The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Journal of the Reigns of Kings George IV and William IV (Vol. II), by Charles C. F. Greville

Dalberg, Duke de, letter on European affairs, ii. 44
Dawson, Right Hon. George Robert, speech on Catholic Emancipation, i. 138, 200; sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 71
De Gazes, Duke, favourite of Louis XVIII., ii. 305; Ambassador to the Court of St. James, 306
Dedel, M., Dutch Minister at the Court of St. James, iii, 32
Denbigh, Earl of, Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, ii. 342; sworn in Privy Councillor, 352
Denman, Lord, correspondence with the King, i. 156; sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 329; Lord Chief Justice, 330; qualities of, 331; meeting of, with Lord Brougham, in Bedfordshire, iii. 71; raised to the Peerage, 74
Derby Dilly, the, iii. 236, 237, 253
De Ros, Lord, in Rome, i. 368
De Ros, Colonel, the Hon. Arthur John Hill, death of, i. 81; character of, 82
Dickenson, Captain, trial of, by court-martial, i. 235
Diebitsch, Marshal, death of, from cholera, ii. 154
Dino, Duc de, arrest of the, i. 255
Dino, Duchesse de, ii. 57; on the state of France, 195
Discontent throughout the country, ii. 108
Disraeli, Benjamin, projects for sitting in Parliament, iii. 170
Dissenters’ Marriage Bill, iii. 207, 230. For debates on, see Commons, House of
Dorsetshire election, 1831, ii. 203, 207; crime in, iii. 77
Dover, Lord, resigns the Woods and Forests, ii. 109; created a Peer, 150; death of, iii. 4; character of, 4; Life of Frederick II., 6; book on the Man in the Iron Mask, 6
Down, deanery of, iii. 70
Drax v. Grosvenor, case of, ii. 224; lunacy case, 369; decision on, 375; final meeting on, 377
Drummond, Henry, mission to the Archbishop of York, iii. 333
Dublin Police Bill, iii. 333
Dudley, Earl of, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, i. 95, 124; dinner to Marshal Marmont, ii. 38; eccentricity of, 271, 272
‘Duke of Milan,’ quotation from the, i. 178
Dülcken, Madam, performs before the Judicial Committee, iii. 325
Duncannon, Viscount, iii. 104; called to the House of Lords, and Secretary of State, 109; sworn in, 112; Home Secretary, 113; on O’Connell, 117; at a fire in Edward Street, 117; on the state of affairs, 196; Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Melbourne, 256
Duncombe, Hon. Thomas Slingsby, maiden speech of, i. 128; petition from Barnet, ii. 255; guilty of libel, iii. 9; at Hillingdon, 123
Durham, Earl of, quarrel with Lady Jersey, ii. 119; influence over Lord Grey, 222; attack on Lord Grey at a Cabinet dinner, 226; rudeness of, 269; return from Russia, 333; violence of, 333; created an earl, 365
Dwarris, Sir Fortunatus, dinner at the house of, ii. 359

East, Sir E. Hyde, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155
Eboli, Duchesse d’, ball at Naples, i. 335
Ebrington, Viscount, moves a vote of confidence in the Government, ii. 202, 204
Ebury, Lord, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 78
Egremont, Earl of, at Petworth, ii. 336; wealth of, 337; hospitality to the poor, iii. 84
Eldon, Earl of, audience of King George IV., i. 197; speech at Apsley House, ii. 198; career of, 378; tribute to, iii. 42
Election, General, in 1830, ii. 20, 29; in 1831, 139, 141, 142, 145; in 1832, 335; in 1835, iii. 184, 189, 191, 193; results of, 195; in the counties, 198; result, 201
Eliot, Lord, return of, from Spain, iii. 259; conversation with Louis Philippe, 259
Ellenborough, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 124; letter to Sir John Malcolm, 271; on West India affairs, ii. 350; on Egypt, 351; speech on admission of Dissenters to the University, iii. 73
Ellesmere, Earl of, Irish Secretary, i. 146

Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, iii. 104; and the Colchester election, 112; Secretary for War, 113; in Paris, 379

Elliot, Frederic, letter from Canada, iii. 325

Epsom races, 1831, ii. 143; in 1833, 373
Erskine, Right Hon. Thomas, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 223; Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, 223
Escars, Duchesse d’, at a party given by the Duke of Wellington, i. 214
Este, Sir Augustus d’, behaviour of, ii. 194
Esterhazy, Prince Paul, conversation with, ii. 40; on Belgian affairs, 189; on the state of England, iii. 32; on affairs in Europe, 370; conversation with, 373
Europe, state of, ii. 126; in 1831, 187; in 1836, iii. 370
Evans, General de Lacy, iii. 265; reported death of, 359
Evans, the incendiary, arrest of, ii. 70
Exeter, Bishop of, correspondence with Lord Melbourne, ii. 97; interview with Lord Grey, 205; talents of, 287; ambition of, 289

Falck, Baron, ii. 15, 41
Ferdinand, Emperor, of Austria, iii. 374
Fergusson, Right Hon. Cutlar, Judge Advocate, iii. 95
Ferrara, i. 405
Fieschi conspiracy, iii. 286
Fingall, Earl of, created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Finsbury election, 1834, Radical returned, iii. 100
Fitzclarence, Colonel George, see Munster, Earl of
Fitzclarence, Lord Frederick, resigns appointment at the Tower, ii. 362
Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus, picture of, ii. 179
Fitzclarence, Lord Augustus, at Ascot, ii. 147; picture of, 176
Fitzclarence, Lady Augusta, marriage of, iii. 363
Fitzgerald, Right Hon. Vesey, i. 150
Fitzherbert, Sirs., death of, iii. 396; documents of, 396
Flahault, Madame de, anecdotes of Princess Charlotte, ii. 319; salon of, in Paris, iii. 381
Fleury, Cardinal, ii. 347
Florence, i. 299; sights of, 300; society at, 302; sculpture, 300, 301; pictures, 303; Grand Duke, 303
Foley, Lord, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 84; Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire, 84; at St. James’s, 297
Fonblanque, Albany, iii. 348
Forester, Right Hon. Colonel Cecil, resigns his appointment as Groom of the Bedchamber, ii. 118
Forfar election, 1835, iii. 197
Fox, Mrs. Lane, accompanies the Prince of Orange to Gravesend, ii. 133; receives the Cabinet Ministers, iii. 140
Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, described by Talleyrand, ii. 344
Fox, W.J., Unitarian minister, sermon, iii. 43
France, state of affairs in, i. 284; appearance of the country, 287; impending crisis in 1830, 369; events in 1830, ii. 17; revolution, 19; Duke of Orleans ascends the throne, 26; political prospects, 26; reconstruction of the Constitution, 28; army ordered to Belgium, 178; army in Belgium, 181; seizure of Portuguese ships, 182, 184; republican tendencies of, 187; state of the country, 1831, 195; weakness of the Government of Louis Philippe, 322; dispute with America, iii. 322; state of the country, 382
Francis, Sir Philip, handwriting of, i. 234
Franklin, Benjamin, ii. 185
Franz Joseph, Archduke, iii. 374
Frascati, convent at, i. 305; dinner at, 305; visit to, 390

