his secret agreement with Russia regarding Turkey, 547;
at the Berlin Congress, 549;
his policy in Afghanistan, 556;
an error in his Egyptian policy, 638;
article in the Quarterly Review bewailing Mr. Gladstone’s disintegration of English Society, 668;
article in the National Review advocating the better housing of the poor, ib.;
blames the Government for not assisting Hicks Pasha, 674;
censure of Mr. Gladstone’s Soudan policy, ib.;
his resistance to the Reform Bill of 1884, 697;
in office (1885), 707;
singular pledge exacted of Mr. Gladstone, ib.;
his address at Newport, 726;
in power (midsummer, 1886), 730;
his theory about a Land Purchase Bill for Ireland, ib.

Sandon, Lord, his Endowed Schools Bill, II. 474, 499

Sandwich Islands offered to Britain, I. 188;
Houses of Parliament established, ib.

Saxe-Weimar, Princess Edward of, II. 723

Schouvaloff, his secret treaty with Lord Salisbury, II. 547

Science, its marked progress since Queen Victoria’s accession, I. 175;
the electric telegraph, ib.;
the first telegraph line in England, ib.;
the beginnings of photography, 176;
the discoveries of Wedgwood, ib.;
the discoveries of Davy, Daguerre, and Talbot, 177;
practical applications of the telescope, ib.;
the Thames Tunnel, ib.;
Arctic discovery, 178;
voyages of Franklin and others, ib.

Scinde, Annexation of, by Britain, I. 150

Scotland, conflicting views as to the character of a Church, I. 102;
Act of Parliament in regard to Presbyteries, ib.;
decree of the General Assembly, ib.;
the Strathbogie case, ib.;
Dr. Chalmers and Reform, 103;
the beginning of the Free Church, ib.;
visit of the Queen and Prince Albert, 126;
the Queen’s impression of the country and people, 127;
passing of the Education Bill, II. 591;
the great Liberal victories of 1880, ib.;
proposed legislation by the Gladstone Government, 671;
the Universities Bill, 678;
the Sanitary Bill, 710

Seats Bill passed in the House of Commons, II. 699;
its complex character, 699-701

Sebastopol at the mercy of the Allies, I. 608;
Todleben’s genius and activity, 610;
the beginning of the bombardment, 640;
capture of the Malakoff, 671;
abandoned by the Russians, 672

Secularism, its rise in England, I. 270;
Mr. Holyoake’s views, ib.

Sedan, Surrender of the French Emperor at, II. 370

Selborne, Lord, Lord Chancellor, II. 594.

“Senior Service,” The, II. 748

Sepoys, their dissatisfaction with British rule in India, I. 725, 726

Servants’ Provident and Benevolent Society, Founding of the, by Prince Albert, I. 363

Seymour, Admiral Sir Beauchamp (afterwards Lord Alcester), his warning to Arabi regarding the fortifications of Alexandria, II. 642;
bombards Alexandria, ib.;
takes possession of the town of Alexandria, ib.;
receives a peerage in return for his services in Egypt, ib.

Shaftesbury, Lord, his Commission of Inquiry on Mines and Collieries I. 139;
the Mines and Collieries Act, ib.;
his Factories Act, ib.;
the “Ten Hours Bill,” 286;
his undaunted courage, ib.;
his withdrawal from Parliament, ib.;
his speech against Russia, 587;
address to the Queen, asking her not to take the title of Empress, 502

Shah of Persia, The, visit to England, II. 446;
his reception, 447;
banquet in the Guildhall, 449;
his departure from London, 450;
the political element in his mission, ib.

Shah Soojah supported by the British for the throne of Afghanistan, I. 112;
his proposed rule, 114;
his unpopularity with the Afghans, 115;
his energy and integrity, 118;
his assassination, 121

Shaw-Lefevre, Mr., Secretary to the Admiralty, I. 594

Sheffield, the disastrous flood in 1864, I. 226;
outrages by artisans, 289

Siam, Envoys from, received by the Queen, II. 667

Sibthorp, Colonel, his motion as to Prince Albert’s pension, I. 67

Sikhs, the rebellion of 1849, I. 399;
the siege of Multan, ib.

