii. 55; among the farm labourers, 68; proclamation against, 73; in the country, 77
Ripon, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 66; resignation of, iii. 88. See Goderich, Viscount
Robarts, Mr., dinner given by, iii. 184
Robinson, Right Hon. Frederick John, Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 79; See Goderich, Viscount
Rochester election, 183.3, iii. 193
Roden, Earl of, declines the office of Lord Steward, iii. 179, 181
Rogers, Samuel, breakfast given by, ii. 150; compared with Moore, iii. 324
Rolle, Lord, remark to Lord Brougham, iii. 107
Rome, i. 303, 304; St. Peter’s, 303, 321; sight-seeing, 306, 311, 322; the Sistine Chapel, 309; the cardinals, 309; a cardinal lying in state, 312; Pompey’s statue, 313; Temple of Bacchus, 313; the Catacombs, 314; the Pope’s blessing, 316, 324; Holy Week observances, 317; the Grand Penitentiary, 317, 319; washing of pilgrims’ feet, 320; supper to pilgrims, 321; Protestant burial-ground, 322; St. Peter’s illuminated, 325; excavations, 327; sight-seeing, 328, 329, 362; aqueducts, 363; the Scala Santa, 364; St. Peter’s, 366; Library of the Vatican, 367; votive offering of a horse-shoe, 367, 372; Columbaria, 374; saints, 385; the Flagellants, 387; relations with Protestant countries, 391; the Coliseum, 395; story of a thief, 396; convent of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 397; sight-seeing, 398
Rosslyn, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 210; Lord President of the Council, iii. 177; dinner for selecting the Sheriffs, 201
Roussin, Admiral, at Constantinople ii. 367
Rovigo, the Duke de, at Rome, i. 325
Rundell, Mr., fortune of, will of, i. 90
Runton Abbey, shooting at, iii. 51; murder in the neighbourhood, 51
Russell, Right Hon. Lord John, introduces the Reform Bill, ii. 121; seat in the Cabinet, 150; brings in his Bill, 155; letter to Attwood, 205, 206; willing to compromise, 223; brings on the second Reform Bill, 227; Paymaster, of the Forces, iii. 113; objected to by the King as leader of the House of Commons, 160; speech at Totness, 171; on the Speakership, 205; on Church Reform, 206; first speech as leader of the House of Commons, 214; letter of, on the Speakership, 218; as leader of the House of Commons, 221; marriage of, 252; Home Secretary in Lord Melbourne’s second Administration, 256; introduction of Corporation Reform, 263; relations with Sir Robert Peel, 282; course to be pursued on the Corporation Bill, 303, 310; speech on the Orangemen, 344; moderation of, 352; meeting at the Foreign Office, 357, 358; intention of the Government to proceed with their Bills, 397; speech in answer to Roebuck, 401
Russia, state of, 1829, i. 158; intrigues of, ii. 351; diplomatic relations with, 352; combines with Turkey against Egypt, 366; fleet sent to Constantinople, ib.; establishes her power in the East, 371; quarrel with, iii. 44; policy towards Turkey, 48; treaty with Turkey, 69; relations with Turkey, 183
Russo-Dutch Loan, question of the, ii. 240, 241; origin of the, 244; debate on the, in the House of Lords, 315
Rutland, Duke of, anti-Reform petition, ii. 263; birthday party, iii. 46

