D.

Dames de la Halle, 183.

Damiens, execution of, 173.

Danish language, complaints against the disuse of, 359, 360.

Danneskjold Samsöe, count, 75; his genealogy, 75, _note_; his court intrigues and influence, 76; his dismissal, 109.

Danneskjold Laurvig, count von, the Danish minister, 188; his high character, 190; his daughter married to Count Holck, 198. ---- admiral, dismissed, 271.

Dehn, baron von, 47.

DENMARK, Caroline Matilda's journey to, 47; court of, 50; the royal family of, and right of succession to the throne, 51; possession of Schleswig-Holstein vital importance to, 51, 52, _note_; government of, under Frederick V., 68; subsidies paid to, 68; ruinous condition of, 69; names of the royal family of, 78; and their feelings towards Caroline Matilda, 88, 89; various festivals and amusements introduced into, 90; enactment for the punishment of fanatics and murderers, 107; protection extended to the Society of Arts at Copenhagen, _ib._; composition of the ministry, 114; heavy debts of, when Christian VII. ascended the throne, 127; state of the kingdom, 128, 129; the members of the ministry, 188; public discontent, 190; depressed state of, 193; existence of serfdom in, 193; changes at court, 195; state of the court, 240-2; general anarchy of the kingdom, 243; state of, under Struensee, 253; historical retrospect of, 254 _et seq._; the _Lex Regia_, _ib._; foreigners in, 254; titles and honours bestowed, 256, 257; useless expenses incurred, 257, 258; her increasing debt, 258; war with Algiers, 260, 261; her naval expedition against Algiers, 261; abolition of the censorship, 262; great changes and proposed reforms, 270, 271; her foreign affairs, 273; Russian alliance with, 273; her home affairs, 274; collection of the taxes, 275; court reforms, 277; public morals, 278; the council of state reorganised, 279; changes in the privy council, 281; levity of the court, 285; bad harvest in, 294; visit of the princes of Sweden to, _ib._; letter of the government to the Empress of Russia, 297; reorganisation of the privy council, 304; council suppressed by royal decree, 305; council of conferences established, 307; the king becomes absolute, _ib._; reforms in, 308; freedom of the press, _ib._; the court language of, 309; great reforms in every department of the state, 324 _et seq._; state debts of, 330; negotiations with Russia, 340; Struensee's absolute power, 348, 353; dissatisfaction with the government measures., 348, 359; her foreign relations, 357.

Desnoyers, the French dancing master, 1.

Divorces, number of, in George the Third's reign, 11.

Dorchester, lady, ex-mistress of George II., anecdote of, 8.

Dorset, Sackville, duke of, 192.

Dubarry, Madame, the mistress of Louis XV., 168, 169.

Dubois, cardinal, 172.

Duras, duc de, presents to the, 183.

Düring, Major, 120.

Durfort, duc de, 171.

E.

Edwin, Lady Charlotte, 17.

Eighteenth century, habits and manners of the, 7-9; excessive gambling of the, 9; vices of the, 10 _et seq._

English, poetical sketch of the, 186.

Ennui, arises from etiquette, 218.

Etioles, Madame de, 166; afterwards Madame Pompadour, 167.

Executions, for robbery and murder in the 18th century, 12.

Eyben, Fräulein von, 88.

F.

Fair Amazon, the, 165.

Falckenskjold, Seneca Otho von, biographical notices of, 320; employed by Struensee in diplomatic matters with Russia, 321 _et seq._

Filosofow, major-general, chevalier, the Russian diplomatist, insults Struensee, 221; intrigues of, 244, 245; appointed minister plenipotentiary of Russia, 253.

Finances, college of, 330; deputies appointed to, 331.

Flavecourt, Madame de, 178; valuable present to, 184.

Flaxboom, curious mistake in the translation of, 310.

Foreign affairs of Denmark, 273.

Foundling Hospital, established by Struensee, 295.

France, wretched state of, in 1745, 163; the degraded noblesse of, 163, 164; all the signs of an impending revolution manifested under Louis XV., 167; destruction of the ancien regime, 168; matrimony entirely disregarded in, 171; universal libertinism in, 171 _et seq._; prevalence of superstition in, 173; chivalry of, 174.