Simpson, Dr. Young, his discovery of chloroform, I. 307

Simpson, General, his appointment to the command in the Crimea, I. 669;
his inefficiency, 671, 674

Sing, Maharajah Sir Pertab, at Windsor, II. 740

Sinkat, Massacre of the garrison of, II. 675

Sinope, The massacre of, I. 562

Slave trade, Speech on the, by Prince Albert, I. 105;
convention on the matter between England and France, 188

Sliding scale, Peel’s support of a, I. 98;
its introduction, 134

“Slumming,” II. 670

Smith, Mr. W. H., becomes First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons, II. 734

Smith, Sir Harry, defeat of the Sikhs at Aliwal, I. 235

Sobraon, Battle of, I. 235

Solomon, Alderman, disqualified as a Jew from taking his seat in Parliament, I. 476

Soudan, Campaigns in the, II. 712-18;
evacuation of, by the British, 718

Southey, his interview with the Princess Victoria, I. 15

Spain, the revolution of 1848, I. 347;
rising in Madrid, ib.;
dethronement of Queen Isabella, II. 323;
accession of King Amadeus, 376

Spencer, Lord, Lord President of the Council, II. 594;
Irish Viceroy, 632, 634;
his policy thrown over by the Tories, 710;
adopts Mr. Gladstone’s measure of Home Rule, 727

Spithead, Great naval review at, I. 569, 570

Stamp Duties, Discussion in Parliament on the, I. 444

Stanley, Dean, his death, II. 626;
his character, ib.;
his biography of Dr. Arnold, ib.;
his conciliatory influence on the Anglican Church, ib.;
his intimate relations to the Royal Family, ib.

Stanley, Lady Augusta, her admirable character, II. 511

Stanley, Lord, Secretary for the Colonies, I. 97;
resigns office, 207;
leader of the Protectionists, 227;
his attack on the Portuguese policy of the Russell Government, I. 352;
his discovery of an Ordnance Department scandal, 393;
proposes a vote of censure on the Russell Government, 431;
failure of his attempt to form a Cabinet, 466.
See also Derby, Earl of

Stanley, Mr., his discoveries on the Congo, 683

Stansfeld, Mr., his Public Health Bill, II. 423

St. Arnaud, Marshal, his plan for the battle of the Alma, I. 607;
his death, 609

Stephenson, General, Repulse of the Arabs by, II. 718

Stephenson, George, opening of the passenger line between Birmingham and London, I. 47

Stewart, Colonel, murdered by Arabs, II. 681

Stewart, Sir Donald, his support of the Ilbert Bill, II. 663

Stewart, Sir Herbert, at Korti, II. 712;
at Abu Klea, 713;
mortally wounded, 714

St. Leonards, Lord, Lord Chancellor, I. 499

Stockmar, Baron, his opinion as to the changes in the Prince Consort, I. 267;
his advice regarding the Russo-Turkish difficulty, 575

Stoddart, Colonel, his mission to Persia, I. 123;
his death, 124

Storey, Mr., his opposition to the vote to Prince Leopold on his marriage, II. 646

Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, English ambassador at Constantinople, II. 549;
the nature of his negotiations, 550

Strutt, Mr. James, the Princess Victoria’s visit to his cotton mills at Belper, I. 15;
his son created a peer in 1856, ib.

Stuart-Wortley, Mr., his Bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife’s sister, I. 392

Sturge, Mr. Joseph, his leadership of the Chartists, I. 330;
his aims, ib.

