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INDEX.

Abd-el-Kader, his defence of the Chris-
tians in Damascus, iv 65.
Aberdeen, Earl of, colonial secretary in
Peel's ministry, i 130; foreign secre-
tary, i 318; forms a coalition ministry,
ii 316; disinclined for war, iii 24; resigns
office, iii 147; his death, iv 42.
Abyssinia, condition of, iv 244; cruel
conduct of King Theodore, iv 245; an
expedition sent out under General Sir
Robert Napier, iv 246; capture of
Magdala and death of Theodore, iv
247: Mr. Disraeli on the expedition,
iv 247.

Achilli, Dr., converted Catholic lec-
turer, iii 8; great libel case, iii 8.
Adams, Mr., discovers the planet Nep-
tune, ii 176.

Adelaide, Dowager Queen, death of, ii

206.

Adelaide, Queen of William IV., popu-
lar prejudice against, i 58.
Administrative reform, organization of
association to obtain, iii 161; discussion
in the House of Lords on, iii 161; pub-
lic demand for, iii 179.
Adullamites, the, iv 216.
Adulteration of food and drink, revela-
tions made by the Lancet, iii 229.
Afghan war of 1840-42, ii 7; Dost Mo-
hammed gives himself up to the Bri-
tish, ii 8; Sir Robert Sale starts from
Cabul for Jellalabad, ii 8; treachery of
Akbar Khan, ii 8; terrible retreat of
the British, ii 8; attempted advance of
Colonel Wild's force, ii 10; General
Pollock advances to relieve the garri-
sons in Afghanistan, ii 10; forces the
Khyber Pass, ii 11; General Sale re-
lieved at Jellalabad, ii 11; gallant de-
fence of General Sale's force, ii 11;
General Pollock captures the Khoord-
Cabul Pass, and defeats Akbar Khan,
ii 11; enters Cabul, ii 12; the gates of
Somnauth carried away, ii 12; causes
of the Afghan outbreak, ii 12; end of
the war, i 12; war of 1878, iv 319;
Gen. Sir Fred. Roberts' victory, iv 320.
Africa, exploration in, iv 20, 198.
Agricultural distress, Mr. Cobden moves
for inquiry into, ii 75; Mr. Miles' mo-
tion concerning, ii 76; Mr. Disraeli's
speech on, ii 76; Sir Robert Peel's
reply, ii 77; failure of the crops in
1845, ii 85: Harriet Martineau on the
failure of the potato crop, ii 86.
Agricultural improvements, iii 2; iv 2.
Agricultural labourer, condition of the,
iv 310; strikes among, iv 311; Mr.
Arch's agitation, iv 311; end of the
struggle, iv 312.

Alabama privateer, built in England,
iv 135; her depredations, iv 136; de-
stroyed by the Kearsarge, iv 136; set-
tlement of claim for damages, iv 288.

Albert, Charles, King of Piedmont, takes
the lead in insurrectionary movements
in Italy, ii 152; looked on with sus-
picion by Mazzini and his coadjutors,
ii 152; defeated at Novara, ii 152; abdi-
cates in favour of his son, Victor Em-
manuel, 153.

Albert, Prince, visit to England, i 292;
Baron Stockmar's opinion of him, i
294; his education and accomplish-
ments, i 295; is informed of King Leo-
pold's desire for his marriage with
Queen Victoria, i 296; makes a tour in
Italy accompanied by Stockmar, i 296;
disparaging rumours as to his princi-
ples, i 300; his proposed annuity re-
duced by the vote of the house, i 301;
the question of precedence, i 302; re-
ceives in 1857 the title of Prifice Con-
sort, i 302; his enthusiastic reception
of landing in England, i 303; his mar-
riage, i 304; appointed regent in the
event of the queen's death, i 304; his
manners and study of politics, i 304;
dissatisfaction at his presence at the
debate on Peel's free-trade budget, ii
100; his industry, ii 131; success of the
Great Exhibition of 1851 due to him,
ii 231 popular misunderstandings of
him, ii 232; his influence on university
education, ii 233; views on the situation.
before the Crimean war, iii 27; his
alleged share in the resignation of Lord
Palmerston, iii 45; his character vindi-
cated and political status asserted, iii
49; visit to the French emperor, iii 97:
his opinion of Napoleon III., iii 98; his
letters to the queen and the emperor,
iii 99; speech on the need for confidence
in government, iii 178; his interest in
the improvement of the condition of the
people, iii 216; efforts to establish mo-
del dwellings, iii 217; speech at edu-
cational conference at Willis' Rooms,
iii 218; he draws up code for the organi-
zation of volunteers, iii 325; president
of the British Association for the Pro-
motion of Science, iii 325; his great
industry, iv 44; letter on the train-
ing of boys for the royal navy, iv 46;
narrow escape from a carriage accident,
iv 47; the twenty-first anniversary of
his marriage, iv 49; poor state of his
health, iv 51; his visit to Sandhurst
and to the Prince of Wales at Cam-
bridge, iv 51; his amendments on the
despatch concerning the Trent dispute,
iv 52; his illness becomes serious, iv 52;
last moments and death, iv 53: grief
of the nation, iv 53: Mr. Gladstone's
tribute to his memory, iv 53; passage
from Dean Milman's sermon, iv 55:
funeral of the prince, iv 56.

