MIALL

stone's explorations, iv 22.
Music-halls, increase of, iv 7.

N.

Miall, Edward, his views on oaths, iii 7;
is defeated, but afterwards elected for
Bradford, iv 268.

Militia Bill, introduced by Lord John
Russell, ii 291; opposed by Hume and
Cobden, ii 292; speech by Lord Pal-
merston, ii 293; defeat of
government,
ii 296; bill of 1852, iii 9; speech by
Macaulay, iii 11.

Mill, James, a philosophic Radical, i 53;
his influence with the East India Com-
pany, i 286.

Mill, John Stuart, his influence on In-
dian affairs, i 286; is rejected by West-
minster electors, iv 268; his political
views, iv 268.

Milner-Gibson, Thomas, advocates free
trade in food, ii 24: gains a seat for
Manchester, ii 26; opposes the sugar
duties, i 71; is defeated at Ashton-
under-Lyne, iv 268.

Mines, act regulating the working of
women and children in, i 331.
Mirror, first of the cheap magazines,
i 112.

Mitchel, John, ii 145; his return from
transportation, iv 293; is twice elected
for Tipperary, iv 293; his death, iv 294.
Model Lodging-houses, iii 217.
Moldavia. See Principalities.
Molesworth, Sir William, enters parlia-
ment of 1832, i 107; opposition to, i 108;
first commissioner of public works, ii
317; colonial secretary, iii 181.
Moltke, General von, iv 237.
Montebello, battle of, iii 313.
Moore, Thomas, death of, 301.
More, Hannah, influence of her writ-
ings, i 184; advocates the better educa-
tion of women, i 184.

Moxon, Mr., the publisher, trial of, i 285.
Müller, Franz, the railway murderer,
iv 188; his apprehension and execution,
iv 189; need of communication in rail-
way-carriages, iv 190.

Municipal Corporations, inquiry into
working of, i 165; growth and corrup-
tions of, i 165; report of commissioners,
i 166; bill introduced by Lord John
Russell to amend, i 167; supported by
Sir Robert Peel, i 168; passes House of
Commons but opposed in Lords, i 171;
after compromises between the houses
the bill finally passed, i 174; feeling in
the country on the disagreement be-
tween Lords and Commons, i 175;
satisfactory result of the act, i 176;
London exempt from the reform, i
176.

Nana Sahib, the chief of Bithoor, iii
252; asked to aid in the defence of
Cawnpore, iii 252; his treachery, iii

253.

Napier, Sir Charles, bombards St. Jean
d'Acre, ii 7; admiral of the Baltic fleet,
iii 70, 77; quarrel with Sir James
Graham, iii 78; refuses the Grand
Cross of the Bath, iii 79: what he
achieved in the Baltic, iii 79.
Napier, Sir Charles James, conquers
Scinde, ii 13.

NICHOLAS

at Windsor, iii ror; letter to the queen
acknowledging the kindness of the re-
ception, iii 102; the queen's return visit
to Paris, iii 103; his difficult position,

iii

277; attempt on his life by Pianori,
iii 277: his schemes regarding the
Principalities and Austria, iii 278; his
visit to the queen at Osborne, iii 279:
attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, iii
280; indignation in France against
England, iii 281; despatch of Count
Walewski concerning, iii 281; ill feeling
of the French towards England, iii 282;
the matter amicably settled, iii 288;
policy of, iv 159; his proposal for a
congress of nations, iv 159; its recep-
tion by the powers, iv 159.
Napoleon, Prince, his marriage, iii 312;
Cobden's opinion of, iii 322.

Nasmyth, inventor of steam-hammer,
iv 19.

National Complete Suffrage Union
formed, i 281.

National Convention formed, i 281;
enormous petition to the House of
Commons, i 281; motion by Mr. Dun-
combe that the petitioners be heard at
the bar, i 281; rejected by house, i

282.