Suakim-Berber Railway, The, II. 718

Suez Canal, Purchase of the Khedive’s shares in, by the English Government, II. 492;
exorbitant tolls levied by the Company on the shipping trade, 662;
Mr. Gladstone’s agreement with M. de Lesseps, ib.;
Mr. Gladstone’s agreement abandoned, ib.

Sugar Duties, Lord John Russell’s proposal regarding the, I. 246

Sullivan, Mr. A. M., his description of Ireland during the famine, I. 275

Sullivan, Mr. T. D., his song of “God Save Ireland,” II. 288

Sunday reunions in London society, II. 732


T.

Tait, Archbishop, his election to the See of Canterbury, II. 321, 322;
his Public Worship Regulation Bill, 471;
death of, 650

Tamanieb, The battle of, II. 675

Tay, Disaster on the railway bridge of the, II. 582

Tea Duty, Mr. Gladstone’s reduction of the, II., 238

Tel-el-Kebir, The battle of, II. 643

Tennyson, Alfred (Lord), his ode at the opening of the Great Exhibition, II. 135;
declines offer of baronetcy by Mr. Disraeli, 482

Test Act, Repeal of the, I. 23

Thanksgiving Day for recovery of Prince of Wales, II. 415;
the service of, on Jubilee Day, 744

Theebaw, King of Burmah, deposed, II. 723

Thom, Mr. John Nicholls, his religious mania, I. 39;
his murder of a constable, ib.;
his death, ib.

Thompson, General Perronet, his “Catechism of the Corn Laws,” I. 83

Thorburn, Mr., his portrait of Prince Albert, I. 159

“Three Acres and a Cow,” II. 726

Times, its opinion on the Corn Laws, I. 205;
its attack on the proposed marriage between the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick of Prussia, II. 663;
its attacks on the Parnellites, 735

Todleben, Colonel, his great ability, I. 610;
his splendid defence of Sebastopol, ib.

Tokar, Fall of, II. 675

Tractarian Movement, The, 98;
its principles, ib.;
its leaders, 99;
the “Tracts for the Times,” ib.;
opposition to its tenets, ib.;
the term “Anglican,” ib.;
its effect on the younger clergy, ib.;
the spirit of revivalism, ib.;
the apparent cogency of its arguments, 100;
its creditable qualities, 101;
letter by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 178;
Puseyite practices, 179

Trades Unions, their incentives to crime, I. 59

Trafalgar, Launch of the warship, at Woolwich, I. 94

Trafalgar Square, Fair Trade meetings in, II. 731;
the riots at, ib.

Tramways, Act enabling Irish Local Authorities to construct, II. 659

Transvaal, British occupation of the, II. 563;
misrepresentations regarding the Boer wish for annexation, 599;
Mr. Gladstone’s speeches in favour of Boer independence, ib.;
outbreak of rebellion, ib.;
proclamation of a Republic, ib.;
defeat of British troops at Bronkhorst Spruit, ib.;
futile attempt of British troops to quell the rising, ib.;
a war of re-conquest by England, 610;
defeat of Sir George Colley, 619;
defeat of the British at Majuba Hill, ib.;
a Republic under British Protectorate, ib.

Trevelyan, Mr. (afterwards Sir George Otto), his motion for abolition of purchase in the army, II. 387;
Irish Secretary, 634;
suppresses “Orange” and “Green” demonstrations in Ireland, 668;
resignation of, 727;
returns to the Gladstonian party, 735

Turkey, the quarrel with Russia, I. 540;
determination to strike a blow at Montenegro, 542;
the quarrel of the monks at Jerusalem, 544;
refuses to agree to the Vienna Note, 552;
the points of contention with Russia, 555;
Turkish modifications of the Vienna Note, 556;
suspected “shuffling” from the conditions of the Treaty of Kainardji, 557;
declares war against Russia, 559;
fleet destroyed by the Russians, 562;
defeats the Russians at Silistria, 582;
treaty with Austria, 586;
the terms of peace with Russia after the Crimean War, 685-687;
mutiny in Bosnia and Herzegovina, II. 494;
the Andrassy Note, 495;
advantages secured by the policy of England, 496;
the Bulgarian atrocities, 504-503;
Lord Beaconsfield’s policy during the Russian difficulty, 511, 523, 526;
the war against Russia, 526;
English neutrality during the war, 527;
the fall of Plevna, 528;
the Anglo-Turkish Convention, 550;
refusal of concessions to Montenegro and Greece, 597;
the British fleet sent to Ragusa, 598


U.

