Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, the Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry: With Annals of Contemporary Events in which They Bore a Part ...

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William Blackwood and Sons, 1861
 

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Debate on Lord Castlereaghs Irish administration
43
Meeting of the Congress of AixlaChapelle
49
Other questions for discussion regarding Greece South America and slave trade which led to Congress of Verona 168
66
6770 Lord Castlereaghs instructions to the Duke of Wellington at Ve rona 169171
67
Secret convention between France and the four Allied Powers
68
Reflections on these instructions 171
72
Which is overturned on the return of Ferdinand VII on the peace
76
Great prosperity in Great Britain in end of 1818 and beginning of 1819
82
Rapid growth of discontent in the country
89
102107
107
Failure of an attempt at a compromise and commencement of the trial
121
Rapid reaction against the Queen
127
Policy of the British Cabinet on the occasion
133
Meeting of the Congress at Laybach
142
Overthrow of the Neapolitan Revolution
150
Return of popularity to Ministers
156
by the bill of 1819
173
Lord Castlereaghs remedy by an extension of the currency
174
Breakdown of Lord Castlereaghs mind under the pressure of his public duties
175
Symptoms of approaching aberration of mind and his death
177
Universal grief at his death
179
His funeral in Westminster Abbey
180
Extreme exasperation against the memory of Castlereagh 182
182
His real character was the very reverse of what was represented
184
The Radicals are most acharnés against his memory
186
His system of government had become distasteful to the nation
187
His error in regard to the currency
189
Confirmation of the justice of his opinions which subsequent times have afforded
190
His powers as a parliamentary speaker
192
His occasional imprudence of expression
193
The courtesy and high breeding of his manners
194
Sir R Peels and Mr Crokers opinion of him Mr Whitbread and Lord Aberdeen
195
His character in private life
196
Coronation of George IV
197
His generosity of disposition and benevolence of heart
198
His private munificence and liberality
199
His religious feelings and principles
200
His combined economy and liberality
201
Lord Stewart is created Earl Vane and Viscount Seaham
240
Purchase of Holdernesse House in London and Garron Tower in Ireland
246
Lord Londonderrys appointment as ambassador at St Petersburg in 1835
263
Who resigns it after the debate in the House of Commons
265
Which leads to his journey to Sweden Russia and Constantinople
266
Their journey to Moscow Africa and Spain and again to Vienna and Constantinople
267
His duel with Mr Grattan in 1839
269
Reflections on this duel
272
Lord and Lady Londonderry again set out for Constantinople
273
Lord Londonderrys reception at Constantinople
274
He is made Colonel of the 2d Life Guards and LordLieutenant of Dur ham
276
Publication of his War in Germany
278
Publication of his letter to Lord Brougham on Lord Castlereagh
279
Which leads to the preparation of the Castlereagh Correspondence
282
Lord Londonderrys efforts on behalf of AbdelKader in Algeria
284
Which at length lead to his liberation after the accession of Louis Na poleon
285
Lord Londonderrys conduct on occasion of the monetary crisis of 1847
286
Lord Londonderry on April 10 1848
287
He officiates as one of the pallbearers at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington
288
Lord Londonderry gets Wellingtons Garter
289
Last public act of Lord Londonderry
292
His last days and commencement of the Sunderland Railway
294
His last illness and death
296
His family since his death
297
Particulars in which the two Lords Londonderry were similar in char acter
299
Points on which they differed
300
Causes of the hostility against both
301
Causes of the hostility against Sir Charles Stewart
302
Sir Charles Stewarts military character
303
Diplomatic career of both brothers
304
Sepulchral chamber at Wynyard
305
Manner in which Lady Londonderry has carried out his designs
306
APPENDIX
309
INDEX
341
Death of the Queen and dismissal of Sir R Wilson
347
Origin of the Greek and Spanish questions
354
Treasonable designs of the Chartists 35
356
His views on the Catholic question
372

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