G.
- Gabel, Esther, her father's house destroyed by the populace, 121, 122.
- Gabel, Frau von, her influential position at court, 334, 335.
- Gähler, Frau von, arrested, 143.
- Gähler, general von, refuses to join in the disbandment of the foot guards, 70;
- brings a written discharge for the guards, 74;
- his arrest, 112.
- George III., Von der Osten's insidious communication to, 166;
- his reply to King Christian's letter, 167;
- declines to interfere actively on behalf of the Queen of Denmark, 168;
- attacked by Junius, 169, 170.
- Grimm, baron, 83, note.
- Guards, mutiny of the, 71;
- march to Frederiksberg, 73;
- discharged, 74;
- supplied with provisions by the citizens, 75;
- disbanded, 77;
- mutiny caused by Struensee's disbandment of the, 287, 288.
- Gude, general von, commander of the garrison, 67;
- his character, 67 note;
- arrested, but afterwards set at liberty, 143.
- Guldberg, Owe Hörg, secretary to Prince Frederick, 84;
- biographical notices of, 86;
- his person and character, 87;
- leader of a conspiracy against Struensee, 84, 88, 92;
- surprises the king in his palace, 102;
- his drawn up orders for the arrest of seventeen persons, 104;
- chief councillor of the conspirators, 127;
- the most influential man in the government, 157.
H.
- Hansen, admiral, his examination before the privy council, 202.
- Hansen, the preacher, insults the imprisoned queen, 204.
- Hee, rev. Dr., 185, 186;
- his character of Count Brandt, 187.
- Hesselberg, colonel von, arrested, 110;
- treatment of in prison, and his examination before the privy council, 201.
- Hirschholm, royal breakfasts at, 321.
- Hobe, lieutenant-general von, commandant of the citadel, 178;
- examination of state prisoners taken before him, 178 et seq.
- Holck, count, present to, 321;
- frequently opposed by Struensee, 331;
- intrigues against, 334, 335;
- the queen's aversion to, 337, 338.
- Holstein, countess von, 97, 98.
- Horn, the queen's maid, 218, 219.
- Horse guards, disbandment of the, 69.
- Huth, von, his reward, 126.
I.
- Incendiary placards at Copenhagen, 8.
- Italian actresses, their house destroyed by the mob, 123.
J.
- Jacobi, appointed reader to the king, 146.
- Jessen, Jacob, joins in the conspiracy against Struensee, 92, 94, 102;
- his rewards, 126.
- Juliana Maria, dowager queen, her plot for overthrowing Struensee, 7, 52;
- conspiracy formed by, 14;
- heads the conspiracy, 84-104;
- causes which induced her to undertake it, 85;
- surprises the king in his bed, 102;
- induces him to sign the orders for arresting Struensee and others, 103;
- fulsome laudations of, 132, 135;
- Reverdil's interview with, 145;
- her insults to the queen, 203.
- Junius, his attack on Lord North and George III., 169;
- his denunciation of the Danes, 170, 171;
- his vigorous appeal on behalf of Caroline Matilda, 171.
- Justice, general rules for the administration of, as laid down by Struensee, 350.
K.
- Kaas, admiral, 53.
- Keith, col. Sir R. M., English envoy at Copenhagen, remonstrates with Struensee on his public conduct, 78, 79;
- denounces war against Denmark if the queen were injured, 158;
- demands a private audience of the king, 167;
- the proposed interview defeated by the Danish ministers, ib.;
- reveals the jugglery practised to deceive the British court, 168;
- Caroline Matilda's letter to, 205;
- he warns her of the arrival of the Commission, and advises her as to her conduct, 208.
- King's prerogative, 154;
- and supremacy, 306.
- Köller, von, joins in a conspiracy against Struensee, 84-102;
- his position and character, 88;
- incident connected with, 96;
- vested with full powers for preserving order, 104;
- arrests Struensee, 106, 107;
- arrests General Gähler, 112;
- his promotions, 125;
- to be henceforth distinguished as Köller-Banner, ib.;
- chosen as companion for amusing the sovereign, 128.
- Kronberg, fortress of, 117;
- the queen committed to the, ib.;
- her miserable apartments, 119, note.
L.
- Langebeck, Justiz-rath, the historian, his pamphlets against Struensee, 50, 135.
- Law, immutability of the, 286.
- Le Texier, master of the revels, 97.
- Lersker, chamberlain, assaulted by the mutineers, 71.
