REFORM

bill, iii 289; Mr. Bright's objections to
it, iii 290; Lord John Russell's amend-
ment, iii 290; Mr. Gladstone supports
the government, iii 290; the
oratory of
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and Sir
Hugh Cairns, iii 291; Lord Palmerston
on the position of the government,
iii 291; defeat of the government, iii

291.

Reform Bill of 1832, provisions of the,
i 72; list of places wholly or partly to
be disfranchised by it, i 77; opposition
of the clergy to, i 78; second reading
carried, i 78; government defeated in
committee, i 78; parliament dissolved,
i 79; new parliament, i 83; the bill
passed in House of Commons, i 83;
thrown out by House of Lords, i 84;
excitement and riots in the country,
i 84; proposal to refuse to pay taxes
till the bill was passed, i 88; the king
declines to create new peers to pass
the bill, i 88; the ministry resign, i 88,
but are recalled, i 90; the bill receives
the royal assent, i go; fears entertained
of the consequences of its passing, i 199.
Reform Bill of 1852, introduced by Lord
John Russell, ii 289; its provisions,
ii 289; received lukewarmly, ii 289.
Reform Bill of 1854, iii 50; withdrawn,

iii 51.

Reform Bill of 1860, introduced by Lord
John Russell, iv 37: lukewarmly re-
ceived, and withdrawn, iv 38.
Reform Bill of 1866 introduced, iv 213;
its fate, iv 222.

Reform Bill of 1867 introduced by Mr.
Disraeli, iv 226.

Reform League, the, iv 223: its connec-
tion with the Hydepark Riots, iv 223.
Reformed parliament, work in, i 118;
diary of Edward Baines, i 119.
Registration Act passed, i 177.
Regium Donum, motion on the, iv 266;
compensation for withdrawal of, iv 271.
Religious activity from 1830-1834, i 110.
Restaurants, spread of, iv 10.
Revolutions in 1848, effect of, on this
country, ii 142.

Rhanee of Jhansi, iii 268.
Ribbonism in Ireland, iv 260.
Rice, Spring, in Lord Melbourne's
ministry, i 127; chancellor of the ex-
chequer, i 180; reduces the duty on
newspapers and on paper, i 189.
Richmond, surrender of, iv 142.
Rinderpest, appearance of, iv 2.
Riots and incendiarism, ii 120.
Ripon, Lord, president of Board of
Trade, i 318.

Ritualism, result of, iv 12; riots in St.
George's-in-the-East, London, iv 17;
in the Church of England, iv 294: Mr.
Gladstone on, iv 298; a royal commis-
sion appointed, iv 300.
Roberts, General Sir Frederick, iv 320.
Roebuck, John Arthur, birth and early
career, i 225; enters parliament of
1832, i
107; unseated at Bath, i 220;
advocates the cause of Canada, i 224;
his quarrel with Mr. Coppock, ii 301;
on danger from French invasion, ii
308; moves for a committee of inquiry
into the conduct of the Crimean war, iii
141, 143: carried by a large majority,

INDEX.

iii 147; report of committee, iii 177:
moves a vote of reprehension on the
cabinet, iii 178; rejected by Sheffield
electors, iv 268.

Romilly, Sir Samuel, i 17.

Rosse, Lord, his great telescope, ii 175.
Royal British Bank, failure of, iii 233.
Royal Charter, wreck of the, iv 56.
Royal Institution, lectures on science
at, iv 9.

Ruffini, fate of, ii 1.

Runnymede Letters, ii 63, 65.
Russell, Lord John, his education and
early efforts on reform, i 17; introduces
first reform bill, i 70; his popularity,
i 79; on the defeat of the Peel ministry,
i 134; on the Established Church, i 136;
on the Irish Church, i 137; is charged
with inconsistency, i 138; becomes
home secretary, i 167; his election
address for the queen's first parlia-
ment, i 218; on Philosophical Radical-
ism, i 311; opposes Peel's sliding-scale,
ii 21; is unable to form a ministry, ii
93; reasons for voting against the Pro-
tection of Life Bill, ii 115; forms a
ministry, ii 116; carries a sugar-duties
bill, ii 116; introduces a reform bill,
ii 289; militia bill, ii 291; resigns office,
ii 295; is foreign secretary, ii 317; his
reform bill of 1854, iii 50; it is with-
drawn, iii 51; his resignation, iii 52;
he urges the prime minister to remove
the Duke of Newcastle and appoint
Lord Palmerston, iii 137; again resigns
office, iii 141; is colonial secretary, iii
155; sent to Vienna, iii 157; complaints
of his conduct in the Vienna negotia-
tions, iii 180; again resigns, iii 181; is
denounced by Disraeli, iii 181; moves
amendment on Disraeli's reform bill,
iii 290; amendment carried, iii 291;
again foreign secretary, iii 292; on
church-rates, iv. 16; introduces a re-
form bill, iv 37, and withdraws it, iv
38; his despatch on the action of the
Sardinian government, iv 81; gratitude
of Cavour and Garibaldi, and other
Italians, iv 83: forms a ministry after
Palmerston's death, iv 182; his re-
form bill of 1866, iv 210, 213; resigns
office, iv 222; his view of the reform
bill of 1867, iv 233; retires from public
life, iv 235.

