Lamb, Mr., at Eglinton Tournament, 306 Landseer, Sir Edwin, gift from, 231 Lansdowne passage, the bar in, and its _raison d’être_, 149 Larabit, Monsieur, on Napoleon in Elba, 89 Largillière, portrait by, strange vicissitudes of, 183 Larochejaquelein, General, dying confidence to, of the Duchesse d’Angoulême, 116 La Rouérie, Marquis de, a gallant Chouan leader, 98 Launay, Nicholas de, famous print by, 205 Leamington, Mr. Burgess’s art treasures at, 217 Lecourbe, General, and his reconciliation with Napoleon I., 90 _et seq._ Leg-iron of hanged man, owned by author, 275-276 Legoux, engraved benefit tickets by, 200 Leicester, last case of hanging in chains at (1834), 276 Leighton, Lord (the late), 190 Lennox, Lady Alexandra, portrait of, by Graves, 189 — Lord Alexander Gordon, on George Payne and his respect for religion, 53 — Lord Henry, and his slang, 38 Lepell, “Molly” (Lady Hervey), verses on, 178 Lewin, derivation of name, according to Mrs. Grote, 56 Link extinguishers, 152 Lion dogs of China, 229-230 _Lions comiques_, 252 Locker, Mr. Frederick, verses by, on St. James’s Street, 158-159 Lockwood, Sir Frank, New Year’s cards designed by, 7 Lombard, Pierre, and his daughter, ancestors of the Walpoles, 315 London, architectural changes in, 140 _et seq._; expansion of, 310-311; Madame du Barry in, 105; Sunday demonstrations in, 166 — parks, hunting in, 160-161; old prints of, 160; a proud proprietor of, 162; wild life in, to-day, 161-162 — streets, noises in, past and present, 142; vanishing characteristics of, 142 _et seq._ Londonderry, Marchioness of, her stately receptions, and friendship for Disraeli, 69; her crinoline, 156 Long, Mr., notabilities met at his house, 254 — Rt. Hon. Walter, and the true text of Lord R. Churchill’s exclamation on hearing that his resignation had been accepted, 21 Longchamps, 309 Longleat, 44; pleasures of visits to, 45 Lonsdale, Earl of, and his postillions, 11 Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis XVII.), attempted rescues of, the problem of his fate, and his impersonators, 109 _et seq._ Louis XV., 102, 106, 107 Louis XVI., 82-83 Louis XVIII. and the dog of Mme. de Caylus, 232; ingratitude of, to Mrs. Atkyns, 111 Louisa, Queen of Prussia, her favourite flower, 86; and Napoleon I., 92 Loutherbourg, De, and his scene-painting, 194 Louveciennes, residence of Madame du Barry, 105; alleged buried treasure at, 106 Lowe, Sir Hudson, and Napoleon I., 94 Lunatics, care of, past and present, 165-166 Lyndhurst, Lord, 73 Lynn, a schoolfellow of Napoleon I. at, 80 Lytton, Sir G. Bulwer, his house in Charles Street and its Pompeiian room, 151