the Lord Chamberlain's Department,
ii. 133

Seymour, Jane, coffin of, found at Windsor, ii. 168

Shadwell, Right Hon. Sir Lancelot, on legal business, iii. 76

Shee, Sir Martin, elected President of the Royal Academy, i. 269

Sheil, Right Hon. Richard, dispute with Lord Althorp, iii. 55;
arrest of, by the Serjeant-at-Arms, 56; committee, 57, 58;
insult to Lord Lyndhurst, 389

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, iii. 336

Siege of Saragossa, the, iii. 40

Siena, i. 303

Simplon, the, i. 415

Slavery, abolition of, ii. 347; for debates on, _see_ Commons,
House of

Smith, Baron, ii. 105; O'Connell's attack upon, iii. 59, 61, 63

Smith, Sydney, and the siege of Saragossa, iii. 39; and Professor
Leslie, 44; sermon of, in St. Paul's Cathedral, 166; on Sir
James Mackintosh, 317; dispute of, with the Bishop of London,
395; letter to Archdeacon Singleton, 395

Smithson, Sir Hugh, ii. 337, 338

Somaglia, Cardinal, i. 312

Somerville, Mrs., iii. 58

Sorrento, i. 352; Benediction of the Flowers, 352

Soult, Marshal, sent to Lyons, ii. 219; Prime Minister of France,
324

Southey, Robert, at breakfast given by Mr. Henry Taylor, ii. 59;
letter to Lord Brougham on rewards to literary men, 111

Spain, the Duke of Wellington on affairs in, iii. 47; state of,
55; affairs in, 66, 72; proposal to combine with Dom Pedro, 72;
affairs in, 183; deplorable state of, 359

Spanish Legion, formation of the, iii. 265

Speaker, the, indecision of, ii. 299; disputes on the
Speakership, 333; iii. 204

Spencer, Earl, death of, iii. 140

Spencer, Earl, _see_ Althorp, Viscount

Sprotborough, party at, for the races, ii. 50

Stael, Madame de, 'Considerations sur la Revolution francaise,'
i. 16; anecdote of, ii. 186

Stafford House, concert at, iii. 278

Stanley, Right Hon. Edward, Irish Secretary, ii. 66; speech on
the Reform Bill, 123; seat in the Cabinet, 150; speech in
answer to Croker, 228; Secretary for the Colonial Department,
365; at The Oaks, 374; indecision of, iii. 17; racing interests
of, 35; resignation of, 88; in opposition, 93; 'Thimblerig'
speech, 100; conciliatory letter to Lord Grey, 107; disposition
of, 165, 167; declines to join Sir R. Peel, 175, 176; speech at
Glasgow, 180; formation of the Stanley party, 220; position of
Mr. Stanley, 222; policy of, 228; meeting of party at the
'King's Head,' 237; speech on Irish Church question, 240;
character of, 250; letter