Ulundi, The battle of, II. 566

United States, controversy with England in regard to Oregon, I. 231;
a treaty with England ratified, 232;
the struggle on the Slave Question, II. 111;
decision of the Supreme Court regarding negroes, 114;
the contention between North and South, ib.;
secession of the Southern States, ib.;
outbreak of the Civil War, 115;
English sympathy with the North, ib.;
the battle of Bull’s Run, 116;
seizure of the English steamer Trent by the Federals, ib.;
settlement of the Trent dispute, 119;
progress of the war, 131;
the fight between the Merrimac and the Monitor, ib.;
the battle of Fredericksburg, 133;
embittered relations between England and America, ib.;
efforts in England in behalf of the South, 176;
capture of Vicksburg, 177;
continuance of the war, 178;
cruisers built in English dockyards, 211;
Grant’s leadership, 219;
Sherman’s success, 222;
complete defeat of the Confederates, 238;
assassination of Lincoln, 239;
the negotiations regarding the Alabama claims, 342;
celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee in, 747

Upper Burmah annexed to the Indian Empire, II. 723

Utrecht, Treaty of, its stipulations as to the French and Spanish crowns, I. 256


V.

Van Buren, President of the United States, Proclamation of, regarding the rebellion, I. 33

Varna, The camp of the Allies at, I. 603;
a Council of War, ib.

