Cobden's advice to the people, ii 57;
statistics of the League's growth, ii 83;
great bazaar in Covent Garden Thea-
tre, ii 83; seeks to provide voting qua-
lifications, ii 83, 84; great meeting at
Manchester during the Irish famine,
ii 90; successful appeal for funds, ii 91;
its influence in the country, ii 95:
dreaded by the Duke of Wellington,
ii 95; dissolution of the League, ii 115;
handsome presents to its chief sup-
porters, ii 115; its revival, ii 297, 303.
Analytic Sanitary Commission of the
Lancet, superintended by Dr. A. H.
Hassall, iii 229.

Anglo-French alliance, letters of Napo-
leon and Prince Albert, iii 275.
Arch, Mr. Joseph, iv 311.
Arctic exploration, ii 203.
Argyll, Duke of, lord privy seal in the
Aberdeen ministry, ii 317, and in Pal-
merston's ministry, iii 151; his early
career, iii 304; his writings and wide
social influence, iii 304; his marriage,
iii 304; character of, iv 212; secretary
for India, iv 270.

Arkwright, Richard, his spinning frame,
i 275.

Ballot, advocated by George Grote, i 107;
discussions on, iv 307; bill passed, iv
308.

Baly, Dr., killed in a railway accident,
iv 42.

Bandiera, story of the brothers, i 336.
Bank Act, amendment of, ii 61.
Bank Charter Act, suspension of, in
1857, iii 221.

Barry, Sir Charles, death of, iv 4.
Baths and washhouses, movement for
erecting public, ii 178.

Beales, Mr. Edmond, iv 223; his efforts
for the Reform League, iv 223; his
share in the Hydepark Riots, iv 224;
at great trades' demonstration, iv 239.
Belgium formed into a kingdom under
Leopold, i 91.

Bentham, Jeremy, his influence on poli-
tical progress, i 52.

Bentinck, Lord George, his career, i
332; Mr. Disraeli on, i 333; leader of
the Protectionists, ii 99; Mr. Disraeli's
biography of, ii 99; his mode of im-
proving the condition of Ireland, ii
119; his death, ii 205.

Berlin, congress at, iv 318.
Bessemer, Henry, iv 19, 20.
Bethell, Mr. See Westbury.

improved gun, iii 326.

Arnaud, Marshal St., in the Crimea,
iii 92; is attacked by cholera, iii 94.
Arnold, Dr., his influence on public
school life, ii 175.

Arrow, case of the lorcha, iii 198.
Ashantee, war in, iv 304.

Ashley, Lord. See Shaftesbury.
Attwood, Mr., motion in House of
Commons to consider the Five Points
of the Charter, i 261.
Auchterarder case, the, ii 166.
Auckland, Lord, Governor-general of
India, appoints General Pollock to the
command of an Afghan expedition, ii 9.
Australia, first settlement in, i 192;
ceases to receive convicts from Britain,
ii 194; Australian Colonies Government
Bill introduced and passed, ii 197; Mr.
Gladstone proposes an ecclesiastical
constitution for the Australian colonies,
ii 197: discovery of gold in, ii 201;
statistics of, ii 202; exploration in, iv

20.

Australia, South, misgovernment of, ii

190; representative government granted
to, ii 190.

Austria, insurrection in, ii 155; war with
Prussia, iv 236.

Austria and Italy. See Italy.
Ayrton, Mr., on her Majesty, iv 239; is
rebuked by Mr. Bright, iv 239.
Aytoun, Mr., his motion on the May-
nooth Grant and the Regium Donum,
iv 266.

Aytoun, Professor, death of, iv. 198;
his works and literary position, iv 198.

B.

Baker, Sir Samuel, explorations in
Africa, iv 20.
Balaklava, occupied by the allies, iii
97; attacked by the Russians, iii 107.

Bishoprics abolished in 1833, i 110.
Blessington, Lady, iii 4.
Bilbury Reservoir, near Huddersfield,
bursting of, ii 288; iv 184.

Birkbeck, Dr., establishes mechanics'
institutes, i 50.

Birkenhead troopship, wreck of the, ii
298.

154:

Bismarck, Prince, his view of govern-
ment, iv his conduct in the Austro-
Prussian war, iv
237.
Blomfield, Bishop, sketch of, i 47.
Black Friday, iv 235; panic in London,
iv 236.