Napier, General Sir Robert, leads the Napoleonic prestige, the, ii 273.
Abyssinian expedition, iv. 247.
Napiers, the family of, ii 12.
Naples, Mr. Gladstone's strong charges
against the government of, ii 259; hor-
rible condition of the prisons, ii 261;
examples of tyranny, ii 262; case of
Baron Carlo Poerio, ii 262; treatment
of the prisoners, ii 265; Poerio's charac-
ter, i 266; political catechism taught
in the schools, ii 266; extracts from the
constitution, ii 268; comparison with
Charles I. of England and Ernest of
Hanover, ii 269; the subject before the
House of Commons, ii 270; Lord Pal-
merston sends copies of Mr. Glad-
stone's pamphlet to all the courts of
Europe, ii 270; replies to Mr. Glad-
stone's pamphlet, ii 271; Lord Palmer-
ston's treatment of them, ii 271.
Napoleon, removal of his body from
St. Helena, ii 4.

Napoleon, Louis, early career of, i 196;
attempts a rising at Strasburg, i 197;
retires to London, i 198; his literary
efforts, ii 4; prepares for an expedition,
ii 4; lands at Boulogne, ii 5; unsuc-
cessful attempt at revolt, ii 5; his im-
prisonment, i 5; escapes from Ham,
ii 138; settles in England, ii 138;
elected a representative to the Na-
tional Assembly, ii 228; elected presi-
dent, i 230; the coup d'état, i 251;
Kinglake's and Victor Hugo's sum-
mary of him, ii 251; a communication
addressed to the National Assembly,

ii

252; his accomplices in the seizure of
power, ii 253: selection of ministers and
army officers, ii 253; arrangements to
print the proclamations, ii 253; Granier
de Cassagnac's account of the arrests,
ii 253; arrest and imprisonment of the
deputies, ii 255; promotion and sup-
pression of insurrection, ii 255; great
loss of life, ii 256; proclamations to the
country and the army, ii 256; vote for
the extension of his term and his power,
ii 257; distrust of him in this country,
ii 274; his progress through France as
president, ii 324; speech at Bordeaux,
ii

325: his reception in Paris, ii 326; is
proclaimed emperor, ii 327; speech to
the senate and legislative body, 327;
his marriage, iii 20; addresses a letter
to Emperor Nicholas, iii 21; desires to
go to the Crimea, iii 99; visits the queen

National Debt, reduction of interest on,
ii 60; Mr. Gladstone's proposals on,
iv 213.

National Education, need of, iv 279; the
Elementary Education Act introduced,
iv 280; establishment of school-boards,
iv 284; the compulsory and conscience
clauses, iv 284; statistics of progress,
iv 284; objections to the Code, iv 285:
Mr. Gladstone's education bill for Ire-
land, iv 289.

Navigation laws, instituted, ii 186; suc-
cessive modifications of, ii 186; passing
of bill to abolish, ii 187.

Neild, Mr., leaves his fortune to the
queen, ii 319.

Neill, General, death of, iii 258; Lord
Canning's description of, iii 270.
Newcastle, Duke of, his early history,
i 334; secretary for the colonies, ii 317;
defends himself from charges of indo-
lence and indifference in the conduct
of the war, iii 147.

Newman, Dr. J. H., his account of rise
of Tractarian movement, i 110; trial
for libelling Achilli, iii 8.
Newspapers, abolition of stamp-duty,
iii 231; starting of the penny news-
paper, iii 231.

New Zealand, discovery of, ii 13; for-
mally annexed to England, ii 13; diffi-
culties with the natives, ii 14; Sir
George Grey's Polynesian Mythology,
ii 14; plan adopted for its colonization,
ii 190; incompetent governors, ii 191;
affairs put on a better footing by Gov-
ernor Grey, ii 191.
Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, visit to
this country in 1844, ii 130; iii 14; per-
sonal appearance and manner, ii 130;
attempts to get England to agree to
his plans concerning Turkey, iii 14:
his fondness for dramatic performances
and familiarity with actors, iii 16; love
of display, iii 16; industry in govern-

NIGHTINGALE

ing, iii 17; estimate of his character, iii |
17; anecdote related by Dr. Mandt, iii
18; domestic affection, iii 19; reply to
the Emperor of France's letter, iii 22;
effect of the news of the battle of the
Alma on, iii 103; his death, iii 155.
Nightingale, Florence, her birth and
education, iii 121; her work in the
Crimea, iii 122; testimonial fund sub-
scribed for, iii 122.

