i. 22;
accepts Belgian throne, gallantry in war, a model ruler, i. 23;
nature of correspondence with the Queen, i. _27_;
Queen Victoria's first letter to, i. 32;
valuable advice to Queen Victoria, i. 37;
newspaper abuse of, i. 53;
birth of second son, i. 63;
visit to the Queen, i. 91;
Belgian interests, i. 134, 151, 152, 153;
England and France, i. 227-251;
views on dissolution, i. 282-289;
Queen's visit to, i. 492, 493;
friendship with Queen Victoria, ii. 10;
views on Czar's visit to England, ii. 19;
letters on King Louis Philippe's visit to England, ii. 23, 25;
birthday letter to the Queen, ii. 39;
on state of Germany, ii. 167;
failure of insurrection, ii. _172_;
Louis Bonaparte, ii. 213;
state of France, ii. 238, 342;
on death of Sir Robert Peel, ii. 255;
illness of Queen Louise, ii. 266;
the Sovereign "People," ii. 379;
on Victor Hugo, ii. 391;
on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. 395;
the Empress of the French, ii. 436;
Eastern Question, ii. 441, 443;
Press attacks on Prince Consort, iii. 5;
visits the Queen, iii. 133;
on the conclusion of the war, iii. 172, 185;
iii. 195;
review of Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. _198_;
as to decorating Duke of Westmorland, iii. 202;
Princess Charlotte's proposed marriage, iii. 207;
on death of Prince Charles of Leiningen, iii. 216;
marriage of Princess Charlotte, iii. 234, 240;
on the Queen's visit to Napoleon, iii. 295;
Napoleon's desire for war, iii. 315;
Napoleon and the Pope, iii. 382;
Italian Question, iii. 386;
Prince of Wales's visit to Canada, iii. 404;
Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, iii. _406_;
letter to the Queen, iii. 414;
death of Duchess of Kent, iii. 435-439, 451;
sympathy for Prince Consort's illness, iii. 471, 472

Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg, ii. 89, 97, 98

Letters, Sunday delivery, ii. 244

Levis, Duc de, i. 507

Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, Chancellor of Exchequer, iii. _109_;
Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116;
Budget, iii. _224_;
Income Tax, iii. 226;
financial crisis, iii. 255;
Home Secretary, iii. 348;
St Juan dispute, iii. 373

Lhuys, M. Drouyn de, French Foreign Minister, ii. 262;
and Russian loan, iii. 35;
Austria's proposed terms of Crimean settlement and resignation,
iii. 120

Liberals (_see_ Whigs), small majority, i. 176;
gains at election, 1839, ii. 126, 458;
Lord Palmerston's followers, the Liberal Party, iii. _11