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, i. 66; finality speech of, 181; position of, 182; sentiments 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 the electors of Stroud, 196; brings in the Jamaica Bill, 196; speech on Sir H. Fleetwood's motion, 216; note to Sir R. Peel, 259; as leader, 293; alarmed, at affairs in the East, 303, 307; opposes Lord Palmerston's policy, 312; Cabinet on the Eastern Question, 320; weakness of, 331; efforts of, to settle affairs in the East, 333; threatens to resign, 344; intentions of (1841), ii. 27; attack on two judges, 84; conversation at Holland House on the Reform Bill, 121; dissatisfaction of, at the American Treaty, 126; sent for by the Queen, 317; difficulties in forming a Government, 319, 331; resigns, 332; promise to the Queen, 361; convokes a meeting of Whig Peers, 394; forms a Government, 405; conversation with, on French affairs, iii. 55; threatened with personal violence, 65; speech on the Irish Poor Law, 69; position of, 96; financial statement of, 126; results, 128; difficulties with Lord Palmerston, 185; West India Sugar Bill, 193; subsequent crisis, 195; peerage suggested for, 281, 285; despatch relating to the Spanish marriages, 298; Government defeated on the Pacifico affair, 341; indecision of, 342; conversation with Lord Clarendon, 361; letter on the Papal aggression, 367, 370; resigns, 378; negotiations for the formation of a government, 383; return of, to office, 389; negotiations with Sir J. Graham, 395, 399, 401; overtures to Sir J. Graham, 410, 412; dismissal of Lord Palmerston, 426, 429; details of the affair, 434, 444; explanations in Parliament, 446; resignation of, 447
Russell, Lord William, murder of, i. 284
Russell, Lord William, G.C.B., recalled from Berlin, ii. 66
Russia, the Emperor Nicholas of, visit to London, ii. 243; review in Hyde Park, 243; fÍte at Chiswick, 244; appearance of, 244; arrangement with the Bank of France, iii. 70; and Louis Napoleon, 441; remark of, on the British fleet, 315
Russia, measures in Poland, iii. 5; interference with, 279; complains of Lord Palmerston, 332
Russian Note, the, iii. 323
Rutland, Duke of, birthday festivities of, i. 41, 44, 45
St. Aulaire, Marquis de, French Ambassador in London, ii. 58; dinner with, iii. 54
St. James's Palace, arrangements for the apartments in, i. 280
St. Jean d'Acre, capture of, i. 354
St. Leger, won by 'Mango,' i. 23
St. Leonards, Right Hon. Lord, Lord Chancellor in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
Salamanca, battle of, Duke of Wellington's account of the, i. 39
Sale, Mrs., letter of, from Cabul, ii. 85
Salic Law, the, proposed revival of, in Spain, iii. 13
Salisbury, Right Hon. the Marquis of, Lord Privy Seal in Lord Derby's Administration, iii. 451
Salisbury Cathedral, visit to, i. 223
Sampayo, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129
Sandwich, Countess of, appointment of, i. 224
Sardinia, defeated by Austria, iii. 282
Schleswig-Holstein question, the, iii. 371
Schwabe, Mr., on Spain, iii. 38
Scotland, visit to, iii. 291; Balmoral, 295
Scrope, Davies, iii. 47
Seaton, Lord, _see_ Colborne
Sefton, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 138; character of the, 138, 139
Selwyn, George, anecdotes of, i. 217
Serjeants-at-law, petition of the, i. 156, 160
Serrano, Marshal, intrigues of, iii. 194
Session, review of the (1838), i. 126, (1839) 231, (1840) 291, (1842)