Chapter XXX

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[Footnote 54: Sir William Atherton, Attorney-General, Sir Roundell Palmer, Solicitor-General, and Dr Phillimore, Counsel to the Admiralty.]

[Footnote 55: Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, afterwards Lord Hammond.]

[Footnote 56: Lord Westbury.]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _26th November 1861_.

MY BELOVED UNCLE,--... Albert is a little rheumatic, which is a plague--but it is very difficult not to have something or other of this kind in this season, with these rapid changes of temperature; _unberufen, unberufen_, he is much better this winter than he was the preceding years.[57] ...

[Footnote 57: The Prince had been unwell, even before the receipt of the distressing news from Portugal, and began to suffer from a somewhat continuous insomnia. On the 22nd of November, he drove to Sandhurst to inspect the new buildings in progress there. The day was very wet, and, though he returned in the middle of the day to Windsor, the exertion proved too severe for him; on the 24th he complained of rheumatic pains, and of prolonged sleeplessness.]

[Pageheading: REDRESS DEMANDED]

_Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._

DOWNING STREET, _29th November 1861_.

Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and begs to state that the Cabinet at its meeting this afternoon resumed the consideration of the forcible capture of the Southern Envoys from on board the _Trent_ steamer upon which the law officers had yesterday given the opinion contained in the accompanying report. The law officers and Doctor Phillimore, Counsel to the Admiralty, were in attendance. The result was that it appeared to the Cabinet that a gross outrage and violation of international law has been committed, and that your Majesty should be advised to demand reparation and redress. The Cabinet is to meet again to-morrow at two, by which time Lord Russell will have prepared an instruction to Lord Lyons for the consideration of the Cabinet, and for submission afterwards to your Majesty. The general outline and tenor which appeared to meet the opinions of the Cabinet would be, that the Washington Government should be told that what has been done is a violation of international law, and of the rights of Great Britain, and that your Majesty's Government trust that the act will be disavowed and the prisoners set free and restored to British Protection; and that Lord Lyons should be instructed that if this demand is refused he should retire from the United States.

It is stated by Mrs and Miss Slidell, who are now in London, that the Northern officer who came on board the _Trent_ said that they were acting on their own responsibility without instructions from Washington; that very possibly their act might be disavowed and the prisoners set free on their arrival at Washington. But it was known that the _San Jacinto_, though come from the African station, had arrived from thence several weeks before, and had been at St Thomas, and had there received communications from New York; and it is also said that General Scott, who has recently arrived in France, has said to Americans in Paris that he has come not on an excursion of pleasure, but on diplomatic business; that the seizure of these envoys was discussed in Cabinet at Washington, he being present, and was deliberately determined upon and ordered; that the Washington Cabinet fully foresaw it might lead to war with England; and that he was commissioned to propose to France in that case to join the Northern States in war against England, and to offer France in that case the restoration of the French Province of Canada.

General Scott will probably find himself much mistaken as to the success of his overtures; for the French Government is more disposed towards the South than the North, and is probably thinking more about Cotton than about Canada....

[Pageheading: AN ULTIMATUM]

_Earl Russell to Queen Victoria._

FOREIGN OFFICE, _29th November 1861_.

Lord Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty; Mr Gladstone has undertaken to explain to your Majesty what has taken place at the Cabinet to-day.

Lord Russell proposes to frame a draft for to-morrow's Cabinet of a despatch to Lord Lyons, directing him to ask for the release of Messrs Mason and Slidell and their two companions, and an apology. In case these requirements should be refused, Lord Lyons should ask for his passports.

The Lord Chancellor and the law officers of the Crown are clear upon the law of the case.

Lord Russell will be glad to have your Majesty's opinion on the draft which will go to your Majesty about four o'clock to-morrow, without loss of time, as the packet goes to-morrow evening.[58]

[Footnote 58: The draft of the despatch to Lord Lyons reached Windsor on the evening of the 30th, and, in spite of his weak and suffering state, the Prince prepared the draft of the Queen's letter early the following morning. The letter has been printed in _facsimile_ by Sir Theodore Martin, who adds that it has a special value as "representing the last political Memorandum written by the Prince, while it was at the same time inferior to none of them, as will presently be seen, in the importance of its results. It shows, like most of his Memorandums, by the corrections in the Queen's hand, how the minds of both were continually brought to bear upon the subjects with which they dealt."]

[Pageheading: THE PRINCE'S LAST LETTER]

_Queen Victoria to Earl Russell._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _1st December 1861_.

_Note in the Queen's handwriting._

[This draft was the last the beloved Prince ever wrote; he was very unwell at the time, and when he brought it in to the Queen, he said: "I could hardly hold my pen."

VICTORIA R.]

The Queen returns these important drafts, which upon the whole she approves, but she cannot help feeling that the main draft, that for communication to the American Government, is somewhat meagre. She should have liked to have seen the expression of a hope that the American captain did not act under instructions, or, if he did, that he misapprehended them--that the United States Government must be fully aware that the British Government could not allow its flag to be insulted, and the security of her mail communications to be placed to jeopardy, and Her Majesty's Government are unwilling to believe that the United States Government intended wantonly to put an insult upon this country, and to add to their many distressing complications by forcing a question of dispute upon us, and that we are therefore glad to believe that upon a full consideration of the circumstances, and of the undoubted breach of international law committed, they would spontaneously offer such redress as alone could satisfy this country, viz. the restoration of the unfortunate passengers and a suitable apology.

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _4th December 1861_.

MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I have many excuses to make for not writing yesterday, but I had a good deal to do, as my poor dear Albert's rheumatism has turned out to be a regular influenza, which has pulled and lowered him very much. Since Monday he has been confined to his room. It affects his appetite and sleep, which is very disagreeable, and you know he is always _so_ depressed when anything is the matter with him. However, he is decidedly better to-day, and I hope in two or three days he will be quite himself again. It is extremely vexatious, as he was so particularly well till he caught these colds, which came upon worries of various kinds.... Ever your devoted Niece,

VICTORIA R.

[Pageheading: ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _6th December 1861_.

MY BELOVED UNCLE,--I am thankful to report decidedly better of my beloved Albert. He has had much more sleep, and has taken much more nourishment since yesterday evening. Altogether, this nasty, feverish sort of influenza and deranged stomach is _on_ the mend, but it will be slow and tedious, and though there has _not_ been one alarming symptom, there has been such restlessness, such sleeplessness, and such (till to-day) _total_ refusal of all food, that it made one _very, very_ anxious, and I can't describe the _anxiety_ I have gone through! I feel to-day a good deal shaken, for for four nights I got only two or three hours' sleep. We have, however, every reason to hope the recovery, though it may be _somewhat_ tedious, will not be _very_ slow. You shall hear again to-morrow. Ever your devoted Niece,

VICTORIA R.

[Pageheading: HOPE NOT ABANDONED]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _9th December 1861_.

MY BELOVED UNCLE,--I enclose you Clark's report, which I think you may like to hear. Our beloved invalid goes on well--but it _must_ be tedious, and I need not tell you _what_ a trial it is to me. Every day, however, is bringing us nearer the end of this tiresome illness, which is much what I had at Ramsgate, only that I was much worse, and not at first well attended to. You shall hear daily.

You will, I know, feel for me! The night was excellent; the first good one he had. Ever your devoted Niece,

VICTORIA R.

The Americans _may_ possibly get out of it.

_The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria._

LAEKEN, _11th December 1861_.

MY BELOVED VICTORIA,--_How I do feel for you from the bottom of my heart_; that you should have this totally unexpected tribulation of having dear Albert unwell, when not long ago we rejoiced that he was bearing this time of the year so well. Now we must be very patient, as an indisposition of this description at this time of the year is generally mending slowly. The great object must be to arrange all the little details exactly as the patient may wish them; that everything of that description may move very smoothly is highly beneficial. Patients are very different in their likings; to the great horror of angelic Louise, the moment I am ill I become almost invisible, disliking to see anybody. Other people are fond of company, and wish to be surrounded. The medical advisors are, thank God! excellent, and Clark knows Albert so well. Albert will wish you not to interrupt your usual airings; you want air, and to be deprived of it would do you harm. The temperature here at least has been extremely mild--this ought to be favourable. I trust that every day will now show some small improvement, and it will be very kind of you to let me frequently know how dear Albert is going on. Believe me ever, my beloved Victoria, your devoted Uncle,

LEOPOLD R.

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _11th December 1861_.

DEAREST UNCLE,--I can report another good night, and _no_ loss of strength, and continued satisfactory symptoms. But more we dare _not_ expect for some days; _not_ losing ground is a _gain, now_, of _every_ day.

It is very sad and trying for me, but I am well, and I think really _very_ courageous; for it is the first time that _I_ ever witnessed anything of this kind though _I_ suffered from the same at Ramsgate, and was much worse. The trial in every way is so very trying, for I have lost my guide, my support, my all, _for a time_--as we can't ask or tell him anything. Many thanks for your kind letter received yesterday. We have been and are reading Von Ense's book[59] to Albert; but it is _not_ worth much. He likes very much being read to as it soothes him. W. Scott is also read to him. You shall hear again to-morrow, dearest Uncle, and, please God! each day will be more cheering. Ever your devoted Niece,

VICTORIA R.

[Footnote 59: The _Memoirs_ of Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858), who served for some years in the Austrian and the Russian Armies, and was later in the Prussian Diplomatic Service.]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _12th December 1861_.

MY BELOVED UNCLE,--I can again report favourably of our _most_ precious invalid. He maintains his ground well--had another very good night--takes plenty of nourishment, and shows surprising strength. I am constantly in and out of his room, but since the _first four dreadful_ nights, _last_ week, _before_ they had declared it to be _gastric fever_--I do not sit up with him at night as I could be of no use; and there is nothing to cause alarm. I go out twice a day for about an hour. It is a very trying time, for a fever with its despondency, weakness, and occasional and _invariable_ wandering, is most painful to witness--but we have _never_ had _one unfavourable_ symptom; to-morrow, reckoning from the 22nd, when dear Albert first fell ill--after going on a wet day to look at some buildings--having likewise been unusually depressed with worries of different kinds--is the _end_ of the _third week_; we _may_ hope for improvement _after_ that, but the Doctors say they should _not_ be _at all disappointed if_ this did _not_ take place till the _end_ of the _fourth week_. I cannot sufficiently praise the skill, attention, and devotion of Dr Jenner,[60] who is the _first fever_ Doctor in Europe, one may say--and good old Clark is here every day; good Brown is also _most_ useful.... We have got Dr Watson[61] (who succeeded Dr Chambers[62]) and Sir H. Holland[63] has also been here. But I have kept clear of these two. Albert sleeps a good deal in the day. He is moved every day into the next room on a sofa which is made up as a bed. He has only _kept_ his bed entirely since Monday. Many, many thanks for your dear, kind letter of the 11th. I knew how _you_ would _feel_ for and think of me. I am very wonderfully supported, and, excepting on three occasions, have borne up very well. I am sure Clark will tell you so. Ever your most devoted Niece,

VICTORIA R.

[Footnote 60: Dr (afterwards Sir) William Jenner, K.C.B. (1815-1898), was at this time Physician-Extraordinary to the Queen.]

[Footnote 61: Afterwards Sir Thomas Watson (1792-1882), F.R.S.]

[Footnote 62: Dr. William Frederick Chambers (1786-1855) was well known as a consulting physician.]

[Footnote 63: Sir Henry Holland (1788-1873) was Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen and the Prince Consort.]

_General Grey to Sir Charles Wood._

WINDSOR CASTLE, _13th December 1861_.

MY DEAR WOOD,--The Queen desires me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to say that she quite approves of the purport of your despatch to the Governor-General, understanding it to be, not that there is to be any reduction of the Artillery force which it had been determined to leave permanent in India as the proper establishment for that country, but simply that some batteries which it had been resolved to bring home, at all events, are to return somewhat sooner than had been intended, etc., etc., etc.,

GREY.

[Pageheading: DEATH OF THE PRINCE]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

OSBORNE, _20th December 1861_.

MY _OWN_ DEAREST, KINDEST _FATHER_,--For as such have I _ever_ loved you! The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two! My _life_ as a _happy_ one is _ended!_ the world is gone for _me!_ If I _must live_ on (and I will do nothing to make me worse than I am), it is henceforth for our poor fatherless children--for my unhappy country, which has lost _all_ in losing him--and in _only_ doing what I know and _feel_ he would wish, for he _is_ near me--his spirit will guide and inspire me! But oh! to be cut off in the prime of life--to see our pure, happy, quiet, domestic life, which _alone_ enabled me to bear my _much_ disliked position, CUT OFF at forty-two--when I _had_ hoped with such instinctive certainty that God never _would_ part us, and would let us grow old together (though _he_ always talked of the shortness of life)--is _too awful_, too cruel! And yet it _must_ be for _his_ good, his happiness! His purity was too great, his aspiration _too high_ for this poor, _miserable_ world! His great soul is _now only_ enjoying _that_ for which it _was_ worthy! And I will _not_ envy him--only pray that _mine_ may be perfected by it and fit to be with him eternally, for which blessed moment I earnestly long. Dearest, dearest Uncle, _how_ kind of you to come! It will be an unspeakable _comfort_, and you _can do_ much to tell people to do what they ought to do. As for my _own good, personal_ servants--poor Phipps in particular--nothing can be more devoted, heartbroken as they are, and anxious only to live as _he_ wished!

Good Alice has been and is wonderful.[64]

The 26th will suit me perfectly. Ever your devoted, wretched Child,

VICTORIA R.

[Footnote 64: By a singular coincidence, the Princess was to pass away on the anniversary of the Prince's death. She died on the 14th of December 1878.]

[Pageheading: DEATH OF LADY CANNING]

_Sir Charles Wood to Queen Victoria._

_22nd December 1861._

Sir Charles Wood, with his humble duty, begs to enclose to your Majesty two letters from India, one giving an account of Lord Canning's investing the Indian Chiefs with the Star of India; and the other an account of poor Lady Canning's illness and death, which, even at this sad moment, may not be without interest for your Majesty.

Sir Charles Wood hopes that he may be forgiven if, when having to address your Majesty, he ventures to lay before your Majesty the expression of his heartfelt sympathy in the sorrow under which your Majesty is now suffering, and his deep sense of the irreparable calamity which has befallen your Majesty and the country.

Though it cannot be any consolation, it must be gratifying to your Majesty to learn the deep and universal feeling of regret and sorrow which prevails amongst all classes of your Majesty's subjects, and in none so strongly as in those who have had the most opportunity of appreciating the inestimable value of those services, of which by this awful dispensation of Providence the country has been deprived.

[Pageheading: DEATH OF LADY CANNING]

_Earl Canning to Queen Victoria._

BARRACKPORE, _22nd November 1861_.[65]

Lord Canning presents his humble duty to your Majesty. Your Majesty will have heard by the last mail of the heavy blow which has fallen upon Lord Canning. The kindness of your Majesty to Lady Canning has been so invariable and so great that he feels it to be right that your Majesty should receive a sure account of her last illness with as little delay as possible.

The funeral is over. It took place quite privately at sunrise on the 19th. There is no burial-place for the Governor-General or his family, and the cemeteries at Calcutta are odious in many ways: Lord Canning has therefore set a portion of the garden at Barrackpore (fifteen miles from Calcutta) apart for the purpose. It is a beautiful spot--looking upon that reach of the grand river which she was so fond of drawing--shaded from the glare of the sun by high trees--and amongst the bright shrubs and flowers in which she had so much pleasure.

Your Majesty will be glad, but not surprised, to know of the deep respect which has been paid to her memory, not only by the familiar members of the household and intimate friends, who refused to let any hired hands perform the last offices, but by the Civil and Military bodies, and by the community at large. The coffin was conveyed to Barrackpore by the Artillery, and was borne through the Garden by English soldiers.

Lord Canning feels sure that your Majesty will not consider these details as an intrusion. He feels sure of your Majesty's kind sympathy. She loved your Majesty dearly, and Lord Canning is certain that he is doing what would have been her wish in thus venturing to write to your Majesty. In the last connected conversation which he had with her, just before the illness became really threatening, she said that she must write again to the Queen, "for I don't want her to think that it was out of laziness that I was not at Allahabad." The fact is, that she had always intended to be present at the Investiture, and had made all her arrangements to go from Darjeeling to Allahabad for the purpose; but Lord Canning, hearing of the bad state of the roads, owing to the heavy and unseasonable rains, and knowing how fatiguing an additional journey of nearly 900 miles would be, had entreated her to abandon the intention, and to stay longer in the Hills, and then go straight to Calcutta. Whether all might have gone differently if the first plan had been held to, God alone knows. His will has been done.

[Footnote 65: Received on the 22nd of December, or thereabouts.]

[Pageheading: A NOBLE RESOLVE]

_Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._

OSBORNE, _24th December 1861_.

MY BELOVED UNCLE,--Though, please God! I am to see you so soon, I must write these few lines to prepare you for the trying, sad existence you will find it with your poor forlorn, desolate child--who drags on a weary, pleasureless existence! I am also anxious to repeat _one_ thing, and _that one_ is _my firm_ resolve, my _irrevocable decision_, viz. that _his_ wishes--_his_ plans--about everything, _his_ views about _every_ thing are to be _my law!_ And _no human power_ will make me swerve from _what he_ decided and wished--and I look to _you_ to _support_ and _help_ me in this. I apply this particularly as regards our children--Bertie, etc.--for whose future he had traced everything _so_ carefully. I am _also determined_ that _no one_ person, may _he_ be ever so good, ever so devoted among my servants--is to lead or guide or dictate _to me_. I know _how he_ would disapprove it. And I live _on_ with him, for him; in fact _I_ am only _outwardly_ separated from him, and _only_ for _a time_.

_No one_ can tell you more of my feelings, and can put you more in possession of many touching facts than our excellent Dr Jenner, who has been and is my great comfort, and whom I would _entreat_ you to _see and hear_ before you see _any one else_. Pray do this, for _I fear much_ others trying to see you first and say things and wish for things which I _should not_ consent to.

Though miserably weak and utterly shattered, my spirit rises when I think _any_ wish or plan of his is to be touched or changed, or I am to be _made to do_ anything. I know you will help me in my utter darkness. It is but for a short time, and _then_ I go--_never, never_ to part! Oh! that blessed, blessed thought! He seems so _near_ to _me_, so _quite my own_ now, my precious darling! God bless and preserve you. Ever your wretched but devoted Child,

VICTORIA R.

What a Xmas! I won't think of it.

[Pageheading: BUSINESS STILL TRANSACTED]

_Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria._

PICCADILLY, _30th December 1861_.

Viscount Palmerston presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has read with deep emotion your Majesty's letter of the 26th, every word of which went straight to the heart. Viscount Palmerston would, however, humbly express a hope that the intensity of your Majesty's grief may not lead your Majesty to neglect your health, the preservation of which is so important for the welfare of your Majesty's children, and for that of your Majesty's devotedly attached and affectionate subjects; and which is so essentially necessary to enable your Majesty to perform those duties which it will be the object of your Majesty's life to fulfil.

Lord Granville has communicated to Viscount Palmerston your Majesty's wish that Mr Dilke[66] should be made a Baronet, and that Mr Bowring[67] should be made a Companion of the Bath, and both of these things will be done accordingly. But there are three other persons whose names Viscount Palmerston has for some time wished to submit to your Majesty for the dignity of Baronet, and if your Majesty should be graciously pleased to approve of them, the list would stand as follows:

Mr Dilke.

Mr William Brown,[68] of Liverpool, a very wealthy and distinguished merchant, who lately made a magnificent present of a public library to his fellow-citizens.

Mr Thomas Davies Lloyd, a rich and highly respectable gentleman of the county of Carnarvon.

Mr Rich, to whom the Government is under great obligation, for having of his own accord and without any condition vacated last year his seat for Richmond in Yorkshire, and having thus enabled the Government to obtain the valuable services of Mr Roundell Palmer as your Majesty's Solicitor-General.

Viscount Palmerston has put into this box some private letters which Lord Russell thinks your Majesty might perhaps like to look at.

[Footnote 66: Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke was on the Executive Committee of the Exhibition of 1851, and on the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1862. He died in 1869.]

[Footnote 67: Mr Edgar Bowring's Companionship was conferred on him for services in connection with the earlier Exhibition. He was afterwards M.P. for Exeter, 1868-1874.]

[Footnote 68: Mr Brown became a baronet in 1863.]

[Pageheading: COMFORT AND HOPE]

_Queen Victoria to Earl Canning._

OSBORNE, _10th January 1862_.

Lord Canning little thought when he wrote his kind and touching letter of the 22nd November, that it would only reach the Queen when _she_ was _smitten_ and _bowed_ down to the earth by an event similar to the one which he describes--and, strange to say, by a disease greatly analogous to the one which took from him _all_ that he loved best. In the case of her adored, precious, perfect, and great husband, her dear lord and master, to whom this Nation owed more than it ever can truly know, however, the fever went on most favourably till the day previous to the awful calamity, and then it was congestion of the lungs and want of strength of circulation (the beloved Prince had always a weak and feeble pulse), which at the critical moment, indeed only two hours before God took him, caused this awful result. To lose one's partner in life is, as Lord Canning knows, like losing _half_ of one's _body_ and _soul_, torn forcibly away--and dear Lady Canning was such a dear, worthy, devoted wife! But to the Queen--to a poor helpless woman--it is not that only--it is the stay, support and comfort which is lost! To the Queen it is like _death_ in life! Great and small--_nothing_ was done without his loving advice and help--and she feels _alone_ in the wide world, with many helpless children (except the Princess Royal) to look to her--and the whole nation to look to her--_now_ when she can barely struggle with her wretched existence! Her misery--her utter despair--she _cannot_ describe! Her _only_ support--the _only_ ray of comfort she gets for _a moment_, is in the _firm conviction_ and certainty of his nearness, his undying love, and of their eternal reunion! Only she prays always, and pines for the latter with an anxiety she cannot describe. Like dear Lady Canning, the Queen's darling is to rest in a garden--at Frogmore, in a Mausoleum the Queen is going to build for him and herself.

Though ill, the Queen was able to tell her precious angel of Lord Canning's bereavement, and he was deeply grieved, recurring to it several times, and saying, "What a loss! She was such a distinguished person!"

May God comfort and support Lord Canning, and may he think in his sorrow of his widowed and broken-hearted Sovereign--bowed to the earth with the greatest of human sufferings and misfortunes! She lived but _for_ her husband!

The sympathy of the many thousands of her subjects, but above all their sorrow and their admiration for him, are soothing to her bleeding, pierced heart!

The Queen's precious husband, though wandering occasionally, was conscious till nearly the last, and knew her and kissed her an hour before his pure spirit fled to its worthy and fit eternal Home!

