explanation of the Commercial Treaty with France, 48;
remarks on the Fortification Scheme, 63;
repeal of the Paper Duty, 82;
attack on the Budget of 1862, 123;
his Budget for 1863, 171;
his mastery of finance, 212;
his Budget for 1864, ib.;
his proposal to extend the franchise to the working classes, 215;
his Budget for 1865, 236;
leader of the House of Commons, 245;
the Russell-Gladstone Reform Bill, 255, 256;
his Budget for 1866, 259;
speech on the Irish Church Question, 286;
resolutions in favour of the disendowment of the Irish Church, 307;
Premier, 315;
his motion to disendow the Irish Church, 330;
his Land Bill for Ireland, 357;
effective opposition from the Tories, 426;
his Irish University Bill, 432;
defeat of his Ministry, 435;
return to power, 436;
the elections of 1874, 463;
resignation of office, 465;
withdrawal from the leadership of the Liberal Party, 467;
his pamphlets on “Vaticanism,” 475;
his agitation against Turkey, 503, 506;
speech on the Turkish Question, 527;
his Edinburgh speech on finance, 582;
favourable opinion in England in regard to his Irish Land Act, 587;
his great popularity in 1880, 590;
his successful campaign in Scotland and the North of England, 591;
efforts to prevent him from becoming Prime Minister, 592;
entrusted with the power to form a Cabinet, ib.;
Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 594;
his Budget for 1881, 615;
his Irish Land Bill, 616;
success of his government in Egypt after the fall of the Dual Control, 643;
declares the occupation of Egypt to be temporary, ib.;
his agreement with M. de Lesseps in regard to the Suez Canal, 662;
brings the controversy with France to a close, 668;
an address to the tenants at Hawarden, 671;
recommends the production of jam as an industry, ib.;
his abandonment of the Soudan admitted to be right by the Opposition, 674;
the adverse view of his Soudan policy, ib.;
his Reform Bill of 1884, 677;
his campaign in Midlothian, 678;
introduces the Franchise Bill, 679;
the difficulties connected with the Reform Bill, 696;
the great changes to be effected by his Reform Bill, 702;
the Seats Bill, 699-702;
his patriotic speech against Russia, 703;
his compromise with Russia, ib.;
renews certain provisions of the Irish Crimes Act, 704;
increase of expenditure under his Government, ib.;
defeated on an amendment of Sir M. Hicks-Beach, 706;
resignation of (1885), 707;
offered an earldom, 708;
the Midlothian Programme, 724;
his Cabinet of 1886, 727;
loses the support of the Whigs, ib.;
his Home Rule scheme, 727-8;
his Land Purchase (Ireland) Bill, 728;
the objections which were taken to his Home Rule proposals, ib.;
his Home Rule Bill rejected, 729;
he appeals to the country on the subject, ib.

Glasgow visited by the Queen and the Prince Consort, I. 411;
arrest of dynamitards, 661;
the sinking of the Daphne, 666;
the Queen’s sympathy and subscription to the survivors of the Daphne disaster, ib.

Gleichen, Count, II. 723

Goodwin, General, capture of Martaban, I. 505;
capture of Rangoon, ib.

Gordon, General, steps taken to relieve him in Khartoum, II. 671;
his mission to the Soudan, 672;
his arrival at Cairo, ib.;
appointed Governor-General of the Soudan, ib.;
his double commission, ib.;
part of his policy adversely criticised by the Conservatives, 675;
denounced for sanctioning slavery, ib.;
the factiousness of the Opposition, ib.;
a sortie from Khartoum, ib.;
surrounded by treason, ib.;
entreats the Government to send help, ib.;
failure of his negotiations with the Mahdi, 676;
publication of his protests against the desertion of Khartoum, ib.;
instructed to go to the Soudan, 711;
recommends the appointment of Zebehr Pasha as ruler of the Soudan, ib.;
at Khartoum, ib.;
his advice as to the evacuation of the town, 712;
his plan for withdrawing the troops and the employés, ib.;
how he would have checked the Mahdi, ib.;
his position at Khartoum growing very critical, ib.;
death of, 715;
his defence of Khartoum, 716;
character of, 717

