i. 66, 67; declines the Mastership of the Irish Rolls, 101;

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 Ireland, 220, 221; result of the trial of, 228; release of, 255; death of, iii. 82; career of, 85

O'Connor, Feargus, at the Chartist meeting (1848), iii. 166

Odilon Barrot, conduct of, in the French Revolution, iii. 140, 144

Orange, Princess of, the, ii. 287

Orangemen, discomfiture of, i. 30

Orford, Right Hon. Earl of (Horace Walpole), letters of the, to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 202

'Orlando' takes the Derby Stakes, ii. 250; the trial, iii. 228

Orleans, H.R.H. Duchesse d', iii. 35; on the proposed reconciliation between the two branches of the French Royal family, 329

Ossington, visit to, ii. 309

Ostend, passage to, ii. 166

Ovid, quotation from, i. 238

Oxford, Bishop of, anti-slavery speech of, ii. 411; want of tact of, 411; correspondence with Dr. Hampden, iii. 115

Pacifico, Don, the case of, iii. 308, 311; debate on, in the House of Lords, 341

Pakington, Right Hon. Sir John, Colonial Secretary in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451

Palace, the, dinner at, i. 77; balls at, 9, 109

Palmerston, Right Hon. Viscount, and Mr. Urquhart. i. 117, 119; and the 'Portfolio,' 159; policy in the East (1840), 297-304; objections to policy of, 301; coolness of, 304; conduct of, at the outset of the Eastern Question, 308; offers to resign, 308; independence of, at the Foreign Office, 309; the Eastern Question, 312-314; at the Cabinet on the Eastern Question, 321; hostility of, to France, 326; article in the 'Morning Chronicle,' 326; triumph of, 330; note from the French Government, 335; ignores his colleagues, 345; defends Lord Ponsonby, 347; hostility to France, 347, 353; and the Tories, 363; position of, 364; settlement of the Eastern Question, 377-383; jobbing at the Foreign Office, ii. 48; attack on, in a Berlin newspaper, 75; and consequent misunderstanding, 75; abuses the treaty of Washington, 104, 109; attacks on the Government, 105, 106; and the press, 130; commencement of coalition with M. Thiers, 267; consternation in France at possible return of, to the Foreign Office, 345; visit of, to Paris, 383; letter to King Louis Philippe, 388; Foreign Secretary, 405; incipient disputes with France, 409; Spanish marriages, 418, iii. 6; despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 424; conversation with, on the Spanish marriages, iii. 15; conduct discussed by M. Guizot, 20, 26; effect of despatch, 25; M. Guizot's complaints of, 30; mismanagement of, 40; and the 'Morning Chronicle,' 52; threatens a rupture with France, 62; consequences in Europe, 72; anecdote of, 121; dinner to M. Guizot, 157; despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, 169; conduct of, attacked in the House of Lords, 173; omission of, 178; and the Duc de Broglie, 185; Sicilian arms affair, 261, 271, 276; attacks on, 261; and Count Colloredo, 282, 283; suppression of a despatch, 288; the Greek dispute, 308, 311; quarrels with France, 330; Baron Brunnow complains, 332; able speech of, 346; Radical dinner to, 362; conversation with, 374; and Kossuth, 413, 416; Finsbury and Islington deputation, 415; claims on Naples, 419; dismissal of, from the Foreign Office, 426; own version of the affair, 428; succeeded by Earl Granville, 433; complete account of the affair, 434; further details, 444; explanations in Parliament, 446

Palmerston, Lady, conversation with, on Eastern affairs, i. 330

Panic in the money market, iii, 99; proposed measures of the Government, 101

Panshanger, party at, ii. 415

Papal aggression, iii. 366

Paris, visit to (1847), iii. 16-50; Mrs. Austin's _salon_, 38; ball at the Hôtel de Ville, 42; ball at Mme. Pozzo di Borgo's, 42; visit to M. Cousin, 44; the Hôtel Lambert, 44; Mme. de Circourt's _salon_, 45; Mme. de Girardin's _salon_, 45; farewell visits, 48; Revolution (1848), 132; state of, 149, 284; fighting in the streets of, 199; details of fighting, 202; the Archbishop of, killed on a barricade, 200, 203; the _coup d'état_ of Louis Napoleon, 420

Parke, Rt. Hon. Baron, and Lord Brougham, i. 59

Parker, Admiral, instructions to, iii. 216

Parkes, Mr. Joseph, tour of, i. 194

Parliament, dissolution of, debated, ii. 5; resolved on, 9, 12, 13; dissolved, 14; opening of (1842), 81; opening of, and state of parties (1844), 222

Parliamentary proceedings, _see_ Lords, House of, _and_ Commons, House of

Payne, Knight, built Downton Castle, i. 218

Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert, informed of the moderation of Lord J. Russell, i. 188; caution of, 193; sent for by the Queen, 200; the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-209; coldness of, to Lord J. Russell, 259; thrown over on the Canada Bill, by the Duke of Wellington, 294; vote of censure on the Government, ii. 10; sent for to Windsor, 33; forms an administration (1841), 37; conversation with the Queen, 41; Corn Bill (1842), 83; Budget, 87; difficulties of, 189; unpopularity of, 191, 247; Maynooth Grant, 276; resignation of, 317; position of, 324; conduct of, 328; resumes office, 332; vindication of, in Mr. Greville's pamphlet, 350, 368; measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357; discussions on the measure, 357-366; position of, 380; anecdote of, 387; conversation with, 389; assailed by the Protectionists, 392; behaviour to Mr. Canning, 397; resigns office, 401; resolution of, not to take office, 433; position of, iii. 94; unpopularity of, in Liverpool, 97; correspondence with Mr. Croker, 98; influence of, 100; position of, 146; on obstruction, 163; reluctance of, to take office, 199; anecdote of, and Huskisson, 216; conversation with Lord Clarendon, 286; on foreign affairs, 315; accident to, 347; death of, 348; character of, 349; career of, 350-358; effects of death of, 358; conduct of, on the East Retford franchise, 424