Blum, Robert, leader in Hungarian
insurrection, seized and shot, ii 155.
Board of Health, appointment of, ii 181.
Board of Trade returns of imports and
exports of food, iv 1, 2.

Bomba, nickname of Ferdinand, King
of Naples, iv 66.

Booth, John Wilkes, assassinates Pre-
sident Lincoln, iv 143; is shot, iv 143.
Bowring, Sir John, early history and
character, i 199; appointed consul at
Canton and governor of Hong Kong,
iii 200; his action in the Arrow affair,

war, iii 73; speech in the House of
Commons, iii 79; he refuses to contri-
bute to the Patriotic Fund, iii 118; his
opposition to the French alliance, iii
118; speech on the popularity of the
war, iii 119; letter to his constituents,
iii 120; loses his seat, iii 120, 204; fare-
well address to his late constituents,
iii 205: his appeal to the government
on behalf of peace, iii 154; his outlines
of a reform bill, iii 289; opposes Dis-
raeli's reform bill, iii 290; is elected
member for Birmingham, iii 290; his
address at Glasgow on parliamentary
reform, iii 296; speech on the in-
come tax, succession duties, and the
relations between France and England,
iii 317; his scheme for reforming taxa-
tion, iii 330; speeches on church-rates,
iv 15; on the right of the House of
Lords to interfere with taxation bills,
iv 28; on the prosperity and institutions
of the United States, iv 103; president
of the Board of Trade, iv 269; chan-
cellor of the duchy of Lancaster, iv 289.
Britannia Tubular Bridge, completion
of, ii 175.

British Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, meeting in Man-
chester, i 277.

Brooke, Sir James, Rajah of Sarawak,
i 290; his career in Borneo, ii 157: his
proceedings discussed in parliament,
ii 158; returns to England and is well
received, ii 159: appointed governor of
Labuan but removed, ii 159; Mr. Glad-
stone on his proceedings, ii 159.
Brougham, Lord, opposes Wellington
administration, i 32; elected member
for Yorkshire, i 60; his great industry
and fame, i 61; disliked as a coadjutor,
i 62; amiable in private life, i 62; his
personal appearance and vanity, i 63;
his reckless use of personalities, i 63;
not a great lawyer, i 64; extent of his
knowledge and literary powers, i 65;
appointed lord-chancellor, i 69; per-
sonal quarrel between him and Earl of
Durham, i 125; his criticism on the
weakness of the cabinet in the Com-
mons, i 127: is disliked by the king, i
127; he advocates repeal of stamp-duty
on newspapers, i 189; his antagonism
to Lord Melbourne, i 220; is reconciled
with Lord Lyndhurst, i 221; he pro-
poses in the Lords the abolition of the
corn duties, ii 33; his claims on the
gratitude of the nation, ii 46; opposes
Lord Lyndhurst's married women bill,
iii 12; applies for letters of naturaliza-
tion in France, intending to offer him-
self as candidate for presidentship, iii
13: Lord Brougham in 1859, iii 304:
his address to working men at Shef-
field in 1865, iv 241; death of, iv 198.
Brown, John, his efforts on behalf of the
slave, iv 92; is tried and sentenced to
death, iv 95; letter from prison to a
Quaker lady, iv 98; his execution,iv 99.
Brown, Sir George, at the battle of the
Alma, iii 96.

Browning, Mrs., poem on tyranny in
Naples, Hungary, and Italy, ii 139.
Bruce, Frederick, sent to Pekin to
ratify the treaty of Tien-tsin, iv 59.

CHRISTIAN
Christian, Duke of Glucksburg, becomes
King of Denmark, iv 146.
Christian Socialism, ii 50.
Chupatties in the Indian mutiny, iii 247.
Church of England Mr. Gladstone's ac-
count of revival in, i 45; influence of
Wordsworth and Coleridge on, i 48;
position of the, iv 200; Mr. Disraeli's
speech on, iv 200; evangelical move-
ment in, iv 202; secessions to Church
of Rome, iv 203; Dr. Colenso's book,
iv 204; action on Essays and Reviews,
iv 205.