Veto Law in the Church of Scotland, I. 102

Victor Emmanuel, his agreement with the French Emperor, II. 29

Victoria, Queen, birth and parentage of her Majesty, I. 4;
her illustrious descent, ib.;
christened at Kensington Palace, 7;
a previous monarch of her name in Britain, ib.;
her sponsors, ib.;
her early surroundings, 10;
her education, ib.;
grounded in languages, music, &c., ib.;
her general education entrusted to the Duchess of Northumberland, ib.;
her affability, 11;
influenced by Wilberforce, ib.;
her charity and kindness, ib.;
her appearance in public, ib.;
false reports regarding her health, ib.;
anecdotes regarding her studies, 11, 12;
the Regency Bill, 14;
her progress in her studies, ib.;
her fondness for music, ib.;
juvenile ball in her honour by Queen Adelaide, ib.;
additional income of £10,000 granted her by Parliament, 15;
stay in the Isle of Wight, ib.;
visit to the Belper Mills in Derbyshire, ib.;
visit to Oxford, ib.;
visit to Southampton, 18;
her confirmation at St. James’s, ib.;
an instance of her benevolence, ib.;
her coming of age, ib.;
her first Council, 19;
her address on the King’s death, ib.;
proclaimed Queen, 22;
the period of her accession fortunate, ib.;
instructed in the theory and working of the British Constitution by Lord Melbourne, 23;
residence at Buckingham Palace, 27;
addresses to the Houses of Parliament, ib.;
her income fixed at £385,000, 30;
her business precision, ib.;
her popularity at the beginning of her reign, 35;
foolish imputations against her, 36;
Chartist and other opponents, 38;
her generous disposition, 39;
coronation, 42, 43;
a letter to Sir R. Peel, 55;
affianced to Prince Albert, 62;
informing the Privy Council of her marriage, 63;
domestic life, 75;
fired at by Edward Oxford, 82;
birth of the Princess Royal, 83;
a royal tour, 94;
speech to Parliament, 95;
her dislike to the Tractarian Movement, 102;
birth of the Prince of Wales, 106;
attempts on her life, 110;
visit to Scotland, 126;
her impressions, 127;
departure from Edinburgh, ib.;
letter to the Lord Advocate, ib.;
birth of the Princess Alice, 132;
meeting with Louis Philippe, 143;
visit to Belgium, 146;
visit of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, 159;
birth of Prince Alfred, 167;
visit to Scotland, 171;
residence at Blair Athole, ib.;
visit of Louis Philippe, 172;
founding of the Royal Exchange, 174;
the purchase of Osborne, 179;
visit to the Continent, 195;
enthusiastic reception in Germany, 197, 198;
second visit to Louis Philippe, 198;
her admirable behaviour at the Corn Law crisis, 211;
her sympathy during the agricultural distress, 218, 219;
the Speech from the Throne in 1846, 220;
her Parliamentary instinct, 226;
letter on Peel’s resignation, 239;
anecdote of her kindness, 248;
anxiety about our foreign policy, 254;
visit to the Isle of Wight, 261;
reception of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, ib.;
birth of the Princess Helena, ib.;
a letter in regard to the Prince Consort, 262;
yachting cruise in the Channel, 263;
a visit to Cornwall, 266;
visits from German friends, 267;
visit to Hatfield, 268;
her account of the installation of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 314;
visit to Scotland, 318, 320;
anxieties in 1848, 357;
birth of the Princess Louise, 364;
visit to Balmoral, 366, 367;
her plan for her children’s education, 403;
shot at by Hamilton, 406;
visit to Ireland, 409;
her Irish policy, 443;
birth of the Duke of Connaught, 452;
assaulted by Lieutenant Pate, ib.;
birth of Prince Leopold, 567;
review of the fleet at Spithead, 584;
a letter to the King of Prussia regarding the war with Russia, 594;
her anxiety concerning the soldiers in the Crimea, 645;
decorates Crimean soldiers at Chatham Hospital, 646;
visit to France, 656-660;
visit to Aldershot, 692;
reviews the fleet, 693;
reviews the troops at Aldershot, 695;
birth of the Princess Beatrice, 738;
confers the title of Prince Consort on Prince Albert, 743;
visit to Birmingham, II. 19;
visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French at Cherbourg, 21;
visit to the Prince and Princess of Prussia, 23;
visit to Leeds, 25;
project for founding the Order of the Star of India, 40;
reviews the volunteers at Hyde Park, 64;
visit to Germany, 70;
second visit to Ireland, 87, 89;
death of the Prince Consort, 92-96;
letter on the Hartley coal-pit disaster, 138;
her deep sorrow, 143;
visit to Germany, 144;
an address from the ballast-heavers, 179;
visit to Belgium, 180;
her policy at the Danish War, 191;
first appearance in public after the Prince Consort’s death, 227;
visit to Germany, 249;
opens the Blackfriars Bridge and Holborn Viaduct, 353;
opens the hall of the London University, 377;
a garden party at Windsor, 383;
opening of the Royal Albert Hall, 409;
opening of St. Thomas’s Hospital, 410;
illness, 411;
her opposition to French decorations in England, 443;
opens the Victoria Park, 445;
visit from the Czar, 478;
the Royal Titles Bill, 499;
unveils the Scottish National Memorial at Edinburgh, 503;
proclaimed Empress of India at Delhi, 512;
her supposed pro-Turkish sympathies, 531;
visit to Hughenden, 532;
visit to Italy, 579;
cordial reception in Paris, ib.;
visited at Baveno by Prince Amadeus of Italy, 580;
received by the King and Queen of Italy at Monza, ib.;
visit from the Emperor of Germany at Windsor, ib.;
Canning’s policy in India, ib.;
visit to her relatives in Germany, 604;
arrival at Darmstadt, 606;
visit from the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, 626;
continuation of her “Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands,” 686;
the tone of her “Journal” reminiscences, 687;
illness, ib.;
visit to Germany, 692;
present at the marriage of Princess Victoria of Hesse, ib.;
visit to Balmoral, 694;
troubled as to the issue of the political crisis arising out of the Reform Bill, 695;
confers the Order of the Garter on Prince George of Wales, ib.;
her pressure on the Duke of Richmond to accept a compromise on Mr. Gladstone’s Reform Bill, 697;
her letter to Miss Gordon, 717;
holiday at Aix-les-Bains, 719;
visit to Darmstadt (1885), ib.;
her objections to Ascot Race Week, 721;
visits the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 731;
opens the Holloway College for Women, 732;
opens the International Exhibitions at Liverpool and Edinburgh, ib.;
attends the Garden Party at Marlborough House, ib.;
visits the Duke of Buccleuch, ib.;
fixes date for celebrating her Jubilee, 733;
opens the Law Courts in Birmingham, 739;
her holiday at Cannes and Aix-les-Bains, 740;
visits the Grande Chartreuse, ib.;
opens the People’s Palace, ib.;
visits the “Wild West” Show, ib.;
her Jubilee procession to Westminster Abbey, 741;
after the Jubilee service in the Abbey, 743;
reviews the seamen of the fleet, ib.;
attends the children’s celebration of the Jubilee in Hyde Park, 747;
gives a Jubilee Banquet in Buckingham Palace, 748;
her letter to her people on the Jubilee, ib.;
gives a Garden Party in connection with the Jubilee, ib.;
reviews the metropolitan volunteers, ib.;
the progress which she has seen during her reign, 751