INDEX

_(The page references in italics refer to Introductory Notes or footnotes.)_

Abd-el-Kader, i, _43_, _57_; ii. _31_, 146

Abercorn, Marchioness of, i. 310

Abercrombie, Dr, physician, i. 448

Abercromby, James, _see_ Dunfermline, Lord

Abercromby, Sir Ralph, iii. 111

Aberdeen, Earl of, Foreign Secretary, i. 22, 309; political power and views, i. _29_, _30_; Palmerston's opinion of, i. 375; Emperor Nicholas, ii. _1_; Queen's appreciation of, ii. 17, 87, 105; iii. 101, 102, 190; Corn Laws, ii. 49; takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85; ii. 103, 248, 263, 291, 293, 294; failure to form a Government, ii. 296, 298, 299; ii. _356,_ 393; forms a Government, ii. 413-429; Lord Derby's attack on, ii. _418_; Queen Victoria's approval of, ii. 430; Eastern Question, ii. _432_, 437-444, 449-451, 452, _455_-472; India Bill, ii. 447; as to giving up office, ii. 458; on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. 467, 468; Crimea, iii. _1_, 44; anomalous position of Prince Consort, iii. 3, 4; Orleans family, iii. 7; declaration of war with Russia, iii. 12, _13_, _19_; unsatisfactory speech, iii, 34; Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. 57-60; Queen's confidence in, iii. 66; Knight of the Garter, iii. 67, 68; Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 71, 72; Government's resignation on result of Roebuck's motion, iii. 77-80; Lord John Russell, iii. _88_; Government of 1855, iii. 97-104; iii. 190; on Oudh Proclamation, iii. 286; and W. E. Gladstone, iii. _349_; death, iii. _453_

About, Edmond, French writer, iii. 357

Accession, Queen Victoria's reminiscences of, i. 75

Achmet Bey, i. 57

Adams, Mr, iii. 467

Adelaide, Madame, King Louis Philippe's sister, death, ii. 143-147; will, ii. 148

Adelaide, Queen (wife of William IV.), parentage and marriage, i. 23, 24; character, i. 24; interests in life, i. 24; letter on Queen's accession, i. 77; on Queen's coronation, i. 120; Protestant Church at Valetta, i. 138; letters, i. 371, 399, 437; visits a convent, i. 437; letter, i. 464; death, ii. 230

Adelaide, Princess, of Hohenlohe, question of marriage, ii. _356_, 408, 409

Adelaide, Queen Marie, of Sardinia, death, iii. _206_

Adolphus, John, _History of England_, i. 453

Adrianople, Treaty of, i. 229

Adriatic, reported demonstration in, ii. 193

Aemilia, The, iii. _380_

Afghanistan, Dost Mahommed dethroned, i. _142_; surrender, i. _209_; insurrection, i. _254_; disasters retrieved, proclamation, i. _370_; troubles, i. 373, 382; Fall of Cabul, i. 385; successful issue, i. 441; medals, i. 444; operations against Afghans, ii. 218

Africa, South, The Transvaal and Orange Free States, ii. _142_; iii. 200

Agriculture, motion on distress of, ii. 285-_286_; protection, ii. 384; _see_ Corn Laws

Airey, Sir Richard, Quartermaster-General, iii. _175_

Ak Mussid, iii. 45

Akbar Khan (son of Dost Mahommed), i. _254_, _370_, 442

Aland Islands, iii. 36

Alava, Miguel Ricardo di, Spanish General, i. 59

Alba, Duke of, ii. _435_

---- Duchess of, death, iii. _415_

Albemarle, sixth Earl of, Master of the Horse, i. 76, 81, 121, 219

Albert, Archduke, ii. 219

---- Edward, _see_ Wales, Prince of

---- Prince, _see_ Consort, Prince

Albertine branch of House of Saxe-Coburg, history of, i. 2

Aldershot, review of Crimean troops, iii. _198_

Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Czar Alexander II.), iii. _112_, 172; crowned at Moscow, iii. _158_; his character, iii. 204

Alexandria, i. 179

Alford, Dean of Canterbury, iii. 227

Alfred, Prince, birth, ii. _21_; iii. 399; visit to the Cape, iii. 410, 413; visit to Ireland, iii. _420_; joins the _Euryalus_, iii. _433_

Algiers, i. _43_

Ali, Mehemet, Pasha of Egypt, i. _141_, 179, _182_, 190; ultimatum, i. _209_, 232-240; resigns claim to Syria, i. _252_

Alibaud, i. 407

Alice, Princess, birth and christening, i. 480, 501; iii. 240; birthday, iii. 396; engagement to Prince Louis of Hesse, iii. 405, 415, 416-419; Prince Consort's death, iii. 474

Allahabad, mutiny, iii. _224_

Allen, Mr, librarian, Holland House, i. 359

Allt-na-Giuthasach, Shiel of, Queen's visits to, ii. 322, 392

Alma, victory of, iii. _1_, _43,_ 49, _252_

Amritsar, ii. 74

Anarchists, ii. 3

Anglesey, Marquess of, i. 388; ii. 86

Annual Summary of Events, 1821-1835, i. _27_; 1836, i. _43_; 1837, i. _56_; 1838, i. _102_; 1839, i. _141_; 1840, i. _209_; 1841, i. _253_; 1842, i. _370_; 1843, i. _450_; 1844, ii. _1_; 1845, ii. _30_; 1846, ii. _71_; 1847, ii. _115_; 1848, ii. _141_; 1849, ii. _208_; 1850, ii. _231_; 1851, ii. _283_; 1852, ii. _356_; 1853, ii. _431_; 1854, iii. _1_; 1855, iii. _63_; 1856, iii. _158_; 1857, iii. _223_; 1858, iii. _261_; 1859, iii. _307_; 1860, iii. _379_; 1861, iii. _420_

Anson, George, i. 199; Private Secretary to Prince Albert, i. _201_, 206; interviews with Baron Stockmar, i. 224, 330, 331; interviews with Lord Melbourne, i. 224, 256, 268, 269, 296, 297, 303, 304, 311; interviews with Sir Robert Peel, i. 271, 273, 284, 312; memoranda by, i. 295, 298, 322, 337, 338, 368; illness, i. 490; ii. 36, 46, 67

---- Sir George, i. 201

Antonelli, Cardinal, iii. 311

Antwerp, Queen's visit to, ii. _45_; ii. 68

Apponyi, Count, Austrian Ambassador, i. 237

Apprenticeship in Jamaica, i. _102_

Aquila, Comte d', ii. _32_

Arbuthnot, Colonel, i. 314, 398

Ardenne, ii. 16

Argyll, eighth Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 420; Government of 1855, iii. 97; Privy Seal, iii. 104; Divorce Bill, iii. 231; Lord Privy Seal, iii. 348; Abolition of Paper Duty, iii. 403

Argyll, Duchess of, ii. 376

"Aristocratic," meaning of, i. 107

Army (_see_ Militia), estimates i. 99; civil government of, i. 147; bravery of troops, ii. 74; victory, ii. 77; Peninsular medals, ii. 109-113; officers' commissions, ii. 185; in India, ii. 212; Prince Consort, ii. 365; military appointments, ii. 393; national defences, ii. 396-398; Queen on augmentation of, iii. 12; embarkation for the Crimea, iii. 14; reserve to be sent out, iii. 36; Bomarsund, iii. _36_; battle of the Alma, iii. 44; Indian contingents, iii. 46; Balaklava, iii. 50; Sebastopol, iii. 50, _63_; Inkerman, iii. _53_; Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii. _58_; fall of Sebastopol, iii. _64_; privations of the Army, iii. 68-70; New Board, iii. 71; laxity of discipline, iii. 153; land transport, iii. 157; retrenchments, iii. 188; peace establishment, iii. 191; review of Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. _198_, 199, 200; military education, iii. 218, 220; Indian Mutiny, iii. _224_, 234, 236; Militia embodied, iii. 241; Queen's view on need of increasing, iii. 245, 257; vote of thanks to, iii. _261_; question of control, iii. 293; indivisibility of, iii. 319; Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351

Arnold, Dr, ii. 273

_Arrow_, Chinese dispute, iii. _223_, _228_

Arthur, Prince (afterwards Duke of Connaught), christening, ii. 231; iii. 121; birthday, iii. 189; iii. 436

Ascot, Queen's visit to the races, ii. 13

Ashburton, Baron, i. 368, 462

Ashley, Lord, afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 165; Labour Bill, i. _370_; Factory Labour Bill, ii. 1; Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 116; Oudh Proclamation, iii. _282_, _290_

Asis, Don Francisco de, ii. _72_, 99

Aston, Mr (Diplomatic Service), i. 329, 432, 495

Athens, revolution at, i. 494; ii. _231_

Atherton, Sir William, Attorney-General, iii. _467_

Athole, Duchess of, ii. 376

Attock, fort of, captured, ii. 218

Attwood, Thomas, Birmingham Political Union, i. 69, 425

Auchterarder, Church case, i. _448_

Auckland, Baron (afterwards Earl of), Governor-General of India, i. _142_; policy in Afghanistan, i. _209_, 266, 373, 383; ii. 10, 86

Audley, Baron, i. 124

Augusta, of Cambridge, Princess, afterwards Grand Duchess-Dowager of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, i. 434, 437, 440; ii. 256; iii. 264

---- Princess, of Saxony, i. 92

---- Princess, daughter of George III., i. 228; death, i. 230

Augustus, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, _see_ Saxe-Coburg

Augustus, Prince Ernest, afterwards Duke of Cumberland, iii. _456_

Aulaire, Ste., Ambassador, i. 321, 334, 508

Aumale, Duc d', i. 95, 493, 502; ii. 153, 167; gallantry, ii. 192-_193_, 267, 337; visit to New Lodge, iii. 386

Australasian colonies, self-government of, iii. _64_

Australia, emigration to, i. _102_; wine from, ii. 41

Austria, Empress Elizabeth of, iii. 414

---- Emperor of (Francis Joseph), ii. 318; attempted assassination of, ii. _440_; King Leopold's opinion of, ii. 447, 448; Queen's letter to, iii. 322, 323; reply, iii. 324, 325; proposed meeting with the Queen, iii. 408, 409

---- and the Porte, i. 191; abdication of Emperor, ii. _141_; Pope declares war against, ii. _141_; ascendency in Lombardy, ii. 174; and Italy, ii. 174; war with the Piedmontese, ii. _178_, _182_, 186, 190, 193; and England, ii. 183, 186, 190, 191, 198, 380; declines mediation, ii. 193; ascendency in N. Italy, ii. _208_; ii. 229, 275; and Prussia, ii. 276; ii. 379, 402; and Eastern Question, ii. 440-444, 451, _452_; alliance with Prussia, iii. _1_; and Russia, iii. 13, 25; proposed alliance with England, iii. _49_, 50, 51, 66; men required, iii. 115; negotiations broken off, iii. 118; and the Four Points, iii. 120, 161, 165; and France, iii. 168, 306; and Italy, iii. _307_; war with Sardinia and defeat, iii. _308_; and the Papal States, iii. 313; proposed congress, iii. _325_-334; troops cross the Ticino, iii. _327_; French victories, iii. _352_; conclusion and terms of peace, iii. _354_, _359_, _360_; Italy, iii. 382

Ayrton, Mr, iii. 239

Azeglio, Count, Premier of Sardinia, ii. 386; iii. 368

Baden, crisis at, ii. 220

---- Princess Mary of, i. 470

Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, i. 323, 334

Baines, Matthew Talbot, Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, iii. _116_, 149; Conspiracy Bill, iii. 265, 272

Bala Rao, Indian Mutiny, iii. _351_

Balaklava, successes at, iii. _2_, 50; hurricane and loss of life at, iii. 56; iii. 189

Ballard, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. _36_

Ballot, the, i. _56_; ii. 335

Balmoral Castle, Queen's description of, ii. 194, 323; Queen's first occupation of, iii. _141_

Baltic, English, expedition to the, iii. 16, 115

Bandeira, Sa da, i. _55_

Bands, on Sundays, iii. 194

Bank Charter Act, ii. _1_; infringement of, ii. _115_; suspension of, iii. _224_

Barbes, Armand, i. _179_

Barclay & Perkins' brewery, attack on General Haynau, ii. _269_

Barham, Lady (afterwards Countess of Gainsborough), i. 124, 318; ii. 274

Baring, F. (afterwards Lord Northbrook), Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 264, 281, 308, 314; ii. 60, 84, 287, 312, 347; capture of Lagos, ii. 365, 366; Board of Works, ii. 421; iii. 79; Government of 1855, iii. 91

---- Thomas, ii. 368; Indian Mutiny debate, iii. 239; India Bill, iii. 294

Barkly, Sir H., Governor of Victoria, iii. 190

Barnard, General, death at Delhi, iii. 243

Barrackpore, funeral of Lady Canning, iii. 475

Barrot, Odilon, i. 248; ii. 149

Barrow, Sir John, i. 432

Barry, Sir Charles, knighted, ii. 363

Bastide, M., ii. 187

Baudrand, General Comte, i. 83

Bayley, Rev. Emilius, iii. 416

Bean, attempt on the Queen's life, i. _370_, 407

Beas, River, ii. 74

Beatrice, Princess (afterwards Princess Henry of Battenberg), birth and christening, iii. 234

Beauclerk, Lord Amelius, i. 108

Beaufort, Duke of, i. 334

Beauharnais, Eugene de, Duke of Leuchtenberg, iii. 354

Beauvale, Lord (afterwards second Viscount Melbourne), i. 191; i. 232, 418, 490, 512; ii. 165, 436

Beche, Sir Henry T. de la, geologist, i. 315

Bedford, seventh Duke of, i. 296, 509; ii. 130, 132, 195, 257; opinion of Lord Palmerston, ii. 260, 261; ii. 403; iii. 89; Queen's appreciation of Endsleigh, iii. 203

Begum, the ex-Queen of Oudh, iii. 351

Belgians, King of, _see_ Leopold

---- Queen of, _see_ Louise

Belgium, dispute with Holland, i. _43_, _102_, 119, _142_, 145, 146; independence of, i. 118; King Leopold's views on, i. 152, 153; and England, i. 134, 151; ii. 68; and Germany, i. 379; and Emperor of Russia, ii. 15; abortive insurrection, ii. _172_; neutrality of, iii. 171

Belsham, William, _History of Great Britain_, i. 467

Bengal Mutiny, iii. _224_

Bentinck, Lord George, attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. 79, 80; ii. 87; sudden death, ii. _208_

---- Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.B., wounded at Inkerman, iii. _52_; interview with the Queen, iii. 56, 60

Beresford, Lord John George de la Poer, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. _224_

---- Major, iii. 78

---- Viscount, i. 420; ii. 393

Berkeley, Admiral, M.P., Gloucester, iii. 78

Bernadotte, Marshal, iii. 448

Bernard, Dr, trial of, iii. _261_, _274_

Bessarabia, cession of, iii. _152_, _158_, _208_

Bessborough, Earl of, _see_ Duncannon

Bethell, Sir Richard (afterwards Lord Westbury), Attorney-General, Divorce Bill, iii. _232_; India Bill, iii. _267_; Lord Chancellor, iii. 442

Beust, Baron, Minister in Saxony, iii. 151, _151_, 171

Beverloo Camp, i. 41

Beyens, Baron, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, ii. 436

Beyrout, bombardment of, i. 238; iii. _10_

Bickersteth, Robert, afterwards Bishop of Ripon, iii. _206_, 217

Bilbao, battle at, i. 67

Birch, Mr, formerly tutor to Prince of Wales, iii. 431

Birmingham, Chartist riots, i. 179; political condition, i. 506

Births, registration of, i. _43_

Bishops, seats in House of Lords, i. _56_; and Dr Hampden, ii. 139; appointments of, iii. 416, 417

Black Sea, Russia's Fleet, iii. 120; neutralisation of, iii. _152_, _158_; England sends fleet to, iii. _208_

Blagden, Mr, i. 14

Blanc, Louis, _organisation du travail_, ii. 168

Bloemfontein, ii. _200_

Blomfield, C. J., _see_ London, Bishop of

Bloomfield, Baron, ii. 256; Minister at Berlin, ii. 285; iii. 161, 253

Boers, defeat of, ii. _142_, _200_

Bois-le-Comte, Mons., French Minister at Madrid, i. 96

Bolgrad, iii. _208_

Bomarsund, capture of, iii. _36_

Bonaparte, _see_ Napoleon

Bordeaux, Duc de (afterwards Comte de Chambord), i. 495, 498, 499, 506, 508; visit to London, i. 509, 510; ii. 3, 177; rumoured visit to England, iii. 7; and the King of the Belgians, iii. 296

Borthwick, Peter, ii. _34_

Bourquency, Mons. de, iii. 151

Bouverie, Mr, iii. 131

Bowring, Edgar, C.B., iii. 477

---- Sir John, British Plenipotentiary, Hong-Kong, iii. _223_, _227_

Bowyer, Sir George, M.P., iii. 445

Brabant, Duchess Marie Henriette de (afterwards Queen of the Belgians), iii. 276

---- Dukes of, _see_ Leopold

Bracebridge, Mr and Mrs, iii. 62

Braganza, Duchess of, i. 51, 178

Breadalbane, Marquess of, i 429; Lord Chamberlain, ii. 425; review at Edinburgh, iii. 407

---- Marchioness of, Lady of the Bedchamber, i. 143

Brescia, ii. 269

Bresson, Count, ii. 98, 99, 107 [107 correct]

---- M., aids King Louis Philippe's escape, ii. 157

Bribery at elections, i. 90

Bridgewater, eighth Earl of, treatises, i. _349_

Bright, John, on war with Russia, iii. _20_; appeal for ending the war, iii. _63_; loses his seat, iii. _223_; India Bill, iii. _280_; Oudh Proclamation, iii. 281, _290_; Reform Bill, iii. 324; proposed honour, iii. 349; England and Savoy, iii. _394_; privilege resolutions, iii. 404; and Palmerston, iii. 429

Brighton, i. 140

British Columbia, name given, iii. 296

Broadfoot, Major, political agent, India, death, ii. 76

Broadstairs, Queen's visit to, i. 19

Brock, Mrs, Queen's nurse, i. 14

Brocket Hall, Lord Melbourne's house, i. 150; Queen's visit to, i. 296

Broglie, Duc de, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, i. 149; ii. _37_

Brougham, Lord, i. _56_; on Canadian difficulties, i. _102_, 128; advice against dissolution, i. 293; right of audience, i. 344; as a protectionist, ii. 81

Brown, Sir George, wounded at Inkerman, iii. _53_, 129

---- Sir William, Baronet, iii. _477_

Bruce, Commodore, ii. 366

---- Colonel, iii. 306

---- Lady Augusta, ii. 434; iii. 451

Brunnow, M. de, Russian Minister, i. 190, 232; ii. 250, 286, 408, 442, 456; iii. 176, 189, 466

Brunswick, House of, history of, i. 1, 6

Brussels, Russian Minister to, ii. 17

Brydon, Dr, i. _254_

Buccleuch, Duke of, i. 509; ii. 49, 63-65

---- Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, i. 310

Buchanan, Mr, afterwards Sir Andrew, Secretary of Legation at St Petersburg, ii. 221

---- Mr (afterwards President), American Minister to Great Britain, iii. 105, 182; receives the Prince of Wales, iii. _380_, _405_

Buckingham, second Duke of, i. 278; Lord Privy Seal, i. 309; i. 386; ii. 33

---- Palace, proposed alterations, ii. 33

Buckland, Dr, Irish Commissioner, ii. 48

Buenos Ayres, blockade by British Fleet, ii. _133_

Bull Run, battle of, iii. _421_

Buller, Charles, i. _142_, 425

Bulwer, Sir Henry (afterwards Lord Dalling), Minister at Madrid, i. 235, 238, 334; ii. 97, 119; 133, 136; recall, and Queen's opinion of, ii. 175, 179; at Rome, ii. _365_; declines governorship of Victoria, iii. 190, _191_

---- Lytton, Sir Edward (afterwards Lord Lytton), i. 350; iii. 79; motion of censure on Lord John Russell, iii. 131, 132, 292, 296, 301

Bunsen, Chevalier, ii. 139, 182; recall of, iii. 31

Buol, Count, Austrian Prime Minister, ii. 380, 440; iii. 11, 66, _121_, _131, _176, 306, _328_, 329

"Bureaucratic," Palmerston's definition of, i. 107

Burghersh, Francis Lord (afterwards Earl of Westmorland), A.D.C. to Lord Raglan, iii. 50

Burgoyne, Sir John, ii. _141_

Burnes, Captain (afterwards Sir Alexander), mission to Cabul, i. _142_; murdered, i. _254_

Burnet, Bishop, History of his own Time, i. 435

Burney, Miss (Madame D'Arblay), diary, i. 406, 467

Bury, Lord, Straits Settlements, iii. 277

Bushey Park, residence of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, i. 33

Bushire, capture of, iii. _159_

Bussahir, iii. 360

Butler, Captain, siege of Silistria, iii. _36_

Buxted, residence of Lord Liverpool, Queen visits, i. 50

Buxton, Charles, iii. 443

Bygrave, Captain, i. 442

Byng, Sir John, _see_ Strafford, Earl of

---- George, i. 60, 467

Byron, Lady, i. 310

---- seventh Lord, i. 307

Cabrals, the, ii. 134, 135

Cabul, i. _254_, _370_, 383; fall of, i. 385, 442; ii. 218

Cadiz, Duke of, ii. 89

Cadogan, Honoria, Countess, died September 12, 1845, i. 62

_Cagliari_, seizure of the, iii. _262_, _274_

Cairns, Sir Hugh, Solicitor-General, Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_

Camarilla, i. 58

Cambridge, first Duke of, i. 4; political views, i. 5, 6; Regent of Hanover, i. 7; marriage, i. 99, 207, 208, 245; daughter's marriage, i. 434, 437, 440, 475, 476; death, ii. _247_, 256

Cambridge, Prince George of (afterwards second Duke of Cambridge), i. 212; Ireland, ii. 226; Earldom of Tipperary, ii. 245-247; Ireland, ii. 303; Ranger of the Parks, ii. 393; in Paris, iii. 14; interview with Napoleon, iii. 24-26; writes from Constantinople, iii. 27, 28; illness and return from the Crimea, iii. 70; iii. 78; council of war, iii. _160_, 167; Commander-in-Chief, iii. 199, 200; proposed marriage of Princess Mary, iii. 206, 209; Army control, iii. 293

Cambridge, Duchess of, i. 11, 31, 99, 494

---- Queen's visit to, i. 496, 501, 503

Campbell, Mr, M.P. for Weymouth, iii. 239

---- Sir Colin (afterwards Lord Clyde), Queen's high opinion of, iii. 152, 155; Commander-in-Chief, Indian Mutiny, relief of Lucknow, iii. _224_, 250, 259, 278; Peerage, iii. _262_; iii. 405, 455

---- Lord, Bernard trial, iii. _274_; Lord Chancellor, iii. 348; reports of divorce cases, iii. 378

Canada, friction in, i. _56_, 98, 100, _102_, 103; Lord Durham, Governor-General, i. 104, 128, 133, 135-137; resignation, i. 137; union of, i. _209_; dispute with United States, i. _254_; ii. _30_; resignation of Lord Metcalfe, ii. 47; Government of, ii. 94; Clergy Revenues Bill, ii. _431_; Nova Scotia, iii. 189; Colonial Governorships, iii. 190; Ottawa selected as capital, iii. _262_; British Columbia, iii. 296; United States claim to St Juan, iii. 373; Prince of Wales's visit to, iii. _380_, 404; proposed increase in Army and Navy for, iii. 440

Candahar, i. 407

Canning, Right Hon. G., speech on Queen's education, i. 10, 229

---- Viscount (afterwards Earl), ii. 346; Post Office, ii. 421; not in the Cabinet, ii. 427; Government of 1855, iii. 98; Post Office, iii. 104; Governor-General of India, iii. 128, _159_, 178; arrival in India, iii. 179; Indian Mutiny, iii. _224_, 236-238; his clemency, iii. 249-252; Oudh Proclamation, iii. _262_, 281-285, 289, 291; Viceroy, iii. _304_; Earldom, iii. _313_; Indian Army Question, iii. 318; termination of Mutiny, iii. 350; Indian titles, iii. 387; Queen's pleasure at progress in India, iii. 405; K.G., iii. 441; Queen's high opinion of, iii. 453; death of his wife, iii. 475; touching letter from the Queen, iii. 477, 478

---- Viscountess, i. 310, 397; iii. 405; death, iii. 474; Queen's appreciation of, iii. 477, 478

---- Sir Stratford, _see_ Stratford de Redcliffe

Canrobert, Marshal, Commander of French army, iii. _1_, _64_; resignation, iii. _126_

Canterbury, Archbishop of (William Howley), report as to Queen's education, i. 17, 55; announces to the Queen William IV.'s death, i. 74, 75; attends Queen's first council, i. 77; convocation address, i. 299; (John Bird Sumner), Bishopric of Capetown, ii. 448; on Sunday bands, iii. _194_; (C. T. Longley), iii. _206_; national prayer and humiliation iii. 247

---- Viscount, iii. 230

Canton, England's occupation of, iii. _223_, 226

Capetown, Bishopric of, ii. 448

Caradoc, Sir John Hobart, _see_ Howden, Lord

Carbonari Society, iii. _261_

Cardigan, Earl of, i. 263, 264, 386, 394; iii. 67; censure on, iii. _175_

Cardwell, Mr (afterwards Viscount), ii. 368; Secretary at War, ii. 421; President of Board of Trade, ii. 468; Oudh Proclamation, iii. 282; vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290; Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. 349

Carlisle, sixth Earl of, i. 419

---- seventh Earl (sometime Lord Morpeth), Chief Secretary for Ireland, i. 62, 281, 308; ii. 79, 95; Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, ii. 168, 324, 427, 428; iii. 452

Carlists, i. 50, 67; ii. 3

Carlos, Don, i. _44_, _57_, 488; abdication, ii. _31_

Carlton House, residence of George IV., Queen's visit to, i. 11

Carmarthen Riots, i. 484

Carolina, South, iii. _381_

Cartwright, Sir T., i. 409

Cashmere, ii. 74

Castlerosse, Lord, iii. 291

Cathcart, Earl, Governor-General of Canada, ii. _47_

Cathcart, General Sir George, Kaffir War, ii. _283_; death at Inkerman, iii. 52; iii. 134

Cavaignac, General, French Minister for War, ii. _184_, 190, _191_, 207, 387

Cavour, Count, Sardinian Premier, iii. _63_, _66_, _156_, 161, 170, _307_, 333; resignation, iii. _359_; Papal States, iii. 380; death, iii. _420_, 441

Cawdor, Earl, i. 484

Cawnpore, Mutiny, iii. _224_, 238; massacre of the garrison, iii. _247_, _248_, _261_

Cecile, Admiral, ii. 213

Chalmers, Dr, i. _448_, _450_

Chambers, Dr William Frederick, consulting physician, iii. 473

Chambord, Comte de, _see_ Bordeaux, Duc de

Chandos, Lord (afterwards Duke), Secretary to the Treasury, ii. 423

Chantrey, Sir Francis, sculptor, i. 313, 333, 337

Chapman, Dr, iii. 431

Chapoo, captured by Sir Hugh Gough, i. 441

Charier, Mdlle., ii. 3

Charlemont, Viscount, i. 344

Charles of Hesse, Prince, iii. 458

---- X., of France, character and death, i. 52

---- Archduke, i. 431

---- Albert, King of Sardinia, ii. _141_, 175; Piedmontese war, ii. _178_, _182_, 183, 186, 187, 190, _191_, 197, 198; defeat at Custozza, ii. _191_; at Novara, ii. _248_; abdication in favour of his son, ii. _248_

Charleston, surrender of, iii. _421_

Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George IV.), i. 8; character, ii. 39, 40; bust, i. 203

---- Princess of Prussia (afterwards Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen), birth of, iii. _406_

Charlotte, Princess of Belgium, ii. 185; illness, ii. _255_, 271; beauty of, ii. 367; proposed marriage of, iii. 207, 211; marriage of, iii. 240, _241_

Chartists, i. 83; riots, i. 179; ii. 134; demonstration, ii. 168; fiasco, ii. 169

Chartres, Duc de, i. 266, 414; iii. 453

Chateaubriand, Vicomte de, i. _508_

Chatsworth, Queen's visit to, i. 509

Chelmsford, Lord, Lord Chancellor, iii. 272

Chelsea pensioners, arming of, i. 486

Cherbourg, Queen's visit to Napoleon, iii. 295

Chester, Dean of, _see_ Davys

Childers, Col., _Life of Right Hon. H.C.E. Childers_, ii. _77_

Chillianwalla, ii. _208_

Chimay, Prince de, iii. _274_

China, opium trade dispute, i. _142_, _209_, 219, _254_, 260, 265; operations in, i. 261, 337, _370_, 441; war of 1857, iii. _223_, 226, _231_; Treaty of Tien-tsin, iii. _262_, 301; refusal to ratify treaty, march to Pekin, iii. _381_

Chiswick, ii. 17

Chobham camp, review at, ii. 449, 450

Cholera, epidemic of, ii. _228_

Christian, Prince, of Gluecksburg, afterwards King Christian IX. of Denmark, ii. _358_

---- Princess, _see_ Helena, Princess

Christina, Queen, Regent of Spain, i. 59, 62, 95; abdication, i. 244, 346, 349, 351; marriage question, ii. 4, _31_, 96, 97, 99, 100, 183

Christino cause, i. _44_, 67

Church of England, Queen's early knowledge of, i. 16; her relations to, i. 51, 72, 79; Parker Society, i. 259; reform, i. 282; difficulties at Oxford, i. 373, 374; Low Church bigotry, ii. 37; ii. _115_; preferments, ii. 121; Ritualists and Romanists, ii. _273_, 273, 377; riots at Stockport, ii. 391; in the Colonies, ii. 448

---- of Scotland crisis, i. 447, 448, _450_

---- rates, i. _56_, 66; iii. 323

Churchill, Lady, iii. 407

Chusan, i. _209_, 265

Chuttur Singh, surrender of, ii. 217

Cintra, Convention of, iii. _175_

Cistercian _Trappists_, Queen Adelaide's visit to, i. 437

Civil Service, competitive examinations for, iii. 9, 11

Clanricarde, Marquess of, i. 188; ii. 427; Privy Seal, iii. 266

---- Marchioness of, i. 350

Clanwilliam, Earl of, ii. 422

Claremont, residence of King Leopold, Queen's reminiscences of, i. 10, 18, 19; regret at leaving, ii. 5, _21_; residence of King Louis Philippe, ii. 160-162

---- Col., Orsini trial, iii. 273

Clarence, Duke of, _see_ William IV.

