discontent among the masses, 48, 49;
the state of the country in 1839, 57;
disturbances in 1842, 126;
foreign policy during the difficulties between Russia and Turkey, 550-563;
the war against Russia, 583;
signature of the Protocol, 584;
a day of Fast, 599;
signature of the treaty with Russia, 683;
dispute with the United States, 688;
withdrawal of the legation from Italy, 698;
murmurings against taxation, 699;
war with Persia, 703, 704;
war with China, 705;
difficulties with Egypt, 660;
coolness with Germany, 683;
the rivalry with Germany regarding territory on the Congo, _ib._;
surrender to Germany on questions of colonial policy, 684;
unable to reconcile her interests with those of France, _ib._;
Prince Bismarck’s opposition, _ib._;
Bismarck’s advice regarding Egypt, _ib._;
annexation of territory at Saint Lucia Bay and at Pondoland, 686;
the Reserves called out, 702;
the difficulty of holding Egypt, _ib._;
offers of support from her colonies and from the peoples of India at the Russian
difficulty, 703;
controversy with Russia about the frontier of Afghanistan, 719
Este Guelphs, the name of the Royal Family of Great Britain, I. 5
Exchange, New Coal, founded by the Prince Consort, I. 418
Exhibition, International Industries, Prince Albert’s interest in, I. 449;
banquet of Commissioners at the Mansion House, 450;
attack by the Press on the Commissioners, 454;
completion of the building, 462;
energetic care of Prince Albert, 480,
adverse criticism of the scheme, _ib._;
opened by the Queen, 452;
ball at the Guildhall, 486;
opening of the Exhibition of 1862, II. 135
Explosives Act, the one Bill not obstructed in the session of 1883, 660;
the events that led to its production, _ib._;
the attempt to blow up the Local Board Government Offices, _ib._;
outrage in the Times office, _ib._;
the measure brought in by Sir W. Harcourt, _ib._
F.
Fair Trade Meetings, The, in Trafalgar Square, II. 731
Falkland, Lord, his Governorship of Nova Scotia, I. 251
Faraday, Mr., his researches in electricity, I. 270, 271;
his paper “On New Magnetic Actions,” 271
Farr, Dr., his investigation of the English Poor Law system, I. 362, 363
Fawcett, Mr., Postmaster-General, II. 594;
his Bill establishing a Parcels Post, 635;
his admission of women to the Post Office service, 653
Fenian Society, The, originated, II. 246;
its first name, _ib._;
its founder in Ireland, _ib._;
established in the United States, _ib._;
the funeral of McManus, _ib._
Ferdinand I., his rule in Austria, I. 343;
flight from Vienna, 345
Fielden, Mr. John, his “Ten Hours Bill,” I. 287
Finches, the, Earls of Nottingham, Mansion of, on the site of Kensington Palace, I. 8
Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, II. 655
Fitzwilliam, Earl, incident in the Queen’s early life at his residence, I. 12
Forster, Mr. W. E., his scheme of national education, I. 270;
his Endowed Schools Bill, 339;
introduces his Education Bill, 359;
his Ballot Bill, 395;
his compromise to the Dissenters on the Education Bill, 458;
his hesitancy regarding the War Vote, 538;
Chief Secretary for Ireland, 594;
his policy in Ireland, 601;
his Bill amending the Irish Act of 1870, 602;
his Coercion Bill, 604;
his Protection of Persons and Property Bill, 611;
violent opposition from Irish Members, _ib._;
his Protection Bill, 612;
his suppression of the Land League, 628;
opposition from Radicals and Conservatives to his coercive policy, 631;
failure of his Irish policy, _ib._;
his ineffective administration in Ireland, 632;
influences Parliament to give women a fair share
of the public endowments for secondary education, 653;
his withdrawal from the Cabinet, 654;
his charges against Mr. Parnell, 656
Fortescue, Mr. Chichester (afterwards Lord Carlingford), Secretary for Ireland, II. 245;
support of Mr. Gladstone’s Irish Land Bill, 358;
appointed to the Board of Trade, 387
Fourth Party, The, founded, II. 594;
its members, _ib._;
the reward of its efforts, 708
Fox, Mr. W. J., lecture against Corn Laws, I. 89
France, difficulties with England, I. 166;
dispute with England in regard to Otaheite, 167;
a letter from the Queen, 167;
visit of Louis Philippe to England, 172;
continued unfriendliness with England, 254;
protest of the English Government against the proposed Franco-Spanish marriage
alliance, 258;
bad fruits of the dispute with England, 302;
diplomatic quarrel with England, 428;
the Second Empire, 523;
dispute with Turkey as to Roman Catholics in Jerusalem, 542;
a treaty with Turkey, 543;
zeal of the war party against Russia, 581;
declaration of war against Russia, 583;
occupation of Gallipoli by French troops, _ib._;
signature of the Protocol, 584;
unpopularity of the war with Russia, 640;
collapse of the alliance with England, 675;
difficulties with Germany, II. 51;
angry feeling against England, 52;
an agreement with Italy, 218;
dispute with Prussia regarding Luxembourg, 282;
organisation of the military system, 344;
outbreak of the war with Prussia, 366;
nominal cause of the quarrel, 367;
proclamation of war against Prussia, 368;
Napoleon’s secret treaty regarding Belgium, 369;
battle of Worth, 370;
battle of Gravelotte, _ib._;
capture of Sedan, _ib._;
surrender of the French Emperor, _ib._;
proclamation of a Republic, 371;
cession of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, _ib._;
unconditional surrender of the French army at Metz, _ib._;
the campaign under Gambetta’s leadership, 372;
M. Thiers appointed President, 406;
the Commission by France and England to investigate the resources of Egypt, 638;
the Dual Control in Egypt, 639;
breaks up the Dual Control, 642;
her fleet withdraws during the bombardment of Alexandria by the British, _ib._;
controversy with England, 667;
insolent behaviour of Admiral Pierre at Tamatave, _ib._;
effect of the criticism of a factious Opposition, _ib._;
the honourable reparation to the British Government, 668;
opposition to English diplomacy in Egypt, 676;
an arrangement with England in regard to Egypt, _ib._;
formally abandons the Dual Control, _ib._
Franchise Bill passed through the House of Commons, 679;
the loyal understanding between Liberals and Conservatives on this matter, _ib._;
passed by the House of Lords, _ib._
“Franchise First,” the cry of a section of the Liberal Party in 1883, 668
Francis, John, attempt on the Queen’s life, I. 110
Fraudulent Trusts Bill passed in Parliament, I. 715
Frederick, Crown Prince, afterwards the Emperor Frederick III.,
of Germany, his betrothal to the Princess Victoria, I. 662;
his marriage, 740, 750-752;
his splendid appearance in the Jubilee procession, II. 742
Frederick the Wise, his relationship to the Queen, I. 5;
his Protestantism, _ib._;
his kindness to Luther, _ib._
Free Trade, concessions by the Melbourne Ministry, I. 94;
its rejection by Sir Robert Peel, 98;
its advances since 1841, 201;
bazaar in Covent Garden, 202;
effect of the potato disease on Ireland, _ib._;
enthusiasm of the nation in its favour, 216;
Sir Robert Peel declares himself in its favour, 238;
its operation in Ireland, 273, 274;
disastrous effect in Ireland, 275;
development of Mr. Cobden’s plan, 387;
the strong feeling in its favour, 506
Frere, Sir Bartle, accompanies the Prince of Wales in his tour through India, II. 493;
his project of conquest in South Africa, 563
Freycinet, M. de, his policy of non-intervention in regard to Arabi Pasha, 641
Frost, John, his armed attack on the magistrates of Newport, I. 59;
his transportation, _ib._
Fugitive Slave Circular, The, II. 489
G.
