INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

Abbotsford,

35

Abercromby, Lady Mary (

see also

Dunfermline, Lady)--

Marriage,

29

letters from Lady John Russell,

36

,

38-40

,

46-7

,

59

,

66-7

,

70-3

,

76-7

,

80

,

84

,

89

,

93

,

95-8

,

100-3

,

106-7

,

110-13

,

115-16

,

124

,

134

,

166-7

,

173

letters from Lady Minto,

37-8

,

40-1

,

43

correspondence with Lord John Russell,

43-4

,

45

letter from Lord Minto,

64

visit of Lady John Russell,

165

mentioned

in the letters,

12

,

17

,

19

,

83

Abercromby, Mr. Ralph, afterwards Lord Dunfermline,

29

,

43

,

70

,

107

,

110

,

115

,

196

Minister at the Hague,

165

Aberdeen, Lord-- The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill,

109-10

consents to form a Ministry,

123-4

and Lord John Russell,

124-5

,

139

,

149

and the Eastern Question,

132

and Reform,

135

Lord John's resignation,

141

,

143

,

160

Lord John's appreciation of,

144

resignation,

145

Abergeldie Castle,

193

Acton, Lord, "Historical Essays and Studies",

229

Adams, Mr.,

194

Adelaide, queen of William IV,

21

,

22

Admiralty, the,

Lord Minto at,

24

,

28-9

,

38-44

Mrs. Drummond's description,

31-4

"Adullamites," the,

204

Affirmation Bill, Gladstone's,

264

,

Note 102

Alabama

, case of the,

196-7

,

236

Albert Hall, foundation stone laid,

214

Albert, Prince Consort--

and Lord John,

96

,

104

Prussian sympathies,

114-15

visit to Pembroke Lodge,

121

and Italy,

178

at Coburg,

191

death,

195

"Trent" affair,

200

"Life of Prince Albert,",

244-5

,

252

otherwise mentioned

,

76

,

95

Aldworth,

244

,

281

Allen, Grant, "Science in Arcady",

283

Althorp, Lord,

6

and the Irish Coercion Bill,

19

Amberley, Lady,

199

,

222

,

223

,

240

,

248

death of,

242

,

243

,

244

Amberley, Lord,

see also

Russell, John--

Engagement,

199

defeated at Leeds,

199

returned for Nottingham,

212

maiden speech,

213

defeat in 1868,

218

letters from Lady Russell,

240

,

241

,

245-6

death of,

247-8

otherwise mentioned

,

164

,

198

,

202

,

222

American Civil War, the--

England's position,

193-4

seizure of the Southern Commissioners,

194-5

Lord Russell's speech on,

197

feeling in England,

297-8

Anderson, Dr., of Richmond,

286

,

Note 115

,

288

and

Note 116

Anti-Corn Law League bazaar at Manchester,

63

Armenian refugees at Pembroke Lodge,

285

Arrow

, the, coasting vessel,

167

Athanasian Creed, the,

235

Aumale, Duc d',

103

,

Note 34

Austen, Jane,

258

"Emma,",

286

Austria--

Influence in Germany,

16

unpopularity of the Government,

54

,

55

and Denmark,

114

Palmerston's policy towards,

116

Conference of Vienna,

149

,

152-3

proposals of, and resignation of Lord John Russell,

158-62

and Italy,

175

after Solferino,

178-9

Peace of Villafranca,

179-81

and the proposed Congress at Zurich,

181

Prussian war on,

207

cession of Venetia,

209

cause of the Franco-German War,

228-9

Azeglio, Marquis d', Piedmontese Minister,

174

,

176

Balmoral,

200

,

206

Lord John Russell at,

103-4

Baring, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, tariff proposals,

41-2

Beaumont, Lord,

111

Bedford, (6th) Duke of,

48-9

,

51

Bedford, (7th) Duke of,

letters from Lord Russell,

58

,

144

visit of Lord and Lady John Russell,

61

on the attacks on Lord John,

145-6

letter from Lady John,

160-1

death,

192

Bedford, (9th) Duke of,

213

Bennett, Rev. W. J. E., of St. Paul's,

83

Berlin, Lord Minto appointed Minister,

15-19

Bernard, Dr., acquitted,

174

Bernstorff, Count,

233

Berrys, the Miss,

23

,

83

Bessborough, Lord,

Irish opinions,

81

,

86

on the Coercion Bill,

88

Birmingham,

enfranchisement,

10

bombs manufactured in,

173

Bismarck, Count--

In Berlin,

19

and Palmerston,

200

declares war on Austria,

206

the Franco-German War,

228-9

