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When he had come to the end of his statement, Mr. Labouchere left the library for a few minutes to obtain a little refreshment. It was a great relief to me that Pigott did not disclose anything to me when we were left together. There came over me a vague dread that he might disclose his complicity with the Rye House Plot, or that he would admit that he had been the executioner of King Charles I. The situation was rather embarrassing; the time might have been tided over by whistling, but unfortunately I never learnt to whistle. It would have been rude to read a book; and, besides, to do so would have necessitated my taking my eyes off Mr. Pigott, and I never took them off him. We did get into conversation, but our talk was curt and trite. He remarked, first taking up that so-often-conned Times, that the London papers were inconveniently large. This, being a self-evident proposition, met with no response from me; but on his proceeding to say, in quite a friendly manner, that I must have found the afternoon's interview rather stupid work, I replied that, on the contrary, so far as I was concerned, I had found it equally amusing and instructive. Then, the frugal Mr. Labouchere coming back with his mouth full, we went to business again. The whole of Pigott's confession, beginning with the declaration that he had made it uninvited and without any pecuniary consideration, was read over to him line by line and word by word. He made no correction or alteration whatsoever. The confession covered several sheets of paper, and to each sheet he affixed his initials. Finally, at the

bottom of the completed document he signed his name, beneath which I wrote my name as a witness.

One day, not very long after my return from India, and while I was miserably ill, there came to visit me a tall, comely lady, who brought me a letter from dear old Antonio Gallenga. She sought my assistance in some matter of lady journalism. Presently she became my faithful and efficient secretary. I mourned my dear lost Harriet for four dismal years. But time was good to me. I thought it wicked and ungrateful to Providence to continue to dwell in sulky solitude, eating my own heart, when I had the means of making another person happy; and four years ago I was married at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, to Bessie, the third daughter of the late Robert Stannard, C.E., the tall and handsome lady whom Antonio Gallenga had sent to me.

INDEX.

A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbot: burlesque on
"The Light of Other Days has Faded,"
I. 57; his Agnes Sorel, 63, 64; at a
theatrical performance at Charles
Dickens's house, 109; a frequenter of
the St. James's green-room, 109;
shyness and wit, 109, 110; "stock-
author"
at the St. James's, 110; as
magistrate and journalist, 111; death
111; his periodicals, 112; humorous
leaders in the Times, 393
Abdul Aziz, Sultan, his visit to Paris,
II. 151-154; deposition, 337
Abercorn, Duke and Duchess of, I. 255
Abinger, Lord, II. 45

About, Edmond, II. 145

Ackermann, Messrs., I. 256, 281, 285,
298, 302, 311

Actors and cast-off court dresses, I. 108
Adelaide, author's lecturing visit to, II.
425

Adelphi Theatre, and Wright the come-
dian, I. 154

Affondatore, foundering of the, II. 113
Ainsworth, Harrison, at Gore House, I.
51, 52; his "Rookwood" and "Jack
Sheppard," 101, 102

Aix-la-Chapelle, a gambling adventure
at, I. 278, 279

Albany, Duke of, and the "Gentle
Life," II. 250

Aldridge, Ira, negro tragedian, I. 227
Alemann, Baron, Austrian Governor-
General of Venice, II, 125, 127
Alexander II., Tsar, attempt on his life
in Paris, II. 154, 155; at the Guildhall,
270; assassination, 390

Alexander III., Tsar, his coronation, II.
401, 406-410

Alfonso, King, II. 198, 281; entrance

into Madrid, 287; incident on leaving
Madrid, 291

Algiers, travels in, II., 63, 65, 305
Alison, Miss, actress, afterwards wife of
Captain Seymour, I. 113

Alken, Henry, I. 312

All the Year Round, I. 382

Allen,, tenor at the Princess's Theatre,
I. 154

Alma-Tadema, Mr., II. 378
Alva, Duke of, II. 72

"America Revisited," II. 384

American War, II. 34, 36
Anderson, Mr. James, as Mark Antony,
I. 165
ANECDOTES: A "fairy godmother," I. 8,
9; Sir Edward Lawson and the