Gakdul, Occupation of, II. 713
Gambetta, his vigorous administration of the French Republic, II. 372;
his vain attempts to induce England to join France in coercing Arabi Pasha
and the Egyptian National Party, 641;
his death, 650;
endeared to the masses by his patriotism and unselfish devotion, _ib._
Gardner, Mr. R., his sketch of industrial England, I. 282
Garfield, President, his assassination, II. 627;
the Queen’s letter of sympathy to Mrs. Garfield, _ib._;
his heroic career, _ib._
Garibaldi, his conquest of the Sicilies, II. 54, 55;
refuses a reward for his services, 56;
his second campaign of liberation, 128;
ovations in London, 194;
his departure from England, 198;
his death, 650
General Election on the Home Rule scheme of Mr. Gladstone, II. 729
George III., his determination to have an actual voice in the appointment of
his Ministers, I. 26
George V., ex-King of Hanover, Death of, II. 558
Germany, the movement in favour of national unity, I. 343;
the Emperor Frederick’s aim, 346;
opposition of the Powers to its proposed unity, 422;
dispute with Denmark as to Sleswig-Holstein, 457;
her astute conduct at the Russo-Turkish difficulty, 582;
Bismarck’s work for the unity of the empire, II. 129;
the popular movement in favour of unity, 279;
an agreement between Russia and Italy, _ib._;
rapid progress of its consolidation, 281;
the Congress at Berlin, 549;
irritated by the foreign and colonial policy of England, 683;
the cause of the coolness with England, _ib._;
International Conference at Berlin to determine about the control of the Congo, _ib._;
appeal of the settlement at Angra Pequena for protection, _ib._;
annexation of Angra Pequena, 684;
expedition to seize the Cameroons, _ib._;
alarm of Egyptian bondholders in, 685;
occupation of part of New Guinea, 686
Germany, Crown Prince of (afterwards Emperor Frederick III.), _see_ Frederick
Crown Prince
Gibraltar, Deportation of Zebehr Pasha to, II. 711
Gibson, Mr., his opposition to the Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill, II. 658
Giffard, Sir Hardinge, his opposition to the Bill establishing a Court of Appeal
in Criminal Cases, II. 658
Gill, Captain, R.E., his mission with Professor Palmer to detach the Bedouins
from the side of Arabi Pasha, II. 642;
murdered at the Wells of Moses, _ib._
Gladstone, Mr., member for Newark, I. 50;
his office under Sir Robert Peel, _ib._;
his early Conservatism, _ib._;
resigns on the Maynooth Grant, 183;
Secretary for the Colonies under Peel, 211;
his support of the scheme of Home Rule for the Colonies, 386;
support of Mr. Disraeli on the Poor Law, 425;
his proposal regarding the Australian colonies, 440;
letters on the State prosecutions of the Neapolitan Government, 475;
speech on Mr. Disraeli’s Budget, 518;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 519;
his first Budget, 531;
his Budget for 1854, 596-598;
resigns office, 630;
his finance policy during the Crimean War, 643;
coalition with Mr. Disraeli, 700;
proposed reduction of the Income Tax, _ib._;
attack on the Budget, 702;
his opposition to Disraeli’s Reform Bill, II. 32;
his anti-Austrian policy, 43;
explanation of the Commercial Treaty with France, 48;
remarks on the Fortification Scheme, 63;
repeal of the Paper Duty, 82;
attack on the Budget of 1862, 123;
his Budget for 1863, 171;
his mastery of finance, 212;
his Budget for 1864, _ib._;
his proposal to extend the franchise to the working classes, 215;
his Budget for 1865, 236;
leader of the House of Commons, 245;
the Russell-Gladstone Reform Bill, 255, 256;
his Budget for 1866, 259;
speech on the Irish Church Question, 286;
resolutions in favour of the disendowment of the Irish Church, 307;
Premier, 315;
his motion to disendow the Irish Church, 330;
his Land Bill for Ireland, 357;
effective opposition from the Tories, 426;
his Irish University Bill, 432;
defeat of his Ministry, 435;
return to power, 436;
the elections of 1874, 463;
resignation of office, 465;
withdrawal from the leadership of the Liberal Party, 467;
his pamphlets on “Vaticanism,” 475;
his agitation against Turkey, 503, 506;
speech on the Turkish Question, 527;
his Edinburgh speech on finance, 582;
favourable opinion in England in regard to his Irish Land Act, 587;
his great popularity in 1880, 590;
his successful campaign in Scotland and the North of England, 591;
efforts to prevent him from becoming Prime Minister, 592;
entrusted with the power to form a Cabinet, _ib._;
Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 594;
his Budget for 1881, 615;
his Irish Land Bill, 616;
success of his government in Egypt after the fall of the Dual Control, 643;
declares the occupation of Egypt to be temporary, _ib._;
his agreement with M. de Lesseps in regard to the Suez Canal, 662;
brings the controversy with France to a close, 668;
an address to the tenants at Hawarden, 671;
recommends the production of jam as an industry, _ib._;
his abandonment of the Soudan admitted to be right by the Opposition, 674;
the adverse view of his Soudan policy, _ib._;
his Reform Bill of 1884, 677;
his campaign in Midlothian, 678;
introduces the Franchise Bill, 679;
the difficulties connected with the Reform Bill, 696;
the great changes to be effected by his Reform Bill, 702;
the Seats Bill, 699-702;
his patriotic speech against Russia, 703;
his compromise with Russia, _ib._;
renews certain provisions of the Irish Crimes Act, 704;
increase of expenditure under his Government, _ib._;
defeated on an amendment of Sir M. Hicks-Beach, 706;
resignation of (1885), 707;
offered an earldom, 708;
the Midlothian Programme, 724;
his Cabinet of 1886, 727;
loses the support of the Whigs, _ib._;
his Home Rule scheme, 727-8;
his Land Purchase (Ireland) Bill, 728;
the objections which were taken to his Home Rule proposals, _ib._;
his Home Rule Bill rejected, 729;
he appeals to the country on the subject, _ib._
Glasgow visited by the Queen and the Prince Consort, I. 411;
arrest of dynamitards, 661;
the sinking of the _Daphne_, 666;
the Queen’s sympathy and subscription to the survivors of the _Daphne_ disaster, _ib._
Gleichen, Count, II. 723
Goodwin, General, capture of Martaban, I. 505;
capture of Rangoon, _ib._
Gordon, General, steps taken to relieve him in Khartoum, II. 671;
his mission to the Soudan, 672;
his arrival at Cairo, _ib._;
appointed Governor-General of the Soudan, _ib._;
his double commission, _ib._;
part of his policy adversely criticised by the Conservatives, 675;
denounced for sanctioning slavery, _ib._;
the factiousness of the Opposition, _ib._;
a sortie from Khartoum, _ib._;
surrounded by treason, _ib._;
entreats the Government to send help, _ib._;
failure of his negotiations with the Mahdi, 676;
publication of his protests against the desertion of Khartoum, _ib._;
instructed to go to the Soudan, 711;
recommends the appointment of Zebehr Pasha as ruler of the Soudan, _ib._;
at Khartoum, _ib._;
his advice as to the evacuation of the town, 712;
his plan for withdrawing the troops and the _employés_, _ib._;
how he would have checked the Mahdi, _ib._;
his position at Khartoum growing very critical, _ib._;
death of, 715;
his defence of Khartoum, 716;
character of, 717
Gordon, Lord Advocate, his Scottish Church Patronage Bill, II. 472
Gordon, Miss, the Queen’s letter to, II. 717
Gorham, Rev. W., his case in the lay courts, I. 447
Gorst, Mr., one of the Fourth Party, II. 594;
his obstructionist tactics, 601
Gortschakoff, Prince, his reply to Lord Salisbury’s Circular Letter, II. 546;
at the Berlin Congress, 549;
death of, 651
Goschen, Mr., becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, II. 731;
his Budget of 1887, 738
Gough, Lord, the disaster at Chillianwalla, I. 399;
movement for his recall, 400
Gough, Sir Hugh, his victory at Gwalior, I. 150;
his campaign against the Sikhs, 234;
the battle of Sobraon, 235
Goulburn, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, I. 97;
threatened assassination, 138;
the Irish Coercion Bill, 230
Graham, General, his army at Suakim, II. 675;
defeats Osman Digna at El Teb, _ib._;
the battle of Tamanieb, _ib._;
at Suakim, 717
Graham, Sir James, Home Secretary, I. 97;
his views in regard to the Factories Act, 140;
masterly speech on the Navigation Laws, 374;
his reduction of the Admiralty expenditure, 390;
refuses to join the Russell Cabinet, 478;
his resolution on Free Trade, 515;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 519;
resigns office, 630
Grants, Royal, Committee to “inquire into and consider,” promised, II. 720;
the promise repudiated by the Tory Party, _ib._
Granville, Lord, President of the Council, I. 519;
his unpopular colonial policy, 342, 366;
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 366;
his advice regarding the Premiership in 1880, 592;
Foreign Secretary, 594;
his efforts to get Turkey to fulfil her obligations, 598
Gravelotte, Battle of, II. 370
Gray, Mr. E. Dwyer, starts a relief fund for distress in Ireland, II. 586
Greece, the case of Mr. Finlay, I. 426;
Italian intrigues in regard to the throne, II. 128;
overthrow of King Otho, _ib._;
cession of the Ionian Islands by England to Greece, _ib._;
Turkey’s failure to fulfil her obligations, 598;
the justice of her claims admitted by the Powers, 610
Greville, Mr., description of the Queen’s coronation, I. 44;
the Queen’s affairs in 1847, 291;
political matters in 1849, 395;
the Queen’s life at Balmoral, 415;
Kossuth’s visit to England, 490
Grey, General, his death, II. 378;
his serious loss to the Queen as private secretary, 379;
his proposed Life of the Prince Consort, 481
Grey, Lord, his opposition to Lord John Russell, I. 206;
continued differences with Lord John Russell, 244;
enters the Whig Cabinet, _ib._;
Secretary for the Colonies, 386;
his proposal to make the Cape of Good Hope a convict settlement, 402;
his protest against the Russian War, 590
Grey, Sir George, Home Secretary, I. 245;
suggestion regarding the Established Church in Ireland, 354;
the Crown Government Security Bill, 355;
his proposal on the Irish Question, 375;
Secretary for the Colonies, 626
Gubat, The British camp at, II. 715
Guelph, Este, the name of the Royal Family of Great Britain, I. 5
Guelph, House of, Representatives of the, in the eleventh century, I. 4
Guizot, M., mission to London regarding Egypt, I. 86;
his diplomacy in regard to the proposed marriage alliance between France and
Spain, 255;
injury to his prestige, 256;
his pretext for the Franco-Spanish alliance, 257;
his friendship with Metternich, 302
H.