Blyth, Miss Lilian [Mrs. Wilfred Praeger], letter from Lady Russell,

265

Blyth, Rev. F. C.,

265

,

Note 104

Bognor, news of Reform at,

14

Boileau, Mr., letters to Lady Melgund,

132

,

137-8

Bonaparte, Louis,

102

Bourbons, the,

11

Napoleon's questions concerning,

53-4

Bowhill,

46

,

47

,

59

Bowood, Lady John Russell at,

23-4

,

27

Bowring, Sir John, cause of the war with China,

168

Bradlaugh,

264

,

Note 102

Braico, Dr. Cesare,

177

,

185

Brazil, Emperor of, at Pembroke Lodge,

233

Bright, John--

Defeat of,

169

at Chesham Place,

202-3

speeches,

204

and Reform,

212

,

214

letter to Lady Russell,

253

otherwise mentioned

,

68

,

71

,

77

,

124

,

299

British and Foreign School Society,

257

Broadstairs, visit of the Russells,

250

Brooke, Rev. A. Stopford, letter to Lady Agatha Russell,

289

Brooks's, news of Lord John's acceptance of the Colonial Seals,

150

,

151

Brougham, Lord--

and Lord Melbourne's dismissal,

21

and the Corn Law,

63

and William IV,

221

Browning, Robert,

258

,

260

Brunow, Baron, Russian ambassador,

113

Bryant, W. C.,

299

Bryce, Mr. James, letter to Lady Agatha Russell,

290

and

Note 118

Brydone, Mrs., death,

27

,

240

Buccleuch, Duke of,

68

lends Bowhill to Lord John,

47

on Disraeli,

214

Bühler, Miss,

266

,

Note 105

letters from Lady Russell,

266

,

267-8

Buller, Charles,

65

Buol, Count, Austrian Minister,

153

Burdett, Sir Francis, and Lord John Russell,

50

Burnet, Bishop,

27

Burns, Robert,

27

,

258

Byron, Lady,

221

and

Note 73

Byron, Lord,

221

and

Note 73

,

258

"Giaour,",

86

"Childe Harold,"

quoted

,

224

Cairns, Lord,

mentioned

,

213

Campbell, Lord, "Lives",

82

Canada,

Governorship offered to Lord Minto,

19

Lady Fanny and the Patriots,

28

Cannes, Lord and Lady Russell at,

234-6

Canning, Lord Granville's correspondence with,

175

Canning, Sir Stratford, British Ambassador at Constantinople,

132

Carnarvon, Lord, resignation,

211

Castlereagh, Lord,

223

Catholic Emancipation Bill,

7

,

28

,

58

Cavour--

and Napoleon III,

179

,

183

resignation,

180

the terms of unity,

182

and Garibaldi,

184-7

otherwise mentioned

,

165

,

176

,

185

,

189

,

221

Ceremonies, religious, Lady John Russell's opinion concerning,

110-13

Channing's, Dr., writings,

258

Charles X,

10-13

Chartist movement,

90

,

94

,

95

,

97

,

98

Chartres, Duc de,

103

,

Note 34

Chelmsford, Lord, saying of,

196

Chenies, Lady Russell's funeral at,

290-1

Chester, Fenian attempt on the arsenal,

216

Chesterfield, Lord, "Letters",

269-70

Chillon,

233-4

Chinese War, the, 1857,

167-9

Lord John Russell's speech,

193

Palmerston's policy,

200

Chorley Wood, Rickmansworth,

89

,

90

Christian, Princess, at Cannes,

235

Chronicle

, the, and the Eastern Question,

133

Church of England,

9

,

83

the Gorham case,

109

Clarendon, Lady,

243

Clarendon, Lord--

Viceroy of Ireland,

65

,

99

,

100

,

274

at the Foreign Office,

153

,

154-6

,

201

letter to Lord Russell,

155-6

letter from Lord Russell,

155

despatch to Naples,

178

letter to Lord Granville,

201

Coalition Ministry, the,

123

results,

196

Cobden, Richard--

Oratory,

50

Lord William Russell on,

83

comments on Lord John,

158

motion regarding the China measures,

167-8

defeat in 1857,

169

Free Trade Treaty with France,

190

otherwise mentioned

,

68

,

77

,

124

,

299

Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice, speech,

107

Coercion (Ireland) Bill,

19

,

86

,

88

,

94

Coombe Wood, Richmond,

122

Conservative Party, the--

"Moderate Reform",

22

split on Catholic Emancipation,

28

position in 1852,

123

Conspiracy to Murder Bill,

173

Corn Laws, the--

Lord John Russell's proposal,

42

repeal of,

70-7

Macaulay on,

73-4

Peel's measure,

78-85

repeal passed,

88

Cowley, Lord,

154-5

Cowper, William,

258

Cranborne, Lord, resignation of,

211

(

see also

Salisbury, (3rd) Marquis)

