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EUPATORIA

periodicals written and published at,
i 14.

Eupatoria captured, iii 95; the Russians
repulsed at, iii 155.

Evans, Sir De Lacy, at battle of the
Alma, iii 95.

Exchange, burning of Royal, i 246.
Executions, public, abolished, iv 169.
Exeter, Bishop of, conciliatory proposal
on church-rates, iv 13.
Exhibition of 1851, ii 231. See Crystal
Palace.

Exhibition of 1862, iv 123; opposition
to, iv 124: superior to that of 1851, iv
124; opening ceremony, iv 125; statis-
tics of, iv 125; account of the building
and its contents, iv 125.

Exiles in England, amusing account of,
ii 157.
Expenditure, national, increase of, ii

35.

35: Sir Robert Peel on, ii
Exploration, activity in, iv 20.
Eyre, Governor. See Jamaica.

F.

Factory Act, extension of the, iv 153.
Factory system, Wordsworth on the
evils of the, i 266; Hutton's experience
of, i 266; attempts at legislation by the
elder Sir Robert Peel, &c., i 266.
Failures, commercial, in 1857, iii 220.
Faraday, Professor, lectures at the
Royal Institution, iv 9; on spiritualism,

iv 19.
Female suffrage, increasing attention
given to, ii 28; Mr. Disraeli's descrip-
tion of a discussion on, ii 29.
Fenian organization, iv 250. See Ire-
land.

Ferdinand, King of Naples, tyranny of,
iv 66.

Ferrand, Mr. Busfield, charges against
free-trade advocates, ii 33.
Fiji Islands, cession of, iv 292.
Financial reform, increased attention
given to, iii 330; cost of collecting the
revenue, iii 330; Mr. Bright's scheme
for, iii 330.

Finlay, Mr., claim against the Greek
government, ii 212.

Fire at Tooley Street, London, iv 187.
Flogging in the army, motions to abo-
lish, ii 17: cruelties of, 174; amelior-
ation of, ii 175.
Foreign affairs: the Spanish legion and
Don Carlos, i 190; the German Zollver-
ein, i 190; revolution in Belgium, i 190;
insurrection in Poland, i 191; riots in
France, i 191; attempt to suppress poli-
tical societies in France, i 193.
Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii 140; causes
ill feeling in America, iii 193.
Forster, Mr. Wm. E., his early career,

iv 211.
Fox, William Johnson, advocates the
abolition of the corn-laws, ii 52.
France, riots in, i 191; attempt to sup-
press political societies in, i 193:
Fieschi's attempt to assassinate the
king, i 194; its relations with Turkey
and Egypt, ii 2; Thiers' ministry, ii 3:
quarrel with England on the Turkish
question, ii 3; successes in Algeria, ii

INDEX.

4: removal of the body of Napoleon | Garibaldi,
from St. Helena, ii 4; attempt of Louis
Napoleon to cause a revolt, ii 5: dis-
satisfaction of the people with the gov-
ernment, ii 5; agrees to the policy of
the western powers on the Turkish
question, ii 6; growing discontent in,
i 135; reform banquets, ii 136; insur-
rection in Paris, ii 137; flight of the
king, i 137; provisional government
formed, ii 138; escape of Louis Napo-
leon from Ham, ii 138; republic set up,
ii 225; distress among the working-
classes, ii 225; government undertakes
to provide for them, ii 225; the republic
proclaimed, ii 225; disaffection in the
country, ii 226; emancipation of slaves
in the colonies, ii 227; failure of attempt
at insurrection, ii 227; the elections
and formation of a government, ii 228;
another unsuccessful attempt at insur-
rection, ii 228; Louis Napoleon Bona-
parte elected a representative, ii 228;
repeated insurrections, ii 229; forma-
tion of a constitution, ii 230; election
of Louis Napoleon as president, ii 230;
the coup d'état, ii 251 (see Napoleon,
Louis); proclamation of the empire, ii
326; Cobden's efforts to bring about a
commercial treaty with, iii 319; hostil-
ity of Germany to, iii 323; M. Ollivier's
speech on national disarmament, iv
164; war with Prussia, iv 285.
Franchise, county and borough, iv 309.
Franco-Austrian war. See Italy.
Franco-German war,
iv 285.
Franklin, Sir John, starts on his Arctic
expedition, ii 203; search for, iii 5; ex-
pedition of Captain M'Clintock in
search of, iv 20.

Frauds and robberies, increase of, iii
232; Sir John Dean Paul, Strahan, and
Bates, iii 232; John Sadlier, M.P., iii
232; failure of the Royal British Bank,
iii 233; Redpath, iii 236.
Frederick VII. of Denmark, his death,
iv 146.

Free Church of Scotland, ii 167.
Free-trade, progress towards, i 22; agi-
tation for repeal of the corn-laws, i
275; meeting in Manchester in favour
of, ii 41.

Free-trade Hall, Manchester, opening
of, ii 28.