Habeas Corpus Act, suspension during the Irish crisis, I. 342;
proposed suspension in Ireland in 1848, 353
Halifax, Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer, I. 245;
his defects as a politician, 288, 289;
his financial statement for 1847, 290
Hamburg spirit, The sale of, II. 738
Hampden, Dr., his election to the See of Hereford, I. 299;
his supposed heterodoxy, _ib._;
confirmation of his appointment by the Queen, 300
Harcourt, Sir William Vernon, Solicitor-General, II. 439;
his sarcastic assaults on the Tory Government, 583;
Home Secretary, 594;
his Hares and Rabbits Bill, 601;
his Bill for reforming the government of London, 678
Hardinge, Lord, his plan for a new army organisation, 694;
his death, 695
Hardy, Mr. Gathorne (afterwards Lord Cranbrook), President of the Poor Law Board, I. 257;
Home Secretary, 304;
War Secretary, 465;
his Regimental Exchanges Bill, 483
Harrison, Colonel, blamed in connection with the death of the Prince Imperial, II. 578
Hartington, Marquis of, Secretary for Ireland, II. 387;
leader of the Liberal Party, 482;
his motion on the Army Discipline Bill, 571;
his advice regarding the Premiership in 1880, 592;
in favour of Mr. Chamberlain receiving a place in the Cabinet, 594;
Secretary for India, _ib._;
his exposure of the tactics of the obstructionists, 601;
his leadership of the Liberal Party, 603;
Secretary for War, 654;
his pledge that the Attorney-General would bring in an Affirmation Bill, 658;
damages the prestige of the Government by his declaration about the withdrawal
of the British troops from Egypt, _ib._;
his mistake as to Gordon’s position in Egypt, 676;
becomes leader of the Liberal Unionists, 729
Havelock, Sir Henry, his relief of Lucknow, II. 735
Hayward, Mr. Abraham, his account of English policy towards Turkey, II. 524;
letters from Mr. Gladstone regarding the Premiership in 1880, 592
Health Exhibition at South Kensington, The, II. 694
Helena, Princess, her birth, I. 262;
her marriage to Prince Christian, II. 262
Hennessey, Mr. Pope, his wish to revive Nationalist ideas in Ireland, II. 239
Henry of Battenberg, Prince, II. 718;
made Knight of the Garter, 722;
assumes the designation of “His Royal Highness,” _ib._;
question of the legality of the assumption of the title, _ib._
Herat attacked by the Persians, I. 113;
defended by Eldred Pottinger, _ib._
Herbert, Mr. Sidney, refuses a place in the Russell Cabinet, I. 244;
his view of the Income Tax, 471;
War Secretary, 519;
resigns office, 630
Herries, Mr., his attack on the Russell Cabinet and on the Cobdenites, I. 390;
his proposal for a fixed duty on corn, 391;
President of the Board of Control, 499
Herschel, Sir Farrer (afterwards Lord Herschel), Solicitor-General, II. 594
Hertford, Marquis of, his death, II. 686;
an ideal Lord Chamberlain, _ib._;
his interesting stories regarding Court life, _ib._;
an incident in the life of Prince Albert, _ib._
Hesse, Grand Duke of, his morganatic marriage with the Countess de Kalomine, II. 719
Hesse, Princess Charles of, Death of, II. 719
Hewett, Admiral, his command at Suakim, II. 675
Hewitt, Mr., Mayor of New York, striking speech on the Queen’s Jubilee, II. 747
Hicks-Beach, Sir M., defeats Mr. Gladstone’s Government, II. 706;
is appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, 730;
resigns office, 735
Hicks Pasha and his army defeated at El Obeid, II. 670
Hill, Rowland, his parentage, 78;
Secretary to the South Australian Commission, _ib._;
his pamphlet on the Postal System, _ib._;
his plan for a Penny Postage, _ib._;
opposed by Lord Lichfield and by the Rev. Sydney Smith, 79;
supported by Mr. Warburton and Mr. Wallace in the House of Commons, _ib._;
Act of Parliament passed in favour of his plan, 80
Hohenlohe, Prince, account of vagabondage in Germany, I. 346
Hohenlohe-Langenberg, Prince Victor, II. 723
Holkar, Maharajah, at Windsor, II. 740
Holloway College for Women opened, II. 732
Holyoake, Mr. G. J., first employs the name of “Jingoes,” II. 530
Home Rule, its rise in Ireland, II. 426;
Mr. Parnell’s leadership, _ib._;
Mr. Parnell and other Irish members suspended, _ib._;
the struggle regarding Coercion, 614;
Mr. Parnell and the Land Act, 628;
Mr. Parnell and others imprisoned, _ib._;
Mr. Forster and Mr. Parnell, 632;
Mr. Parnell charged with conniving at murder, 656;
Mr. Forster’s attack on the agitators, _ib._;
warm admiration of Mr. Parnell in Ireland, _ib._;
Mr. Chamberlain’s scheme of, 724;
Earl Russell’s, _ib._;
Lord Carnarvon’s, _ib._;
Mr. Gladstone’s, 727-8;
Mr. Gladstone’s Bill defeated, 728
Hong-Kong ceded to England, I. 53
Hook, Dean, his pamphlet on national education, I. 270
Horsman, Mr., his motion on the proposed reduction of official salaries, I. 446
Houghton, Lord, his motion in regard to “Essays and Reviews,” II. 215
Howick, Lord, his motion in regard to depression in manufacturing industry, I. 137
Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, messenger to the Queen announcing the death
of King William IV., I. 1
Hudson, Mr. George, his leadership in railway enterprise, I. 201;
his supposed advice regarding railways in Ireland, 278;
the railway craze in England, 279
Humboldt, Baron von, his unfavourable opinion of Prince Albert, I. 197
Hume, Mr. Joseph, his discovery of an Orange plot, I. 37;
the proposed provision for Prince Albert, 67;
his attack on the Portuguese policy of the Russell Government, 302;
the Parliamentary Reform Association, 338;
attack on the Russell Government Budget, 352;
his proposal for the extension of the franchise, 356, 426, 502;
his support of the Manchester School, 356;
demands the doing away with the Excise, 390;
his motion for Parliamentary Reform, 391;
his effort to limit the period of the Income Tax, 471
Hungary, its independence recognised, II. 282
Hunt, Leigh, verses to the Queen, I. 132
Huskisson, Mr., M.P., accidentally killed at the opening of the Liverpool Railway, I. 47
Hutchinson, Mr., his Bill for protecting newspaper reports of lawful meetings, II. 618
Hutt, Mr., his proposal to withdraw British war-ships from suppressing the West
African slave trade, I. 438
Hyde Park, the riot in 1867, II. 270;
Children’s celebration in, of the Queen’s Jubilee, 747
I.
Iddesleigh, Lord, _see_ Northcote, Sir Stafford
Ilbert Bill, the great strife over its terms, II. 662;
an explosion of race-hatred regarding it in India, _ib._
Imperial Federation League founded, II. 731
Imperial Institute, The, originated, II. 739;
laying the foundation stone of, 748
Income Tax, The, imposed by Sir Robert Peel, I. 133;
popular demonstration against its increase, 327;
Lord John Russell’s proposal, 351;
its continuance by Sir Charles Wood, 471;
proposed extension by Mr. Disraeli, 517;
Mr. Gladstone’s arrangement, 531;
Mr. Gladstone’s experiments, 598, 700; II. 237, 463, 601
Indemnity, Bill of, Application to Parliament for, II. 2
India, the Sikh outbreak, I. 399;
the India Government Bill, 530;
introduction of the India Bill by Sir Charles Wood, 533;
proposed change in the management of the country’s affairs, 534;
revolt of the Bengal army, 719;
probable cause of the great Mutiny, 720;
the misgovernment of Oudh, 721-723;
the difficulty as to the position of the royal family of Delhi, 724;
dissatisfaction of the Sepoys with English rule, 725;
popular beliefs regarding the downfall of British power, 727;
Mutiny of the Sepoys, 728;
suppression of the Mutiny, II. 2-4;
failure of Lord Derby’s policy, 15;
Disraeli’s India Bill, 18;
cordial reception of Disraeli’s Bill in India, 25;
a Proclamation by the Queen, _ib._;
the Queen’s new regulations regarding the Indian army, 26;
the Order of the Star of India, 40, 91;
the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill, 662;
Lord Lytton’s rule as to the vacancies in the India Civil Service, _ib._;
an explosion of race-hatred, _ib._;
Jubilee celebrations in, 739
Indian and Colonial Exhibition opened, II. 731
Indian contingent, The, in the Soudan campaign, II. 717
Indies, West, distress in 1848, I. 350;
Lord John Russell’s policy, 351
Inkermann, The battle of, I. 615
“Invincibles,” The, II. 632
Ionian Islands, Cession of, to Greece, II. 128
Ireland, O’Connell’s agitation, 151-158;
meetings at Tara and Clontarf, 155;
O’Connell’s trial, 156;
beneficial measures passed, 158;
the potato disease, 202;
opening of Irish ports to foreign importation, 203;
Dublin memorialising the Queen, 216;
defeat of Peel’s Ministry on the Irish Question, 228;
prolongation of the Arms Act, 248;
the Great Famine, 272;
failure of industries, 273;
one safeguard in the English markets, 274;
fall of prices, _ib._;
decrease of small holdings, _ib._;
Free Trade a disaster, 275;
terrible state of the country, _ib._;
gravity of the distress under-estimated by the Government, _ib._;
Lord John Russell’s plans, 278;
Lord George Bentinck’s scheme for railways, 279;
the terrors of emigration, 285;
outrages and commercial panic, 295;
Coercion Bill, 297;
revolting crimes, _ib._;
hostility of the priesthood to the Government, 298;
the Queen’s Colleges denounced by the Sacred Congregation, _ib._;
the nature of the “Young Ireland” movement, 339;
the leaders of the “Young Ireland” Party, _ib._;
first collision of the national party with the authorities, 342;
truculent attitude of the “Young Ireland” leaders, _ib._;
distrust of the peasantry, _ib._;
effects of the revolution, 343;
increased distress, 370, 372;
Parliamentary Bill against seditious clubs, 353;
the Encumbered Estates Act, 354;
the Crown Security Bill, 355;
proposed grant from the Imperial Exchequer, 375;
pitiful condition of the country, _ib._;
pressure of the Poor Law on the Irish gentry, 378;
signs of improved feeling towards the English Government, 406;
visit of the Queen and the Prince Consort, 406, 407;
loyal manifestations by the people, 407-410;
good results of the royal visit, 410;
opening of the Queen’s Colleges, 414;
the Irish Franchise Bill, 442;
the Queen’s policy, 443;
a time of tranquillity, 498;
second visit of the Queen, 571;
Exhibition of Irish Industries, _ib._;
outbreak of the Fenian Conspiracy in 1865, II. 245;
the rise of the Phœnix Society, 246;
the Revolutionary Brotherhood in America, _ib._;
the _Irish People_ established, _ib._;
arrest of the Fenian leaders, 247;
the Fenian organisation in New York, _ib._;
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 259;
Lord Naas’s Land Bill, 286;
the Church Question, _ib._;
the spread of Fenianism, 287;
Irish riot at Manchester, _ib._;
attack on Clerkenwell Prison, 288;
the Church Question in the House of Commons, 307-311, 327;
Mr. Gladstone’s motion upon the Disestablishment of the Irish Church, 330-338;
O’Donovan Rossa returned to Parliament, 353;
disaffection of the Orangemen, _ib._;
a Land Bill introduced in the House of Commons, 355;
rise of the Home Rule Party, 426;
Mr. Gladstone’s University Bill, 432-435;
the elections of 1874, 464;
relaxation of Coercion Acts, 488;
the Intermediate Education Bill, 554;
abolition of the Queen’s University and substitution of the Royal University, 571;
second reading of the Irish Relief Bill, 586;
Major Nolan’s Seeds Bill, 586;
solid vote against the Tories in 1880, 591;
Mr. Forster Chief Secretary, 594;
its embarrassing condition in 1880, 601;
the Home Rule Party, _ib._;
Mr. Parnell’s leadership and Mr. Gladstone’s policy, _ib._;
Mr. Forster’s Bill amending the Act of 1870, 602;
rejection of Mr. Forster’s Bill by the House of Lords, _ib._;
organisation of the Land League, _ib._;
increase of evictions, 603;
influence of the Land League, _ib._;
the system of boycotting, _ib._;
increase of outrages, _ib._;
the Queen’s anxieties regarding the state of the country, 608;
condemnation of Mr. Gladstone’s Irish policy in Parliament, 610;
Lord Beaconsfield’s speech against Mr. Gladstone’s policy, _ib._;
a serious crisis, 611;
Mr. Forster’s Protection of Persons and Property Bill, 612;
Mr. Parnell and other Irish Members suspended, _ib._;
the struggle in Parliament regarding Coercion, 614;
Mr. Dillon’s passionate agitation against the Gladstone Government in Ireland, 615;
Mr. Gladstone’s Land Bill, 616;
new rise of Fenianism, 626;
Mr. Parnell’s policy in regard to the Land Act, 628;
Mr. Parnell and others imprisoned in Kilmainham, _ib._;
a “No Rent” Manifesto by the Land Leaguers, _ib._;
suppression of the Land League, _ib._;
success of the Land Act in Ulster, _ib._;
the murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, 631;
Radical and Conservative opposition to Mr. Forster’s coercive policy, _ib._;
failure of Mr. Forster’s policy, _ib._;
Tory bid for the Irish Vote, _ib._;
Tory scheme for buying out the Irish landlords, _ib._;
intrigue to remove Mr. Forster from the post of Chief Secretary, _ib._;
release of Mr. Parnell and other leaders, 632;
Mr. Forster’s view of Mr. Parnell’s proposal, _ib._;
the Society of “Invincibles,” _ib._;
Mr. Forster’s ineffective administration, _ib._;
a new Coercion Bill, 633;
the terms of the new Coercion Bill, 634;
the Arrears Bill introduced, _ib._;
the prominent topic in the debate on the address of 1883, 655;
arrest of the “Invincibles,” _ib._;
Carey betrays the “Invincible” conspiracy, _ib._;
the object of the “Invincibles,” _ib._;
the removal of obnoxious Irish officials, _ib._;
funds received from America, _ib._;
Mrs. Frank Byrne alleged by Carey to have been the bearer
of the murderers’ knives from America, _ib._;
open agitation substituted by secret societies, _ib._;
failure of the conspirators to waylay Mr. Forster, _ib._;
the cause of the attack on Lord Frederick Cavendish, _ib._;
the baseness of Carey, 656;
five of the “Invincibles” hanged, _ib._;
the death of Carey, _ib._;
Mr. Gorst’s amendment that no more concessions be made by the Government to
the agitators, _ib._;
attacks on Mr. Parnell, _ib._;
Mr. Parnell charged with conniving at murder, _ib._;
Mr. Forster’s attack on the agitators, _ib._;
warm admiration of Mr. Parnell’s conduct in, _ib._;
the national testimonial to him, _ib._;
the Prince and Princess of Wales’s visit to, 719;
the Land Purchase Bill of Mr. Gladstone, 728.