Nile, discoveries of Captains Speke and
Grant, and of Mr. Baker, iv 198; death
of Captain Speke, iv 199.

INDEX.

Owen, Robert, his social experiments,
i 25; presented to the queen, i 250.
Oxford School, the, iv 203.

Oxford Union Society, Mr. Gladstone's
connection with, i 44.

Oxford University Commission, report
of, iii 12.

P.

PARLIAMENTARY

347

King Leopold on the Dano-German
war, iv 167; his personal habits, iv 167;
his failing health and death, iv 181;
anecdote of, iv 181.

Pandies, origin of name, iii 247.

O.

Oath in courts of justice, iii 1.
O'Connell, Daniel, supports the Catho-
lic Association, i 26; his mode of ap-
pealing to a jury, i 26; his declaration
of loyalty to the crown, i 31; is elected
and re-elected member for Clare, i 36;
speech on Irish disturbances, i 120; his
violent language on Earl Grey, i 124;
described by Haydon the painter, i
135; the repeal year, ii 123; his great
influence, ii 123; government interferes
and prohibits a meeting, ii 125; the
meeting prevented by O'Connell's ad-
vice, ii 125; his influence at an end, ii
126; is prosecuted and found guilty, ii
126; acquitted on appeal, ii 127; his
last speech in parliament, ii 128; his
death and funeral, ii 129.
O'Connor, Feargus, arrested, i 262; leader
in the National Convention, i 281; char-
acter of, ii 145; shows symptoms of in-
sanity, ii 278; winding up of his land
scheme, ii 278; scene in the House of
Commons, ii 279; committed to prison
for assault, ii 289; confined in a lunatic
asylum, ii 279.

Omar Pacha, iii 21.

Open-air meetings, attempt to suppress,
iii 6.

Orange conspiracy to prevent the acces-
sion of the Princess Victoria to the
throne, i 183.

Orangeism, attempt to assassinate the
queen attributed to, i 306.
Orator Hunt, a Radical reformer, i 3;
imprisonment of, i 5.
Organization among the masses, growth
of the tendency to, ii 30.
Orsini, Felice, iii 280.
Osborne, Bernal, his sallies of wit, iv 166;
his attack on Mr. Disraeli, iv 232.
Osborne House, ii 93.
Oudh, annexation of, iii 244.
Outram, Sir James, iii 257.
Overend, Gurney, & Co., failure of,

iv 235.

Owen, Professor, on the gorilla, iv 24.

Pakington, Sir John, colonial secretary,
ii 296; troubles about the transporta-
tion of criminals, ii 308; first lord of
the admiralty, iii 287.
Palestro, battle of, iii 314.
Palmer, William, case of, iii 234.
Palmerston, Viscount, his early career,
i 189; is war secretary and foreign
secretary, i 31, 69, 189: ii 116; his suc-
cess in the foreign office, i 190; advo-
cates free-trade in corn, ii 23; the Don
Pacifico business, ii 138; his character
and policy, ii 208; demands satisfac-
tion from Greece of the Don Pacifico
and other claims, ii 213; settlement of
claims, ii 214; complaints of his action
in the matter, ii 214; brilliant speech
by Palmerston in defence, ii 215;
speeches of Gladstone, Cockburn, and
Sir Robert Peel, ii 217; majority for
government, ii 221; he approves of the
coup d'état, ii 258; remonstrances of
the queen and government, ii 258; his
removal from the foreign office, ii 258;
his conduct in regard to Mr. Glad-
stone's pamphlet on the Neapolitan
government, ii 270; the subject of his
dismissal before the house, ii 281; Lord
John Russell's explanation, ii 281; Lord
Palmerston's explanation, ii 284; Mr.
Roebuck on, ii 285; speech by Mr.
Disraeli on, ii 285; Palmerston's deal-
ings with Sir Benjamin Hall, ii 286;
his horror of cruelty, ii 287; his later
account of the reason of his dismissal,
ii 287; is home secretary under Lord
Aberdeen, ii 317; eager to take decisive
measures with Russia, iii 24; his views
on the situation, iii 28; his success as
home secretary, iii 42; his view on a
national fast for the cholera epidemic,
iii 42, and on burying dead bodies
under buildings, iii 44; his resignation,
iii 45: it is withdrawn, iii 49; his speech
at a banquet to Sir Charles Napier, iii
70; attacked by Mr. Bright, iii 72; his
reply, iii 72; forms a ministry, iii 150;
precarious position of the ministry, iii
182; his government attacked and de-
feated, iii 202; appeal to the country,
iii 204; return of a large majority for
government, iii 205; introduces a Con-
spiracy to Murder Bill, iii 284; opposi-
tion to the bill, iii 285, and defeat of
the government, iii 287; resignation,
iii 287; again prime minister, iii 292;
he offers the presidentship of the Board
of Trade to Mr. Cobden, iii 292, 293;
on the national defences, iii 306; sup-
port given to his ministry by the Con-
servative party, iv 29: his letter to

