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24;

iii 23: the Vienna note, iii 23; excite-
ment in Turkey, iii 24; Lord Palmer-
ston eager for decisive measures, iii
the French and British fleets sent to
the Dardanelles, iii 25; Turkey de-
clares war, iii 27; Prince Albert and
Lord Palmerston on the situation, iii
27, 28; Lord Aberdeen's views, iii 30;
Nicholas declares war against Turkey,
iii 31; he writes to the queen, iii 31;
the queen's reply, iii 32; commence-
ment of hostilities, iii 32; the Turkish
fleet destroyed at Sinope, iii 33: the
allied fleets ordered to the Black Sea,
iii 33; attitude of Prussia and Austria,
iii 34; manifesto by the Emperor of
Russia, iii 34; the war feeling in Eng-
land, iii 35; the ultimatum of England
to Russia, iii 36; description of the
Crimea, iii 37; the poetic English
party, iii 38; popular outcry for war,
iii 38; the camp at Chobham Common,
iii 39; naval review at Spithead, iii 39:
departure of troops, iii 40; arrival of
the allied armies in Turkey, iii 40; co-
operation of the French and English,
iii 41; Mr. Gladstone's budget of 1854,
iii 52; King of Prussia's letters to the
queen, iii 53; the queen's reply, iii 54:
the czar's insincerity, iii 56; the budget,
iii 357; a supplementary budget, iii 59;
attitude of Gladstone, Cobden, and
Bright, iii 60, 61; Mr. Gladstone on
British interests and the war, iii 68;
departure of the Baltic fleet, iii 70, 77;
instructions of Sir James Graham, iii 77;
correspondence between him and Sir
Charles Napier, iii 78; results achieved
in the Baltic, iii 79; another Baltic
fleet despatched under Admiral Dun-
das, iii 79; speech by Mr. Bright, iii 79:
Mr. Gladstone writing in 1878 on the
subject, i 87; a day of prayer and
supplication appointed, iii 88; siege of
Silistria, iii 89, 90; Palmerston's plans
for the campaign, iii 89; conduct of
Austria, iii 89; speech by Lord Lynd-
hurst, i 391; plan for the attack of
Sebastopol, iii 92; want of information
about the Russian preparations, iii 93,
96; Mr. Kinglake and the Times on
the need for attacking Sebastopol,iii 93;
ravages of cholera in the allied armies,
iii 93: Varna on fire, iii 94; the armies
embark for the Crimea, iii 94: Eupa-
toria surrendered, iii 95; battle of the
Alma, iii 95; march to Balaklava, iii 97;
desire of Napoleon to go to the Crimea,
iii 99; Sardinia joins the allies, iii 100;
General Canrobert commands the
French troops, iii 104; strength of
Sebastopol, iii 105; attack by the Rus-
sians on the allies at Balaklava, iii 107;
the charge of the Light Brigade, iii 108;
another attack on Balaklava, iii 110;
battle of Inkerman, iii 111; insufficency
of the commissariat arrangements and
sufferings of the men, iii 115; destruc-
tion of supplies by a storm, iii 116;
blundering of the transport service,
iii 117; the Times' subscription list for
the relief of the sick and wounded,
iii 118; the Patriotic Fund, iii 118;
refusal of the peace party to contribute
to this fund, iii 118; Miss Florence

INDEX.

Nightingale and a staff of nurses ar-
rive, i 122; cholera in the camp,
iii 123; picture of the scene between
the harbour and the English position,
iii 123; courage and patience of the
troops, i 124; Lord Panmure's in-
structions to Lord Raglan, iii 125; an
army of reserve formed at Malta,
iii 126; a railway made from Balaklava
to the trenches, iii 127; nationalities
represented in the Crimea, iii 127;
completion of telegraphic communica-
tion between London and the seat of
war, iii 128; condition of the army at
Balaklava, iii 128; dearness of pro-
visions, iii 129; improvement in the
camp, iii 129; M. Soyer organizes the
culinary service, iii 130; description of
the positions, iii 131; recruiting at home
and abroad, iii 132; Sardinia enters the
alliance against Russia, iii 134; landing
of the Sardinian army in the Crimea,
iii 135; death of Lord Raglan, iii 136;
General Simpson takes the command,
iii 136; treaty between England, France,
and Austria concluded, iii 138; the four
points of agreement as the basis of
peace with Russia, iii 138; debate in
parliament on the conduct of the war,