Clarendon, third Earl of, Chief Justice-in-Eyre, death, i. 143

---- fourth Earl of, i. 97; Ambassador at Madrid, i. 281; Lord Privy Seal, i. 308; ii. 60, 83, 86, 131, 132, 169, 195, 223, 224, 236, 244; opinion on Lord Palmerston's removal, ii. 260, 263; refusal of Foreign Office, ii. 346, _348_; ii. 420, 423; Foreign Secretary, ii. _431_; Eastern Question, ii. 439-444, _452_-471; Duke of Cambridge in Paris, iii. 14; Russian loan, iii. _35_; Crimea, iii. _43_; Austrian alliance, iii. 48, _51_; the "Four Points," iii. 65; Government of 1855, iii. 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, _96_, 97, 98, _99_; Foreign Affairs, iii. 104; Emperor's proposal to take command at the Crimea, iii. _110_, 111; Naples despatch, iii. 143-144; Austrian ultimatum, iii. 152, 153, 165; arranging terms of settlement, iii. 168-185; conversation with French Emperor, iii. 175; Treaty of Peace signed, iii. 183; Queen's appreciation of his services, iii. 184, 185; honours, iii. 186; iii. 190; interview with Persigny, iii. 232; and Italy, iii. 305; declines joining the new Cabinet, iii. 346; St Juan dispute, iii. 373; coronation of King of Prussia, iii. 428, _429_; reception at the coronation of King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 458-460; interview with the French Empress, iii. 460; King of Prussia's views, iii. 465

Clarendon's _History of the Rebellion_, i. 38, 52; _Private Memoirs_, i. 435

Claridge's Hotel, Empress of the French stays at, iii. 419

Clark, Dr (afterwards Sir James), Physician to the Queen, i. 61, 130, 202; Bagshot Park, iii. 384; Prince Consort's illness, iii. 471, 473

Clementine, Princess, of Orleans, i. 431

Cleveland, Duke of, i. 386

Clive, Lord, Life by Sir J. Malcolm, i. 55

Close, Francis, Dean of Carlisle, iii. _206_

Clyde, Lord, _see_ Campbell, Sir Colin

Cobden, Richard, i. 300; Corn Laws, i. 415, 465; ii. 60; Peel's tribute to, ii. 83; the Whigs, ii. 84, 85, 87; Poor Law Commission, ii. 130, 131, 132; ii. 155, 216; question of marriage between Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Royal, iii. 182; on China War, iii. _223_; loss of seat, iii. 226; iii. 263; refuses to join Government, iii. _307_, 348, _350_; and the Pope, iii. 357; Plenipotentiary for commercial treaty, iii. _379_; declines honours, iii. 413, _414_

Coblentz, iii. 146

Coburg (_see_ Saxe-Coburg), House of, history of, i. 3; influence on the Queen's politics, i. 4; abuse of, i. 53

---- Queen's visit to, ii. _45_

Cochrane, Mr Baillie (afterwards Lord Lamington), iii. 445

Cockburn, Sir George, Admiral of the Fleet, i. 432

---- Mr (afterwards Sir Alexander), Don Pacifico debate, ii. _252_; Chief Justice of Common Pleas, iii. 215

Codrington, Major-General Sir William, wounded at Inkerman, iii. _53_; commands the English army in the Crimea, iii. _64_, 134, 155, _155_

Colborne, Sir John (afterwards Lord Seaton), i. _57_; High Commissioner, Canada, i. _102_; Field-Marshal, i. 129, _130_

Colchester, Lord, iii. 230

Coldstream Guards wounded from Crimea, iii. 110

Colenso, Rev. J. W., ii. 449

Coleridge, Mr, and Provostship of Eton, iii. 431

Colloredo, Count, Austrian Ambassador, ii. 439, 440

Colquhoun, Mr, iii. 44

Colvin, John Russell, Lieut.-Gov. of North-West Provinces, death of, iii. 251

Combermere, Viscount, i. 420; Constable of the Tower, ii. 393; Field-Marshal, iii. _146_

Companies, Limited Liability, statute passed, iii. _64_

Conroy, Sir J., comptroller to Duchess of Kent, i. 99

Conservatives in opposition, i. _56_; dissensions, ii. _1_; Corn Laws, ii. 66; ii. 83, 315, 384, 403; form a Government, ii. 412-430; Roebuck Motion, iii. 79, 226; Government of 1858, iii. _262_, 266; possible dissolution, iii. 283-292; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; defeat, iii. 341; iii. 362; overtures to Lord Palmerston, iii. _420_, 429

Consort, Prince (_see_ Victoria, Queen), parentage, i. 4; influence of Baron Stockmar, i. 26; his character, i. _28_; Princess of Hohenlohe's opinion of, i. 46; Queen's first impression of, i. 49; education of, i. 97, 109, 111; engagement to Queen Victoria, i. _141_, 188; visits Italy, i. 152; Queen's views, i. 177; description of, i. 186; arrival at Windsor, i. 188; religion, i. 196; question of a peerage, i. 198; the Declaration, i. 203, 204; his Household, i. 204, 206, 207; marriage with the Queen, i. _209_, 217; his grant, i. _209_, 214; appointed Regent, i. _209_; the Queen's confidential secretary, i. 28; name in Prayer Book, i. 249; on changes at Court, i. 256; visits Oxford, i. 291; his position on change of Government, i. 304; Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. 306; Fine Arts Commission, i. 332; lays foundation stone of Royal Exchange, i. 376; on duelling, i. _450_; domestic life, i. 464; to hold levees, i. 470, 471; reception at Birmingham, i. 509; his father's death, ii. 6; Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. 17; birthday, ii. _20_; French King's appreciation of, ii. 25; title rumours, ii. 34; interest in Osborne, ii. 42; attacks on, ii. 46; memo. on change of Government, ii. 61; council meeting, ii. 65; Sir R. Peel and memo. of their conversation, ii. 76; memo. on resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80, 83; on new Government, ii. 85; Sir R. Peel, ii. 93; his self-denial, ii. 129; visits King Louis Philippe at Claremont, ii. 163; and the unemployed, ii. 168; visit to York, ii. 184; visit with the Queen to Ireland, ii. 224; opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. 228; Exhibition of 1851, ii. _231_, 316-318; memo. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261; Mansion House speech, ii. 239; memos. on formation of a new Government, ii. 293, 297, 298, 300, 302, 306, 309, 310, 311; presides at Propagation of Gospel Meeting, ii. _319_; on Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. 345-347; his fondness for politics and business, ii. 362; and the Army, ii. 365; on resignation of Lord John Russell, ii. 367, 369, 371; on change of Government, ii. 374; command of Grenadier Guards and Rifle Brigade, ii. 392; on new appointments on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. 392; on national defences, ii. 398-400; on Free Trade Debate, ii. 404; on resignation of Lord Derby, ii. 412-413; on new Government, ii. 413, 415, 420; Lord Derby's opinion of, ii. 426; on change of Ministry, ii. 427; birth of Prince Leopold (afterwards Duke of Albany), ii. 444; congratulates Mr Gladstone on his Budget speech, ii. 446; memo. on Eastern Question, ii. 454, 456; memo. on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. 467; Press attacks on, iii. _1_, 3, _4_, 7, 8; interview with Emperor Napoleon, iii. _1_; President of Patriotic Fund, iii. _2_; memos. on Reform Bill, iii. _20_, 22, 23, 24; memo. of Government changes, iii. 33, 34; visits French Emperor, iii. _41_-43; memo. on Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. 58; visits the French Emperor, iii. _64_; memo. on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72; memos. on inability of Lord Derby and Lord John Russell to form a Government, iii. 83-96; memo. on Lord Palmerston's Government of 1855, iii. 97, 98; asks Lord Aberdeen to join new Government, iii. 98; memo. of interview with Mr Gladstone, iii. 107-109; on Austria's proposal of Crimean settlement, iii. 120, _127_; visits France, iii. 135; appointment of Sir W. Codrington, iii. 155; Queen's memo. on his status, iii. 192-194; title of Prince Consort conferred, iii. 196, 197, _197_; French Emperor's feeling towards England, iii. 232, 233; marriage of Princess Royal, iii. _261_, 263, 264; memo. on resignation of the Government, iii. 266-268; Danish Question, iii. _281_; memo. on Oudh Proclamation, iii. 284; memo. on Lord Derby and dissolution, iii. 289; visit to French Emperor at Cherbourg, iii. 295; memo. on Lord Palmerston, iii. 300; Lord Stanley's position with the Queen, iii. 301-303; tours of Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, iii. _411_; Princess Alice's engagement, iii. 415; state visit to Ireland, iii. _420_; Lord John Russell's despatch to America, iii. _421_; failure of health, iii. _421_; death of the Duchess of Kent, iii. 435-439; illness, iii. 468, 470; draft despatch to United States, last written by, iii. 469; slight rally, 472, 473; death, iii. _421_, 473

Conspiracy and Assassination Bill, iii. _266_

Constantin, expedition against, i. _43_; taken by France, i. 96

Constantine of Russia, Grand Duchess, ii. 7; iii. 466

Constantinople, i. 232; Russian Fleet ordered to, ii. 441, 452

_Constitution de la Belgique_, newspaper, i. 55

Constitution, the English, i. 358

_Constitutional_ newspaper, i. 53

Conyngham, Lady Maria, i. 12

---- Marchioness, i. 12

---- Marquess, Lord Chamberlain, i. 12, 74, 75, 84, 110, 121

Cooper, the Leicester Chartist, i. 424

Coorg, Princess of, iii. 54

Corbett, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Florence, iii. 310

Corigan, Dominic, Physician-in-Ordinary, ii. _136_

Cork, Queen Victoria's visit to, ii. 224; question of dockyard, iii. 151

Corn Laws, petition against, i. 148; debates on, i. 218, 265, 278, 280, _370_, 381, 415, _450_, 465; Anti-Corn-Law League, i. _370_, 415, 466; ii. _30_, 49, _383_; paragraph in the _Times_, ii. 48, 49; Lord John Russell's policy, ii. 59; Sir R. Peel's views, ii. 65, 66, 87; settlement, ii. 233; Earl Grey on, ii. 377; Mr Disraeli on, ii. 381

Coronation, i. 120, 127

Corry, H., ii. 306, 405

Cottenham, Earl of, Chancellor, i. 271, 308, 314; ii. 83

County and Borough Franchise, ii. 288

Couper, Sir George, iii. 254

Courvoisier murders Lord William Russell, i. _220_

Covent Garden Theatre, Free Trade meetings at, ii. 131

Coventry, Earl of, i. 91

Cowell, Major (afterwards Sir John), tutor to Prince Alfred, iii. _413_

Cowley, first Baron, Minister at Frankfort, i. 495

---- second Baron (created Earl 1859), ii. 146, 186, 275; Queen's high opinion of, ii. 285, 286; Ambassador at Napoleon's Court, ii. 397, 407; Napoleon's marriage, ii. 435; Eastern Question, iii. 115, 151, 153, 154, 160; council of war at Paris, iii. 168; honours, iii. 186; iii. 221; mission to Vienna, iii. _308_, 323, 324-326; rumoured treaty between France and Russia, iii. 330; terms of peace at Villafranca, iii. _359_, _360_; England's congress representative, iii. 375; Italian Question, iii. 384, 385; stormy interview with Napoleon, 390-394; French policy in Italy, iii. _412_

Cowper, Countess, i. 201

---- Lady Fanny, i. 121; her beauty, i. 123, 125; i. 266. _See_ also Jocelyn, Lady

---- Hon. William, Priv. Sec. to Lord Melbourne, i. 220; First Commissioner of Works, iii. 443

Cracow, ii. 72, 114

Crampton, Mr (afterwards Sir John), British Minister at Washington, dismissal of, iii. _219_; English Ambassador at St Petersburg, iii. 326

Cranworth, Lord, Lord Chancellor, ii. 420; iii. 103; Divorce Bill, iii. 231

Creptowitch, Count, Russian Ambassador, iii. _185_

Crimea, _see_ Eastern Question

Croker, Right Hon. J. W., Queen's declaration, i. 197

Crown, influence of the, i. 105; prerogatives of, iii. 294, 296

---- jewels, claim to, i. 439, 487

Crowther, Rev. Samuel, ii. 366

Crystal Palace, the Queen opens the, iii. _2_; visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. _117_; peace fete, iii. 190

Cullen, Dr, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. 281

Cumberland, second Duke of, i. 4; his character, i. 6, 72, 76. _See_ also Hanover, King Ernest of

---- third Duke of, _see_ Hanover, King George V.

Cureton, General, death of, ii. 212

---- Rev. Wm., recommended for Canonry, ii. 121

Custine, Marquis Astolphe de, _La Russie en 1839_, i. 501

Daily News, iii. 337

Dalhousie, Countess of, i. 397; death, ii. 450 ---- tenth Earl and first Marquess of, ii. 65, 84; Viceroy of India, ii. _142_; views as to the Punjab, ii. 196; Marquess, ii. _208_, 221; Queen's opinion of, ii. 212; Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242; Rangoon, ii. 380; Cinque Ports, ii. 393; India, ii. 400, 401; on his wife's death, ii. 450; correspondence with the Queen, iii. 38, 39, 45-48, 53; desires to retire, iii. 114; retirement of, iii. _159_, 179; reported failure to suppress insubordination in India, iii. _180_; Lord Canning succeeds him, iii. 179; iii. 292

Dalkeith, Queen's visit to, i. 430

Dalmeny, Lord, i. 489

Danish Law of Succession, ii. _358_; iii. 280

Darmes, attempts King Louis Philippe's life, i. _243_

D'Aubigny, Mons., ii. 20

Davis, Jefferson, President of the Southern States, iii. _421_

Davys, Rev. George, Dean of Chester, afterwards Bishop of Peterborough, instructor of Queen, i. 15, 38, 64

Dawes, Richd., Dean of Ripon, iii. 206

Dawson, Hon. Thomas Vesey, death at Inkerman, iii. 55

Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, iii. 277

Defences, national, ii. 396, 398-400; iii. 37

De Grey, Earl, Lord-Lieut, of Ireland, i. 309

Delane, John T., editor of the _Times_, ii. 263; and Germany, iii. 462

De la Warr, Elizabeth, Countess, i. 310

Delhi, revolt at, iii. _224_, 236; capture of, iii. 236

Democracy, progress of, ii. 385

"Democratic," definition of the term, i. 107

Denison, J. E., ii. 273; Speaker, iii. _223_

Denman, Lord, i. 469

Denmark, and Morocco, ii. 4; and Holstein, ii. 171, 222, 223, 249, 251, 270; peace concluded with Prussia, ii. 254, 255; Danish succession, ii. 320, 358

---- King of, letter to Queen Victoria, ii. 254

Derby, Earl of, _see_ Stanley

Despatches, method of dealing with, ii. 221, 222

Devonshire, Duke of, ii. _14_; iii. 202

Dhuleep Singh, Maharajah, Queen's impression of, iii. 39, 47, 54; iii. 219; Indian Mutiny, iii. 248, 252

Dietz, Mons., Governor of Prince Ferdinand, i. 54, 131

Dilke, Sir C. W., Baronet, iii. 477

Disbrowe, Sir Ed., British Minister at the Hague, i. 145, 409, 417

Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380

Disraeli, Benjamin, "Young England," ii. 16; "poisoned chalice," ii. _59_; protectionist, ii. _71_; attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. 79, 80; leader of Opposition, ii. _208_, 216, 248; motion on agricultural distress, ii. 285; protection, ii. 287; ii. 291, 301, 303, 363; on Palmerston's defence, ii. 364; _Endymion_, ii. _376_; Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 381; debate on dissolution, ii. 382, 384; Militia Bill, ii. 385, 386, 387; speech on Duke of Wellington, ii. 401; Free Trade, ii. 402, 403; and Gladstone, ii. 405; Budget speech, ii. 406; loss of office, ii. 415, 427; apology for his speech, ii. _428_; attack on the Government, iii. _38_; Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 79, 106; formation of Government of 1855, iii. 81, 84; attack on Lord John Russell, iii. _131_; preparation for war, iii. 192; attack on the Budget, iii. _224_, 226; China War debate, iii. 228, 229; speech on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239; return to office, iii. _261_; Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265; Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. 272; reports of the debates, iii. 274, 275, 277, 278; India Bill, iii. 279; Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_, _292_; and Lord Stanley, iii. 301; debate on the address, iii. 340; defeat of Government, iii. 341; and the Pope, iii. 358; and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. 429

Dissenters and Church Rates, iii. 323

Dissolution, prerogative of, ii. 91

Divorce Bill, iii. _224_, _231_

---- Court, Queen's objection to publication of proceedings in newspapers, iii. 378

Doabs, Eastern, disarmament of Sikhs, ii. 217

Dorset, Duke of, Master of the Horse, i. 12

Dost Mahommed, _see_ Afghanistan, Ameer of

Douglas, General Sir Howard, iii. _175_

---- Lord (afterwards Duke of Hamilton), marriage, i. 439

Douglas, Rev. Hon. A. (afterwards Bp. of Aberdeen and Orkney), iii. 102

Douro, Marchioness of, i. 486; ii. 5, 322

Doyle, Richard, i. _152_

Drayton Manor, Queen's visit to, i. 509

Dresden, ii. _219_

Dreux, ii. 159

Drummond, Edward, assassination of, i. 455, 456

---- Castle, Queen's visit to, i. 430

---- Henry, Member for West Surrey, iii. 76, 276

Druses, iii. _380_

Dublin, Archbishop of (Richard Whateley), Queen's opinion of, i. 62

---- fear of outbreak at, ii. 169; Queen's visit to, ii. 224

Duels, military, i. _450_, _485_

Dufferin, Marquess of, and story of Mrs Norton and the _Times_, ii. _48_

Duffield, Walter, ii. 41

Dumas, General, ii. 159

Duncannon, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Bessborough), Lord Privy Seal, afterwards Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 99, 133, 281, 308, 344; ii. 93; death, ii. 122

Duncombe, Thomas, M.P., Finsbury, iii. 79; Roebuck Committee, ii. 106

Dundas, Vice-Admral Sir James, Commander of Mediterranean Fleet, ii. _452_; iii. _1_, _116_

---- Rear-Admiral Richard, commands expedition to the Baltic, iii. _116_

---- Mr (afterwards Lord Melville), i. 357

---- Sir David, Convention of Cintra, iii. _175_

Dundonald, Earl of (formerly Lord Cochrane), iii. _9_

Dunfermline, Lord (formerly James Abercromby), Speaker, i. 98; iii. 230

Dungannon, Viscount, i. _133_

Dunkeld, Queen's visit to, i. 429

Dunmore, Countess of, Lady-in-Waiting, i. 384

---- Earl of, death, ii. 43

Durham, first Earl of, High Commissioner in Canada, i. _102_, 103, 104; rash conduct, i. 128, 133, 137; resignation, i. 137; i. _142_, 144, 155, 234

Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 437, 441-444, _449_, _452_-471; declaration of war with Russia, iii. _1_, 12, 13, _20_; Turkish success, iii. _36_; battle of the Alma, iii. _43_, 49; Inkerman, iii. _53_; Four Points negotiations, iii. _63_, 65; terms of settlement and final evacuation of the Crimea, iii. _158_, 182

East India Company, recall of Lord Ellenborough, ii. _1_, 9, 11; giving medals, ii. 200; Sir Charles Napier, ii. 259; position of Indian princes, iii. 47, 219; Mutiny, iii. _223_, 234, 237-248, 252; future Government of India, iii. 257

Eastlake, Sir Charles, Keeper of National Gallery, i. 338

Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, ii. _232_, 279, 281, _283_, 313, 314

Eckerforde, ii. 218

Eden, Lt.-Gen. John, C.B., iii. 39

Edinburgh, Queen's visit, i. 429

Education, Bullock's work on, ii. 214; committee on, ii. 390

Edwardes, Major, ii. 200

Egypt (_see_ also Ali, Mehemet) and the Four Powers, i. 227, 232, 242, _252_

Elchingen, Duc de, i. 83

Elcho, Lord (afterwards Earl of Wemyss), Government of 1855, iii. 98; new Foreign Office, iii. 443

Election, general 1836, i. _56_; on death of William IV., i. 80, 89; ii. 126; Corrupt Practices Bill, iii. 8

Elgin, Earl of, Governor in Jamaica, ii. 47, 94; treaty with Japan, iii. _262_; Postmaster-General, iii. 349

Elimar, Prince, of Oldenburg, iii. 458

Eliot, Lord, afterwards Earl of St Germans, i. 310

Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Queen Adelaide, death, i. 31

Ellenborough, Lord (afterwards Earl of), President of Board of Control, i. 163, 309, 326; Governor-General of India, i, 344; Indian warfare, i. 407, _443_; Somnauth proclamation, i. 445, 462, 468; Scinde controversy, i. 502; recall of, ii. _1_, 9, 18; Earldom, ii. 10; in office, ii. 65, 70; protectionist, ii. 306; and Lord Cochrane, iii. _10_; iii. 73, 81; President of Board of Control, iii. _262_, 272; Oudh despatch, iii. _281_, 282-289; resignation, iii. 282-285

Ellesmere, Earl of, death, iii. 227

Ellice, Mr, i. 144; ii. 92

Elliot, Captain, Chinese opium trade, i. _254_, 260, _261_; recalled, i. 265

---- Lady Fanny, i. 291

---- Lady Harriet, illness of, iii. _69_

---- Mr (afterwards Sir Henry), P.C., G.C.B., Plenipotentiary to Naples, iii. 356, 418