GLADSTONE

341

Giuseppe, declares war
against Austria, ii 152; fights his way
to Rome, ii 152; his career, ii 153; his
heroic defence of Rome, ii 153; escapes
with the remnant of his army, ii 154:
retires to Caprera, iv 67; goes to
America, iv 67; makes and sells can-
dles in New York, ii 154; iv 67; master
of trading vessels, iv 67; presentation of
a sword at Newcastle, iv 67: his per-
sonal appearance in 1849, iv 68; takes
part in the Franco-Italian war, iv 69;
his preparations for the liberation of
Sicily, iv 69; captures Palermo, iv 70;
Cavour's plans, iv 71; the position of
France and England, iv 71; statecraft
of the Sardinian government, iv 72;
the pope excommunicates the invaders
and usurpers, iv 72; appeal of the King
of Naples, iv 73: Garibaldi's proclama-
tion declaring his intention to free the
Neapolitan states, iv 73; crosses to the
mainland, iv 74; rapid successes of his
army, iv 75; his entry into Naples,
iv 75; necessity of keeping Garibaldi
out of Rome, iv 76; Cavour's plan,
iv 76; the Sardinian army conquers the
Papal territory, iv 78; meeting of Vic-
tor Emmanuel and Garibaldi, iv 97:
Victor Emmanuel chosen king of the
Two Sicilies, iv 80; Garibaldi resigns
the dictatorship and retires to Caprera,
iv 80; his disinterestedness, iv 81; is
elected to the Italian parliament, iv 83;
retires, iv 83; raises a force for the cap-
ture of Rome, iv 83; he is opposed at
Aspromonte, iv 84: is wounded and
imprisoned for a short time, iv 84; re-
moved to Caprera, iv 84; his enthusi-
astic reception in London, iv 85; re-
turns to Caprera, iv 85; takes up arms
against Austria in 1866, iv 85; is
wounded and returns to Caprera, iv 85;
another attempt to take Rome, iv 86.
Garotte, public indignation against,
iii 233; infliction of flogging as a punish-
ment, iii 234.

General election of 1865, results of, iv
178; general election of 1868, iv 267;
Mr. Gladstone defeated, iv 267; changes
in the new House of Commons, iv 269;
strength of Liberal and Conservative
parties, iv 269; elections of 1880, iv 323.
George III., death of, i 6.

Friends, Society of, deputation to the George IV., death of, i 38.
czar, iii 62.

Frogmore, death of the Duchess of Kent
at, iv 49; Prince Albert buried at, iv
56.

Frome-Bennett case, iii 13.
Frost, John, the Chartist, i 263.

G.

Game-laws, attempt to mitigate, i 28;
injury inflicted by, ii 58; Mr. Bright
obtains a committee of inquiry into,
ii 59: suicide of Lord Stradbroke's
gamekeepers, ii 59: statistics of con-
victions for breaches of the game-laws,

ii 59.
Gang system, evils of the, iv 282.
Gardiner, Allan, missionary, his suffer-
ings in Patagonia, ii 299.

Germany, hostile feeling towards France,
iii 323.

Gibson, Milner, advocates the remission
of the taxes on knowledge, ii
203; loses
his seat, iii 204.

Gladstone, John, his political opinions
and character, i 8; early history of the
family, i 8.

Gladstone, William Ewart, his early
school life, i ro; enters Eton School,i11;
contributes to the Eton Miscellany,
Eton Magazine, i 15: at Oxford Uni-
versity, i 41; enters parliament as mem-
ber for Newark, i 114; his remarks on
slavery, i 116; is commissioner of the
treasury, i 130; under-secretary to the
colonies, i 140; opposes motion for re-
form of the Irish Church, i 140: opposes
proposed inquiry into bribery and cor-
ruption at Liverpool, i 141; opposes

GLADSTONE

pro-

Universities Admission Bill, i 141;
Lord Macaulay's opinion of him, i 141;
his speech on the Irish Church, i 141;
speech on abolition of slavery, i 150;
is charged with inconsistency, i 201;
his work on The State in its Relations
with the Church, i 203; criticisms of
Macaulay and the Quarterly Review,
i 203; his correspondence with Macau-
lay, i 204; his change of opinion on the
subject, i 206; his speech on the Dis-
senters' Chapel Bill, i 283; appointed
vice-president of the Board of Trade
and Master of the Mint, i 318; his re-
putation at this time, i 318; speech on
the opium war, i 320; his marriage, i 320;
he supports Sir Robert Peel's proposed
sliding-scale, ii 22; withdraws from
Peel's government on account.of
posal to increase the Maynooth grant,
47; his early opinions on free-trade,
ii 53: proposes to abolish restrictions
on the importation of machinery, ii 53;
his part in obtaining improvements in
railway system, ii 54; on the sugar
duties, ii 72; supports the Maynooth
College Bill, ii 81; becomes colonial
secretary, ii 94; on the conduct of Sir
James Brooke in the East, ii 159;
on abolition of the navigation laws,
ii 187, 188; proposes an ecclesiastical
constitution for the Australian colonies,
ii 197; speech on the Don Pacifico
affair, ii 217; on the death of Sir Robert
Peel, ii 223; his charges against the
administration of justice in Naples,
ii 259; replies to his charges, ii 271;
is chancellor of the exchequer, ii 316;
his first budget, ii 329; his budget of
1854, i 52; supplementary budget,
iii 59; his attitude with regard to Rus-
sia and Turkey in 1854 and 1877,
iii 60; on the origin and reasons of the
Crimean war, iii 68; writing in 1878 on
the Crimean war, iii 87; speech on the
conduct of the Crimean war, iii 145;
chancellor of the exchequer, iii 151:
resigns, iii 154, 155; on the breaking
up of political parties, iii 167; advocates
negotiations for peace, iii 169, 183; on
the terms of peace with Russia, iii 194;
on the quarrel with the United States
concerning foreign enlistment, iii 195;
on the education of neglected children,
iii 215; his visit to Corfu, iii 289; chan-
cellor of the exchequer, iii 292; Home-
ric studies, iii 298; address as chancel-
lor of the University of Edinburgh,
iii 298; visit to the Ionian Islands,
iii 299; gratuitous services as commis-
sioner extraordinary at Corfu, iii 306;
his position in the Palmerston ministry,
iii 306; his budget of 1859, iii 316; he
introduces budget of 1860, iii 331; on
the French commercial treaty, iii 333;
abolition of excise duty on paper,iii 335:
iv 26; the impressed stamp on news-
papers abolished, iii 335; on the func-
tions of laymen in the church, iv 12;
opposes abolition of church-rates, iv 14;
on interference by the House of Lords
with taxation, iv 29; his budget of 1861,
iv 31; his budget of 1862, iv 119; speech
by Mr. Disraeli against the budget,
iv 122; Mr. Gladstone's reply, iv 122;