Sadler, Mr., maiden speech of, in opposition to the Catholic Relief Bill, i. 191
Saint-Aulaire, M. de, French Ambassador at Vienna, ii. 187; anecdote of, 187
Saint-Aulaire, Madame de, iii. 187
Saint-Germain, Count de, account of, ii. 186; the ‘Wandering Jew,’ 186
Salerno, i. 344
Salisbury, Marquis of, petition to the King, ii. 231
Saltash, borough of, division on, ii. 170
San Carlos, Duke and Duchess of, i. 8
Sandon, Viscount, moves the Address in the House of Commons, iii. 202; on Sir Robert Peel, 340
Sandys, Lord, iii. 359
Sartorius, Admiral, petition, iii. 366
Scarlett, Sir James, Attorney-General, i. 210
Scott, Sir Walter, death of, ii. 307
Seaford, Lord, i. 83
Sebastiani, Count, French Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, iii. 180
Sefton, Earl of, dinner to Lord Grey and Lord Brougham, ii. 69; on Lord Brougham, 148; created a Peer of the United Kingdom, 150; qualities of, 183
Segrave, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, iii. 322
Senior, Nassau, at Holland House, iii. 138
Session of 1833, review of the, iii. 28
Sestri, i. 297
Seton, Sir Henry, arrival of, from Belgium, ii. 178
Seymour, Lord, withdraws his support from the Government, ii. 124
Seymour, George, Master of the Robes, ii. 50
Seymour, Horace, retires from the Lord Chamberlain’s Department, ii. 133
Seymour, Jane, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Shadwell, Right Hon. Sir Lancelot, on legal business, iii. 76
Shee, Sir Martin, elected President of the Royal Academy, i. 269
Sheil, Right Hon. Richard, dispute with Lord Althorp, iii. 55; arrest of, by the Serjeant-at-Arms, 56; committee, 57, 58; insult to Lord Lyndhurst, 389
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, iii. 336
Siege of Saragossa, the, iii. 40
Siena, i. 303
Simplon, the, i. 415
Slavery, abolition of, ii. 347; for debates on, see Commons, House of
Smith, Baron, ii. 105; O’Connell’s attack upon, iii. 59, 61, 63
Smith, Sydney, and the siege of Saragossa, iii. 39; and Professor Leslie, 44; sermon of, in St. Paul’s Cathedral, 166; on Sir James Mackintosh, 317; dispute of, with the Bishop of London, 395; letter to Archdeacon Singleton, 395
Smithson, Sir Hugh, ii. 337, 338
Somaglia, Cardinal, i. 312
Somerville, Mrs., iii. 58
Sorrento, i. 352; Benediction of the Flowers, 352
Soult, Marshal, sent to Lyons, ii. 219; Prime Minister of France, 324
Southey, Robert, at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59; letter to Lord Brougham on rewards to literary men, 111
Spain, the Duke of Wellington on affairs in, iii. 47; state of, 55; affairs in, 66, 72; proposal to combine with Dom Pedro, 72; affairs in, 183; deplorable state of, 359
Spanish Legion, formation of the, iii. 265
Speaker, the, indecision of, ii. 299; disputes on the Speakership, 333; iii. 204
Spencer, Earl, death of, iii. 140
Spencer, Earl, see Althorp, Viscount
Sprotborough, party at, for the races, ii. 50
Staël, Madame de, ‘Considérations sur la Révolution française,’ i. 16; anecdote of, ii. 186
Stafford House, concert at, iii. 278
Stanley, Right Hon. Edward, Irish Secretary, ii. 66; speech on the Reform Bill, 123; seat in the Cabinet, 150; speech in answer to Croker, 228; Secretary for the Colonial Department, 365; at The Oaks, 374; indecision of, iii. 17; racing interests of, 35; resignation of, 88; in opposition, 93; ‘Thimblerig’ speech, 100; conciliatory letter to Lord Grey, 107; disposition of, 165, 167; declines to join Sir R. Peel, 175, 176; speech at Glasgow, 180; formation of the Stanley party, 220; position of Mr. Stanley, 222; policy of, 228; meeting of party at the ‘King’s Head,’ 237; speech on Irish Church question, 240; character of, 250; letter to Sir Thomas Hesketh, 265; joins the Opposition, 272; conduct of, 336
Stanley, Right Hon. Edward John, Under-Secretary of State, iii. 112
State Paper Office, i. 160; iii. 44
Stephen, James, opinions on emancipation, ii. 359
Stephenson, George, on steam-engines, iii. 54
Stewart, Lady Dudley, party given by, ii. 115; accompanies the Prince of Orange to Gravesend, 133
Stoke, party at, i. 142; ii. 185
Strangford, Viscount, sent to the Brazils, i. 140
Strasburg prisoners, acquittal of, iii. 381
Strawberry Hill, party at, i. 247
Strutt, Edward, ii. 59
Stuart de Rothesay, Lord, Ambassador in France, i. 141
Sugden, Right Hon. Sir Edward, quarrel of, with Lord Brougham, ii. 312; origin of animosity towards Lord Brougham, iii. 22; Irish Chancellor, 178; resignation of, 231; retains his appointment, 234
Sugden, Lady, not received at Court, iii. 231
Sunderland, state of, ii. 216
Sussex, H.R.H. the Duke of, marriage of, ii. 194
Sutherland, Duke of, death of the, iii. 19; wealth, of the, 19
Suttee case, before the Privy Council, ii. 307
Swift v. Kelly, before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, iii. 259, 266, 267, 271; judgment, 274