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author's "rummy eye, 17; Madame
Sala and Madame Vestris, 26; Malibran
and Madame Sala, 33, 34; Paganini,
33-35; the Waterloo hero at Crickle-
wood, 39, 40; Duke of Wellington and
Madame Sala, 43-46; Donizetti in the
maison de santé, 48; Sultan Mahmoud
and his musical tastes, 49; Berlioz and
the fugue, 50, note; Cherubini and the
ugly applicant for an engagement, 50,
note; Countess Blessington, Harrison
Ainsworth, and Count D'Orsay, 52;
"Vive le Raw," 56; author rehearsing
at Princess's Theatre, 67; widow of
Morris Barnett, 68; Mrs. Stirling and
the author, 75; Charles Dickens and
the dramatic version of "Oliver
Twist," 76; the ex-barmaid of the
Colosseum, 85; the invalid and "Pick-
wick," 87; "Pickwick" and the
schoolboy in church, 88; "going to
the dogs" and returning thence, 110;
Sir William Gregory and the study of
Greek, 120; the Duke of Orleans and
the price of a ringlet, 133; Henry
Wallack and his grammatical slip,
137; Mr. Weiss and his "shape," 152,
153; the cook and the manuscript of
"The Bride of Castelnuovo," 182, 183;
Macready and Charles Kerrison Sala,
184-187; Macready and the perform-
ance of Philip von Artevelde, 189, 190;
Macready and Maddox, 189; Charles
Mathews and the unpaid seven-and-
sixpence, 190, 191; Macready aud
Hemming at the Haymarket Theatre,
201 Madame Grisi singing a verse of
the National Anthem, 221; derivation
of the word " spencer, " 229; T. L.
Holt and his thousand sovereigns,
240; Frédéric Soulié and the foot-
bath of gold, 240; France afflicted
with the "measles," 253; the old
lady of New Brighton, 281-283;
Brougham leaving his home, 282;
Brougham and his "crackit" head,
283; Hartley Coleridge and lily-

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white muffins," 284; the Hull con-
fectioner, 288, 289; the author and
Jullien, 340, 341; the "Canterbury
Pilgrims" and the case of brandy, 343;
the female soldier in the French army,
355; Prince Bismarck and the Russian
character, 362; the bill-sticker before
the magistrate, 386; dinner-party at
Edmund Yates's, 394, 395; prejudice
against representatives of "penny
papers," 401: Edmund Yates and
Hogarth's works, 426; incident at
Leeds in a litigation case, 438;
Mr. "Jehoshaphat,' 405; Thack-
eray and Higgins at the Egyptian
Hall, II. 5, 6; James Grant at the
Waverley Arms," 29; a Montreal
dinner and the song of "Maryland,"
44; the negro electors and "ad
46, 47; Raised on Picca-
valorem,"
dilly," 49; Captain Jenkins and the
fogs off Newfoundland, 51; Miss
Nightingale and the swearing soldier,
56; Colonel Bateman and his hair, 59;
"Cordelia" fishing from the barge,
60; the two Virginians and the saloon-
keeper, 60; W. H. Russell and the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 61;
the Algerian slave-dealer and the
opera-singer, 65; the traveller in
Spain and the loaf of bread, 83; the
rat and the crab, 89, 90; an officer of
Garibaldi's and the author, 100;
Garibaldi and his General's uniform,
102, 103; Dr. Maginn's definition of a
gentleman for duelling purposes, 105;
the special correspondent and the
wavering Garibaldian troops, 107, 108;
Garibaldi at Stafford House, 110, 111;
Mrs. Chambers and Madame Mario
tending wounded Garibaldian soldiers,
111; Lord Castlereagh and Peter
Finnerty, 115, 116; M. Plantulli in
the palace of King Bomba, 117;
Marshal Haynau and the Caffè Florian,
118; the four-in-hand at Mestre, 123,
124; the four English Grenadiers at
Niagara, 124; assassination of Fra
Paolo, 127; the English lady and the
legend of Beatrice Cenci, 139; the
Paris sentinel and the author, 157;
the two actor-managers and the rare
cognac, 168, 169; Mr. H. Labouchere
and Watts Phillips, 192; a mixed
telegram on the eve of the Franco-
Prussian war, 201; the "out-door'
charwoman in Paris and the colonel,
202; the French colonel in the hotel
at Metz, 205; the German tailor in
Paris, 216, 217; modes adopted by
Confederates to show animosity to-
wards Federals, 240, 241; Mr. Labou-
chere and the "Claimant," 260; Don