_See_ also Dillon, Mr.; Home Rule; Parnell, Mr.
Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood of America, The, II. 246
Isandhlwana, The disaster at, II. 564
Ismail Pasha, visit to England, II. 347
Italy, the revolution of 1848, I. 347;
flight of the Pope, _ib._;
success of Mazzini, 422;
misgovernment in 1856, 698;
convention with France, II. 218;
Florence made the capital, _ib._;
annexation of Rome, 376;
opposed to the cession of French territory to Germany, 402;
adhesion to the Austro-German alliance, 651;
the Triple League of Peace, _ib._
J.
Jamaica, complications with England, I. 54;
the imprudence of Lord Sligo, _ib._;
plan to suspend its constitution for five years, _ib._;
virtual defeat of the Ministry’s proposal, _ib._;
the second Bill in regard to, 56;
the negro insurrection in 1865, II. 247;
extenuating report by the Commissioners, 259
James, Sir Henry, Attorney-General II. 594
Japan, treaty with England, II. 4;
an embassy to the Queen, 429
Jellalabad, Defence of, by Sir Robert Sale, I. 121;
relieved by the British, _ib._
Jephson, Mr., a letter on the state of Ireland, I. 274
Jews, The Bill for removing disability of, for municipal offices, I. 183;
their disability to enter Parliament removed, II. 18
Jingoes, The, so named by Mr. Holyoake, II. 530;
their war song, II. 529
Jingoism, a new political term, II. 530
John, King, of Abyssinia, sends envoys to the Queen, II. 695
Jubilee, the Queen’s, The year of the, II. 733;
the Jubilee Ode, 739;
the celebrations of, in India, _ib._;
in Mandalay, _ib._;
preparations for it in Britain, _ib._;
Colonial addresses of felicitation presented at Windsor, 740;
the Indian princes at Windsor, _ib._;
the street decorations in London on Jubilee Day, _ib._;
the royal procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, 741;
the procession of princes, 742;
the scene in Westminster Abbey, _ib._;
the guests in the Abbey, 742-3;
the processions in the Abbey, 743;
the Thanksgiving Service, 744;
the scene in the Abbey after the ceremony, 745-6;
the illuminations in London, 746;
the celebrations in England and the North of Ireland, in Edinburgh, Dublin, and Cork, _ib._;
the honours bestowed on the occasion, _ib._;
observances in the Colonies and New York, 747;
the children’s celebration in Hyde Park, _ib._;
the royal banquet in Buckingham Palace, 748;
the Queen’s letter to her people, _ib._;
her Majesty’s garden-party, _ib._;
review of metropolitan volunteers, _ib._
Jubilees, The previous, of English history, II. 741
K.
Kalomine divorce suit, The, II. 719
Kars, The heroic defence of, by General Williams, I. 673
Kassala, siege of, II. 718
Kassassin, The battle of, II. 643
Keane, Sir John, in command in Afghanistan, I. 114;
created a Baron, _ib._;
return to England, 116
Kelso visited by the Queen, II. 295
Kensington, the Royal Albert Hall founded by the Queen, II. 291
Kensington Palace, scene of the Queen’s infancy, I. 9;
its early history, _ib._;
its brilliant Court in the eighteenth century, 10;
the sovereigns who died in it, _ib._;
its disfavour with George III., _ib._;
its furniture, _ib._
Kent, Duchess of, the addresses of condolence from Parliament at her husband’s death, I. 8;
her care for the education of the Princess Victoria, 10;
additional grant to her income, 13;
her stay in the Isle of Wight, 15;
her reply to the Vice-Chancellor’s speech at Oxford, _ib._;
her income fixed at £30,000, 28;
her position to the Queen, 30;
her death, II. 80
Kent, Duke of, his marriage, I. 4;
his support of popular Government, 6;
his personal appearance, _ib._;
his character, _ib._;
his strictness as a disciplinarian, _ib._;
the liberality of his political views, _ib._;
his residence abroad, _ib._;
his return to England, 7;
his reconciliation with the Prince-Regent, _ib._;
his residence at Claremont, _ib._;
at Sidmouth, _ib._;
his illness and death, _ib._
Kertch, The Allied expedition against, I. 640;
evacuated by the Russians, _ib._
Khartoum, steps taken for General Gordon’s relief, II. 671;
Gordon protests against being deserted, 676;
isolated and surrounded by the Mahdi’s troops, _ib._;
the British Nile expedition to, 679;
siege of, closely pressed, 712;
fall of, 715;
Sir Charles Wilson arrives at, _ib._;
defence of, by General Gordon, 716
Kilmainham Treaty, The, II. 632
Kimberley, Lord, Secretary for India, II. 654;
his despatch to Sir Hercules Robinson regarding British jurisdiction in South
Africa, 683
King, Mr. Locke, his proposal to equalise the town and county franchise, I. 465;
rejection of his motion, 502;
second attempt to procure the extension of the franchise, II. 214
Kinglake, Mr., his account of the preparations for the Russian War, I. 604, 606
Kirbekan, The battle of, II. 717
Komatsu, Prince and Princess, of Japan, Visit of, to the Queen, II. 732
Korniloff, his bravery at Sebastopol, I. 610
Korti, The British camp at, II. 712;
the Black Watch at, _ib._
Kosheh, Battle of, II. 718
Kossuth, Louis, his address to the Emperor Ferdinand of Austria, I. 344;
his flight to Turkey, 423;
his arrival in England, 479
Kutch Behar, The Maharajah and Maharanee of, at Windsor, II. 740
L.
Labouchere, Mr., Chief Secretary for Ireland, I. 245.