Tallyrand, Charles Maurice de, letter to the Emperor of Russia, i. 23; Ambassador to the Court of St. James, ii. 44; conversation of, 185; anecdotes, 185; mot of, 195; dinner with, 222; on Fox and Pitt, 344; detained in the Thames, 346; on Portuguese affairs, iii. 25; on relations between France and England, 314; opinion of, of Lord Palmerston, 360; dissatisfaction at his position in London, 386
Tasso, i. 328; bust of, 328
Tavistock, Marquis of, on the prospects of the Liberal party, iii. 43
Taylor, Sir Herbert, conversation with Lord Wharncliffe, ii. 251; correspondence with, about the Chancellorship, 339
Taylor, Henry, breakfast at the house of, ii. 58; breakfast to Wordsworth, Mill, Elliot, Charles Villiers, 120; on the abolition of slavery in the West Indies, 348; ‘Philip van Artevelde,’ iii. 114
Taylor, Brook, mission to Rome, ii. 153
Teddesley, party at, i. 11
Tenterden, Lord, death of, ii. 329; character of, 331; classical knowledge of, 331
Terceira, Portuguese expedition to, i. 169, 170
Terni, Falls of, i. 401
Thiers, Adolphe, dinner to, iii. 31; account of, 31; at the head of the French Government, 66; on interference in Spain, 66; foreign policy of, 364; social qualities of, 370; quarrel with Lady Granville, 380; courts the favour of Austria, 387
Thompson, Alderman, difficulties with his constituents, ii. 166
Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett, originates a commercial treaty with France, ii. 219; Board of Trade, iii. 113, 256; self-complacency of, 330
Thorwaldsen, Albert, at Florence, i. 299, 300
Tierney, Right Hon. George, i. 14; Master of the Mint, 95; death of, 269
‘Times,’ the, on Lord Harrowby’s letter, ii. 264, 265; attacks Lord Grey, 267; Lord Chancellor’s speech, 313; influence of the, 362; and Lord Brougham, iii. 133; disposition of, to support a Tory Government, 149, 152; terms of support to the Duke of Wellington, 155; power of the, 156, 157; negotiations with Lord Lyndhurst, 171; letter signed ‘Onslow,’ 199
Titchfield, Marquis of, death of, i. 75; character of, 75
Tivoli, i. 375
Tixall, party at, i. 10; Macao, 11
Torrington, Viscount, and the King, iii. 285
Tory party, state of the, ii. 162; meeting at Bridgewater House, iii. 237; state of the, 306; indifference of members of the, 389
Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, iii. 45; between Russia and Turkey, 1834, 69; the Quadruple, for the pacification of the Peninsula, signed 1834, 94
Tree, Ellen, at the City Theatre, ii. 181
Tuileries, the, reception at, iii. 382; ball at, 383; small ball at, 385
Turf, the, reflections on, iii. 139
Turin, i. 291
Turkey, threatened by Russia, i. 228; critical state of, ii. 351; relations with Russia, iii. 183
Tusculum, i. 390
Twiss, Horace, supper party given by, iii. 260

Union, speech of O’Connell on the repeal of the, iii. 80

Unions, proclamation against the, ii. 215; procession of trades, iii. 79

Urquhart, Mr., Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople, iii. 405

Van de Weyer, Sylvain, Belgian Minister to the Court of St. James, ii. 180

Vaudreuil, M. de, French chargé d’affaires in London, on French affairs, ii. 24

Vaughan, Right Hon. Sir Charles, special mission to Constantinople, iii. 405

Vaughan, Right Hon. Sir John, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155

Venice, i. 405; sights of, 406, 408, 410
Vernet, Horace, at Rome, i. 325
Verona, Congress of, i. 65; visit to, 413
Verulam, Earl of, petition to the King, ii. 231
Vesuvius, ascent of, i. 350
Vicenza, i. 412
Victoria, H.R.H. the Princess, at a child’s ball, i. 209; first appearance of, at a drawing-room, ii. 119; at Burghley iii. 315; health of, proposed by the King, 364; at Windsor, 367; letter from the King, 400; seclusion of, 403; first Council of, 406; proclaimed Queen, 408; impression produced on all, 409
Villiers, Hon. Hyde, appointed to the Board of Control, ii. 145
Villiers, Hon. George, at the Grove, ii. 105; conversation with the Duke of Wellington, 105; mission to Paris for a commercial treaty, 219; Minister at Madrid, iii. 14, 20, 21; on prospects in Spain, 69, 79; letters of, from Madrid, 321, 360, 365
Villiers, Hon. Charles Pelham, ii. 59
Virginia Water, ii. 25; visit to, 30

Walewski, Count Alexander, arrival of, in London, ii. 104

Walpole, Horace, letters to Sir Horace Mann, iii. 2

‘Wandering Jew, The,’ ii. 186

Warsaw, affair at, ii. 95; taken by the Russians, 192

Warwickshire Election, iii. 353, 354

Wellesley, Marquis of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 31; correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 103, 110; resigns the White Wand, 258