Papineau, Louis Joseph, i 223.
Parliament houses burned, i 159.
Parliament, opening of session 1830, i
65; dissolution of, in 1834, i 130; the
new parliament of 1835 with a Liberal
majority, i 132; the opposition choose
the speaker, i 132; preparations for the
elections to the queen's first, i 218;
small Liberal majority returned, i 220;
opened by the queen, i 220; dissolution
of, in 1841, i 311; election in 1841, large
Conservative majority, i 313; meeting
of, i 329; opened by the queen, i 330;
opening of, in 1852, ii 277; discussion
on the kitchen arrangements, ii 277;
meeting of, in December, 1854, iii 138;
the government attacked for its con-
duct of the war, iii 139: Lord John
Russell replies, iii 140; dissolved in
1859, iii 291; Liberal majority in the
new parliament, iii 291; session of 1866
opened by the queen, iv 209. See
General Election.
Parliamentary Oaths, bill introduced
by Lord Lyndhurst, iii 12.
Parliamentary Reform, early attempts
at, i 1; effect of French Revolution on,
i 2; proposed march of Manchester
workmen to petition for, i 2; organizing
societies to promote, i 3; efforts of
Lord John Russell, i 17, 70; of Mar-
quis of Blandford and Lord Althorp, i
38; of Lord Brougham, i 66; Earl Grey's
ministry successful, i 90; county fran-
chise bill lost, iv 173; Mr. Gladstone
on, iv 174; referred to in royal speech
of 1866, iv 210; a bill introduced, iv 210,
213; Mr. Gladstone's speech, iv 214;
Mr. Lowe's opposition to the bill, iv
215; speeches by Mr. Bright and Sir
E. Bulwer Lytton, iv 216; demonstra-
tions throughout the country, iv 217;
speech of Mr. Gladstone at Liverpool,
iv 217; Mr. Bright's letter, iv 217; Mr.
Lowe's speech against the bill, iv 218;
Mr. Gladstone's reply, iv 219; narrow
majority for government, iv 221; bill
for redistribution of seats, iv 221; de-
feat and resignation of the ministry, iv
222; angry demonstrations over the
country, iv 223; bill of 1867 introduced
by Mr. Disraeli, iv 226; its provisions,
iv 228; opposition of the Liberal party
to the bill, iv 229; Mr. Hodgkinson's
proposal, iv 231; redistribution of seats,
iv 231; Bernal Osborne, Lowe, and
Lord Cranborne on Mr. Disraeli and

PASSPORTS

the bill, iv 232; the bill in the House
of Lords, iv 233: Lord John Russell's
view of the position, iv 233; the bill
finally passed, iv 234.

Passports, abolition of, iv 200.
Patagonian missionaries, story of, ii
298.

iv

Patronage (Scotland) Bill introduced,
300; Mr. Gladstone's objections to it,
iv 300.

Paul (Sir John Dean), Strahan, and
Bates, trial of, for fraudulent appro-
priation of trust money, iii 232.
Paxton, Sir Joseph, ii 234; his design
for the Crystal Palace, ii 234; it is
adopted, ii 237.

