House, 245; appearance of,
246; character of, 317; on the Coercion Bill, 363; conversation
of, iii. 35; memory of, 337; eloquence of, compared to Lord
Brougham, 338; inscription on monument erected in honour of
Lord William Bentinck, 339

Macaulay, Zachary, iii. 337

Mackintosh, Right Hon. Sir James, speech of, on the criminal
laws, i. 19; conversation of, 241; death of, ii. 307; 'History
of England,' iii. 139; remarks on life of, 293, 314; compared
with Burke, 314; life of, 316; abilities of, 316; religious
belief of, 324

Maggiore, Lago, i. 414

Maidstone, state of the borough, iii. 184

Maii, Monsignore, i. 367, 375

Malibran, Maria Felicita, in the 'Sonnambula,' iii. 12

Mallet, conspiracy of, ii. 186

Malt Tax, the, Government defeated on, ii. 368

Manners Sutton, Sir Charles, G.C.B., proposed as Premier, ii.
326; conduct of, 341; reappointed Speaker, 343; Knight of the
Bath, iii. 30; the Speakership, 204, _see_ Canterbury, Lord

Mansfield, Lord, speech against the Government, ii. 136; audience
of the King, 138; meeting of Peers, 152

Mansion House, the, dinner at, iii. 178

Marengo, battle-field of, i. 292

Maria, Donna, Queen of Portugal, at a child's ball, i. 209;
proposals of marriage for, iii. 33; at Windsor, 33; picture of,
195

Marie Amelie, Queen, iii. 383

Marmont, Marshal, at Lady Glengall's, ii. 34; conversation with,
34; revolution of 1830, 37; at Woolwich, 38; dinner at Lord
Dudley's, 38

Matteis, trial of, i. 336, 341

Matuscewitz, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary, i. 159; on affairs
in Europe, ii. 176; conduct of, 324; conversation with, iii.
314

Maule, Mr. Justice, at dinner at the Athenaeum, ii. 101

Meeting of moderate men, origin of the 'Derby Dilly,' iii. 219

Meiningen, chateau of, model of the, iii. 122; the Queen revisits
the, 125

Melbourne, Viscount, Home Secretary, ii. 66; efficiency of, in
office, 90; negotiations with, 104; dissatisfaction of, 245; on
the proposed new Peers, 254; on the Reform Bill, 277; on the
members of Lord Grey's Administration, 322; sent for by the
King, iii. 102; forms an Administration, 108; letter to the
Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Stanley, 109;
Administration of, 113; anecdote of, 126; information of, 130;
literary conversation of, 131; on Benthamites, 138; theological
reading of, 138; fall of Government of, 143; dismissal of, 144;
details of fall of Governme