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
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,
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-
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,
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.
Daguerre's improvement of photo- graphy, i 271.
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,
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
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.
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,
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,
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.
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
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
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
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:
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
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.
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
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
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,
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,
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
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
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's comet, appearance of, in 1835, | Hope, Admiral, attempts to storm the
i 185. Hampden, Dr., and the see of Hereford, Horsman, Mr., Irish secretary, iii 151.
Handel Centenary at the Crystal Pal-
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,
Hastings, Lady Flora, i 232. Hastings, Warren, i 287. Hatherley, Lord, lord-chancellor, iv
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.
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
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
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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