Peabody, George, his generous gift, iv
127: letter from the queen, iv 128; his
additional gifts, iv 128; his death, iv
128; object to which his gifts were
applied, iv 128.

Peard, Colonel, Garibaldi's English-
man, iv 74.

Peel, Sir Robert, his early career, i 18;
is home secretary, i 30; character of,
i 68; opposes the disfranchisement of
close boroughs, i 78; is chancellor of
exchequer, i 98; issues Tamworth
Manifesto, i 130; his ministry defeated,
i 133; the Duke of Wellington on his
truthfulness, i 136; his speech on Irish
Church, i 143; he resigns office, i 145;
Conservative banquet to, i 200; his
speech on accession of Queen Victoria,
i 211; his election address for the
queen's first parliament, i 218; his
policy of opposition to government, i
231; forms a ministry, i 231; requires
the dismissal of some of the ladies of
the royal household, i 232; opposes the
reduction of sugar duties, i 309; his
speech on the corn-laws, i 310; carries
a vote against the ministry, i 311; his
speech on want of confidence vote, i
313; his proposals for modifying the
tax on grain, ii 19; his remarks on high
duties being unproductive, ii 35; on
the income-tax, ii 36; murder of his
secretary, i 38; angry encounter be-
tween him and Cobden, ii 39; on free-
trade, ii 52; his opposition to his govern-
ment, ii 63; the personal attacks of Mr.
Disraeli on, ii 74; declines the Garter
offered by the queen, ii 92; resigns,
but again assumes office, ii 93, 94:
announces his change of views on
the corn-laws, ii 95; his budget, ii
96; arguments against protection and
defence against the charge of incon-
sistency, ii 97; is enthusiastically
praised by Mr. Bright, ii 102; he pro-
poses to challenge Mr. Disraeli, ii 106;
his defeat on the Irish protection of
life and property bill, ii 108; announces
his intention to resign, ii 108; Disraeli's
estimate of, ii 109; anecdotes of, ii 113;
acts of patronage by, ii 114; his last
speech in the house, ii 138; his last
words on public business, ii 221; is
thrown from his horse, ii 221; his death,
ii 222; mourning for him over the
country, i 223; his funeral, ii 224:
Thomas Carlyle on, ii 224.
Peel, Sir Robert, made a lord of the
admiralty, iii 155.

Peel, Sir William, death of, iii 270;
Lord Canning's opinion of, iii 270.
Pegu, annexation of, iii 197.
Pelissier, General, commands the French
army in the Crimea, iii 135; his ante-
cedents, iii 136, 164.

Penny Magazine begun, 1832, i 112.
Periodical Literature, increase of, i 187.
Persia, war with, iii 197; suicide of
Major-general Stalker and Commo-
dore Ethersey, iii 205.
Peterloo Massacre, the, i 5.
Philosophical Radicalism, i 107, 311;
ii 13.

Phoenix Park assassinations, iv 326.
Photography, introduction of, i 271.
Pillory abolished, the, i 97.

Pitt, William, opposes parliamentary
reform, i 1.

Plimsoll, Mr., his efforts on behalf of
seamen, iv 312; scene in the house, iv
313; a government measure introduced,
iv 313.

Poet-laureate, appointment of, ii 206.
Poland, insurrection in, i 92; Russian
tyranny in, iv 153; debate on, in House
of Commons, iv 154; conduct of Prus-
sia, iv 154; great meeting at the Guild-
hall, iv 154; insurrection in, headed by
Langiewicz, iv 154; remonstrances of
England, France, and Austria, iv 154;
Gortschakoff's reply, iv 155; attitude
of Austria, iv 155.

Police force, organization of, i 53.
Political parties, change in views of, i
198, 252; ii 64.

