the discussions with France, 11; on the preparations in France for the in- vasion of England, 26; on the insurrection in Ireland, ib.; his speech on proroguing parliament, 28; his adjustment of disputes among the members of the Royal Academy, 49; his illness, 59; message to the House of Com- mons, on the voluntary offer of the Irish militia, 60; birth-day of, 67; instance of his regard for the privates of the army, 69; interview between and the Prince of Wales, 79; letter of Buonaparte to, 82; speech on opening parliament, 84; declaration against Spain, 89; reverence for religion, 105; presents to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, 113; message on communica- tions with the powers of the Continent, ib.; visit to Chelsea Hospital, 115; to the Royal Military Asylum, ib.; address of the Lord Mayor and Com- mon Council to, on the victory of Trafalgar, 125; declaration on the re- covery of Hanover, 127; conferences on a change of ministers, 129; speech on opening parliament, 141; address of the Lord-Mayor and Cominon- Council on appointment of ministers, 148; declaration against Prussia, 153; message to parliament announcing war with Prussia, 158; abhorrence of public peculation, 160; commission for examination into rumours of the Frincess of Wales, ib.; complaint in his eyes, 161; letter to, from the Prin- cess of Wales, 166; declaration of war against France, 183; letter from the Princess of Wales; speech on the meeting a new parliament, 189; letter to the Princess of Wales, 197; letter from the Princess to, 198; letter to, ib.; Earl Nelson and Viscount Trafalgar presented, 199; anecdote of, and Sir Lionel Darell, ib.; letter to the Princess of Wales, 200; firm- ness on rejecting the Catholic claims, 202; accident to, 204; address of the Lord-Mayor and Common-Council to, on the Catholic claims, 205; attempt of a female maniac to gain access to, 206; birth-day, ib.; failure of his sight, 207; visit to the Duchess of Brunswick, 209; attachment to Windsor, 210; message to parliament on settling Frogmore on the Queen and Princesses, ib.; sponsor to the Marquis of Granby, 211; declaration to justify the attack on Copenhagen, 215; declaration of war against Den- mark, 220; against Russia, 221; donations to; convention with Sweden, 245; birth-day, 254; promenades on Windsor terrace; declaration to the Spanish deputies, 255; private levee at Buckingham-house, and address of the Lord-Mayor and Common-Council on the success of the Spanish Pa- triots, 261; equestrian figure of, formed in chalk on Osmington-hills, Dor- setshire, 264; address to, of the Lord-Mayor and Common Council, on the Convention of Cintra, 265; declaration of, on the convention, 268; de- claration of, on overtures of peace from France and Russia, 270; Merino sheep presented to, 271; levee of, and Duke of Brunswick-Oels presented, 301; entrance into his fiftieth year, and celebrated by a Jubilee, ib.; address of the Lord Mayor and Common Council to, on the event, 317; a petition from the same, on the Secretary of State denying them access to the Royal presence, 323; address to, from the freeholders of Berkshire, on the unfor- tunate events in Spain and Holland, $27; message from, to the House of Commons, 330; Lord Chatham's narrative of the Walcheren expedition, presented to, 342; address of the House of Cominons to, on the slave trade, 361; birth-day, and his daily customs, 363; his observation on the an- nouncement of the death of the Princess Amelia, 365; his illness, 371; temporary recovery of, 397; his birth-day, 398; statue of, in Guildhall, ib.; report of the Queen's Council on his health, 403, 411; debates in the House of Commons on his household, 415; report of the Queen's Council on his health, 426; increase of his illness, 437; report of the Queen's Council, 440, 481, 482; interesting account of, 483; on his elocution in recitation, ib.; interesting account of, in a lucid interval, 510; anecdote of, ib.; state of his health, 536; inscription on the pedestal of the statue of, at Guildhall, 547; his health, and daily habits, 559; interesting account of, 641; recovery of his jewels, 642; accident to, 643; Duke of York appointed custos of, 644; state of his health, ib.; birth-day, 645; and state of health, ib.; coronation-day, 646; state of his health, 649; rapid decay, 650; death, funeral, and general lamentation for, 651.