his financial statement of 1863, iv 146;
proposed club-tax and tax on charities
negatived, iv 146; his speech on en-
dowed institutions, iv 146; details of
the budget, iv 147; the income-tax,
iv 148; our trade with France, iv 148,
172; he supports the Dissenters' Burial
Bill, iv 171; his budget of 1864, iv 171;
his scheme for government life annui-
ties and assurance, iv 127; his budget
of 1865, iv 173; speech on reform,iv 174;
his views on the Irish Church, iv 175;
loses his seat for Oxford University,
iv 176; his speech at Manchester, iv 177;
is returned for South Lancashire,iv 178;
becomes leader of the House of Com-
mons, iv 182; his speeches at Glasgow
and Edinburgh in 1865, iv 182; his
views on English Evangelicalism,
iv 202; his budget of 1866, iv 212; its
proposals regarding the national debt,
iv 213; his speeches on the reform bill
of 1866, iv 214, 217, 219; his resignation
of office, iv 222; his opposition to Mr.
Disraeli's reform bill, iv 229, on the
Fenian outrages, iv 258; his view of the
Irish problem, iv 259; his resolutions for
disestablishment of the Irish Church,
iv 263; is defeated in Lancashire, but
returned for Greenwich, iv 267; forms
a ministry, iv 269; its members, iv 270;
introduces his bill for disestablishing
the Irish Church, iv 270; its provisions,
iv 270; it passes second reading, iv 273,
and becomes law, 275: introduces and
carries Irish Land Bill, iv 276; intro-
duces education bill for Ireland, iv 289;
his government defeated, iv 289; he
resigns, but compelled to remain in
office, iv 289; he resigns in 1874, iv 290;
his letter to Lord Granville, iv. 290;
introduces bill for abolition of com-
pulsory church-rates, iv 295; his views
on disestablishment of the Church, iv
296, 300; on Ritualism, iv 298; on the
Abolition of Patronage and Public Wor-
ship Regulation bills, iv 300; his pam-
phlet on the Vatican Decrees, iv 303;
his public life, iv 304; his pamphlet on
Turkish affairs, iv 316; the Midlothian
Campaign, iv 323; is again prime minis-
ter, iv 323; his measures for Ireland,
and action against Home Rule obstruc-
tion, iv
325.
Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, i 228;
retires from office, i 229.

Godwin, William, political economist,
i 51.

Godwin, Major-general, commander in
the Burmese war, iii 197.
Gold, discovery of, in Victoria, ii 201;
in California, ii 201.

Goodman's confession, i 101.

Görgei, Arthur, dictator of Hungary,

ii 156.

Gorham, Rev. Cornelius, ii 170.
Gorilla, discovery of the, iv 24.
Goschen, Mr., his early career, iv 211.
Gough, Lord, conquers the Punjaub,

iii 244.

Goulbourn, Mr., chancellor of the ex-
chequer, i 318; ii 60.
Graham, Sir James, in Melbourne's

ministry, i 127; declines to join Peel's,
i 131; speech on the Irish Church,

HALLAM

i 138; is home-secretary, i 318; public
feeling against him for opening letters
in the post-office, i 336; his speech on
Lord Derby's protection policy, ii 304:
is first lord of the admiralty, ii 316;
his instructions to Sir Charles Napier,
iii 77; quarrel between, iii 78; first lord
of the admiralty under Palmerston,
iii 151; resigns, iii 154, 155.
Grant, Sir Hope, commands the forces
in China, iv 61.

Grant, General, captures Vicksburg,
iv 142; appointed to command the
forces, iv 142; takes Richmond, iv

142.

Granville, Lord, made foreign minister,
ii 274; lord-president of the council,
ii 316; iii 151; secretary for the colonies,
iv 270.

Great Eastern steamship, iii 327; its
usefulness in laying telegraph cables,
iii 329.

Great Exhibition. See Crystal Palace.
Greece, quarrel with Britain on the Don
Pacifico and other claims, ii 212;
seizure of war-vessels and blockade of
the Greek coast, ii 213; settlement of
dispute, ii 214; election of Prince Al-
fred as king, iv 145; the honour de-
clined, iv 145; Prince William of Den-
mark elected, iv 145.