Church of Ireland, the bill of 1833, i 122;
Mr. Ward's motion in 1834, i 123; the
king receives a deputation on, i
130;
statistics of, i 137; debates on the Irish
Tithe Bill, i 135; defeat of the ministry,
i 144; the bill abandoned by the Mel-
bourne ministry, i 146; Mr. Dillwyn's
motion on the, iv 174; Mr. Gladstone's
views, iv 175: conversion of tithe into
rent charge, iv 259; early attempts at
disestablishment, iv 260; Mr. Glad-
stone's resolutions introduced, iv 263;
majority against the government, iv
265; bill for disestablishment and disen-
dowment introduced, iv 270; debate on,
IV 272; opposition to the bill, iv 274;
its reception in the Lords, iv 274; be-
comes law, iv 275; work of the com-
missioners, iv 275; a new constitution
drawn up, iv 276.

Church of Scotland, application for aid
to extend, i 213; opposition to, i 213,

214.

Church extension in London, iv 200.
Church-rates, unsuccessful attempt to
abolish, i 180; Sir John Trelawney's
bill for the abolition of, iv 13; agitation
concerning, iv 13; Mr. Disraeli on,
iv 13; Mr. Hubbard's bill, iv 13; Bishop
of Exeter's conciliatory proposal, iv 13:
Sir John Trelawney's bill again brought
in, iv 14; thrown out on second read-
ing, iv 16; introduced a third time,
but thrown out, iv 16; compulsory
church-rates abolished, iv 295.
Clarendon, Lord, foreign secretary, iv

270.

Clerkenwell Prison, outrage on, iv 255.
Cobbett, William, outlines of his career,
i 99; lectures on political subjects,
i ror; is prosecuted for seditious writ-
ing, i 102; a contemporary description
of his appearance and manner of speak-
ing, i 102; is returned for Oldham,
i 103; his want of success in parliament,
i 103; his death, i 103; character of,

i 104.
Cobden, Richard, enters parliament,
i 313; his connections with trade, and
early writings, ii 23; begins to advocate
repeal of the corn-law, ii 24; devotes
himself entirely to this work, ii 25; is
elected for Stockport, ii 32; addresses
the House of Commons on the bread-
tax,
32, 33: quarrel between him and
Peel, ii 39; his influence with foreign
audiences, ii 51; he moves for an in-
quiry into the effect of legislative pro-
tection, ii 75; his position with regard
to the Crimean war, iii 61; his home at
Dunford, iii 63; his outline of a people's
anti-war budget, iii 65; his efforts for

the prevention of war, iii 66; criticism
on the mode of conducting the war,
iii 67; his unpopularity during the war,
iii 68; addresses his constituents on the
war, iii 141; loses his seat, iii 204; on
the evil effects of war, iii 210; is offered
the post of president of the Board of
Trade by Lord Palmerston, iii 292,
293; is elected for Rochdale, iii 293;
his account of the interviews with min-
isters, iii 293, 294: his refusal of office,

iii 295; is present at Lady Palmerston's

reception, iii 295: his efforts to bring
about a commercial treaty with France,
iii 297; his interview with Napoleon
concerning the treaty, iii
319; impres-
sions of the emperor, iii 320; M. Rou-
her's plan of a commercial treaty,
iii 320; interviews with Count Walewski
and the emperor, iii 320; his letter to
Mr. Bright, iii 321; his opinion of Prince
Napoleon, iii 322; on the degrading
effects of war, iv 7; his health gives
way, iv 179; refuses lucrative office,
iv 179; his death, iv 180; Mr. Bright's
remarks on, iv 180.

Cochrane, Lord. See Dundonald.
Cockburn, Lord, his early career, ii 219;
speech on the Don Pacifico business,
ii 219; personal appearance and quali-
fications, i 220; is attorney-general,
ii 317.

Coffee-houses, establishment of cheap,
ii 18.

Colenso, Dr., consecrated Bishop of
Natal, i 44; his book, iv 204; his
action for recovery of salary, iv 205.
Coleridge, S. T., his influence, i 186;
a great talker, i 186.

