ord Chancellor in Ireland, ii. 90; anecdote of,
107; at Stoke, iii. 21; Deanery of Down, 70

Poland, contest in, ii. 157

Polignac, Prince Jules de, head of the Administration in France;
i. 160, 229, 283; Administration of, 394; behaviour of, ii. 29;
letter to M. de Mole, 33; exasperation against, 38, 39

Pompeii, i. 338; excavations at, 343

Ponsonby, Viscount, Minister at Naples, ii. 155; letters of, 172;
conduct of, as Ambassador at Constantinople, iii. 405

Pope, the, audience of Pius VIII., i. 382; Irish appointments of
the, iii. 269. _See_ Rome

Portfolio, the, iii. 327

Portland, Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, i. 95

Portugal, ships seized by the French, ii. 182, 184; affairs in,
iii. 25, 79; bankrupt state of, 93

Powell, Mr., ii. 52

Pozzo di Borgo, Count, ii. 347; views of, on the state of Europe,
iii. 182; Russian Ambassador in London, 201, 203

Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, first speech of, ii. 115; First
Secretary to the Board of Control, iii. 194

Pratolino, i. 402

Prayer, form of, on account of the disturbed state of the
kingdom, ii. 99

Proclamation against rioters, ii. 73

Quakers, the, address to King William IV., ii. 17

'Quarterly Review, The,' attacks Lord Harrowby, ii. 269, 270;
pamphlet in answer to article, 270

Quintus Curtius, iii. 130

Racing, remarks on, ii. 373; anecdote, 374

Redesdale, Lord, letter of, ii. 269

Reform, plan of, ii. 105; remarks on, 207; negotiations
concerning, 215, 217, 218

Reform Bill, the, laid before the King, ii. 109; excitement
concerning, 124; carried by one vote, 132; alterations in, 134;
Government defeated, 135; remarks on, 180; attitude of the
press, 193; prospects of, 199; negotiations for a compromise,
211; altered tone of the press, 225; meeting of Peers in
Downing Street, 225; measures for carrying the second reading
in the House of Lords, 235, 237, 239, 241; continued efforts to
compromise, 268; finally passed in the House of Commons, 270;
continued discussions on, 274; difficulty with Schedule A, 280;
carried in the House of Lords, 287; in committee, 292; passes
through committee, 304; results of, iii. 27, 191. For debates
on, _see_ Lords, House of, and Commons, House of

Reichstadt, Duke of, and Marshal Marmont, iii. 374

Reis-Effendi, the, i. 159

Renfrewshire election, iii. 388

Rice, Right Hon. Thomas Spring, Colonial Secretary, iii. 88, 113;
difficulties with, 253; Chancel