Gordon, Lord Advocate, his Scottish Church Patronage Bill, II. 472

Gordon, Miss, the Queen’s letter to, II. 717

Gorham, Rev. W., his case in the lay courts, I. 447

Gorst, Mr., one of the Fourth Party, II. 594;
his obstructionist tactics, 601

Gortschakoff, Prince, his reply to Lord Salisbury’s Circular Letter, II. 546;
at the Berlin Congress, 549;
death of, 651

Goschen, Mr., becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, II. 731;
his Budget of 1887, 738

Gough, Lord, the disaster at Chillianwalla, I. 399;
movement for his recall, 400

Gough, Sir Hugh, his victory at Gwalior, I. 150;
his campaign against the Sikhs, 234;
the battle of Sobraon, 235

Goulburn, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, I. 97;
threatened assassination, 138;
the Irish Coercion Bill, 230

Graham, General, his army at Suakim, II. 675;
defeats Osman Digna at El Teb, ib.;
the battle of Tamanieb, ib.;
at Suakim, 717

Graham, Sir James, Home Secretary, I. 97;
his views in regard to the Factories Act, 140;
masterly speech on the Navigation Laws, 374;
his reduction of the Admiralty expenditure, 390;
refuses to join the Russell Cabinet, 478;
his resolution on Free Trade, 515;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 519;
resigns office, 630

Grants, Royal, Committee to “inquire into and consider,” promised, II. 720;
the promise repudiated by the Tory Party, ib.

Granville, Lord, President of the Council, I. 519;
his unpopular colonial policy, 342, 366;
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 366;
his advice regarding the Premiership in 1880, 592;
Foreign Secretary, 594;
his efforts to get Turkey to fulfil her obligations, 598

Gravelotte, Battle of, II. 370

Gray, Mr. E. Dwyer, starts a relief fund for distress in Ireland, II. 586

Greece, the case of Mr. Finlay, I. 426;
Italian intrigues in regard to the throne, II. 128;
overthrow of King Otho, ib.;
cession of the Ionian Islands by England to Greece, ib.;
Turkey’s failure to fulfil her obligations, 598;
the justice of her claims admitted by the Powers, 610

Greville, Mr., description of the Queen’s coronation, I. 44;
the Queen’s affairs in 1847, 291;
political matters in 1849, 395;
the Queen’s life at Balmoral, 415;
Kossuth’s visit to England, 490

Grey, General, his death, II. 378;
his serious loss to the Queen as private secretary, 379;
his proposed Life of the Prince Consort, 481

Grey, Lord, his opposition to Lord John Russell, I. 206;
continued differences with Lord John Russell, 244;
enters the Whig Cabinet, ib.;
Secretary for the Colonies, 386;
his proposal to make the Cape of Good Hope a convict settlement, 402;
his protest against the Russian War, 590

Grey, Sir George, Home Secretary, I. 245;
suggestion regarding the Established Church in Ireland, 354;
the Crown Government Security Bill, 355;
his proposal on the Irish Question, 375;
Secretary for the Colonies, 626

Gubat, The British camp at, II. 715

Guelph, Este, the name of the Royal Family of Great Britain, I. 5

Guelph, House of, Representatives of the, in the eleventh century, I. 4

Guizot, M., mission to London regarding Egypt, I. 86;
his diplomacy in regard to the proposed marriage alliance between France and Spain, 255;
injury to his prestige, 256;
his pretext for the Franco-Spanish alliance, 257;
his friendship with Metternich, 302


H.