Colonies, misgovernment of, ii 190; ap-
peals for representative government, ii
192; motion for a royal commission to
inquire into the administration of the
colonial possessions, ii 196; schemes of
emigration to, ii 198.
Combe, Dr. Andrew, ii 176.
Combe, George, discussion about his
writings, i 176; his reply to Baron
Stockmar's letter, ii 176; on the dim-
inution of aristocratic feeling, ii
Commercial depression in 1836-7, i 276;
commercial crisis in 1847, ii 176; com-
mercial failures in 1866, iv 235.
Commercial morality, lack of, iv 190.
Concerts, popular, iv. 8.
Congregational Union of England and
Wales founded, i 110.
Conservative government, the first, i

130.

177.

Conservative party, increase in, after
the reform bill was passed, i 200.
Conspiracy to Murder Bill, introduced
by Lord Palmerston, iii 284; debate on,
iii 285; defeat of the government, iii
287.

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, pas-
sing of, iv 2.

Coomassie entered, iv 306.
Cooper, Thomas, writes The Purgatory
of Suicides, i 282.

Co-operative societies, started, ii 150;
successfully conducted in Rochdale,
iv 130, 131; objects of the Rochdale
society, iv 131, 132; its rapid success,
iv 132; employment of surplus capital,

Copyright, international, between Bri-
tain and France, iii 1.
Corn-law rhymes, i 23.

Corn-laws, agitation against, i 23, 273:
growing demand for their repeal, ii 19;
Sir Robert Peel's sliding-scale, ii 19:
opposition to it, ii 21; large majority
for government, ii 23; amendment by
Mr. Villiers for the total abolition of
the duty, ii 23; great banquet of Anti-
Corn-law League, ii. 24; dinner by
working-men, ii 25; increase of associa-
tions for the repeal of the, ii 25; op-
position of Chartists, ii 25; conference
of ministers of religion, ii 26; exertions
of the ladies' committee, ii 27; opening
of the Free-trade Hall, ii 28; Mr.
Bright advocates the abolition of the
duty, 31; Mr. Duncombe's motion
to reassemble parliament to consider
the, ii 37; passionate discussion on, ii
37; reduction of duty on Canadian grain,
ii 53; motions by Lord John Russell
regarding, ii 84; increasing demand for
repeal on account of the famine in Ire-
land, ii 87; Sir Robert Peel's convic-
tion, ii 88; differences in the cabinet,
ii 88; Lord John Russell's conviction,
ii 89; majority of the cabinet against
abolition, i 90; Duke of Wellington
supports Peel, ii 90; startling announce-
ment by the Times, ii go; resignation
and return to office of Sir Robert Peel,
ii 91; renewed effort of the League,
ii 91; Peel's proposals to reduce the
duties, ii 96; discussion of, ii 97: the
bill passes, ii 106.

Corrupt practices at elections, bill to
prevent, i 28.

Cotton, prices of, during the civil war,
iv 126; efforts to promote its growth in
British colonies, iv 129; Mr. Gladstone
on the cotton famine, iv 148.
County Franchise Bill of 1864 thrown
out, iv 174.

Couper, Sir George, death of, iv 42.
Courtenay. See Thom.
Courvoisier, François, trial of, for mur-
der, and defence by Mr. Phillips, i 306.
Covent Garden Theatre, burnt, iv 8;
M. Jullien's concerts at, iv 8.
Cowley, Lord, ambassador at Paris,
iii 287.
Crabbe, George, i 186.
Cranborne,

Lord, becomes Indian
secretary, iv 222; Mr. Disraeli on, iv
264.

Cranworth, Lord, lord-chancellor in the
Aberdeen and Palmerston ministries,
ii 316, iii 151.

Cremorne Gardens, iv 7.
Crime, statistics of, iv 326.
Crimean war, events which led to, iii 14:
attitude of the czar, iii 14; Lord Aber-
deen's disinclination for war, iii 20; al-
liance between England and France,
iii 20; letter from Napoleon to the
czar, 21; foundation of the Russian
demands,iii 22; the Russian army takes
possession of Moldavia and Wallachia.