Albert Memorial, inauguration of the,

iv 200.

Albert Nyanza, discovery of, iv 20.
Albums, period of, i 188.
Aldershott, camp at, iii 132.
Alexandra, Princess, betrothed to Prince
of Wales, iv 144; her enthusiastic re-
ception in London, iv 144; her mar-
riage, iv 145.

Alfred, Prince, begins his nautical ca-
reer, iii 324: his visit to Cape of Good
Hope, iv 43; is elected to the throne of
Greece, iv 145: attempt to assassinate,
iv 257.

Alien Act, amendment of, ii 2.

Allied fleets sent to the Dardanelles, iii
25.

Alma, battle of, iii 95; news received in
England, iii 104.

Althorp, Lord, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, i 69; character of, i 80; his
usefulness in passing first reform bill,
i 81; resigns office, i 124; again chan-
cellor of the exchequer, i 126; succeeds
to the title of Earl Spencer, i 126.
Amazon steamship, burning of, ii 276.
Amusements for the people, iii 217;
degrading and refined amusements,
iv 7, 8.

Anatomy Act of 1832 passed, i 176.
Anderson, John, extradition case be-
tween the United States and British
governments, iv 106.
Annuities and Assurances, Mr. Glad-
stone's scheme for, iv 172.
Anti-Corn-law agitation, i 278; great
meetings at Manchester, i 278; the
meetings prohibited and dispersed, i
279.

Anti-Corn-law Association, the Man-
chester, i 275; organize lectures through
the country, i 277: meetings disturbed
by Chartists, i 277.

Anti-Corn-law Conference, i 278.
Anti-Corn-law League, origin of, i 275;
erects a pavilion at Manchester, ii 24;
great banquet and working-men's din-
ner, ii 24, 25: petitions and distribu-
tion of tracts, ii 25; opposed by the
Chartists, ii 25; work done by the ladies'
committee, ii 27; great bazaar to raise
funds, ii 27; opening of the Free-trade
Hall, ii 28; is charged with responsi-
bility for the murder of Sir Robert
Peel's secretary, ii 38; repudiation of
the charge at a meeting in Manchester,
ii 41; London becomes its headquarters,
ii 42; Kohl's account of the League
and its mode of operations, ii 42; atti-
tude of many tenant-farmers and land-
owners, ii 49: work of the League in
agricultural districts, ii 49; meetings in
Covent Garden Theatre, ii 51; Drury
Lane Theatre refused, ii 55: important
accessions to its ranks, ii 55, 56; the
Times on the League, ii 55; its revision
of the electoral register, ii 57: Mr.

ANALYTIC

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, i 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.

Arms, improvement in, iii 326.
Armstrong, Sir William, invention of
improved gun, iii 326.

94.

Arnaud, Marshal St., in the Crimea,
iii 92; is attacked by cholera, iii
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, ii 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, i 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.

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, 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.
Betting-offices, evils of, iii 6.
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.

Bismarck, Prince, his view of govern-
ment, iv 154; 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,

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BRUCE

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, ini
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, i 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
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.

127;

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.

BRUCE

Bruce, Henry A., home secretary, iv 270.
Brunel, Mr., makes the Thames Tunnel,

ii 175.

Brussels, insurrection in 1830, i 91.
Buckland, Dean, outcry against, ii 176.
Budget: of 1840, i 306; of 1841, i 308; of
1842, i 330; ii 19, 34; of 1844, ii 60, 62;
of 1845, i 69; of 1846, ii 96; of 1852,
Mr. Disraeli's, ii 310; Mr. Gladstone's
first, ii 329; of 1854, iii 52, 57; supple-
mentary budget, iii 59; of Sir George
Cornewall Lewis, iii 163, 164, 219; of
Mr. Disraeli in 1858, iii 289; of Mr.
Gladstone in 1859, iii 316; of 1860,
iii 331; of 1861, iv 31; of 1862, iv 119;
of 1863, iv 146; of 1864, iv 171; of 1865,
iv
173; of 1866, iv 212; of 1869, iv 273;
of 1871, iv 287.

