ord Eldon, 265

Rolle, Lord, at the Queen's Coronation, i. 107

Rome, retrospect of the year 1848, iii. 257

Romsey, church at, ii. 105

Ross, visit to, i. 219; 'The Man of,' 219

Rossi, Count, on French affairs, i. 343

Rothschild, house of the family of, at Frankfort, ii. 171, 173

Royal Academy of Arts, lecture at the, iii. 375

Royal Institution, evening at the, i. 78

'Running Rein,' case of, ii. 250

Russell, Right Hon. Lord John, attack on the Bishop of Exeter,
i. 66; finality speech of, 181; position of, 182; sentiments
of moderation towards Sir R. Peel, expressed through Sir J.
Graham, 183, 189; skilful speech of, 190; threatened by the
Radicals, 191; slight to an Irish member, 194; letter to the
electors of Stroud, 196; brings in the Jamaica Bill, 196;
speech on Sir H. Fleetwood's motion, 216; note to Sir R. Peel,
259; as leader, 293; alarmed, at affairs in the East, 303, 307;
opposes Lord Palmerston's policy, 312; Cabinet on the Eastern
Question, 320; weakness of, 331; efforts of, to settle affairs
in the East, 333; threatens to resign, 344; intentions of
(1841), ii. 27; attack on two judges, 84; conversation at
Holland House on the Reform Bill, 121; dissatisfaction of, at
the American Treaty, 126; sent for by the Queen, 317;
difficulties in forming a Government, 319, 331; resigns, 332;
promise to the Queen, 361; convokes a meeting of Whig Peers,
394; forms a Government, 405; conversation with, on French
affairs, iii. 55; threatened with personal violence, 65; speech
on the Irish Poor Law, 69; position of, 96; financial statement
of, 126; results, 128; difficulties with Lord Palmerston, 185;
West India Sugar Bill, 193; subsequent crisis, 195; peerage
suggested for, 281, 285; despatch relating to the Spanish
marriages, 298; Government defeated on the Pacifico affair,
341; indecision of, 342; conversation with Lord Clarendon, 361;
letter on the Papal aggression, 367, 370; resigns, 378;
negotiations for the formation of a government, 383; return of,
to office, 389; negotiations with Sir J. Graham, 395, 399, 401;
overtures to Sir J. Graham, 410, 412; dismissal of Lord
Palmerston, 426, 429; details of the affair, 434, 444;
explanations in Parliament, 446; resignation of, 447

Russell, Lord William, murder of, i. 284

Russell, Lord William, G.C.B., recalled from Berlin, ii. 66

Russia, the Emperor Nicholas of, visit to London, ii. 243; rev