Greville, clerk of the council, his de-
scription of the first privy-council of
Queen Victoria, i 209; describes her
appearance and manner, i 212.
Grey, Earl (second), forms a ministry,
i 69; Reform Bill introduced, i 72; is
respected by the nation, i 80; his min-
istry resign but recalled, i 88; on
church establishments, i 112; split in
his cabinet and resignation of ministry,
i 124; declines to form a ministry,
i 145.

Grey, Earl (third), colonial secretary in
Russell's ministry, i 116.

Grey, Earl de, Lord-lieutenant of Ire-
land, i 318.

Grey, Sir George, home secretary in
Russell and Palmerston ministries, ii
116; iii 151.

Grey, Sir George, Governor of New
Zealand, ii 14; his difficulties in deal-
ing with the natives, ii 14: puts the
affairs of South Australia and New
Zealand in order, ii 190.

Gros, Baron, French envoy to China,
iv 61.

Grote, George, enters Parliament in
1832, i 107.

Guano, first importation of, ii 175.
Guizot, M., his resignation, ii 2; re-
called to power, ii 6; policy and popu-
larity, i 6; anecdote of,
132; his
character, ii 132; intrigues about the
Spanish marriages, ii 134.

H.

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, iv 251.
Hall, Sir Benjamin, his political prin-
ciples, i 280; first commissioner of
Woods and Forests, iii 151.

Hallam, a great talker, i 186; his death.
iv 38.

HALLEY

Halley's comet, appearance of, in 1835,

i 185.

Hampden, Dr., and the see of Hereford,
ii 169.

Handel Centenary at the Crystal Pal-

ace, iv 9.

Handel Festival, an annual celebration,
iv 9.

Hanover, separation of, from Great Bri-
tain, i 211.

Harcourt, Sir William, iv 302; is solici-
tor-general, iv 303.

Hardinge, Lord, commander-in-chief,
ii 320.

Harrison, Mr., secretary for Ireland, iii

155.

Hartington, Marquis of, moves a vote
of want of confidence in the Derby
government, iii 291; defeated for North
Lancashire, iv 269; becomes post-mas-
ter-general, iv 270; becomes Liberal
leader in the Commons, iv 290; con-
flicting opinions concerning his lord-
ship, iv 291.

Hartley Colliery tragedy, iv 57.
Harvest, deficient, in 1837-8, i 276.
Hassall, Dr. Arthur Hill, superintends
the Lancet adulteration commission,
iii 229.

Hastings, Lady Flora, i 232.
Hastings, Warren, i 287.
Hatherley, Lord, lord-chancellor, iv

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INDEX.

Hope, Admiral, attempts to storm the
Taku forts, iv 61.

Horsman, Mr., Irish secretary, iii 151.
Houses of Parliament, completion of,
iv 4.

Howe, introduction of sewing-machine
by, iv 19.

Howitt, William, explosive writing in
his Journal, ii 151.

Hubbard, Mr., bill on church-rates, iv

13.

Hudson, George, railway king, ii 179.
Hughes, Mr. Thomas, on trades-unions,
iv 241.

Hugo, Victor, ii 145.

Hume, Joseph, leader of the Radicals,
i 81; his early career, i 82; ii 45; advo-
cates the cause of the Canadian colon-
ists, i 224; character of, ii 45; his indus-
try, ii 46; his annual motion for parlia-
mentary reform, ii 309; supports Mr.
Gladstone's war budget, iii 58; his
death, iii 58.

Hungarian insurrection, ii 155: Francis
Deak's popularity, ii 156; Kossuth pro-
visional governor, ii 156; Arthur Görgei
succeeds Kossuth as dictator, ii 156;
surrender of the Hungarian army, ii
156.

Hunt, Leigh, conductor of Examiner
newspaper, ii 161; sarcastic articles on
the prince regent, ii 161; breadth of
view in his advocacy of reforms, ii 162;
pension granted to, ii 161; death of, iv
38.

Hydepark Riots of 1866, iv 224.

Haynau, General, mobbed in London, Ibrahim Pasha, ii
ii 140.

Hayti, crowning of Soulouque emperor
of, iii 4.

Head, Major, puts down the revolt in
Canada, i 224; receives a baronetcy, i

224.

Heathcote, Sir W., opposes the aboli-
tion of church-rates, iv 14; sketch of,

iv 14.
Henley, Mr., president of Board of
Trade, ii 296.

Hennessey, Pope, iv 86.

Herbert, Sir Sydney, enters parliament
in 1834 as a Tory, i 184; at first a hesi-
tating speaker, i 185; his ancestry, i
185; secretary to the admiralty, i 318;
secretary at war, 317; colonial secre-
tary,
iii 151; resigns, iii 154, 155; raised
to the
peerage, iv death of, iv 42.
High-Church, Ritualism, and Low-
Church, iv 11.

42;

Hill, Rowland, his early training and
history, i 237; advocates a penny post-
age, i 239; appointed to superintend its
working, i 241.

Hodson, Lieutenant, his vigour in the
suppression of Indian mutiny, iii 261;
shoots the King of Delhi's sons, 263.
Holmfirth, bursting of reservoir at, ii
288; iv 184.

Holyoake, Mr., the Secularist, iii 7.
Home Rulers, their policy of obstruc-
tion, iv 322.
Hood, Thomas, ii 15.

I.

7.

Imports and exports, statistics of food,

iv 1, 2.

Income-tax, first imposed, i 330; Sir
Robert Peel appeals to the house on
behalf of, ii 36; opposition of Lord
John Russell and Mr. Roebuck to, ii

70.

