The Greville Memoirs Part 2 Of 3 Volume 1 Of 3 A Journal Of The

Successes in India, China, and Syria--The Hereditary Pashalik of Egypt--Lord Palmerston's Hostility to France--Lord Palmerston and the Tories--His extraordinary Position--A Comm...

Review of the Session--Ministerial Changes--Effect of Changes in the Government--A Greenwich Dinner--Dover Dinner to the Duke of Wellington--A Toast from Ovid--Decay of Tory Loy...

The ex-King of Westphalia--The Duke of Wellington at Court-- Failure of the Duke's Memory--Dinner at Devonshire House to Royalties--Government defeated on Irish Registration Bil...

The Cabinet meets--The Government on the verge of Dissolution-- The Second Cabinet--Palmerston lowers his Tone in the Cabinet-- But continues to bully in the Press--Taking of Be...

The Queen and Lord Melbourne--The Battersea Schools--A Council at Windsor--A Humble Hero--Lord Durham's Resignation--Duke of Wellington's Campaigns--The Grange--Lord Durham's Re...

Debates on the Canada Bill--Moderation of the Duke of Wellington--State of Canada--Lord Durham's Position--Weakness of the Government--Parallel of Hannibal and the Duke of Welli...

A Ball at the Palace--Aspect of Foreign Affairs--Irish Tithe Bill--Debate on Sir T. Acland's Motion--Death of Prince Talleyrand--Death and Character of Lady Harrowby--Government...

Opening of the Session--Lady Flora Hastings--Bulwer's 'Richelieu'--Changes at the Colonial Office--Attack on Lord Normanby's Irish Administration in the Lords--General Aspect of...

regard to money, for when the Queen Dowager proposed to her to take her band into her service, she declined to incur so great an expense without further consideration, but one o...

The Whigs retain the Government--Motives of the Queen--Decision of Ministers--Lord Brougham's Excitement--Ministerial Explanations--State of Affairs in Parliament--Lord Brougham...

The New Reign--Character of William IV.--Political Effects of the King's Death--Candidates for Office--Lord Durham--The King's Funeral--The Elections--The Whigs and O'Connell--F...

speech of, 279; conduct of, on Irish measures, ii. 132; proclamation of, prohibiting Repeal meeting, 204; arrest of, 205; trial of, 210, 218; popularity of, 214; advice of, on I...

Chartists, progress of the, i. 155; precautions in London for great meeting of the (1848), iii. 160, 162, 164; failure of the demonstration, 165; dangerous manifestations in the...

Melbourne, Rt. Hon. Lord, adviser of the Queen, i. 22; attack of, on Lord Brougham, 33; position of the Government, 62; and Lord Lyndhurst, 69; and the Queen, 130; at Windsor, 1...

Guizot, M., French Ambassador in London, i. 282; on the Eastern Question, 302, 303; at dinner at Windsor, 310; conversations with, on Eastern affairs, 311, 315, 317; on the depo...

Bentinck, Lord George, racing transactions of, ii. 160; speech on the Corn Laws, 373; denounces a supposed job, 413; railway scheme defeated, iii. 57; speech on the Cracow affai...

of moderation towards Sir R. Peel, expressed through Sir J. Graham, 183, 189; skilful speech of, 190; threatened by the Radicals, 191; slight to an Irish member, 194; letter to...

revival of the Salic Law, iii. 13; political crisis in, 45; affairs in, 78; relations with, 183; debate in the House of Commons, 190; intrigues in, 194; expulsion of Sir H. Bulw...

Washington, the Treaty of, signed, ii. 101; discovery of a missing map, 102; attacked by Lord Palmerston, 101, 104-106; controversy kept up, 109, 111; dissatisfaction of Lord J....

Disraeli, Right Hon. Benjamin, maiden speech of, i. 26, 30; quarrel with General Peel, ii. 388; Protectionist speech of, 392; and Mr. Moxon, iii. 75; defends Lord G. Bentinck, 1...

