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.
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
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-
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,
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
"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
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
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
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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