Russell, Lord William, murder of, i 306.
Russell, W. H., describes the battle of
Inkerman, iii 112.

Russia, her demands on Turkey, iii 22;
they are refused, iii 23; the Russians
take possession of Moldavia and Wal-
lachia, iii 23; the Vienna note, iii 23;
her alleged policy, iv 316; declares war
against Turkey, iv 316. See Crimean
War.

S.

Sadleir, John, M. P., embezzlements and
forgeries of, iii 232.
Sadowa, battle of, iv 238.
Sale, General Sir Robert, marches from
Cabul to Jellalabad, ii 8; relieved by
General Pollock, ii 11.
Sale of Beer Act, ii 295.

SLAVERY

349

Salisbury, Lord, secretary for foreign
affairs, iv 318; attends Berlin Congress,
iv 318.

Salomons, Sir David, prosecution of,
iv 37.

Sanitary matters, increased attention to,
i 187; ii 18, 178, 181; iii 2.
San Juan, island of, iv 288.
Schleswig-Holstein war.

mark.
Schneider rifle, the, iii 326.
Scientific progress, iv 19.
Scinde, annexation of, ii 13.
Scott, John. See Eldon.

See Den-

Scott, Sir Walter, his political views
and treatment at Jedburgh, i 106; his
death, i 106.

Sebastopol, strength of, iii 105; invest-
ment of, and attack on, iii 106; block-
ing of the harbour, iii 106.
Secessions to the Church of Rome,
iv 203.

Secret Societies, English genius not
favourable to, ii 145: sketch by Mr.
Disraeli of initiation into a trades'-
union, ii 146; increased since Chartist
days, fi 147.

Secular Education, advance of, i 49.
Secularists, organization of the party,
iii 7.

Semmes, Captain, commander of the
Sumter and Alabama, iv 135, 136.
Sewing-machine, introduction of, iv 19.
Shaftesbury, Earl of, devoted to the
amelioration of the condition of the
labouring poor, ii 204; succeeds in
stopping delivery of letters on Sun-.
day, i 205; the practice resumed, ii
205; his interest in the Ragged School
movement, iii 212.

Sheffield, inundation of, iv 186.
Sherbrooke, Lord. See Lowe.
Shipka Pass, the, iv 316.
Shuttleworth, Sir J. K., i 267.
Sikhs, drinking habits of the, ii 161.
Simpson, General, takes command of
the army in the Crimea, iii 136, 168.
Six Acts, the, i 6.

Slavery, proposed abolition of, i 22; be-
ginning of agitation, i 55; renewed
attempt, i 146; statistics of, i 146;
evidence before committee of House
of Commons, i 146; liberation of
slaves by Quakers, i 148; government
object to sudden emancipation, i 148;
insurrection in Jamaica, i 149; excite-
ment in Great Britain, i 149; motion
for abolition lost, i 149; meetings on
the subject, i 149; account by Sir
George Stephen of one, i 150; Mr.
Gladstone rebuts the charge of cruelty
on his father's estate, i 150; govern-
ment scheme of abolition, i 152; ap-
prenticeship proposed, i 152; Harriet
Martineau on, i 152; opposition to the
apprenticeship scheme, i
153: the
government scheme of emancipation
passed, i 154; joy of the negroes, i 154;
Thomas Carlyle on the results of aboli-
tion, i 154; the apprenticeship ended
and emancipation completed, i 156;
the efforts to stop the slave-trade in-
crease the sufferings of the negroes,
i 156; Lord Brougham's attempts to
mitigate these, i 157; motion in the

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INDEX.