Labouchere, Mr. Henry, opposes the grant to Prince Leopold, 646;
opposes the annuity to Princess Beatrice, 720
Lancashire, the sufferings during the Cotton Famine, II. 146;
revival of the cotton trade, 183;
expenditure during the Cotton Famine, 185
Land Bill (Ireland) of 1887, II. 736;
the Bankruptcy Clauses of, _ib._
Lansdowne, Lord, Lord Privy Seal, I. 245
Lawrence, John (afterwards Lord Lawrence), his prompt action at the Indian Mutiny, I. 732;
his policy with the Sikhs, 734
Lawson’s, Mr. Edward, proposal of the children’s celebration of the Jubilee, II. 747
Layard, Mr. (afterwards Sir A. H.), his hostility to Russia, I. 590;
his dispute with Turkey regarding the seizure of an English missionary’s Mussulman
assistant, II. 583;
granted an indefinite leave of absence, 594
Leeds, the Liberal leaders press a measure of Parliamentary reform on the country, II. 668;
Liberal Conference at, adopts Mr. Gladstone’s principle of Home Rule, II. 730
Leicester, Seizure of packages of dynamite at, II. 661
Lennox, Lady Augusta, II. 723
Leopold, King of Belgium, his marriage to the Princess Charlotte, I. 6;
his high character and abilities, _ib._;
his election as King of the Belgians, 14;
the Queen’s confidence in his advice, _ib._;
visit to England, 46;
his desire for the Queen’s marriage to Prince Albert, 60;
a letter from the Queen, 103, 106;
second visit to England, 262;
his death, II. 251;
his character, _ib._
Leopold, Prince, a serious illness, II. 316;
popular admiration of his character, 626;
his marriage, 628;
a threat to murder him, 645;
accident at Mentone, 646;
granted £25,000 a year on his marriage, _ib._;
married to the Princess Hélène of Waldeck-Pyrmont, 647;
the imposing ceremony at his marriage, _ib._;
his death, 687;
his funeral, 689;
his amiable personality, _ib._;
Prof. Tyndall’s high estimate of his ability, 690;
his eager interest in politics, _ib._;
his wish to become Governor of Victoria, _ib._;
the Queen’s opposition to his becoming Governor of Victoria, _ib._;
his gifts as an orator, _ib._;
his presentiment of early death, _ib._;
his loss felt by rich and poor, 691;
his favourite residence, _ib._
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, a letter on Disraeli’s Budget, 519;
remarks regarding the political situation in 1854, 576;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 630;
his first Budget, 644;
remarks on the collapse of the French alliance, 676, 678;
his Budget for 1856, 690;
his Budget for 1857, 701;
his death, II. 171;
the Queen’s estimate of his character, 172
Liberal Unionist Party formed, II. 729
Lincoln, Abraham, elected President of the United States, II. 114;
his proclamation regarding the abolition of slavery, 134
Lincoln, Lord, refuses a place in the Russell Cabinet, I. 244;
his address to the Queen on colonisation, 283;
address to the Crown on the Colonial Question, 387
Liston, Mr., and the use of ether as an anæsthetic, I. 271
Liverpool, visit of the Queen and the Prince Consort, I. 487;
condemnation of dynamitards at, 661;
visit of the Queen to the International Exhibition at, in 1886, 732
Livingstone, Dr., found by Stanley, II. 427;
the Queen’s interest in the explorer, _ib._
Lloyd, Bishop, his influence on the Tractarians, I. 98
Lloyd, Lieut. W., presents one of the Mahdi’s flags to her Majesty, II. 687
London, a Chartist meeting on Kennington Common, I. 327;
Chartist meetings at Clerkenwell and Stepney Greens, 336;
the riots in 1855, 644;
Bill to improve the government of, II. 671;
riots in the West End of, 731
London, Bishop of, the Ecclesiastical Appeal Bill, I. 446
Lonsdale, Earl of, Lord Privy Seal, I. 499
Lorne, Marquis of, the Queen consents to his marriage with the Princess Louise, II. 378;
appearance at the ceremony, 407;
accident to, in the royal procession on Jubilee Day, 742
Louis Philippe, his visit to England, I. 172;
his cordial reception by the people, _ib._;
honours from the Queen, _ib._
Louise, Princess, her marriage, II. 407-8
Lowe, Mr. Robert, his Revised Education Code, II. 120;
attacked by Lord R. Cecil in regard to reports of inspectors of schools, 218;
his demand for national unsectarian education, 302;
his first Budget, 338;
his second Budget, 363;
opens the Civil Service to competition, _ib._;
his Budget for 1871, 397;
the scandal in regard to the Zanzibar mail contract, 438;
Home Secretary, 439;
his popularity in 1874, 458;
created Lord Sherbrooke, 594
Lucan, Lord, and the Charge of the Light Brigade, I. 614
Lucknow, outbreak of the Sepoy Mutiny, I. 730;
relief by Havelock, 735;
second relief, 737
Lyell, Sir Charles, account of a visit to Balmoral, I. 367
Lyndhurst, Lord, Lord High Chancellor, I. 97;
Bill for the removal of the Jews’ disabilities, 183;
his violent speeches against Russia, 600, 602;
attack on Prussia and Austria, 634;
his defects as a debater on foreign, affairs, _ib._
Lytton, Lord, Viceroy of India, II. 494;
his warlike policy in Afghanistan, 555;
dispute with Shere Ali, 556;
resigns office, 594;
contemptuous speech against Mr. Gladstone, 598;
his “Prosperity Budget,” _ib._;
his rule on the vacancies in the India Civil Service, 662
M.
Maamtrasna murders to be re-considered, II. 710
Macaulay, Lord, his sarcasm on the Maynooth affair, I. 183;
his account of Lord John Russell’s failure to form a Cabinet, 206;
appointed Postmaster-General, 245;
his opposition to the Education Vote, 283;
elected M.P. for Edinburgh, 586
Macdonald, Mr., his administration of supplies in the Crimea, I. 624
Maclean, Roderick, his supposed attempt to assassinate the Queen, II. 644
Macleod, Dr. Norman, his ministrations to the Queen at Balmoral, II. 139, 230;
account of the Queen’s life at Balmoral, 296;
his death, 428;
his character, _ib._;
letter from the Queen on his death, 429
Macmahon, Marshal, surrounded at Sedan by the German army, II. 370
Macnaghten, Sir William, appointed Secretary to Shah Soojah, I. 114;
created a baronet for his services in Afghanistan, _ib._;
appointed Governor of Bengal, 116
Madagascar, re-action against England, I. 190
Magee, Dr., speech on the Irish Church Question, II. 334
Mahdi, the, How General Gordon would have checked, II. 712;
death of, 718
Mahmoud Samy, nominal Minister of War in Egypt, II. 641
Maidstone, Mr. Disraeli member for, I. 51
Maiwand, The battle of, II. 599
Majuba Hill, Battle of, II. 619
Malakoff, Capture of the, by the French, I. 671
Malmesbury, Earl of, Foreign Secretary, I. 499;
account of the Queen’s life at Balmoral, 522;
remarks on the understanding between the Earl of Aberdeen and the Czar, 546
Malt Tax, Proposed repeal of the, II. 236;
Mr. Gladstone declines to reduce it, 237;
abolished by Mr. Gladstone, 601
Manchester, opening of the Art-Treasures Exhibition by Prince Albert, I. 739;
popularity of the Art-Treasures Exhibition, 746;
visit of the Queen, _ib._
Manchester School, The, its attack on Sir James Brooke in regard to Borneo, I. 474
Mancini, Signor, his disclosure to the Italian Senate of the adhesion of Italy
to the Austro-German alliance, II. 651
Mandalay, Jubilee celebrations in, II. 739
Manners, Lord John, President of the Board of Works, II. 257;
Postmaster-General, 465;
his amendment to Mr. Gladstone’s Reform Bill of 1884, II. 677
Margarine Bill, The, passed, II. 738
Marlborough, Duchess of, starts a relief fund to avert distress in Ireland, II. 586
Marlborough, Duke of, Colonial Secretary, II. 275;
Lord Beaconsfield’s Manifesto to (1880), 90
Married Women’s Property Act comes into force, II. 652;
the benefit conferred by the Act, 654
Marriott, Mr., his amendment to Mr. Goschen’s Closure scheme, II. 630;
rejection of his Closure amendment, _ib._;
counsel for Ismail Pasha in his claims to the Domain lands, 683
Martaban, Capture of by General Goodwin, I. 505
Martin, Sir Theodore, his Life of the Prince Consort, I. 238, 448, 545; II. 75, 480, 481;
his Life of Lord Lyndhurst, I. 239, 242
Match Tax, Proposed levy of, by Mr. Lowe, II. 397
Matthews, Mr. Henry, is appointed Home Secretary, II. 730
Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, created Emperor of Mexico, I. 743;
his death, _ib._
Maynooth, the Parliamentary grant, I. 183;
Lord Macaulay’s criticism of the affair, _ib._
Mayo, Lord, his government of India, II. 343;
his death, 427;
success of his Afghan policy, _ib._
Mazzini, Joseph, his petition in regard to the detention of his letters in England, I. 164
Medical Acts Amendment Bill, II. 678
Meerut, outbreak of the Sepoy Mutiny, I. 730
Melbourne, Lord, his character, I. 23, 95, 370;
his moderate principles, 23;
his appointment to the Premiership, _ib._;
his instruction of the Queen in the theory and working of the British Constitution, _ib._;
the probable ill effects of his teaching, 24;
the personal regard of the Queen, 28;
his view of the revolt in Canada, 34;
Lord Durham’s suggestions carried out in regard to Canada, 35;
popular distrust of his authority, 36;
virtual defeat of his Ministry, 54;
a second Jamaica Bill, 56;
the Penny Postage Act, 80;
Act regarding chimney-sweeps, _ib._;
growing unpopularity of his Ministry, 89;
prognostications of his fall, 91;
defeat of his Ministry, _ib._;
a statement regarding Protection, 94;
resignation of office, 95;
his last years, 96;
his death, _ib._;
his position in English history, 97;
his opinion of Prince Albert, 103;
the Queen’s regret at his death, 370
Menschikoff, Prince, his mission to Constantinople, I. 550;
his proposed Note of Agreement with Turkey, _ib._;
his position at the Alma, 607;
his generalship, _ib._;
his blunders at the Alma, 608, 609;
his tactics at Balaclava, 611;
his blunders at Inkermann, 615
Metamneh, Gordon’s steamers at, II. 712
Metternich, Prince, remark on the Franco-Spanish marriage alliance, I. 258;
his influence over Frederick I. of Austria, 343;
his resignation, 344
Metz, Surrender of the French army in, II. 371
Mexico, English policy in regard to, I. 127;
the French Emperor’s plan for a monarchy, 127, 163;
the Emperor Maximilian crowned, 218;
the Emperor Maximilian shot by order of the Mexican Republic, 283
Middleton, Sir Frederick, puts down the rebellion of half-breeds
in the North-West of Canada, II. 723
Midlothian Programme (1885), The, II. 724
Mill, Mr. John Stuart, elected M.P. for Westminster, II. 243;
speech on the National Debt, 258;
rejected by Westminster, 315;
his Bill for supplying smoking carriages to railway trains, _ib._;
his opposition to Mr. Forster’s Education Bill, 360;
remark on the position of women in England, 652
Milner, Mr. Gibson, representative of the Free Trade Party, I. 244
Mitchell, John, his violent teaching in the “Young Ireland” Party, I. 342;
editor of _United Ireland_, _ib._;
arrested and condemned to transportation, _ib._
Molesworth, Sir William, his opposition to the Education Vote, I. 283;
his proposal that the Colonies should be made autonomous, 474;
Chief Commissioner of Works, 519
Montpensier, Duc de, his marriage to the Spanish Infanta, I. 255
Morgan, Mr. Osborne, passes the Married Women’s Property Act, II. 653
Morley, Mr. John, his Life of Cobden, I. 216, 223;
is appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, II. 727
Morris, Mr. Lewis, Jubilee Ode by, II. 750
Morse, Professor, his discoveries in electricity, I. 175
Muncaster, Lord, presents the Duke of Wellington’s banner
to King William IV. on the anniversary of Waterloo, I. 3
Mundella, Mr., his Bill for consolidating the Factory Acts, II. 474;
Vice-President of the Council, 594
Mutiny, Indian, _see_ India
N.