Wellesley, Long, Esq., committed for contempt of court, ii. 166

Wellington, Duke of, account of the battle of Waterloo, i. 39; in Paris with Blücher, 41; dispute with the King, 51; on affairs of France and Spain, 67; opinion of Bonaparte, 71; mission to Russia, 78; visit to the Royal Lodge, 102; opinion of Mr. Canning, 107; forms a Government, 1828, 124; resolves to carry the Catholic Relief Bill, 143; correspondence with Dr. Curtis, 148; ascendency of, in the Cabinet, and over the King, 176; hardness of character of, 191; duel with Lord Winchelsea, 192; conversation with, on King George IV. and the Duke of Cumberland, 216, 218; prosecution of the press, 233, 258, 260; business habits of, 262; conversation with on the French Revolution, ii. 21; qualities of, 41; confidence in, 45; declaration against Reform, 53; Administration of, defeated, 61; resignation of, 62; suppresses disturbance in Hampshire, 75; political character of, 81; reported letter of advice to the King of France, 94; correspondence with Mr. Canning, 103; conduct towards the Government, 159; objections to Mr. Canning, 170; dinner at Apsley House, 188; anti-Reform dinner at Apsley House, 197; remarks upon, 204; memorial to the King, 211; correspondence with Lord Wharncliffe, 221; obstinacy of, 234; letter to Lord Wharncliffe, 248; unbecoming letter laid before the King, 252; reply to Lord Wharncliffe, 253; speech on Irish Education, 272; sent for by the King, 294; efforts of, to form an Administration, 299; inability of, to form an Administration, 300; statement of his case, 302; conduct of the Tory party, 302; ill-feeling towards Peel, 325; view of affairs, 1833, 363; government of French provinces, 363; respect evinced towards, 372; defence of policy, 379; Speech on the Coronation Oath, iii. 9, 10; policy on the Irish Church Bill, 10; on Portuguese affairs, 11, 26; and the Bonaparte family, 26; subsequent account of attempt to form a Government, 48; compared with Lord Grey, 73; speech on the admission of Dissenters to the University, 73; presents the Oxford petition, 79; and the Whigs, 82; installed as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 95; First Lord of the Treasury, and Secretary of State for the Home Office, 149; arrangement for a provisional Government, 149; at the public offices, 1834, 154; account of crisis of 1834, 162; inconsistencies of, 172; on the division on the Speakership, 216; on Lord Londonderry’s appointment, 227; anecdote of Lord Brougham, 232; on Spain, 270; on the Walcheren expedition, 271; policy of, on the Corporation Bill, 283; letter to the Duke of Cumberland, 320; speech in answer to Lord Lyndhurst, 362; meeting of Tory Peers, 397; crowned by the Duchess of Cannizzaro, 406; quarrel with the Duke of Clarence, 406
Western, Lord, evidence of, iii. 112
West India Body, consternation of the, ii. 350; deputation of the, 350
West India Bill, prospects of the, iii. 13. For debates on the, see Commons, House of
West Indies, Lord Chandos’s motion on the state of the, ii. 116; project of emancipation, 347; alarm in the, 352; difficulties attending emancipation, 360; committee on affairs of the, iii. 266; decision on the office of Secretary of the Island of Jamaica, 279
Westmeath, Marchioness of, pension, i. 157, 160
Westmeath v. Westmeath, appeal before the Judicial Committee, iii. 119, 124; decision in, 140
Westminster election, 1818, contest, i. 3; in 1819, 17, 19; in 1833, ii. 370; in 1837, iii. 398
Wetherell, Sir Charles, account of, i. 194; speech on the Reform Bill, ii. 123; supports Sir E. Sugden’s motion, 314
Wharncliffe, Lord, interview with Radical Jones, ii. 200; overtures for a compromise on the Reform Bill, 211; character of, 213; draws up a declaration for signature in the City, 214; disappointment of, 218; final interview of, with Lord Grey, 220; correspondence of, with the Duke of Wellington, 221; interview of, with the King on the proposed new Peers, 231, 233; memorandum laid before the King, 252; as chief of a party, 289; in communication with Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Ellenborough, 290; defends his policy, 292; paper on the Tory party, 343; on the prospects of the country, iii. 54; joins the Peel Government, 175; on the prospects of the session, 341

Whately, Richard, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, iii. 280

Whig party, state of the, iii. 159; tactics of the, 216; union with O’Connell, 219; symptoms of disunion in the, 221; meeting at Lichfield House, 224; prospects of the, 235