WARD

on Lord Mayor's Day, i 246; great
expectations of radical reformers from
her accession, i 249; creeds of political
parties at this time, i 252; attempts on
her life, i 272; her relations, i 292; her
nearness to the throne first made
known to her, i 293; consulted by King
Leopold as to a marriage with Prince
Albert, i 296; the marriage decided
upon, i 297; enthusiastic reception of
the announcement by the parliament
and the country, i 298; remarks on the
question of precedence, i 303; her mar-
riage, i 304; changes in her household
caused by change of ministry, i 315;
her visit with the prince consort to
Germany, Belgium, and France, ii 92;
encourages native manufactures, ii 123;
her visit to Louis Philippe, ii 129; visit
of Emperor of Russia to, ii 130; her
visit to Ireland, ii 185; the queen and
most of the royal family attacked by
measles, iii 39; receives a visit from
the French emperor and empress, iii
101; her return visit to Paris, iii 103:
visits Cherbourg, iii 279; her visit to
Coburg, iv 46; letter to King Leopold
on the twenty-first anniversary of her
marriage, iv 49; her grief and seclusion
on the death of Prince Albert, iv 56;
opens session of 1866, iv 209.
Victoria, Australia, discovery of gold in,
ii 201.

to Canada, iv 118; the Federal
govern-
ment agree to deliver up the Confeder-
ate commissioners, iv 118; action of
the European powers on the matter,
iv 118; Mr. Lincoln's opinion, iv 118;
fitting out of blockade-runners, iv 134:
building of ships of war in Britain for
the South, iv 135; remonstrance from
the Federal government, iv 135; dam-
age done by privateers, iv 135; the
Sumter destroyed by a northern war
steamer, iv 135; the Florida, iv 135;
building of the Alabama, iv 135; the
British government decline to interfere,
and it is shipped off to sea, iv 136; her
depredations, and destruction by the
Kearsarge, iv 136; difficulty of pre-
venting the building of privateers in
Britain, iv 136; the Confederate rams,
iv 137; speech by Mr. Gladstone on the
war, iv 137, 139; opinions of Bright
and Cobden, iv 137; effect of the war
in England, iv 139; proclamation free-
ing the slaves, iv 140; manifesto by
Jefferson Davis recommending the cul-
tivation of food instead of cotton, iv
141; successes of the Federals, iv 141;
successes of the Confederates, iv 141;
the Merrimac and Monitor armour
vessels, iv 141; repeated defeats of the
Federals, iv 142; General Grant takes
Vicksburg, iv 142; General Sherman's
successes, iv 142; General Grant ap-
pointed to command the forces, iv 142;
re-election of Mr. Lincoln, iv 142; all
the Confederate ports taken by the
North, iv 142; capitulation of Peters-
burg and Richmond, iv 142; end of the
war, iv 142; Jefferson Davis imprisoned,
iv 142; humanity and generosity of
the North, iv 142; assassination of
President Lincoln, iv 143; attempt on
Mr. Seward's life, iv 143; cost of the
war, iv 144; appearance of Richmond
after the surrender, iv 144.
University Tests Bill passed, iv 286.

Ulster "Custom," the, iv 261, 278.
United Kingdom Alliance, iv 150.
United States, difficulties with Britain,
iii 193, 195; commencement of the
civil war in, iv 88; feeling in England,
iv 89; secession of a number of states
and Jefferson Davis elected their presi-
dent, iv 89; Mr. Lincoln's declaration
of the purpose of the war, iv 89; opinion
in the Northern States on slavery, iv
90; attitude of South Carolina in 1848,
iv
90; the Democratic and Republican
parties, iv 90; a memorial from English
ladies on the subject of slavery, iv 90;
resentful reply, iv 90; the Fugitive
Slave Bill, iv 91; Lincoln's fugitive
slave proclamation, iv 91; establish-
ment of the colony of Liberia, iv 91;
the slave population in the United
States, iv 91; anti-slavery societies, iv
92; cruelties practised on, the slaves, iv
92; Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin,
iv 92; career of John Brown, iv 92;
Arkansas and Mississippi join the con-
federation, iv 99; Fort Sumter taken
by the Confederates, iv 100, 110; Pre.
sident Lincoln calls for 75,000 men, iv
100, 110; career of Jefferson Davis, iv
100; character and career of Abraham
Lincoln, iv 101; his personal appear-
ance, iv 102; difference of opinion in
England with regard to the war iv
102; speech by Mr. Bright on the
United States, iv 103; attitude of sus-
picion between England and the Fed-
eral government, iv 105; the Southern
States acknowledged as a belligerent
power by the British government, iv
106, 111; strict neutrality proclaimed
between the Federal and Confederate
States, iv 106, 111; the extradition
question, iv 106; ill feeling between
Britain and the United States, iv 108;
the Morrill Tariff Bill, iv 108; the
Times on the prohibitory tariff, iv 109;
sympathy in Britain for the North, iv
110; Jefferson Davis issues letters of
marque, iv 110; calls for 150,000 volun-
teers, iv 110; blockade of the Southern
ports, iv 110; the border slave states
sympathize with the South, iv 110; the
Federal government resent the recog-
nition of the South, iv 111; French de-
sire to aid the South, iv 112; a second
call for men by the North, iv 112;
early successes of the Confederates, iv
112, 115; Cassius M. Clay's letter on
the objects of the war and the right of
secession, iv 112; battle of Bull Run,
iv 115; Captain Wilkes of the San
Jacinto boards the Trent and de-
mands the surrender of the Confeder-
ate commissioners, iv 116; the commis-
sioners forcibly carried off, iv 116;
excitement in England, iv 116; action
of the British government, iv 116; Mr.
Seward's answer, iv 117; Captain
Wilkes commended for his conduct, iv
117; the ambassador in Washington
instructed to leave unless satisfaction
were given, iv 117; troops despatched