Gallatin, Albert, i. 257

Gambier, Lord, proxy of, ii. 286
Garrick, David, anecdotes of ii. 316
Gell, Sir William, at Rome, i. 372, 375
Geneva, i. 415
Genoa, i. 292; palaces, 293, 295; churches, 294; tomb of Andrew Doria, 296
George III., death of, i. 23; will, 64; jewels and property, 65; dislike of the Duke of Richmond, iii. 129
George IV., illness of, i. 23; at the Pavilion, 49; interview with, 91; health and habits of, 143; violent dislike to the Catholic Relief Bill, 153, 181; character of, 155; personal habits of, 189; interview with the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, and Sir Robert Peel, 201; health of, 206; racing interests of, 212; anecdotes concerning, 216; eyesight affected, 233, 236; courage of, 236; conduct in reference to Mr. Denman, 250; illness of, 368; death of, 417; funeral of, ii. 4; sale of wardrobe, 23; details of last illness, 30; anecdotes concerning, 189
Gérard, Marshal, reported resignation of, ii. 45; ordered to Belgium, 178
Gibson, John, R.A., at Rome, i. 383
Gladstone, William Ewart, West India Committee, iii. 280
Glenelg, Lord, President of the Board of Trade, i. 124; Board of Control, ii. 66, iii. 113; Colonial Secretary in Lord Melbourne’s second Administration, 256; and the King, 276
‘Glenfinlas’ performed at Bridgewater House, iii. 353, 355
Glengall, Earl of, comedy by the, i. 249
Glengall, Countess of, ii. 85
Gloucester, H.R.H. the Duke of, ii. 8
Goderich, Viscount, Small Notes Bill, i. 79; Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs and War, 95; sent for by the King, 107; scene at Windsor, 108; Administration of, formed, 108; resignation of, 115; returns to office, 116; Ministry dissolved, 120; Colonial Secretary, ii. 66; Lord Privy Seal, 365; created an earl, 367; invested with the Order of the Garter, 367
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, death of, ii. 307
Goodwood, ii. 182; in 1833, iii. 20
Gorhambury, party at, ii. 188
‘Goriot, Le Père,’ iii. 378
Goulburn, Right Hon. Henry, Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 124
Graham, Right Hon. Sir James, First Lord of the Admiralty, ii. 66; elevation of, 90; remarks on, 91; resignation of, iii. 88; declines to join the Peel Administration, 176; conservative spirit of, 249; on the crisis of 1835, 249; joins the Opposition, 272
Grange, The, attacked by a mob, ii. 68
Grant, Right Hon. Charles, see Glenelg, Lord
Granville, Earl, Ambassador in Paris, iii. 385
Granville, Countess, i. 10; quarrel with M. Thiers, iii. 380
Greece, policy of the English Government towards, i. 255
Greenwich, dinner at, iii. 1
Grenville, Thomas, conduct during the riots of 1780, iii. 129
Gresley, Sir Roger, quarrel with Lord H. Bentinck, ii. 148
Greville, Charles, sen., death of, ii. 318
Greville, Mrs., ‘Ode to Indifference,’ ii. 319
Greville, Algernon, private secretary to the Duke of Wellington, iii. 163
Grey, Earl, hostility to the Government, i. 100; forms an Administration, 1830, ii. 64, 66; First Lord of the Treasury, 66; at dinner at Lord Sefton’s, 69; nepotism of, 78; character of, 88; relations with Lord Lyndhurst, 88; lays the Reform Bill before the King, 109; weakness of Government in the House of Commons, 116; remarks on Administration of, 137; invested with the Order of the Garter, 146; at dinner at Hanbury’s Brewery, 149; attacked on his foreign policy, 178; on Belgian affairs, 178; attacked by Lord Durham, 226; proposed new Peers, 230; altered conduct of, 232; reluctance to make new Peers, 247; conversation with, 248; interview with Lord Harrowby and Lord Wharncliffe, 259; minute of compromise with Lord Harrowby and Lord Wharncliffe, 260; speech on Ancona, 269; speech at the close of the Reform debate, 288; continued efforts for a compromise, 291; Government defeated in committee, 293; resignation of Administration of, 294; resumes office with his colleagues, 300; remarks on the members of the Administration of, 322; embarrassment of Government, 369; instance of readiness of, iii. 10; on Portuguese affairs, 21; compared with the Duke of Wellington, 73; changes in the Administration of, 88, 90, 91; situation of, in the crisis of 1834, 91; letter to Lord Ebrington, 92; weakness of the Government, 97; resignation of, 101; refuses the Privy Seal, 112; desires to retire, 124; dinner to, at Edinburgh, 135; events subsequent to retirement of, 145; intrigue, 145; conservative spirit of, 249; audience of the King, 251; dissatisfaction of, 352
Grey, Sir Charles, Governor of Jamaica, sworn in a Privy Councillor, iii. 271
Grote, George, returned for the City of London, iii. 188
Guixot, Monsieur, reported resignation of, ii. 45; eminence of, iii. 379
Gully, Mr., account of, ii. 335; returned for Pontefract, 336
Gunpowder Plot, papers relating to, i. 161