CRIMEAN

iii 23: the Vienna note, iii 23; excite-
ment in Turkey, iii 24; Lord Palmer-
ston eager for decisive measures, iii 24:
the French and British fleets sent to
the Dardanelles, iii 25; Turkey de-
clares war, iii 27; Prince Albert and
Lord Palmerston on the situation, iii
27, 28; Lord Aberdeen's views, iii 30;
Nicholas declares war against Turkey,
iii 31; he writes to the queen, iii 31;
the queen's reply, iii 32; commence-
ment of hostilities, iii 32; the Turkish
fleet destroyed at Sinope, iii 33: the
allied fleets ordered to the Black Sea,
iii 33; attitude of Prussia and Austria,
iii 34; manifesto by the Emperor of
Russia, iii 34; the war feeling in Eng-
land, iii 35; the ultimatum of England
to Russia, iii 36; description of the
Crimea, iii 37; the poetic English
party, iii 38; popular outcry for war,
iii 38; the camp at Chobham Common,
iii 39; naval review at Spithead, iii 39;
departure of troops, iii 40; arrival of
the allied armies in Turkey, iii 40; co-
operation of the French and English,
iii

41; Mr. Gladstone's budget of 1854,
iii 52; King of Prussia's letters to the
queen, iii 53; the queen's reply, iii 54:
the czar's insincerity, iii 56; the budget,
iii 357: a supplementary budget, iii 59:
attitude of Gladstone, Cobden, and
Bright, iii 60, 61; Mr. Gladstone on
British interests and the war, iii 68;
departure of the Baltic fleet, iii 70, 77;
instructions of Sir James Graham, iii 77;
correspondence between him and Sir
Charles Napier, iii 78; results achieved
in the Baltic, iii 79; another Baltic
fleet despatched under Admiral Dun-
das, iii 79; speech by Mr. Bright, iii 79:
Mr. Gladstone writing in 1878 on the
subject, iii 87; a day of prayer and
supplication appointed, iii 88; siege of
Silistria, iii 89, 90; Palmerston's plans
for the campaign, iii 89; conduct of
Austria, iii 89; speech by Lord Lynd-
hurst, i 391; plan for the attack of
Sebastopol, iii 92; want of information
about the Russian preparations, iii 93,
96; Mr. Kinglake and the Times on
the need for attacking Sebastopol,iii 93:
ravages of cholera in the allied armies,
iii 93; Varna on fire, iii 94; the armies
embark for the Crimea, iii 94; Eupa-
toria surrendered, iii 95; battle of the
Alma, iii 95; march to Balaklava, iii 97;
desire of Napoleon to go to the Crimea,
iii 99; Sardinia joins the allies, iii 100;
General Canrobert commands the
French troops, iii 104; strength of
Sebastopol, iii 105; attack by the Rus-
sians on the allies at Balaklava, iii 107;
the charge of the Light Brigade, iii 108;
another attack on Balaklava, iii 110;
battle of Inkerman, iii 111; insufficency
of the commissariat arrangements and
sufferings of the men, iii 115; destruc-
tion of supplies by a storm, iii 116;
blundering of the transport service,
iii 117; the Times' subscription list for
the relief of the sick and wounded,
iii 118; the Patriotic Fund, iii 118;
refusal of the peace party to contribute
to this fund, iii 118; Miss Florence

INDEX.

