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Capua, Prince of, the, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 279

Carnarvon, visit to, with Lord Anglesey, ii. 18

Carnot, iii. 153

'Carolus' letter to the 'Times,' iii. 372, 374; _see_ Appendix B, vol. iii.

Catholic Clergy, Endowment question, ii. 199

Cavaignac, General, iii. 199, 205

Cécille, Admiral, Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, iii. 268

Ceylon, committee of enquiry into administration of, iii. 269; witnesses, 308; evidence of Captain Watson, 312

Chantrey, death of, ii. 60; monument by, in Lichfield Cathedral, 60

Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, defeat of, iii. 218; abdication of, 282

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 country, 188; Government measures, 190; agitation, 191; demonstration, 192; establishment near Chenies, 215

Chatham, Rt. Hon. Earl of, anecdotes of the, i. 245

Chatsworth, visit to, ii. 204; visit of the Queen to, 215

Chepstow, visit to, i. 222

Chester, visit to, ii. 16

Chester, Mayor of, question of baronetcy on the birth of the Prince of Wales, ii. 52

Chillianwallah, battle of, iii. 273

China, war with, i. 283; debate on, 283; Duke of Wellington on the war with, 286; annexation of Hong Kong, 383; return of Captain Elliot from, ii. 49, 52; views of Sir George Grey on, 72; treaty of peace with, 123

Chiswick, visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to, ii. 14; _fête_ at, for the Czar, 244

Chloroform, an operation under, iii. 110

Christina, Queen of Spain, intrigues of, ii. 419, 421; M. Guizot's account of, iii. 32; conduct of, 119

Church of Scotland, disruption in the, ii. 206

Circourt, Madame de, _salon_ of, iii. 45

Clanricarde, Marquis of, Postmaster-General, ii. 405

Claremont, council at, for events in the East, i. 328; lent to King Louis Philippe, iii. 154

Clarence, H.R.H. Duke of, _see_ William IV., King

Clarendon, Rt. Hon. Earl of, office of Governor-General of Canada offered to the, i. 173; first appearance of the, in the House of Lords, 227; Lord Privy Seal, 243; on Eastern policy, 301; dissents from the treaty (1840), 304; conversation with M. Guizot, 305; offers to resign on the Eastern Question, 317; letter of, on Lord Holland's death, and on French affairs, 341; confidence of the Queen in, ii. 403; President of the Board of Trade, 405; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 85; requires a Coercion Bill for Ireland, 105; and the Irish Catholics, 195; applies for more powers, 212; Proclamation of, 207; policy of, in Ireland, 217; interview of, with King Louis Philippe, 239; on Irish emigration, 251; on taking high office, 251; Irish relief, 285; conversation with Sir R. Peel, 286; success of the Queen's visit to Ireland, 295; dismissal of Lord Roden, 310; explanation in the House of Lords, 313; Encumbered Estates Act in Ireland, 314; conversation with the Queen and Prince Albert on foreign affairs, 317; conversation with Lord J. Russell, 361; spoken of as Foreign Secretary, 428, 431

Clifton, visit to, i. 222

Cobden, Richard, Mr. Greville's letter to, in the 'Times,' iii. 123; _see_ Appendix A, vol. iii.

Coburg marriage, fear of, in France, iii. 30

Colborne, Sir John, Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, i. 35

Coleridge, Stanza from 'Ode to Tranquillity,' i. 109

Colloredo, Count, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 282, 283, 288