Juan de Borbon and the parlour-maid,
279; "Colonel Howsomever" and
his stories, 283-285; George IV. and
the proposed place of imprisonment of
Napoleon I., 284; a game of
simili-
tudes" at Pope's Villa, 289; Antonio
Gallenga and the author, 288, 289;
King Alfonso and the beggar, 291; at
a dinner-party with soiled hands, 295;
washing with wax candles, 295,
296; the author and the Spanish child
at a table d'hôte, 301, 302; the author
and his interpreter in Russia, 319-322,
329-331; Byzantine mosaics and
jujubes, 336, 337; the poodle and the
pariah dogs at Constantinople, 338;
dogs of Eyoub and the two English-
inen, 339, 340; the American student
at Constantinople and the "sophistic-
ated tobacco," 342-344; constructing
a political telegram at Constantinople,
352; a beggar at a Pasha's luncheon,
356, 357; religious toleration at Con-
stantinople, 359; the lawsuit and the
deaf judge, 363; twin brothers, 363,
364; Captain Cashless" and the
author, 366, 367; the Irish journalist
and the author's sympathy with the
Confederates, 381; the author's de-
scription of the coronation of Alex-
ander III., and a smart device of a
Russian journalist, 410; incident at
the Holborn Town Hall, 426
Anglesey, Marquis of, and the last shot
fired at Waterloo, I. 13: 162
Angling in the Upper Thames, I. 262,

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Anstie, Dr., II. 266, 267

Antonelli, Cardinal, II. 243
Aosta, Duke of, II. 280, 281
Arab troupe of acrobats at the Colos-
seum, I. 81-83

Arago, M. Emmanuel, defends Berezow-
ski for his attempt on the Tzar's life,
II. 156

Archer, Mr. William, I. 106
Arctic expedition by balloon, projected
by Lieutenant Gale, I. 286-289
Army purchase system, II. 198; edu-
cation of officers, 198, 199
Arne, Dr., his Artaxerxes, I. 69
Arnold, Sir Edwin, commences writing
for the Daily Telegraph, II. 14, 15; 431
Arnold, Matthew, II. 18, 19
Arthur, Mr. Chester, II. 416
Arthur, Sir George, I. 175
Ashbury, Mr. James, II. 75

.Athens: the new town, II. 361; the
Acropolis, 362; shaving a poodle, 362
Athole, Duke of, II. 45
Auckland, II. 422

Austin, Mr. Alfred, as a poet, II. 16, 19;
author's first meeting with him, 16, 18

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"Baddington Peerage, The," I. 376
Bagshaw, Dr., II. 268, 269
Baker Pasha, II. 345, 346

Balfe, Michael William; criticisms of
his Maid of Artois, I. 55, 56; in the
Siege of Rochelle, 57; lesseeship of the
Lyceum, 147; his wife and children,
146-148

Ballet girls of 1843, I. 171

Balloon: Lieutenant Gale's project for
searching for Sir John Franklin, I.
285-290; accident to the author, 295;
the "Nassau," 149, 296
Barbary, a trip to, II. 57, 62-66
Barère, M., II. 350