iii

139: the Foreign Enlistment Bill,
iii 140; Mr. Roebuck moves for a com-
mittee of inquiry, iii 141, 143; Lord
John Russell resigns office, iii 141; Mr.
Roebuck's motion carried, iii 147; the
government resign, iii 147; Lord Pal-
merston announces the arrangements
for prosecuting the war, iii 152; Mr.
Layard attacks the new government,
iii 153; Mr. Roebuck presses for a
committee of inquiry, iii 153; repulse
of the Russians at Eupatoria, iii 155;
death of the Czar Nicholas, iii 155:
return home of the wounded, iii 158;
failure of negotiations for peace, iii 158;
proceedings of the commission of in-
quiry, i 159; a day of fasting ap-
pointed, iii 159; distribution of war
medals, iii 164; the losses of the Rus-
sians, iii 164; destruction of stores at
Kertch, iii 165; capture of the Sapone
or White redoubts, the Mamelon, and
the Quarries, iii 166; repulse of the
French at the Malakhoff, iii 167; re-
pulse of the English at the Redan,
iii 167; death of Lord Raglan, iii 167;
is succeeded by General Simpson,
iii 168; discussions in parliament on the
peace negotiations, iii 168; Mr. Lowe's
amendment, iii 169; speeches by Glad-
stone, Bright, Cobden, Sir J. Graham,
Lord John Russell, iii 169; Prince
Albert on the situation, iii 174; Mr.
Gladstone's account in 1877 of the
political situation in 1855,iii 175; speech
by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, iii 176;|
the last of the Vienna conferences,
iii 177; report of the committee of in-
quiry, iii 177; danger of the publica-
tion of army movements by the press,
iii 179; renewed debates on the peace
negotiations, iii 179; bombardment of
Sveaborg, iii 184; repulse of a Russian
attack at the Tchernaya, iii 184; taking
of the Malakhoff, iii 185; repulse at the
Redan, iii 186; evacuation of Sebasto-

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pol, iii 186; cost of the war, iii 187;
negotiations for peace, iii 189; confer-
ence in Paris, iii 190; peace agreed
upon, iii 190; the Crimea evacuated by
the allies, i 192; description of Se-
bastopol, iii 192; a day of thanksgiv-
ing, iii 193; naval review at Spithead,
iii 193; rejoicings in London, iii 193;
Mr. Gladstone on the terms of peace,
iii 194.

Crimes of violence, increase of, iii 232;
introduction of the garotte, iii 233;
William Palmer the poisoner, iii 234.
Criminal Code, amelioration of, i 177:
counsel allowed to prisoners in criminal
cases, i 268; restriction of capital
punishment, i 268; transportation con-
demned and abolished, i 271, iii 237;
the ticket-of-leave system, iii 238; cruel-
ties in prisons, iii 239: increased care-
fulness in criminal trials, iv 5.
Croker, John Wilson, i 41.

Crystal Palace, ii 231; previous exhibi-
tions, ii 231; its success due to Prince
Albert, ii 231; first proposal of, meets
with great opposition, ii 234; Sir Joseph
Paxton's design adopted, ii 237; poem
by Thackeray on, ii 238; site fixed on,
ii 239; preparations for carrying out the
plans, i 240; the opening ceremony,

ii

241; the queen's account of the day's
proceedings, ii 245; statistics of, and
distribution of prizes, ii 248; difficulty
as to disposal of the building, iii 2;
removed and re-erected at Sydenham,
ii 250; use of the surplus money, iii
Custody of Infants Bill, i 273.

D.

3.

Daguerre's improvement of photo-
graphy, i 271.

iii

Dalhousie, Lord, governor-general of
India, iii
243; abolishes suttee, 243:
prohibits Thuggism, iii 243.
Damascus, massacre of Christians in,
iv 64.

Dano-German war. See Denmark.
Darwin, Charles, his theory of the ori-
gin of species, iv 24; sketch of his life,
iv 25; his Descent of Man, iv 26.
Davis, Jefferson, president of the Con-
federate States, iv 89; his early career,
iv 100; imprisoned at the close of the
war, iv 142.

Deak, Francis, Hungarian statesman,

ii 155.

Delhi, mutiny and massacre at, iii 248;
the natives obtain possession of the
city, i 249: siege and capture of,
iii 260; shooting of the king's sons,
iii 263; the king taken to Rangoon,
iii 268.