Crimean War--

Events leading to,

131-2

victories,

140

Lord Malmesbury's report,

145

Bright's History

cited

,

148

French alliance,

157

Currie, Mr. Raikes,

169

,

171

Daily News

, the--

and the Eastern Question,

133

attack on Lord John,

159

Lord Russell's letters,

225-6

on Baron Stockmar, article

quoted

,

245

,

Note 88

Dante,

258

Davitt, Michael, "Leaves from a Prison Diary",

277

Denmark, war with Schleswig-Holstein,

114

Derby, (14th) Earl of--

Ministry, 1851,

117

fails to form a Government, 1855,

148-9

cabinet, 1858,

174

resignation in June,

176

denounces the Government's policy,

199

and the franchise,

210-11

resignation, 1868,

215

illness,

215

otherwise mentioned

,

213

Derby, (15th) Earl of (

see

Stanley, Lord)

Dickens, Charles--

On the ragged schools,

85

"David Copperfield,",

108

at Pembroke Lodge,

119

,

213

congratulates Lord John Russell,

170

letters to Lady John Russell,

171

,

205-6

,

218

Lady Russell's preference for,

258

on Lord John Russell,

quoted

,

260

Dieppe, the Russells at,

238

Dillon, John, on Lord John's resignation,

146

Dillon, John, and Parnell,

279

Disraeli, Benjamin (Earl of Beaconsfield)--

114

personality,

174

Budget, 1852,

123

and Free Trade,

123

Lady John Russell, on,

174

on Lord John Russell's motion,

108

his Franchise Bill,

175

,

210-12

the Duke of Buccleuch on,

214

succeeds Lord Derby,

215

resignation, 1868,

216-18

letter to Lord Russell,

238-9

Parliamentary courage,

250

otherwise mentioned

,

127

,

223

,

241

Drewitt, Dr. F. D.,

272

Drouyn, M. de L'Huys, resignation of,

153-4

,

155

,

156

Drummond, Mrs. (

see also

Lister, Adelaide),

34

,

86

,

119

on the Minto family,

quoted

,

31-3

letter from Lady Russell,

284

Duff, Sir Mount Stuart Grant, letter to Lady Russell,

264-5

Dufferin, Lord, letter to Lady John Russell,

104-5

letter from Lady John Russell,

165

Dunfermline, Lady (

see also

Abercromby, Lady Mary)

letters from Lady Russell,

194

,

195

,

196

,

207

,

209-10

,

217-18

,

222

,

224-6

,

229-33

,

235

,

237-41

death in Rome,

242

Dunrozel, Haslemere,

144

,

255

and

Note 96

,

265

Durham, Bishop of, letter from Lord John Russell,

109-11

Durham, Lord, in Canada,

28

Eastbourne,

28

Eastern Question, the,

events leading to the Crimean War,

131-2

Lord Palmerston's policy,

132-3

Gladstone on,

250

,

252

Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the,

109-10

,

123

Edinburgh,

70

,

78

,

86

,

266

Edinburgh University,

51

Education, Lord Russell and,

234-5

Education Bill, 1839,

30

Mr. Forster's Act,

225

,

Note 78

Elba, Napoleon in, Lord John Russell's account,

51-6

Eliot, George,

251

"Adam Bede,",

271

Lady Russell on,

286

Elliot, Charles [Lady Russell's brother],

12

Elliot, George [Lady Russell's brother],

12

,

161

Elliot, George [uncle of Lady Russell],

22

Elliot, Gilbert [brother of Lady Russell],

4

,

46

Elliot, Gilbert, afterwards Dean of Bristol,

26

Elliot, Henry [brother of Lady Russell]

mentioned

in the letters,

17

,

167

goes to Australia,

26

visit of,

60

Elliot, John [uncle of Lady Russell], member of Parliament for Hawick,

27

,

38

Elliot, Lady Fanny, quotation from "Reminiscences of an Idler",

26

description of, (

see

Russell, Lady John),

33

Elliot, Lady Charlotte (

see

also Portal)