Haddington, Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 181

Halford, Sir Henry, report on the cholera, ii. 137
Hampden, Dr. Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, iii. 341, 342
Hanbury’s Brewery, dinner at, ii. 148
Happiness, reflections on, iii. 293
Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir Henry, on the prospects of the Tory Government, iii. 167; on the King and Lord Melbourne, 168
Harrowby, Earl of, Lord President, i. 95; speech on Reform, ii. 206; interview with Lord Grey, 224; circular to the Peers, 242, 248; interview with Lord Grey, 259; discussions on letter of, 262; letter shown to Lord Grey, 264; the ‘Times’ on the letter of, 264, 265; patriotic conduct of, 275; declines to vote on Schedule A, 281; character of, iii. 52; subscription to election expenses, 182
Harrowby, Countess of, iii. 52
Hartwell, visit to, ii. 345
Harvey, Whittle, committee, iii. 112; speech of, at Southwark, 188
Harwich election, 1835, iii. 186
Health, formation of a board of, ii. 154
Henry II., King, and Thomas à Becket, iii. 130
Henry VIII., King, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168
Herbert, Sydney, Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. 194
Herculaneum, i. 349
‘Hernani,’ ii. 154
Herries, Right Hon. John Charles, scene at Council, i. 108; discussions on appointment of, 110; ill-will of, towards his colleagues, 121; Master of the Mint, 124
Hertford, Marchioness of, funeral of, iii. 79
Hess, Captain, ii. 319, 320
Heurteloup, Baron, before the Judicial Committee, iii. 332
Heythrop, riot at, ii. 77
Hill, Mr., Irish members’ squabble, iii. 55
Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir John Cam, speech on the Reform Bill, ii. 123; Secretary of War, 243; resigns Irish Secretaryship and seat for Westminster, ii. 368; on the state of affairs, iii. 195; Board of Control, in Lord Melbourne’s second Administration, 256
Holland, the King of, invades Belgium, ii. 175; state of, 200; conduct of the King of, 314; the King refuses to give up Antwerp, 321, 329; obstinacy of the King, 324; bankrupt condition of, iii. 32
Holland, Lord, at Panshanger, ii. 47; Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 113; anecdotes related by, 131; on Reform, 135; on Mr. Canning, 135; anecdotes, 335; on Mr. Fox, 335; contempt for the Tory party, 336
Holland, Lady, fancies of, ii. 331; and Spencer Perceval, iii. 331
Holland House, dinner at, ii. 245; conversation at, 316; Allen and Macaulay, 317; sketch of, 331; conversation at, iii. 127, 129; literary criticisms, 130; Lord Melbourne’s conversation, 131; dinner at, 132; news of the fall of Lord Melbourne’s Administration, 147; party spirit at, 192
Holmes boroughs, ii. 140
Hook, Theodore, improvisation of, iii. 119, 197; singing of, 197
Home, Sir William, Attorney-General, ii. 333; and Lord Brougham, iii. 67
Hortense, Queen, at Frascati, i. 305
Horton, Wilmot, lectures at the Mechanics’ Institute, ii. 97
Howe, Earl, dismissal of, ii. 203; Queen’s Chamberlain, 319; and Queen Adelaide, 331; correspondence about the Chamberlainship, 339
Howick, Viscount, Under-secretary, ii. 78; in office, iii. 254; civility of the King to, 255; Secretary of War, 256; acrimony of, 312; interview with Spencer Perceval, 330; on the position of parties, 360
Hudson, Sir James, page of honour, ii. 339
Hume, John Deacon, Assistant-Secretary to the Board of Trade, i. 223; ii. 49
Hume, Joseph, extreme Radical views of, ii. 361; speech on the Orangemen, iii. 344; deputation to Lord Melbourne, 357
‘Hunchback, The,’ ii. 285
Hunt, Henry, speech of, ii. 112; speech of, against the Reform Bill, 134
Huskisson, Right Hon. William, President of the Board of Trade, i. 95; dispute in the Cabinet, 120; joins the new Government, 122; Colonial Secretary, 124; resignation of, 131; Lord Melbourne’s opinion of, ii. 46; death of, 47; character of, 49; funeral of, 51