Political Register, Cobbett's, i 100.
Polytechnic in London, iv 9.
Poor-law, the new, i 160; evils of the
old system, i 160, 164; passing of the
bill, i 161, 163; hardships under the
new, i 162, 163; decrease of poor-rate
under, i 163; proposal by Mr. Disraeli
to modify, ii 188; supported by Glad-
stone and opposed by Peel, ii 189;
working of the poor-law, iv 241.
Poor-law Association, Carlyle on,
ii 288.
Pope Pius IX., Mr. Gladstone on, ii
147; began his career as a reformer, ii
147; is driven from Rome, ii 147, 152.
Population, statistics of, iv 331.
Postal system, great need for a cheap,
i 234: Charles Knight's description of
the old, i 235; Mr. Palmer's improve-
ments, i 236; Rowland Hill advocates
a penny postage, i 239; proposal for an
inquiry into the plan opposed by gov-
ernment, i 240; the plan adopted, i
240; its enormous development, i 241.
Post-office, diminution of revenue from,
after the introduction of penny postage,
ii 36; complaints concerning opening
of letters in the, ii 73.
Potato crop, failure of, ii 85.
Power-loom, inventor of the, i 275.
Press prosecutions for political offences,

i 40.

Prince Imperial, death of the, iv 321.
Princess Royal, betrothal of, iii 278;
dowry and pension of, iii 278; her
marriage, iii 280.

Principalities, disposal of the, iii 194.
Prize-fight between Tom Sayers and
Heenan, iv 5.

Progress, meaning of, i 334; railway

progress,
i 335-

Property qualification, abolition of, iv

37.
Prosperity of the country, ii 60; before
the Crimean war, iii 1; improvement
in the condition of the working-classes,
iii 2; signs of, in 1860, iv 1.
Protectionists, form an opposition to
Peel's government, ii 63; their dismay
at Sir Robert Peel's free-trade budget,
ii 98; led by Lord George Bentinck,
ii 99.

Prussia, death of King of, iv 41; war
with Austria, iv 236; acquires pre-
dominance in Germany, iv 238; war
with France, iv 285.

Public Schools, commission of inquiry
on, iv 169.

Public Worship Regulation Bill passed,
iv its small effects, iv 302.
301;
Punch, beginning of, ii 15; influence of
Hood's "Song of the Shirt," ii 15.
Punjaub annexed to British India, iii

244.

Pusey, Dr., joins Tractarian movement,
in; his opposition to Professor Jow-
ett, iv 206.
Puseyism, i 284.

Q.

Quakers, advocate freedom for the
negro, i 148.

R.

Radnor, Lord, friend of Cobbett, i 102;
recommends Cobbett to the electors,
i 103.

Ragged School movement, iii 212.
Raglan, Lord, master-general of the
ordnance, ii 320; at the battle of the
Alma, iii 95; death of, iii 136, 167.
Railway accidents, iv 187; on the
Shrewsbury and Chester line in 1865,
iv 187; at Abergele in 1868, iv 188;
Col. Rich's report, iv 188.
Railway companies, embarrassments
of, iv 238.

Railways, development of, i 233, 272:
beginning of excursion trains, i 272;
the mania of 1845-50, ii 179; dispute
concerning the broad and narrow
gauges, i 181; great increase of, in
the years preceding the Crimean war,
iii 1; increase of railways and public
works, iv 3; statistics of railways, iv

331.

Rangoon, taking of, iii 197.

Ratazzi succeeds Cavour as minister,
iv 83; attempts to repeat Cavour's
policy, iv 83, 86.
Rebeccaites, the, ii 121; joined by the
Chartists, ii 122; grievances removed,
ii 122.

Recreation for the people, iii 217.
Redistribution of seats, bills for, iv 221,

229, 231.

Redpath frauds, the, iii 236.
Reform, agitation for parliamentary,
ii 302; iii 289; Mr. Bright's outlines of
a bill, iii 289; Mr. Disraeli introduces

INDEX.

349

REFORM

bill, iii 289; Mr. Bright's objections to
it, iii 290; Lord John Russell's amend-
ment, iii 290; Mr. Gladstone supports
the government, iii 290; the oratory of
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and Sir
Hugh Cairns, iii 291; Lord Palmerston
on the position of the government,
iii 291; defeat of the government, iii

291.