Habeas Corpus Act, suspension during the Irish crisis, I. 342;
proposed suspension in Ireland in 1848, 353

Halifax, Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer, I. 245;
his defects as a politician, 288, 289;
his financial statement for 1847, 290

Hamburg spirit, The sale of, II. 738

Hampden, Dr., his election to the See of Hereford, I. 299;
his supposed heterodoxy, ib.;
confirmation of his appointment by the Queen, 300

Harcourt, Sir William Vernon, Solicitor-General, II. 439;
his sarcastic assaults on the Tory Government, 583;
Home Secretary, 594;
his Hares and Rabbits Bill, 601;
his Bill for reforming the government of London, 678

Hardinge, Lord, his plan for a new army organisation, 694;
his death, 695

Hardy, Mr. Gathorne (afterwards Lord Cranbrook), President of the Poor Law Board, I. 257;
Home Secretary, 304;
War Secretary, 465;
his Regimental Exchanges Bill, 483

Harrison, Colonel, blamed in connection with the death of the Prince Imperial, II. 578

Hartington, Marquis of, Secretary for Ireland, II. 387;
leader of the Liberal Party, 482;
his motion on the Army Discipline Bill, 571;
his advice regarding the Premiership in 1880, 592;
in favour of Mr. Chamberlain receiving a place in the Cabinet, 594;
Secretary for India, ib.;
his exposure of the tactics of the obstructionists, 601;
his leadership of the Liberal Party, 603;
Secretary for War, 654;
his pledge that the Attorney-General would bring in an Affirmation Bill, 658;
damages the prestige of the Government by his declaration about the withdrawal of the British troops from Egypt, ib.;
his mistake as to Gordon’s position in Egypt, 676;
becomes leader of the Liberal Unionists, 729

Havelock, Sir Henry, his relief of Lucknow, II. 735

Hayward, Mr. Abraham, his account of English policy towards Turkey, II. 524;
letters from Mr. Gladstone regarding the Premiership in 1880, 592

Health Exhibition at South Kensington, The, II. 694

Helena, Princess, her birth, I. 262;
her marriage to Prince Christian, II. 262

Hennessey, Mr. Pope, his wish to revive Nationalist ideas in Ireland, II. 239

Henry of Battenberg, Prince, II. 718;
made Knight of the Garter, 722;
assumes the designation of “His Royal Highness,” ib.;
question of the legality of the assumption of the title, ib.

Herat attacked by the Persians, I. 113;
defended by Eldred Pottinger, ib.

Herbert, Mr. Sidney, refuses a place in the Russell Cabinet, I. 244;
his view of the Income Tax, 471;
War Secretary, 519;
resigns office, 630

Herries, Mr., his attack on the Russell Cabinet and on the Cobdenites, I. 390;
his proposal for a fixed duty on corn, 391;
President of the Board of Control, 499

Herschel, Sir Farrer (afterwards Lord Herschel), Solicitor-General, II. 594

Hertford, Marquis of, his death, II. 686;
an ideal Lord Chamberlain, ib.;
his interesting stories regarding Court life, ib.;
an incident in the life of Prince Albert, ib.

Hesse, Grand Duke of, his morganatic marriage with the Countess de Kalomine, II. 719

Hesse, Princess Charles of, Death of, II. 719

Hewett, Admiral, his command at Suakim, II. 675

Hewitt, Mr., Mayor of New York, striking speech on the Queen’s Jubilee, II. 747

Hicks-Beach, Sir M., defeats Mr. Gladstone’s Government, II. 706;
is appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, 730;
resigns office, 735

Hicks Pasha and his army defeated at El Obeid, II. 670

Hill, Rowland, his parentage, 78;
Secretary to the South Australian Commission, ib.;
his pamphlet on the Postal System, ib.;
his plan for a Penny Postage, ib.;
opposed by Lord Lichfield and by the Rev. Sydney Smith, 79;
supported by Mr. Warburton and Mr. Wallace in the House of Commons, ib.;
Act of Parliament passed in favour of his plan, 80

