[Footnote 161: The king most frequently spoke German to Reverdil, which was the court language at the time, though formerly he had piqued himself on addressing everybody in his own language, and had always spoken to Reverdil in French, rarely in Danish, and never in German.] END OF VOL. I. INDEX TO VOL. I., HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. A. Academicians, of Paris, dine with King Christian, 180. Administration, retrenchment in the, 329. Administrative changes in Denmark, 318. Adultery, punishment for, mitigated, 326. Agricultural Commission, appointed by Christian VII., 7. Agnate and cognate, the different lines of succession explained, 50, 51. Algiers, Danish war with, and naval expedition against, 260, 261, 262. Altona, Caroline Matilda's enthusiastic reception at, 47, 48. Anne, Queen, governed by her favourite women, 4, _note_. Aristocracy, murders committed by the, 12. Arnould, Sophie, the celebrated _prima donna_ of Paris, 179. Arts and sciences become an object of attention to Struensee, 332. Augusta, Princess of Brunswick; her marriage, 39. Augusta, Princess of Wales, (see Wales, Princess of). Augustenburg, duke of, his genealogy and family connexions, 75. Auteroche, Comte de, anecdotes of, 174. B. Baltimore, Lord, his vicious eccentricities, 9. Beauveau, Madame de, 169. Berger, von, surgeon, accoucheur, and favourite of Struensee, 346. Berkentin, Frau von, appointed governor of Prince Christian, 50; dismissed from the Danish Court, 117. Bernis, cardinal, 172. Bernstorff, count, the Danish minister, 75, 76; court triumvirate formed by, 77; appointed director of the Sound dues, 81; his influence, 111; his servility, 115; declines in favour, 229; his dismissal, 268; his character, 269; his kindness, 303; anecdote of, 362; his advice to Count Reverdil, 365. Bestucheff, Madame, 303. Binet, Sieur, 166. Bishop militant, 24. Bontemps, the fortune-teller, 173. Brockdorf, nurse to Prince Christian of Denmark, 55. Brandenburg Kulmbach, dowager Margravine of, 127. Brandt, Enevold, page of the chamber, and a court favourite, 121; biographical notices of, _ib._; his character, 122; his charges against Count Holck, 122, 124; his visit to Paris to see the king, 210; his promotion, 231; his policy, 285; court festivities arranged by, 342, 343; his beloved Frau von Holstein, 344; made a Danish count, 352; public hatred of, 370. Bülow, von, 230. Bute, lord, his influence over the Princess of Wales, 15; his frequent visits to Leicester House, and scandals about him, 27, 28, 31. C. Cabal, the, 252. Cagliostro, the charlatan, 173.