Majesty, Her, patronage of a female association by, 67; birth-day, 111; drawing-room, 161; birth-day, 198, 239; dinner at Frogmore, 254; visit of and the Princesses, to Lady Charlotte Finch, 292; Persian Ambassador pre- sented to, 328; birth-day, ib.; deputation of both Houses of Parliament to, on the subject of the Regency, and the care of his Majesty's person, 383; answer of, $84; drawing-room, 430; indisposition of, in consequence of the conduct of a maniac in the Royal household, 475; present at the conse- cration of Dr. Howley to the see of London, 480; birth-day, 527; drawing- rooms, 540, 541; letter of, to the Duke of Mecklenburg; her grand dinner at Buckingham-house, 553; birth-day, 600; illness of, ib.; recovery, and visit of, to Messrs. Spode and Copeland's glass warehouses, 602; birth-day, 626; her illness, death, and funeral, 629.
Majesties, Their, anniversary of their wedding celebrated, 74; address to, spoken by Mr Elliston and Miss De Camp, at Weymouth, 75. Mary, Princess, marriage of, with the Duke of Gloucester, 578. Mecklenburg, her Majesty's letter to the Duke of, 556.
Melville, Lord, Mr. Whitbread's charges against, debated in the House of Commons, 109; trial of, 160; death of, 409.
Merchant Tailors' Hall, a grand entertainment to the Royal strangers at, 502. Merino sheep, present of, to his Majesty, 271.
Milton Abbey, visit of the Royal Family to, 78.
Ministers, conferences with his Majesty on a change of, 129.
Moira, Earl of, his speech to the Leicestershire yeomanry cavalry, 46.
Moore, Sir John, account, and death of, 321.
Moser, Mr., poetic lines written by, on the death of the Princess Amelia, 367. Murray, Lady Augusta, bill filed in Chancery by, against the Duke of Sussex,
Naval Asylum, Royal visit to the, 546.
Nelson, Lord, characteristic letter from, to the Lord Mayor, 67; victory of Trafalgar gained by, 122; biographical sketch of, 123; Rev. Weedon Butler's lines on the death of, 125; magnificent public funeral of, 131. Nicholas, Grand Duke of Russia, arrival of, in England, 582. Norfolk, Duke of, his death, and political character, 559. Northumberland, Duke of, his school at Alnwick, 404.
Oatlands, a grand fête at, 252; ball at, 409; grand entertainment, 440. Occurrence, a disgraceful, on Windsor terrace, 211.
Ode, poet laureat's, for the new year, 329.
Oldenburg, arrival of the Duchess of, in England, 485.
Orleans, Duke and Duchess of, grand entertainment given by the, 578. Osmington-hills, equestrian figure of his Majesty formed on, 264.
Oxford, visit of the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, and the Prince Re- gent to, 502.
Parliament, see Lords and Commons.
-, opening of, 46; prorogation of, 69; opening 84, 141; closing, 165; meeting of a new, 189; prorogation of, 204; opening of, 207; Frogmore settled by, on the Queen and Princesses, 211; prorogation of 212; opening of, 228; prorogation of, 259; opening, 278; prorogation of, 297; opening of, 331; resolutions of, on the subject of the Regency, 383; deputations of both Houses of, to Her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, ib.; opening of, 393; prorogation, 400; opening of, 412; proroga- tion, 440; dissolution, 442; opening of, by the Prince Regent in person,
445, 481; prorogation, 518; opening of, 522; message from the Prince Regent to, on the state of France, 538; prorogation of, 551; opening of, 563, 588; closing, 603; opening, 622; papers laid before, on the state of the country, 624; prorogation of, 628; meeting of, 643; prorogation of, 645. Peace, thanksgiving day for, 507; proclamation of, 514.
Perceval, Mr., his letter to the Lord Mayor, on the aids afforded by govern- ment to the Spanish patriots, 272; letter of the Prince Regent to, on re- tention of Ministers, 388; answer of, 389; assassination of, 431; funeral of, 435.
Persia, arrival of an Ambassador from, 644.
Physicians, opinions of the, on his Majesty's illness, 372, 411.
Pitt, Mr., appointment of, to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, 67; death of, 144; Mr. Windham's opinion of, ib.; Mr. Wilberforce's, 145; his pecu- niary embarrassinents, ib.; biographical sketch of, 146; parliamentary grant for paying his debts, 148; his public funeral, 149; Mr. Cumber- land's epitaph on, 153; comparison between, and Mr. Fox, 173; Sir Philip Francis's masterly delineation of his, and Mr. Fox's public characters, 175. Poet Laureat, his ode for the year 1810.