Elphinstone, General, capture of, i. _254_

---- Sir J. D. H., M.P. for Portsmouth, iii. 278

---- Baron, Governor of Bombay, iii. 313, 406

Ely, bishopric of, ii. 35

---- Marchioness of, iii. 378

Emlyn, Lord, marriage, i. 395

Enfield, iii. 212

England, troubles in Afghanistan, _254_, _370_, 373, 382, 385

---- and Austria, ii. _182_, 183, 187, 190, 380; Eastern Question, ii. _432_, 441, 444, 452; iii. _1_, 13, 25; proposed alliance, iii. _49_, 50, 65, 115, 118; Four Points, iii. 120, 144; ultimatum, iii. 152, 168, 182

---- and China, i. 260-262; successes in, i. 441; dispute with and ultimatum, iii. _223_, 226, _231_; treaty of Tien-tsin, iii. _262_, _381_; march to Pekin, iii. _381_

---- and Denmark, ii. 358

---- and France, i. 93, _209_, 230; ii. _1_, 19, 96, _120_; hospitality to King of, ii. 155; relations with as a Republic, ii. 206; on the Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 443, _452_, 458, 460, 470; alliance with, iii. _1_, 232; feeling against, iii. _261_, _264_

---- and Germany, ii. 274, 275, 276

---- and India (_see_ India)

---- and Italy, ii. 182, 186; Rome, ii. 279, 386, 387; Naples, iii. 140, 141

---- and Japan, treaty, iii. _262_

---- and Persia, war, iii. _159_

---- and Portugal, unpopularity, i. _57_; English fleet in the Tagus, ii. _109_; constitutional trouble, ii. 111, 118; conference, ii. _120_; policy in, ii. 179

---- Punjab, annexation of, ii. _208_

---- and Russia, i. 86; ii. 19; on the Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-445, _452_; iii. _1_, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14; declaration of war, iii. _19_; Crimea, iii. 24-32, 35, 36, 43; defeat at the Alma, iii. _43_, 44, 50; battle of Balaklava, iii. 50; Four Points, iii. _65_, 120; Sebastopol taken, iii. 141; Austrian ultimatum, iii. _152_; peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_; difficulty of enforcing settlement, iii. _159_-186, 213; Danish Question, iii. 439

---- and Spain, i. 433, 486, 487, 512; ii. _31_, 32, 44; marriage question, ii. 72, 95-108

---- Sweden and Norway, iii. _134_

---- and Turkey, Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 437, 441-445, _452_; iii. _1_, 11, _13,_ 19

England and United States of America, boundary dispute, i. _254_, 355, 368, 461; ii. _30_, _72_; rupture with, iii. _159_, _219_; _Trent_ affair, iii. _421_

England, General (afterwards Sir Richard), i. 402, 407

Enrique, Don, ii. 89, 90, 96, 98, 99, 103

Ense, Varnhagen, von, memoirs of, iii. 472

Erfurt, Diet of, ii. 229

Ernest, Prince, of Hohenlohe, death of, iii. 396

Ernest, King, of Hanover, i. _57_, 189. _See_ Cumberland, Duke of

---- Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, i. 48; arrival at Windsor, i. 188; i. 205; marriage, i. 380; bravery, ii. 218

Ernestine branch of Saxe-Coburg family, history of, i. 2

Erroll, Earl of, i. 300, 474

Espartero, Joaquin, Regent of Spain, i. _57_, 346

Este, Sir Augustus de, i. _489_

Esterhazy, Prince Paul, i. 115, 435

Eton College, ii. _21_; Montem, ii. 109; resignation of Dr Hawtrey, ii. 433; extra week's holiday, iii. 200; election of Provost, iii. 431

Eu, Chateau de, i. 181, 182; Queen's visit to, i. 490; ii. 23, 89

Eugenie, Empress of the French, _see_ Montijo

Eupatoria, disaster at, iii. _1_, _63_, _111_

Evans, Col. (afterwards Sir G. de Lacy), i. _44_, _57_; iii. _53_, 297

Examinations, competitive, iii. 10, _297_

Executions, public, ii. 38

Exeter, Bishop of, Gorham case, ii. _273_

Exeter, Marquess of, i. 312

Exhibition of 1851, in Hyde Park, ii. _231_, 239; success of, ii. _283_, 316, 317; ball at Guildhall, ii. 320

Factory Labour, Bill, ii. _1_, _115_

Fane, Hon. Julian, Secretary of Embassy, Vienna, iii. 370, _409_

Farnham, Queen's visit to, iii. 400

Fawcett, Col., shot in a duel, i. _485_

Featherstonhaugh, Mr., H.B.M. Consul, Havre, arranges escape of King Louis Philippe, ii. 156-160, 163

Feodore, Princess, of Leiningen, the Queen's half-sister, marriage to Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, i. 3, _33_; childhood, i. 18; i. 31, 37, 88, 125, 480, 510

Ferdinand, Maximilian Joseph, of Austria, Archduke, proposed marriage, iii. 211; marriage and death of, iii. _234_, _240_

---- Duke of Orleans, i. 234

---- _see_ Portugal, King of

---- II., King of Naples, i. 51; rising against, ii. _141_; illness and death, iii. 324

---- of Bulgaria, Prince, i. _431_

Feroz Shah, Prince, iii. 47

Ferozepore, ii. 74, _208_

Ferozeshah, ii. _31_, _76_

Fieschi attempts King Louis Philippe's life, i. 407

Fife, Earl of, Peerage, iii. 245

Fine Arts Commission, i. 332

Finlay, Mr, claim against Greek Government, ii. _231_, _239_

Finmark, guarantee of, iii. _134_

Fiscal Policy, ii. _292_

Fisher, Dr, _see_ Salisbury, Bishop of

Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus, i. 390

Fitzgerald, William Robert Seymour Vesey, Under Secretary for Foreign affairs, iii. 277, 445

---- Sir John, iii. 76

---- and Vesci, Lord, President of Board of Control, i. 347, 372

Fitzmayer, Col., iii. 182

Fitzwilliam, Earl, ii. 126-128

---- Lady Anne, i. 121

Flahaut, Madame de, ii. 39

Florence, visited by Prince Albert, i. 152; revolution in, iii. _308_

Follett, Sir William, i. 219; Solicitor-General, i. 469

Fonblanque, Albany, i. 412

Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii. _2_, _58_

Foreign Office, new, iii. 444

Foreign Secretary, duties of, ii. 264

Forey, General, iii. 455

Fortescue, second Earl, receives the Garter, iii. 157

---- Dudley, iii. 443

Fould, Achille, French Minister, iii. _333_, 418

Four Points, Crimean negotiations, iii. _63_, 65, 120, 154, _158_, 160-185

Fox, Charles James, i. 5, 391

---- Mr, British Minister at Washington, i. 355

France, attempts on life of King, i. _43_, 243, _408_; expedition to Constantin, i. _43_, _57_; heated debates in Chamber, i. 59, 63; Duke and Duchess of Orleans, i. 69; and England, i. 93, 97, _209_, 230; and the Peninsula, i. 94; in Africa, i. 96; sympathy with Belgium, i. _102_, 135; resignation of Ministry, i. 149, 151; Louis Bonaparte, i. _209_; Turco-Egyptian convention, i. 227; Eastern crisis, i. 231, 235-240; friendliness with England, i. 239, 244; Thiers Ministry dismissed, i. 242; possibility of revolution, i. 246-249; and Spain, i. 347, 351, 445; Spanish marriage, i. _488_; ii. 32, 44, _72_, 96-109; Queen Victoria's visit to, i. 490; friction with England, ii. _1_, 6, 21; England and Russia, ii. 19; hostilities with Morocco, ii. 20; fortification of Paris and Algerian trouble, ii. _31_; Syrian War, ii. 68; murder of Duchesse de Praslin, ii. _115_, 128; revolution, ii. _141_; abdication of King, ii. _149_; republic, ii. 148, 151; new Government, ii. 155, 172; national assembly, ii. _173_; the Royal Family, ii. 176; _entente cordiale_, ii. 186, 190; English Ambassador to, ii. 190, 206; Louis Bonaparte, President of Republic, ii. 205, 210, 214; relations with England, ii. 206; state of, ii. 238; _coup d'etat_ in Paris, ii. 334-340, 353; dispute with Russia, ii. _356_; and the Swiss Government, ii. 380; champion of Italian liberty, ii. 387; Bourbons, ii. 389; position of Louis Napoleon, ii. 390; assumes imperial title, ii. _406_; Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-444, _449_, 451-471; iii. _1_; fleet sent to Salamis, ii. _441_; and England, ii. _443_; alliance with England against Russia, iii. _1_, _6_, 13; and Sebastopol, iii. 43, 44; Inkerman, iii. 52; and the Four Points, iii. 120; success against Russia, iii. _135_; Queen's visit to, iii. 135, 136; fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143, 145; desire for peace, iii. 153; peace and terms of settlement, iii. _138_-185, 214, 215; rupture with King Ferdinand, iii. _158_, _159_; and Austria, iii. 168; bad state of army, iii. 180; feeling against England, iii. _261_, _264_; Italy and Sardinia, iii. _307_; war with Austria, iii. _310_, 314; reported treaty with Russia, iii. _328_; victories, iii. _353_; conclusion of peace, iii. _355_; Treaty of Zurich, iii. _374_; annexation of Savoy and Nice, iii. _379_; expedition to Pekin, iii. _381_; policy in Italy, iii. 412

Franchise, County and Borough, ii. 288, 289; Extension Committee, ii. 324; Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380, 381; based on personal property, iii. _307_; Borough, iii. _379_

Francis, attempts the Queen's life, i. _370_, 398, 405

---- II., King of Naples, flight to Gaeta, iii. _380_, 407

Frankfort, National Assembly at, ii. 174, _188_, _192_

Frederic of the Netherlands, Prince, iii. 458

---- Archduke, i. 431

Frederick, William Victor Albert (afterwards German Emperor), birth of, iii. 314; christening, iii. 324

Frederick I., _see_ Wuertemberg, King of

---- Augustus II., _see_ Saxony, King of

---- Crown Prince of Prussia, _see_ Prussia, Prince Frederick

Free Church of Scotland, founded, i. 448

Freemasons, i. 478

Free Trade, i. 382; ii. _132_, 248, 310, 313, 344, 384, 386, 390, _399_, 405, 427

Fremantle, Sir Thomas, afterwards Lord Cottesloe, i. 482

French, Emperor of the, _see_ Napoleon

---- Empress of the, _see_ Montijo, Mademoiselle de

French, King of the, _see_ Louis Philippe

---- Queen of the (Marie Amelie) (_see_ Louis Philippe), death, ii. 265

Frogmore, iii. 399; death of Duchess of Kent at, iii. 435-439, 447

Fueros, i. 188

Gaelic, in Highland schools, ii. 214

Gaeta, ii. 205

Gaillard, Gabriel Henri, _La Rivalite de la France et de l'Espagne_, i. 39

Gainsborough, Countess of, _see_ Barham, Lady

Gaisford, Very Rev. Thomas (Dean of Christchurch), iii. 148

Garbett, Mr, i. 374

Gardner, Lord, i. 291

Garibaldi, guerilla leader, iii. _308_; deputy for Nice, iii. _380_; and Sicilian insurrection, iii. _380_, 410; Lord J. Russell's letter to and reply, iii. 431, 432, 434

Geisel, Cardinal, iii. 457

George III., his politics, i. 5; family, i. 6

---- IV., marriage, i. 1; politics, i. 5; Queen's visit to, i. 11-13, 258; death, i. 19

---- V., of Hanover, _see_ Hanover

---- Prince, of Denmark, i. 214

Germany, King of Prussia on, ii. 137; effect of French Revolution, ii. _141_; anxiety in, ii. 167, 170, 174; Minor States, ii. 188, 189; interest in Lombardy, ii. 193; disorder in, ii. 199, 215; Imperial crown declined by King of Prussia, ii. 219; Union of Schleswig and Holstein, ii. 222, 249, 254; critical position of, ii. 229, 273, 275, 278; and England, ii. 274; constitutionalism, ii. 275; anxiety in, ii. 278; Diet, ii. 320; coronation, iii. 456-459; the Emperor's views, iii. 465

Ghent, disturbances at, i. 187

Gholab Singh, ii. 74

Gholam Mohammed, Prince, iii. 39

Ghuznee, surrender of, i. 402, _442_; Mahmood of, iii. 46

Gibraltar, Governorship of, ii. 201

Gilbert, Major-General, ii. 217

Girardin, Emile, ii. 149

Giurgevo, Turkish success at, iii. _1_, _35_

Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., Member for Newark, i. 220; President of Board of Trade, i. _370_; Corn Laws, i. 381; retirement, ii. _30_; Colonial Secretary, ii. 64, 65; ii. _71_, 248, 252, 302, 305, 306, 368; Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 381; education minute, ii. 391; Free Trade, ii. 403, 404; and Disraeli, ii. 405; Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 421; first Budget, ii. _431_, _446_; Prince Albert's congratulations, ii. 440; Eastern Question, ii. _454_; possible Leader, ii. 458; iii. 24; letter in the _Morning Chronicle_, iii. 8; Civil Service examinations, iii. 9, 10; Roebuck Motion, iii. 77, 79, 109; formation of Government of 1855, iii. 83, 86, 93, 94, 97, 98, 107; Chancellor of Exchequer, iii. 104; interview with Prince Albert, iii. 107; resignation, iii. 109; iii. 149; preparation for war, iii. 192; attack on Budget, iii. _224_, 226; Chinese dispute, iii. _228_; Divorce Bill, iii. _231_; High Commissioner to Ionian Islands, iii. _262_, 301, 309; Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265; refusal to join Government of 1858, iii. 270, 292; Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. 290; Crown prerogatives (India), iii. _295_; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. _307_; on the fate of the Government, iii. 341; Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. 349; and the Pope, iii. 357; Italian policy, iii. 367; rise in Income Tax, iii. _379_; desire to resign, iii. _379_; Budget import duties, iii. _388_; Bill for Abolition of Paper Duties thrown out, iii. 401, 402, _420_; threatens resignation, iii. 403; disagreement with Palmerston, iii. _420_, 423, 429

Glasgow, serious riot, ii. _141_; Queen opens Waterworks, iii. _308_

Glenelg, Lord, Colonial Secretary, i. _102_, 104

Glenlyon, Lord (afterwards Duke of Athole), i. 429; ii. 25

Gloucester, Duchess of (Princess Mary), i. 12, 31, 172, 194, 389; ii. 174

---- Duke of, character and politics, i. 7

---- Princess Sophia Matilda of, i. 480

Gluecksburg, Prince Christian of, _see_ Christian

Goblet, Albert Joseph, Count d'Alviella, i. 52

Goldie, Brig.-Gen., death at Inkerman, iii. _52_

Goodford, Dr, Headmaster of Eton College, elected Provost, iii. 431

Gordon, Col., Deputy Quartermaster-General, censure on, iii. _174_

---- Sir Robert, Ambassador to Vienna, i. 326, 359, 487, 512

Gorham, Mr, and the Bishop of Exeter, ii. _272_

Gortschakoff, Prince, iii. _135_; character, iii. 204, 334, 410

Gosford, Earl of, Governor of Lower Canada, i. _56_

Gotha, line extinguished, i. 2

Gough, Sir Hugh (afterwards Viscount), successes in China, i. 441; baronet, i. 444; successes in India, ii. _30_, _71_, _73_, 74; Commander-in-Chief in India, ii. _142_, _208_; superseded, ii. 215; Viscount, ii. 221

Goulburn, H., Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 309; ii. 37, 38, 306; Disraeli's attack on, ii. _428_

Gower, Lady Elizabeth (afterwards Duchess of Argyll), i. 449

---- Lady Evelyn Leveson, marriage, i. 489

Graham, Sir James, Home Secretary, i. 163, 219, _253_, 309, 448; public executions, ii. 38, 39; Corn Laws, ii. 49; takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85, 88; as to joining the Whig Cabinet, ii. 287, 293, 298, 305, 359, 368, 375; speech on Corn Duty, ii. 382; ii. 415; Colonial Office, ii. 421; and Disraeli, ii. _428_; India Bill, ii. 447; Eastern Question, ii. _454_, 455; position in the Government, ii. 458; speech at Reform Club, iii. _25_; Government of 1855, iii. 91, 93, 94, 97, 100; Admiralty, iii. 104; resignation, iii. 109; iii. 175, 190; Conspiracy Bill, iii. _265_; defeat of the Government, iii. 267-272; Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_; competitive exams., iii, 297; assailed by Disraeli, iii. _341_

Grahamstown, new See, ii. 448

Granby, Marquess of, iii. 76

Grantown, Queen's visit to, iii. 407

Granville, first Earl, Ambassador at Paris, i. 95, 181, 258

---- second Earl, ii. 261; Foreign Secretary, ii. _283_, 343, 344, 345, 348; audience with the Queen, ii. 349; Queen's view of Foreign Policy, ii. 351, 366, 372; resignation 1852, ii. 375; Board of Trade, ii. 421; iii. 34; Government of 1855, iii. 97; President of the Council, iii. 104; iii. 141; coronation of Czar, iii. _158_; iii. 196; his opinion of the Czar, iii. 203; Garter, iii. 227; China War debate, iii. 229; fails to form a Government, iii. _307_, 343; and the _Times_ disclosures, iii. 347; President of the Council, iii. 348; and the Pope, iii. 357; Sir James Hudson, iii. 377; Lord J. Russell's despatch to France, iii. 389

Graves, Lord, i. 12

Greece, throne of, i. 63; ii. 21, 199; case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. _231_, 234; appeal to Russia, and France, ii. _242_

Gregory XVI., Pope, interview with Prince Albert, i. 152; death, ii. _115_

Grenadiers, wounded from Crimea iii. 110

Grenville, Lord, i. 357

Greville, Charles, journal of, i. 285; and Lord Palmerston, ii. 263; iii. _300_

Grey, Sir George, Governor of Cape of Good Hope (afterwards Governor of New Zealand), iii. _201_; difficulties with Hottentots, Kaffirs, and Boers, iii. 225;

## action at Cape Town, iii. _238_

---- General, iii. 407, 473

---- second Earl, Prime Minister, i. 55; Reform Bill, i. 61; i. 283; illness, i. 512; death, ii. 43

---- third Earl, _see_ Howick, Lord

---- Sir George, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, i. 135; Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, i. 308; Home Secretary, ii. 60, 86; Chartist meeting, ii. 169; officers' commissions, ii. 185; ii. 237, 244, 261; on Palmerston's successor, ii. 346; seals of office given up, ii. 374; Home Office, ii. 468; Colonies, iii. _1_, 34; resignation of Lord John Russell, iii. 75, 76-78; Government of 1855, iii. 93, 95, 97, 98; Cabinet of 1855, iii. 103, 104, 149, 150; Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265; iii. 272; Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 349; on Sir James Hudson's appointment, iii. 377; _Trent_ affair, iii. 466

---- George Henry (son of the above), iii. 103

Grimston, Lady Mary, trainbearer to the Queen, i. 121; her beauty, i. 123

Groeben, General Count von der, iii. 16

Gros, Baron, ii. 235

Grosvenor, Lord, i. 202, 204, 207

---- Lord Robert (afterwards Lord Ebury), peerage, iii. 245

Guards, The, embarkation for the Crimea, iii. 14

Guelphic Order, ii. 5

Gueronniere, M. de la, _The Pope and the Congress_ pamphlet, iii. _313_, 382

Guilford, Earl of, _see_ North, Lord

Guizot, M., i. 237, 238, 321, 347, 348; ii, 6, 20, 44, 106, 108; a fugitive, ii. _141_; ii. 145, 153, 156, 162, 170, 263

Gujerat, ii. _208_, 217

Haddington, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, i. 309, 432; ii. 65

Hadfield, Mr, iii. 239

Halford, Sir Henry, Court Physician, i. 144, 477

Hall, Sir Benjamin (afterwards Baron Llanover), First Commissioner of Public Works, ii. _365_; iii. 135, 150

Hallam's _Constitutional History_, i. 435, 449

Hamilton, William, attempt on Queen's life, ii. 220

Hammond, Mr (afterwards Lord), permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Office, iii. 466

Hampden, Dr, Bishop of Hereford, ii. _115_, 135, 136, 139

Hanover, House of, history of, i. 1

---- constitution abrogated, i. _57_; Princess Royal's reception, iii. 454

---- King of (Ernest Augustus), the Queen's uncle, i. 6, 72, 76, 123, 126; claim to Crown jewels, i. 439; visit to the Queen, i. 477, 480-482; power to confer Orders, ii. 5; death, ii. 331; treatment of Prince Consort, iii. 192

---- King George V. of, marriage, i. 437; succeeds to the throne, ii. 334; ii. 449

Hanoverian Orders, ii. 5

Harcourt, Edward Vernon, Archbishop of York, i. _291_, 292

Hardinge, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount), i. 65; Secretary at War, i. 163, 279, 309; Governor-General of India, ii. 28, 29; settlement of Sikh boundaries, ii. 74; Queen's appreciation of, ii. 75, 77, 88; state of India, ii. 125; Ireland, ii. 188; audience with the Queen, ii. 376; Commander-in-Chief, ii. 393, 394, 396; Army promotions, iii. 39; Field-Marshal, iii. 146; Army discipline, iii. 152, 189; illness and resignation, iii. 197, 198; death and Queen's opinion of, iii. 210, 211

Hardwicke, first Earl, Lord Chancellor, i. _500_, 504

---- fourth Earl, i. 384, 497; ii. 23; Lord Privy Seal, iii. _272_

Harley, Lord (afterwards Earl of Oxford), i. 504

Harrow, extra week's holiday, iii. 200

Harrowby, Lord, iii. 149

Hartington, Lord (afterwards Duke of Devonshire), iii. 340

Hatzfeldt, Count, iii. _181_

Havelock, Colonel, death of, ii. _212_

---- General, Lucknow relief, iii. _224_, _238_, 249, _255_, 259; death of, iii. 259

Havre, flight of King Louis Philippe, ii. 157-160

Hawes, Mr, i. 220; ii. 83

Hawtrey, Dr, Headmaster of Eton College, i. 339; Montem, ii. 109; resignation, ii. 433

Hay, Lord John, i. _44_, _57_

Haynau, General, attack on, ii. _231_, 267, 269, 402

Hayter, Mr, artist, i. 338

---- Mr (afterwards Sir William), Liberal Whip, iii. 227

Head, Sir Francis, i. _56_

Heath, Captain, H.M.S. _Sanspareil_, iii. 70

Heathcote, Sir William, iii. 292

Helena, Princess (afterwards Princess Christian), ii. 220

Henley, J. W., iii. 78; President of Board of Trade, iii. 272; withdrawal from Ministry, iii. _307_

Hennessy, John Pope (afterwards Sir), M.P., iii. 445

_Henri IV._, French warship, loss of, at Balaklava, iii. 56

Herat, i. 327; iii. _159_; siege of, iii. _199_

Herbert, Sidney (afterwards Lord Herbert of Lea), ii. _48_, 49, 84, 368; Militia Bill, ii. 388; Free Trade debate, ii. 405, 415; Admiralty, ii. 421; sends out Florence Nightingale, iii. _62_; Roebuck Motion, iii. 76; formation of Government of 1855, iii. 83, 87, 91, 97, 99; Cabinet, iii. 103, 104; resignation, iii. 109; Lord Palmerston, opinion of, iii. 149, 150; declines to join the Government, iii. 150; Secretary for War, iii. 349; England's interference with Italy, iii. 364; illness and death, iii. 422

Herries, Rt. Hon. J. C., ii. 291, 303

Hesse-Cassel, ii. _272_

Hesse, Prince Charles of, iii. 458

Hever Castle, Queen's visit to, i. 37

Heytesbury, Lord, Governor of Isle of Wight, i. 326, 330

Highland Volunteers, i. 429

Highlanders, 92nd, i. 429

Hill, Viscount, Commander-in-Chief, i. 100, 263; resignation and death, i. 419, 420, _421_, 446

---- Lord Marcus, i. 300

Hilliers, Gen. Baraguay de, at capture of Bomarsund, iii. _36_

Hindoos, public offices opened to, ii. 29; remarriage of widows, iii. _223_, 235; Indian Mutiny, iii. _224_, 252; address to the Queen, iii. 399

Hobhouse, Sir John Cam (afterwards Lord Broughton), President of Board of Control, i. 62, 281; ii. 86, 287

Hohenlohe, House of, history of, i. 3

---- Langenburg, Ernest, Prince of, i. 3; marriage, i. 33; ii. 402; question of his daughter's marriage, ii. 429

---- Hermann, Prince, of, iii. 396

---- Princess of, _see_ Adelaide, Princess; Feodore, Princess

Hohenzollern, Prince of, iii. 457

Holland, Dr (afterwards Sir Henry), Court Physician, i. 237, 438; ii. 8; Prince Consort's last illness, iii. 473

---- and Belgian dispute settled, i. _43_, _102_, _142_, 145, 146; King Leopold's views on, i. 152; and England, i. 117-120; Queens visit to, ii. _44_

---- King William I. of, i. _188_; abdication, i. _210_, 351

---- King William II. of, as Prince of Orange, suitor to the Queen, i. 1; becomes King, i. _210_; i. 379, 380, 409; visit to the Queen Sophia Frederica, ii. 42

