IN D E X. Abd-el-Kader, his defence of the Chris- tians in Damascus, iv 65. iii 24; resigns iv 257 iv 247 Achilli, Dr., converted Catholic lec- turer, iii 8; great libel case, iji 8. tune, ii 176. 206. lar prejudice against, i 58. tions made by the Lancet, iii 229. Albert, Charles, King of Piedmont, takes Albert Nyanza, discovery of, iv 20. riage, iv 145. 43; is elected to the throne of i to the title of Earl Spencer, i 126. ii 12; war of 1878, iv 319; governments, iv 106. the country, i 277: meetings disturbed Covent Garden Theatre, ii 51; Drury Lane Theatre refused, üi 55; important accessions to its ranks, ii 55, 56; the of the electoral register, ii 57; Mr. love iv 200. iv 42. i 275. ANALYTIC BRUCE bute to the Patriotic Fund, iii 118; his 118; speech on the popularity of the iii 120; loses his seat, iii 120, 204; fare. Bank Charter Act, suspension of, in well address to his late constituents, 111 his appeal to the government raeli's reform bill, iii 290; is elected share in the Hydepark Riots, iv 224; reform, iii 296; speech on the in- Belgium formed into a kingdom under relations between France and England, Leopold, i gr. iii 317; his scheme for reforming taxa- Bentham, Jeremy, his influence on poli- tion, iii 330; speeches on church-rates, iv 15; on the right of the House of proving the condition of Ireland, ii cellor of the duchy of Lancaster, iv 289. 119; his death, ii 205. Britannia Tubular Bridge, completion of, ii 175. British Association for the Advance. ment of Science, meeting in Man- chester, i 277. Bishoprics abolished in 1833, i 110. Brooke, Sir James, Rajah of Sarawak, i 290; his career in Borneo, ii 157; his ii 158; returus to England and is well Birkbeck, Dr., establishes mechanics' received, ii 159; appointed governor of Labuan but removed, ii 159: Mr. Glad- stone on his proceedings, ii 159. 298. Brougham, Lord, opposes Wellington 154; his conduct in the Austro- for Yorkshire, i 60; his great industry and fame, i 61; disliked as a coadjutor, 237 ment, iv a Blomfield, Bishop, sketch of, i 47. i 62; amiable in private life, i 62; his his reckless use of personalities, i 63; insurrection, seized and shot, ii 155. knowledge and literary powers, i 65; appointed lord-chancellor, i 60: per- Durham, i 125; his criticism on the weakness of the cabinet in the Com- mons, i 127; is disliked by the king, i sident Lincoln, iv 143; is shot, iv 143. on newspapers, i 189; his antagonism to Lord Melbourne, i 220; is reconciled with Lord Lyndhurst, i 221; he pro- li 200; his action in the Arrow affair, corn duties, ïi 33; his claims on the gratitude of the nation, ii 46; opposes Lord Lyndhurst's married women bill, üi 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 Quaker lady, iv 98; his execution, iv 99. 31; his first interview with Mr. Cobden, Brown, Sir George, at the battle of the Alma, iii 96. Naples, Hungary, and Italy, ü 139. Bruce, Frederick, sent to Pekin to ratify the treaty of Tien-tsin, iv 59. 20. uli 200. i 175. i 20; his iii 276. ji 149. iv 20. iv 153 INDEX. 337 CHOLERA content, i 222; the cause of the colon- Cecil, Lord Robert, iv 169; his charge ists advocated by Mr. Hume, i 224; against Mr. Lowe, iv 170. i discussed in the British parliament, prisonment of Henry Vincent, i 260; the National Petition, i 261; Mr. Att- the secretaries of the National Conven- Canning, Lord, succeeds Lord Dal- mingham, i 261; sentences on the pris- housie as Governor-general of India, oners, i 262; arrest of Feargus O'Con- iii 245; outcry against his policy, iii nor, i 262; arrest and transportation of his policy, iii 273; appointed first Vice- tion of some Chartist doings, i 265; i 280; Harriet Martineau on, i 280; the queen's description of him, ii 104; tempt to put down public meetings, resigns his command, iii 135, 164. ii 148; meeting on Kennington Com- the proceedings, ii 149; its after effects, Chatham, Earl of, advocates parliamen- ii 17; statistics of, ii 17; commission on, Cheap trains for the working-classes, Childers, Mr., first lord of the admir- 145. alty, iv 270. Cardigan, Earl of, his share in the blun- China, opening up of, i 290; first war Hong-Kong, i 290; large war indem- Cardwell, Mr., president of the Board nity, i 290 ; second war with, iii 196; of Trade, či 317; Indian secretary, iii seizure of the crew of the lorcha Arrow to Sir John Bowring, iïi 199; the men 334; sent back, but apology refused by Association, ii 288; his History of the condemns the government action, iii 202; defeat of the government, ii 202; ment's policy, iii 203; Canton taken, sioner Yeh, iii 277 ; Mr. Frederick fended, iv 60; Admiral Hope attempts to storm them, iv 61; Baron Gros and i bill brought force, iv 61; taking of the Taku forts treatment of the allied commissioners 199. iv 77: his death, iv 42, 83. Chloroform, opposition to the use of, by Sir Hugh Wheeler, iïi 252; Nana Cholera in 1831, i 109; in 1849, ii 178. 85 iv 169. iv 269, 323. ü 177 iv 205. iii 297 ; CHRISTIAN CRIMEAN on the mode of conducting the war, iv 133 ; progress temporarily checked iii 67; his unpopularity during the war, by American civil war, iv 134. 295; is present at Lady Palmerston's opposition to it, ii 2r; large majority for government, ii 23: amendment by his interview with Napoleon the duty, ii 23; great banquet of Anti- tions for the repeal of the, ii 25; op- of the Free - trade Hall, ii 28; Mr. the, ii 37; passionate discussion on, ii 219; ii 53; motions by Lord John Russell 274; ii 219; personal appearance and quali- repeal on account of the famine in Ire- is attorney-general, land, ii 87; Sir Robert Peel's convic- ii 317. tion, ii 88; differences in the cabinet, Coffee-houses, establishment of cheap, ii 88; Lord John Russell's conviction, ii 89; majority of the cabinet against Natal, iii 44; his book, iv 204; his supports Peel, ii 90; startling announce- and return to office of Sir Robert Peel, ü g1; renewed effort of the League, ii gr; Peel's proposals to reduce the duties, ü 96; discussion of, ü 97; the bill ii 106. prevent, i 28. Cotton, prices of, during the civil war, iv 126; efforts to promote its growth in writings, ii 176; his reply to Baron on the cotton famine, iv 148. out, iv 174. der, and defence by Mr. Phillips, i 306. Covent Garden Theatre, burnt, iv 8; Cowley, Lord, ambassador at Paris, Crabbe, George, i 186. Aberdeen and Palmerston ministries, i 316, iü 151. Crime, statistics of, iv 326. Crimean war, events which led to, u 14: deen's disinclination for war, ili 20; al- : ji 287. i 104. |