Portland castle, visit of the Royal Family to, 73. Pratt, Mr., lines by, on his Majesty's illness, 59. Prince Regent, ceremony of his taking the sacrament previous to his assump- tion of office, 387; his letter to Mr. Perceval on the retention of ministers, 388; address of the Lord Mayor and Common Council to, 390; his opinion of the duration of his regency, $96; his patriotic refusal of an establishment as Regent, 397; his restoration of the Duke of York to office, $99; his magnificent fête at Carlton-house, 400; his birth-day, 404; his attempt to form a new administration, 417; his letter to the Duke of York on the subject, 418; his message to the House of Commons respecting the Prin- cesses, 421; his declaration on the Orders in Council, 422; Catholics of Ireland petition to, 426; his message to the House of Commons for a pro- vision for Mr. Perceval's family, 434; address of the Society of Friends to, 438; birth-day of, 442; opening of parliament in person, 445; his declara- tion on the origin of the war with the United States, 450; letter of the Prin- cess of Wales to, 461; report of the Privy Council to, on the Princess of Wales, 464; ball of the, at Carlton-house, 477; chapter of the Order of the Garter held by, to elect the Emperor of Russia a member, ib.; visit of the, to the College of Surgeons, 479; grand spectacle of his opening parliament, 481; grand dinner by the, to the Deputation bearing Russian Orders of Knighthood for him, 481; filial affection of the, 183; elocution of the, in recitation, ib.; address of, to Louis XVIII., 490; letter to, from the Princess of Wales, 492; interesting ceremony of conferring an honour on Prince Blucher by the, 500; his dismissal of the household of the Princess Charlotte, 511; fête given by the, to the Duke of Wellington, 516; message from the, to the House of Commons, on his engagements with the Allies, 541; message to the House of Commons, on the marriage of the Duke of Cumberland with the Prin- cess of Salms, 548; his birth-day, 553; grand entertainment given by, at Carlton-house, 578; address of the Corporation of London to, on the stag- nation of trade, 584; message of, to parliament, on seditious meetings, 591; his birth-day, 600; message to the House of Lords, transmitting papers on seditious practices in different parts of the kingdom, 601; naval excursion by the, 604; his message to both Houses of Parliament on the Royal mar- riages, 627; indisposition of, 644; birth-day, 645; ball, given by, to en- courage trade, 645. of the Prince Regent to the House of Commons respect-
Princesses, message ing the, 421.
Prussia, his Majesty's declaration of war against, 153; arrival of the King of,
Pulteney, Sir William, death, and political character of, 128.
Privy Council, report of, on the Princess of Wales, 464.
Queen, sumptuous dinner by the, to the Windsor volunteers, 113; visit of the, to the Duchess of Brunswick, 210; letter of the, to the Princess of Wales, 493; answer of the Princess to the, 493; letter from the, to the Princess, 494; answer of the Princess, 495; letter of the, ib.
Queen's volunteers, review of, at Ranelaghi, 54.
·Council, report of, on his Majesty's health, 392, 403, 426, 440, 481,
Ranelagh, review of the Queen's volunteers at, 54. Regency bill, abstract from, 384.
Prince Regent's opinion of the duration of his, 396. Religion, his Majesty's reverence for, 105.
Rencounter, the unwelcome, a R-1 anecdote, 483.
Romilly, Sir Samuel, death, and biographical account of, 639.
Royal Family, departure of the, for Weymouth, 72; their visit to Milton Abbey, 78; to Southampton, 78; to Farnham castle, 79; to Eton Mon- tem, 113; journey to Weymouth, 116; visit to a fleet of West Indiamen, ih.; parliamentary grants to the younger branches of the, 162; sketch of their daily employments, 171; visit of the, to the British Museum, 254; grants to the, 331; visit of the, to the new theatre, Drury-lane, 445; to the Naval Asylum, 546.
Military Asylum, his Majesty's visit to, 115.
household, maniac in the, 475.
Royalty, singular hoax on, 526.
Russia, declaration of the Emperor of, against Great Britain, 217.
declaration of his Majesty against, 221.
Order in Council against, 226.
Emperor of, elected a member of the Order of the Garter, 447; his arrival in England, 499.