Wicklow, Earl of, attack on the Government, iii. 110

Wilberforce, William, speech of, i. 16; negotiation with Mr. Canning, ii. 125
William IV., King, accession of, ii. 1; dislike of, to the Duke of Cumberland, 5; behaviour of, 6, 9; at the House of Lords, 11; personal anecdotes of, 11, 12, 13, 14; dinner at Apsley House, 14; at Windsor, 25; pays the racing debts of the Duke of York, 50; speech on the change of Government, 72; levee, 74; health of, 106, 108; mobbed on returning from the theatre, 117; in mourning for his son-in-law, 133; in the House of Lords, 136; dissolves Parliament, 136; conduct to his Ministers, 138; at Ascot, 147; opens Parliament, 153; at Windsor, 179; and the Bishops, 185; divides the old Great Seal, 188; crowned at Westminster, 190; levee, 192; toasts at dinner at St James’s, 193; interview with Lord Wharncliffe on creation of new Peers, 233; health of, 282; reluctance of, to make Peers, 283; adverse sentiments towards the Whigs, 298; dinner to the Jockey Club, 301; levity of, 302; letter to the Peers, 303; character of, 307; struck by a stone, 307; country dance, 341; anecdotes of, 342; state of mind of, 364; letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 382, 383; letter-writing, iii. 2; animosity to the French, 33; irritability of, 81; conduct of, 84; personal feelings towards the members of Lord Melbourne’s Administration, 137; dismissal of Lord Melbourne, 144; speech to the Tory Lords, 148; provisional appointments, 148; account of difference with Lord Melbourne, 150; resolution of, to support the Tory Government, 161; address to the new Ministers, 175; on the state of Persia, 184; whims of, 203; Island of St. Bartholomew, 203; indignation of, at the affair of Lord Londonderry, 231; distress of, 245; and the Ministers, 251; personal habits of, 264; speech to Sir Charles Grey, 272; audience to Lord Durham, 272; hostility towards Lord Glenelg and the Ministers, 276; conduct to the Speaker, 279; scene with Lord Torrington, 285; speech to the Bishops, 303; speech on the Militia, 311; and the Duchess of Kent, 313; speech at dinner to the Jockey Club, 351; Toryism of, 358; joke, 361; speech to the Bishop of Ely, 363; proposes the health of the Princess Victoria, 364; aversion to his Ministers, 364, 366; speech to Lord Minto, ib.; rudeness to the Duchess of Kent, 366; scene at birthday party, 367; reception of King Leopold, 370; speech, 1837, 385; address to Lord Aylmer, 394; illness of, 399, 400; letter to the Princess Victoria, 399; dangerous illness of, 401; prayers offered up for, 403; death of, 406; kindness of heart of, 410

Williams, Sir John, Justice of the Common Pleas, iii. 71

Winchelsea, Earl of, duel of, with the Duke of Wellington, i. 192; incident of the handkerchief, 198
Winchester Cathedral, iii. 283
Windham, Right Hon. William, diary of, i. 231; conversation with Doctor Johnson, 232
Windsor Castle, dinner in St. George’s Hall, ii. 34, 42; dinner during the Ascot week, 147
Windsor election, mobs at the, iii. 130
Woburn, party at, i. 23; riot at, ii. 77
Wood, Charles, on the Reform Bill, ii. 280
Wood, Matthew, returned to Parliament for the City of London, iii. 188
Worcester, Marchioness of, death of the, i. 47
Worcester Cathedral, iii. 327; monument of Bishop Hough, 327
Wordsworth, William, characteristics of, ii. 120
Wortley, Right Hon. John, Secretary to the Board of Control, i. 271. See Wharncliffe
Wrottesley, Sir John, motion of, for a call of the House, iii. 8, 13
Wynford, Lord, raised to the Peerage, i. 210; Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, 210
Wynn, Right Hon. Charles, President of the Board of Control, i. 95; resignation of, ii. 124

York, H.R.H. the Duke of, character of, i. 5; management of racing establishment, 44; dislike to the Duke of Wellington, 48, 62; duel with the Duke of Richmond, 62; anecdotes of King George IV., 73; illness of, 83, 85; death of, 84; funeral of, 89; letter to Lord Liverpool on the Catholic question, ii. 104
York, H.R.H. the Duchess of, character of, i. 5; portrait of, 8; illness of, 27; death of, 34
Young, Thomas, private secretary to Lord Melbourne, iii. 126

Zea Bermudez, iii. 21; dismissal of, 55

Zumalacarreguy, ii. 270