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
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,
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.
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.
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
Australia, South, misgovernment of, ii 190; representative government granted to, ii 190.
Austria, insurrection in, ii 155; war with
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.
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
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,
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,
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.
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, Henry A., home secretary, iv 270. Brunel, Mr., makes the Thames Tunnel,
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.
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.
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.
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.
ii 17; statistics of, ii 17; commission on, iv 168; public executions abolished, iv 169.
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
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,
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
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
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
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,
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.
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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