Reform Bill of 1832, provisions of the,
i 72; list of places wholly or partly to
be disfranchised by it, i 77; opposition
of the clergy to, i 78; second reading
carried, i 78; government defeated in
committee, i 78; parliament dissolved,
i 79; new parliament, i 83; the bill
passed in House of Commons, i 83;
thrown out by House of Lords, i 84;
excitement and riots in the country,
i 84; proposal to refuse to pay taxes
till the bill was passed, i 88; the king
declines to create new peers to pass
the bill, i 88; the ministry resign, i 88,
but are recalled, i 90; the bill receives
the royal assent, i go; fears entertained
of the consequences of its passing, i 199.
Reform Bill of 1852, introduced by Lord
John Russell, ii 289; its provisions,
ii 289; received lukewarmly, ii 289.
Reform Bill of 1854, iii 50; withdrawn,

iii 51.

Reform Bill of 1860, introduced by Lord
John Russell, iv 37; lukewarmly re-
ceived, and withdrawn, iv 38.
Reform Bill of 1866 introduced, iv 213;
its fate, iv 222.

Reform Bill of 1867 introduced by Mr.
Disraeli, iv 226.

Reform League, the, iv 223; its connec-
tion with the Hydepark Riots, iv 223.
Reformed parliament, work in, i 118;
diary of Edward Baines, i 119.
Registration Act passed, i 177.
Regium Donum, motion on the, iv 266;
compensation for withdrawal of, iv 271.
Religious activity from 1830-1834, i 110.
Restaurants, spread of, iv 10.
Revolutions in 1848, effect of, on this
country, ii 142.

Rhanee of Jhansi, iii 268.
Ribbonism in Ireland, iv 260.
Rice, Spring, in Lord Melbourne's
ministry, i 127; chancellor of the ex-
chequer, i 180; reduces the duty on
newspapers and on paper, i 189.
Richmond, surrender of, iv 142.
Rinderpest, appearance of, iv 2.
Riots and incendiarism, ii 120.
Ripon, Lord, president of Board of
Trade, i 318.

Ritualism, result of, iv 12; riots in St.
George's-in-the-East, London, iv 17;
in the Church of England, iv 294; Mr.
Gladstone on, iv 298; a royal commis-
sion appointed, is 300.
Roberts, General Sir Frederick, iv 320.
Roebuck, John Arthur, birth and early
career, i 225; enters parliament of
1832, i 107; unseated at Bath, i 220;
advocates the cause of Canada, i 224;
his quarrel with Mr. Coppock, ii 301:
on danger from French invasion, ii
308; moves for a committee of inquiry
into the conduct of the Crimean war, iii
141, 143; carried by a large majority,

SLAVERY

Romilly, Sir Samuel, i 17.
Rosse, Lord, his great telescope, ii 175.
Royal British Bank, failure of, iii 233.
Royal Charter, wreck of the, iv 56.
Royal Institution, lectures on science
at, iv 9.

Ruffini, fate of, ii 1.

Runnymede Letters, ii 63, 65.

Russell, Lord John, his education and
early efforts on reform, i 17; introduces
first reform bill, i 70; his popularity,
i 79; on the defeat of the Peel ministry,
i 134; on the Established Church, i 136;
on the Irish Church, i 137; is charged
with inconsistency, i 138; becomes
home secretary, i 167; his election
address for the queen's first parlia-
ment, i 218; on Philosophical Radical-
ism, i 311; opposes Peel's sliding-scale,
ii 21; is unable to form a ministry, ii
93; reasons for voting against the Pro-
tection of Life Bill, ii 115; forms a
ministry, ii 116; carries a sugar-duties
bill, ii 116; introduces a reform bill,
ii 289; militia bill, ii 291; resigns office,
ii 295; is foreign secretary, ii 317; his
reform bill of 1854, iii 50; it is with-
drawn, iii 51; his resignation, iii 52;
he urges the prime minister to remove
the Duke of Newcastle and appoint
Lord Palmerston, iii 137; again resigns
office, iii 141; is colonial secretary, iii
155; sent to Vienna, iii 157; complaints
of his conduct in the Vienna negotia-
tions, iii 180; again resigns, iii 181; is
denounced by Disraeli, iii 181; moves
amendment on Disraeli's reform bill,
iii 290; amendment carried, iii 291;
again foreign secretary, iii 292; on
church-rates, iv. 16; introduces a re-
form bill, iv 37, and withdraws it, iv
38; his despatch on the action of the
Sardinian government, iv 81; gratitude
of Cavour and Garibaldi, and other
Italians, iv 83: forms a ministry after
Palmerston's death, iv 182; his re-
form bill of 1866, iv 210, 213; resigns
office, iv 222; his view of the reform
bill of 1867, iv 233; retires from public
life, iv 235.