---- King William III. of, visit to King Leopold, iii. 454

---- Queen of, visit to England, iii. 240

Holland, Lord, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, i. 245

Holstein, union with Schleswig, ii. _222_, 249, 250, 251, 258, 270

Holy Alliance, i. _44_

Holyrood Palace, ii. 266; iii. 50

Honfleur, ii. 157, 159

Hong-Kong, i. 261, 262; cession of, to England, i. _370_; ii. 4

Hooghly River, iii. 250

Hope, A. J. (afterwards Beresford-Hope), iii. 8

Horsman, Mr, M.P., iii. 276, 404

Hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers, iii. 113

Hotham, Admiral Sir William, i. _216_

House Tax, ii. _407_, 411

Household appointments, ii. 373, 376

Howard, Charles, i. 419

---- de Walden, Lord, British Minister at Lisbon and Brussels, i. 96, 131, 133, 356, 485; ii. 95

Howden, Lord (formerly Sir John H. Caradoc), British Minister at Rio Janeiro and Madrid, ii. 133, 241, 323, 390

Howick, Lord (afterwards third Earl Grey), views on Canadian affairs, i. 98, 100; on civil government of the Army, i. 147; Corn Laws, i. 465; and Lord Palmerston, ii. 59; possible Colonial Secretary, ii. 59; Ireland, ii. 84; his party, ii. 86; views on resignation of Government, ii. 375; iii. 80, 81, 86, 89, 90; iii. 192; South Africa, iii. 201; refusal to join the Government of 1858, iii. 270

Howley, Dr, _see_ Canterbury, Archbishop of

Huebner, Baron, Austrian Ambassador at Paris, ii. 422; iii. _310_, 321, 327

Hudson, Sir J., British Envoy at Turin, ii. 386; iii. 161, _333_; peace at Villafranca, iii. _359_; iii. 375, 440

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), _Napoleon le Petit_, ii. _391_

Hull, Queen's visit to, iii. 49

Hume, Joseph, i. 60, 90, 147; ii. 70, _123_

Humiliation, days of, Queen's views on, iii. 19, 20; national prayer and humiliation, iii. 247, 248

Hummelauer, Baron, ii. 174

Hungary, submission of, ii. _208_, 223

Hunt, Mr Leigh, i. 412

Huskisson, Mr, i. 278

Hutchinson, Mrs, biographer of her husband, i. 52

Ibrahim Pasha, (son of Mehemet Ali), i. _142_, 246

_Idees Napoleoniennes_, ii. 374

Income Tax, Queen's decision to pay, i. 387; iii. 36; Bill, i. 403, 405; raised, ii. _141_, 303, 307, 312, 388; reduction for farmers, ii. 406; ii. _431_; iii. 226; increase, iii. _379_; reduction, iii. _420_

Indemnity Act, iii. _224_, _256_

India (_see_ Afghanistan and East India Co.), policy as to Herat, i. 327-329; reinforcements for China, i. 336; success in, i. 481; retention of the Scinde, i. 502; recall of Lord Ellenborough, ii. _1_, 9, 18, 19; education, ii. 28; public offices opened to Hindoos, ii. 29; Sikhs aggressive, ii. _30_; Sikhs defeated, ii. _71_; extension of boundaries, ii. 74; prosperity under British rule, ii. 125; origin of Sikh War, ii. _142_; necessity of making Punjab a British province, ii. 196; successful operations against Sikhs, ii, _208_, 217; safety of English prisoners, ii. 217; disarmament of Sikhs, ii. 217; annexation of the Punjab, ii. 220; state of, ii. 400; honours to Duke of Wellington, ii. 401; India Bill, ii. _431_, 447; satisfactory state of, iii. 45-48, 53; troops for the Crimea, iii. 46; Oudh placed under British control, iii. _159_; Mutiny in, iii. _223_, _235_, 235-238; Lucknow, iii. _243_, _248_, 249; Cawnpore, massacre of garrison, iii. _247_, _248_, 249; future government of India, iii. 257, _262_, _293_; Oudh Proclamation, iii. _262_, _281_, 282; Indian Army organisation, iii. 282, _295_, 302; proclamation, iii. 298; title of Viceroy, iii. 304; religious question, iii. 304; army question, iii. 317-320; termination of the Mutiny, iii. 350; status of Bussahir, iii. 360; titles and honours, iii. 387; letters of thanks to civil servants, iii. 399

Indus, ii. 74

Inkerman, battle of, iii. _252_; account of the battle, iii. 54-56

Insanity, plea of, i. 469

Inverness, Duchess of (wife of Duke of Sussex), i. 479, 480

Ionian Islands, constitution of, iii. 301

Ireland, Secret Societies, i. _43_; Municipal Corporations Bill, i. _56_, 66; Tithe Bill, i. 66; and O'Connell, i. 130; Committee for, i. 149; registration, i. 265; repeal agitation, i. _450_; Arms Bill, i. 482; indictment of O'Connell, ii. _1_; report of Potato Commission, ii. 48; failure of potato crop, ii. 53; Coercion Bill, ii. _71_, 79, 81; Queen's proposed visit to, ii. 93, 95, 127; alarming state of, ii. _141_, 170, 188; Queen's visit to, ii. _208_, 223, 224; enthusiasm of people, ii. 226; brevet promotions, ii. 227; another visit to, iii. _420_

Irun, capture of, i. _57_

Isabella, Queen, of Spain, i. 59, 62; guardianship of, i. 346; proposed marriage of, i. 349, 432, 485, 486, 487, 512; ii. 4, _31_, 32, 44, _71_, 90, 96, 107, 389; iii. 6, _51_

Ismail, surrender of, iii. _159_

Issendorf, M. de, iii, 455

Isturitz, Senor, Spanish statesman, flight, i. _44_; ii. 97, 99

Italy, special mission to the Vatican, ii. 128; revolution, ii. _141_; and Austria, ii. 174; and England, ii. _182_, 183, 187, 386, 387; Piedmontese successes in Northern, ii. _191_, 191, _208_, 213; and Austria, iii. 306, 322; proposed congress and war, iii. 324-354; Pope's opinion of Italians, iii. 357; insurrection at Perugia, iii. 358; Treaty of Zurich and congress to settle Italian affairs, iii. _374_, _379_; French policy in, iii. 412; summary of events in 1861, iii. _420_; Palmerston's views on, iii. 427, 428

Jackson, Serjeant J. D., Irish Solicitor-General, i. 352, 354

Jamaica, troubles in, and constitution of, i. _102_, _141_, 153; Bill, i. 176

James, Edwin, successful defence of Dr Bernard, iii. _274_

Japan, treaty with, iii. _262_

Jarnac, Count, French Ambassador, ii. 21, 160

Jaux, M. de, ii. 429

Jenkinson, Lady Louisa, i. 121

Jenner, Dr (afterwards Sir William), Physician-Extraordinary to the Queen, in attendance on Prince Consort, iii. 473, 476

Jersey, Earl of, Master of the Horse, i. 310

Jewish Disabilities Bill, iii. _224_

Jocelyn, Lord, on Free Trade, ii. 403

---- Lady, i. 380; iii. 427; _see_ also Cowper, Lady Fanny

John, Archduke, younger son of the Emperor Leopold II, i. 431; ii. 171, 188, 191, 193

---- Prince of Portugal, brother of King Pedro, iii. 457

Joinville, Prince de, i. 94, 452, 480; imprudent _brochure_, ii. _1_, 11, 24, 27; ii. 148, 153, 167, 192, 267, 337, 353; gallant deed, ii. 192; accident to, iii. 324

---- Princess de, i. 178, 490

Jones, Sir John Thomas, _Wars in Spain_, i. 38

---- Mr, Vice-Consul at Havre, ii. 157

Jowett, Rev. B., Fellow of Balliol College, Professor of Greek, iii. 148

Kaffir War, iii. 201

Kainardji, Treaty of, ii. _431_, _452_, 464

Kalampaka, engagement at, iii. _37_

Karak, island of, iii. _4_

Kars, fortress of, iii. _64_, _159_, 178, 179, _208_

Keane, Sir John (afterwards Lord), Cabul, i. _142_

Kellerman, General, and Convention of Cintra, iii. _175_

Kellersberg, Baron, iii. _328_

Kennedy, Mr, removed from Crown Office, iii. 61

Kennington Common, Chartist meeting, ii. 169

Kensington Palace, Queen's birth-place, i. 8; Queen's early recollections of, i. 10; proposal to build National Gallery on site of, ii. 315

Kent, Duchess of (Queen's mother), biography of, i. 3, 4, 8, 9; character and disposition, i. 9; Parliamentary Grant, i. 9; education of Princess Victoria, i. 14-17; Parliamentary Grant increased, i. 19; estrangement with William IV., i. 19; visit to Belgium, i. 287; ii. 177; illness of, iii. 335; Frogmore, iii. 399; Edinburgh, iii. 405; present at Volunteer Review, iii. 406; death, iii. _420_, 435-439

---- Duke of (Queen's father), politics and philanthropic views, i. 5; biography, i. 8; sudden death, i. 9

Kertsch, successful attack on, iii. _64_, _126_

Khalsad army, surrender of, ii. 216

Khyber Pass, i. _370_, 402

Kinburn, citadel of, iii. _64_

King, Mr Locke, ii. 288, 295

---- Rev. Bryan, iii. _417_

Kinglake, Mr, _Invasion of the Crimea_, iii. _31_, 36, _111_

Kingstown (Ireland), Queen Victoria's visit to, ii. 225

Kinsky regiment, loss of twenty-four officers, ii. 219

Kirkpatrick, William, ii. _435_

Kisseleff, General, Russian Ambassador, iii. 393

Klebelsberg, Countess, marriage, i. 13

Knatchbull, Sir Edward, Paymaster-General, i. 279, 309

Knightley, Rainald (afterwards Sir), M.P., iii. 76

Knollys, Sir William, K.C.B., iii. _39_

Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. _208_; history of, ii. 242

Kokan, Khan of, iii. 45

Koller, Baron, Austrian Ambassador, ii. 267-269

Koenigsberg, crowning of King and Queen of Prussia, iii. _420_

Kossuth, Louis, champion of Hungarian freedom, flight of, ii. _208_; visit to England, ii. _283_; reception by Lord Palmerston, ii. 324-331, 440, 441; iii. 432

Lablache, Luigi (Queen's singing master), i. 50, 62, 89

Labouchere, Mr (afterwards Lord Taunton), President of the

Board of Trade, i. 262, 281, 308; Government of 1855, iii. 91, _150_, 190, 272

Labour Bill, Mines, i. _370_; Factories, ii. _1_

Laeken, Royal Palace in Belgium, i. 34

Lagos, capture of, ii. 366

Lahore, ii. 217

Lamartine, M., ii. _173_, _174_

Lambeth Palace, i. 388

Landgravine, Princess Elisabeth, i. 212

Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry (1802-1873), artist, i. 396, 397

Langdale, Lord, Master of the Rolls, i. 335

Lansdowne, Marquess of, Lord President of the Council, i. 74, 281; ii. 83, 86, 236, 237; Government crisis, ii. 290, 308, 310, 413-417; in the Cabinet, ii. 424; Reform Bill, ii. 468; and Lord John Russell, iii. 58; formation of the Government of 1855, iii. 85-89, 90, 93, 94, 97, 98, 102; Cabinet, iii. 103, 104; his ministerial life, iii. _104_; iii. 190; declines a dukedom, iii. _246_

Laporte, i. 220

La Susse, French Admiral, ii. 26

Lavradio, M., Portuguese statesman, i. 58

Law, administration of, ii. 67

---- Lords, want of, iii. 145

Lawrence, Sir Henry, Military Administrator at Oudh, death at Lucknow, iii. _224_, 242

Lawrence, Mrs George, courage of, ii. 217

---- Sir J., Oudh Proclamation, iii. 286

Layard, Mr, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, iii. 76, 98, 376, 443-447

Lee, Dr James Prince (afterwards Bishop of Manchester), ii. 131

Leeke, Admiral Sir Henry, capture of Bushire, iii. _159_

Lefevre, Mr Shaw (afterwards Viscount Eversley), Speaker, i. 141, 176; iii. _223_, 230

Lefroy, John Henry, Inspector-General of Army Schools, iii. 220

Lehzen, Baroness (Queen's governess), i. 12, 14, 25, 122, 224

Leicester, Earl of, i. 350

Leigh, Mr Pemberton (afterwards Lord Kingsdown), ii. 284; iii. 145; declines Lord Chancellorship, iii. 271

Leiningen, House of, history of, i. _9_

---- Prince of, marriage, i. 3; death, i. 9

---- Prince Charles of (son of above), i. 13, 120, 125, 126; ii. 188; death, iii. _216_, 217

---- Princess Feodore, _see_ Feodore

Leith, proposed dockyard at, iii. 151

Le Marchant, Sir John Gaspard, Lieut. Gov. of Nova Scotia, iii. 189

Lennox, Lady Caroline, i. 121

Leopold, Prince (afterwards Duke of Albany), birth, ii. 444

---- Duke of Brabant (afterwards 2nd King of the Belgians), i. 59; ii. 6

---- 1st King of the Belgians, birth and parentage, i. 4, 22; Queen's reminiscences of, i. 10, 11, 13, 22; kindness to Duchess of Kent, i. 11; influence on, and kindness to the Queen, i. 19, 22, 23; in the Russian army, refusal of throne of Greece, i. 22; accepts Belgian throne, gallantry in war, a model ruler, i. 23; nature of correspondence with the Queen, i. _27_; Queen Victoria's first letter to, i. 32; valuable advice to Queen Victoria, i. 37; newspaper abuse of, i. 53; birth of second son, i. 63; visit to the Queen, i. 91; Belgian interests, i. 134, 151, 152, 153; England and France, i. 227-251; views on dissolution, i. 282-289; Queen's visit to, i. 492, 493; friendship with Queen Victoria, ii. 10; views on Czar's visit to England, ii. 19; letters on King Louis Philippe's visit to England, ii. 23, 25; birthday letter to the Queen, ii. 39; on state of Germany, ii. 167; failure of insurrection, ii. _172_; Louis Bonaparte, ii. 213; state of France, ii. 238, 342; on death of Sir Robert Peel, ii. 255; illness of Queen Louise, ii. 266; the Sovereign "People," ii. 379; on Victor Hugo, ii. 391; on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. 395; the Empress of the French, ii. 436; Eastern Question, ii. 441, 443; Press attacks on Prince Consort, iii. 5; visits the Queen, iii. 133; on the conclusion of the war, iii. 172, 185; iii. 195; review of Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. _198_; as to decorating Duke of Westmorland, iii. 202; Princess Charlotte's proposed marriage, iii. 207; on death of Prince Charles of Leiningen, iii. 216; marriage of Princess Charlotte, iii. 234, 240; on the Queen's visit to Napoleon, iii. 295; Napoleon's desire for war, iii. 315; Napoleon and the Pope, iii. 382; Italian Question, iii. 386; Prince of Wales's visit to Canada, iii. 404; Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, iii. _406_; letter to the Queen, iii. 414; death of Duchess of Kent, iii. 435-439, 451; sympathy for Prince Consort's illness, iii. 471, 472

Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg, ii. 89, 97, 98

Letters, Sunday delivery, ii. 244

Levis, Duc de, i. 507

Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, Chancellor of Exchequer, iii. _109_; Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116; Budget, iii. _224_; Income Tax, iii. 226; financial crisis, iii. 255; Home Secretary, iii. 348; St Juan dispute, iii. 373

Lhuys, M. Drouyn de, French Foreign Minister, ii. 262; and Russian loan, iii. 35; Austria's proposed terms of Crimean settlement and resignation, iii. 120

Liberals (_see_ Whigs), small majority, i. 176; gains at election, 1839, ii. 126, 458; Lord Palmerston's followers, the Liberal Party, iii. _110_; Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_, _291_; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; Lord Palmerston forms a Government, iii. _307_, 344-349

Liddell, Mr, iii. 239

Liechtenstein, Prince and Princess of, i. 433

Liege, iii. 453

Lieven, Princess de, i. 85, 88

Ligne, Prince de, i. 109

Lincoln, Abraham, President, United States, iii. _421_

---- Bishop of (John Kaye), report as to Queen's education, i. 14-16

---- Earl of (afterwards (T.N.: 1851) fifth Duke of Newcastle), Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, i. 466; ii. 84; ii. 294, 300, 346, 350, 354, _360_, 420, 448-449, _455_, 468, 471; Secretary of State for War, iii. _1_; Marshal St Arnaud, iii. _30_; hospital at Scutari, iii. 61; Lord J. Russell's resignation, iii. 73, 75, 80, 91, 97; Knight of the Garter, iii. 145, 154, 156; refuses to join Government of 1858, iii. 271; Colonial Secretary, iii. 349; tour with Prince of Wales, iii. _380_, _405_, 414

Lind, Jenny, ii. 123

Lindley, Dr, Irish Commissioner on potato disease, ii. 48

Lindsay, Lady Charlotte, i. 358

Lisbon, revolution, i. 54; run on the bank of, ii. _90_

Liverpool, bank failures, ii. _131_

---- third Earl of, biography of, i. _50_, 165; Lord Steward, i. 169, 310; ii. 85, 89; death of, ii. 323

Llanover, Baron, _see_ Hall, Sir B.

Lloyd, Thomas Davies, Baronetage, iii. 477

Lochnager, Queen's visit to, ii. 322

Loftus, Lord A., iii. 153

Login, Sir John, iii. 248; Oudh Proclamation, iii. 286

Lombardy, ii. _178_, _182_, _183_, _186_, 191, 194, 198; ceded to Sardinia, iii. _308_

London, Bishop of (C. J. Blomfield), report on Queen's education, i. 14-16, 340; Papal aggression, ii. 281; iii. 416; (A. C. Tait), Divorce Bill, iii. 231

Londonderry, Marquis of, Ambassador at Vienna, i. 420; ii. 287; Garter, ii. 391, 393

Longley, Charles Thomas, Bishop of Durham (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury), iii. _206_

Lonsdale, John (Bishop of Lichfield), ii. _35_

---- Earl of, ii. 392

Loodiana, ii. 74

Lords, House of, increase of appellate jurisdiction, iii. _158_; powers in Money Bills, iii. _379_, 401; throw out Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401, 403; privilege resolutions, iii. 404

---- Justices, question of, ii. 44

Louis XVIII., character of, i. 53

Louis Napoleon, _see_ Napoleon

---- Philippe, King of the French, biography of, i. 4; Belgian throne, i. 22; attempted assassination of, i. _43_, 243, 407; letters to the Queen, i. 77; ii. 27, 57, 78, 146, 160; proposed visit to the Queen, i. 181, 182; ii. 21-22; and English Government, ii. _1_, 21, 27, 68; letter from the Queen on resignation of Sir R. Peel and reply, ii. 69, 78; ii. 89; the Spanish marriages, ii. _71_, 90, 102, 105, 107; ii. 118; abdication, ii. _141_, _148_; death of his sister, ii. 143-147; flight of, ii. 149, 152, 153-165; gratitude to the Queen, ii. 160; ii. 169; Queen Victoria's view of his policy, ii. 170, 172; position of, ii. 177, 183, 204; illness and death, ii. _231_, 238, 265; compared with Napoleon III. in knowledge, iii. 124

Louis, Prince, of Hesse (afterwards Grand Duke Louis IV.), engagement to Princess Alice, iii. 405, 415, 418, 419

---- Mrs (Queen's dresser), i. 10, 14, 110; death, i. 111

Louisa, Princess, of Hesse, ii. 358

Louise (Queen of the Belgians), marriage and correspondence with the Queen, i. _28_; her character, i. 34; letter on the Queen's engagement, i. 192; on death of the Duke of Orleans, i. 413, 414; ii. 7; on her father's visit to England, ii. 21, 22, 23; sorrow at Madame Adelaide's death, ii. 143-145; French Revolution and her father's flight, ii. 150; illness, ii. 266; death, ii. 266, _267_; ii. 271

---- Princess, of Belgium, birth, iii. 276, 397

Loewenstein, Prince William of, i. 490

Loyd, Mr Jones (afterwards Lord Overstone), ii. 130

Lucan, Lord, censure on, iii. _175_

Lucca, Duke of, i. 148

Lucknow, iii. 177; mutiny and siege of, iii. _224_, 238; relief of, iii. _248_, 254, 259, _262_, 278

Luitpold of Bavaria, Prince, iii. 458

Lushington, Dr Stephen, Admiralty Judge, i. 62, 277; refuses a life peerage, ii. 284; iii. 145; on right to search ships, iii. 466

Luxemburg, i. _43_, _102_

Lyndhurst, Lord, Lord Chancellor, i. 163, _253_, 308; ii. 368; on Russia's aggressiveness, iii. _35_; title of Prince Consort, iii. 196, _197_; Divorce Bill, iii. 231, 232

Lynedoch, Lord, death, i. 512

Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, K.C.B. (afterwards Earl Lyons), the Pope's appreciation of, iii. 310; United States dispute, iii. 469

---- Sir Edmund, commands Mediterranean Fleet, iii. _116_

Lyttelton, Lady (governess to the Royal children), i. _390_, 394; ii. 3

---- Lord, iii. 190

Lytton, _see_ Bulwer Lytton

M'Caskill, Sir John, death, ii. 76

M'Culloch, Mr, ii. 303

Macaulay, T. B. (afterwards Lord Macaulay), Secretary at War, i. _141_; China debate, i. 219; in favour of dissolution, i. 281, 308; on Somnauth Proclamation, i. 469; Maynooth grant, ii. _37_; defeat at Edinburgh, ii. 126; peerage, iii. 245

Macdonald, Captain, iii. _462_

---- Lt.-Col. Hon. Bosville, iii. 70

---- Miss, ii. 220

Macmahon, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265

Macnaghten, Sir William, envoy at Cabul, i. _209_, 383; death, i. 386

MacNaghten, Daniel, assassin, i. 455-459; pronounced insane, i. 468, 469

MacNeill, Sir John, iii. _175_

Madiai, release of the, ii. 443

Magenis, Arthur Charles (afterwards Sir), Minister at Stockholm, iii. _133_

Magenta, Duc de, iii. 461

Magnan, Marshal, iii. 136

Mahmoud, Sultan, war with Pasha of Egypt, i. _141_; successor, i. 182

Mahon, Lord (afterwards fifth Earl Stanhope), _History of England_, i. 436, 449

Malakhoff batteries, attack on, iii. _64_, _128_

---- Duc de, _see_ Pelissier

Malcolm, Major, i. 446

Malegnano, Austrians defeated at, iii. _308_

Malmesbury, Earl of, memoirs, ii. _2_; Foreign Secretary, ii. 372-374, 397; Napoleon's title, ii. _406_; secret protocol, ii. 408; question of Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-410, 422; iii. 190; Foreign Secretary, iii. _272_; Orsini incident, iii. 273, 274; Danish Question, iii. 280; and Italy, iii. 305; proposed congress to settle Italian difficulties, iii. 325-335, _341_, _362_; Peers and Money Bills, iii. _379_; and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. 423, 429

Malta, English Church for, i. 138

Maltby, Dr Edward, Bishop of Durham, i. _122_; ii. _273_

Mamelon, capture of, iii. _64_, _126_

Manchester, riot, i. 422-424; Chartist fiasco, ii. 169

---- Duchess of (afterwards Duchess of Devonshire), Mistress of the Robes, iii. 454

Mangles, Mr, of East India Company, iii. 239

Mann, Sir Horace, i. 389

Manners, Lord John (afterwards seventh Duke of Rutland), ii. _17_; Commissioner of Works, iii. 272; on John Bright, iii. _394_; on new Foreign Office, iii. 443

Manning, Marie, her execution, ii. _269_

Mansfield, Colonel, military adviser at Constantinople, iii. 154

---- Earl of, i. 429

Manteuffel, Baron, President of Prussian Ministry, iii. _19_, 153, _181_

Maria, Donna, _see_ Portugal, Queen of

Mario, opera singer, ii. 253

Maritime Law, International, iii. _183_

Markham, General, death, of, iii. 153

Marmora, General La, Sardinian General, iii. _66_, 134, _135_, 168

Maronites, iii. _380_

Marriage Act, i. _43_

Marston, North, repair of church, ii. _392_

Martin, Rev. Francis, bursar, Trinity Coll., Cambridge, i. 348

---- Sir Theodore, _Life of Prince Consort_, iii. _41_, _137_; last draft prepared by Prince Consort, iii. 469

Mary, Princess, _see_ Gloucester, Duchess of

---- of Cambridge, Princess (afterwards Duchess of Teck), proposed marriage of, iii. _206_, 209

Maryborough, Lady, i. 223

Mason, Mr, Confederate Envoy, iii. 466

Mathew, Father, ii. 88

Maule, Mr Fox, _see_ Panmure, Lord

Maundy money, ii. 37

Maurice, Rev. F. D., ii. 46

Maximilian, Archduke, _see_ Ferdinand

Mayne, Richard, Commissioner of Police, ii. 169

Maynooth Roman Catholic College, grant, ii. _30_, 36, 37, 75

Mazzini, ii. 440; iii. _359_

Mecklenburg, Prince Charles of, i. 6

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederic William, Grand Duke of, i. 431, _435_

