UHRICH, GENERAL, Commander of Stras.
burg denounced by Gambetta, [186].
ULSTER CUSTOMS, explained in Mr.
Gladstone's speech on Irish Land
Bill, [25]; debate on, [40].
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, its promp.
titude of action regarding the Fenian
raid into Canada, [119].
UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL, Failure of, [81].
UNIVERSITY HONOURS, 242.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON opened by the
Queen, 48.

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VARLEY, MR. S. A., Paper read at
British Association meeting on Mode
of Action of Lightning Coils," [369].
VENDÉANS, Address to the, [203].
VERDUN taken, [220].

VERSAILLES, Head-quarters of King of
Prussia moved to, [187].

VESOUL occupied by the Germans, [218].
VICTOR EMMANUEL, KING.-Letter to the
Pope, [275]; Speech at opening of
Parliament on 5th Dec. [278]; visits
Rome, [279].

VICTORIA. Resolutions in House of
Representatives as to proposed Con-
ference in London, [115].
VILLIERS taken by the French, [214];
retaken by the Germans [ib.].
VIRGINIA re-admitted to Congress, [288].
VOLUNTEERS, Easter Monday Review at
Brighton, 36.

VON DER TANN, GENERAL, occupies Or-
leans, [193]; retreats, [211]; defeated
near Orleans, [212].

VON FALKENSTEIN, GENERAL

VOGEL,
Commander of Seabordering provinces
of North Germany, [230]; arrests Dr.
Jacoby, [235].

VON ROON, GENERAL, [160].

VON STEINMETZ, GENERAL, Commander

of First Army of Germany, [160].
VON MOLTKE, GENERAL, Director of
German campaign, [160]; writes to
Governor of Paris, announcing fall of
Orleans, [217].

VOTING, CUMULATIVE, introduced in elec-
tion of School Boards, [69].

WALES, PRINCE OF, at opening of Thames
Embankment, 86; opens the Work-
men's International Exhibition, 88;
lays foundation-stone of New Royal
Infirmary at Edinburgh, 122.
WALES, PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF.-Visit
to the Duke of Manchester at Kim-
bolton, 25; visit Reading, 72; depar.

ture for Denmark, 75; visit to Edin-
burgh, 122.

WALLIS, ADMIRAL SIR PROVO WILLIAM
PARRY, to be Vice-Admiral, 236.
WALTHAM, Gunpowder explosion at, 62.
WAR, the French and German, its ab-
sorbing interest, [2]; declaration of,
[93]; public opinion respecting, [ib.];
neutrality of England, [ib.]; efforts
of the British Government to prevent,
[94]; the Secret Treaty published,
[95]; debates in Parliament, [96];
public opinion changed, [110].
WASHINGTON, HON. J. PAKENHAM, to be
Secretary of Legation at, 240.

WATSON, SIR THOMAS, to be Physician
to Her Majesty, 239.

WELLESLEY, THE HON. AND VERY REV.,
DEAN OF WINDSOR, to be Her Majesty's
High Almoner, 238.

WELSH CHURCH.-Measure for disesta-
blishment defeated, [81].

WELSH FASTING GIRL.-Trial of her
parents for manslaughter, 87.
WERDER, GENERAL, Commander of forces
besieging Strasburg, defeats Menotti
Garibaldi at Pasques, [219].

WESTMINSTER, MARQUIS OF, to be a Knight
of the Garter, 240.

WESTROPP, M. R., to be Chief Justice at
Bombay, 237; Knighted, ib.

WHEAT, Imports of, during year, [79].
WICKHAM, Letters of, [313].

WICKLOW PEERAGE CLAIM TRIAL, 185.
"WILHELM STIFTUNG," founded by King
William of Prussia, [229].

WILHELMSHÖHE, The Emperor Napoleon
sent to, [169].

WILLIAM, KING, OF PRUSSIA, Proclama-
tion to French people, [163]; de-
spatch to Queen Augusta after battle
of Sedan, [166]; reply to Emperor
Napoleon's letter at Sedan, [168];
interview at Bellevue, [169]; head-
quarters at Ferrieres, [182]; removed
to Versailles, [187]; opens North
German Parliament on 12th Feb.,
[223]; closing specch, [ib.]; leaves
for Ems, [224]; speech at reassem-
bling on 19th July, [226]; proclama-
tion, [231]; despatches to Queen
Augusta after Battle of Weissenburg,
[232]; message to North German
Parliament on 24th Nov. [238]; ad-
dress to German armies on fall of
Metz, [198]; receives deputation at
Versailles on 17th Dec. [241]; accepts
Imperial crown of Germany, [242];
reply to the Pope's letter, [272].
WIMBLEDON.-Meeting of the National
Rifle Association, 80; review of regu-
lars and volunteers, 84.
WINDHAM, GENERAL, Obituary Notice,
166.

WINTERBOTHAM, MR., Speech on second
reading of Elementary Education
Bill, [58].

WEISSENBURG, Battle of, [160].
WOLSELEY, COLONEL, goes in command
of expedition to Red River, [120]; to
be a Knight Commander of St. Michael
and St. George, 240.

WOODARD, REV. N., to be a Canon of
Manchester, 237.

WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
at Agricultural Hall, Islington, opened,
88.

WORTH, Battle of, [160].

WRIGHT, COL. E. W. C., to be a C.B.,
239.
WURTEMBURG joins Prussia in war against
France, [228]; agrees to join the
North German Bund, [233].

YACHT RACE, International, Atlantic, 74.