mentioned

in the letters,

5

,

17

,

18

,

29

,

32

,

109

,

166

,

214

Sir Henry Taylor and,

261

Elliot, Lady Harriet,

32

,

109

Elliot, Miss, daughter of the Dean of Bristol, a reference to Lord Russell,

242

Emerson, R. W.,

299

Endsleigh,

61

,

208

English society, Lady Russell on,

227

Etchegoyen, Comte d',

245

and

Note 89

Eugénie, Empress, and the Russells,

226

at Chislehurst,

233

and

Note 83

Eversley, Lord,

204

Examiner

, the, on Lord John Russell's resignation,

146

Exeter Hall,

lecture by Lord John at,

164

,

165

meetings,

247

Factory children, education of, Bill for,

68

Farrington, Rev. Silas, letter to Lady Agatha Russell,

289

Fawcett, Professor, speech,

247

,

Fazakerlie, Miss,

27

Fenians, movement of 1867,

216

Fitzmaurice, Lord,

252

"Life of Lord Granville"

quoted

,

201

Florence,

robbers of,

54

the Russells in,

166-7

Foreign Exchanges, Mr. Goschen's book on,

202

Forster, W. E.,

225-6

the Elementary Education Act,

225

,

Note 78

Fortescue, Chichester,

Chief Secretary for Ireland,

109

,

216

Lord Russell's three pamphlets,

215

,

217

,

219

Fox, Charles James--

and Lord John Russell,

49-50

Napoleon on,

56

foreign policy,

186

otherwise mentioned

,

267

Fox Club, the,

78

France--

The July revolution,

16

deposition of Louis Philippe,

94-5

and the Greek crisis,

107

and Denmark,

114

the

coup d'état

of December, 1851,

117

,

118

events leading to the Crimean War,

131-2

Cobden's Free Trade Treaty,

190

Franchise, Mr. Locke King's motion,

109

,

115

and

Note 37

Franco-German War, outbreak,

228-9

Franklin, Sir John,

26

"Free Church," the,

9

Free Church of Scotland, establishment,

66

Free Church, Richmond, the memorial tablet,

305

Free Trade,

the new principle,

41

Lady John and,

80

number of Free Traders in 1846,

90

Froude, J. A.,

at Chesham Place,

202

on removal of Irish grievances,

217

"Life of Lord Beaconsfield," passage

quoted

,

247

Garbarino, Villa,

221

Gardiner, Dr.,

286

and

Note 115

Garibaldi--

Cavour and,

184

and the Sicilian rebels,

185

attack on Naples,

186-8

at Pembroke Lodge,

189

letter to Lord John,

246-7

,

247

,

Note 91

otherwise mentioned

,

221

George III,

245

,

Note 88

Napoleon on,

54

George IV, death,

10

Napoleon on,

54

story of,

221

Germany--

The

Zollverein

,

16

,

114

influence of French affairs on,

16

the Crown Princess,

222

the Franco-German War,

228

the Crown Prince and the war,

232

,

233

Gibbon, historian, appearance,

52

Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E.--

and Lord John Russell,

50

,

146

and the Corn Laws,

63

at the War and Colonial Office,

78

his first great speech,

107

his first Budget,

127

resignation,

149

Italian sympathies,

176

,

178

,

189

letters regarding the Neapolitan prisoners,

187

Budgets,

190

defeated at Oxford,

199

and the Franchise,

201

introduces the Reform Bill, March, 1866,

203-5

,

205

, Note

reports Government defeat to Lord John,

206

and Disraeli's Franchise Bill,

211-12

letter to Dr. Pusey

quoted

,

212

the Irish Church question, 1868,

216-17

visits to Pembroke Lodge,

219

,

252

speech on Irish Church disestablishment,

219

conversation on Parliamentary courage,

250

the Affirmation Bill,

264

, Note

letters to Lady Russell,

266-7

,

273-4

his article on the Melbourne Ministry,

274

and Parnell,

276-9

Lady Russell on,

282

"Gladstonian," the term,

282

his last Cabinet,

285

,

mentioned

in the letters,

213

,

241

Justin McCarthy on,

296

Gladstone, Mrs.,

63

letter to Lady John Russell,

128

,

264

at Pembroke Lodge,

219

,

252

Glenelg, Lord,

24

Godfrey, Miss Alice (

see

Russell, Mrs. Rollo)

