; character of, 4; Life of
Frederick II., 6; book on the Man in the Iron Mask, 6

Down, deanery of, iii. 70

Drax _v._ Grosvenor, case of, ii. 224; lunacy case, 369; decision
on, 375; final meeting on, 377

Drummond, Henry, mission to the Archbishop of York, iii. 333

Dublin Police Bill, iii. 333

Dudley, Earl of, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, i. 95,
124; dinner to Marshal Marmont, ii. 38; eccentricity of, 271,
272

'Duke of Milan,' quotation from the, i. 178

Duelcken, Madam, performs before the Judicial Committee, iii. 325

Duncannon, Viscount, iii. 104; called to the House of Lords, and
Secretary of State, 109; sworn in, 112; Home Secretary, 113; on
O'Connell, 117; at a fire in Edward Street, 117; on the state
of affairs, 196; Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord
Melbourne, 256

Duncombe, Hon. Thomas Slingsby, maiden speech of, i. 128;
petition from Barnet, ii. 255; guilty of libel, iii. 9; at
Hillingdon, 123

Durham, Earl of, quarrel with Lady Jersey, ii. 119; influence
over Lord Grey, 222; attack on Lord Grey at a Cabinet dinner,
226; rudeness of, 269; return from Russia, 333; violence of,
333; created an earl, 365

Dwarris, Sir Fortunatus, dinner at the house of, ii. 359

East, Sir E. Hyde, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 155

Eboli, Duchesse d', ball at Naples, i. 335

Ebrington, Viscount, moves a vote of confidence in the
Government, ii. 202, 204

Ebury, Lord, sworn in a Privy Councillor, ii. 78

Egremont, Earl of, at Petworth, ii. 336; wealth of, 337;
hospitality to the poor, iii. 84

Eldon, Earl of, audience of King George IV., i. 197; speech at
Apsley House, ii. 198; career of, 378; tribute to, iii. 42

Election, General, in 1830, ii. 20, 29; in 1831, 139, 141, 142,
145; in 1832, 335; in 1835, iii. 184, 189, 191, 193; results
of, 195; in the counties, 198; result, 201

Eliot, Lord, return of, from Spain, iii. 259; conversation with
Louis Philippe, 259

Ellenborough, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 124; letter to Sir
John Malcolm, 271; on West India affairs, ii. 350; on Egypt,
351; speech on admission of Dissenters to the University, iii.
73

Ellesmere, Earl of, Irish Secretary, i. 146

Ellice, Right Hon. Edward, iii. 104; and the Colchester election,
112; Secretary for War, 113; in Paris, 379

Elliot, Frederic, letter from Canada, iii. 325

Epsom races, 1831, ii. 143; in 1833, 373

Erskine, Right Hon. Thomas, s