India, historical notice of, i 287; Board
of Control established, i 287; troubles
with Afghanistan and the Sikhs, i 288;
changes in, ii 160; changes in, since
1853, iii 209; mutiny of Sepoys in, iii
240; its causes, iii 240; improvements in
the condition of the country, iii 241;
severity of the British to the natives, iii
241; previous warnings of discontent,
iii 242; Colonel Hodgson's pamphlet,
iii 242; improvements introduced by
Lord Dalhousie, iii 243; extension of
British rule in, iii 244; the Koh-i-noor
diamond sent to England, iii 244: Azi-
moolah Khan visits London, iii 245:
Lord Canning succeeds Lord Dal-
housie, iii 245; causes of the mutiny,
iii 245; origin of the name Pandies as
applied to revolted Sepoys, iii 247:
dis-
tribution of chupatties, iii 247; disposi-
tion of the troops in the country on the
outbreak of the mutiny, iii 247; out-
break at Meerut and Delhi, iii 248; the
news reaches Lahore and the Sepoys
there disarmed, iii 249; those at Mool-
tan disarmed, iii 250; troops on their
way to China intercepted by Lord

IRELAND

343

Canning, iii 250; outbreak at Lucknow,
iii

250; outbreak at Cawnpore, iii 251;
Sir Hugh Wheeler applies to Nana
Sahib for assistance, iii 252; heroic
defence of the garrison, iii 253; treachery
of Nana Sahib and massacre of the
garrison, iii 253; Sir Colin Campbell
sent out, iii 255; General Havelock
marches on Cawnpore and captures it,
iii 256; defeat of Nana Sahib and blow-
ing up of the magazine, iii 256; Outram
and Havelock march on Lucknow, iii
257; entry into the Residency, iii 258;
advance of Sir Colin Campbell on
Lucknow, iii 258; its fall, iii 259; death
of Sir Henry Havelock, iii 260; siege
of Delhi, iii 260; blowing up of the
Cashmere Gate, iii 262; the city cap-
tured, iii 262; capture of the King of
Delhi and shooting of his sons, iii 263;
punishments inflicted on the rebels at
Cawnpore, iii 264; Disraeli on the mode
of governing, iii 265; Cobden on Indian
government, iii 266; disposal of the
King of Delhi, iii 268; death of the
Rhance of Jhansi, iii 268; general
order by Sir Hugh Rose, iii 268; Sir
Colin Campbell announces the end of
the rebellion, iii 268; proposal to trans-
fer the government from the East India
Company to the crown, iii 274; bills of
Lord Palmerston and Lord Derby, iii
274; act for the better government of
India finally passed, iii 275; the queen
proclaimed throughout, iii 275; separate
European army abolished, iv 43.
Inkerman, battle of, iii 111; descriptions
of, iii 112, 113; cruelties of the Rus-
sians, iii 114.

Insanity laws, discussion on the, ii 40.
Inspection of prisons, conflict between
House of Commons and the law courts
concerning, i 269.

Insurrections on the Continent, i 91.
International law, improvements in, iii

192.

Inundation of the sea in 1862, iv 185.
Ionian Islands, political condition of,
iii 209; Mr. Gladstone sent as lord
commissioner visits the, iii 289, 299;
they demand to be annexed to Greece,
iii 299; finally handed over, iii 300.
Ireland, agitation and distress in, i 18,
37, 120; crimes in, in 1832, i 121; coer-
cive measures, i 121; church and mili-
tary statistics in 1833, i 123; failure of
the potato crop in, ii 85; poverty of the
cottars and alarming distress in, ii 87;
increase of crime in, ii 107; bill for the
protection of life and property thrown
out, ii 107; Sir Robert Peel resigns, ii
108; increasing famine and crime, ii
116; remedial measures adopted, ii 117;
opposition to the establishment of se-
cular colleges, ii 117; injurious effects
of the relief granted, ii 118; Mr. Smith
of Deanston on how to improve Ireland,
ii 119; Lord George Bentinck's pro-
posal, ii 119; spiritlessness of the people,
ii 120; the Young Ireland party, ii 120;
repeal year, ii 123; results of famine, ii
141; need of improved cookery, ii 141;
statistics of mortality and relief during
the famine, ii 182; punishment of agi-
tators, ii 181, 184; the "Cabbage Gar-

IRISH

den Insurrection," ii 181; deplorable
condition of the people in 1848, i 184:
Prince Albert on, ii 184; visit of the
queen to, ii 185; Mr. Sharman Craw-
ford moves for leave to bring in a land
bill, ii 290; political condition of, iv 247:
seditious proceedings of professional
agitators, iv 248; Fenian threats against
England, iv 248; proceedings of Irish
Americans, iv 248; views of British
statesmen on, iv 249; the Fenian or-
ganization, iv 250; Stephens and Ma-
honey, iv 250; suspension of Habeas
Corpus Act, iv 251; Fenian raid on
Canada, iv 251; Irish-American attempt
on Ireland, iv 251; capture of Colonel
Burke and others, iv 252; attack on
prison van at Manchester and murder
of Sergeant Brett, iv 253; execution of
Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien, iv 255;
outrage on Clerkenwell Prison, iv 255:
execution of Barrett, iv 256; outrages
in Ireland, iv 257; great procession in
memory of the Manchester murderers,
iv 257; the land question, iv 260; the
Ulster "Custom," iv 261; Mr. Maguire's
proposed inquiry into condition of Ire-
land, iv 262; Mr. Gladstone introduces
the Irish Land Bill, iv 276; its provi-
sions, iv 277; it becomes law, iv 279; a
national education bill introduced, iv
289; continued outrages in, iv 324;
Mr. Gladstone's later measures, iv 325.
Irish Brigade raised, iv 76, 86; Mr. Pope
Hennessey conspicuous in its forma-
tion, iv 86.