Cologne, visit to the cathedral at, ii. 167

Commons, House of, select committee on pensions, i. 29; disorder in, 31; debate on insurrection in Canada, 34; discussions on Canada, 55; division on the ballot, 59; scene in, 68; Pendarves' motion, 70; vote of censure on Lord Glenelg, 72; amendment on, 73; Lord Eliot's motion on Spain, 83; motion of Sir George Strickland on emancipation, 84; motion on Lord Durham's expenses, 86; the Appropriation Clause, 93; Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, 100; session of 1838, 127; debate on the Irish policy of the Government, 190; Jamaica Bill, 196; division on, 199; Sir H. Fleetwood's motion, 215; Ballot an open question, 216; the privilege question, 257, 271; Prince Albert's allowance, 258; Ministers defeated on the Irish Registration Bill, 279; debate on vote of censure on measures resulting in Chinese war, 283; debate on the Registration Bill, 287; two new Irish Registration Bills, 373; Government defeated on Lord Morpeth's Bill, 391; division on the Sugar Duties, ii. 8; vote of censure carried by one, 10; dissolution, 14; Sir R. Peel's Corn Bill, 83, 86; attack of Lord J. Russell on Lord Corehouse, 84; Sir R. Peel's Budget, 87; Vote of Thanks to Lord Ashburton, 152; Irish Arms Bill, 188, 194; debate on Ireland, 228, 230; division, 232; the Ten Hours Bill, 236; Government defeated on the Sugar Duties, 246; Maynooth Grant, 276; debate, 279; Sir R. Peel's measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357; protracted debate on the Corn Laws, 366, 367, 371; scene in the House, 392; debate on the annexation of Cracow, iii. 67; Irish Poor Law, 69; Mr. Strutt's Railroad Bill, 93, 95; Irish measures (1847), 104, 106; obstruction, 161, 163; mismanagement of, 186; West India Committee, 187; alteration of the Oath Bill, 187, 192; debate on occurrences in Spain, 190; West India Sugar Bill, 193; subsequent crisis, 195; irritation, 197; Irish Bill, 209; Irish grant opposed, 267; committee of enquiry on Ceylon and British Guiana, 269, 309; debate on, 270; Sicilian arms affair, 271, 277; maiden speech of Mr. Frederick Peel, 288; debate on the Poor Laws, 319; Mr. Hutt's motion on the African squadron, 324; Stamp Bill, 325, 327; Mr. Roebuck's vote of confidence, 344; Mr. Locke King's motion, 378; Anti-Papal Bill, 400; Lord Palmerston's dismissal, 446; Militia Bill, 447, 449; dissolution, 454; Reform question, 469

Conference at Constantinople (1840), i. 328, 329

Conroy, Sir John, i. 14, 20

'Constitutionnel,' indiscreet article in the, iii. 34

Conway Castle, ii. 16

Coplestone, Dr. (Bishop of Llandaff), publishes Lord Dudley's letters, i. 273

Corn Laws, i. 158, 164; allusion to, in the Queen's Speech, ii. 82; Sir R. Peel's Bill, 83; discussions on, 301; repeal of the, announced by the 'Times,' 309; consequent agitation, 312, 316; Sir R. Peel's Government broken up, 317; Mr. Greville's pamphlet, 350; Duke of Wellington on the, 351; Sir R. Peel's measure for sliding-scale duties, 357; immediate repeal of, discussed, 360, 366; debate on the, 366; protracted discussions, 379

Cornwall, the Duchy of, iii. 67

Coronation of Queen Victoria, i. 105, 106

Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor, ii. 405; resignation of, iii. 338

Council, picture of the Queen's first, i. 82; at Windsor, 145; for declaration of the Queen's marriage, 247; at Windsor on crutches, ii. 203; at Osborne, resignation of Sir R. Peel, 316

Courvoisier, murder of Lord W. Russell, i. 284

Cousin, Victor, visit to, iii. 44

Cowley, Lord, conversation with, in Paris, iii. 19; views of, on the Spanish marriage question, 26

Cowley, Lord (afterwards Earl Cowley), Ambassador at Paris, iii. 441, 446; question of proxy, 472

Cracow, ii. 427; the annexation of, 430, 431; debate on annexation of, iii. 67

Creevey, Mr., death of, i. 63; offices held by, 63; letters and papers of, 64, 275

Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, article by, in the 'Quarterly Review,' i. 103, 105; two anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington, 248; on Sir R. Peel's policy, ii. 200; and the Duke of Wellington, iii. 98; and Sir R. Peel, 98

Cromer, visit to, ii. 120

Curran, anecdote of, i. 153; Master of the Rolls in Ireland, 153

Czartoryski, Prince, at the Hôtel Lambert, iii. 44

Dalhousie, Right Hon. Earl of, President of the Board of Trade,