.
With him it is no 'echo of folly, and shadow of renown,' but a
deep, affecting, almost sublime national feeling, which exults in
him as the living representative of national glory. If there be
an exception in any place to this universal sentiment, let us
hope that the impression will not endure, that the cloud of
momentary error will be dispersed, and that justice, ample and
not tardy, will be rendered to

'The noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of time.'

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

INDEX.

Abbotsford, visit to, iii. 291

Aberdeen, Rt. Hon. Earl of, Foreign Secretary in Sir R. Peel's
Administration, ii. 37; and the Spanish quarrels, 73, 74; at
the Chateau d'Eu, 200; communications of, with the 'Times,'
200; Scotch Church Patronage Bill, 206; handsome behaviour of,
to Lord Palmerston, 406; communications of, with the 'Times' on
the Corn Laws, 311; reluctance of, to distrust M. Guizot, iii.
53; negotiations with, on the formation of a Government (1851),
383

Acland, Sir Thomas, motion of, i. 92

Adair, Sir Robert, anecdotes, iii. 212

Adelaide, Queen, at Exeter Hall, ii. 97

Afghanistan, expedition to, i. 241; events in (1842), ii. 85, 89;
withdrawal from, 99, 101; recapture of Ghuznee and Cabul and
release of the prisoners, 123, 125; indignation in England, 136

Aix-la-Chapelle, visit to, ii. 167

'Alarm,' accident to, at the Derby, ii. 284; wins at Newmarket,
302; wins the Emperor's Cup, 396

Alava, General, i. 241; conversation with, 241, 242

Albert, H.R.H. Prince, betrothal of, to the Queen announced,
i. 247; proposed allowance for, 258; naturalisation of, 259;
precedence of, 259, 263; refused, 265; Mr. Greville's pamphlet
on the Precedence Question, 266, 269; _see_ Appendix, vol. i.;
marriage of, 266, 269, 272; precedence conceded by the Duke of
Cambridge, 270; name inserted in the Liturgy, 272; gazetted,
273; introduction of, 305; at Oxford, ii. 13; declines an
invitation to the Waterloo Dinner, 15; and the King of Hanover,
192; hunting at Belvoir, 216; conversation with the Duke of
Bedford, 264; elected Chancellor of the University of
Cambridge, iii. 65; installed, 97; at Balmoral, 296; on Lord
Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, 317

Aldborough, Lady, at Baden Baden, ii. 183

Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Emperor Alexande