- Lersner, master of the hounds, arrested, 141.
- Lex Regia, of Denmark, 155, 156;
- concedes sovereignty but not despotism to the king, 285;
- laws of the, 305, 306.
- Lühe, Frau von der, favourite of the queen, 252.
- Lüxdorph, Conferenz-rath, 8.
M.
- Man, is he a machine?, 192.
- Materialism, 190.
- Matilda, Order of, 269.
- Minister of state, duty of the, 283.
- Moltke, elder son of the favourite of Frederick V., 333, note.
- Münter, rev. Dr., his bitterness against Struensee and the fallen ministry, 130, 131;
- his visit to Struensee, 187;
- his theologico-philosophical conversations with Struensee in prison, 188 et seq.
- Mutiny of the guards, 73.
N.
- Nobility of Denmark, their lukewarmness, 342.
- North, lord, Junius's bitter attack on, 171;
- his indecisive conduct, 176.
- Numsen, colonel von, 49;
- transferred to Jütland, 55.
O.
- Oboe, lieutenant, his examination before the privy council, 202.
- Osten, von der, his treacherous proposals for arresting Struensee, 49;
- his betrayal of the plan, 50;
- persuades the queen to submission when arrested, 115, 116;
- his principal talent, espionage, 146;
- appointed minister for foreign affairs, 156;
- his intriguing conduct, 166.
P.
- Palace guard, the, 53, 76.
- Pamphleteers, restrictions on, 58.
- Peter III. of Russia, his overthrow, 90.
- Philosophical hero, the, 189.
- Press, freedom of the, 50;
- restrictions on the, 59.
- Prince Royal, education of the, 313, 262.
- Privy Council of State, established, 152, 153;
- the members, 153, 156;
- Struensee's examination before the, 178 et seq.;
- Brandt's examination, 184;
- examination of the different prisoners, 201, 202.
- Public opinion, Struensee's indifference to, 357.
Q.
- Queen Dowager. (See Juliana Maria.)
- Queen's bouquet, Struensee's sale of the, 292.
R.
- Rantzau-Ascheberg, count, remonstrates with Struensee, 81;
- joins in a conspiracy against him, 84-102;
- his position and character, 88;
- his vacillation, 99;
- his intention to betray the conspiracy, 100;
- pretends a fit of the gout, ib.;
- surprises the king in bed, 103;
- undertakes the arrest of the queen,
- Caroline Matilda, 113;
- the resistance he meets with, 114, 115;
- his promotions, 125;
- appointed minister for the army, 156;
- his opposition to Count Bernstorff, 345.
- Reverdil, his character as an honest man, 50;
- his political honesty, 83;
- insult to, 96;
- his arrest, 144;
- his interview with the queen dowager, 145;
- leaves Copenhagen, and enters the service of the Helvetic republic, where he remains until his death, 146;
- his visit to London, and his statement respecting the Danish envoy, 168;
- his remark on Brandt, 182, note;
- his appeal to the king in Caroline Matilda's favour, 251;
- his defence of Struensee, 319.
- Römeling, admiral, appointed minister for the army, 156.
- Rönpstorff, major von, arrests the town commandant and Justiz-rath Struensee, 112;
- his reward, 126.
- Royal family of England, their successive mortifications, 162.
- Rumohr, Herr von, 11.
S.
- Sailors, Norwegian, their threatening demonstration, 9;
- obtain redress, 10;
- sent on furlough, 56.
- Sames, colonel von, 66;
- arrests Count Brandt, 109;
- his rewards, 126.
- Schack, von, the king's page, 59-66;
- appointed reporter for the treasury, 156;
- selected to lay before the queen Struensee's confession, which she precipitately signs, 209, 211.
- Schimmelmann, Frau von, 97.
- Schimmelmann, baron, tirade against, 163.
- Schiötte, Frau, evidence of, on the queen's trial, 240.
- Schlemann, lieutenant, 98.
- Schulin, count, his house and library destroyed by the mob, 121, 122.
- Silk weavers of Copenhagen, their complaints, 11.
- Sorgenfrie police, 55.
- Sprengtporten, baron von, the Swedish envoy, 80.
- Staffeldt, privy councillor von, dismissed, 52, 53.
- State prisoners, examination of, before the privy council of state, 178-202.
- Struensee, Adam, his fatherly letter to his son, 194.