Nightingale and a staff of nurses ar-
rive, i 122; cholera in the camp,
iii 123: picture of the scene between
the harbour and the English position,
iii 123; courage and patience of the
troops, iii 124; Lord Panmure's in-
structions to Lord Raglan, iii 125; an
army of reserve formed at Malta,
iii 126; a railway made from Balaklava
to the trenches, iii 127; nationalities
represented in the Crimea, iii 127;
completion of telegraphic communica-
tion between London and the seat of
war, iii 128; condition of the army at
Balaklava, iii 128; dearness of pro-
visions, i 129; improvement in the
camp, iii 129: M. Soyer organizes the
culinary service, iii 130; description of
the positions, iii 131; recruiting at home
and abroad, iii 132; Sardinia enters the
alliance against Russia, iii 134; landing
of the Sardinian army in the Crimea,
iii
135: death of Lord Raglan, iii 136;
General Simpson takes the command,
iii 136; treaty between England, France,
and Austria concluded, iii 138; the four
points of agreement as the basis of
peace with Russia, iii 138; debate in
parliament on the conduct of the war,
iii 139; the Foreign Enlistment Bill,
iii 140; Mr. Roebuck moves for a com-
mittee of inquiry, iii 141, 143; Lord
John Russell resigns office, iii 141; Mr.
Roebuck's motion carried, iii 147; the
government resign, iii 147; Lord Pal-
merston announces the arrangements
for prosecuting the war,
iii 152;
Mr.
Layard attacks the new government,
iii
153: Mr. Roebuck presses for a
committee of inquiry, iii 153; repulse
of the Russians at Eupatoria, iii 155;
death of the Czar Nicholas, iii 155;
return home of the wounded, iii 158;
failure of negotiations for peace, iii 158;
proceedings of the commission of in-
quiry, i 159; a day of fasting ap-
pointed, iii 159; distribution of war
medals, iii 164; the losses of the Rus-
sians, iii 164; destruction of stores at
Kertch, iii 165; capture of the Sapone
or White redoubts, the Mamelon, and
the Quarries, iii 166; repulse of the
French at the Malakhoff, iii 167; re-
pulse of the English at the Redan,
iii 167; death of Lord Raglan, iii 167;
is succeeded by General Simpson,
iii 168; discussions in parliament on the
peace negotiations, iii 168; Mr. Lowe's
amendment, iii 169; speeches by Glad-
stone, Bright, Cobden, Sir J. Graham,
Lord John Russell, iii 169; Prince
Albert on the situation, iii 174; Mr.
Gladstone's account in 1877 of the
political situation in 1855,iii 175; speech
by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, iii 176;
the last of the Vienna conferences,
iii 177; report of the committee of in-
quiry, iii 177; danger of the publica-
tion of army movements by the press,
iii 179; renewed debates on the peace
negotiations, iii 179; bombardment of
Sveaborg, iii 184; repulse of a Russian
attack at the Tchernaya, iii 184; taking
of the Malakhoff, iii 185; repulse at the
Redan, iii 186; evacuation of Sebasto-

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339

pol, iii 186; cost of the war, iii 187:
negotiations for peace, iii 189; confer-
ence in Paris, iii 190; peace agreed
upon, iii 190; the Crimea evacuated by
the allies, iii 192; description of Se-
bastopol, iii 192; a day of thanksgiv-
ing, iii 193; naval review at Spithead,
iii 193; rejoicings in London, iii 193;
Mr. Gladstone on the terms of peace,
iii 194.

Crimes of violence, increase of, iii 232;
introduction of the garotte, iii 233;
William Palmer the poisoner, iii 234.
Criminal Code, amelioration of, i 177;
counsel allowed to prisoners in criminal
cases, i 268; restriction of capital
punishment, i 268; transportation con-
demned and abolished, i 271, iii 237;
the ticket-of-leave system, iii 238; cruel-
ties in prisons, iii 239; increased care-
fulness in criminal trials, iv 5.
Croker, John Wilson, i 41.
Crystal Palace, ii 231; previous exhibi-
tions, ii 231; its success due to Prince
Albert, ii 231; first proposal of, meets
with great opposition, ii 234; Sir Joseph
Paxton's design adopted, ii 237; poem
by Thackeray on, ii 238; site fixed on,
ii 239; preparations for carrying out the
plans, i 240; the opening ceremony,
ii 241; the queen's account of the day's
proceedings, ii 245; statistics of, and
distribution of prizes, ii 248; difficulty
as to disposal of the building, iii 2;
removed and re-erected at Sydenham,
ii 250; use of the surplus money, iii 3.
Custody of Infants Bill, i 273.

D.

Daguerre's improvement of photo-
graphy, i 271.
Dalhousie, Lord, governor-general of
India, iii 243; abolishes suttee, iii 243;
prohibits Thuggism, iii 243.
Damascus, massacre of Christians in,
iv 64.

Dano-German war. See Denmark.
Darwin, Charles, his theory of the ori-
gin of species, iv 24; sketch of his life,
iv 25; his Descent of Man, iv 26.
Davis, Jefferson, president of the Con-
federate States, iv 89; his early career,
iv 100; imprisoned at the close of the
war, iv 142.

Deak, Francis, Hungarian statesman,
ii 155.

Delhi, mutiny and massacre at, iii 248;
the natives obtain possession of the
city, iii 249; siege and capture of,
iii 260; shooting of the king's sons,
iii 263; the king taken to Rangoon,
iii 268.

Denman, Lord, i 102.

Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig
and Holstein, iv 146, 160; arrogance
of Prussia, iv 161; accession of Chris-
tian IX., iv 161; his dispute with Hol-
stein, iv 161; German troops enter the
duchy, iv 162; remonstrance of Eng-
land, iv 163; Schleswig occupied by a
German army, iv 163; the powers re-
fuse material assistance to Denmark,
iv 163; the duchies ceded to Prussia

DENMARK

and Austria, iv 164; the government
attacked on the Dano-German ques-
tion, iv 165; Mr. Disraeli's speech and
Mr. Gladstone's reply, iv 165; Mr.
Bernal Osborne's sallies, iv 166; Lord
Palmerston's defence, iv 166; his letter
to King Leopold, iv 167; English sym-
pathy for Denmark, iv 167.
Denominational schools, support of,
iv 296.

Derby, Lord, forms a ministry, ii 296;
his statement in the House of Lords,
ii 304; speech by Sir James Graham on
the protection policy of the govern-
ment, ii 304; determination to force
the government to declare its policy,
ii 307; again prime minister in 1858,
iii 287; resigns, iii 292; again forms a
ministry, iv 222; his reform bill in the
House of Lords, iv 233; his retirement
and death, iv 235.

Derby, Lord, resigns office in Lord
Beaconsfield's ministry, iv 318.
Dickens, Charles, influence of the Pick-
wick Papers, i 188; his obituary notice
of Thackeray, iv 196.

Discontent in the country, i 6, 70, 161.
Diseased meat in London market, dis-
posal of, iii 230.

Disestablishment of the church, first
public meeting, i 111; Earl Grey on,
i 1; Mr. Gladstone's views on, iv 296.
Disraeli, Benjamin: education and early
career, i 29; on Toryism versus Con-
servatism, i 130; on the results of the
queen's accession, i 250; on the Con-
servative cause, i 251; formation of the
Young England party, i 263; his change
of sides, i 264; he describes some Char-
tist doings, i 265; graphic scene in a
tommy-shop, ii 15; becomes spokesman
of the Protectionists, ii 63; his eulogy
of Peel and virulent attack of Lord
Palmerston, ii 63; study in Coningsby
of Lord John Russell, ii 64; abuse of
statesmen, ii 65; slighted by Sir Robert
Peel, ii 65; his views at various stages
of his political career, ii 65; description
of a statesman's position, ii 66; his
personal antipathy to Sir Robert Peel,
ii 68, 73: speech on the Maynooth Col-
lege Bill, i 81; speech on the Corn
Bill, ii 103; his account of a scene in
the house, ii 109; his estimate of Sir
Robert Peel, ii 110; his burlesque of
Leigh Hunt's imprisonment, ii 162; on
the state of the church, ii 168; on the
navigation laws, ii 187; proposes to
modify the poor-laws, ii 188; on the
power of the crown, ii 285; is chancel-
lor of the exchequer, ii 296; his address
to the Buckinghamshire electors, ií 302;
his budget of 1852, and its opposition,
ii 312; his reply, ii 313; speech by Mr.
Gladstone, ii 315; defeat of the govern-
ment, ii 316; is accused of plagiarism,
ii

323; criticises the government con-
duct of the Crimean war, iii 139, 146;
his denunciation of Lord John Russell,
iii 181; again chancellor of the ex-
chequer, iii 287; he introduces a reform
bill, iii 289; on the income-tax and re-
duction of armaments, iii 317; on the
abolition of church-rates, iv 13, 16; his
speech against budget of 1862, iv 122;

his speech before the Oxford Diocesan
Society, iv 200; against reform bill of
1866, iv 219; is chancellor of the ex-
chequer, iv 222; introduces a reform
bill, iv 226; succeeds Lord Derby as
prime minister, iv 235; his administra-
tion of 1868, iv 262; attack on Lord
Cranborne, iv 264; his ministry re-
sign, iv 269; character of, iv 314; his
elevation to the peerage, iv 314; attends
Berlin congress, iv 318; his illness and
death, i 320; iv 324; sketch of his career,
i 321.