Hohenlohe, Prince, account of vagabondage in Germany, I. 346

Hohenlohe-Langenberg, Prince Victor, II. 723

Holkar, Maharajah, at Windsor, II. 740

Holloway College for Women opened, II. 732

Holyoake, Mr. G. J., first employs the name of “Jingoes,” II. 530

Home Rule, its rise in Ireland, II. 426;
Mr. Parnell’s leadership, ib.;
Mr. Parnell and other Irish members suspended, ib.;
the struggle regarding Coercion, 614;
Mr. Parnell and the Land Act, 628;
Mr. Parnell and others imprisoned, ib.;
Mr. Forster and Mr. Parnell, 632;
Mr. Parnell charged with conniving at murder, 656;
Mr. Forster’s attack on the agitators, ib.;
warm admiration of Mr. Parnell in Ireland, ib.;
Mr. Chamberlain’s scheme of, 724;
Earl Russell’s, ib.;
Lord Carnarvon’s, ib.;
Mr. Gladstone’s, 727-8;
Mr. Gladstone’s Bill defeated, 728

Hong-Kong ceded to England, I. 53

Hook, Dean, his pamphlet on national education, I. 270

Horsman, Mr., his motion on the proposed reduction of official salaries, I. 446

Houghton, Lord, his motion in regard to “Essays and Reviews,” II. 215

Howick, Lord, his motion in regard to depression in manufacturing industry, I. 137

Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, messenger to the Queen announcing the death of King William IV., I. 1

Hudson, Mr. George, his leadership in railway enterprise, I. 201;
his supposed advice regarding railways in Ireland, 278;
the railway craze in England, 279

Humboldt, Baron von, his unfavourable opinion of Prince Albert, I. 197

Hume, Mr. Joseph, his discovery of an Orange plot, I. 37;
the proposed provision for Prince Albert, 67;
his attack on the Portuguese policy of the Russell Government, 302;
the Parliamentary Reform Association, 338;
attack on the Russell Government Budget, 352;
his proposal for the extension of the franchise, 356, 426, 502;
his support of the Manchester School, 356;
demands the doing away with the Excise, 390;
his motion for Parliamentary Reform, 391;
his effort to limit the period of the Income Tax, 471

Hungary, its independence recognised, II. 282

Hunt, Leigh, verses to the Queen, I. 132

Huskisson, Mr., M.P., accidentally killed at the opening of the Liverpool Railway, I. 47

Hutchinson, Mr., his Bill for protecting newspaper reports of lawful meetings, II. 618

Hutt, Mr., his proposal to withdraw British war-ships from suppressing the West African slave trade, I. 438

Hyde Park, the riot in 1867, II. 270;
Children’s celebration in, of the Queen’s Jubilee, 747


I.

Iddesleigh, Lord, see Northcote, Sir Stafford

Ilbert Bill, the great strife over its terms, II. 662;
an explosion of race-hatred regarding it in India, ib.

Imperial Federation League founded, II. 731

Imperial Institute, The, originated, II. 739;
laying the foundation stone of, 748

Income Tax, The, imposed by Sir Robert Peel, I. 133;
popular demonstration against its increase, 327;
Lord John Russell’s proposal, 351;
its continuance by Sir Charles Wood, 471;
proposed extension by Mr. Disraeli, 517;
Mr. Gladstone’s arrangement, 531;
Mr. Gladstone’s experiments, 598, 700; II. 237, 463, 601