Bull Run, battle of, iv 115.
Buller, Charles, ii 206.

Bulwer, Sir E. Lytton, on newspaper
stamp-duty, i 189; his speech on reform
bill of 1866, iv 216.

Bunsen, Chevalier, death of, iv 38.
Burdett, Sir Francis, fined and impri-
soned, i 2; deserts the Liberals, i 97.
Burke, Colonel, Irish-American agita-
tor, iv 252.
Burking, i 176.

Burmah, war with, iii 197; annexation
of Pegu, iii 197.

Burnes, Sir Alexander, murdered in
Cabul, ii 8.

INDEX.

Campbell, Thomas, death of, i 286.
Canada, revolt in, i 221; causes of dis-
content, i 222; the cause of the colon-
ists advocated by Mr. Hume, i 224;
bill introduced to suspend the constitu-
tion of Lower Canada, opposed by Mr.
Roebuck, i 224; appointment of the
Earl of Durham as governor-general,
i 225; complaints of his policy, i 227;
he resigns, i 227; bill granting indem-
nities to people whose property had
been injured during insurrection, ii 195;
discussed in the British parliament,
ii 196; Fenian raid on, iv 251.
Canning, George, his early life and poli-
tical views, i 7: his oratory, i 20;
administration, i 27; death, i 29.
Canning, Lord, succeeds Lord Dal-
housie as Governor-general of India,
iii 245; outcry against his policy, iii
271; his proclamation regarding the
landowners of Oudh, iii 272; success of
his policy, iii 273; appointed first Vice-
roy in India, iii 275; his death, iii
273.

his

Canrobert, General, commander of the
French troops in the Crimea, iii 104;
the queen's description of him, iii 104;
resigns his command, iii 135, 164.
Canton captured by the allied forces,
iii 276.

Cape of Good Hope, opposition to the
landing of convicts, ii 195.

Burton, Captain, explorations in Africa, Capital punishment, efforts to abolish,
iv 20.

Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, advocates
the abolition of slavery, i 22, 146.
Byron, Lord, intimacy with Lady Caro-
line Lamb, i 316.

C.

Cabinets: Canning's, i 27; three cab-
inets in seven months, i 30; Welling-
ton's, i 30; Grey's, i 69, 90; Melbourne's,
i 98, 126, 145, 158, 233; Peel's, i 130,
158, 231, 318; ii 91; Russell's, ii 116;
iv 182; Derby's, ii 296; iii 287; iv 222;
Aberdeen's, ii 316; Palmerston's, iii 150,
292; Disraeli's, iv 235, 292; Gladstone's,
iv 269, 323.

Cairns, Sir Hugh, supports Disraeli's
reform bill of 1859, iii 291; is solicitor-
general in the Conservative adminis-
tration, iii 303; his rapid promotion,
iii 303; Bulwer's description of him,
111 303.

Cambridge, Duke of, at battle of the
Alma, iii 96.

Campbell, Sir Colin, birth and educa-
tion, iii 305; enters the army, iii 305;
services in the Peninsula, in America,
Demerara, China, in India under Lord
Gough, in the Scinde campaign with
Sir Charles Napier, and in the Crimea,
iii 305; at the battle of the Alma, iii
96; appointed commander-in-chief of
the forces in India, iii 255; relieves
Lucknow and removes the non-com-
batants in safety, iii 258; announces
the close of the rebellion, iii 268; is
made Lord Clyde, iii 268.
Campbell, Lord, his early career and
literary work, iii 304.

VOL. IV.

ii 17; statistics of, ii 17; commission on,
iv 168; public executions abolished,
iv 169.

Carbonari, ii 145.

Cardigan, Earl of, his share in the blun-
der at Balaklava, iii 109; his quarrel-
some disposition, iii 109.
Cardwell, Mr., president of the Board
of Trade, ii 317; Indian secretary, iii
151; he resigns, iii 154; secretary for
war, iv 270; his army reforms, iv 286.
Caricatures of HB, i 97.
Carlisle, Lord, his early career, i 334:
Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, iii 151.
Carlyle, Thomas, on the abolition of
slavery, i 154; on Chartism, i 251, 262;
on emigration, 254; on the Poor-law
Association, ii 288; his History of the
French Revolution, ii 163.
Caroline, Queen, trial of, i 6; her death
and funeral, i 39.