Irving, Edward, i 110.
Isabella, Queen of Spain, ii 290.
Italy, fate of Ruffini, ii r; sympathy
with Mazzini, ii r; condition in 1848,
ii 151; spread of secret societies, ii 152;
insurrectionary movements, ii 152;
Charles Albert takes the lead, ii 152;
Garibaldi declares war against Austria,
ii 152; enters Rome and a republic pro-
claimed, ii 152; Victor Emmanuel suc-
ceeds his father, ii 153; the French,
Austrian, and Neapolitan armies ad-
vance upon Rome, ii 153; gallant de-
fence of Garibaldi, ii 153: end of the
Roman Republic, ii 154; Austrian rule
unendurable, iii 306; policy of Cavour
and of Mazzini, iii 307; Mazzini and
Garibaldi, iii 307; the Emperor of the
French contemplates hostilities with
Austria, iii 308; Victor Emmanuel's
declaration, iii 308; feeling in England,
iii 308; the emperor's letter to the
queen, iii 309; unpopularity of the war
in France, iii 310; Prince Albert on the
emperor's position, iii 310; negotiations
with Lord Cowley, iii 310; the queen
on Napoleon's position, iii 311; M.
Thiers' opinion, iii 311; proposal for the
disarmament of the great powers, iii
311; Austria preparing for war, iii 312;
memorandum of the Sardinian govern-
ment, iii 312; Austria demands the dis-
armament of Sardinia, iii 313; Victor
Emmanuel's proclamation to his troops,
iii 313; the Austrian army ordered to
enter Sardinia, iii 313; the emperor
takes command of the French army,
iii 313; positions of the armies, iii 313:
battle of Montebello, iii 313; defeat of

the Austrians at Palestro, iii 314; defeat
of the Austrians at Magenta, ii 314; the
Emperor of France and King of Sar-
dinia enter Milan, iii 315; retreat of
the Austrians, iii 315; battle of Sol-
ferino, iii 315; meeting of the emperors
at Villafranca, iii 315; treaty signed,
iii 316; dissatisfaction of Sardinia and
resignation of Cavour, iii 322; com-
plaints of Sardinia against the conduct
of Austria, iv 66; tyrannous govern-
ment in Naples, iv 66; Garibaldi's con-
quest of Sicily and Naples (see Gari-
baldi), iv 69; Victor Emmanuel oc-
cupies the Papal territory, iv 78; chosen
king of the Two Sicilies, iv 80; Lord
John Russell's despatch on the action
of the Sardinian government, iv 81;
Ratazzi succeeds Cavour as minister,
iv 83; tries to repeat Cavour's policy,
iv 83: Garibaldi raises a force for an
attack on Rome, iv 83; he is opposed
by government troops at Aspromonte,
iv 84; seat of government removed to
Florence, iv 85; Venetia joined to Italy,
iv 85; another unsuccessful attack on
Rome, iv 86; discussion in the House of
Commons on the government policy,
iv 86.

J.

Jamaica, proposal to suspend the con-
stitution of, i 158; serious riots in,
iv 190; condition of the negro in, iv 191;
George Wm. Gordon and Paul Bogle,
iv 191; course pursued by Governor
Eyre, iv 192; execution of Gordon,
iv 193; severities practised on the in-
surgents, iv 193; public sympathy felt
for Gordon, iv 194; Carlyle defends
Eyre, iv 194; he is suspended, and a
commission of inquiry appointed,iv 195;
the prosecution against him fails, iv

195.

Japan, opening up of trade with, iv 20.
Jerrold, Douglas, death of, iv 38.
Jews, admission of, to House of Com-
mons, iv 36.

Jingoes, origin of the name, iv 317.
Jones, Ernest, ii 145.

Jones, William, conceals himself in
Buckingham Palace, i 315.
Jowett, Professor, iv 202, 204; opposi-
tion to, iv 206.

Judicature Bill passed, iv 289.

K.

Kaffirs, war with, ii 275, 309.
Kars, defence of, iii 187.
Kenealy, Dr., is returned for Stoke-
upon-Trent, iv 294.

Kent, Duchess of, income granted to,
i 220; illness of, iv 49; the queen's de-
scription of her last hours, iv 49; her
death, iv 50.

Kent, Duke of, i 182.
Kimberley, Lord, lord privy-seal, iv 270.
Kingsley, Charles, efforts to improve
the condition of the labouring classes,
ii 150; his opposition to the Manchester
school, i 306; his Christian socialism,

LIVINGSTONE

iii 221; appointed professor of history,
iv 202.

Knowledge, repeal of taxes on, ii 296.
Koh-i-noor diamond sent to England,
iii 244.

Kossuth, Louis, ii 142; learns the
English language, ii 142; becomes pro-
visional governor of Hungary, ii 156;
resigns the dictatorship and flees to
Turkey, ii 156; reaches England, ii 157:
his American tour, ii 275.

L.