Gortschakoff, Prince, Russian emissary,

153

Goschen, Mr., appointment,

202

Graham, Sir James,

74

,

176

resignation,

149

Grant, General,

299

Granville, Lord--

Letter to Lady John,

136

correspondence with Canning,

175

sent for by the Queen,

176

and Italy,

178

correspondence with Lord Clarendon,

201

Gray, Maxwell, "The Silence of Dean Maitland",

270

Greece,

the crisis of 1850,

106-7

Russian policy,

131

Greville, Charles--

Cited

on Lord John Russell,

41

,

65

on the Greek crisis,

106

Grey, Lady,

98

,

284-5

Grey, (2nd) Earl--

Prime Minister,

6

,

10

,

58

,

61

resignation, May, 1834,

19

Grey, (3rd) Earl,

75

and

Note 25

,

76

,

78

death,

284-5

Grey, Sir George,

"Security of the Crown" Bill,

97

and Fergus O'Connor,

98

rumoured Irish rebellion,

101

and the Conspiracy laws,

173-4

Guizot,

and Louis Philippe,

95

dismissal and his reply to Louis Philippe,

102-3

Habeas Corpus Act, suspension,

56

,

99-100

,

216

Harcourt, Sir William Vernon, letter to Lady Russell,

197

Harrison, Frederic--

Friendship with Lady Russell,

260

,

272

letter to Lady Agatha Russell,

290

the Memorial address,

305-8

Hatton, Sir Christopher, life,

82

Hawick,

19

,

27

,

59

freedom presented to Lord John Russell,

35

Herbert, Sidney,

146

resignation,

149

on the Italian question,

178

Herzegovina, insurgents of,

246-7

Hill, Rowland, Penny Postage,

61

Hindhead,

121

,

255

,

265

Hodgkinson, Mr., amendment,

212

,

214

Holland House,

23

dinners at,

25-6

Holland, Lady,

in Portugal,

51

death, 1845,

70

,

71

Holland, Lord,

26

in Portugal,

51

Napoleon on,

53

Holmes, O. W.,

299

death of,

284

Home Rule Controversy, the,

267

,

277

Lady Russell on,

282-3

Hooker, Sir Joseph,

121

,

261

Hoole, Alderman,

172

Hope, James,

109

Horsman, Mr., opposition to Reform,

204

Howard, Lady Louisa,

239

and

Note 85

Howick, Lord, motion of, thrown out,

68-9

(

see also

Grey, (3rd) Earl)

Hudson, Mr., mission to Italy,

22

Hudson, Sir James, letter from Turin to Lady John,

184-5

Huguesson, Mr.,

213

Humboldt, friend in Berlin,

19

Hume, appearance,

52

Hungary, Kossuth's revolution,

116

Ireland--

The Viceregal Court,

54

situation in 1843,

68

Lady John Russell on the Irish question,

69

,

78

,

79

,

81-2

state of, 1845,

74

condition in 1846,

85-8

,

94

Peel's measures for, 1846,

85

Lady John Russell on the condition of,

89-90

measures for relief,

90

the rebellion of 1848, preparations,

96-7

suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act,

100

rumoured rebellion in the South,

101

visit of the Queen, 1849,

104-5

reception of Lord Russell's letter to the Bishop of Durham,

110

Lord Russell's pamphlets,

215

the Fenian movement, 1867,

216

the Irish Church question, 1868,

216-17

,

219

Gladstone's measure,

219

Lord Russell's sympathy towards,

221

,

223

Lady Russell and the Irish movement,

272-9

,

301-3

Irish University Bill,

238

and

Note 84

Italy--

and Austria,

54

,

175

Lord John Russell and united Italy,

175

,

177-89

,

247

and

Note 91

Lord Granville and,

176

federation,

179-85

first Parliament,

183

defeat at Custozza,

207

cession of Venetia,

209

the Russells in,

209-210

visit of Lord Russell, 1869,

221-7

Jamaica Bill, 1839,

29

Jaucourt, attaché,

176

Jeffrey, Francis, Lord, letter to Lady John Russell,

89

Joachim, Dr.,

280

Joachim, Miss Gertrude (

see

Russell, Mrs. Rollo)

Josephine, Empress,

85

,

Note 28

Jowett, Dr., letter to Lady Russell,

248

Keats, John,

258

Kent, Duchess of,

29

,

95

King, Mr. Locke, franchise motion,

109

,

115

and

Note 37

Kinglake,

cited

,

157

his book,

196

Kossuth, reception in London,

116

Lacaita, Mr. (afterwards Sir James Lacaita), mission to the Russells,

187-8

Lansdowne House, Lord John Russell at,

60

,

78

Lansdowne, Lady,

27

Lansdowne, Lord--

and Lord Minto,

24

,

27

Lord John Russell and,

78

Irish views,

81-2

and the suffrage,

105

refuses office,

123-4

and Lord John's resignation,

145

letters to Vienna,

154

Lausanne,

165

,

171

Layard, Henry,

134

,

218

Lecky, W. E. H., a picture of Pembroke Lodge

quoted

,

260

Liberals--

Position in 1837,

27-8

number in 1846,

90

Lady Russell on,

283

Lincoln, President,

298

Lister, Adelaide (

see also

Drummond, Mrs.),

35

,

36

,

49

and

Note 21

,

62

,

80

Lister, Elizabeth (Lady Melvill),

49

and

Note 21

,

79

Lister, Isabel (

see also

Warburton, Mrs.),

49

and

Note 21

,

79

Lister, Miss,

32

,

34

,

35

,

36

,

38

,

39-40

,

62

,

109

letters to Lord John Russell,

36

,

42-3

Lister, Tom (

see

Ribblesdale, Lord)