Castlereagh, Lord, suicide of, i 19; his
kindness of manner, i 133.
Cathcart, Sir George, killed at Inker
man, iii 112; letter from the queen to
his widow, iii 112.

Catholic Association, the, i 25.
Catholic Emancipation, i 19; refusal of
Canning to oppose, i 27; bill brought
in by Peel and passed, i 33; it fails to
restore order, i 36.

Cavignari, murder of Sir Louis, iv 319.
Cavour, Count, his early career, iii 133:
induces Sardinia to join France and
England, iii 134; his policy during
Garibaldi's movements, iv 71; difficul-
ties from Garibaldi's successes, iv 75;
his circular to the courts of Europe,
iv
77; his death, iv 42, 83.
Cawnpore, mutiny at, iii 251; its defence
by Sir Hugh Wheeler, iii 252; Nana

CHOLERA

337

Sahib's treachery and cruelty, iii 252;
General Havelock captures, iii 256.
Cecil, Lord Robert, iv 169; his charge
against Mr. Lowe, iv 170.
Cemeteries, outside of cities, ii 18.
Chalmers, Dr., ii 165; Sara Coleridge's
criticism on his manner, ii 166.
Chamber's Edinburgh Journal begun,
1832, i 112.

Chartism, Carlyle on, i 251, 262; the Six
Points, i 258; meetings at Birmingham,
Manchester, and London, i 258; im-
prisonment of Henry Vincent, i 260;
the National Petition, i 261; Mr. Att-
wood's motion, i 261; apprehension of
the secretaries of the National Conven-
tion, i 261; meeting and riots in Bir-
mingham, i 261; sentences on the pris-
oners, i 262; arrest of Feargus O'Con-
nor, i 262; arrest and transportation of
Frost, Williams, and Jones, i 263; end
of Chartism, i 263; Disraeli's descrip-
tion of some Chartist doings, i 265;
Chartists try to stir up the people,
i 280; Harriet Martineau on, i 280;
causes alarm in London, ii 148; the
second National Petition, ii 148; at-
tempt to put down public meetings,
ii 148; meeting on Kennington Com-
mon, ii 149; Earl Russell's account of
the proceedings, ii 149; its after effects,
ii 149.

Chatham, Earl of, advocates parliamen-
tary reform, i 1.

Cheap trains for the working-classes,
iv 153.

Childers, Mr., first lord of the admir-
alty, iv 270.

China, opening up of, i 290; first war
with, i 290; capture of Nankin and
Hong-Kong, i 290; large war indem-
nity, i 290; second war with, iii 196;
seizure of the crew of the lorcha Arrow
by the Chinese and demand for their
restoration, iii 198; Mr. Parkes applies
to Sir John Bowring, iii 199; the men
sent back, but apology refused by
Governor Yeh, iii 200; bombardment
of Canton, iii 201; Lord Lyndhurst's
speech in the House of Lords, iii 201;
Mr. Cobden's pamphlet, iii 201; he
condemns the government action, iii
202; defeat of the government, iii 202;
Disraeli and Gladstone on the govern-
ment's policy, iii 203; Canton taken,
iii 276; capture and death of Commis-
sioner Yeh, iii 277; Mr. Frederick
Bruce sent to Pekin to ratify treaty of
Tien-tsin, iv 59; the Taku forts de-
fended, iv 60; Admiral Hope attempts
to storm them, iv 61; Baron Gros and
Lord Elgin sent out with a sufficient
force, iv 61; taking of the Taku forts
and march towards Pekin, iv 61; cruel
treatment of the allied commissioners
by the Chinese, iv 61; release of the
prisoners and surrender of Pekin, iv 62;
indignation of the troops, iv 62; de-
struction of the Summer Palace, iv 62;
conclusion of the convention, iv 63.
Chisholm, Mrs., her efforts on behalf of
emigrants, ii 199.

Chloroform, opposition to the use of,
ii 177.

Cholera in 1831, i 109; in 1849, ii 178.
85

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 101; 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,
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, ii 32, 33; quarrel between him and
Peel, ii
his influence with foreign
39:
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

292,

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
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, ii 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 177.
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.

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,

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iv 133: capital of the various branches,
iv 133: progress temporarily checked
by American civil war, iv 134-
Copley, John Singleton.
hurst.
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, i 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, ii 90; Duke of Wellington
supports Peel, ii 90; startling announce-
ment by the Times, ii 90; 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.

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Cremorne Gardens, iv 7.
Crime, statistics of, iv 326.
Crimean war, events which led to,
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, iii 21; foundation of the Russian
demands,iii 22; the Russian army takes
possession of Moldavia and Wallachia,

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