Indemnity, Bill of, Application to Parliament for, II. 2

India, the Sikh outbreak, I. 399;
the India Government Bill, 530;
introduction of the India Bill by Sir Charles Wood, 533;
proposed change in the management of the country’s affairs, 534;
revolt of the Bengal army, 719;
probable cause of the great Mutiny, 720;
the misgovernment of Oudh, 721-723;
the difficulty as to the position of the royal family of Delhi, 724;
dissatisfaction of the Sepoys with English rule, 725;
popular beliefs regarding the downfall of British power, 727;
Mutiny of the Sepoys, 728;
suppression of the Mutiny, II. 2-4;
failure of Lord Derby’s policy, 15;
Disraeli’s India Bill, 18;
cordial reception of Disraeli’s Bill in India, 25;
a Proclamation by the Queen, ib.;
the Queen’s new regulations regarding the Indian army, 26;
the Order of the Star of India, 40, 91;
the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill, 662;
Lord Lytton’s rule as to the vacancies in the India Civil Service, ib.;
an explosion of race-hatred, ib.;
Jubilee celebrations in, 739

Indian and Colonial Exhibition opened, II. 731

Indian contingent, The, in the Soudan campaign, II. 717

Indies, West, distress in 1848, I. 350;
Lord John Russell’s policy, 351

Inkermann, The battle of, I. 615

“Invincibles,” The, II. 632

Ionian Islands, Cession of, to Greece, II. 128

Ireland, O’Connell’s agitation, 151-158;
meetings at Tara and Clontarf, 155;
O’Connell’s trial, 156;
beneficial measures passed, 158;
the potato disease, 202;
opening of Irish ports to foreign importation, 203;
Dublin memorialising the Queen, 216;
defeat of Peel’s Ministry on the Irish Question, 228;
prolongation of the Arms Act, 248;
the Great Famine, 272;
failure of industries, 273;
one safeguard in the English markets, 274;
fall of prices, ib.;
decrease of small holdings, ib.;
Free Trade a disaster, 275;
terrible state of the country, ib.;
gravity of the distress under-estimated by the Government, ib.;
Lord John Russell’s plans, 278;
Lord George Bentinck’s scheme for railways, 279;
the terrors of emigration, 285;
outrages and commercial panic, 295;
Coercion Bill, 297;
revolting crimes, ib.;
hostility of the priesthood to the Government, 298;
the Queen’s Colleges denounced by the Sacred Congregation, ib.;
the nature of the “Young Ireland” movement, 339;
the leaders of the “Young Ireland” Party, ib.;
first collision of the national party with the authorities, 342;
truculent attitude of the “Young Ireland” leaders, ib.;
distrust of the peasantry, ib.;
effects of the revolution, 343;
increased distress, 370, 372;
Parliamentary Bill against seditious clubs, 353;
the Encumbered Estates Act, 354;
the Crown Security Bill, 355;
proposed grant from the Imperial Exchequer, 375;
pitiful condition of the country, ib.;
pressure of the Poor Law on the Irish gentry, 378;
signs of improved feeling towards the English Government, 406;
visit of the Queen and the Prince Consort, 406, 407;
loyal manifestations by the people, 407-410;
good results of the royal visit, 410;
opening of the Queen’s Colleges, 414;
the Irish Franchise Bill, 442;
the Queen’s policy, 443;
a time of tranquillity, 498;
second visit of the Queen, 571;
Exhibition of Irish Industries, ib.;
outbreak of the Fenian Conspiracy in 1865, II. 245;
the rise of the Phœnix Society, 246;
the Revolutionary Brotherhood in America, ib.;
the Irish People established, ib.;
arrest of the Fenian leaders, 247;
the Fenian organisation in New York, ib.;
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 259;
Lord Naas’s Land Bill, 286;
the Church Question, ib.;
the spread of Fenianism, 287;
Irish riot at Manchester, ib.;
attack on Clerkenwell Prison, 288;
the Church Question in the House of Commons, 307-311, 327;
Mr. Gladstone’s motion upon the Disestablishment of the Irish Church, 330-338;
O’Donovan Rossa returned to Parliament, 353;