Peel, Rt. Hon. Gen. Jonathan, affronts Mr. Disraeli, ii. 388

Peel, Frederic (afterwards Rt. Hon. Sir F. Peel, K.C.M.G.), maiden speech of, iii. 288

Penryn Castle, visit to, ii. 17

Perceval, Rev. Mr., preaches before the Queen, i. 116

Pereira, Mr., lecture of, i. 78

Perez, Antonio, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129

Phillips, Sir Thomas, at Windsor, i. 249

Phillpotts, _see_ Exeter, Bishop of

Pigou, Mr., and the Duke of Wellington's letter on the defence of the country, iii. 107

Piscatory, M., in the French Revolution, iii. 140

Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, peerages, ii. 235

Plas Newydd, visit to Lord Anglesea at, ii. 16

Plunket, Rt. Hon. Lord, compelled to resign the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ii. 14

Plymouth, visit to, iii. 207

Poland, reported annexation of, by Russia, iii. 4

Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. George, Irish Chancellor, i. 153; and Curran, 153

Ponsonby, Viscount, despatch of, announcing Mehemet Ali's deposition, i. 334; recall of, proposed, 346; defended by Lord Palmerston, 347; violence of, 361; conversation with, ii. 110

Pontois, M. de, communication of, to the Porte, i. 304

Porson, anecdote of, ii. 114

'Portfolio,' the, i. 117, 118, 158

Portland, third Duke of, anecdote of the, iii. 212

Portugal, Donna Maria, Queen of, iii. 79

Portugal, state of affairs in, iii. 76, 77, 79

Post Office, letters opened at the, ii. 249; alleged opening of Mr. Thomas Duncombe's letters, 272; Lord Melbourne's warrants for opening letters, 289

Pozzo di Borgo, Comtesse, ball at the house of, iii. 42

Prandi, at Burnham Beeches, iii. 122

Precedence Question, _see_ H.R.H. Albert, Prince; Mr. Greville's pamphlet on, _see_ Appendix, vol. i.; of ambassadors, i. 282

'President,' the, loss of, i. 391

Pritchard, Mr., and the Tahiti affair, ii. 252

Privilege Question, the, i. 257; disputes on, 270

Privy Council, position of the sons of the Sovereign, i. 274; introduction of Prince Albert, 274

Privy Council Office, correspondence with the British Museum on the missing registers, ii. 162; (_see_ Judicial Committee)

Protectionist party, position of the, iii. 380

Protestant agitation, iii. 368, 369, 373

Protocol signed, 1840, i. 309

Prussia, King of, arrival of the, ii. 77; sight-seeing, 78; at the House of Lords, 81; lunches with Mrs. Fry. 81

Prussia, Prince of, the, flight of, iii. 155; visit of, to Queen Victoria, 179

Prussia, state of, iii. 238; retrospect of 1848, 257

'Punch,' cartoon in, iii. 407

Quarterly Review, the, article on Sir R. Peel's policy, ii. 200; article on Lord Orford's letters, 202

Rachel, Mlle., as Hermione, ii. 6; recites at Windsor Castle, 11

Radetzki, Marshal, victory of, iii. 282

Radical party, the, reduced, i. 215; dissatisfaction at Lord J. Russell, 216

Radowitz, General, invited to Windsor, iii. 372

Raglan Castle, visit to, i. 220

Railway, first time of travelling on the, i. 11; speculation, ii. 300

Ranke, Professor, breakfasts with Sir G. C. Lewis, ii. 203

Rapallo, Exchequer Bills, ii. 50; advanced money to Louis Napoleon, 50

Reeve, Henry, Mr., first acquaintance of, with Mr. Greville, i. 27; goes to Paris, 388; declines to make an affidavit for Lord Brougham, ii. 207; and King Louis Philippe, 216; letters of, from Paris, 345-347

Reform, question of, iii. 469

Repeal magistrates, the, restored, ii. 407

Revolution, the French (1848), iii. 132; details of, 138, 142 (_see_ France)

Revolution in Austria, iii. 155, 158

Rhine, voyage up the, ii. 167

'Richelieu,' first representation of, i. 173

Riddlesworth, visit to, ii. 205

Ripon, Right Hon. Earl of, the, and Mr. Macgregor at the Board of Trade, ii. 5; President of the Board of Trade in Sir R. Peel's Administration, 37; differs with Mr. Macgregor, 53; exchange of patronage with Lord Lyndhurst, 413

Roden, Right Hon. Earl of, dismissed from the Commission of the Peace, iii. 310

Roebuck, Mr., vote of confidence in the Government, iii. 344

Rolfe, Right Hon. Baron (afterwards Lord Chancellor Cranworth), at Ampthill, ii. 265; estimate of Lord Eldon, 265

Rolle, Lord, at the Queen's Coronation, i. 107

Rome, retrospect of the year 1848, iii. 257

Romsey, church at, ii. 105

Ross, visit to, i. 219; 'The Man of,' 219

Rossi, Count, on French affairs, i. 343

Rothschild, house of the family of, at Frankfort, ii. 171, 173

Royal Academy of Arts, lecture at the, iii. 375

Royal Institution, evening at the, i. 78

'Running Rein,' case of, ii. 250

Russell, Right Hon. Lord John, attack on the Bishop of Exeter,