Denman, Lord, i 102.

Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig
and Holstein, iv 146, 160; arrogance
of Prussia, iv 161; accession of Chris-
tian IX., iv 161; his dispute with Hol-
stein, iv 161; German troops enter the
duchy, iv 162; remonstrance of Eng-
land, iv 163; Schleswig occupied by a
German army, iv 163; the powers re-
fuse material assistance to Denmark,
iv 163; the duchies ceded to Prussia

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and Austria, iv 164: the government
attacked on the Dano-German ques-
tion, iv 165; Mr. Disraeli's speech and
Mr. Gladstone's reply, iv 165; Mr.
Bernal Osborne's sallies, iv 166; Lord
Palmerston's defence, iv 166; his letter
to King Leopold, iv 167; English sym-
pathy for Denmark, iv 167.
Denominational schools, support of,
iv 296.

Derby, Lord, forms a ministry, ii 296:
his statement in the House of Lords,
ii 304: speech by Sir James Graham on
the protection policy of the govern-
ment, ii 304; determination to force
the government to declare its policy,
ii 307; again prime minister in 1858,
iii 287; resigns, iii 292; again forms a
ministry, iv 222; his reform bill in the
House of Lords, iv 233; his retirement
and death, iv 235.

Derby, Lord, resigns office in Lord
Beaconsfield's ministry, iv 318.
Dickens, Charles, influence of the Pick-
wick Papers, i 188; his obituary notice
of Thackeray, iv 196.

Discontent in the country, i 6, 70, 161.
Diseased meat in London market, dis-
posal of, iii 230.

Disestablishment of the church, first
public meeting, i 111; Earl Grey on,
i 1; Mr. Gladstone's views on, iv 296.
Disraeli, Benjamin: education and early
career, i 29; on Toryism versus Con-
servatism, i 130; on the results of the
queen's accession, i 250; on the Con-
servative cause, i 251; formation of the
Young England party, i 263; his change
of sides, i 264; he describes some Char-
tist doings, i 265; graphic scene in a
tommy-shop, ii 15; becomes spokesman
of the Protectionists, ii 63; his eulogy
of Peel and virulent attack of Lord
Palmerston, ii 63; study in Coningsby
of Lord John Russell, ii 64; abuse of
statesmen, ii 65; slighted by Sir Robert
Peel, ii 65; his views at various stages
of his political career, ii 65; description
of a statesman's position, ii 66; his
personal antipathy to Sir Robert Peel,
ii 68, 73: speech on the Maynooth Col-
lege Bill, ii 81; speech on the Corn
Bill, ii 103; his account of a scene in
the house, ii 109; his estimate of Sir
Robert Peel, ii 110; his burlesque of
Leigh Hunt's imprisonment, ii 162; on
the state of the church, ii 168; on the
navigation laws, ii 187; proposes to
modify the poor-laws, ii 188; on the
power of the crown, ii 285; is chancel-
lor of the exchequer, ii 296; his address
to the Buckinghamshire electors, ii 302;
his budget of 1852, and its opposition,
ii 312; his reply, ii 313; speech by Mr.
Gladstone, ii 315; defeat of the govern-
ment, ii 316; is accused of plagiarism,
ii 323:
criticises the government con-
duct of the Crimean war, iii 139, 146;
his denunciation of Lord John Russell,
iii 181; again chancellor of the ex-
chequer, iii 287; he introduces a reform
bill, iii 289; on the income-tax and re-
duction of armaments, iii 317; on the
abolition of church-rates, iv 13, 16; his
speech against budget of 1862, iv 122;

his speech before the Oxford Diocesan
Society, iv 200; against reform bill of
1866, iv 219; is chancellor of the ex-
chequer, iv 222; introduces a reform
bill, iv 226; succeeds Lord Derby as
prime minister, iv 235; his administra-
tion of 1868, iv 262; attack on Lord
Cranborne, iv 264; his ministry re-
sign, iv 269; character of, iv 314; his
elevation to the peerage, iv 314; attends
Berlin congress, iv 318; his illness and
death, i 320; iv 324; sketch of his career,
321.