Victoria, Lord Normanby’s resignation of the Governorship of, II. 690;
Prince Leopold’s wish to become Governor, ib.;
the Queen opposes Prince Leopold’s proposed Governorship, ib.


W.

Wady Halfa, The British at, II. 718

Waghorn, Lieutenant, his inauguration of the Overland Route, I. 190

Wakley, Mr., his remarks in regard to Sir Robert Peel, I. 238

Wales, Prince of, his birth, I. 106;
title bestowed by letters patent, ib.;
other titles by right, ib.;
his sponsors, ib.;
his first public appearance in a pageant of State, 418;
his stay at Königswinter, 746;
his stay at Richmond Park, II. 19;
a letter from the Queen on his reaching his eighteenth year, 26;
tour in Canada, 66;
his warm reception in the United States, 67;
visit to Germany, 90;
his tour in the East, 136-138;
his marriage to the Princess Alexandra, 144;
takes his seat in the House of Lords, 147;
birth of Prince Albert Victor, 223;
birth of Prince George Frederick, 249;
his illness, 411;
the excitement in London regarding his illness, 412;
his relapse, ib.;
the probability of a Regency, ib.;
all the members of the Royal Family summoned to Sandringham, ib.;
fall in the Money Market securities on account of his serious illness, ib.;
his rally on the anniversary of the Prince Consort’s death, 413;
addresses of sympathy from Republican societies, ib.;
his convalescence, ib.;
a letter from the Queen to the Home Secretary, 414;
Thanksgiving Day, 415;
his popular discharge of royal duties, 442;
his financial embarrassments, 476;
State visit to India, 493;
Mr. Bright’s support of the grant for the State pageant to India, 494;
the argument that his visit might benefit the natives of India, ib.;
visit to Germany, 606;
visit of, and Princess, to Ireland, 719

Wales, The “Rebecca” disturbances in, I. 138;
removal of the grievances, 139

Walewski, his letter to the British Government regarding the shelter of French refugees, II. 10;
Palmerston’s impolitic reply, ib.;
spirited protest by Lord Malmesbury, 14

Walpole, Horace, an anecdote of George III.’s coronation, I. 46

Walpole, Mr., S., his remarks on the Crimean War, I. 687;
Secretary for Home Affairs, II. 257