Medals, Peninsular, ii. 109-113; East India Company, ii. 200; Crimea, iii. 56, 116; distribution of, iii. 127

Medjid, Abdul, Sultan, i. 182; interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. 27

Meer Shere Mahommed, i. 481

Meerut, revolt at, iii. _224_

Melbourne, Viscount, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, i. 20; Ministry, i. 24; i. 67; Queen's confidence in and appreciation of, i. 74, 79, 158, 159, 174, 189, 192; letter to Queen on accession, i. 74; interview with Queen, i. 76; arrangements for King William IV.'s funeral, i. 80, 81; King Leopold's appreciation of, i. 81, 82, 87, 116, 134, 145, 175, 190; Duke of Wellington's opinion of, i. 83; indisposition, i. 84; politics, i. 89; visit to the Queen, i. 92; Canadian troubles, i. 98, 99, 100, 103, 127-129, 133, 135-137; i. _102_; Coronation arrangements, i. 114, 115; Belgium and Holland, i. 118, 135; ceremony, i. 122-125; Cabinet crisis, i. 147, 149, 150; resignation, i. 154, 155; advises the Queen, i. 155, 156, 160, 161, 162, 164; Queen's distress at parting, i. 156, 159; Queen's refusal of Peel's terms, i. 167; Prince Albert's declaration, i. 196; Turco-Egyptian Convention, i. 227-232; overtures to France, i. 231; Eastern difficulties, i. 237-239; criticism on his future correspondence with the Queen, i. _254_, 330, 331, 340, 353, 360, 361; Ministry in jeopardy, i. 268-287; dissolution, i. 301; takes leave of the Queen, i. 306; portrait of, i. 333, 337; on division of high offices of State, i. 357; address from Derby, i. 369; visit to the Queen, i. 371, 372, 451, 512; serious illness, i. 376, 438; on his health, i. 449, 453, 458, 462, 467, 474, 483; Queen's visit to, i. 483; on old age, ii. 8; opinion of Emperor of Russia, ii. 17; crisis in Parliament, ii. 18; on Scotland, ii. 24; Queen's letters to, ii. 36, 42; Sir R. Peel's resignation, ii. 51, 52, 67; political views of, ii. 92; Queen's advance of money to, ii. _140_; Queen's birthday congratulations to, ii. 164; death, ii. 203

Melvill, Sir James, Chief Secretary, East India Company, iii. 299

Mendizabal, Don Juan Alvarez y, Spanish statesman, i. _44_; Queen's opinion of, i. 59

Menschikoff, Prince, the Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 442, _449_

Mensdorff-Pouilly, Comte Emmanuel de, marriage, i. 97, 396, 404; ii. 333

Meredith, Mr, ii. _48_

Metcalfe, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord), Governor-General of Canada, i. 454, 508; retirement, ii. 46, 94

Metchersky, Princess, iii. 387

Metternich, Prince, i. 190, 192, 231, 232, 236, 359, 487, 512; ii. 4, 114; a fugitive, ii. _141_, 170, 171; Italian Question, iii. 370, 375, _412_

Meyendorff, Baron, Austrian Foreign Minister, ii. _457_

Meyer, Miss Eugenie, i. 461

Michael, Grand Duke, visit to the Queen, i. 494, 501

Miguel, Dom, i. _43_; ii. 118; iii. _10_

Milan, surrender of, ii. _191_; insurrection, ii. _440_; French Emperor and King Emmanuel enter, iii. _308_

Milanese rising against Austria, ii. _141_

Miles, Mr, M.P. for Bristol, on Sugar Duties, ii. _17_; iii. 78

Militia, reconstruction, ii. _141_; Bill, ii. 367, 368, 374, 380, 388; carried, ii. 388, 440; iii. 71

Milner Gibson, Mr, iii. _223_; Conspiracy Bill Debate, iii. _261_, 265, _266_, 267; President of the Board of Trade, iii. 349; Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401, 403

Milnes, R. Monckton (afterwards Lord Houghton), iii. 76

Ministers of State, duties of, i. 106; iii. 68, 69

Minto, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, i. 281, 308; ii. 86, 107, _115_; special mission to the Vatican, ii. 128, _183_; ii. 196, 236; Pope's opinion of, iii. 356

Modena, Duke of, ii. 174

Mohammedan schools, ii. 29; Indian Mutiny, iii. 251

Moldavia, iii. _262_

Mole, Count, French Premier and Foreign Secretary, i. 95

Molesworth, Sir William, at the Office of Works, ii. 422; Government of 1855, iii. 98; Board of Works, iii. 104; death, iii. _148_

Monro, Major, i. 315

Montebello, battle of, iii. _308_

Montemolin, Count of, ii. 89, 90

Montijo, Mdlle. Eugenie de (Empress of the French), parentage, marriage to Napoleon, ii. _435_, 435, 436; ii. 437; visit to England, iii. 117; Queen's opinion of, iii. 122, 137; Queen's letter to, _re_ Treaty of Paris, iii. 207, 208; attempted assassination of, iii. _261_, _264_; tour in Scotland and England, iii. _415_; visit to the Queen, iii. 418, 419

Montjoye, Madame de, ii. 165

Montpensier, Duc de, i. 439, 501; ii. 22, 23, 24, 32; engagement to the Infanta, ii. _72_, 99, 100, 102, 107, 148, _149_, 155, 164, 172

Montreal, i. 508

Moodkee, ii. _31_, _76_

Mooltan, insurrection, ii. 196, _208_

_Morning Chronicle_, i. 374; ii. _34_, 86, 172; iii. 7, 8, 463

_Morning Post_, iii. 337

Morocco, ii. 4

Morpeth, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Carlisle), _see_ Carlisle

Morris, Mr, Governor of the Bank, ii. 129

Morton, Earl of, i. 499

Mouravieff, General, takes Kars fortress, iii. _64_

Muich, Loch, Queen's visit to, ii. 321, 392

Municipal Corporations, i. 43

Munro, Lieutenant, duel, i. _485_

Munster, Earl of, Governor of Windsor Castle, tragic death, i. 387, 390

Muntz, George Frederick, M.P., Birmingham, iii. 79

Murat, Madame de, ii. 154

---- Joachim, formerly King of Naples, iii. _428_

Murray, Sir George, Commander-in-Chief for Ireland, i. 420

---- George, Bishop of Rochester, iii. 417

Muscat, Imam of, list of presents for the Queen, i. 406

Musgrave, Dr, Bishop of Hereford (afterwards Archbp. of York), ii. 135

Mutiny Act, ii. 447

Naas, Lord (afterwards Earl of Mayo), Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. 277

Nagpur, annexation of, iii. _178_

Nana Sahib, perfidy of, iii. _238_, _351_

Nanking, i. _370_, _442_

Napier, Sir Charles (General), Scinde victory, i. 481; G.C.B., i. 484; Governor of Scinde, i. _503_; receives the thanks of both Houses, ii. _1_; succeeds Lord Gough, ii. _208_, 215; resignation, ii. 259

---- Sir Charles (Admiral), i. _252_; commands the Baltic Fleet, iii. _1_, _2_, 10, _16_; capture of Bomarsund, iii. _36_

---- Sir George, Governor of Cape Colony, i. 427

Naples, cholera panic, i. 52; slight on English Government, iii. 140, 141; seizure of the _Cagliari_, iii. _262_, _275_; triumphal entry by King of Sardinia and Garibaldi, iii. _380_; flight of Francis II., iii. 380, 408; revolution doctrines, iii. _383_, 397; absorption of, iii. 428

---- Francis II., King of, amnesty granted, iii. 311; letter to the Queen, iii. 409; reply, iii. 412; character, iii. 418

Napoleon I., Emperor, iii. 139, _274_, _354_

---- Louis (afterwards Napoleon III., Emperor of the French), lands at Boulogne, i. _209_, 228; President of the French Republic, ii. _141_, 178; elections, ii. 204, 205; writes to Queen Victoria, ii. 210; ii. 212, 213; universal suffrage, ii. _283_; _coup d'etat_ in Paris, ii. 334-340; assumes Imperial title, projected marriage, ii. _356_, _406_, 408, 422; Queen Victoria's opinion of, ii. 360, 362, 366, 374, 378; title of Emperor, ii. 389; his position, ii. 390; anecdote of, ii. 397; and England, ii. 398, 401; Queen Victoria's letter to, ii. 406; annoyance with the Powers, ii. 422; his title, ii. 433; Eastern Question, ii. _432_, 442; marriage, ii. 434, _435_; interview with Prince Albert, iii. _1_; and Russia, iii. 6; interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. 24-26; visit from Prince Albert, iii. _41_; visit to England with the Empress, iii. _63_; Palmerston's letter to, iii. _105_; proposes to take command at the Crimea, iii. 110, _111_, 111; visit to England, iii. _117_; festivities and investiture, iii. _117_; letter to the Queen, iii. 118; and reply, 119; and Austria's proposed Crimean settlement, iii. _120_; attempts on his life, iii. 121; Queen's opinion of, iii. 122, 122-126, 138; Queen's visit to France, iii. 135-137; attempt on his life, iii. 142; desire to terminate hostilities, iii. _150_; correspondence with the Queen on the ultimatum, iii. 162, 164, 172, 185, 188; council of war at Paris, iii, 165, 169; interview with Lord Clarendon, iii. 175; birth of Prince Imperial, iii. 181; Treaty of Peace, iii. 221; on proposed marriage of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, iii. 220; Egypt and Morocco, iii. 221; his feelings towards England, iii. 232; visit to England, iii. 240; attempted assassination of, iii. _261_, _264_; and the Carbonari Club, iii. 273; and Italy, iii. 305; confederacy with Sardinia, iii. _308_, _331_; entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace, iii. _308_; _Napoleon et l'Italie_, iii. _313_; war with Austria, iii. _313_-315, 321, 332, _333_; proposed congress, iii. 326; rumoured treaty with Russia, iii. 329; French victories, iii. _353_; conclusion and terms of peace, iii. _354_, _359_, _361_; annexation of Savoy and Nice, iii. _379_, 385, 391-393, 397; policy in Syria, iii. _380_; _The Pope and the Congress_ pamphlet, iii. 382; Italian policy, iii. 385; stormy interview with Lord Cowley, iii. 390-394; New Year's letter to the Queen, iii. 423; reply, iii. 427; Italian Question, iii. 432; on death of Cavour, iii. _441_; King of Sweden, iii. 448; Mexico, iii. 453; interview with King of Prussia, iii. 467

---- Bonaparte, Prince Jerome, iii. _160_, _331_

---- Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, Prince Imperial, birth, iii. 181, 182

Narvaez, General, ii. 241

Nasmyth, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. _35_

Nassau, Prince of, iii. 205

National Gallery, ii. 315; iii. 196

Navigation Laws, i. _278_; ii. 184; repeal of, ii. _208_, 219; iii. _2_

Navy, African squadron, ii. 366; Admiralty appointments, ii. 373; national defences, ii. 396, 398; bombardment of Odessa, iii. 26; Bomarsund, iii. 36; battle of the Alma, iii. 44; Balaklava and Sebastopol, iii. 50; hurricane at Balaklava, iii. _56_; second Baltic expedition, iii. 115; want of a dockyard in Scotland, iii. 151; retrenchments, iii. 188; position of, iii. 191; peace establishment, iii. 191; fleet sent to Black Sea, iii. _208_; want of ships and state of, iii. 242, 279, 297; use for Indian Mutiny, iii. 250; proposed increase, iii. 312, 330; change in naval uniform, iii. 402

Neild, J. C., leaves fortune to Queen Victoria, ii. 392

Neill, General, death of, iii. 254, 259

Neipperg, Count, marriage i. 439

Nelson, Lord, proposed pension for children of his adopted daughter, iii. 40, 41

Nemours, Duchesse de, _see_ Victoire, Princess

---- Duc de, i. 63, 65; at Constantin, i. 96; marriage, i. _149_; i. 414, 439, 495, 498, 506; ii. 5, 148, 153, 154, 164, 167, 173, 185, 204, 354, 360; iii. 6; death of his wife, iii. _254_

Nesselrode, Count, Russian Minister, ii. _452_, 456; iii. 12

Netherlands, King of the, _see_ Holland, King William Second of

Neuchatel, ii. 138; rising in canton of, iii. _214_

Neuilly, Queen's visit to, iii. 136

Neumann, M. de, Austrian Minister, i. 46, 232, 497

Newcastle, Duke of, _see_ Lincoln, Earl of

New Forest, ii. 282

Newhaven, King Louis Philippe's flight to, ii. 159

Newman, Mr, ii. 130

Newport, riot at, i. _141_, 201

New Zealand, native troubles, ii. _31_; constitution granted, ii. _357_

Ney, Edgar, ii. 387

---- General, iii. 182

Nice, annexation to France, iii. _379_, _385_, 391-393, 397

Nicholas, _see_ Russia, Emperor of

---- Prince, of Nassau, visit to the Queen, ii. 354

Nicholson, General, death of, iii. 254

Nicolas, Grand Duke, iii. 457

Nicols, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jasper, Commander-in-Chief, India, i. 444

Nightingale, Miss Florence, iii. _2_; arrival at Scutari, iii. _62_; Queen's letter of thanks to, iii. 170; presentation to, iii. _170_

Nine Elms Station, ii. 133

Ningpo, i. 441

Norbury, Lord, assassination of, i. 144

Norfolk, Duchess of (governess to Royal children), i. 397, 484, 485; Papal brief, ii. _273_, 277

---- Duke of, Coronation, i. 122; refusal of Garter, iii. 227

Normanby, Marquess of, Canada, i. 129; Home Secretary, i. _141_, 308; Lord-Lieut. of Ireland, i. 143, 281; i. 509; ii. 100, 104; Ambassador-Extraordinary at Paris, ii. 190, 192, 206; _coup d'etat_, Paris, ii, 334-341; Palmerston's conduct to, ii. 334, 336, 338, 341, 344, 354, 363

Normanby, Marchioness of, _coup d'etat_ in Paris, ii. 336-341

Normandy, ii. 4

North, Colonel, iii. 76

---- Lord (afterwards Earl of Guilford), i. 358

Northumberland, Duke of, ii. 303, 305, 306, 392

---- Duchess of, first Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, i. 64; ill-health, ii. 376

Norton, Mrs. ii. _48_

Norway and Sweden, iii. _134_. _See_ also Sweden

Nott, General (afterwards Sir William), Afghanistan, i. _370_, _402_, _443_, 444

Nottingham election, i. 264

Novara, battle of, ii. 219

Nuneham, Queen's Visit to, i. 291

Oaths Bill, iii. _262_

O'Brien, Smith, Young Ireland agitation, ii. _141_

_Ocean Monarch_, emigrant ship, burnt, ii. _193_

O'Connell, Daniel, agitator, i. 106, 130, 425, _450_; arrest, i. 496; release, ii. _1_; ii. 8, _141_

O'Connor, Feargus, people's charter, ii. _141_; Kennington Common meeting, ii. 168, 169

Odessa, bombardment of, iii. _27_

Olozaga, Mons., iii. 51

Oltenitza, ii. _432_

Omar Pasha, Turkish Commander, iii. _31_

Opera, Queen at the, ii. 14

Oporto, Louis, Duc de, brother to King Pedro V of Portugal, iii. 332, _457_, 465

Orange, Prince of, _see_ Holland

---- Prince William Nicholas of (son of King William), iii. 185

-----River Free State, ii. _142_; iii. 201

Orders, right of British subjects to accept Foreign, ii. 5

Oregon, end of boundary dispute, ii. 82

Orleanists, and French Revolution, ii. 148-162; blunders of, ii. 164

Orleans, Duke of, i. 63, 94; death, i. 408, 409, 415, 416

---- Duchess of, ii. _334_

---- Princess Louise of, _see_ Belgians, Queen of

---- Princess Marie of, i. 65; marriage and death, i. 144

---- family, ii. 321, 360, 379; iii. 7, 139

Orloff, Princess, iii. 387

---- Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 86; iii. 204

Orsini, of the Carbonari Society, execution of, iii. _261_, _264_, _274_

Osborne, Ralph Bernal, Secretary of the Admiralty, ii. 423; iii. 78, 275, 443, 444

---- Queen's purchase of, ii, 35, 36; Queen's occupation of, ii. 42

Oscar, Prince, of Sweden, iii. 195, 397; visit to the Queen, iii. 447, 448, 450

Otho, King of Greece, ii. 199

Oudh, placed under British control, iii. _159_, 176; Mutiny, iii. _224_, 238; Proclamation, iii. _262_, _281_, 282, 291

Oudinot, Gen., ii. _208_, _387_

Oultremont, Countess de, i. _210_

Outram, General (afterwards Sir James), war with Persia, iii. 159; annexation of Oudh, iii. _177_; Indian Mutiny, iii. 249, 255; Oudh, Proclamation, iii. _262_, 291

Overstone, Lord, _see_ Loyd

Oxford, Bishop of, _see_ Wilberforce

---- tracts, i. 373

Owen, Sir Edward, i. 384

Pacifico, Don, Claim against Greek Government, ii. _231_, 235, 239, _240_, _243_, 248, 252, _253_, _256_

Paget, General Sir Edward, G.C.B., i. 420

---- Lady Adelaide, i. 121

---- Lord, Lord Melbourne's page, i. 125

Pakenham, Sir R., Minister at Lisbon, ii. 286

Pakington, Sir John (afterwards Lord Hampton), First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 272, 278, 280; French naval preparations, iii. 297, 328

Palermo, occupation of, by Garibaldi, iii. _380_

Palmella, Duc de, ii. _72_, 109

Palmer, Colonel, i. _402_

---- Mr, ii. 273

---- Sir Roundell, Solicitor-General, iii. 467, 477

Palmerston, Viscount, his political power and views, i. _30_; i. 54, 62; speech on Spanish affairs, i. 66; i. 72, 82; visits Queen Victoria, i. 92; power of officials in public offices, i. 106; i. 113, 119; illness, i. 143; Belgium and Holland, i. 145; marriage, i. 201; Eastern crisis, i. _227_-240; views on France, i. 233, 246; China and opium trade, i. 260, 261; votes for dissolution, i. 281; Foreign Secretary, i. 308; _Morning Chronicle_, i. 374; and Lord Grey, ii. 59; possible Foreign Secretary, ii. 60; desire for peace, ii. 68; and Lord Aberdeen, ii. 85, 86; Spanish marriage question, ii. _90_, 95, 97-103, 107; incurs Queen's displeasure, ii. 136, 171, 182, 193, 195, 221, 222, 223-236, 240, 241, 248, 256; attack on Portuguese Government, ii. _179_, 180; anti-Austrian sympathy, ii. 182; France and Austria, ii. 186, 192, _193_; Lord Normanby's appointment to Paris, ii. 189, 206; Italian policy, ii. 197; despatch about Greece, ii. 199; supplies arms to insurgents, ii. _211_; proposed removal of, ii. 212, 235; methods for redress of wrongs, ii. 229; hostility against Greece, ii. _231_; Haynau trouble, ii. _231_; case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. _231_, 233-240, _243_, _244_, 252, _253_; draft to Greece, ii. 234, 235; Prince Consort's memoranda on his Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261; and Spain, ii. 240; Lord J. Russell's offer to resign, ii. 243, 244; speech on Foreign Policy, ii. 252; Schleswig draft, ii. 258; removal of, considered, ii. 260-263; Press attacks on, ii. 263; duties of a Foreign Secretary, ii. 263; Haynau despatch, ii. 267-270; Austria and Prussia, ii. 274; reception of Kossuth, ii. _283_, 325-331; Louis Napoleon, ii. _283_; diplomatic changes, ii. 285, 312; _coup d'etat_, approval of, ii. 334-341; difference with Lord Normanby, ii. 334-340; dismissal from office, ii. 342-349; inconsistency of, ii. 344; absence from Council explained, ii. 350; explanation in the House, ii. 362-364; Militia Bill, ii. _367_, 368, 385, 386; refusal to serve under Lord Derby, ii. 369, 370; and Lord John Russell, ii. 378, 379, 382; iii. 58; power to appoint Commander-in-Chief, ii. 394; his aims, ii. 403, 404; Home Office, ii. 420; illness, ii. 428, 430; Eastern Question, ii. _432_; peculiar position of, ii. 451, 457; objection to Reform proposals, ii. 465, 466; iii. _20_, 22, 23, 24; resignation, ii. 467; withdraws his resignation, ii. _472_; speech at Reform Club, iii. _26_; Austrian alliance, iii. _51_, and the War Office, iii. _53_; iii. 57; forms a Government, iii. _63_; on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72; Premier, iii. 76-78; position on Lord Derby's and Lord John Russell's failure to form a Government, iii. 84, 85, 87-96; forms a Government, iii. 97-104; letter to Napoleon, iii. _105_; Roebuck Committee, iii. 109; Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 131; Neapolitan affront, iii. _141_; Queen's congratulations on Treaty of Peace, 1856, iii. 186; made K.G., iii. 187; condition of defence, iii. _192_; obtains majority in House of Commons, iii. _223_; _resume_ of events, iii. 225, 226; dissolution on China War debate, iii. 229, _231_; Indian Mutiny, iii. 234, 239, 241-248; financial crisis, iii. 255-257; Ministry defeated over right of asylum, iii. _261_; resignation, iii. 266-268; iii. 272, 276; India Bill, iii. 279; iii. 288, 290; his unpopularity, iii. 300; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; reconciliation with Lord J. Russell, iii. _307_; forms a Government, iii. _307_, 344-348; foreign affairs, iii. _324_; and John Bright, iii. _350_; Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351; differences with the Queen on Italian policy, iii. 361-373; 374-378; Peers and Money Bills, iii. _379_, 401; W. E. Gladstone's resignation, iii. 402, 403; privilege resolution, iii. 404; proposed visit of Emperor of Austria, iii. 409; appointments of bishops, iii. 416; overtures from Conservative leaders, iii. _420_; _resume_ of political situation, iii. 422, 423, 429; Italian Question, iii. 427, 428; Garibaldi letter, iii. 432, 434; presses for Mr Layard's appointment, iii. 443-447; _Times_ newspaper, iii. 462-464

Panmure, Lord (Mr Fox Maule), afterwards Earl of Dalhousie, Under Secretary for Home Office, and Secretary for War, i. 221; ii. 345; iii. 61; War Minister, iii. _63_, 90, 98, 104; Crimean medals, iii. 116; fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143; G.C.B., iii. 146; Land Transport, iii. 157; no troops at the camp, iii. 196; Indian Mutiny, iii. 235, 236; increase of Army, iii. 256, 260; new Cabinet, iii. 272

Panshanger, Earl Cowper's residence, i. 151; Queen's visit to, i. 296

Papal aggression, ii. 272, 273, 277-282, 294, 299, 307

Paper Duties, Bill for Abolition of, thrown out, iii. 401; passed, iii. _420_

Paris, Comte de, birth, i. _243_; christening, i. 266, 267; Federal Army, iii. 453

---- question of an Ambassador, ii. 189; _coup d'etat_, ii. 334-340; Queen's visit to, iii. 135, 136; Treaty of, iii. _160_, 167, 207, 208, _214_

Parke, Baron (afterwards Lord Wensleydale), i. 419; iii. _158_

Parker, Admiral Sir Wm., successes in China, i. _254_, _370_, 441; G.C.B., i. 444; Italy, ii. 128; commands Mediterranean fleet, ii. 229, _235_

---- Society, i. 259

Parks, the Royal, ii. 259

Parliament, new Houses of, ii. 363

Parliamentary reform, ii. 458

Parma, Duke of, ii. 174

Parma, Duchess of, iii. 355

Pasha, the Capitan, treachery of, i. 179

---- of Egypt, _see_ Mehemet Ali

----Omar, _see_ Omar

Passport Question, iii. 277

Pate, Robert, assault on the Queen, ii. _231_

Patriotic Fund, established, iii. _2_

Paul, Captain, ii. 157, 158

Paxton, Mr, ii. _231_

Pedro, Dom, Emperor of Brazil, i. _43_

---- Prince (afterwards King of Portugal, King Pedro V.); proposed marriage of, iii. _51_, _207_, 211; marriage of, iii. _332_; death, iii. _420_, 465