Incendiarism in the country, ii. 84
Ireland, trials in, i. 239; dissatisfaction in, ii. 76; unpopularity of Government changes in, 89; state of, 112, 114; education in, 267, 271; tithes, 309; Church difficulties in, 323
Irish Church, abuses in, iii. 9; the Irish Church Bill dangerous to the Government, 86; differences in the Cabinet, 89; difficulties of the Irish Church question, 240, 253; opinions of Lord Melbourne on the, 269. For debates on the Irish Church Bill, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
Irish Tithe Bill, thrown out, iii. 117; divisions on the, 246; conduct of the Government, 298; difficulties of, 353, 354; abandonment of the Appropriation Clause, 355
Irving, Edward, service in chapel, iii. 40; the unknown tongues, 41; sermon of, 41; interview with Lord Melbourne, 129
Irving, Washington, i. 249
Istria, Duchesse d’, beauty of, iii. 381

Jacquemont’s Letters, iii. 115

Jamaica, insurrection in, ii. 262; Mr. Greville, Secretary of the Island of, 349; petition to the King, 352; affairs of, 352; anecdote of a slave, 359; opinion of Sir Willoughby Cotton, 380; office of Secretary to the Island of, threatened, iii. 266, 268, 275; secured, 279
Jebb, Judge, charge of, at O’Connell’s trial, ii. 109
Jeffrey, Lord, and Professor Leslie, iii. 44
Jersey, Countess of, character of, i. 12; party at the house of, ii. 64; quarrel with Lord Durham, 119; correspondence with Lord Brougham, 126
Jockey Club, dinner given by the King to the, 1828, i. 134; in 1829, 211
‘John Bull,’ the, newspaper, ii. 97
Johnson, Dr., anecdotes of, ii. 316
Johnstone, Right Hon. Sir Alexander, sworn in a Privy Councillor, iii. 27, 30; at the Judicial Committee, 125
Jones Loyd, Mr., iii. 188
Jones, ‘Radical,’ interview with Lord Wharncliffe, ii. 200
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Bill for the establishment of the, iii. 21; meeting to make regulations for the, 35; first sitting of the, 38; working of the, 205

Kelly, Mrs., adventures of her daughter, i. 379, 383; case before the Privy Council, iii. 259, 261, 266, 267; judgment, 274

Kemble, Charles, and his family, iii. 260

Kemble, Miss Fanny, i. 240, ii. 129; tragedy by, 270; in the ‘Hunchback,’ 285
Kempt, Right Hon. Sir James, Master-General of the Ordnance, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 84
Kent, H.R.H. the Duchess of, disputes in the Royal Family, ii. 190; and the Duke of Wellington, 190; the Regency Bill, 191; salutes to, iii. 3; at Burghley, 315; quarrels with the King, 366; scene at Windsor, 367; answer to the address of the City of London, 399; squabble with the King, 400
Kenyon, Lord, speech at Apsley House, ii. 198
Kinnaird, Lord, created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, anecdote of, iii. 130
Knatchbull, Right Hon. Sir Edward, joins the Peel Government, iii. 176, 177; attack on, 226
Knighton, Sir William, i. 72; influence with the King, 99, 144; behaviour of, during the King’s illness, ii. 174