Disraeli, Isaac, his writings, i 29.
Disruption, the, of 1843, ii 165; financial
efforts of the Free Church, ii 168.
Dissenters' Burial Bill, iv 171.
Dissenters' Chapel Bill, i 283; Gladstone
on, i 283; Macaulay on, i 284.
Distress in the country, i 331; in 1861,
iv 123; in London in 1866-67, iv 240.
Divorce Court Bill, iii 206; opposed by
Mr. Gladstone, iii 206.
Dorchester labourers, transportation of
the, i 162; they are pardoned, i 163.
D'Orsay, Count, his career, iii 4.
Drainage of London, scheme for, iv 3.
Drinking fountains, erection of, iv 4.
Drummond, Edward, Sir Robert Peel's
secretary, assassinated, ii 38.
Druses, their cruelties to the Maronites,
iv 63; their character and origin, iv 63.
See Syria

Dufferin, Lord, his account of the scene
after the massacre at Damascus, iv 65;
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster,

iv 270.

Duncombe, Thomas, his political prin-
ciples and moral character, i 248; pro-
poses to extend the franchise, i 260;
on opening of private letters by the
government, i 335.

Dundas, Admiral, sent with a fleet to
the Baltic, iii 79.

Dundonald, Earl, i 96; fined and im-
prisoned, i 96; his services abroad, i 97;
is restored to all his honours, i 97.
Dunlop, John, a Temperance pioneer,

ETON

Ecclesiastical commission appointed, i
134; attempt to reform abuses, i 180.
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, iv 286.
Ecclesiastico-political controversies, ii
165; the Disruption, ii 165; movement
to separate church and state, ii 168;
the High Church party gains ground,
ii 168; Mr. Disraeli on the state of the
Church, ii 168; opposition of Dissenters
to national education, ii 169; Dr.
Hampden's case, ii 169; Rev. Cor-
nelius Gorham's case, ii 170.
Education, Rowland Hill's system of,
i 238; speech by Prince Albert at edu-
cational conference, iii 218; increase of
secular, iii 231; statistics of, iv 327.
Education of neglected children, move-
ment for, i 214; Mr. Gladstone on,
iii 215.

Education, National, grant voted in
1833, i 267; extension of, and constitu-
tion of committee of council on, i 267;
speech of Mr. Shiel on, i 267; proposed
scheme of, i 331; alarm of Dissenters
at, i 331; withdrawal of the bill, i 332;
agitation for, in 1852, ii 275; Lord John
Russell's opinion of, ii 275; grants for,
iv 169: Mr. Lowe and the Revised
Code, iv 169.

Eglinton Tournament, i 264.
Egypt, war in, iv 322.

Eldon, Lord, i 242.

Elections, family influence in, i 219.
Electric Telegraph, its origin, i 241:
increase of communication, iv 199; pur-
chased by government, iv 267.
Elementary Education Act, iv 280.
Elgin, Lord, sent to China as British
representative, iii 205, 275; sent to
China to secure the ratification of the
treaty of Tien-tsin, iv 61; orders the
destruction of the Summer Palace, iv

62.

iv 149.

Durham, Earl of, his early career, i 225;
his quarrel with Lord Brougham, i 125;
looked to as leader by advanced re-
formers, i 219; sent to Canada as gov-
ernor-general, i 225; opposition to his
illegal actions, i 227; he resigns and
retires into private life, i 228; his death,
i 228; John Stuart Mill's defence of his
policy, i 229.

Dwellings for the poorer classes, iv 199.

E.

East India Company, origin and growth
of, i 286; its trading privileges taken
away, i 288.

Eastern question, dispute about the
holy places, ii 334: Russia's designs
against Turkey, ii 335; opposition to
Russia, i 335; alliance between Bri-
tain and France and declaration of
war, i 336; is again brought up, iv

314.

i 23-

Elphinstone, Major-general, commander
in Afghanistan, ii 8.

Emigration, advocated by Carlyle, i
254: schemes of, ii 198; statistics of, ii
200; iv 328.
Employment of women and children, iv
282; evils of the gang system in agri-
cultural districts, iv 282.
Encumbered Estates Act, passing of, ii

182.

Endowed Schools Act Amendment Bill,
opposed by Messrs. Gladstone and
Forster, iv
303.
Engineering works, progress of, iv 199.
Ernest, Prince, of Hohenlohe Langen-
burg, death of, iv 42.
Essays and Reviews, iv 205; their
writers, iv 206; actions against Dr.
Williams and Mr. Wilson, iv 206, 207;
the Essays condemned in Convocation,
iv 207; Lord Westbury's speech on
Convocation, iv 207.

Eton, school life in Gladstone's days, i
11; celebrated men educated at, i 13;