Peel, Captain, of the _Shannon_, gallantry at relief of Lucknow, iii. _252_

---- Lady (wife of Sir Robert Peel), ii. 280

---- Rev. John, Dean of Worcester, ii. 40, 41

---- General Jonathan, War Secretary, iii. 272, 321

---- Sir Robert, in opposition, i. _43_, _56_ Glasgow speech, i. 58, 60; Hume's attack on, i. 60; sent for by the Queen, i. _141_; Corn Laws, i. 148, 218, 465, 466; ii. 49; Jamaica Government, i. 153; i. 155, 156; request to form a Ministry, i. 158; Queen Victoria's impression of, i. 159; difficulties as to appointment of Queen's Household, i. 159-173, 268-274; and the United States, i. 260; Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. 161; Free Trade, i. 279; ii. 66; vote of censure, i. 286; i. 302, 305; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, i. 308; interview with the Queen, i. 309; Roman Catholics, i. 365; ii. _30_; King Leopold's opinion of, i. 462; Queen's visit to, i. 509; Queen's appreciation of, ii. 16, 64, 85; Prince Albert's title, ii. 34; resignation and interview with Prince Albert, ii. 48, 51; his attitude, ii. 53, 54; returned to office, ii. 58-66; comprehensive scheme, ii. 66; speech on opening of Parliament, ii. 73; objection to Prince Albert's memo, of their conversation, ii. 76; explanation, ii. _73_, 79; personal defence, ii. 79, 80; resignation, ii. 80, 82; account of his speech, ii. 82, 83; takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85, 87; and Prince Albert, ii. 93; ii. _115_; supports the Ministry, ii. _123_; accident and death, ii. _231_, _253_-255

---- Frederick (afterwards Right Hon. Sir Frederick), maiden speech, ii. 219

Peelites, ii. 359, 368, 375, 403, _404_; position in Government of 1852, ii. 412, 413, 414; iii. _63_; Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 75; Government of 1855, iii. 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 91, 94, 98, 101, 108; retirement of, iii. _109_; Chinese debate, iii. _223_, _231_; conspiracy debate, iii. 266; return to power, iii. _307_

Peers, right of audience, i. 335, 343; powers in Money Bills, iii. _379_

Pelissier, General (afterwards Duc de Malakhoff), Commander of the French army, iii. _64_, _126_, _129_; Queen's congratulations to, iii. 143; becomes Duc de Malakhoff, iii. _143_; iii. 154, 276, 314, _333_

Pennefather, Chief Justice of the Irish Queen's Bench, i. 352

Penny postage introduced, i. _141_, 176

People's Charter riots, i. _141_; ii. _141_

Pepys, Henry, Bishop of Worcester, death, iii. 416

Percy, Lord Henry Hugh Manvers, K.C.B., V.C., gallantry at Inkerman, iii. 55

Perekop, Isthmus of, iii. 44

Perim, Island of, iii. 391

Perry, Sir Erskine, ex-Chief Justice of Bombay, Indian Mutiny debate, iii. 239

Persia, Turkey, and England, iii. _4_; war with England, iii. _159_; siege of Herat, iii. _199_; hostilities terminated, and terms of peace, iii. _223_

Persigny, M. de, French Ambassador in London, iii. _121_, 165, _213_, 215; interview with Earl of Clarendon, iii. 232; Orsini incident, iii. 273: resignation, iii. 276; iii. 333; war with Austria, iii. _353_, 369, 375; visit to the Queen, iii. 384, 396

Peshawur, ii. 218

Peterborough, Bishop of, _see_ Davys

Pfordten, M. von der, iii. 151

Philippe (second son of King Leopold I., afterwards Count of Flanders), i. 65, 146

Phillimore, Dr, Counsel to the Admiralty, iii. _467_

Phillips, Mr T. (Mayor of Newport), knighted, i. 201

Philipotts, Henry, Bishop of Exeter, ii. _140_; iii. 416

Philpott, Canon Henry, Bishop of Worcester, iii. _417_

Phipps, Maria Henrietta Sophia, marriage of, iii. 169

---- Hon. Sir Charles, ii. 184, 378; iii. _89_, 286, 430

Pianori, Giacomo, iii. _122_

Piccolomini, Max, i. 395

Piedmont, war with Austria, ii. 178, 190, 191, 386, 387; invasion of, iii. _308_

Piedmontese, ii. _178_, _191_

Pierri, execution of, iii. _261_

Piraeus, fleet sent to, ii. _231_

Pitt, William, i. 391

Pius IX., Pope, ii. _115_; flight to Gaeta, ii. 204, _208_; letter to the Queen, ii. 204; reply, ii. 210; Papal brief, titles for English bishops, ii. _232_, _272_; papal aggression, ii. 273-282; and England, iii. 310; invasion of the Papal States, iii. _380_; iii. 415

Playfair, Dr, Irish Commissioner, potato disease, ii. 48

Plombieres, compact of, iii. _308_, _385_

Poerio, iii. 312

Poles and Russia, ii. 15, 17

Polk, President (U.S.A.), ii. _30_

Pollock, General (afterwards Sir George), successes in Afghanistan, i. _370_, 402, 442; G.C.B., i. 444

Pollon, Count, Sardinian Minister, i. 148

Ponsonby, Lord (Ambassador at Constantinople), i. 232, 234; ii. 114

Poor Law Act, i. 20, _102_, 108, 382; State maintenance of the poor, ii. 67; commission, ii. 130

Pope, _see_ Pius IX. and Gregory XVI. _The Pope and the Congress_, famous pamphlet, iii. _382_

Porte, the, i. 179; and Austria, i. 191; convention of 1828, i. 229, 232; and Mehemet Ali, i. 237; Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-444, _449_, 452-465, 469; iii. _1_, 12, 13, _20_; Turkish success, iii. _36_; Alma, iii. _43_, 50; Inkerman, iii. _53;_ Four Points Negotiation, iii. _63_, 65; protection of Christian subjects, iii. _152_

Portland, third Duke of, i. 357

---- fifth Duke of, iii. 227

Portugal, revolution, i. _43_, 54, 92; and England, i. _57_, 149, 356; ii. 111, 118, 134; and Spain, i. 59, 62; ii. 119; new Ministry, i. _92_; slave trade, i. 115; insurrection, ii. _72_, 90; civil war and constitutional troubles, ii. _109_, 116, 117, 119, 120, 129; Lord Palmerston's attack on, ii. _179_; case of Don Pacifico, ii. _231_, _234_, 235, 239, _240_, _243_

---- King of (Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg), i. 45; Queen's opinion of, i. 46; Commander-in-Chief, i. 47, _55_; Queen's letter to, on slave trade, i. 115; and Lord Howard de Walden, i. 133

---- Maria da Gloria, Queen of, i. 4, _43_, _44_, 94; letter on Queen's engagement, i. 200; dismissal of Ministry, ii. _109_, 134; iii. 10

---- Stephanie, Queen of, iii. 332, 466

---- Prince of, the Pope sponsor to, i. 392

Post Office, inauguration of penny post, i. 141, 176; Sunday delivery, ii. 244

Pottinger, Sir Henry, successes in China, i. _254_, 265; G.C.B., i. 444; i. 446, 447, 449

Powys, Captain, i. 426

Pozzo di Borgo, Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 67

Praet, Van, i. 134, 136

Praetorius, Dr, i. 361

Praslin, Duchesse de, murdered by her husband, ii. _115_, 128

Prescott (Canada), i. _136_

---- Mr, Deputy Governor of the Bank, ii. 130

Presentations, fatigue of receiving, i. 470, 471

Preston, riot, i. 424

Pretorius, Boer leader, ii. _200_

Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne on origin of term, i. 358

Primogeniture, i. _56_ _Prince_, loss of the steamer, at Balaklava, iii. _56_

Principalities, the Danubian, Russia's invasion of, iii. _1_, 12, _13_, 17, 32; relinquishment of Russia's protectorate, iii. _152_, _158_, 180, _233_, _262_

Prior, Matthew, i. 504

Privilege Question, i. _209_

Property, qualification, i. _56_

Protection, i. _278_; ii. 66, 293, 294; Lord Derby, ii. 384; abandoned by Disraeli, ii. _404_

Protectionists, ii. 66, _71_, 81, 83, 86, 123, 216, _231_; check to, ii. 233, 248, _283_, 289, 298, 315, 384, 468; iii. 88

Protestant, Prince Consort's declaration, i. 203-205; Low Church bigotry, ii. 37; Church in Ireland, ii. 83

Proxy, voting, i. _56_

Prussia (_see_ Prussia, King of), and Holland, i. 119; ii. 275, 278; Eastern Question, ii. _452_; alliance with Austria, iii. _1_; position in impending war, iii. 17, 115; and England, iii. 161; admission to war conference, iii. 171, 181

---- King of (Frederick William IV.), i. 365; visit to Queen Victoria, i. 376, 378-380; on Swiss quarrels, ii. 137; on French Revolution, ii. 150; declines Imperial Crown of Germany, ii. _219_; Diet of Erfurt, ii. 229; peace with Denmark, ii. 254; and Austria, ii. 276, 280; Queen Victoria's letter to, on his position, iii. 17; reply, iii. 28; Russia's influence over, iii. 31; letter from the Queen, iii. 107; iii. 454; account of his death, iii. 420, 423-426

Prussia, Queen of, iii. 425, 426

Prussia, Prince of (afterwards King William I.), visit to Queen Victoria, ii. 172, 251, 253; a refugee, ii. _176_; Queen's appreciation of, ii. 256; coronation, iii. _455_, 456-459; interview with Napoleon, iii. 467

---- Prince Frederick William of (afterwards Emperor Frederick), question of marriage, iii. 142, 146, 147, 182, 195, 205, 220; marriage to the Princess Royal, iii. 253, _261_, 455; birth of a son (present Emperor), iii. 314; death of the King of Prussia, iii. 423-426; coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 456-459

---- Marie Louise Augusta, Princess of (grandmother of present German Emperor), ii. 106, 318, 319; Queen writes to, on death of Czar, iii. 112

Pulteney, Mr (afterwards Earl of Bath), i. 391

Punjab (_see_ India), ii. _142_, 196; annexation of, ii. _208_, 220; iii. _178_

Puseyites, ii. 16, 273, 277, 282, 376

Quadruple Alliance, i. _488_; ii. 353

Rachel, Madame, i. 290

Racine, Jean Baptiste (1639-1699), tragedian and poet, i. 40

Radetzky, Marshal, Austrian General, ii. _141_, _178_, _182_; defeats Piedmontese at Custozza, ii. _191_, _219_

Radicals, i. _56_, 66, _90_; ii. 123, 216, 313, _364_, 403; defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411-413; inclusion in Lord Aberdeen's Government, ii. 412-430; iii. 300

Radnor, third Earl of, i. 335

Radowitz, General, Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, ii. 378, 379

Raglan, Lady, iii. 129

---- Lord, _see_ Somerset, Lord Fitzroy

Railways; accident near Reading, i. 369; Queen's first journey on G.W.R., i. 404

Rajpoot Hill States, ii. 74

Ramnuggur, English reverse at, ii. _142_

Ramsgate, Queen's visit to, i. 11, 19

Rangoon, ii. 380

Raphael, painter, i. 334

Rawul Pindee, ii. 217

Rechberg, Count, Austrian Foreign Minister, iii. 409

Redan batteries, attack on, iii. _64_, _126_, _129_, 163, 165

Redschid Pasha, Turkish Minister, ii. _460_; iii. 27

Reeve, Henry, ii. 263

Reform Bill, i. _20_, _61_; ii. 294, 332, _361_, 369, _466_; withdrawn, iii. _2_, _8_, 15, _16_, _20_, _23_, 59; introduced by Disraeli, iii. _307_, 324

Reform, parliamentary and municipal, i. _20_

Refugee Question, ii. _440_

Regency Bill, i. _209_

Reinhardtsbrun, i. 186; ii. _45_

Rellstab, Louis, novelist, i. 501, 506

Review in Windsor Park, ii. 13; Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. _198_, 199, 200; field day, 1860, iii. 400; at Edinburgh, iii. 407

_Revue des Deux Mondes_, ii. 132

_Revue Retrospective_, ii. 183

Rianzares, Duke of, marriage, ii. _2_, 97

Rice, Mr, M.P. for Dover, iii. 78

Rich, Mr, iii. 79; Baronet, iii. 477

Richmond, Duchess of, i. 124

---- Duke of, i. 122, _308_

Rio Janeiro, ii. _133_

Riots, Manchester, i. 422; tollbar, i. _450_, 483, 492, 493; Chartist demonstration, ii. 167, 168; Birmingham, i. 179; Stockport, ii. 391

Ripon, first Earl of (Mr Robinson), Chancellor of the Exchequer, speech on Queen's education, i. 9, 10, 299; President of Board of Trade, i. 309; political history, i. _309_; ii. 65

River Plate, ii. 133

Robinson, Mr, _see_ Ripon Earl of,

Rocky Mountains, Canada, dispute as to territory, ii. _30_

Roden, third Earl of, iii. 19

Roebuck, Mr, ii. 247, 363; motion on conduct of Crimean War, iii. _63_, 72, 76-78; result, iii. 78, 79; Committee, iii. 89, 107, 108, 109, 112; Chinese dispute, iii. _228_; Ireland, iii. 277; Reform Bill, iii. 324

Rokeby, Lord, iii. 60

Rolle, Lord, Queen's Coronation, i. 122

Rollin, Charles, _Histoire Ancienne_, i. 39

---- Ledru, French President, ii. _174_, 239

Romagna, The, assembly of, and Victor Emmanuel, iii. _308_; iii. _380_

Roman Catholics, Maynooth College grant, ii. _30_, 36; Bill, ii. 81, 84; papal aggression, ii. _232_, 277-282, 303, 376

Romano, Giulio, painter, i. 334

Rome, Prince Albert's visit to, i. 152; Pope's flight from, ii. 205; and England, ii. 279; Lord Russell's draft on the Roman Question, iii. 441

Romilly, Sir John, Master of the Rolls, iii. _216_

Rosebery, fourth Earl of, i. 62

Rosenau, the, ii. _45_

Rosslyn, Lady, i. 310

Rothesay, Lord Stuart de, Ambassador at St Petersburg, i. 326

Rothschild, Baron, iii. _262_

Rowan, Colonel, Commissioner of Police, ii. 167

Roxburgh, Duke of, i. 278

_Royal Charter_, wreck of, iii. _308_

Royal Exchange opened by the Queen, ii. _1_, 27

---- Princess, _see_ Victoria

Royston, Lord, i. _384_

Runjeet Singh, i. 233; ii. 217; Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242

Russell, Lord John (afterwards Earl), Irish Municipal Bill, i. _66_; Leader of the House, i. 77; result of the elections, i. 90; i. 106; death of his wife, i. 130, 131, 133; Home Secretary, i. _141_; civil government of the Army, i. 147; Corn Laws, i. 148, 381; politics, i. 267, 277, 278, 281; Sugar Duties, i. 274; Colonial Secretary, i. 308; political career of, i. _309_; reply to Plymouth address, i. 365; opposition to Income Tax Bill, i. 406; conversion to repeal of Corn Laws, ii. _30_, 49; views on Queen's absence from England, ii. 43; unable to form a Government, ii. 58-60, 70; resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80, 81; undertakes to form a Government, ii. 83, 86; pensions, ii. 88; Queen's views on a dissolution, ii. 91; Spanish marriage difficulties, ii. 96-103, 107; Portuguese and Spanish affairs, ii. 117, 118, 119, 132; possible dissolution, ii. 121; crisis in the City, ii. 130; birth of second son, ii. _170_; difficulty as to despatches, ii. _179_, 220, 221, 222; Germany, ii. 229; case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. 233-236, 242; report, ii. 243; Prince Albert's memos. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261; offer to resign, ii. 243; on Lord Palmerston's removal, ii. 262; Haynau despatch, ii. 267-270; on Ritualism, "No Popery," ii. _273_; and Sir James Graham, ii. 286; defeat of Government, ii. 288, 289, resignation of, ii. 290; failures to form a new Government, ii. 289-308; memo. as to uniting with Peelites, ii. 296; old Government to continue, ii. 312; memo. on state of Government, ii. 313; Palmerston's reception of Kossuth, ii. 324-331; Parliamentary Reform, ii. 332, 333; Lord Palmerston's approval of _coup d'etat_, Paris, ii. 334-340; dismissal of Lord Palmerston, ii. 342; and Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. 343-347; discomfiture of Lord Palmerston in the House, ii. 362-364; resignation, ii. 367; Lord Grey's opinion of, ii. 374, 375; and Lord Palmerston, ii. 379; ii. 381; on dissolution, ii. 382; Militia Bill blunder, ii. 387; education, ii. 390; ii. 403; refusal of Foreign Office, ii. 413-418; accepts Foreign Office, ii. 422-427; resigns Foreign Secretaryship, ii. _431_; Leadership without office, ii. 438; pledged to introduction of Reform Bill, ii. _451_ possible retirement, ii. 457, 458; war measures, ii. 467; President of the Council, iii. _1_, 34; withdraws Reform Bill, iii. _2_, _8_, 15, _16_, _23_; incomprehensible actions, iii. _21_, 22; Disraeli's attack on, iii. _38_; Austrian alliance, iii. 48, 50; urges more vigorous measures, iii. _53_; proposed resignation, iii. 57-60; and Mr Kennedy's loss of office, iii. 61; Ministry defeated, resignation, iii. _64_, 72, 74, 79; visit to Paris, iii. _69_; failure to form a Government, iii. 87-96; Government of 1855, iii. 98; Vienna Conference, iii. _64_, _105_; Colonial Office, iii. _109_, 110; Austria's proposed terms of Crimean settlement, iii. _120_; attacks on, and resignation, iii. _121_, _131_, 132, _133_; iii. 190; Chinese dispute, iii. _223_, _228_; and the House of Lords, iii. 227; retains his seat, iii. _231_; financial crisis, iii. 256; Conspiracy Bill, iii. _266_; Reform Bill, iii. 276; India Bill, iii. 279; competitive examinations, iii. 297; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_, 324; reconciliation with Palmerston, iii. _307_; Foreign Secretary, iii 345-349; France and Austria, iii. 352; differences with the Queen on Italian policy, iii. 361-373, 374-378, 382-390, 395-398; Reform Bill, iii. _379_; revolution doctrines, iii. 383; despatch to French Government, iii. 390; Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401-404; proposed visit of Emperor of Austria, iii. 409; disagreement with Palmerston, iii. _420_, 423; goes to the House of Lords, iii. _420_, 423; despatch to America, iii. _421_; iii. 428; and Gen. Garibaldi, iii. 431, 432, 433, 434; Danish Question, iii. 439; draft to Rome, iii. 441; the Garter, iii. 441; peerage, iii. _444_

---- Lord William, i. 202; murder of, i. 220

---- Odo (afterwards Lord Ampthill), Secretary of Legation at Florence, iii. 306; interviews with the Pope; iii. 310, 356

Russell's _Modern Europe_, i. 38

Russia, Hereditary Grand Duke of (afterwards Alexander II), i. 154, 172

---- Nicholas, Emperor of, i. 234; visit to England, ii. 12; Queen's opinion of, ii. 12, 14, 15, 17; effect on foreign countries, ii. 19; on the French Revolution, ii. 165; dispute with France, ii. _357_; letters to and from the Queen on the Eastern Question, ii. 459-465; and Turkey, iii. 4, 5; and Napoleon, iii. 6; interview with Sir H. Seymour, iii. 26; death, iii. _63_, 111

---- Empress-Dowager of, widow of Emperor Nicholas, iii. 306

---- Alexander, Emperor of, _see_ Alexander

---- Empress Marie Alexandrovna (wife of Alexander), iii. _205_

---- and England, i. 86; protector of the Porte, i. 229; and Central Asia, i. 328; France and England, ii. 20; Poland, ii. _114_; dispute with France, ii. _356_; war with Turkey, ii. _431_; Eastern Question, ii. 437-444, 449-465, 469-471; iii. _1_, 4, 5, 17, 18; Ambassador leaves London, iii. _10_; England declares war with, iii. _20_; Napoleon's views on the crisis, iii. 24, 25; Prussia, iii. 29; repulse by Turkey, iii. _36_; defeat on the Alma, iii. _43_, 50; opinion of, in India, iii. 45, 46; Balaklava, iii. 50; Inkerman, iii. _53_, 54-56; death of Czar Nicholas, iii. _63_; fall of Sebastopol, iii. _64_; "Four Points" negotiation, iii. _65_, 120; Kertsch and the gravel pits (Redan) taken, iii. _126_; defeat on the River Tchernaya, iii. _135_; Austrian ultimatum, iii. 152; peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_, 182-185; procrastination in carrying out terms, iii. _159_, 179, _208_ _214_; Lord Granville's opinion of, iii. 204; reported treaty with France, iii. 328, _331_; Danish Question, iii. 439

Sailors' Homes, iii. 191

St Albans, Disfranchisement, ii. _381_

St Arnaud, Marshal, commands French Army in Crimea, death, iii. _1_, 28, _30_

St Cloud, Queen's visit to, iii. 136

St Edward's Chair, i. 121

---- Chapel, i. 121, 122

St Germans, Earl of, Postmaster-General, ii. 65

St Juan, Island of, United States claim to, iii. 373

St Leonards, Queen's visit to, i. 39, 40

St Leonards, Lord (Lord Chancellor), refusal to join Government of 1858, iii. 271

Saint-Simon, Duc de, _Memoires_, i. 435

Sak, proposed occupation of, iii. 185

Saldanha, Marshal, ii. 90

Sale, Lady, her journal, i. 383

---- Sir Robert, success in Afghanistan, i. _370_, 383, 402; pension, i. 444; death, ii. 76

Salisbury, Bishop of (Dr Fisher), Queen's reminiscences of, i. 10

---- Marquess of, President of the Council, iii. 272

Sand, George, _Comtesse de Rudolstadt_, novel by, ii. 27

Sandon, Viscount, Sugar Duties, i. _275_

Sandwich, Countess of, i. 177

Sans Souci, death of King of Prussia at, iii. 424

Sardinia, Princess Clothilde of, marriage of, iii. _308_, _331_

---- Kings of, _see_ Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel

Sardinia, ii. _141_, _175_; war with Austria, ii. _178_, _182_, 186, 190, 193; Western Alliance against Russia, iii. _63_; success against Russia, iii. _135_, 154, 161; Treaty of Peace, iii. 213; alliance with England and France against Russia, iii. _307_; war with Austria, and cession of Lombardy to, iii. _308_; refusal to disarm, iii. _327_; sympathy with, iii. 328; Government of Tuscany, iii. 329; Napoleon's promise of help, iii. _331_; Duchies of Parma, Modena and Romagna, transferred to, iii. _380_; disavowal of Garibaldi, iii. _380_

Savoy, annexation to France, iii. _379_, 385, 395

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of, history of, i. 1, 2, 3

Saxe-Coburg, Ernest, Duke of, (Prince Consort's father), i. 4, 22, _48_; death, ii. 6

---- Ernest, Prince of (Prince Consort's brother), i. 49, 62; illness, i. 69

---- Prince Augustus of, parentage and marriage, i. 4, 431, 458, 459

Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, Duchess of, i. 13, 18

---- Francis, Duke of, i. 8, 22; iii. _437_

Saxe-Weimar, Prince Edward of, letter to the Queen, iii. 54

---- Prince William and Princess Louise of, i. 31

Saxony, Crown Prince of, iii. 458

---- Frederick Augustus II., King of, ii. 12, 16

Schleinitz, M., ii. 250

Schleswig, ii. _141_, 182, 192, _195_; union with Holstein, ii. 222, 249, _254_, 258; iii. _281_

_School for Scandal_, i. 218

Schulenberg, Countess, iii. 457

Schwartzenberg, Prince, Prime Minister of Austria, ii. 378, 380

Scone Palace, Queen's visit to, i. 429, 430

Scotch Fusiliers, wounded from the Crimea, iii. 110

Scotland, Church crisis, i. 447, 448, _450_; Admission of Ministers Bill, i. 488, _489_; the Queen's visit to Balmoral, ii. 321-323, 392, 394-396; to Edinburgh, iii. 406

Scott, General, iii. 469

---- Gilbert, architect, iii. _444_

Scutari, iii. _2_; hospital at, iii. 61, 62, 78

Search, right of, on the high seas, ii. 6; iii. 466, 468, 469

Seaton, Lord, _see_ Colborne

Sebastopol, iii. _1_, 43, 44; bombardment, iii. 50; fall, iii. _64_, 142

Secretary of State, _see_ State, Secretary of

---- at War, _see_ War, Secretary at

Sepoys, mutiny of, iii. _224_, 237, 238

Septennial Act, i. _56_; ii. 121

Serpent's Island, Russia's claim to, iii. _159_, _208_

Settembrini, iii. 312

Sevigne, Mme. de, i. 40; iii. 172

Seville, Duke of (Don Enrique), ii. 45

Seymour, Lord (afterwards Duke of Somerset), Roebuck Committee Reports, iii. 112. _See_ Somerset, Duke of

---- Admiral, occupies Chinese fort, iii. _223_

---- Mr Digby, M.P., iii. 402, 404

---- Sir Hamilton, Minister at Brussels, i. 139, 320; Envoy-Extraordinary at Lisbon, ii. 119, 134, 179, 180, _181_; Petersburg, ii. 286; Eastern Question, ii. _431_; recall from St Petersburg, iii. _10_; interview with the Czar, iii. 26; "neutralisation," iii. 151