Ward Hunt, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, II. 304;
his Budget for 1868, 312;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 465

Washington, meeting of a Commission regarding points at issue between England and America, II. 390

Waterloo Banquet, The Duke of Wellington’s proposal to dispense with the, I. 3

Wellington, Duke of, his proposal to dispense with the Waterloo Banquet, I. 3;
advises the formation of a Cabinet by Sir Robert Peel, 54;
his advice regarding the address to the Queen after her marriage, 66;
leader of the House of Lords, 97;
visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to Strathfieldsaye, 180;
his sympathy with Peel on Free Trade, 211;
his loyalty to the Queen, 212;
his attitude to the Russell Ministry, 242;
letter to Lord John Russell, ib.;
his suppression of undue corporal punishment in the army, 248;
his anxiety about the defences of the country, 303;
letter to Sir John Burgoyne, ib.;
the Queen’s courtesies, ib.;
his defeat of the Chartist rising, 330, 335;
proposal to instal the Prince Consort his successor as Commander-in-Chief, 451;
his opposition to the Militia Bill, 499;
his death, 508;
tributes to his memory, 509;
universally mourned, 510;
his lying in state, ib.;
his funeral, 511;
his character, 513, 514

Westbury, Lord Chancellor, his action in favour of the Fraudulent Trusts Bill, I. 715;
his statement in regard to the synodical condemnation of “Essays and Reviews,” 215;
charged with corrupt practices, 242;
resigns office, 243

Westminster Abbey, Scene in, at the Jubilee Service, II. 746

Whewell, Dr., his invitation to Prince Albert to become a candidate for the Chancellorship of Cambridge, I. 307;
his meeting with the Queen, 315

“White Terror,” The, at Calcutta, II. 7

Wilberforce, Dr. Samuel, his opposition to the Sugar Duties, I. 246, 247;
his account of Prince Albert’s installation as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 314;
his reply to Lord Chancellor Westbury on “Essays and Reviews,” II. 217

William, German Emperor, his visit to England, I. 70;
his early campaigns, ib.;
crowned King of Prussia, II. 91

Wilson, Sir Charles, in command of Sir H. Stewart’s column, II. 714;
his operations between Metamneh and Khartoum, 715;
arrives at Khartoum, ib.;
his steamers fired on by the Arabs, ib.;
wrecked in the Nile, 716;
rescued by Lord Charles Beresford, ib.

Windham, Colonel, his bravery at the storming of the Redan, I. 671

Wiseman, Cardinal, his pastoral regarding Roman Catholicism in England, I. 450

Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond-, one of the founders of the Fourth-party, II. 594;
his obstructionist tactics, 601;
his mission to Egypt, II. 708

Wolseley, Sir Garnet, commands the British expedition to Ashanti, II. 461;
enters Coomassie in triumph, ib.;
efforts to re-establish order in Zululand, 566;
commands the expedition against the Egyptians under Arabi, 642;
celerity of his movements, 643;
the battles of Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, ib.;
created Lord Wolseley, ib.;
arrives at Korti, 712;
leaves Dongola, 718

Wolverhampton, statue to the Prince Consort inaugurated by the Queen, II. 267;
the enthusiastic reception of the Queen, ib.

Wood, Sir C., First Lord of the Admiralty, I. 630

Wordsworth, his ode on the installation of the Prince Consort as Chancellor of Cambridge University, I. 310

Wyse, Mr., British envoy at Paris, I. 427


Y.

Yeh, Commissioner, Capture of, in Canton, II. 5

“Young Ireland” Party, its objects, I. 339;
the leaders of, ib.


Z.

Zebehr Pasha named by Gordon as ruler of the Soudan, II. 711;
deportation of, to Gibraltar, ib.

Zulu War, The, II. 563;
defeat of the British, 564;
the battle of Rorke’s Drift, ib.;
battle of Ulundi, 566