i

Disraeli, Isaac, his writings, i 29.
Disruption, the, of 1843, ii 165; financial
efforts of the Free Church, ii 168.
Dissenters' Burial Bill, iv 171.
Dissenters' Chapel Bill, i 283; Gladstone
on, i 283; Macaulay on, i 284.
Distress in the country, i 331; in 1861,
iv 123; in London in 1866-67, iv 240.
Divorce Court Bill, iii 206; opposed by
Mr. Gladstone, iii 206.
Dorchester labourers, transportation of
the, i 162; they are pardoned, i 163.
D'Orsay, Count, his career, iii 4.
Drainage of London, scheme for, iv 3.
Drinking fountains, erection of, iv 4.
Drummond, Edward, Sir Robert Peel's
secretary, assassinated, ii 38.
Druses, their cruelties to the Maronites,
iv 63; their character and origin, iv 63.
See Syria

Dufferin, Lord, his account of the scene
after the massacre at Damascus, iv 65;
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster,

iv 270.

Duncombe, Thomas, his political prin-
ciples and moral character, i 248; pro-
poses to extend the franchise, i 260;
on opening of private letters by the
government, i 335.

Dundas, Admiral, sent with a fleet to
the Baltic, iii 79.

Dundonald, Earl, i 96; fined and im-
prisoned, i 96; his services abroad, i 97;
is restored to all his honours, i 97.
Dunlop, John, a Temperance pioneer,

iv 149.

Dunne, Colonel, assists Garibaldi in
Naples, iv 74.

Durham, Earl of, his early career, i 225;
his quarrel with Lord Brougham, i 125;
looked to as leader by advanced re-
formers, i 219; sent to Canada as gov-
ernor-general, i 225; opposition to his
illegal actions, i 227; he resigns and
retires into private life, i 228; his death,
i 228; John Stuart Mill's defence of his
policy, i 229.

Dwellings for the poorer classes, iv 199.

E.

East India Company, origin and growth
of, i 286; its trading privileges taken
away, i 288.

Eastern question, dispute about the
holy places, ii 334: Russia's designs
against Turkey, ii 335; opposition to
Russia, ii 335: alliance between Bri-
tain and France and declaration of
war, i 336; is again brought up, iv

314.

ETON
Ecclesiastical commission appointed, i
134; attempt to reform abuses, i 180.
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, iv 286.
Ecclesiastico-political controversies, ii
165; the Disruption, ii 165: movement
to separate church and state, ii 168;
the High Church party gains ground,
ii 168; Mr. Disraeli on the state of the
Church, ii 168; opposition of Dissenters
to national education, ii 169: Dr.
Hampden's case, ii 169; Rev. Cor-
nelius Gorham's case, ii 170.
Education, Rowland Hill's system of,
i 238; speech by Prince Albert at edu-
cational conference, iii 218; increase of
secular, iii 231; statistics of, iv 327.
Education of neglected children, move-
ment for, iii 214; Mr. Gladstone on,
iii 215.

Education, National, grant voted in
1833, i 267: extension of, and constitu-
tion of committee of council on, i 267;
speech of Mr. Shiel on, i 267; proposed
scheme of, i 331; alarm of Dissenters
at, i 331; withdrawal of the bill, i 332;
agitation for, in 1852, ii 275; Lord John
Russell's opinion of, ii 275; grants for,
iv 169; Mr. Lowe and the Revised
Code, iv 169.

Eglinton Tournament, i 264.
Egypt, war in, iv 322.

Eldon, Lord, i 242.

Elections, family influence in, i 219.
Electric Telegraph, its origin, i 241;
increase of communication, iv 199: pur-
chased by government, iv 267.
Elementary Education Act, iv 280.
Elgin, Lord, sent to China as British
representative, iii 205, 275; sent to
China to secure the ratification of the
treaty of Tien-tsin, iv 61; orders the
destruction of the Summer Palace, iv

62.

Ellenborough, Lord, president of Board
of Control, i 318; succeeds Lord Auck-
land as Governor-general of India, ii
9; orders the gates of Somnauth to be
carried away, ii 12; his opposition to
Lord Canning's policy in India, iii 272.
Elliott, Ebenezer, the Corn-law Rhymer,
i 23

Elphinstone, Major-general, commander
in Afghanistan, ii 8.

Emigration, advocated by Carlyle, i
254; schemes of, ii 198; statistics of, ii
200; iv 328.
Employment of women and children, iv
282; evils of the gang system in agri-
cultural districts, iv 282.
Encumbered Estates Act, passing of, ii

182.

Endowed Schools Act Amendment Bill,
opposed by Messrs. Gladstone and
Forster, iv 303.

