sian army, taken prisoner by Napoleon at Champ-Au- bert, ii. 265. Amelia, princess, surrenders the rangership of Richmond Park, i. 13.
princess, daughter of George III., ii. 133. America, civil war in, i. 58. ; declares war with England, ii. 198.
Amiens, peace of, ii. 14. Andreossi, general, ii. 20. Anglesey, lord, iii. 67.; leads the British cavalry at the battle of Waterloo, 81.; appointed master-general of ordnance, with a seat in the cabinet, as successor to the duke of Wellington, 304. ; sent over as viceroy to Ire- land, 341.; recalled from the government of Ireland,
Angoulême, duke of, iii. 36. duchess of, iii.
Anson, general, ii. 205. Anstruther, general, ii. 96. Arnold, rev. William, ap- pointed sub-preceptor to the prince of Wales, i. 53. Artois, duke d', iii. 24. Aston, Mrs. Harvey, i. 258. Auerstadt, the battle of, ii. 56. Augusta, princess, marriage
of with the prince of Bruns- wick, i. 24. Augustus, duke of Sussex, i. 255.
king of Saxony,
iii. 13. Austerlitz, the battle of, ii. 40.
Bagration, prince, ii. 208. Baird, sir David, ii. 101. 108.
Barclay de Tolly, ii. 207. Barossa, the battle of, ii. 178. Barrymore, lord, i. 170.; his character, 216.; his death,
Bartoli, madame, iii. 19. Bathurst, lord, iii. 322. Bautzen, the battle of, ii. 242. Baylen, the battle of, ii. 89. Becker, general, iii. 93. Beckford, lord mayor, i. 43. Beningsen, the Russian ge- neral, ii. 68.
Benjamin Constant, iii. 48. Bentinck, lord William, ii.
256.; calls on the Italians in the name of their country and of independence, to expel the French, iii. 12. Beresford, marshal, ii. 117. Beresina, the battle of, ii. 213. Bernadotte, prince royal of Sweden, ii. 244.
Bernard, prince of Saxe-Wei- mar, iii. 59. Bessières, marshal, duke of Istria, killed in the combat of Weissenfels, ii. 241. Bertrand, general, iii. 23. Blucher, marshal, defeated by Napoleon in the battle of Vauxchamps, ii. 265.; his character, 287.; his reply to Thielman, iii. 77.; his re- ply to the provisional govern- ment through marshal Da- voust, when they solicited an armistice, 96.
Bonnet, general, ii. 203. Borodino, the battle of, ii. 208. Borringdon, lord, ii. 184. Boulay, count, iii. 35. Bourbon, duke of, iii. 36. Bourmont, general, iii. 58.; his evidence on the trial of marshal Ney, 120.
Bourne, Mr. Sturges, iii. 304.
Brand, Mr., ii. 62. Brennier, general, ii. 174. Brienne, the battle of, ii. 262. Brougham, Mr., ii. 197.; his remarks on the league called the Holy Alliance, signed at Paris by the three sove- reigns of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, iii. 129.; his speech in the house of com- mons on the state of the nation, 151.; succeeds in carrying the appointment of a commission, to enquire into the abuses of public charities for the education of the poor, 170.; his opi- nion of the omission of the queen's name in the liturgy, 200.; introduces his plan for the education of the poor throughout England and Wales, 204.; proposes to lord Liverpool that the in- come of the queen should be secured to her for life, 209.; receives the com- mands of the queen to meet her in France, leaves Lon- don with a proposition to her placed in his hands by lord Liverpool, 210.; ar- rives at St. Omer, his in- terview with the queen, 211.; his letter to the queen enclosing lord Hutchinson's, dissuading her from going to England, 214.; his sar- casm on alderman Wood, 210.; presents to the house of commons a message from the queen, protesting against a secret tribunal, 219.; ap- pears at the bar as counsel for the queen, 225.; states the queen's case with great power, 229.; moves in the
house of commons that the landed interest should be relieved by a reduction of taxes, 249.; charges Mr. Canning with having de- serted the catholics, 260.; his speech in answer to the speech of the commissioners on the affairs of Ireland, 272.; presents a petition from a catholic deputation, 275.; brings before parlia- ment the shocking severity of treatment which a mis- sionary named Smith re- ceived from a court martial at Demerara, on a charge of being concerned in a re- volt of slaves, 269. ; his re- marks on the duke of Wel- lington being made prime minister, 325. Browne, colonel, iii. 208. Bruce, lord, i. 53. Brune, marshal, assassinated by a band of ruffians in open day at Avignon, iii. 112. Brunswick, prince of, mar- riage of, with the princess Augusta, i. 24.