Lady Hewley's Charity, i 282.
Lady novelists, ii 301.
Lamoricière, General, commander of
Papal troops, iv 67.
Lancashire, distress in, iv 125; pro-
visions for relief, iv 126; Mr. Cobden
on the amount of distress, iv 126; poor-
law relief, iv 127; aid from America,
iv 127; Mrs. Gladstone's efforts, iv 129;
improvement of health and decrease of
mortality in distressed districts, iv 129;
occupation provided, iv 129.
Lansdowne, Lord, in cabinet without
office, ii 317.

Lawrence, Sir Henry, stationed in the
Punjaub, iii 247; his death, iii 251.
Lawrence, Sir John, stationed in the
Punjaub, iii 247; his able administra-
tion and tact, iii 269; rewards for his
services, iii 270.

ii

Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, president of the
United Kingdom Alliance, iv 151.
Layard, Austin Henry, his career,
iii 139; his excavations near Nineveh,
175; attacks the government on the
Crimean war, iii 139; attacks Palmer-
ston's government, iii 153.
Laymen in the church, Gladstone on
functions of, iv 12.

Leech, John, death of, iv 197.
Lehzen, Louise, governess to Princess
Victoria, i 215.

Leicester the Glass-blower, iv 239.
Leopold, chosen King of Belgium, i 91;
guardian and adviser of Princess Vic-
toria, i 217; promotes her marriage
with Prince Albert, i 292.
Leopold, illness of Prince, iv 292.
Letheby, Dr., his sanitary inquiries,
iii 226; remedies suggested, iii 228.
Lewis, Sir G. C., chancellor of the ex-
chequer, iii 155: his antecedents, iii 163;
his budget, iii 163, 164.

Liberia, establishment of colony of, iv

91.

Lincoln, Abraham, elected President of
the United States, iv 101; character
and career, iv 101; personal appear-
ance, iv 102; his reply to an address
from Manchester, iv 126; assassination
of, iv 143.

Lind, Jenny, her extraordinary success,
ii 208.

Liquor traffic, bill for regulation of, iv
288.

Livingstone, David, early life and educa-
tion, iv 20; joins the London Mission-
ary Society and is sent to South
Africa, iv 21; his marriage, iv 21; his
great journey to Lake Ngami, iv 22;

LOCAL

receives the gold medal of the Royal
Geographical Society, iv 22; Sir Ro-
derick Murchison on his discoveries,
iv 22; recommends the growth of cotton
in Africa, iv 22; explorations on the
Zambesi, iv 22; leaves England for his
last journey, iv 23; honours given to
him, iv 23.

Local Government Acts, iv 286.
Loch Katrine water supply for Glasgow,
inauguration of, iv 5.
Londonderry, Marquis of, his claim for
place, i 133.

London University, receives power to
grant degrees, i 135.

Lords, House of, rejection of bill for re-
peal of the paper-duty, iv 28; report of
committee of Commons on precedents
for such a course, iv 28; Mr. Bright
dissents from report, iv 28; Mr. Glad-
stone's opinion, iv 29; resolutions car-
ried in the Commons, iv 29.
Lorne, Marquis of, marriage with Prin-
cess Louise, iii 304.

Louis Philippe, King of France, i 90;
attempt on his life, ii 6; news reaches
the House of Commons of his flight
and abdication, ii 133; intrigues con-
cerning the Spanish marriage, ii 133.
Lowe, Mr., his amendment urging pro-
secution of the war, iii 169, 176, 178;
supports the bill for limited liability in
joint-stock companies, iii 303; his early
career, iii 303; advances in political
offices, iii 304; his character as an
educationist, iv 169; is charged with
mutilating school inspectors' reports,
iv 170; he resigns office, iv 170; his
speeches on reform bill of 1866, iv 215,
218; his attack on Mr. Disraeli, iv
234: chancellor of the exchequer, iv
270; his budget of 1869, iv 273; his
budget of 1871, iv 287; proposed tax on
lucifer matches, iv 287.
Lucknow, outbreak at, and vigorous
measures taken by Sir Henry Law-
rence, iii 250; entry of General Have-
lock into, iii 258.

Lyndhurst, Lord, his ancestors, i 113;
began his parliamentary career as a
Radical, i 113; lord chancellor in
various ministries, i 98, 113, 129, 318;
a law reformer, i 113; attorney-general,
i113; friendship between him and Can-
ning, i 113; his generosity and good-
humour, i 114; his bills to amend the law
concerning parliamentary oaths, and to
better the position of married women,
iii 12; his speech on the unfaithfulness
of Russia, iii 91; advocates additions
to the national defences, iii 305.
Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer, speech on the
conduct of the Crimean war, iii 144:
motion to censure the government,
iii 181; supports Disraeli's reform bill
of 1859, iii 291; Disraeli's description
of his oration, iii 291; secretary for the
colonies, iii 299; his success as a poli-
tician and defects as a speaker, iii 300;
his political creed and industry as a
writer, iii 300; created a baronet,iii 301;
his personal peculiarities, iii 301; his
romantic novels and dramas, iii 301;
his political progress and literary suc-
cess, i 302; his unhappy marriage,

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iii 302; anecdote of, by Mr. Ballantine,
iii 302; interested in criminal investiga-
tions, iii 302; Lord Rector of Glasgow | Maurice, Rev. Frederic Denison, on
University, iii

303.

