O’Connell, Daniel, first Roman Catholic M.P., 300 Oliphant, Laurence, and the _Owl_, 16 Onslow, Earl of, tries to acclimatise crayfish, 133 Opera, the, and its attractions, 254; the crush-room, 255-256 Orford, Earl of (author’s brother), stories of, 13, 14, 172, 231, 267; letter to, from Lord Beaconsfield, 73-74 — Earl of (author’s father), 84,158; characteristics and opinions of, 48, 123, 292, 296; his racing, 50, 64-65 — Earl of (author’s nephew), old documents owned by, 174 Orrock, Mr. James, connoisseur and collector, 217, 218; scheme for National Gallery of British Art, 212 Osborne, Bernal, 253; his election struggles, 2, 3; on the author’s gardening tastes, 239-240; nicknames given by, 68, 76; his attitude to Palmerston, 65-67; his “parrot” story, 234; his repartee, 3, 4; his views on the Irish question, 77 Otway, the poet, his birthplace and career, 285; his death and tomb, 286 Over-taxation, clever squib on, 4-6 _Owl, The_, its staff and supporters, 15; its dinners, 16, 17; its jokes, verse, and riddles, 17-18 Oxford, Edward, attempt of, to kill Queen Victoria, 165 Paas, Mr., his murderer, the last man hanged in chains, 276 _Pall Mall Gazette_, 304 Palmerston, Lord, his social qualities, 65; as a politician, 66; Bernal Osborne’s attitude to, 65, 66-67; Cobden’s dislike for, 67 Parham Park, a smuggler’s haunt, 274 Paris, Napoleonic relics in, 89; noted English residents in, 309 Paris, the Comte de, and the French “White Rose League,” 18, 19 Paris Exhibition, 1878, 308 Parliament, changes in, 300 Parr’s steam carriage, 293 Parrot story, the, of Bernal Osborne, 234 Payne, George, his racing experiences, 51-52, 54; his religious feeling, 53 Peel, Sir Robert, and the Holbein painting of the Barbers’ Company, 124, 125; his scheme for adorning Hyde Park, 163 Pekinese dogs, 231 Pelletan, Dr., and the heart of the alleged Dauphin (Louis XVII.), 119 Pellew, Lady, daughter of Lady Holland’s first marriage, her sham funeral, Byron on, 61; 261 Pellew, Miss, grand-daughter of Lady Holland, her connection with the author, 61 Pender, Sir John, famous party of, to celebrate the telegraph cable to India, 155 Penny postage introduced, 296 Perceval, Mr., the assassinated statesman, letter to, from Mrs. Atkyns, 113-114 — Rev. Mr., and Naundorff, 115 Petit Trianon, and its associations, 101-102 Petworth, the last of the smugglers at, 275 Piccadilly, origin of the name discussed, 154 Pictures, needlework, 204 Pigeons in London, 162 Piombino, Princess Elise of, sister of Napoleon, 87 Police, modern, established, 291 Ponsonby, Hon. Gerald, 221 Poole, the Custom-House murders at (1749), a relic of, 275-276 Pope, the (Gregory XVI.), Lord Vernon’s interview with, a discussion on Dante, 8-9 Post-chaises, 50 Posy-rings, 270-272 Poyntz family, connection of, with Cowdray, and its curse, 284 Pressing to death (_peine forte et dure_), last instance of, 278-279 Pretender, the, a strange likeness to, 101;