disaffection of the Orangemen, ib.;
a Land Bill introduced in the House of Commons, 355;
rise of the Home Rule Party, 426;
Mr. Gladstone’s University Bill, 432-435;
the elections of 1874, 464;
relaxation of Coercion Acts, 488;
the Intermediate Education Bill, 554;
abolition of the Queen’s University and substitution of the Royal University, 571;
second reading of the Irish Relief Bill, 586;
Major Nolan’s Seeds Bill, 586;
solid vote against the Tories in 1880, 591;
Mr. Forster Chief Secretary, 594;
its embarrassing condition in 1880, 601;
the Home Rule Party, ib.;
Mr. Parnell’s leadership and Mr. Gladstone’s policy, ib.;
Mr. Forster’s Bill amending the Act of 1870, 602;
rejection of Mr. Forster’s Bill by the House of Lords, ib.;
organisation of the Land League, ib.;
increase of evictions, 603;
influence of the Land League, ib.;
the system of boycotting, ib.;
increase of outrages, ib.;
the Queen’s anxieties regarding the state of the country, 608;
condemnation of Mr. Gladstone’s Irish policy in Parliament, 610;
Lord Beaconsfield’s speech against Mr. Gladstone’s policy, ib.;
a serious crisis, 611;
Mr. Forster’s Protection of Persons and Property Bill, 612;
Mr. Parnell and other Irish Members suspended, ib.;
the struggle in Parliament regarding Coercion, 614;
Mr. Dillon’s passionate agitation against the Gladstone Government in Ireland, 615;
Mr. Gladstone’s Land Bill, 616;
new rise of Fenianism, 626;
Mr. Parnell’s policy in regard to the Land Act, 628;
Mr. Parnell and others imprisoned in Kilmainham, ib.;
a “No Rent” Manifesto by the Land Leaguers, ib.;
suppression of the Land League, ib.;
success of the Land Act in Ulster, ib.;
the murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, 631;
Radical and Conservative opposition to Mr. Forster’s coercive policy, ib.;
failure of Mr. Forster’s policy, ib.;
Tory bid for the Irish Vote, ib.;
Tory scheme for buying out the Irish landlords, ib.;
intrigue to remove Mr. Forster from the post of Chief Secretary, ib.;
release of Mr. Parnell and other leaders, 632;
Mr. Forster’s view of Mr. Parnell’s proposal, ib.;
the Society of “Invincibles,” ib.;
Mr. Forster’s ineffective administration, ib.;
a new Coercion Bill, 633;
the terms of the new Coercion Bill, 634;
the Arrears Bill introduced, ib.;
the prominent topic in the debate on the address of 1883, 655;
arrest of the “Invincibles,” ib.;
Carey betrays the “Invincible” conspiracy, ib.;
the object of the “Invincibles,” ib.;
the removal of obnoxious Irish officials, ib.;
funds received from America, ib.;
Mrs. Frank Byrne alleged by Carey to have been the bearer of the murderers’ knives from America, ib.;
open agitation substituted by secret societies, ib.;
failure of the conspirators to waylay Mr. Forster, ib.;
the cause of the attack on Lord Frederick Cavendish, ib.;
the baseness of Carey, 656;
five of the “Invincibles” hanged, ib.;
the death of Carey, ib.;
Mr. Gorst’s amendment that no more concessions be made by the Government to the agitators, ib.;
attacks on Mr. Parnell, ib.;
Mr. Parnell charged with conniving at murder, ib.;
Mr. Forster’s attack on the agitators, ib.;
warm admiration of Mr. Parnell’s conduct in, ib.;
the national testimonial to him, ib.;
the Prince and Princess of Wales’s visit to, 719;
the Land Purchase Bill of Mr. Gladstone, 728.
See also Dillon, Mr.; Home Rule; Parnell, Mr.

Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood of America, The, II. 246

Isandhlwana, The disaster at, II. 564

Ismail Pasha, visit to England, II. 347

Italy, the revolution of 1848, I. 347;
flight of the Pope, ib.;
success of Mazzini, 422;
misgovernment in 1856, 698;
convention with France, II. 218;
Florence made the capital, ib.;
annexation of Rome, 376;
opposed to the cession of French territory to Germany, 402;
adhesion to the Austro-German alliance, 651;
the Triple League of Peace, ib.


