C.

Cabinet orders issued by Struensee, 51; for disbanding the foot-guards, 55, 56.

Caroline Matilda, no longer regarded as Queen of Denmark after the dissolution of her marriage, 141; all her ties with Denmark broken off, 142; her grief at the deaths of Struensee and Count Brandt, 142; her generosity of mind, 142, 143; the charges against her submitted to English lawyers, who declared them unsubstantiated by evidence, 144; the English court insisted that no sentence should be passed on her, and fitted out a strong fleet, _ib._; Walpole's version of the affair, _ib._; his gossip respecting her, 145, 146; title of "Countess of Aalborg" conferred on her, 145; temper of the English with regard to, 146; Sir R. M. Keith's active interference on her behalf, 147; concessions of the Danish ministry, 147; order of release presented to her by Keith, 149; arrival of a squadron to take her away, 149, 150; writes an affecting letter to her brother, _ib._; resolved that she should take up her residence at Celle in Hanover, and be allowed £8,000 a-year, 150; interesting anecdote of, _ib._; her affection for her children, 151, 152; leaves a letter for the king, 153; his grief at her departure, _ib._, _note_; her suite, 153, 154; her farewell to Denmark, 154; the documents connected with the dissolution of her marriage deposited in the secret archives, 156; her arrival at Stade, and her joyous reception, 157; her presents, _ib._; her new suite, _ib._; arrives at Celle, and takes up her abode in the royal chateau, 158; her amiability and charitable disposition, _ib._; her reading and studious pursuits, 159; the happiness of her home, 160; her great interest in her children, 162; her conversations with Colonel Keith, 162 _et seq._; Grub-street attacks on, exposed by Reverdil, 165, 166; her course of life at Celle, 167 _et seq._; her literary taste, 167, 168; her court theatricals, 168; her letter to her sister detailing her course of life at Celle, 169; her great pleasure at receiving the portrait of her son, 170, 171; Mr. Wraxall's introduction to, 173; her gracious reception of him, and confiding affability, 173, 174; again visited by Mr. Wraxall, who communicates a project, with certain conditions, for restoring her to the throne of Denmark, 182, 186-9 (_see_ WRAXALL); instructions respecting the project, 191; her important conversations with Wraxall, and plans laid down for further proceedings, 195 _et seq._, 221, 232; her sudden death, 238, 302 (_see_ APPENDIX); details of her illness, death, and funeral, 242-9; suspected of having been poisoned, 248; general mourning for in England, 250; monuments erected to her memory, 251; letter to her brother, written during her illness, and published after her death, 252; evidences of her innocence and purity of mind, 254, 255; Mr. Wraxall's portraiture of her virtues and character, 255-8; correspondence of Mr. Wraxall with his father relative to her restoration, 291 _et seq._ (_see_ APPENDIX).

Carstens, A. G., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, 61; and Count Brandt, 67.

Celle, Queen Matilda's residence at, 158; her course of life at, 160 _et seq._; Mr. Wraxall's frequent visits and interviews with the queen, 174, 180, 186, 190, 195 _et seq._, 221, 230-3.

Christian VII., Count Brandt's assault on, 5, 19; his profuse presents to Struensee and Count Brandt, 45; his power as sovereign, 50, _note_; confirms the atrocious sentences passed upon Struensee and Count Brandt, 67, 68; his court festivities and revolting apathy, 76, 77; grants a free pardon to Colonel Falckenskjold, and releases him from the fortress of Munkholm, 136; receives a letter from his wife previous to her departure for Hanover, 153; his expressions of affection for her, 153; at the instigation of the crown prince he dismisses his ministers, and appoints a new cabinet, 285, 286; drawn into personal collision with the hereditary prince, but the _coup d'état_ is accomplished, 287.

Colin, Major, appointed commandant of the fortress Munkholm, 135.

Colleges, impediments of the, 37; dismissal of the, 11.

Commission of Inquiry, the members of, who tried and sentenced Struensee, 61; allot rewards to the persons employed in convicting the prisoners, 95, _note_; their proceedings against the minor prisoners of state, and charges brought against them, 104 _et seq._

Copenhagen, bitterness at, against Struensee and his cabinet orders, 58; its suburban grounds, 85.

Council, duties of the, 35; abolition of the, 36.

Council of Thirty-two, established by Struensee, 41.

Counter-revolution projected by the Danish exiles, 177.

Court festivities, 76; exhibit a revolting exhibition of apathy and want of sympathy, 76.

Crown prince of Denmark, begins to assume power, 283; his examination, 283; his determined spirit, 284; of age to enter the council of state, 284; spirited interference with the court forms of proceeding, 284; effects the overthrow of the ministry by a _coup d'état_, 285, 286; proclamation of, as regent, 288, 289; Count Bernstorff, the enlightened statesman, his adviser, 289.

Cypher writing, adopted by Mr. Wraxall, 307; key to the fictitious names, 312 (APPENDIX).