National credit, how to establish it, 123.

   Navarino, battle of, an untoward event, 139.

   Navy, the, as a constitutional force, controllable by the legislature,
      96.
     —­inadequacy of our, (1838) 407.
     —­compliment to it, 448.

   Negotiating parties, a good understanding necessary between them, 99.

   Negro emancipation will encourage foreign slave grown sugar, 243.

   Newspapers, the Duke’s indifference to, 109.

   Non-interference, doctrine of, 141, 375.

   Normanby, lord, his goal deliveries in Ireland, 380.

   Oath, the Catholic, in a principle, 319.

   Oaths are necessary, 457. 
     Their abolition considered, 475.

   O’Connel, Mr., ought not to have had a patent of precedence, 264. 
     His proceedings, 490.

   Officers, British, require keeping in order as well as the men, 118. 
     Their fearlessness arises from their obedience, 126.

   Open questions a sign of weakness in a government, 427.

   Opinion, a war of, the worst of wars, 242.

   Opposition, the, should aid the government where war is inevitable, 405.

   Otho, king, the Duke of Wellington’s government opposed to his
     appointment as King of Greece, 308.

   Parliamentary reform, declaration against, 218.
     —­arguments against, 225, 227, 232, 240, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251,
      272, 273, 290.

   Party spirit, in the army, must be avoided, 84.

   Peninsular governments, the, must not mind unpopularity, 114. 
     Their disorganised state, 116.

   Pledges from members unconstitutional, 245.

   Police, a preventive, checks crime, 241.

   Poor, principle of relief to, in India, 90.

   Poor, difficulty of legislating for, 211.

   Poor-law amendment bill, the Duke’s reasons for supporting it, 340.
     —­act has surpassed expectation, 365.
     —­commissioners must be made to do their duty, 464.

   Poor-law, has worked well, 477.
   ——­ his reasons for supporting it, 495.
   ——­ (Ireland) reasons for supporting it, 486.

   Popular assemblies unmanageable, 99, 124, 392.

   Porte, the, our ancient ally, 138.

   Portugal must be a military country, 101. 
     Advantage of having the people armed on our side in the war, 101. 
     Letter to a nobleman in, 104. 
     Conduct of the people to our troops, 108. 
     Apathy of the people of, 108, 110. 
     Portuguese troops better than Spanish, 115, 122. 
     As a frontier country, difficult to defend, 122. 
     Ingratitude of the Portuguese to the British army, 124. 
     Its importance to England, 241, 320. 
     Policy of the Wellington government, 313. 
     The civil war in, fomented by the Grey government, 316. 
     Don Miguel, king de facto, 318.