Lafayette, Marquis de, resignation of, ii. 99
La Ferronays, M. de, French Ambassador at Rome, i. 307; on the accession of the Emperor Nicholas, 373; on French politics, 368; civility of, 380, 381; on French affairs, 393, 395
La Granja, revolution of, iii. 364, 365
‘Lalla Rookh,’ at Bridgewater House, iii. 353
Lamb, Sir Frederick, ii. 94; reported letter to the King of France from the Duke of Wellington, 94
Lambeth Palace, restoration of, ii. 34
Lancashire election, 1835, iii. 198
Langdale, Lord, reply to Lord Brougham, iii. 81; declines the Solicitor-Generalship, 141; peerage, 328; Master of the Rolls, 328

Lansdowne, Marquis of, Secretary of State for the Home Department, i. 95; Lord President, ii. 66; dinner to name the sheriffs, 109; on the Reform Bill, 131; and Lord Brougham, 347; Lord President in both of the Administrations of Lord Melbourne, iii. 113, 256
La Roncière, case of, iii. 202
Laval, M. de, at Apsley House, ii. 15
Law, History of English, iii. 114
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, early genius of, i. 256; death of, 263; character of, 264; funeral of, 268; engagement of, to the Misses Siddons, iii. 50
Leach, Right Hon. Sir John, disappointed of the Woolsack, ii. 68; in the case of Drax v. Grosvenor, 378
Leigh, Colonel George, ii. 189
Leinster, Duke of, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155
Leitrim, Earl of, created a Baron of the United Kingdom, ii. 150
Le Marchant, Denis, at Stoke, iii. 21
Lemon, Robert, F.S.A., Deputy Keeper of the State Papers, iii. 44
Lennard, John Barrett, Chief Clerk of the Privy Council Office, ii. 370
Leopold, King, i. 22; desires to ascend the throne of Greece, 265; anxiety to ascend the throne of Belgium, ii. 153; accepts the throne of Belgium, 158; starts for Belgium, 167; proposes to the Princess Louise of France, 168; in Belgium, 177; want of confidence in, 177; cold reception of, at Windsor, iii. 370
Leuchtenberg, Duke of, at Havre, iii. 33; marriage of, 33; letter to Lord Palmerston, 34; arrival of, 195
Leveson, Lord Francis, see Ellesmere, Earl of
Levee, iii. 213
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, (‘Monk’ Lewis), journals and voyages to the West Indies, ii. 382; anecdote of, iii. 2; agreement with Mr. Murray for the Journal, 8
Lichfield, Earl of, at Runton, iii. 51
Lichfield Cathedral, iii. 327
Lieven, Prince, recalled, iii. 87
Lieven, Princess, character of, i. 15; attacks Lord Grey, ii. 261; on the Belgian question, 266; conversation with, 322; renews her friendship with the Duke of Wellington, 325; grievances of, 351; interference of, 358; diplomatic difficulties, 357; reception of, at St. Petersburg, iii. 23; position, of, in Paris, 379
Littleton, Right Hon. Edward, i. 11; proposed by Lord Althorp as Speaker, ii. 333; Secretary for Ireland, 372; and O’Connell, iii. 99; instrumental in breaking up the Government, 102; political career of, 103; letter to Lord Wellesley, 103, 110; in communication with O’Connell, 103, 110; Irish Secretary, 113
Liverpool, Earl of, and the King, i. 25; paralytic seizure, 90; transactions before the close of Administration of, ii. 173
Liverpool, opening of the railroad, ii. 43, 47; bribery at election, 79
Lobau, Marshal, Commandant-Général, ii. 99
Lodge, the Royal, entertainments at, i. 99
London, speech of Bishop of, iii. 391; University Charter, iii. 80, 81, 237; meeting of Committee of Council on, 260, 262
Londonderry, Marquis of, death of, i. 51; character of, 52; funeral of, 54
Londonderry, Marquis of, motion on Belgium, ii. 180; attacks Lord Plunket, 266; debate on appointment of, to St. Petersburg, iii. 225; opinion of the Duke of Wellington, 227; speech of, 228; resignation of, 229
Long, St. John, trial of, ii. 85
