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; sightseeing, 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,