Lockhart, "Life of Sir Walter Scott",

272

London--

Lady John Russell's life in,

23

London society, Lady John Russell on,

84

,

87-8

,

224

news of the revolution in France,

95-6

Lord John Russell returned for,

169-70

Italian conspirators in,

173

Longfellow, H. W.,

258

,

260

,

299

Lords, the House of--

On the Corn question,

81

Peel's Irish Land Bill thrown out,

85

vote of censure on Lord Palmerston,

107

Lord Russell's proposition,

219

Lady Russell on,

284

Louis XIV,

266

Louis XVIII, Napoleon's opinion regarding,

53-4

Louis Philippe,

and the Parisians,

10-11

deposition in 1848,

94-5

visits Pembroke Lodge,

102-3

Louis, Princess, of Hesse,

222

Lovelace, Lord, "Astarte",

221

Note 73

Lowe, Robert--

On Disraeli,

quoted

,

212

opposition to Reform,

204

,

205

his retort on Gladstone,

205

,

Note 63

otherwise mentioned

,

202

,

213

Lowell, J. R.,

260

"Democracy",

271

Lyons, Lord,

on the American situation,

195

in Paris,

226

Lyttelton, Lady, on Prince Albert,

245

Lytton, Bulwer, "The New Timon,"

quoted

,

50

McCarthy, Justin--

Friendship with Lady Russell,

260-61

correspondence with Lady Russell,

275-6

,

279

"Recollections of Frances, Countess Russell",

295-304

Macaulay, letter to his sister,

73

otherwise mentioned

,

259

Malakoff, Duc de, French Ambassador,

174

Malmesbury, Lord,

accounts of the Crimea,

145

reports fall of the Derby Government,

176

Manchester--

Enfranchisement,

10

Anti-Corn Law League Bazaar,

63

attack on the prison van,

216

Manchester, Bishop of, and education,

23

Manning, Cardinal,

109

Manzoni, "Carmagnola",

87

Martineau, Dr., writings,

258

Maynooth College, endowment of,

70

Mazzini,

189

,

221

Melbourne, Lord--

Dismissal, 1834,

19

,

21-2

Ministry, 1837,

27-8

return to power,

30

his famous remark,

42

Government of 1835,

58

defeat in 1841,

60

at Woburn,

61

otherwise mentioned

,

6

,

24

,

26

Mr. Gladstone's article on the Melbourne Ministry,

274

Melgund, Lady (see also Minto, Lady)--

Letter from Lady John Russell,

108-9

letters from Mr. Boileau,

132

,

137-8

letters from Lord John Russell,

166

,

170

Melgund, Lord,

30

,

41

,

42

,

70

Melrose Abbey,

35

Michelangelo,

210

Militia Bill, the,

117

Lord John Russell defeated on,

123

Mill, J. S.,

"Autobiography,",

240

"Nature," Lady Russell's remarks,

245

otherwise mentioned

,

222

Milton,

27

,

258

"Paradise Lost",

271

Minto House--

Description,

1-4

return to in 1831,

15

in 1834,

19

the home at,

30-1

,

34

,

45

,

70

,

239-40

,

256

,

273

and

Note 111

Lord John Russell at,

46

visit of Lord and Lady John Russell,

59

Minto, Lady (mother of Lady Russell)--

Home influence of,

9

,

13

illness in Berlin,

9

,

17

,

18

death of her mother,

27

a description,

31

arrival of Lord John Russell,

35-6

,

40

,

42

,

43

letters to Lady Mary Abercromby,

37-8

,

40-1

,

43

,

64

"A Border Ballad",

47-8

letters written from Endsleigh,

62-3

letter to Lord John Russell,

64-5

letters from Lady John Russell,

67

,

96

,

108

illness, 1852,

124

death,

128

mentioned

in the letters,

25

,

29-30

,

38

,

39

,

67

,

240

Minto, Lady (Lady Melgund)--

Letters to Lady Russell,

192-193

,

253

letters from Lord Russell,

193

,

196

,

210

,

213-14

,

221

,

234-5

,

243-4

Minto, Lord--

At Minto,

1

,

6

,

15

and Reform,

15

appointed Minister in Berlin,

15-19

and the Peel Ministry,

19

,

22

First Lord of the Admiralty,

23

,

24

,

29-30

,

34-5

,

38-43

Mrs. Drummond's recollections

quoted

,

31-3

and Lord John Russell,

42

,

43

visits to Lady John Russell,

60

in London,

64

on Lord John Russell,

118

death of Lady Minto,

129

letters from Lady John Russell,

139-40

,

160-1

,

170-2

on Lord John Russell's acceptance of the Colonial Seals,

151

death,

191

otherwise mentioned

,

68

,

75

,

108

Minto village,

8

,

14

Moffatt, George, letter to Lady John Russell,

137

Moore, Thomas--

Songs at Bowood,

23-4

,

27

"Remonstrance",

56-7

lines

quoted

by Lady John Russell,

159

papers of, edited by Lord John Russell,

164

otherwise mentioned

,

259

Morley, Lord--

"Life of Gladstone"

cited

on Lord Russell's resignation,

140-4

Mr. Rollo Russell's letter to

The Times

,

144-7

cited

on the conduct of other Ministers,

146

otherwise mentioned

,

278

,

279

Motley, J. L., on

The Times

,

194

Morning Advertiser

, and the Eastern Question,

133

Morning Herald

, and the Eastern Question,

133

Morning Post

, and Palmerston's Eastern policy,

132

Morning Star

, the,

299

Napoleon I--

in Elba, Lord John Russell's account,

51-6

story of the poisoning,

55

letters to Josephine,

85

,

Note 28

Napoleon III--

and the Provisional Government,

95

his

coup d'état

of December, 1851,

117

policy,

152

,

175

,

179

,

191

Orsini outrage on,

173

peace of Villafranca,

179-81

"Le Pape et le Congrès,"

