cation of, in Mr. Greville's
pamphlet, 350, 368; measure for sliding-scale duties on corn,
357; discussions on the measure, 357-366; position of, 380;
anecdote of, 387; conversation with, 389; assailed by the
Protectionists, 392; behaviour to Mr. Canning, 397; resigns
office, 401; resolution of, not to take office, 433; position
of, iii. 94; unpopularity of, in Liverpool, 97; correspondence
with Mr. Croker, 98; influence of, 100; position of, 146; on
obstruction, 163; reluctance of, to take office, 199; anecdote
of, and Huskisson, 216; conversation with Lord Clarendon, 286;
on foreign affairs, 315; accident to, 347; death of, 348;
character of, 349; career of, 350-358; effects of death of,
358; conduct of, on the East Retford franchise, 424

Peel, Rt. Hon. Gen. Jonathan, affronts Mr. Disraeli, ii. 388

Peel, Frederic (afterwards Rt. Hon. Sir F. Peel, K.C.M.G.),
maiden speech of, iii. 288

Penryn Castle, visit to, ii. 17

Perceval, Rev. Mr., preaches before the Queen, i. 116

Pereira, Mr., lecture of, i. 78

Perez, Antonio, anecdote of a manuscript, ii. 129

Phillips, Sir Thomas, at Windsor, i. 249

Phillpotts, _see_ Exeter, Bishop of

Pigou, Mr., and the Duke of Wellington's letter on the defence of
the country, iii. 107

Piscatory, M., in the French Revolution, iii. 140

Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, peerages, ii. 235

Plas Newydd, visit to Lord Anglesea at, ii. 16

Plunket, Rt. Hon. Lord, compelled to resign the office of Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, ii. 14

Plymouth, visit to, iii. 207

Poland, reported annexation of, by Russia, iii. 4

Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. George, Irish Chancellor, i. 153; and Curran,
153

Ponsonby, Viscount, despatch of, announcing Mehemet Ali's
deposition, i. 334; recall of, proposed, 346; defended by Lord
Palmerston, 347; violence of, 361; conversation with, ii. 110

Pontois, M. de, communication of, to the Porte, i. 304

Porson, anecdote of, ii. 114

'Portfolio,' the, i. 117, 118, 158

Portland, third Duke of, anecdote of the, iii. 212

Portugal, Donna Maria, Queen of, iii. 79

Portugal, state of affairs in, iii. 76, 77, 79

Post Office, letters opened at the, ii. 249; alleged opening of
Mr. Thomas Duncombe's letters, 272; Lord Melbourne's warrants
for opening letters, 289

Pozzo di Borgo, Comtesse, ball at the house of, iii. 42

Prandi, at Burnham Beeches, iii. 122

Precedence Question, _see_ H.R.H. Albert, Prince; Mr. Greville