J.

Jamaica, complications with England, I. 54;
the imprudence of Lord Sligo, ib.;
plan to suspend its constitution for five years, ib.;
virtual defeat of the Ministry’s proposal, ib.;
the second Bill in regard to, 56;
the negro insurrection in 1865, II. 247;
extenuating report by the Commissioners, 259

James, Sir Henry, Attorney-General II. 594

Japan, treaty with England, II. 4;
an embassy to the Queen, 429

Jellalabad, Defence of, by Sir Robert Sale, I. 121;
relieved by the British, ib.

Jephson, Mr., a letter on the state of Ireland, I. 274

Jews, The Bill for removing disability of, for municipal offices, I. 183;
their disability to enter Parliament removed, II. 18

Jingoes, The, so named by Mr. Holyoake, II. 530;
their war song, II. 529

Jingoism, a new political term, II. 530

John, King, of Abyssinia, sends envoys to the Queen, II. 695

Jubilee, the Queen’s, The year of the, II. 733;
the Jubilee Ode, 739;
the celebrations of, in India, ib.;
in Mandalay, ib.;
preparations for it in Britain, ib.;
Colonial addresses of felicitation presented at Windsor, 740;
the Indian princes at Windsor, ib.;
the street decorations in London on Jubilee Day, ib.;
the royal procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, 741;
the procession of princes, 742;
the scene in Westminster Abbey, ib.;
the guests in the Abbey, 742-3;
the processions in the Abbey, 743;
the Thanksgiving Service, 744;
the scene in the Abbey after the ceremony, 745-6;
the illuminations in London, 746;
the celebrations in England and the North of Ireland, in Edinburgh, Dublin, and Cork, ib.;
the honours bestowed on the occasion, ib.;
observances in the Colonies and New York, 747;
the children’s celebration in Hyde Park, ib.;
the royal banquet in Buckingham Palace, 748;
the Queen’s letter to her people, ib.;
her Majesty’s garden-party, ib.;
review of metropolitan volunteers, ib.

Jubilees, The previous, of English history, II. 741


K.

Kalomine divorce suit, The, II. 719

Kars, The heroic defence of, by General Williams, I. 673

Kassala, siege of, II. 718

Kassassin, The battle of, II. 643

Keane, Sir John, in command in Afghanistan, I. 114;
created a Baron, ib.;
return to England, 116

Kelso visited by the Queen, II. 295

Kensington, the Royal Albert Hall founded by the Queen, II. 291

Kensington Palace, scene of the Queen’s infancy, I. 9;
its early history, ib.;
its brilliant Court in the eighteenth century, 10;
the sovereigns who died in it, ib.;
its disfavour with George III., ib.;
its furniture, ib.

Kent, Duchess of, the addresses of condolence from Parliament at her husband’s death, I. 8;
her care for the education of the Princess Victoria, 10;
additional grant to her income, 13;
her stay in the Isle of Wight, 15;
her reply to the Vice-Chancellor’s speech at Oxford, ib.;
her income fixed at £30,000, 28;
her position to the Queen, 30;
her death, II. 80

Kent, Duke of, his marriage, I. 4;
his support of popular Government, 6;
his personal appearance, ib.;
his character, ib.;
his strictness as a disciplinarian, ib.;
the liberality of his political views, ib.;
his residence abroad, ib.;
his return to England, 7;
his reconciliation with the Prince-Regent, ib.;
his residence at Claremont, ib.;
at Sidmouth, ib.;
his illness and death, ib.

Kertch, The Allied expedition against, I. 640;
evacuated by the Russians, ib.