Naas, Lord, Secretary for Ireland, II. 257;
his Land Bill for Ireland, 286
_See_ also Mayo, Lord
Napier, Sir Charles, in command of the Baltic fleet against Russia, I. 583;
his blockade of the Gulf of Finland, 584;
his success against Russia in the last expedition, 602, 603
Napier, Sir Charles James, his defeat of the insurgents at Hyderabad, I. 150
Napoleon I., Removal of the body of, from St. Helena to Paris, I. 86
Napoleon III. elected President of the French Republic, I. 421;
his restoration of the Empire, 491;
his struggle with Parliament, 491, 492;
the vote in his favour, 494;
his installation as Emperor, 523;
the Czar’s slight, 526;
his marriage, 528;
visit to the Queen, 648-654;
invested with the Order of the Garter, 651;
private visit to the Queen, 717, 718;
his death, II. 444
Napoleon, Prince Louis, his murder by the Zulus, II. 575;
indignation among the French Bonapartists at his death, 578
National League (Ireland), The, proclaimed, II. 737
Navigation Laws, Proposed repeal of the, I. 374
Navy, Introduction of steam into the, I. 389
Nesselrode, Count, his assurances to the English Government
of the peaceful policy of Russia before the Crimean War, I. 551;
his attitude during the Russo-Turkish difficulties, 579, 580, 595
Neufchâtel, the dispute with Prussia, I. 696
New Britain and the German annexations in the Pacific, II. 686
Newcastle, Duke of, Colonial Secretary, I. 519;
his alleged incompetence in office, 616;
Secretary of State for War, 626;
his efforts to improve the condition of the army, 631;
remarks on the elections, 1857, 709;
goes with the Prince of Wales on a visit to America, II. 67-69
New Guinea, the Queensland Government and annexation of, II. 685;
southern portion of, annexed by Lord Derby, 686;
German annexation, _ib._
New Ireland and the German annexations in the Pacific, II. 686
Newman, Rev. J. H. (afterwards Cardinal), his entry into the Roman Catholic Church, I. 99-101;
“Tract No. 90,” 101;
his resignation as Vicar of St. Mary’s at Oxford, _ib._;
his early intentions, _ib._;
effect of his withdrawal on the Tractarian Movement, 102
Newport (Mon.), Lord Salisbury’s address at, II. 726
Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, his error in regard to Turkey, I. 579;
his obstinacy, _ib._;
his death, 633
Nightingale, Miss, her labours in the Crimea, I. 624;
rewarded by the Queen for her heroic conduct in the Crimea, 692
Nile Expedition to relieve General Gordon, II. 712-4
Nile, Stewart’s night march to the, II. 714
Nolan, Major, his Seed Bill for Ireland, II. 586
Northbrook, Lord, his opposition to the purchase system in the army, II. 393;
resignation as Viceroy of India, 494;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 594;
his Egyptian mission adversely criticised by the Conservatives, 682;
his recommendations in regard to Egypt discredit the Gladstone Government, _ib._;
his promise to make important additions to the navy, 702;
and the Admiralty accounts, 710
Northcote, Sir Stafford, President of the Board of Trade, II. 257;
Secretary for India, 275;
speech on the Irish Church Question, 332;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 465;
his tame policy as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 470;
his Budget for 1875, 487;
his Budget for 1876, 502;
his leadership of the House of Commons, 515;
his denunciation of the terms of peace between Turkey and Russia, 536;
his Budget for 1878, 552;
his Budget for 1879, 571;
his Budget for 1880, _ib._;
opposition from the Fourth Party, 595;
his motions in regard to Mr. Bradlaugh, 630;
his prudent policy distasteful to his followers, 636;
his resolution prohibiting Mr. Bradlaugh from taking the oath, 658;
Mr. Bradlaugh’s threat to treat this decision as invalid, _ib._;
his resolution excluding Mr. Bradlaugh from the House of Commons, _ib._;
his unwillingness to countenance obstructive tactics, _ib._;
Lord Randolph Churchill’s bitter attacks on his leadership, _ib._;
his hand forced to obstructive tactics, _ib._;
speeches in North Wales and Ulster, 668;
moves a vote of censure on the Government for their vacillating policy, 673;
blames the Government for not helping Hicks Pasha, 674;
prevents Mr. Bradlaugh from taking his seat, 676;
created Lord Iddesleigh, 708;
sudden death of, 734
O.
Oatley, George, presented with the Albert Medal by the Queen, I. 607
Obeid, El, Defeat of Hicks Pasha and his army at, II. 67
O’Brien, William Smith, the rise of the Nationalist Party in Ireland, I. 327;
his leadership of the “Young Ireland” Party, 341;
collapse of his authority, 343;
transported to Van Diemen’s Land, _ib._;
his death, _ib._
O’Connell, Daniel, remarks in regard to the Queen’s popularity with the Irish, I. 38;
suggestion of the “People’s Charter,” 49;
early patron of Mr. Disraeli, 51;
his denunciation of Sir Robert Peel, 56;
the agitation in Ireland, 151;
his popularity with the Irish people, _ib._;
his aims, _ib._;
the secret of his success, 52;
the nature of his invective, _ib._;
his puzzling methods, 154;
death of, 158
O’Connor, Feargus, his denunciation of Sir Robert Peel, I. 56;
an agitator by profession, 58;
his parentage, _ib._;
his leadership of the Chartists, 327;
at the meeting on Kennington Common, 331;
his petition in favour of six points of the Charter, 354;
arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms, 355
Odoacer, the Queen’s conjectural relationship to, I. 45
Odessa bombarded by the British fleet, I. 603
Orleans, Duke of, his death, I. 126
Osborne, Mr. Bernal, his motion on Portuguese affairs, I. 302;
his proposal in regard to Ireland, 354;
speech on the Austro-Hungarian Question, 399
Osman Digna defeated by General Graham, II. 718;
in conflict with the Abyssinians, _ib._
Otho, King, driven from the throne of Greece, II. 128
Oudh, difficulties as to its government, I. 721;
its annexation by the East India Company, 722;
outbreak of the Sepoy Mutiny, 729;
Canning’s successful diplomacy, 734
Outram, Sir J., General, his victories over the Persians, I. 704;
his opinion regarding the government of Oudh, 721;
the annexation of Oudh, 722
Overland Route, its inauguration, I. 190
Oxford University, the Tractarian Movement, I. 98;
censure of Newman’s tract, 101;
Oxford University Bill passed by the Aberdeen Cabinet, 619;
proposed abolition of religious tests, II. 397
P.
Pakington, Sir John, Colonial Secretary, I. 499;
First Lord of the Admiralty, II. 257;
Secretary for War, 275
Palmer, Professor, his mission to detach the Bedouins from the side of Arabi
Pasha, II. 642;
murdered at the Wells of Moses, _ib._
Palmer, Sir Roundell (afterwards Lord Selborne), his speech on the Irish Church
Question, II. 334
Palmerston, Lady, her influence in Whig society, II. 351
Palmerston, Lord, his speech on the sugar duties, I. 94;
his condemnation of the Ashburton Treaty, 169, 170;
Foreign Secretary, 245;
antipathy of Louis Philippe, 258;
difficulties with the Church of Rome, 298;
deficiencies in his foreign policy, 320;
his view regarding an Anglo-German alliance, 322;
complaints against his policy by Louis Philippe, 326;
his rash interference with Spain, 347;
popular indignation against him, 345;
vote of censure in Parliament, 349;
an Ordnance Department scandal, 394;
annoyance to the Queen by his Austrian policy, 395;
the reckless character of his policy, 398;
difficulties with Greece, 427;
the Queen expresses her displeasure with his policy, 478;
discussion in Parliament as to his foreign policy, 430, 431;
a speech on the Greek dispute, 435;
dissatisfaction of the Queen with his administration at the Foreign Office, 437;
the Queen’s memorandum in regard to his foreign policy, 454, 455;
his plea to the Prince Consort, 455;
his cordial reception of Kossuth, 479;
his resignation as Foreign Secretary, 495;
he assails the Militia Bill, 499;
Home Secretary, 519;
resigns office, 565;
his return to the Cabinet, 566;
his zeal for war with Russia, 572;
a foolish speech at the Reform Club, 583;
his public-spirited behaviour at the Crimean crisis, 628;
his policy as Prime Minister, 638;
failure of the French alliance, 675;
his popularity at the Crimean War, 688;
the failure of his home policy, 690;
his victory at the elections, 708;
increase of confidence from the Queen, 715;
his false estimate of the Indian Mutiny, 747;
his waning popularity, II. 7;
his Bill to alter the Law of Conspiracy, 8;
vote of censure passed against him in Parliament, 37;
his anti-Austrian policy, 43;
his plan for the settlement of the Italian Question, 46;
the continued recklessness of his policy, 47;
his Fortification Scheme, 62;
distaste of the Radicals to his policy, 74;
mutilation of the Afghanistan Blue Book, 82;
his attack on Prussia, 83;
his sympathy with Poland, 160;
conflict with the Queen on the Danish Question, 166;
censured by the House of Lords, 167;
his policy at the Danish War, 191;
his diplomacy after the failure of the Sleswig-Holstein Conference, 193;
speech on the Irish Question, 233;
his death, 243;
the character of his statesmanship, 244;
his able management of the Commons, _ib._
Panmure, Lord, his ridiculous despatch to General Simpson, I. 669
Papal Aggression Movement, the Pope’s Brief, I. 460;
indiscreet statements of Roman Catholic dignitaries, _ib._;
Dr. Ullathorne’s explanation, _ib._
Paris, the Conference in regard to the Russian War, I. 698;
the result of the Conference, 716;
the Congress of 1858, 719
Parker, Admiral, his blockade of the Piræus, I. 427
Parnell, Mr. Charles Stewart, enters Parliament, II. 488;
develops a policy of obstruction, 499;
his obstruction of the Prisons Bill, 515;
his skill in debate, 516;
his support of Radical members, 520;
his opposition to flogging in the army, 568;
the Attorney-General’s indictment against him, 603;
his policy in regard to the Land Act, 628;
Mr. Gladstone’s speech against his policy, _ib._;
imprisoned in Kilmainham, _ib._;
alliance of his Party with the Tories, 697;
additions to his followers, 698;
master of Ireland by the elections of 1885, _ib._;
his Relief Bill is rejected, 730
“Parnellism and Crime,” II. 735
Parnellite alliance with the Tories, Success of, II. 706;
manifesto in support of the Tories, 726
Patents Bill, real progress made with it, II. 658
Paxton, Mr., his design for the International Exhibition building, I. 462
