113; anecdotes related by, 131; on Reform, 135; on Mr. Canning,
135; anecdotes, 335; on Mr. Fox, 335; contempt for the Tory
party, 336

Holland, Lady, fancies of, ii. 331; and Spencer Perceval, iii.
331

Holland House, dinner at, ii. 245; conversation at, 316; Allen
and Macaulay, 317; sketch of, 331; conversation at, iii. 127,
129; literary criticisms, 130; Lord Melbourne's conversation,
131; dinner at, 132; news of the fall of Lord Melbourne's
Administration, 147; party spirit at, 192

Holmes boroughs, ii. 140

Hook, Theodore, improvisation of, iii. 119, 197; singing of, 197

Home, Sir William, Attorney-General, ii. 333; and Lord Brougham,
iii. 67

Hortense, Queen, at Frascati, i. 305

Horton, Wilmot, lectures at the Mechanics' Institute, ii. 97

Howe, Earl, dismissal of, ii. 203; Queen's Chamberlain, 319; and
Queen Adelaide, 331; correspondence about the Chamberlainship,
339

Howick, Viscount, Under-secretary, ii. 78; in office, iii. 254;
civility of the King to, 255; Secretary of War, 256; acrimony
of, 312; interview with Spencer Perceval, 330; on the position
of parties, 360

Hudson, Sir James, page of honour, ii. 339

Hume, John Deacon, Assistant-Secretary to the Board of Trade, i.
223; ii. 49

Hume, Joseph, extreme Radical views of, ii. 361; speech on the
Orangemen, iii. 344; deputation to Lord Melbourne, 357

'Hunchback, The,' ii. 285

Hunt, Henry, speech of, ii. 112; speech of, against the Reform
Bill, 134

Huskisson, Right Hon. William, President of the Board of Trade,
i. 95; dispute in the Cabinet, 120; joins the new Government,
122; Colonial Secretary, 124; resignation of, 131; Lord
Melbourne's opinion of, ii. 46; death of, 47; character of, 49;
funeral of, 51

Incendiarism in the country, ii. 84

Ireland, trials in, i. 239; dissatisfaction in, ii. 76;
unpopularity of Government changes in, 89; state of, 112, 114;
education in, 267, 271; tithes, 309; Church difficulties in,
323

Irish Church, abuses in, iii. 9; the Irish Church Bill dangerous
to the Government, 86; differences in the Cabinet, 89;
difficulties of the Irish Church question, 240, 253; opinions
of Lord Melbourne on the, 269. For debates on the Irish Church
Bill, _see_ Lords, House of, and Commons, House of

Irish Tithe Bill, thrown out, iii. 117; divisions on the, 246;
conduct of the Government, 298; difficulties of, 353, 354;
abandonment of the Appropri