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Durham, Right Hon. Earl of, Governor-General of Canada, i. 49,
54; motion on expenses of, 86; behaviour of, 88; appointments
of, attacked, 109; entry of, into Quebec, 110; ordinance of,
attacked, 123; disallowed, 125; resignation of, 133;
proclamation of, 134; return of, from Canada, 137, 141; conduct
of, in Canada, 143; excuses of, 158; report of, on the
administration of Canada, 162; distributes copies of report,
163; position of, 165; anecdote of, iii. 75

Eastern Question, the, beginning of, i. 242; in 1840, 297; anti-
Palmerstonian policy of France, 302; communication of M. de
Pontois to the Porte, 304, 306; conduct of ministers at the
beginning, 308; protocol signed, 309; conversations with M.
Guizot on, 310, 315, 319; indecision of ministers, 312
intentions of Lord John Russell, 313; discussions on, 315, 317,
325; cabinet on, 320; Prince Metternich's suggestion, 325; Lord
Holland's remarks, 325; bombardment of Beyrout, and deposition
of Mehemet Ali, 328; Lord Palmerston gains his point, 330; Lord
Ponsonby's despatch, 334; note from the French Government, 335;
surrender of the Emir Beschir, 344; terms of conciliation with
France, 351; mission of Baron Monnier, 356; unsettled affairs
in Egypt, 361; settlement of (1841), 377-383; protocols signed,
383; the Hatti-sherif, 385; fresh obstacles, 387

Easthope, Sir John, proprietor of the 'Morning Chronicle,' i. 179

Eastnor Castle, i. 219

Eaton, visit to, ii. 15; lines cut on an hotel window, 16

Eden, Hon. and Rev. Robert (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells),
Rector of Battersea, i. 131; lecture in Battersea, 151;
Battersea Schools, ii. 86

Eden, Hon. Emily, letter of, i. 383; bitterness of, against Lord
Ellenborough, ii. 128, 150

Edinburgh, visit to, iii. 291

'Edinburgh Review,' originators of the, ii. 153

Education question, the, ii. 212

Egerton, Lord Francis, at Ems, ii. 287; house of, at Worsley, 303

Egremont, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 23; character of
the, 24; at Petworth, 25

Egypt, _see_ Eastern Question

Election, general, result of, in 1837, i. 13, 16, 18; in 1841,
ii. 15; result of, 20-22; in 1852, iii. 454; result of, 459

Eldon, Right Hon. Earl of, death of the, i. 49

Ellenborough, Right Hon. Earl of, Board of Control in Sir R.
Peel's Administration, ii. 37; anecdotes of, 78; proclamation
of, 123, 125; attacks on, 128, 136, 138; Duke of Wellington's
opinio