181

and Cavour,

183

Sir James Hudson on,

185

his idea of "United "Italy,

186

Garibaldi on,

189

and Lord Russell,

226

and the Franco-German War,

228-9

prisoner of war,

230

at Chislehurst,

233

National debt, reduction,

190

National Guard of Paris,

12

singing the "Parisienne",

11

Louis Philippe and the,

102

Neapolitan prisoners at Pembroke Lodge,

177

Newcastle, Duke of, at the War Office,

141

,

142

otherwise mentioned

,

149

Newspapers,

166

Nice, cession to France,

183

,

184

Nicholas, Emperor,

80

,

130-1

partition of Turkey proposed,

131

death,

152

Nonconformist deputation to Lord Russell,

252

Norton, Mrs., description of Rogers,

cited

,

129-30

Norwich, Hinds, Bishop of,

111

Nottingham Castle, burning of,

15

O'Brien, Smith,

97

O'Brien, William, and Parnell,

279

O'Connell, Daniel,

33

arrest in 1843,

68

and Lord John Russell,

69

O'Connor, Fergus, and the Chartists,

98

Orsini,

173

,

174

Osborne,

71

Owen, Sir Richard,

261

Oxford,

227

,

234

Oxford movement, the, Lord John Russell and,

9

Pacifico, Don, compensation,

106-7

Palmerston, Lady,

42

Palmerston, Lord--

On the dismissal of Lord Melbourne,

cited

,

21

and Grey,

75

,

76

,

78

at the Foreign Office,

75

,

76

,

78

,

95

,

103

,

106-7

,

114

the Greek crisis, 1850,

106-7

,

114

his finest speech,

107

the Queen's letter to Lord John Russell,

114-16

reception of Kossuth,

116

the Militia Bill,

117

,

123

and the

coup d'état

,

117-18

dismissal,

117,

120

and Lord John Russell,

124

and

Note 39

,

126

,

135

,

141-2

,

154-6

,

160

resignation on the Eastern Question and resumption of office,

132

return to power, his first Cabinet,

143

,

148-9

policy,

144

Lord John in the Colonial Office,

149-51

policy in the Crimea,

152

his appeal to Lord John Russell,

156

,

158

his reply to Lord John's offer to resign,

160

China policy,

167-8

general election of 1857,

169

Conspiracy to Murder Bill,

173

resignation on the Conspiracy Bill amendment,

174

Ministry of 1859,

176

Italian policy,

176

,

180-5

,

186

,

189

the Cabinet of 1859,

178

social legislation under,

190

illness in 1865,

199

death,

200-1

otherwise mentioned

,

34

,

176

Panmure, Lord,

154

,

155

Papal Bull, September, 1850,

109-12

Paris--

Louis Philippe and,

10

deposition of Charles X,

10

carnival, 1831,

12

Wellington in,

53

life in,

224

visit of the Russells,

226

horrors of the war,

230-2

Paris, Comte de,

103

,

Note 34

"Parisienne," the,

11

Parliament, opening in 1836, description,

24

Parnell, C. S.,

275

and

Note 113

,

303

Party Government, Lady Russell on,

282

Pasolini, Count, memoir

quoted

,

209

Patmore, Coventry, "1867",

212

Paul, Herbert, on Coercion Bill,

94

Note 33

cited

on the Commons' debate on the Greek crisis,

107

on Russell's resignation,

141

Peel, Archibald,

214

letter from Lord Russell,

220

Peel, General,

214

resignation,

211

Peel, Lady Georgiana,

letter from Lord Russell,