Frederick, crown prince of Denmark, his refractory temper, 286; his course of education, 287 _et seq._; at court, 378.

Frederick, Prince of Wales (_see_ WALES, prince of).

Frederick III. of Germany, 254.

Frederick V. of Denmark, surnamed "the Good," 52; anecdote of, _ib. note_; inconsolable at the loss of his wife, 52, 53; married to the Princess Juliana Maria of Wolfenbüttel, 53; his illness, 65; his death, 43, 66; sorrow caused thereby, 67; his government, 68.

Frederick VI. of Denmark, birth of, 108.

Frederiks_berg_ and Frederiks_borg_, the distinction between, 311, 312.

Frederiksborg, palace of, 250, 251.

Frederikson, the money lender, 154; King Christian's adventure with, 155.

Funerals, expenses of, curtailed, 326.

G.

Gabel, Frau von, her acquaintance with Dr. Struensee, and intrigues with the king, 216.

Gähler, General von, wife of, 222; the enemy of Struensee, 363.

Gambier, Admiral, 151.

Gambling of the eighteenth century, 9.

Gardes du corps, 336.

Garrick's interview with King Christian, 150.

George I., his mistresses, 8; coarseness of manners introduced by, _ib._

George I. and II., their family life one long offence against propriety, 8; the feeling of hatred betwixt them, _ib._

George II., his detestation of his son, 3; his character, 3, 4; lampoon on, 4, _note_; his unforgiving spirit, 4.

George, Prince of Wales (afterwards George III.), 14; anecdotes of his early life, 16 _et seq._; his governors and tutors, 20 (_see_ George III.).

George III., his first speech after ascending the throne, 3; vices of his reign, 10; character of, 25; anecdotes of, 26; his speech respecting the marriage of Caroline Matilda, 40; his dislike to Christian VII., 134; his cold reception of him, 135 _et seq._; Walpole's sarcastic account of the meeting, 137, 138; treated with coldness by his sister Caroline Matilda, 249; his feelings and impressions respecting his sister's conduct, 250.

German, the language of Denmark, 209; Struensee's use and abuse of, _ib._

Gesvres, duc de, 172.

Gleichen, von, the Danish envoy to France, 68, 176.

Gloucester, duke of, juvenile anecdotes of, 16.

Gottorp, von, raised to the rank of count, 129.

Government, mode of, by different sovereigns, 4, _note._

Grafton, duke of, and Nancy Parsons, 11.

H.

Hanoverian dynasty, 7; coarseness of manners introduced by the, 8.

Harcourt, lord, his resignation as governor to Prince George, 18, 19; anecdotes of, 20.

Hay, lord Charles, anecdote of, 174.

Hayter, bishop, 20.

Hell-fire club, blasphemous travesties of the, 9.

Hesse, Prince Charles of, 81; biographical notices of, 81, _note_.

Hesse Cassel, Princess Mary of, Caroline Matilda's letter to, 196.

Hirschholm, palace of, presented to Count Moltke, 57; the most magnificent of all the royal residences, 265-7; royal hunt at, 282.

Hjorth, a royal runner, 103.

Holck, Conrad von, Count, 100; the courtier, 104; his insolence towards the young queen, 104; appointed court marshal, 105; his influence, 109; invested with the Star of the Dannebrog order, 117; his marriage, 120; charges against, 123; appointed grand maître de la garderobe et des plaisirs, 191; his offer of marriage refused by Lady Bel Stanhope, 192; his boundless extravagance, 194; his second marriage, 198; his impertinent assumption, 199; his intrigues, 227; his dismissal, 235.

Holderness, lord, secretary of state, 21.

Holidays, abolition of superfluous ones, 281.

Holm, von, dismissed, 318.

Holstein, Russians claims to, 130; its maritime importance, _ib._

Holstein, count, his appointment, 325.

Holstein Gottorp, Charles Frederick sovereign duke of, 129; house of, a formidable power, _ib._

Horace, prince of Scandalia, 32.

Horse races, established by Von Warnstedt, 285.

Hunting, the queen's fondness for, 282; incident recorded in, 289.

Hotel de Ville, of Paris, grand ball at, 166.