Khartoum, steps taken for General Gordon’s relief, II. 671;
Gordon protests against being deserted, 676;
isolated and surrounded by the Mahdi’s troops, ib.;
the British Nile expedition to, 679;
siege of, closely pressed, 712;
fall of, 715;
Sir Charles Wilson arrives at, ib.;
defence of, by General Gordon, 716

Kilmainham Treaty, The, II. 632

Kimberley, Lord, Secretary for India, II. 654;
his despatch to Sir Hercules Robinson regarding British jurisdiction in South Africa, 683

King, Mr. Locke, his proposal to equalise the town and county franchise, I. 465;
rejection of his motion, 502;
second attempt to procure the extension of the franchise, II. 214

Kinglake, Mr., his account of the preparations for the Russian War, I. 604, 606

Kirbekan, The battle of, II. 717

Komatsu, Prince and Princess, of Japan, Visit of, to the Queen, II. 732

Korniloff, his bravery at Sebastopol, I. 610

Korti, The British camp at, II. 712;
the Black Watch at, ib.

Kosheh, Battle of, II. 718

Kossuth, Louis, his address to the Emperor Ferdinand of Austria, I. 344;
his flight to Turkey, 423;
his arrival in England, 479

Kutch Behar, The Maharajah and Maharanee of, at Windsor, II. 740


L.

Labouchere, Mr., Chief Secretary for Ireland, I. 245.

Labouchere, Mr. Henry, opposes the grant to Prince Leopold, 646;
opposes the annuity to Princess Beatrice, 720

Lancashire, the sufferings during the Cotton Famine, II. 146;
revival of the cotton trade, 183;
expenditure during the Cotton Famine, 185

Land Bill (Ireland) of 1887, II. 736;
the Bankruptcy Clauses of, ib.

Lansdowne, Lord, Lord Privy Seal, I. 245

Lawrence, John (afterwards Lord Lawrence), his prompt action at the Indian Mutiny, I. 732;
his policy with the Sikhs, 734

Lawson’s, Mr. Edward, proposal of the children’s celebration of the Jubilee, II. 747

Layard, Mr. (afterwards Sir A. H.), his hostility to Russia, I. 590;
his dispute with Turkey regarding the seizure of an English missionary’s Mussulman assistant, II. 583;
granted an indefinite leave of absence, 594

Leeds, the Liberal leaders press a measure of Parliamentary reform on the country, II. 668;
Liberal Conference at, adopts Mr. Gladstone’s principle of Home Rule, II. 730

Leicester, Seizure of packages of dynamite at, II. 661

Lennox, Lady Augusta, II. 723

Leopold, King of Belgium, his marriage to the Princess Charlotte, I. 6;
his high character and abilities, ib.;
his election as King of the Belgians, 14;
the Queen’s confidence in his advice, ib.;
visit to England, 46;
his desire for the Queen’s marriage to Prince Albert, 60;
a letter from the Queen, 103, 106;
second visit to England, 262;
his death, II. 251;
his character, ib.

Leopold, Prince, a serious illness, II. 316;
popular admiration of his character, 626;
his marriage, 628;
a threat to murder him, 645;
accident at Mentone, 646;
granted £25,000 a year on his marriage, ib.;
married to the Princess Hélène of Waldeck-Pyrmont, 647;
the imposing ceremony at his marriage, ib.;
his death, 687;
his funeral, 689;
his amiable personality, ib.;
Prof. Tyndall’s high estimate of his ability, 690;
his eager interest in politics, ib.;
his wish to become Governor of Victoria, ib.;
the Queen’s opposition to his becoming Governor of Victoria, ib.;
his gifts as an orator, ib.;
his presentiment of early death, ib.;
his loss felt by rich and poor, 691;
his favourite residence, ib.

Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, a letter on Disraeli’s Budget, 519;
remarks regarding the political situation in 1854, 576;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 630;
his first Budget, 644;
remarks on the collapse of the French alliance, 676, 678;
his Budget for 1856, 690;
his Budget for 1857, 701;