Engineering works, progress of, iv 199.
Ernest, Prince, of Hohenlohe Langen-
burg, death of, iv 42.
Essays and Reviews, iv 205: their
writers, iv 206; actions against Dr.
Williams and Mr. Wilson, iv 206, 207;
the Essays condemned in Convocation,
iv 207: Lord Westbury's speech on
Convocation, iv 207.

Eton, school life in Gladstone's days, i
11; celebrated men educated at, i 13:

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EUPATORIA

periodicals written and published at,
i 14.

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

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

Exchange, burning of Royal, i 246.
Executions, public, abolished, iv 169.
Exeter, Bishop of, conciliatory proposal
on church-rates, iv 13.

Exhibition of 1851, ii 231. See Crystal
Palace.

Exhibition of 1862, iv 123; opposition
to, iv 124; superior to that of 1851, iv
124; opening ceremony, iv 125; statis-
tics of, iv 125; account of the building
and its contents, iv
Exiles in England, amusing account of,
ii 157.
Expenditure, national, increase of, ii

125.

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

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

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

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

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

Fire at Tooley Street, London, iv 187.
Flogging in the army, motions to abo-
lish, ii 17; cruelties of, ii 174; amelior-
ation of, ii 175.

Foreign affairs: the Spanish legion and
Don Carlos, i 190; the German Zollver-
ein, i 190; revolution in Belgium, i 190;
insurrection in Poland, i 191; riots in
France, i 191; attempt to suppress poli-
tical societies in France, i 193.
Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii 140; causes
ill feeling in America, iii 193-
Forster, Mr. Wm. E., his early career,
iv 211.

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

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

Franklin, Sir John, starts on his Arctic
expedition, ii 203; search for, iii 5; ex-
pedition of Captain M'Clintock in
search of, iv 20.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

G.

Game-laws, attempt to mitigate, i 28;
injury inflicted by, ii 58; Mr. Bright
obtains a committee of inquiry into,
ii 59; suicide of Lord Stradbroke's
gamekeepers, ii 59; statistics of con-
victions for breaches of the game-laws,
ii
59.
Gang system, evils of the, iv 282.
Gardiner, Allan, missionary, his suffer-
ings in Patagonia, ii 299.

Germany, hostile feeling towards France,
iii

323.

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

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

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

GLADSTONE

Universities Admission Bill, i 141;
Lord Macaulay's opinion of him, i 141;
his speech on the Irish Church, i 141;
speech on abolition of slavery, i 150;
is charged with inconsistency, i 201;
his work on The State in its Relations
with the Church, i 203; criticisms of
Macaulay and the Quarterly Review,
i 203; his correspondence with Macau-
lay, i 204; his change of opinion on the
subject, i 206; his speech on the Dis-
senters' Chapel Bill, i 283; appointed
vice-president of the Board of Trade
and Master of the Mint, i 318; his re-
putation at this time, i 318; speech on
the opium war, i 320; his marriage, i 320;
he supports Sir Robert Peel's proposed
sliding-scale, ii 22; withdraws from
Peel's government on account of pro-
posal to increase the Maynooth grant,
ii

47: his early opinions on free-trade,
ii 53; proposes to abolish restrictions
on the importation of machinery, ii 53;
his part in obtaining improvements in
railway system, ii 54; on the sugar
duties, ii 72; supports the Maynooth
College Bill, ii 81; becomes colonial
secretary, ii 94; on the conduct of Sir
James Brooke in the East, ii 159:
on abolition of the navigation laws,
ii 187, 188; proposes an ecclesiastical
constitution for the Australian colonies,
ii 197; speech on the Don Pacifico
affair, ii 217; on the death of Sir Robert
Peel, ii 223; his charges against the
administration of justice in Naples,
ii 259; replies to his charges, ii 271;
is chancellor of the exchequer, ii 316;
his first budget, ii 329; his budget of
1854, i 52; supplementary budget,
iii 59; his attitude with regard to Rus-
sia and Turkey in 1854 and 1877,
iii 60; on the origin and reasons of the
Crimean war, iii 68; writing in 1878 on
the Crimean war, iii 87; speech on the
conduct of the Crimean war, iii 145;
chancellor of the exchequer, iii 151:
resigns, iii 154, 155; on the breaking
up of political parties, iii 167; advocates
negotiations for peace, iii 169, 183; on
the terms of peace with Russia, iii 194;
on the quarrel with the United States
concerning foreign enlistment, iii 195;
on the education of neglected children,
iii 215; his visit to Corfu, iii 289; chan-
cellor of the exchequer, iii 292; Home-
ric studies, iii 298; address as chancel-
lor of the University of Edinburgh,
iii 298; visit to the Ionian Islands,
iii 299; gratuitous services as commis-
sioner extraordinary at Corfu, iii 306;
his position in the Palmerston ministry,
iii 306; his budget of 1859, iii 316; he
introduces budget of 1860, iii 331; on
the French commercial treaty, iii
333;
abolition of excise duty on paper,iii 335;
iv 26; the impressed stamp on news-
papers abolished, iii 335; on the func-
tions of laymen in the church, iv 12;
opposes abolition of church-rates, iv 14;
on interference by the House of Lords
with taxation, iv 29; his budget of 1861,
iv 31; his budget of 1862, iv 119; speech
by Mr. Disraeli against the budget,
iv 122; Mr. Gladstone's reply, iv 122;