Russian Orders of Knighthood, grand dinner given by the Prince Regent to the Deputation bearing the, for him, 181.
Salms, re-marriage in England of the Duke of Cumberland with the Princess of, 552.
Saxe Meiningen, Princess of, her marriage with the Duke of Clarence, 628. Seditious meetings, message of the Prince Regent to Parliament on, 591; secret committee's report on, 592.
Sheridan, Mr., his death and funeral, 576; biographical sketch of, 577. Sidmouth, Lord, his letter to the Privy Council on the Princess of Wales, 464; his circular on the riots on the corn-bill, 537.
Sion College, address from the President and Fellows of, to his Majesty, on his rejection of the Catholic claims, 203.
Slave trade, address of the House of Commons to his Majesty on the, 361. Society of Friends, address of, to the Prince Regent, 438. Southampton, visit of the Royal Family to, 79.
Spain, interesting conversation between Buonaparte and the deposed Royal Family of, 257; Order of Council for granting letters of marque against, 83; his Majesty's declaration of war against, 89; treaty of peace between, and Great Britain, 276.
Spanish Deputies, arrival of, 255; grand dinner to, by the merchants and bankers of London, 262; Junta's declaration of war against France, 256. Speaker of the House of Commons, his speech to his Majesty, at prorogation of Parliament, 69; letter to, from the Princess of Wales, 472.
Spelthorne Legion, Prince of Wales's speech to, on presenting their colours, 50. Stanhope, Earl, death, and character of, 587. Stafford, Marquis, account, and death of, 51. St. Helena, removal of Buonaparte to, 535. St. James's palace, alarming fire in, 289.
Stowe, splendid entertainment given by the Marquis of Buckingham at, 121. Sweden, his Majesty's convention with, 229.
Sutton, Dr. Manners, ceremony of the confirmation of the election of, to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury, 105.
Sussex, Duke of, libel on the, 290.
Teddington Corps, Duke of Clarence's speech to, 50.
Thanksgiving day, account of, 561.
Tierney, Lieut. Col., misunderstanding between, and one of the companies of the Southwark volunteers, with his Majesty's opinion, 58.
Tooke, Mr. Horne, death, and political character of, 449.
Trafalgar, battle of, 122.
United States, declaration of the Prince Regent on the origin of the war with the, 450.
Vaccine establishment, national, formation of, by his Majesty, 289. Vienna, substance of treaties signed at, 542.
Volunteers, review of in Hyde-park, 31, 79.
Walcheren expedition, Lord Chatham's narrative of the, 342.
Wales, the Prince of, his message to the House of Commons, 4; entertain- ment of the Prince of, to Elfi Bey, 29; correspondence between the, the King, the Duke of York, and Mr. Addington, 32; his speech on being presented with the freedom of Chichester, 49; colours presented by, to the Spelthorne legion, 50; interview between, and his Majesty, 79; an- nual donation to the Literary Fund; extensive tour, 169; laying of the first stone of Covent-garden theatre by, 275; his answer to a deputation of both Houses of Parliament on the subject of the Regency, 383.
Princess Charlotte of, presents to, by his Majesty, 113; visit to the Princess of, and the Duchess of Brunswick, 209; to Worthing, 210; on the education of, 249; her political education, 250; birth-day, 412; con- firmation of the, 482; birth-day, 485; household of the, dismissed by the Prince Regent, 511; flight of, to the Princess, ib.; characteristic account of, 512; anecdote of, ib.; birth-day, 527; her first entertainment at Carl- ton-house; 541; treaty of marriage between the, and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, 565; ceremony of the marriage of, 568; first interview be- tween, 573; observations on the person and disposition of, 575; death and funeral of, 605.
the Princess of, his Majesty's commission to examine into the rumours against the, 161; commissioners' report, 162, letter of, to his Majesty, 166; to the Lord Chancellor, 167; to his Majesty, ib.; serious accident to, 172; letter to his Majesty, 187; letter from his Majesty to the, 197; letter to his Majesty, 198; letter from his Majesty to the, 198, 200; letter of, to his Majesty, 201; appearance of the, at court, 204; meeting of the creditors of, 297; letter of the, to the Prince Regent, 460; letter of Lord Sidmouth to the Privy Council respecting the, 464; report of the Privy Council, ib.; debates in the House of Commons respecting the, 466; letter
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