duke of, ii. 56. Buckingham, duke of, iii. 245. Bulow, general, iii. 56. Bunbury, sir Henry, iii. 104. Bunker's Hill, the battle of, i. 60.
Burdett, sir Francis, com-
mitted to the Tower, ii. 131.; his motion in the house of commons to pro- vide against any interrup- tion of executive power, rejected, 222.; charges Mr. Canning with having deserted the catholics, iii. 260.; presents a petition from the Irish catholics,
moves a committee of the whole house on the catholic claims, 330. Burghersh, lord, the British
minister at Florence, iii. 22. Burke, Edmund, i. 37.; his celebrated "Reflections on the French Revolution," his answer to Mr.
130. ; Pitt on the regency ques- tion, 184.; his speech against the French revolu- tion, 222.; his last publica- tion, his death, and will,287. Burrard, sir Harry, super- sedes sir Arthur Wellesley in the chief command of the army in Portugal, ii. 97.; recalled to England to at- tend the board of enquiry,
98. Burrowes, Mr., ii. 169. Busaco, the battle of, ii. 150. Bute, lord, his influence with the king, i. 5.; brought into the privy council, 12.; becomes prime minister, 13.; obtains a complete as- cendancy, 17.; installed knight of the garter, 18.; resigns, 19.; his intimacy with the princess dowager of Wales, 21.; succeeded by Mr. George Grenville,
Butler, Mr. Charles, iii. 338. Byng, sir John, iii. 74.
Caermarthen, lord, i. 108. Calcraft, Mr., ii. 19. Calder, sir R., ii. 39. Cambronne, general, iii. 21. Cambridge, duke of; mar- riage of, iii. 170. Camden, lord, dismissed from
the chancellorship, i. 42.; his misrepresentation of Mr.
Fox's speech on the regency question, 184.; his subser- viency to Mr. Pitt, 188.; second lord succeeds lord Fitzwilliam as lord lieutenant of Ireland, 253.; superseded by lord Corn- wallis in the government of Ireland, ii. 2.; appointed president of the council, 61.; his disinterested sa- crifice of his salary of 9000l. a year as a sinecure teller of the exchequer, iii. 184. Campbell, colonel, iii. 17. Camperdown, the battle of, i.
Campo Formio, treaty of, i.
Canning, Mr., ii. 27.; his speech in parliament during a discussion upon the army estimates in 1802, 28.; appointed treasurer of the navy, 30.; appointed secre- tary of state for the home department, 61.; bis an- swer to the Russian mani- festo, 73.; his reply to the offer of peace made by the Russian minister, 115.; resignation of, and duel with lord Castlereagh, 126.; empowered by the prince regent to form an adminis- tration, 190.; his motion for the consideration of the catholic claims, 198.; his speech on the publication of the evidence respecting the princess of Wales, 231.; appointed ambassador to re- ceive the prince regent of Portugal on his return from Brazils, iii. 136.; receives an anonymous pamphlet, threatening his life; his an-
swer through the publisher, 167.; his reply to Mr. Brougham, vindicating the propositions made to the queen, 220.; resigns, 221.; supports catholic emancipa- tion, 237.; appointed to succeed lord Hastings as governor-general of India, 247.; his speech on the right of the catholic peers to sit and vote in the house of lords, 248.; suc- ceeds lord Londonderry in the foreign office, 255.; his speech in support of Spain, and reprobation of the holy alliance, 257.; his answer to the attack made on him by Mr. Brougham, 260.; his reply to the letter of the duke of Wellington on the affairs of Spain, 262.; his speech, proving the obli- gation of England to come to the aid of Portugal, 290.; summoned to attend the king at Windsor, 299.; appointed prime minister, 303.; death and character of, 314.