V.

Vaccination Act passed, iii 228.
Vane, Charles Stewart. See London-
derry.

Victoria N'Yanza, discovery of, iv 20.
Vienna Conference, iii 158; failure of,
iii 160; debates on, iii 168.
Villafranca, Treaty of, iii 316.
Villiers, Mr., proposes the abolition of
the tax on corn, ii 23; the motion lost,
ii 33.

Volunteer movement, proposals for the
formation of volunteer regiments, iii
284 growth of, iii 324; iv 43; code
drawn up by Prince Albert, iii 325.
Volunteer review in Hyde Park, iv 44;
first meeting of National Rifle Asso-
ciation at Wimbledon, iv 45; review of
the Scottish volunteers at Holyrood in
1860, iv 45; the queen's account of, iv
46.

W.

Veto law, the, ii 166.

Victor Emmanuel, succeeds to the
throne of Piedmont, ii 153; his quali-
fications, ii 153.

Victoria, Queen, birth and early life
and training, i 181, 208, 211; anecdote
of her education in economy, i 182;
alleged conspiracy to prevent her suc-
cession, i 183; receives information of
the death of William IV., i 208; her
first privy council, i 209; her proclama-
tion, i 210; sentiment throughout the
country, i 210; is advised by Lord
Melbourne, i 214; suspicion of being
controlled by the Whigs, i 215; her
first speech in parliament, i 220; coro-
nation, i 230; procession and banquet

tion, iii 324, 330; his popularity, iii
324; at Edinburgh and Oxford, iii 325;
Marlborough House prepared for him,
iii 325; visit to Canada and the United
States, iv 42, 47; his visit to Ireland,
iv 258; his serious illness, iv 287:
Charles Sumner's description of, iv 47:
letter from President Buchanan to the
queen, and her reply, iv 48; betrothal
of, iv 144; his marriage, iv 145; Ten-
nyson's ode of welcome, iv 145.
Wallachia. See Principalities.
Walpole, Mr., home secretary, ii 296;
iii 287; iv 225.

Warburton, Henry, a philosophical
Radical, i 311.

Ward, F. O., labours for sanitary im-
provement, iii 2.

173:

o Act passed, ii
ped, i 173; Earl Russell's
of, ii 173: petitions of Oxford
Cambridge Universities in favour
the bill, ii 173: excitement in the
public mind during several years, ii 174-
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, iv 305.

Wood, Sir C., president of the Board of
Control, ii 317; iii 151; appointed first
lord of the admiralty, iii 151
Wordsworth, William, i 163: made
poet-laureate, i 163; alliance with
Coleridge, ii 164; his death, ii 163;
anecdotes of, ii 164.

Y.

Yeh, governor of Canton, iii 199; cap-
ture and death of, iii 277.

We first meeting of the Na- Young England party, i 263.
Rifle Association at, iv 45.

Cardinal, ii 171; his personal
ii his learning, ii 172;

appearance,

171;

excitement on the appointment of Dr.
Wiseman, i 172; the Ecclesiastical

THE END.

Z.

Zulu war, the, iv 320