Peabody, Mr. George, his gift to the poor of London, II. 135;
his second gift, 323;
his statue unveiled by the Prince of Wales, 347
Pease, Edward, opening of the passenger line between Birmingham and London, I. 47
Peel, General, Secretary for War, II. 257
Peel, Mr. Arthur, chosen Speaker of the House of Commons, II. 676
Peel, Mr. F., his Bill to deal with clergy reserves in Canada, I. 534
Peel, Sir Robert, his financial statement for 1845, I. 182;
the establishment of the Queen’s Colleges in Ireland, _ib._;
decline in his popularity, 190;
his support of the Queen, 191;
receives the distinction of the Order of the Garter, 192;
his able management of his party, 193;
his hesitation in regard to Free Trade, 203;
resigns office, 204;
re-accepts Premiership, _ib._;
repeals the Corn Laws, 226;
praised by the Queen, 227;
fall of his Ministry in the Commons, 228;
resigns the Premiership, 238;
a letter from the Queen, 239;
his wise resolution, 241;
his independent attitude, 243;
his Bank Restriction Act, 279;
his opposition to the Education vote, 283;
assailed by High Church Tories, _ib._;
his Bank Act assailed, 295;
attack on his Free Trade policy, 373;
his support of the Russell Ministry, 375;
his clear perception of the Irish difficulty, 378;
triumph of his fiscal policy, 399;
his last speech in Parliament, 435;
his death, 447;
his character, 447, 448
Pegu, Capture of, by the British, I. 506
Pélssier, Canrobert’s successor in the Crimea, I. 640;
his irresolution as a leader, 673
Pennefather, General, his command at Inkermann, I. 615
People’s Palace, the, in the East End of London, Opening of, II. 740
Perth, inauguration of a statue to the Prince Consort by the Queen, I. 227
Peterborough, Bishop of, his opinion on the Irish Universities Bill, II. 434
Philippe, Louis, his intrigue for the Franco-Spanish marriage alliance, I. 254;
his disreputable motives, 256;
his antipathy to Lord Palmerston, 258;
loss of reputation, 259;
estrangement of the Queen, _ib._;
abdicates the throne, 325;
his flight to England, _ib._;
generous reception by the Queen, 326;
his death, 458
Phœnix Park Murders, The, II. 632
Phœnix Society, The, II. 246
Pierre, Admiral, at Tamatave, II. 667
“Plan of Campaign,” The, II. 730
Plimsoll, Mr., and the shipknackers, II. 485;
creates a scene in the House, 486;
reprimand and apology, _ib._
Playfair, Dr. Lyon, Postmaster-General, II. 439
Poland, rebellion in the country, II. 159;
the policy of Russia, 162;
Russian Imperial Ukase in favour of the peasantry, 218
Police Superannuation Bill, II. 678
Pondoland, British Protectorate established in, II. 686
Poor Law considered unnecessarily harsh, I. 48
Portsmouth, the laying of the submarine telegraph cable, I. 271
Portugal, discussion of its affairs in the British Parliament, I. 302
Postal system, its crudeness in 1837 compared with the present time, I. 3
Pottinger, Eldred, his defence of Herat, I. 113
Prison Ministers Bill, Introduction of the, II. 173
Pritchard, Mr., thrown into prison by the French at Otaheite, I. 167
Prome, Occupation of, by the British, I. 506
Protection, Agitation in regard to, at Manchester, I. 216;
Lord Stanley’s advocacy, 227;
the policy of its advocates in 1850, 423, 424;
a demand for retrenchment, 445;
views represented in the Queen’s Speech, 507;
success of arguments against Free Trade, 536
Prussia, the revolution of 1848, I. 346;
restoration of monarchical authority, 422;
signature of the Protocol, 584;
view regarding war with Russia, 592;
letter from the King to Queen Victoria, 593;
continuance of an adverse policy to England, 622;
dispute with Switzerland, 696;
the war with Austria, II. 280
Prussia, King of, sponsor to the Prince of Wales, I. 106;
at a meeting of Parliament, 107
_Punch_, a cartoon of Russell and Peel, I. 239
Punjaub, its annexation by the East India Company, I. 402
Q.
Queensland Government and the annexation of New Guinea, II. 685
Queen Victoria, _see_ Victoria, Queen
R.
Ragheb Pasha at the head of the Egyptian Cabinet, II. 642
Raglan, Lord, his doubts about the success of invading the Crimea, I. 606;
his generalship at the Alma, 607;
disagreement with St. Arnaud, 608;
his demands for reinforcements, 623;
the silence of his despatches regarding the sufferings of the army, _ib._;
censured in Parliament, 632;
his death, 641;
his character, 642, 643
Raikes, Mr., his opinion of Louis Philippe, I. 143
Raikes, Mr. H. C., reduces the perpetual penalties on voters
in corrupt boroughs, II. 699
Railway, Opening of the London and Birmingham, I. 47
Rangoon, Capture of, by General Goodwin, I. 505
“Ransom,” Mr. Chamberlain’s doctrine of, II. 724
Redan, The British assault on the, I. 670, 671
Reform Bill, Good effect of the, on the middle class, I. 23;
Mr. Gladstone’s, II. 671, 699
Ricardo, Mr., his proposal in regard to the difficulties of Free Trade in the
Colonies, I. 382
Richmond, Duke of, President of the Board of Trade, II. 275;
leader of the Tory Party, 358;
Lord President of the Council, 465
Riel, Louis, President of the “Republic of the North-West,” II. 384;
hanged for treason, 723
Riots, The, in the West End of London, II. 731
Ripon, Lord, denounced in regard to the Ilbert Bill in India, II. 662
Roberts, General, his brilliant generalship against Ayoub Khan, II. 599;
his support of the Ilbert Bill, 662
Roberts, Mr., his Act for closing public-houses during Sundays in Wales, II. 618
Roberts, Mr., his clever transport of artillery at Varna, I. 607
Roebuck, Mr., his Bill for the better government of the colonies, I. 385;
his support of Mr. Gladstone, _ib._;
defeat of his colonial measure, _ib._;
proposes a vote of confidence in the Russell Government, 435;
his motion regarding the mismanagement of the Russian War, 617, 626;
his Committee of Investigation, 630;
his motion in favour of recognition of the American Confederates by England, II. 176
Roman Catholic disabilities, Removal of, I. 23
Romilly, Sir Samuel, his proposal regarding the Criminal Code, I. 27
Rorke’s Drift, The defence of, II. 564
Rossa, O’Donovan, his real name, II. 246;
becomes a convert to Fenianism, _ib._;
elected Member of Parliament, 353
Rothschild, Baron, his return for the City of London, I. 298;
Jews and the Parliamentary Oath, 299
Round Table Conference, The, II. 735
Rowton, Lord, consulted by the Queen on the political situation, II. 695
Royal Grants, Promise of Committee to “inquire into and consider,” II. 720;
promise repudiated by the Tory Party, _ib._
Royal Titles Bill, The, II. 499
Russell, Lord John, his Act in regard to capital punishment, I. 28;
his measure for re-uniting Upper and Lower Canada, 35;
censured as Home Secretary, 39;
his attitude towards the Chartists, 48;
his vexation at the reduced pension to Prince Albert, 67;
his proposed duty on corn, 90;
withdrawal of the motion, 91;
dissolution of Parliament, _ib._;
his opinion on Free Trade, 94;
his re-election for the City of London, 95;
his conversion to Free Trade, 203;
asked to form a Cabinet, 204;
the reason of his failure to form a Cabinet, 206;
distrusted by Cobden, 207;
his letter regarding the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England, 450;
the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, 464;
introduces the Militia Bill, 498;
resignation as Prime Minister, 499;
fall from the leadership of the Liberal Party, 501;
his eulogium on the Duke of Wellington, 512;
Foreign Secretary, 519;
his scheme for a national system of public instruction, 530;
the main point of his Education Scheme, 534;
his scheme for reforming Parliament, 564;
his speech on the Prince Consort’s position, 576;
his unscrupulous policy before the Russian War, 591;
his speech against Russia, 602;
resigns office, 617;
his interference with the Aberdeen Cabinet arrangements, 626;
resigns office, _ib._;
the Queen’s objection to his policy, 627;
Colonial Secretary, 630;
his humiliating position after the Second Vienna Conference, 634;
resigns office, _ib._;
his Bill to remove the Parliamentary disability of the Jews, 711;
his amendment to Disraeli’s Reform Bill, II. 32;
conflict of opinion with the Queen, 41;
his Anti-Austrian policy, 43;
his proposal regarding the reduction of the franchise, 51;
raised to the peerage, 85;
his diplomacy in regard to Sleswig-Holstein, 199, 203;
appointed Premier 245;
an address to the Queen on the Irish Church Question, 287;
his scheme of Home Rule, 724
Russell, Mr. T. W., denounces the Bankruptcy Clauses of the Irish Land Bill, II. 736
Russia, Visit of Nicholas, Emperor of, to England, I. 160;
described by the Queen, _ib._;
his opinion of the English Court, _ib._;
his life in England, 161;
his jealousy of France, 162;
memorandum regarding Turkey, 162, 163;
his departure from London, 163;
his unpopularity with the English people, _ib._;
diplomatic quarrel with England, 427, 428;
aggressive designs, 540;
geographical conditions, 541;
ultimatum to Turkey regarding the Greek Church, 550;
the points of contention with Turkey, 555;
probable offensiveness of Menschikoff’s Note to Turkey, 557;
the criminal blunder at Sinope, 578;
recall of the English ambassador, _ib._;
rejection of the proposal of the Powers, 579;
defeat by the Turks at Silistria, 582;
war declared by England, 583;
the battle of the Alma, 607;
the battle of Balaclava, 611;
the battle of Inkermann, 615;
death of the Czar, 633;
proposals at the Second Vienna Conference, 634;
ready assent to terms of peace at the Crimean War, 678;
signing of the treaty with England, 683;
attempts to separate France and England, 696;
diplomacy in regard to Poland, II. 162;
Imperial Ukase in favour of the Polish peasantry, 218;
annexation of Circassia, _ib._;
proposal regarding the Black Sea, 375;
outbreak of war with Turkey, 526;
the understanding between the Russian and Turkish Governments during
the Russo-Turkish War, 528;
English despatch to prevent the Russian occupation of Constantinople, 541;
menacing India, 542;
secret agreement with England regarding Turkey, 547;
at the Berlin Congress, 549;
the assassination of Alexander II., 623;
dispute with England regarding the Afghan boundary, 703;
advance of troops on the Indian frontier, _ib._;
occupation of Pendjeh, _ib._;
controversy with England about the Afghan frontier, 719
S.