Canterbury, the archbishop of,
iii. 3. Capellen, admiral, iii. 138. Carlisle, lord, appointed keeper
of the privy seal, iii. 311. Carnot, iii. 88.; his laconic
note to Fouché, 101. Caroline Matilda, princess, her marriage with the king of Denmark, i. 26. Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, princess of Brunswick, i. 258.; arrives at Green- wich; her triumphal entry into London; her first in- terview with the prince of
Wales, 259.; her marriage, 260.; receives a letter from the prince of Wales, 273. ; her reply, 274.; separation of, from the prince; estab- lishes herself at Blackheath, with the infant princess Charlotte, 278.; investiga- tion into the conduct of, ii. 49.; complains of the secret tribunal, 50.; her letter to George III., 65.; her re- sentment at the judgment of the secret tribunal under the whig ministry, 65.; apartments allotted to her in Kensington palace, 66.; restricted in her opportuni- ties of seeing her daughter, 223.; her letter to the speaker of the house of commons, 225.; her cor- respondence with the queen, on her refusing to receive her at her drawing room, 288.; her income raised to 50,000l. a year; conveys to lord Liverpool her wish to go abroad; sails privately from Worthing, iii. 6.; her name struck out of the liturgy, 199.; addresses a letter of remonstrance to lord Liverpool on the sub- ject, 210.; leaves St. Omer's, attended by lady Hamilton and alderman Wood, 214.; sails for Dover, 215.; ar- rives in London, received by the populace with en- thusiasm, 216.; proceeds to the house of alderman Wood, in South Audley- street, 217.; her message to the house of commons through Mr. Brougham, protesting against a secret
tribunal, 219.; makes an overture to lord Liverpool through Mr. Brougham, 221.; her letter to the king, 227.; appears for the first time in the house of lords to witness the proceedings against her, 228.; demands a royal residence, and is re- fused, 232.; declines any vote of money for her use, until she should be prayed for by name in the church service, and reinstated in her rights, 236.; demands from lord Liverpool a par- ticipation in the ceremony of the coronation, 238.; her death, 239. Caroline, queen of Naples, sister to Napoleon, iii. 19. Castlereagh, his political cha- racter, ii. 9.; made one of the cabinet ministers, 30.; his opposition to Mr. Fox, 53.; appointed secretary of state for the department of war and colonies, 61. ; re- signation of, and duel with Mr. Canning, 126.; suc- ceeds lord Wellesley as se- cretary for foreign affairs, 187.; his speech in answer to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, 227.; appointed to proceed as minister plenipotentiary to the head-quarters of the allies, 258.; presents him- self in the house of commons for the first time after his return from the Continent, 281.; sent to assist, as the representative of England, at the general congress held at Vienna for the final set- tlement of Europe, iii. 9.; his despatch to the com-
mander of the British gar- rison at Genoa, 13.; his reply to Mr. Whitbread, 27. ; his correspondence with lord Clancarty, 30.; pre- sents a message from the crown, announcing a speedy dissolution of parliament on the death of the king, 199.; succeeds to the title of marquess of Londonderry, 246.; procures the appoint- ment of the agricultural committee, 249.; his death and character, 251. Cathcart, lord, ii. 74. Caulincourt, duke of Vicenza, iii. 30.
Cavendish, lord John, i. 83. Champ-Aubert, combat of, ii.
Charles IV. of Spain, his weak character, ii. 77.; causes his son to be ar- rested as a traitor, 79.; re- conciled to his son at the mediation of Godoy, 80. Charles X. of France, iii. 270. Charlotte, princess of Meck- lenburgh-Strelitz,
arrives at Harwich; her first inter- view with the king, i. 8.; marriage of; coronation of, 9.; anecdote of, 22.; charged with falsifying the bulletins respecting the health of the king, 195.; her competition with the prince of Wales for politi- cal power, 206.; refuses permission to the princess Charlotte to see her mother, ii. 223.; refuses to receive the princess of Wales at her drawing-room, 287.; her letter to the Duke of Mecklenburgh; refuses to
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