Part 15

[1] _Genius_ was written originally, but was obliterated, and _talent_ substituted for it.

[2] This is something like RICHARDSON’S transfer to HOLKER; and HOLKER’S anticipated assignment to MONTAGU CORRY: and HOLKER like COPLEY, or LYNDHURST, will no doubt sit on the Bench!!! Thus HOLKER helps to get Dr. KENEALY disbarred and destroyed, because, unlike HOLKER, he is not fit to belong to an “honourable profession,” and all the Ministry look on, and uphold, and applaud!!!

[3] The “medical men” here referred to are Mr. ROSS, an apothecary, of Farringdon street, City, and Mr. HALE THOMPSON, of Clarges-street, formerly connected with the Westminster Hospital.

[4] Lady MORGAN.

[5] BOB CLAPPER—the late Mr. ROBERT BELL, author of “Marriage, a Comedy.” JERICHO JABBER is DISRAELI.

INDEX TO “A BLIGHTED LIFE.”

Account of Jean Hestier, the poor orphan, 60

Anecdote of Sir E. L.’s brutality to his wife, 76

Appendix, 76

Attempt to induce Lady L. to live with her husband, 58

Aylmer’s, Lady, Ball at, 6

Bell, Mr. Robert, spreads the report of the pretended madness of Lady L., 12

Blackburn, Lady, Money lent by, and Mr. L.’s notions of honour, 65

Brellisford, the Maid, Courage of, 10

Clarke’s, Mrs., interview with Sir E.’s solicitor, 37

Cockburn, described, 6; alluded to, 47, 69; tries to borrow money from Sir E., scene, 70

Cole, Mr., Q.C., alluded to, 64, 69; Lady L. gives a testimonial to, 70

D—— and Wyndham Lewis, 20

Deacon, Miss Laura, Account of, 23, 24

Dedication of “Lucille” defended, 47, 57

Dickens, Charles, described, 4; “In Memoriam” by, 22

Directions to her son in case of Lady L.’s death, 49

Divorce Court, Why Lady L. did not apply to, 50

Drives with Mary H. described, 39, 43

E. J.’s flattering account of Sir E. in an American Court, 72

Grattan, alluded to, 41

H——, the Madhouse Keeper, driven from Brentford, 55

Hertford Election, Lady L. speaks at, 27

Hodgson, the good attorney, 8

Hotham, Lady, Visit to, 8

Hyde, Mr., Lady L.’s solicitor, opposes Sir E.’s plot to prevent the pittance being paid, 17

Interview with her son described by Lady L., 50

Lady Lytton describes her son’s conduct, 44; abandoned by him abroad, 59; ceases to have intercourse with him, 66

Lamartine quoted, 6

Llangollen, Mrs. P., the spy, at, 8

Lawrence, the Quaker, and Lord L., 71, 73

Leighton set upon Lady L., 10

London, Lady L. visits, and is trapped, 33

Loudon, Mrs., Account of, 7

Lytton, Sir E., lectures on the Holiness of Truth, 11; on the scene of abduction, 35; drummed out of Nice, 40

Lyndhurst, Lord, applied to, 19; his letter, 19

Lyndhurst, Lord, and Lady Sykes, 6, 20; his conduct as to Lady L.’s papers, 22

Madhouse conspiracy carried out, 35; Arrival at, 36; Waking at, for the first time, 38

Maginn, Dr., alluded to, 63

Mary H——, Lady L’s little friend, described, 37; Drives with, described, 39, 43

Massey, Lord, alluded to, 41

Norton, Mrs., 6; Anecdote of, 18; Trial of, 63

O’Kane and Palmerston, Case of, 63

Plot as to copyright of “Very Successful,” 67

Queen, The, and Prince Albert compared, 19; alluded to, 42

R——, Miss, 47; as a spy, 54

Return from abroad and reception at Taunton, 61

Roberts, Dr. Oily Gammon, described, 43

Shaftesbury, Lord, and the trusteeship, 53, 57, 65

Sparrow, the maid, 38

Stepney, Lady, alluded to, 76

“Strange Story, A,” alluded to, 19

Terror of Lord L. in his son, 56

Talfourd, Mr. Serjt., and his Custody of Infants Bill, 5

Whalley, Mr., sent for, 17

INDEX TO SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES.

Allpuff, Sir Janus, 102, 105, 106, 107

“An Englishman’s” letter to the _Daily Telegraph_, 97

Athol, The late Duke of, described by Lady L., 103

Brentford Asylum, Arrival at, 87

Clarke, Mrs., refuses to allow Lady L.’s goods to be removed, 83

Clapper, Bob, 105

Cockburn, Sir Alex., alluded to, 102

_Daily Telegraph_, The, Extracts from, 90, 94, 99

Forster, Mr. John, 102

Gorgon, Lady, 105

Hertford Election, 83

Hill, Mr., the keeper of the Brentford Asylum, and his grievance, 101

Hyde, Mr., Lady L.’s solicitor, alluded to, 88

Income of Lady L. shamefully small, 82

Jabber, Mr. Jericho, 105

Knebworth to let, Advertisement of, 102

Letters to the _Daily Telegraph_, 90, 95, 96, 99

Letter of Mr. Lytton to the _Daily Telegraph_, 96

Letter of Mr. Forbes Winslow to Edwin James, Q.C., 96

Letter of Dr. Connolly, 97

Leyton, Mr., alluded to, 106

London, Lady L.’s visit to, and abduction, 85

Lytton, Lady, described, 79

Lytton, Sir E., on the scene of abduction, 87

Lytton, Lord, the first, 102

Madhouse dens and the Lunacy Laws, Preface, iii.

Meeting of the inhabitants of Taunton, and the resolutions passed, 88

Sketch of Lord Lytton, 93

_Somerset Gazette_ Extract from, 79

Thompson, Dr., visits Lady L., 84

“Very Successful,” Extract from, 102, 103