Russell, Lord William, murder of, i 306.
Russell, W. H., describes the battle of
Inkerman, iii 112.

Russia, her demands on Turkey, iii 22;
they are refused, iii 23; the Russians
take possession of Moldavia and Wal-
lachia, iii 23; the Vienna note, iii 23;
her alleged policy, iv 316; declares war
against Turkey, iv 316. See Crimean
War.

S.

Sadleir, John, M. P., embezzlements and
forgeries of, iii 232.
Sadowa, battle of, iv 238.
Sale, General Sir Robert, marches from
Cabul to Jellalabad, ii 8; relieved by
General Pollock, ii 11.
Sale of Beer Act, ii 295.

iv 318.

Salomons, Sir David, prosecution of,
iv 37-

Sanitary matters, increased attention to,
i 187; ii 18, 178, 181; iii 2.
San Juan, island of, iv 288.
Schleswig-Holstein war.

mark.
Schneider rifle, the, iii 326.
iv 19.

Scientific progress,
Scinde, annexation of, ii 13.
Scott, John. See Eldon.

See Den-

Scott, Sir Walter, his political views
and treatment at Jedburgh, i 106; his
death, i 106.

Sebastopol, strength of, iii 105; invest-
ment of, and attack on, iii 106; block-
ing of the harbour, iii 106.
Secessions to the Church of Rome,
iv 203.

Secret Societies, English genius not
favourable to, ii 145; sketch by Mr.
Disraeli of initiation into a trades'-
union, ii 146; increased since Chartist
days, fi 147.

Secular Education, advance of, i 49.
Secularists, organization of the party,
iii 7.

Semmes, Captain, commander of the
Sumter and Alabama, iv 135, 136.
Sewing-machine, introduction of, iv 19.
Shaftesbury, Earl of, devoted to the
amelioration of the condition of the
labouring poor, ii 204; succeeds in
stopping delivery of letters on Sun-
day, i 205; the practice resumed, ii
205; his interest in the Ragged School
movement, iii 212.

Sheffield, inundation of, iv 186.
Sherbrooke, Lord. See Lowe.
Shipka Pass, the, iv 316.
Shuttleworth, Sir J. K., i 267.
Sikhs, drinking habits of the, ii 161.
Simpson, General, takes command of
the army in the Crimea, iii 136, 168.
Six Acts, the, i 6.

Slavery, proposed abolition of, i 22; be-
ginning of agitation, i 55; renewed
attempt, i 146; statistics of, i 146;
evidence before committee of House
of Commons, i 146; liberation of
slaves by Quakers, i 148; government
object to sudden emancipation, i 148;
insurrection in Jamaica, i 149; excite-
ment in Great Britain, i 149; motion
for abolition lost, i 149; meetings on
the subject, i 149; account by Sir
George Stephen of one, i 150; Mr.
Gladstone rebuts the charge of cruelty
on his father's estate, i 150; govern-
ment scheme of abolition, i 152; ap-
prenticeship proposed, 152; Harriet
Martineau on, i 152; opposition to the
apprenticeship scheme, i 153; the
government scheme of emancipation
passed, i 154; joy of the negroes, i 154;
Thomas Carlyle on the results of aboli-
tion, i 154; the apprenticeship ended
and emancipation completed, i 156;
the efforts to stop the slave-trade in-
crease the sufferings of the negroes,
i 156; Lord Brougham's attempts to
mitigate these, i 157; motion in the