C.

Cabal, the, 252.

Cagliostro, the charlatan, 173.

CAROLINE MATILDA, Princess; birth of, 15; account of her youth, 33; her vivaciousness and sweetness of temper, 34; her manners and person, 35; her education, _ib._; her character, 35, 36; her correspondence, 37-43; proposal of marriage on behalf of, 40; her feelings, 41; makes her public appearance at Court, _ib._; her letter to the Princess Mary of Cassel, 42; public opinion favourable to her marriage, 43; message from the crown for a grant upon the occasion of her marriage, 44; her marriage solemnized at the Chapel Royal of St. James', _ib._; her departure for Copenhagen, 45; her anxious feelings, 45, 46; her letter to her brother, the Duke of York, 45; her enthusiastic reception at Altona, 47; loyal addresses to, 48; her youth and inexperience, 48, 49; her arrival at Copenhagen, 81; her marriage, 84; her warm reception, 85; warnings respecting her 86, 87; her household, 88; feelings of the royal family of Denmark towards, 88, 89; various festivals and amusements in honour of, 90; her own account of the journey to Copenhagen, written to her brother, the Duke of York, 92 _et seq._; her description of Holstein and Copenhagen, 94, 96; her coronation, 98; her first quarrel, 99; her letter to her brother previous to his death, 101; letter to her mother, the Princess Dowager of Wales, 102; insulted by her husband, 103, 104; gives birth to a son and heir, Frederick VI., 108; her ladies and maids of honour, 126; her life at home during her husband's absence, 159 _et seq._; her letter to Princess Amelia, respecting her husband's dissolute life, 161; her letter to Princess Mary of Hesse Cassel, 196; visit of her brother, the Duke of Gloucester, 198; greatly humiliated by the insignificant part she played at court, 213; her acquaintance with Dr. Struensee, 215 _et seq._; her familiarities with him create suspicion, 226, 227; accompanies her husband in his journey to Schleswig and Holstein, 228; her incautious levity, 232; interview with her mother, the Dowager Princess of Wales, 248, 249; coldness of, towards her brother, George III., 249, 250; her favourite residence, the palace of Frederiksborg, 250, 251; her free and easy manners and masculine dress give offence, 264; her fondness for hunting, 282, 283; her costume and personal improvement, 283; her beautiful appearance described in the recollections of an old chamberlain, 284; mad freaks of her husband, 291, 292; her dissipated habits, 292, 293; establishes the Order of Matilda, 314; gives birth to a princess, 345; her close intimacy with Struensee, 377; an affectionate mother but neglectful of her son's education, 380.

Casanova, the cabalist, 173.

Cassel, Princess Mary of, Caroline Matilda's letter to, 42.

Castries, Mary, de, anecdote of, 174.

Catherine II., Empress of Russia, 238, 301, 302.

Chanceries, subjected to reorganization, 325.

Charles, Landgrave of Schleswig, 230, 231; his account of the queen's levity of conduct, 232, 233.

Charles, Prince of, Denmark, 74, 75.

Charles II. of England, governed by his mistresses, 4, _note_.

Charlotte Amelia, Princess of Denmark, her character, 89; the benefactress of the poor, 345.

Chartres, Duchesse de, her profligacy, 171.

Chassé, the comedian, 172.

Chateauroux, Duchesse de, 163.

Choiseul, duc de, 176.

Christian V., King of Denmark, 254.

CHRISTIAN VII. of Denmark, his proposed marriage with the Princess Caroline Matilda of England, 40; his accession to the throne on the death of Frederick V., 43; married by proxy to Caroline Matilda, 44; biographical notice of, 50; his hereditary claims to the Schleswig Holstein duchies, 50, 51; suspected plots against his life, 55; his education, 56 _et seq._; his sarcasms, 58; Reverdil's account of him when twelve years old, 61 _et seq._; his progress in the polite arts, 64; proclaimed King of Denmark, 69; his religious notions, 72; court anecdotes of, 73, 74; under the influence of a triumvirate, 77; pleasant anecdote of, 79; marriage of his two sisters, 81; his marriage in contemplation, 82; affianced to Princess Caroline Matilda, _ib._; sees her for the first time at Roeskilde, 83; traits of his character and person, 84; his entry with the princess into Copenhagen, 84; their marriage and festivities, 84, 85; various festivals and amusements introduced by, 90; his coronation, 98; his first quarrel, 99; his journey to Holstein, 100; insults his wife on his return, 103; his dissolute orgies, 104, 105; birth of his son and heir, Frederick VI., 108; appoints a general commission for agricultural improvements, 111; his debaucheries and dissipated career, 112; his domestic orgies, 113; list of his ministry, 114; his court favourites, 121 _et seq._; his travels in foreign parts, 126 _et seq._; his journey through Jütland, Schleswig, and Gottorp, 127; his presents to Voltaire, who sang the praises of his benefactor, 131; his visit to Hanau and his brother-in-law, Landgrave Charles, 132; sails down the Rhine, _ib._; visits Amsterdam, the Hague, and Brussels, 133; his arrival in England, _ib._; his visit not agreeable to George III. 134; his cold reception, 135 _et seq._; list of the royal suite, 136; his stay in London, 137; Walpole's satirical sketches of his visit and its amusements, 137 _et seq._; his interview with the Princess Dowager, 139; his journey to Yorkshire, 142; his visits to Cambridge, and also to Oxford, where he received the honorary degree of D.C.L., 143; magnificently entertained by the City of London, 144, 148; entertained at Richmond Lodge, Carlton House, &c., 148, 149; his sarcasm against the Princess Dowager, 149; gives a grand masked ball at the Opera House, 149, 150; his departure from England, 151; execrable verses on, _ib._; sketches of his private life and character, 152-158; his adventure with the money lender, 154-6; Walpole's character of him, 157; his wife's letter respecting him, 161; his journey to France, and arrival at Paris, 175; his reception by Louis XV., 175; his private interview with him, 177; his reception at Paris, and his visits to the various institutions, 178 _et seq._; dines with the Academicians, 180; his high opinion of Paris, 182; his munificence, 183; his return home, 185; his joyous reception, 187; the members of his ministry, 188; distressed state of the country on his return, 191; his trip to Schleswig and Holstein with the queen, 228; dismisses his court, 235; state of his court, 240-2; state reforms effected by his minister, 270 _et seq._, (_see_ DENMARK); his madness and hopeless condition, 290, 291; his freaks of madness, 291, 292; suppresses his council by public decree, 305; becomes absolute, 307; celebration of his birthday, 314; his administrative changes and reforms, 318 _et seq._; appoints Struensee privy cabinet minister, with all the power of grand vizier, 347, 350; his insanity clearly manifested, 374, 375.

Christiansborg, palace of, 311.

Chudleigh, Miss, at the fancy ball, 31.

Civic council of Copenhagen, reorganization of the, 325.

Condé, prince de, 181.

Conti, prince de, 172.

Copenhagen, institutions and laws of extensively reformed, 325 _et seq._; "Court and Town Council" of established, 327. (See DENMARK, and CHRISTIAN VII.)

Council of Conferences, established after the suppression of the Privy Council, 307.

Court of Denmark, state of the, 240-2; changes and reductions in the, 327, 328; amusements of the, 84, 85; intrigues connected with the, 29, 77, 80, 122 _et seq._, 363, 364.

Court language of Denmark, 309.

Court reforms in Denmark, 277.

Cresset, the favourite of the Princess Augusta, 20; anecdote of, 22.

Cumberland, duke, anecdote of, 16.