Lords, House of, debate of Royal Dukes, i. 177; debate on Catholic Relief Bill, 199; division on Catholic Relief Bill, 199; debate on affairs in Portugal, 277; debate on the Methuen Treaty, ii. 118; speech of Lord Brougham, 118; violent scene in the, 136; debate on Lord Londonderry’s motion, 180; prospects of the Reform Bill, 193; First Reform Bill thrown out, 202; attack on the Bishops, 205; new Peers, 230; measures for carrying the second reading of the Second Reform Bill, 235, 237; division on the Belgian question, 240; Reform Bill, 271; Irish education, 271; debates on second reading of the Reform Bill, 272, 286; list of proposed new Peers, 283; Reform Bill carried, 287; in Committee on the Reform Bill, 291; debate on conduct of the Tory party, 303; Russo-Dutch Loan, 315; Government beaten on Portuguese question, 376; powerlessness of, 377; Local Courts Bill, 382, 384; debate on Local Courts Bill, iii. 7; Government defeated, 7; Irish Church Bill, 8; Bill for the observance of the Sabbath, 83; debate on the Irish Church Bill, 94; Poor Law Bill, 114; debate on Irish Tithe Bill, 117; conduct of the House, 239; debate on Corporation Bill, 286, 290; position of the House, 288, 291; Irish Tithe Bill thrown up, 295; conflict with the House of Commons, 295; state of the House, 307; debate on Corporation Bill, 308, 351; hostility to the House of Commons, 359; conduct of the House, 360, 361
Louis XVIII., King, memoirs of, ii. 305; favourites of, 305; at Hartwell, 345
Louis Philippe, King, accession of, ii. 26; conduct of, 27; tranquillises Paris, 99; speech of, 169; averse to French attack on Antwerp, 334; behaviour of, to the Queen of Portugal, iii. 33; power of, in the Chamber, 142; courage of, 286; conduct towards Spain, 321, 360, 364; at the Tuileries, 382; dislike to the Duke de Broglie, 386
Louise, H.R.H. Princess, daughter of King Louis Philippe, ii. 168
Louis, Baron, reported resignation of, ii. 45
Luckner, General, ii. 219
Lushington, Dr., speech of, in the appeal of Swift v. Kelly, ii. 383
Lushington, Sir Henry, and ‘Monk’ Lewis, iii. 2
Luttrell, Henry, character of, i. 10; ‘Advice to Julia,’ 33
Lyndhurst, Lord, Lord High Chancellor, i. 95, 124; quarrel with the Duke of Cumberland, 223; dissatisfaction at Lord Brougham’s being raised to the Woolsack, ii. 68; reported appointment to be Lord Chief Baron, 89; opinion of the Government, 93; Lord Chief Baron, 106; political position of, 107; anecdote of a trial, 107; retort to the Duke of Richmond, 139; on the Government, 143; on Sir Robert Peel, 144; on Lord Brougham, 144; sent for by the King, 294; efforts to form a Tory Government, 326; judgment in Small v. Attwood, 330; account of the efforts of the Tory party to form a Government, 340; forgets the message of the King to Lord Grey, iii. 49; account of transactions between the King and Lord Melbourne, 150; policy of, 151; on Lord Brougham, 153; Lord High Chancellor, 156; on the Administration of Sir Robert Peel, 189; conduct on the Corporation Bill, 288, 292; on the prospects of the session, 332; on the business of the House of Lords, 333; speech in vindication of conduct, 362; in Paris, 378; insult offered to, in House of Commons, 389; capacity of, 390; violent speech of, 401
Lyndhurst, Lady, insulted by the Duke of Cumberland, i. 222; conversation with, ii. 93
Lynn Regis, election, iii. 170, 171, 175, 181
Lyons, riots at, ii. 219

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, 34; 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, 170; 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
Murat, Achille, ii. 115
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, 366; 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