Saint Lucia Bay, British Protectorate established at, II. 686
Sale, Sir Robert, repulsed by Dost Mahomed, I. 115;
his march to Jelalabad, 118;
his defence of Jelalabad, 121;
his death at Ferozeshah, 234
Salisbury, Marquis of, his remark regarding Russian aggression in
European Turkey, I. 555;
his opposition to Mr. Gladstone’s Irish Land Bill, II. 359;
Secretary for India, 465;
his success at the India Office, 474;
his visit to Constantinople, 570;
his interview with Bismarck, _ib._;
Foreign Secretary, 546;
his Circular to the Powers, _ib._;
his secret agreement with Russia regarding Turkey, 547;
at the Berlin Congress, 549;
his policy in Afghanistan, 556;
an error in his Egyptian policy, 638;
article in the _Quarterly Review_ bewailing Mr. Gladstone’s disintegration
of English Society, 668;
article in the _National Review_ advocating the better housing of the poor, _ib._;
blames the Government for not assisting Hicks Pasha, 674;
censure of Mr. Gladstone’s Soudan policy, _ib._;
his resistance to the Reform Bill of 1884, 697;
in office (1885), 707;
singular pledge exacted of Mr. Gladstone, _ib._;
his address at Newport, 726;
in power (midsummer, 1886), 730;
his theory about a Land Purchase Bill for Ireland, _ib._
Sandon, Lord, his Endowed Schools Bill, II. 474, 499
Sandwich Islands offered to Britain, I. 188;
Houses of Parliament established, _ib._
Saxe-Weimar, Princess Edward of, II. 723
Schouvaloff, his secret treaty with Lord Salisbury, II. 547
Science, its marked progress since Queen Victoria’s accession, I. 175;
the electric telegraph, _ib._;
the first telegraph line in England, _ib._;
the beginnings of photography, 176;
the discoveries of Wedgwood, _ib._;
the discoveries of Davy, Daguerre, and Talbot, 177;
practical applications of the telescope, _ib._;
the Thames Tunnel, _ib._;
Arctic discovery, 178;
voyages of Franklin and others, _ib._
Scinde, Annexation of, by Britain, I. 150
Scotland, conflicting views as to the character of a Church, I. 102;
Act of Parliament in regard to Presbyteries, _ib._;
decree of the General Assembly, _ib._;
the Strathbogie case, _ib._;
Dr. Chalmers and Reform, 103;
the beginning of the Free Church, _ib._;
visit of the Queen and Prince Albert, 126;
the Queen’s impression of the country and people, 127;
passing of the Education Bill, II. 591;
the great Liberal victories of 1880, _ib._;
proposed legislation by the Gladstone Government, 671;
the Universities Bill, 678;
the Sanitary Bill, 710
Seats Bill passed in the House of Commons, II. 699;
its complex character, 699-701
Sebastopol at the mercy of the Allies, I. 608;
Todleben’s genius and activity, 610;
the beginning of the bombardment, 640;
capture of the Malakoff, 671;
abandoned by the Russians, 672
Secularism, its rise in England, I. 270;
Mr. Holyoake’s views, _ib._
Sedan, Surrender of the French Emperor at, II. 370
Selborne, Lord, Lord Chancellor, II. 594.
“Senior Service,” The, II. 748
Sepoys, their dissatisfaction with British rule in India, I. 725, 726
Servants’ Provident and Benevolent Society, Founding of the, by Prince Albert, I. 363
Seymour, Admiral Sir Beauchamp (afterwards Lord Alcester), his warning to Arabi
regarding the fortifications of Alexandria, II. 642;
bombards Alexandria, _ib._;
takes possession of the town of Alexandria, _ib._;
receives a peerage in return for his services in Egypt, _ib._
Shaftesbury, Lord, his Commission of Inquiry on Mines and Collieries I. 139;
the Mines and Collieries Act, _ib._;
his Factories Act, _ib._;
the “Ten Hours Bill,” 286;
his undaunted courage, _ib._;
his withdrawal from Parliament, _ib._;
his speech against Russia, 587;
address to the Queen, asking her not to take the title of Empress, 502
Shah of Persia, The, visit to England, II. 446;
his reception, 447;
banquet in the Guildhall, 449;
his departure from London, 450;
the political element in his mission, _ib._
Shah Soojah supported by the British for the throne of Afghanistan, I. 112;
his proposed rule, 114;
his unpopularity with the Afghans, 115;
his energy and integrity, 118;
his assassination, 121
Shaw-Lefevre, Mr., Secretary to the Admiralty, I. 594
Sheffield, the disastrous flood in 1864, I. 226;
outrages by artisans, 289
Siam, Envoys from, received by the Queen, II. 667
Sibthorp, Colonel, his motion as to Prince Albert’s pension, I. 67
Sikhs, the rebellion of 1849, I. 399;
the siege of Multan, _ib._
Simpson, Dr. Young, his discovery of chloroform, I. 307
Simpson, General, his appointment to the command in the Crimea, I. 669;
his inefficiency, 671, 674
Sing, Maharajah Sir Pertab, at Windsor, II. 740
Sinkat, Massacre of the garrison of, II. 675
Sinope, The massacre of, I. 562
Slave trade, Speech on the, by Prince Albert, I. 105;
convention on the matter between England and France, 188
Sliding scale, Peel’s support of a, I. 98;
its introduction, 134
“Slumming,” II. 670
Smith, Mr. W. H., becomes First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House
of Commons, II. 734
Smith, Sir Harry, defeat of the Sikhs at Aliwal, I. 235
Sobraon, Battle of, I. 235
Solomon, Alderman, disqualified as a Jew from taking his seat in Parliament, I. 476
Soudan, Campaigns in the, II. 712-18;
evacuation of, by the British, 718
Southey, his interview with the Princess Victoria, I. 15
Spain, the revolution of 1848, I. 347;
rising in Madrid, _ib._;
dethronement of Queen Isabella, II. 323;
accession of King Amadeus, 376
Spencer, Lord, Lord President of the Council, II. 594;
Irish Viceroy, 632, 634;
his policy thrown over by the Tories, 710;
adopts Mr. Gladstone’s measure of Home Rule, 727
Spithead, Great naval review at, I. 569, 570
Stamp Duties, Discussion in Parliament on the, I. 444
Stanley, Dean, his death, II. 626;
his character, _ib._;
his biography of Dr. Arnold, _ib._;
his conciliatory influence on the Anglican Church, _ib._;
his intimate relations to the Royal Family, _ib._
Stanley, Lady Augusta, her admirable character, II. 511
Stanley, Lord, Secretary for the Colonies, I. 97;
resigns office, 207;
leader of the Protectionists, 227;
his attack on the Portuguese policy of the Russell Government, I. 352;
his discovery of an Ordnance Department scandal, 393;
proposes a vote of censure on the Russell Government, 431;
failure of his attempt to form a Cabinet, 466.
_See_ also Derby, Earl of
Stanley, Mr., his discoveries on the Congo, 683
Stansfeld, Mr., his Public Health Bill, II. 423
St. Arnaud, Marshal, his plan for the battle of the Alma, I. 607;
his death, 609
Stephenson, General, Repulse of the Arabs by, II. 718
Stephenson, George, opening of the passenger line between
Birmingham and London, I. 47
Stewart, Colonel, murdered by Arabs, II. 681
Stewart, Sir Donald, his support of the Ilbert Bill, II. 663
Stewart, Sir Herbert, at Korti, II. 712;
at Abu Klea, 713;
mortally wounded, 714
St. Leonards, Lord, Lord Chancellor, I. 499
Stockmar, Baron, his opinion as to the changes in the Prince Consort, I. 267;
his advice regarding the Russo-Turkish difficulty, 575
Stoddart, Colonel, his mission to Persia, I. 123;
his death, 124
Storey, Mr., his opposition to the vote to Prince Leopold on his marriage, II. 646
Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, English ambassador at Constantinople, II. 549;
the nature of his negotiations, 550
Strutt, Mr. James, the Princess Victoria’s visit to his cotton mills at Belper, I. 15;
his son created a peer in 1856, _ib._
Stuart-Wortley, Mr., his Bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife’s sister, I. 392
Sturge, Mr. Joseph, his leadership of the Chartists, I. 330;
his aims, _ib._
Suakim-Berber Railway, The, II. 718
Suez Canal, Purchase of the Khedive’s shares in, by the English Government, II. 492;
exorbitant tolls levied by the Company on the shipping trade, 662;
Mr. Gladstone’s agreement with M. de Lesseps, _ib._;
Mr. Gladstone’s agreement abandoned, _ib._
Sugar Duties, Lord John Russell’s proposal regarding the, I. 246
Sullivan, Mr. A. M., his description of Ireland during the famine, I. 275
Sullivan, Mr. T. D., his song of “God Save Ireland,” II. 288
Sunday reunions in London society, II. 732
T.
Tait, Archbishop, his election to the See of Canterbury, II. 321, 322;
his Public Worship Regulation Bill, 471;
death of, 650
Tamanieb, The battle of, II. 675
Tay, Disaster on the railway bridge of the, II. 582
Tea Duty, Mr. Gladstone’s reduction of the, II., 238
Tel-el-Kebir, The battle of, II. 643
Tennyson, Alfred (Lord), his ode at the opening of the Great Exhibition, II. 135;
declines offer of baronetcy by Mr. Disraeli, 482