Baretti's trial for murder, I. 403
Barker, George, I. 68, 69
Barnett, Benjamin, I. 65, 66
Barnett, Morris, I. 64, 65, 68

66

Basket-weaving Poet, The," I. 226
Bateman, Colonel, II. 58-60

Bateman, Miss Kate, in Leah, II. 58
Bathe, Sir Henry de, I. 197
"Batouk, Azamat," II. 208
Bayard, Senator, II. 383, 416
Baylis, Harry, I. 201
Bayly, Haynes, I. 55

Beaconsfield, Lord, at "Soyer's Sympo-
sium," I. 292; kindness to men of
letters, II. 309; introduces himself to
author, 376

Beatrice Cenci: Guido's portrait, and
legend, II. 138, 139; author's collec-
tion of portraits of, 139

Beauregard, Comtesse de, formerly Mrs.
Howard, I. 183

Beefsteak Club, I. 175; II. 394

Bell, Mr., aëronaut, accident to his
balloon, I. 295

Bellew, Rev. J. C. M., II. 21, 22
Bellini, his funeral, I. 49, 50; attractive
appearance, 50, 51

Belt libel case, I. 162

Benazet, M., and the Salon Frascati, I.
130

Benedetti, Count, II. 201

Benedict, Sir Julius, I. 380, 381

Bennett, Charles H., his artistic works,
I. 326; early difficulties, 327
Bennett, Mr. George, as Henry VIII.,
I. 228

Bentley's Miscellany; Harrison Ains-
worth follows Dickens as editor, I.
102
Berezowski, his attempt on the life of
the Tsar, II. 154–157

Berlin: opening of the German Parlia-
ment, II. 255, 256; a Beer Symposium
of students, 256, 257; fortress of Span-
dau, 257

Berlioz, I. 50, note

Bernard, Dr. Claude, trial at Old Bailey
for conspiracy against Napoleon III.,
I. 422

Betty, Mr. Henry, I. 229
Beverly, William Roxby, marries Miss
Sophie Burbage, I. 171; engages the
author as assistant scene-painter, 178
Bewick, Thomas, and his pupils, I. 209,
210

Bibles in Rome, II. 235, 236
Bill-sticking, I. 386

Billy Taylor, pantomime, I. 303
Birket-Foster, employed as a draughts-
man, I. 205

Birmingham, and Mr. Joseph Gillott, I.
288

Bishop, Sir Henry R., and the Marriage
of Figaro, I. 25

Bishop, Mrs. H. R., I. 34

Bismarck, Prince: speech at the opening
of the German Parliament, II. 255,
256

Bizet, Sophie, I. 31

Black Sea, colour of water, II. 333
Blessington, Countess of, I. 51; opinion
of appearance of D'Orsay and Ains-
worth, 52; her toilette, 52
Bloomer, Mrs. Amelia, II. 384
Bloxam, Mr., II. 170, 171, 260
Blunt, Mr., Consul at Salonica, II. 347
Boatrace, University, II. 168

Bogue, Mr. David, his connection with
the Illustrated Times, 1. 324
Bolton House School, I. 159-169
Bonaparte, Pierre, his stormy career, II.
182-184; trial for killing Victor Noir,
185-195

Booth, Sir Felix, and the expedition to
the North Pole, I. 29

Booth, John Wilkes, II. 60, 61
Borbon, Don Juan de, II. 279
Boston, II. 415

Boucicault, Dion, as “ stock-author" at
the Princess's, I. 110, 307; 201; his
adaptation of the Frères Corses, 306;
his London Assurance, 307; retentive
memory and appearance, 307; at
Edmund Yates's, 395
Boufarik, II. 64

Box-keepers of theatres, I. 140; II. 237
Boyle, Mr. Frederick, II. 185
Bozomania, I. 94, 95

Bradbury, Mr. Henry, I. 382

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