M.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, enters
parliament, i 104; his high place as
a speaker, i 104; advocates reform,
i 105; a great talker, i 186; war secre-
tary, i 289; opposes Peel's sliding-
scale, ii 23; his description of a stormy
scene in the House of Commons, ii 40;
on the sugar duties, ii 72; on the May-
nooth College Bill, ii 79; loses his seat
for Edinburgh, ii 80; paymaster of the
forces, ii 116; publication of his His-
tory of England, ii 163; is again re-
turned for Edinburgh, iii 10; speech
on the Militia Bill, iii 11; his death,
iv 39; his position as an author and
politician, iv 39: Mr. Gladstone's re-
view of, iv 39.

M'Clintock, Captain, his expedition in
the Fox, iv 20.

the Manchester school, ii 306; dis-
missed for teaching certain views on
the subject of eternal punishment,
iii 43: appointed professor of moral
philosophy, iv 202.

Maynooth College Bill, introduced by
Sir Robert Peel, ii 78; speech by Mac-
aulay on, ii 79; supported by Gladstone
and opposed by Disraeli, ii 81; passing
of, ii 82.

Maynooth Grant, Mr. Aytoun's motion
on, iv 266; compensation for with-
drawal of, iv 271.

Mayo, assassination of Lord, iv 319.
Mazzini, Joseph, the father of Italian
freedom, ii 143; his early life, ii 143:
personal appearance, ii 144: joins the
Carbonari, ii 145; joins the insurrection
in Italy, ii 152; chosen president of the
republic in Rome, ii 152; his reception
in England, i 336; general sympathy
with, ii 1; Carlyle's praise of, ii 1; his
account of an hour of suffering, ii 1.
Meagher of the Sword, iii 7.
Mechi, Mr., experiments in agriculture,
iii 2.

Medical science, advances in, ii 178.

Mackenzie, Bishop, in Africa, iv 22.
Mackintosh, Sir James, his efforts to
ameliorate the criminal code, i 17.
Macnaghten, Sir William, murdered in Meerut, beginning of mutiny at, iii 248.
Cabul, ii 8.

Magazines, beginning of popular, i 112.
Magenta, battle of, iii 314.

Mahoney, Fenian head-centre, iv 251.
Mail-coaches, i 236.

Malmesbury, Lord, foreign secretary
in Lord Derby's ministries, ii 296;
iii 287.

Malt duty, motion to repeal, in 1835,

i 133.

Malthus on population, i 52.
Manchester, rapid growth of, i 275:
turn-out of mill-workers, i 278; meet-
ings prohibited and dispersed, i 279;
meeting of trades delegates and resolu-
tions adopted, including the People's
Charter, i 280; employers resolve to
keep the mills closed, i 280.
Manchester school of politics, rise of,
ii 139; opponents of the, ii 139, 305.
Manin, Daniel, revolutionist at Venice,

ii 144.

Manners, Lord John, commissioner of
Woods and Forests, ii 296.
Manning, Henry Edward, birth and
education, iv 17: joins the Roman Ca-
tholic Church, iv 18; made a cardinal,
iv 18.

Manteuffel, Prussian minister, iii 34.
Maronites. See Druses.

Marriage laws, unsatisfactory nature of
the old, i 177; interpretation of them
by Sir Matthew Hale, i 178; attempts
to amend, i 178, 179; a reform accom-
plished, i 179.

Married women, laws relating to, i 273;

iii 12.

Martaban, capture of, iii 197.
Martineau, Harriet, her influence in
Liberal politics, i 81; declines a pen-
sion, i 81; on the Chartists, i 280; on
the potato disease, ii 86.
Martini-Henry rifle, invention of, iii 326.
Mathew, Father, his early career, i 255;

Mehemet Ali, viceroy of Egypt, i 291;
British government decline to assist
him, i 292; his revolt against Turkey,
ii 2; is opposed by England and sup-
ported by France, ii 3; refuses the terms
of the western powers, 5; at last signs
a convention, ii 6.

Melbourne, Lord, characteristics of,
i 99; Sydney Smith's opinion of, i 99;
becomes prime minister, i 126; anec-
dotes of, i 127; his ministry dismissed,
i 128, but recalled, 145; resigns, but
shortly after forms another ministry,
i 158; weakness of ministry, i 212; ad-
viser of the young queen, i 214: refuses
the Garter, i 215: supposed undue in-
fluence of, over the queen, i 215; inac-
tivity of his ministry, i 305; Conserva-
tive attacks on, i 305; defeat of, and
dissolution of parliament, i 311; Earl
Russell on the situation, i 311; vote of
want of confidence in the ministry car-
ried, i 313; they resign, i 314; carica-
ture of, i 315; his character and domes-
tic life, i 315; strange conduct of his
wife, i 316; solitude and neglect of his
later life, i 317; his account of a states-
man's position, ii 44; his reception of
a deputation of radical working-men,
ii 45; his death, ii 44.
Metropolitan Underground Railway,
iv 3, 199.

Mexico, Juarez president of the repub-
lic, iv 155; disorder in the country, iv
155 action of Britain, France, and
Spain, iv 155: the United States refuse
to join the convention, iv 155; a Euro-
pean expedition sent out, iv 155; pro-
clamation by the allied powers, iv 156;
Mexican opposition to General Al-
monte, iv 156; Napoleon III.'s views
with regard to the Archduke Maxi-
milian, iv 156; M. Billault's statement
in the Corps Législatif, iv 156; confer-

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