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

Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, i 228;
retires from office, i 229.

Godwin, William, political economist,
i 51.

Godwin, Major-general, commander in
the Burmese war, iii 197.

Gold, discovery of, in Victoria, ii 201;
in California, ii 201.

Goodman's confession, i 101.
Görgei, Arthur, dictator of Hungary,
ii 156.

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

iii 244.

Goulbourn, Mr., chancellor of the ex-
chequer, i 318; ii 60.

Graham, Sir James, in Melbourne's
ministry, i 127; declines to join Peel's,
i 131; speech on the Irish Church,

HALLAM

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

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

142.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, iv 251.
Hall, Sir Benjamin, his political prin-
ciples, i 280; first commissioner of
Woods and Forests, iii 151.
Hallam, a great talker, i 186; his death,
iv 38.

HALLEY

INDEX.

Halley's comet, appearance of, in 1835, | Hope, Admiral, attempts to storm the

Taku forts, iv 61.

i 185.
Hampden, Dr., and the see of Hereford, Horsman, Mr., Irish secretary, iii 151.

ii 169.

Handel Centenary at the Crystal Pal-

ace, iv 9.

Handel Festival, an annual celebration,
iv 9.

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

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

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

Houses of Parliament, completion of,
iv 4.

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

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

Hubbard, Mr., bill on church-rates, iv
13.

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

Harrison, Mr., secretary for Ireland, iii Hugo, Victor, ii 145.
155.

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

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

iii 229.

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

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

Hennessey, Pope, iv 86.

Herbert, Sir Sydney, enters parliament
in 1834 as a Tory, i 184; at first a hesi-
tating speaker, i 185; his ancestry, i
185; secretary to the admiralty, i 318;
secretary at war, ii 317; colonial secre-
tary,

iii 151; resigns, iii 154, 155; raised
to the peerage, iv 42; death of, iv 42.
High-Church, Ritualism, and Low-
Church, iv 11.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hydepark Riots of 1866, iv 224.

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Income-tax, first imposed, i 330; Sir
Robert Peel appeals to the house on
behalf of, ii 36; opposition of Lord
John Russell and Mr. Roebuck to, ii
70.

India, historical notice of, i 287; Board
of Control established, i 287; troubles
with Afghanistan and the Sikhs, i 288;
changes in, ii 160; changes in, since
1853, iii 209; mutiny of Sepoys in, iii
240; its causes, iii 240; improvements in
the condition of the country, iii 241;
severity of the British to the natives, iii
241; previous warnings of discontent,
iii

242; Colonel Hodgson's pamphlet,
iii 242; improvements introduced by
Lord Dalhousie, iii 243; extension of
British rule in, iii 244; the Koh-i-noor
diamond sent to England, iii 244; Azi-
moolah Khan visits London, iii 245;
Lord Canning succeeds Lord Dal-
housie, iii 245; causes of the mutiny,
iii 245; origin of the name Pandies as
applied to revolted Sepoys, iii 247; dis-
tribution of chupatties, iii 247; disposi-
tion of the troops in the country on the
outbreak of the mutiny, iii 247; out-
break at Meerut and Delhi, iii 248; the
news reaches Lahore and the Sepoys
there disarmed, iii 249; those at Mool-
tan disarmed, iii 250; troops on their
way to China intercepted by Lord

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

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

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

192.

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

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