220

verses to,

262-3

letter from Lady Russell,

270

,

271

,

272

Peel, Sir Robert--

The Ministry of 1835,

21-2

his Tamworth manifesto,

22

resignation,

23

his position in 1837,

28

return from Italy,

30

defeat,

42

,

45

Ministry of 1841,

61

the Corn Law,

63

,

77

position in 1843,

68

resignation, 1845,

70

and Russell,

71

influence,

74-5

gives up Protection,

78

return to power, 1846,

78-9

Lady John Russell on his speech,

79

,

80

Lord William Russell on,

83

his measures for Ireland,

85

revenge of the Protectionists,

88

and the revolution in France,

94

his last speech and death,

107

Parliamentary courage,

250

Gladstone on,

274

otherwise mentioned

,

19

,

108

,

214

Peel, Sir Robert, Chief Secretary for Ireland,

216

Peelites, alliance with the Whigs,

123

Pembroke Lodge--

Offered by the Queen to Lord John,

91

the "Wishing Tree",

93

and

Note 31

the home at,

100

,

136

,

249

,

253-4-5

,

270

visit of Louis Philippe,

102-3

other French visitors,

103

,

Note 34

literary visitors,

119

a few recollections,

121-2

Windsor summer-house,

162

visit of Garibaldi,

189

a Cabinet dinner,

196

verses written for the summer-house,

197-8

visit of Queen Victoria,

242

and Note ,

243

children at,

256

a picture by Lecky,

260

Armenian refugees at,

285

otherwise mentioned

,

12

,

Note 6

,

117

,

226

People's Charter, the, 1837,

28

Persigny, M.,

155

,

174

memoirs,

187

Petersham,

church at,

214

school at,

103

,

121

,

233

,

257

,

287

Petersham Park,

121

Phillips, Wendell,

299

Pitt, William,

50

Plombières,

179

secret treaty of,

183

Poerio,

185

Poor Laws, Lady John Russell on,

84

,

284

Pope, Napoleon's designs concerning the,

186

Portal, Lady Charlotte,

letters from Lady John,

172-3

,

195

,

249-51

,

254

,

269-73

,

278-9

,

281-2

letter to Lady Russell,

268-9

Walpole's "Life of Lord John Russell",

274

Presbyterian Church of Scotland,

8-9

Protectionists,

abandoned by Peel,

78

and the Coercion Bill,

88

and the Peelites,

90

Prussia,

55

and Denmark,

114

Napoleon and,

175

,

179

war on Austria,

207

Prussia, Crown Prince of,

232-3

Prussia, Crown Princess of,

222-33

Punch

, ballad on Lord John Russell,

120

Pusey, Dr., letter from Gladstone,

quoted

,

212

Puseyites, the,

85

Putney House, Lady Russell's description,

33

Redcliffe, Lord Stratford de, policy,

152

Reform, Lord John Russell and,

58

,

127

,

175

,

201

Reform Bill of 1831,

14-15

,

58

1832,

15

,

22

,

58

Lord John Russell's Bill,

132-40

1854,

134

Disraeli's Bill,

175

1866,

203-4

Reid, Stuart,

cited

,

126

,

260

Renens-sur-Roche,

165

,

221

the Russells at,

233

Revolutionary movement of 1848,

97

Ribblesdale, Lady, 1st Lady John Russell,

29

marriage with Lord John Russell,

49

her death,

49

Ribblesdale, (2nd) Lord,

49

Ribblesdale, (3rd) Lord,

35

,

49

and

Note 21

Richmond, visit of Garibaldi,

189

Richmond, Duke of (1836),

24

Richmond Free Church,

257