- Struensee, Count Frederick, conspiracy for effecting his overthrow, 7, 14;
- his weakness, 10;
- Falckenskjold's advice to, 13, 14;
- Brandt's letter of complaint to, 27;
- his letter to Brandt, a long state paper of the doctrinaire school, 34-47;
- Brandt's treacherous proposals for arresting him, 47, 49;
- anonymous attacks on, 50;
- his indifference to popular clamour, 51;
- dismisses several officials of high standing, 52;
- adopts measures of security, 54 et seq.;
- his disbandment of the horse and foot guards, 69;
- his intentions defeated, 78;
- his political blindness and obstinacy, 80, 81;
- all parties leagued against him, 82;
- conspiracy organised for his overthrow, 84 et seq.;
- orders for his arrest, 105;
- arrested, 107;
- his miserable cell, 108;
- bitter pamphlets published against, 132, 135, 136;
- persecution and arrests of his adherents, 141 et seq.;
- cruelly treated in prison, 149;
- his despair, 150;
- his examination before the privy council of state, 178 et seq.;
- his firmness, 179;
- his confession, 180;
- his base conduct, 181;
- his dishonourable disclosures, 182;
- his lame defence, 183;
- his habits in prison, 184;
- his friends, 193;
- the Rev. Dr. Münter's visit to, and their theologico-philosophical conversations, 187 et seq.;
- a fatherly letter to, 194;
- his conversion, 198, 200;
- effects of Christianity on, 199;
- the Fiscal General's indictment of, 256;
- recapitulation of Struensee's life, character, and alleged crimes, 258-294;
- his "inhuman" impudence, 275;
- his treatment of the crown prince, 279;
- his abolition of the council of state, 282;
- his disbandment of the guards, 287;
- his malversation of the finances, 289;
- an accomplice in selling her Majesty's costly bouquet, 292;
- the manner in which evidence was raked up against the unfortunate ex-minister, 295;
- defended by the lawyer Uldall, 298-316;
- Reverdil's defence of, 319;
- his written defence and apology, 329;
- his auto-biographical notices, 330 et seq.;
- his position and influence at court, 337-340;
- his charge of the different departments of state, 347 et seq.;
- his cabinet orders, 355;
- his indifference to public opinion, 357;
- a friend to the liberty of the subject, 361.
- Struensee, Justiz-rath, arrested, 112;
- his treatment in prison, 151;
- his examination before the privy council, 201;
- eventually becomes the Prussian minister of finances, 141.
- Struensee, lieutenant, banished the kingdom, 141;
- receives an appointment in Prussia through the interest of his brother, ib.
- Sturtz, councillor of legation, arrested, 112, 148.
- Suhm, von, the historian, drives the dowager queen into a conspiracy, 85;
- his bitterness against Struensee and the fallen ministry, 131, 132;
- his fulsome panegyric on the queen dowager and her son, 132;
- his warning appeal to the king, 133;
- issues a violent pamphlet, 134.
T.
- Tacitus, extract from his "Annals" applied to Struensee, 83, note.
- Theatre, fearful alarm caused by the crying of a child, 138, 139.
- Thott, colonel, appointed reporter for the two chanceries, 156.
- Treld, the town captain, 119.
- Tyge-Rothe, literary cynicism of, 135.
U.
- Uldall, lawyer, of the supreme court,
- appointed to defend the queen, 213;
- his consultation, 229;
- his defence of the queen, 233-250;
- omission in the defence, 250;
- selected for defence of Struensee, 255;
- his defence, 298-316;
- his lukewarmness, 316;
- the advocate Wiwet's reply to, 322.
V.
- Voltaire, D'Alembert's admiration of, 200.
W.
- Wales, princess dowager of, her illness, 160;
- her death, 164;
- her character, 164, 165.
- Walpole, Horace, his reflections on the successive mortifications of the royal family, 160;
- anecdote related by, 168, note.
- Warnstedt, chamberlain von, recalled to court, 59.
- Winslöw, the celebrated anatomist, 259, note.
- Winterfeldt, captain, 11, 14.
- Wiwet, Fiscal General, receives the king's orders to indict Struensee and Brandt, 255;
- his form of indictment, 256;
- his recapitulation of Struensee's life and character, 258 et seq.;
- his ungenerous insults, 259, note;
- his reply, lawyer Uldall, 322.
- Wraxall, Mr. N., his notices respecting the arrest of Caroline Matilda, 116, note.
Z.
- Zeeland dragoons, take the place of the disbanded guards, 56.