Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, Comprising Incidents ... - Richard Rush - Google Libros

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by

LEA & BLANCHARD,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

Introductory Remarks...

CONTENTS.

Interview with Lord Castlereagh on the affairs of Spanish America.

Dinner at the Portuguese Ambassador's, to the Archduke Maximilian

of Austria-Relative expense of the British and American Army and

The Old Bailey, Guildhall, and Doctor's Commons-opinion delivered

by Sir William Scott, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty ...

Interview with the Marquis of Lansdowne and Mr. Wilberforce on the

subject of the Slave Trade-official correspondence with Lord Castle.

reagh on the subject.....

Weeks's Museum-its extraordinary collection.-Royal Chapel, White-

hall.-Levee at Carlton House-Austrian Court at the Congress of

Vienna.-Interview with Lord Castlereagh on Spanish American

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affairs and other subjects.-The cases of Arbuthnot and Ambrister to

be brought before Parliament.-Dinner at the Marquis of Lansdowne's

-Sir James Macintosh.-Vote of the House of Representatives re-

fusing to censure General Jackson.-News of the cession of the

Floridas to the United States, arrives in London.-Note to Lord

Castlereagh on extra duties charged on vessels of the United States.. 46

Dinner at Prince Esterhazy's.-Remarkable incident at it.-Dinner at

Lord Teignmouth's.-Interview with the President of the Board of

Trade, relative to the extra duties.-Letter to the Consul of the

United States at Liverpool in connexion with this subject.-Dinner

at the Spanish Ambassador's.-Motion in the House of Lords on the

cases of Arbuthnot and Ambrister.-English Foreign Enlistment

Bill.-Party at the Countess of Jersey's; at Countess Grosvenor's... 63

Autograph Letter from the President to the Prince Regent.-Emigrants

from England to the United States.-Dinner at Mr. William

Vaughan's. Dinner at Mr. Inglis's-Mr. Wilberforce-Dr. Johnson.

-Dinner at the Spanish Ambassador's.-Levee at Carlton House.

-Special Audience of the Prince Regent.-Conversation on Ameri-

can Interests at the Levee.....

Marriages of the Dukes of Cambridge, Clarence and Kent.-Forms

between Governments on such occasions.-Drawing Room on the

Prince Regent's Birth-day.-Court Forms.-Rumors of Ministerial

Changes. Interview with Lord Castlereagh on the West India Trade.

Rumors about Cuba.-Dinner at the Russian Ambassador's.-Prince

Regent's Drawing Room.-Dinner at Lord Castlereagh's.-The

Rumor about Cuba.-Lord Castlereagh pays a compliment to the

United States.....

Party at Carlton House.-Conversation about Cuba.-Dinner at Mr.

George Phillips's.-Dinner at Mr. Trail's.-The Box presented by

the Earl of Buchan to General Washington.-Note from Lord Castle-

reagh on Special Audiences of the Prince Regent.-Dinner at the

Duke of Wellington's.-Letter to Mr. Gallatin-Cuba-The Florida

Treaty-The West India Trade. Party at Grosvenor House.

Arrival of the American Steam-ship Savannah, at Liverpool....... 115

Visit to Holkham, the estate of Mr. Coke, Norfolk county-The Sheep

Shearing. Prorogation of Parliament. Entertainment at Carlton

House-Lord Castlereagh speaks of the Florida Treaty-what he

afterwards says on that subject, and on the cases of Arbuthnot and

Ambrister, at the Austrian Ambassador's...

Order in Council prohibiting the Exportation of Arms to Spain. Party

at Prince Leopold's. Letters to Mr. Gallatin, and Colonel Trumbull.

Dinner at the Vice Chancellor's. Notice of certain measures of

Parliament, amongst them, Mr. Peel's Report on the Currency..... 154

Entertainment at the French Ambassador's-the Florida Treaty.

Brewery of Trueman, Hanbury and Company. Dinner at Lord

Castlereagh's, North Cray-American Flying Squirrels and Hum-

ming Birds-Anecdote of the Persian Ambassador. Interview

with Lord Castlereagh on the West India Trade and other subjects.

Mr. Stratford Canning Appointed Minister to the United States.

Dinner at Mr. Lyttelton's....

Dinner at the Traveller's Club. Armaments in aid of the Spanish

American cause, Dinner at Baron Fagel's, Ambassador from the

Netherlands. Prizes taken by the Spanish Americans, not admitted

into English ports. Interview with Lord Castlereagh on the Slave

Trade. Official Notes on that subject—and Parliamentary Addresses. 206

Number of American Vessels in British Ports. Dinner at the Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer's. Opening of Parliament—an early session

called on account of the disturbed state of the country. Levee at

Carlton House. Fête at the Spanish Ambassador's-the Horse

Guards called out. Duty on Tobacco, Snuff and Hops. Dinner at

Interview on official subjects with Lord Castle-

Mr. Colquhoun's.

reagh. England consents to the Emperor of Russia as Umpire

under the Disputed Article of the Treaty of Ghent....

Death of the Duke of Kent. Death of George the Third. Solemni-

ties and Ceremonies connected with the Demise of the Crown.

The Prince Regent ascends the Throne. Dissolution of Parliament

determined upon. State of things between the King and Princess

of Wales. Interview with Lord Castlereagh-Cato Street Conspira-

cy. Dinner at the Traveller's Club. Dinner at Mr. Stratford Can-

ning's. Measures of Parliament under the disturbed state of the

country. Dinner at Sir Edmund Antrobus's; at Mr. Holland's.... 243

Dinner at the Marquis of Lansdowne's. Interview with Earl Bathhurst

on the subject of presents to the American Indians. Funeral of

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