France, Lord Palmerston's hostility to, i. 347; attempt at conciliation with, 351; debate in the Chamber on Eastern affairs, 354; dispute with, on the Tahiti affair, ii. 253; op...

Victoria, Her Majesty Queen, accession of, i. 2; praise of, 14, 20; audience to Princesse Lieven, 15; interview of, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham, 20; vis...

Lords, House of, debate on Canadian Rebellion, i. 49; debates on the Canada Bill, 51-53; skirmish between Lords Melbourne and Lyndhurst, 68; violence of Lord Brougham, 71; debat...

Ireland, administration of Lord Normanby, i. 176; state of, ii. 197; debate on, 228, 230; division, 232; Mr. Greville's book on the 'Policy of England to,' 259, 263; publication...

Greece, disputes with, iii. 308, 311, 314; disputes continued, 325; opinions of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, 326; further disputes, 334; debate in House of Lords on dispute, 341; Lord Pa...

Lieven, Princesse, audience of the Queen, i. 15; of the Duchess of Kent, 15; and Lady Palmerston, ii. 130; account of interview between Guizot and Thiers, 287; on the Spanish ma...

Review of the Session--Ministerial Changes--Effect of Changes in the Government--A Greenwich Dinner--Dover Dinner to the Duke of Wellington--A Toast from Ovid--Decay of Tory Loy...

Campbell, Lord, Lord Chancellor of Ireland with a peerage, ii. 14; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 405; speech of son of, at Cambridge, iii. 89; Lord Chief Justice of Engl...

The Cabinet meets--The Government on the verge of Dissolution-- The Second Cabinet--Palmerston lowers his Tone in the Cabinet-- But continues to bully in the Press--Taking of Be...

Derby, Right Hon. (fourteenth) Earl of, forms a government, iii. 447; conduct of the Government, 453; dissolution of Parliament, 454; at Goodwood, 463; and Lord Cowley's proxy,...

precedence of, 259, 263; refused, 265; Mr. Greville's pamphlet on the Precedence Question, 266, 269; _see_ Appendix, vol. i.; marriage of, 266, 269, 272; precedence conceded by...

Successes in India, China, and Syria--The Hereditary Pashalik of Egypt--Lord Palmerston's Hostility to France--Lord Palmerston and the Tories--His extraordinary Position--A Comm...

The ex-King of Westphalia--The Duke of Wellington at Court-- Failure of the Duke's Memory--Dinner at Devonshire House to Royalties--Government defeated on Irish Registration Bil...

The New Reign--Character of William IV--Political Effects of the King's Death--Candidates for Office--Lord Durham--The King's Funeral--The Elections--The Whigs and O'Connell--Fi...

Debates on the Canada Bill--Moderation of the Duke of Wellington--State of Canada--Lord Durham's Position--Weakness of the Government--Parallel of Hannibal and the Duke of Welli...

A Ball at the Palace--Aspect of Foreign Affairs--Irish Tithe Bill--Debate on Sir T. Acland's Motion--Death of Prince Talleyrand--Death and Character of Lady Harrowby--Government...

at Edinburgh, 215; 'Grote and his wife,' 215; speech of, 215; a saying of Lord Brougham's, 240; conversational powers of, 367; Mr. Henry Taylor's remark on, 367; anecdotes of, 3...

The Queen and Lord Melbourne--The Battersea Schools--A Council at Windsor--A Humble Hero--Lord Durham's Resignation--Duke of Wellington's Campaigns--The Grange--Lord Durham's Re...

Opening of the Session--Lady Flora Hastings--Bulwer's 'Richelieu'--Changes at the Colonial Office--Attack on Lord Normanby's Irish Administration in the Lords--General Aspect of...

The Whigs retain the Government--Motives of the Queen--Decision of Ministers--Lord Brougham's Excitement--Ministerial Explanations--State of Affairs in Parliament--Lord Brougham...

Exeter, Bishop of, attacks the Archbishop, i. 120; on the St. Sulpice question, 388; charge of, ii. 136; attack on Newman, 136; reply to a Privy Council judgement, 136; the Gorh...