Shaftesbury, Earl of, _see_ Ashley, Lord

Sheil, Mr, Minister at the Court of Tuscany, ii. 279; death, ii. 319

Shere Singh, surrender of, ii. 217

Short, Dr Thomas Vowler (afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man), i. 64; _Sketch of History of Church of England_, i. 452

Sibthorp, Colonel, iii. 76

Sicily, rising in, ii. _141_, _208_. _See_ Garibaldi

Sikhs (_see_ India), aggressive, ii. _30_; defeat of, ii. _71_, 77; boundaries, ii. 74; murder of two Englishmen, ii. _142_; hostility of, ii. 196, 197; successful operations against, ii. _208_, 217

Silesia, insurrection in, ii. _72_

Silistria, Turkish success at, iii. _1_, _36_

Simpson, General, retirement from the command in the Crimea, iii. _64_; death of Lord Raglan, iii. 128; Commander-in-Chief, iii. 130; position, iii. 134; Queen's congratulations on fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143

Sinclair, Sir George, M.P., i. 448

Singapore, convict population of, iii. 278

Singh, Maharajah Dhuleep, _see_ Dhuleep

Sinope Harbour, affair of, ii. _432_, 471; iii. 115

Slavery, abolition of, i. 20, 277, 377, 382

Slidell, Mr, Southern Confederacy Envoy, iii. 466, 468, 469

Smith, Mr Robert Vernon (afterwards Lord Lyveden), Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, i. _275_, 468; iii. 76; Board of Control, iii. _109_, 127, 128; annexation of Oudh, iii. _176_, _219_; on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239; iii. 272; Oudh Proclamation, iii. _281_

---- Sir Harry, ii. _71_; Governor of Cape of Good Hope, Boer War, ii. _142_; wounded, ii. _200_; Kaffir War, ii. _283_; Orange River Free State, iii. 201

---- Sir Lionel, Governor of Jamaica, i. _141_

Smithfield, Cattle Show, Queen's visit to, iii. 419

Smyth, William, Professor of Modern History, i. 435

Smythe, George, member of "Young England" party, ii. _17_

Sobraon, defeat of the Sikhs at, ii. _74_, 77

Socialism, possibilities in Russia, iii. 205

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Prince Consort presides at meeting, ii. _319_

Solferino, battle of, iii. _308_, _353_

Solyman Pasha, i. 246

Somerset, 11th Duke of, death, iii. 145

---- 12th Duke of, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 349; Garter, iii. 441; iii. 466. _See_ Seymour, Lord

---- Lord Fitzroy, afterwards Lord Raglan ii. 393, 396; Commander of Forces for the East, iii. _26_; victory at the Alma, iii. 50; Field-Marshal, iii. 52, 53; Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56; death of, iii. _64_, 128; welfare of the Army, iii. 68, 69, 81

Somnauth, Gates of Temple of, i. 444-445, 468, 477

Sonderbund, the, ii. 138

Sooja, Shah, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1. _142_, _209_, 328, 444, 445; Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242

Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III., i. 31; death, ii. 147

Soult, Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, i. 111; ii. 268

South Africa, Natal insurrection, i. 427; Sir H. Smith's proclamation in 1848, ii. _142_; Dutch War, ii. 200

Southern, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, ii. 111, 118, 119, 120

Spain, disputed succession, i. _44_, 50, _57_; and Portugal, i. 59, 61; ii. 119, 133; Lord Palmerston on, i. 66; battle at Bilbao, i. 67; constitution, i. 82, 83; condition of, i. 96, _102_; the Fueros, i. 188; Mission, i. 330; guardianship of young Queen, i. _346_; and France, i. 347, 350, 351, 374; proposed marriage of the young Queen, i. 432, 485, 486, 487; ii. _31_, 32, 44, _72_, 90, 96-109; Don Carlos' abdication of claim to throne, ii. _31_; changes in Ministry, ii. _116_; and England, ii. _120_; and Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 175; and Lord Palmerston, ii. 240; Queen of Spain's desire for the Garter, ii. 323

---- Infanta of, i. _488_; ii. 32, 45, _72_, 97, 99, 103, 107; iii. _51_

---- Queen of, _see_ Christina

Spaeth, Baroness, i. 14, 18, 123

Spithead, accident, ii. 199

Spooner, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265

Spring Rice, Mr, Chancellor of Exchequer, i. 147

Stafford, Augustus, Secretary of the Admiralty, iii. 78

Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116; stamp on cheques, iii. 262

_Standard_, newspaper, iii. 8

Stanhope, Philip Henry, fourth Earl, i. 108

---- Lady Wilhelmina, i. 121, 123, 125

Stanley, Lord (afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby), thrice Prime Minister, i. _62_, 137; Colonial Secretary, i. 163, 306, 309; Corn Laws, ii. 49; resignation, ii. 54, 64; Protection dinner, ii. 87, _122_; vote of censure, ii. _244_, _247_, 248, 287, 288; failure to form a Government, ii. 290, 291, 293, 299, 300, 311, 315; Prime Minister, ii. 368-397; and the Church, ii. 376; adherence to treaties, ii. 377; the Queen's views on Militia Bill, ii. 380; Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380; question of dissolution, ii. 383; progress of democracy, ii. 384, 385; Protection, ii. 386; Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388, 389; Italy, ii. 386, 387; military appointments, ii. 392; national defences, ii. 396, 398-400; confusion of Parties, ii. 403-405; Budget, ii. 406; Princess Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411; resignation, ii. 412-414; attack on Lord Aberdeen, ii. 417, _418_, 419, 425; takes leave of the Queen, ii. 425; Roebuck Motion, iii. 78; failure to form a Government, iii. 63, 80-87, 90; on title of Prince Consort, iii. _197_, 197; China War debate, attack on Lord Palmerston, iii. 230; Conspiracy Bill, iii. _261_, 264, 265; forms a Government, iii. 268-272; Oudh Proclamation and resignation of Lord Ellenborough, iii. 282-_285_; possible dissolution, iii. 285, 286-289; vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290-293; competitive examinations, iii. 296, 297; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; Queen's letter to French Emperor, iii. 314; Indian Army Question, iii. 317-320; Queen's letter to Emperor of Austria, iii. 322; proposed congress to settle Italian Question, iii. 327-333; Queen's Speech, iii. 336-340; resignation on defeat of Government, iii. _307_, 324, 343

---- Lord (afterwards fifteenth Earl of Derby), Colonial Secretary, iii. 148, 272, 292; his position with regard to the Queen, iii. 301-303; Indian Army Question, iii. 317, 318, 319; Peers and Money Bills, iii. _379_

Stanley of Alderley, Lord, Secretary to Treasury, i. 129, 395; iii. 150

State, Secretary of, duties of, i. 100; iii. 34

Stephanie, Grand Duchess, ii. 233

Stephen, James, Under-Secretary for Colonies, retirement, ii. 131; Privy Council, ii. 132

Stockmar, Baron, private physician and secretary to King Leopold, unofficial adviser to the Queen, i. 25; accompanies Prince Albert on tour, i. 25, 152; his character, i. 25, 26, 68; i. 69, 72, 73, 76, 79, 81, 83, 211, 332; memos. on Lord Melbourne's correspondence with the Queen, i. 340, 353, 360, 361; illness, i. 392; i. 474, 476; Spanish marriage, ii. 103, 192; on a Minister's duty, ii. 238; ii. 279, 315, 362; Legion of Honour, ii. 402; iii. 49, 171; illness of, iii. 185

Stockport, riot at, ii. 391

Stopford, Admiral Sir Robert, i. _252_, 258

Stowell, Lord, law of nations, iii. 466

Strafford, Earl of, ii. 126, _128_, 393; Field-Marshal, iii. _146_

Straits Settlements, iii. 277

Strangford, Viscount, i. 326, 482

Strangways, Brigadier-General, died at Inkerman, iii. _53_

Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount (formerly Sir Stratford Canning), ii. 138, 369; Eastern Question, ii. _431_, _449_, _452_, 456, 457, 460-465, 469, 470; illness of, iii. 27; victory of the Alma, iii. 44; and the Pope, iii. 358

Strawberry Hill, sale of, i. 389

Strelitz, ii. 188

Strickland, Miss Agnes, i. 322

Stroekens, Major, i. 67

Strutt, Mr, Chancellor of the Duchy, iii. _34_

Stuart, Miss, marriage, i. 388

---- Wortley J. (afterwards second Baron Wharncliffe), President of the Council, i. 299, 309

Sudbury, disfranchisement of, ii. 381

Suffrage, Queen's view of, ii. 333; extension of, ii. 324, 333, 366

Sugar Duty, i. 265; Colonial preference, ii. _17_, 91

Sully, Maximilien, Duc de, Memoirs of, i. 38, 47

Sunday bands, iii. 135

Surrey, Earl of (afterwards thirteenth Duke of Norfolk), i. 123; Treasurer of the Household, i. _275_

Sussex, Duke of, politics, i. 5, 6, 10, 11, 71, 76; Ireland, i. 129, 138; precedence, i. 207; Regency Bill, i. _209_, 378, 390; will of, i. 478, 479

Sutherland, second Duke of, death, iii. _443_

---- Duchess of, i. 101, 120; Queen Victoria's valued friend, ii. 371; letter to Queen on her husband's death, iii. 442

Sweaborg, bombardment of, iii. _64_

Sweden, and Morocco, ii. 4; Schleswig Question, ii. _195_; and Norway, iii. _134_

---- and Norway, Charles XV., King of, visit to the Queen, iii. 447; his views on foreign affairs, iii. 448-450

Switzerland, internecine strife, ii. _115_, 137-139; and France, ii. 380; rising in, iii. _214_; protest against annexation of Savoy, iii. _380_; claim to parts of Savoy, iii. _395_

Syria, i. _179_, _209_, 240; successes in, i. 246, _252_; war, ii. 69; Napoleon's policy, iii. _380_

Tahiti, dispute with France, ii. _1_, _21_, 25

Tait, Dr A. C., Bishop of London, iii. 205

Talbot, Lady Mary, i. 121, 125

---- Monsignore, iii. 356

Tallenay, M. de, ii. _173_, 186

Talleyrand, Prince, death of, i. 116

Tamburini, Sr, opera singer, i. _220_

Tangiers, bombardment of, ii. 20

Tankerville, Earl of, i. 198

Tawell, Salt Hill murderer, ii. 269

Taylor, Sir Herbert, i. 68

Taymouth, Lord Breadalbane's house, Queen's visit to, i. 428

Tchernaya, River, success of the Allies at, iii. _64_, _135_

Teba, Count de (afterwards Count de Montijo), ii. _435_

Temple, The Hon. Sir William, K.C.B., Minister Plenipotentiary, Naples, iii. _140_

Templetown, Viscount, i. 62

Tennent, Sir James Emerson, i. 469

Tennyson, Alfred, poet, ii. 45; Poet Laureate, ii. 272

Terceira, Duc de, i. _55_; ii. 397

Terni, cataract at, Prince Albert's visit to, i. 152

Thames, pollution of the, iii. _294_

Theresa, Archduchess, i. 52

Therese, Princess, i. 453

Thiers, Louis A., French Premier, i. 149, 227; ii. 364, 389

Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's, iii. 416

Thouvenel, M. de, French Foreign Minister, iii. 382; and Lord John Russell's despatch, iii. 389; iii. 395

Threepenny pieces, circulation of, ii. 37

Ticino, Austrian troops on the, iii. _328_, 333

Timber duty, i. 265

_Times_, newspaper, i. 425; ii. 20, 27, _30_, _48_, 86, 135, 172, 190, 220, 241, 244, 263, 282, 348, _411_; iii. _1_, 8, 16; Crimea, iii. 36; Queen's visit to France, iii. 138; enquiry on Crimean officers, iii. 174; iii. 192, 254; attacks on Prussia, iii. 455; report of a private interview, iii. 347; abuse of Germany, iii. 462, 463

Tindal, Chief Justice, i. 469

Tippoo Sahib, iii. 39

Tite, Mr (afterwards Sir William), architect, iii. 443

Tithes, i. _43_

Tollbar riots, i. _450_, 483, 492

Tomantoul, Queen's visit to, iii. 407

Tory party and the Royal family, i. 5, 6; consolidation of, i. 20; Queen's opinion of, i. _27_, 60, 61, 203, 207, 212, 213; failure of, i. 66; organisation of, i. 90; unsuccessful attempt to form a Ministry, i. 154-170; vote of censure on Government and success at the polls, i. _253_, 264; Nottingham election, i. 264; amendment to address, 1841, i. 301; Cabinet, i. 308, 309; Finance, Income-Tax, Import Duties, i. _370_; Corn Law Debate, i. 465, 466; Irish Arms Bill, i. 482; dissensions (Young England party), ii. _1_, 16; resignation, ii. _30_, 51; return to office, ii. _30_, 62; repeal of Corn Laws, ii. _71_; defeat on Irish Coercion Bill. ii. _71_; resignation, ii. 80, _115_; on intervention in Portugal, ii. _123_, ii. 216; peril of the Ministry, ii. 285; defeat of the Government, ii. 288; inability to form a Government, ii. 288-313; Parliamentary Reform, ii. 332, 333; resignation of Whig Government, ii. 368; Lord Derby becomes Prime Minister, ii. 369-377; first debate, ii. 380-383; question of dissolution, ii. 383; Free Trade debate, ii. _399_; Budget, ii. 406; defeat on House Tax and resignation, ii. 411-413; China War debate, iii. 231

Tractarian movement, ii. 273, 280

Transport Land Corps, iii. 157

Transvaal, independence of, ii. _142_; iii. 200

Trapani, Count, Spanish marriage, ii. _31_, 32, 44, 89, 99

Treaty of 1856, settlement of Eastern Question, iii. _63_, 65, _158_, 182; Nanking, i. _442_

Trelawney, Sir John, and Church rates, iii. _323_

Trench, Richard Chenevix, Dean of Westminster, iii. 206

_Trent_, steamship, seizure of Envoys, iii. 466, 468

Treport, Queen's visit to, ii. 44; ii. 157

Trianon, iii. 136

Troubridge, Sir Thomas, C.B., great gallantry at Inkerman, iii. 127

Trouville, ii. 156

Truelove, trial of, iii. _273_

Tuckett, Captain Harvey, i. _263_

Tulloch, Colonel, iii. _175_

Tunbridge Wells, Queen's visits to, i. 11, 19, 36, 38

Turgot, M., ii. _335_, 339, 344

Turkey, Convention about Egypt, i. 227-243, 258; war with Russia, ii. _432_; Eastern Question, ii. 437, 441-444, _449_, _452_, 464-465, 469-471; and Persia, iii. 4; Russian occupation of the Principalities, iii. 12, _13_, 17; protocol signed for integrity of, iii. _19_; success of, iii. _35_; Inkerman, iii. 54-56; peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_, 161-188, _208_

Turton, Dr Thomas, Dean of Ely, ii. _35_

Tuscans, deputation to King Victor Emmanuel, iii. _308_

Tuscany, Duke of, Pope's opinion of, iii. 357

---- Government of, iii. _308_, 329

Umbria, conquered, iii. _380_

Unemployed, the, ii. 67, 168

United States, dispute with Canada, i. _254_, 260, _356_, 368; treaty, i. 461, 462; boundary dispute with England, ii. _30_; Oregon boundary, ii. 82; Foreign Enlistment Act, iii. _159_, _219_; financial crisis, iii. _256_; military occupation of St Juan, iii. 373; Prince of Wales's visit to, iii. _380_; Abolitionist troubles, iii. _381_; conflict between Federal Government and Southern States, iii. _421_; right to search neutral ships, iii. 466, 468, 469; draft despatch for release of Mason and Slidell, iii. 469

Unkiar Skelessi, Treaty of, i. 142

Uruguay, ii. _133_

Utrecht, Treaty of, ii. 107

Uxbridge, Earl of, i. 110, 400, 467

---- Countess of, i. 400; death, ii. 8

Valliant, Marshal, Minister of War, iii. 43; G.C.B., iii. 146; opinion of Morocco, iii. 221; goes to Italy in 1859, iii. 333

Vane, Lord Harry, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265

Varna, Allied Forces sailing from, iii. _1_, 36

Venice, Republic proclaimed, ii. _141_; ii. 198; Venetia in 1859, iii. _308_

Verney, Sir Harry, ii. 390

Versailles, Queen's visit to, iii. 136

Vico, Colonel, death of, iii. _135_

Victoire, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, i. 149; marriage to Duc de Nemours, i. 213; flight from France, ii. 155, 167, 176, 177; visits Queen Victoria, ii. 184, 185

Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, ii. _208_, 218; visit to England, iii. _64_, _156_; joins the Western Alliance, iii. _66_; rumoured conversation with Louis Napoleon, iii. 168; proposed marriage, iii. _207_; war with Austria, entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace, iii. _308_; and the Pope, iii. 311; cession of Savoy and Nice, iii. _385_; war with Austria, iii. 386; as King of Italy, iii. _420_

Victoria, Queen, ancestry of, i. 1-7; political position of, i. 17; memoir of her early years, i. 18-21; relations and friends, i. 22-26; close correspondence and relationship with King Leopold, i. 23; formation of her character, i. 22-26; interesting points in her correspondence, i. 27-29 1819 Born 24th May at Kensington Palace, i. 8 1819-1826 Reminiscences of early childhood, written by herself, i. 10-14 1824 Miss Lehzen becomes her governess, i. 25 1826 Visits George IV. at Windsor, i. 11-13; serious illness, i. 13, 14 1827 Visits George IV. at Windsor, i. 13 1828 First letter to Prince Leopold, i. 32 1830 Duchess of Kent's memo, on education, i. 14-16; June, George IV. died and William IV. succeeded, i. 19; Duchess of Northumberland appointed official governess, i. 25 1832 King Leopold on the necessity of forming her character, i. 35 1834 Visits Hever Castle, i. 37; reading and studies, i. 37-40 1835 Confirmation, i. 41 1836 Painful scene between the Duchess of Kent and William IV., i. 19; possible suitors, i. 47, 48; admiration for Prince Albert, i. 48, 49, 50; visits Lord Liverpool at Buxted Park, i. 50; Church matters, i. 52; 72; change of name discussed, i. 55 1837 Music with Prince Albert, i. 59; her establishment, i. 64, 68; William IV. offers her an independent income, i. 68; 24th May--attains her majority, i. 69; accession imminent, i. 71; reliance on Lord Melbourne, i. 72; 20th June--death of William IV.: Queen Victoria's accession, i. 75; reminiscences of events on the King's death, i. 75; address of condolence and congratulation, i. 77; her nationality, i. 78; her Ministers, i. 79; 13th July--goes to Buckingham Palace, i. 84; 17th July--prorogues Parliament, i. 86; singing lessons, i. 89; the elections, i. 89; King Leopold's visit to Windsor Castle, i. 91; visit to Brighton, i. 92; goes to the House of Lords and gives her assent to the Civil List Bill, i. 97 1838 Prince Albert's education, i. 111; distress at death of Louisa Louis, i. 111, 112; deaths of old servants, i. 112; arrangements for the Coronation, i. 113, 114; draft letter to the King of Portugal on Slave Trade, i. 115; brilliant ball, i. 115; 28th June--Coronation Day, Queen's reminiscences of, i. 120-125; 9th July--Coronation Review in Hyde Park, i. 126; at Windsor Castle, i. 130 at Brighton, i. 140; 1839 Death of Princess Marie of Orleans, i. 144; opens Parliament, i. 146; disagreement with King Leopold, i. 151-154; Prince Albert's tour in Italy, i. 152; resignation of Lord Melbourne, i. 154; audience with Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel, i. 157-159; refusal to allow Sir R. Peel to appoint Ladies of her Household, i. 161-169; Lord Melbourne's return to office, i. 170; ball at Buckingham Palace, i. 172; views on Cabinet crisis, i. 174; feelings for Prince Albert, i. 177, 178; at the Opera, i. 178; arrival of Princes Albert and Ernest at Windsor Castle, i, 188; announcement of her engagement to Prince Albert, i. 188, 189; her happiness, i. 191; her letters to the Royal Family, i. 193, 194; letters to Prince Albert, i. 195, 196, 199, 200, 203, 206, 208, 211-213, 217; reads Declaration before the Privy Council, i. 196; suggested peerage for Prince Albert, i. 196-199; Prince Albert's Household, i. 200-207 1840 Queen opens Parliament and announces intended marriage, i. 212; Prince Albert's grant, i. 214; marriage of the Queen to Prince Albert, i. _209_, _217_; disturbance at the Opera, i. 220; Prince Albert and politics, i. 224; attempted assassination by Oxford, i. 225; views on foreign affairs, i. 248, 249; birth of Princess Royal, i. 251 1841 Christening of Princess Royal, i. 255; speech from the Throne, i. 256, 257; operations in China, i. 261, 262; the Budget, i. 265; Household appointment difficulties, i. 268-273; impartiality, i. 285; visit to Ascot and Nuneham, i. 291; visit to Woburn Abbey, i. 295, 296; carriage accident, i. 298; resignation of Whig Ministry, i. 301; Prince Albert as adviser, i. 304, 305; interview with Sir R. Peel and sorrow at parting with Lord Melbourne, i. 309; seals of office exchanged, i. 315; question of future correspondence with Lord Melbourne, i. 330, 331, 340, 353, 360, 361; indisposition, i. 364; birth of first son, now King Edward VII., i. 364; he is created Prince of Wales, i. 366; domestic happiness, i. 366 1842 Christening of the Prince of Wales, i. 376, 381; visit to Brighton, i. 383; excursion to Portsmouth, i. 384; decision to pay Income Tax, i. 387; selection of a governess, i. 390, 394; ball at Buckingham Palace, i. 392, 393; attempt by Francis on the Queen's life, i. 398; Ascot and review of cavalry, i. 401; first railway journey, i. 404; list of presents sent by the Imam of Muscat, i. 406; attempt by Bean on the Queen's life, i. 407; death of the Duke of Orleans, i. 408, 409, 413, 416; strike riots, i, 422-428; prorogues Parliament, i. 425; visit to Scotland, i. 428, 429; return to Windsor, i. 430; steam yacht, i. 432; domestic happiness, i. 436; visit to Walmer Castle, i. 436, 438, 443; King of Hanover's claim to Crown jewels, i. 439, 487; and France, i. 445, 446 1843 Gaieties at Windsor, i. 451; visit and recollections of Claremont, i. 451; education of Prince of Wales, i. 463; domestic happiness, i. 464; new chapel at Buckingham Palace, i. 466; views on the verdict, not guilty but insane, in Macnaghten trial, i. 469; Prince Consort to hold levees for the Queen, i. 470, 471, 472, 473; the toast of the Prince, i. 475; birth and christening of Princess Alice, i. 480, 481; Turnpike riots in South Wales, i. 483, 492; resignation of the Duchess of Norfolk as Bedchamber Woman and successor, i. 484, 485, 486; suppression of duelling, i. 485; the Crown jewels, i. 487; visit to the King and Queen of France at Chateau d'Eu, i. 490; visit to Belgium, i. 492; visit to Cambridge, Wimpole, and Bourne, i. 496, 497, 500, 503; visit to Sir R. Peel at Drayton Manor, i. 504, 509; visit of Prince Consort to Birmingham, i. 507, 509, 510; visit to Belvoir Castle and Chatsworth, i. 509, 510 1844 Opens the new Royal Exchange, ii. _1_, 27; visit to Claremont, ii. 4, 5; carriage accident, ii. 5; death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, ii. 6; _brochure_ of Prince de Joinville, ii. 11; visit of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, ii. _1_, 12-16, 17, 20; domestic happiness, ii. 6, 7; uncle and niece, ii. 10; review in Windsor Great Park, and Ascot races, ii. 13; visit of King Louis Philippe, ii. 21, 27 1845 Spanish marriage question, ii. 32, 44; state of Buckingham Palace, ii. 33; question as to Prince Albert's title, ii. 34; sponsor to Sir R. Peel's grandson, ii. 35; Queen's purchase of Osborne, ii. 35, 42; Low Church bigotry, ii. 37; King Leopold's birthday letter, ii. 39; visit of the King of Holland, ii. _42_; on the Queen's absences from England, ii. 43; visit to Holland and Coburg, and to Treport to King Louis Philippe, ii. 44; Sir R. Peel's resignation and return to office, ii. 48-67; letter from King Louis Philippe, ii. 57; reply, ii. 69-70 1846 Opening of Parliament in person, ii. _73_; defeat of the Sikhs, ii. 74-76; Coercion Bill, Ireland, ii. 79; resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80-85; Lord John Russell forms a Government, ii. 85-87;

## parting with Ministers, ii. 87;

Spanish marriage question, ii. 89, 90, 96-107; views as to dissolution, ii. 91; the Government of Canada, ii. 94; Duke of Wellington's statue, ii. 95; indignation at the engagement of the Queen of Spain, ii. 99-109; visit to Jersey, ii. 100; visit to Osborne, ii. 105; Peninsular War medals, ii. 109, 112, 113 1847 Views as to governing Portugal, ii. 117-120; Church patronage, ii. 121; difference with Lord Palmerston, ii. 122, 136; at the Opera to hear Jenny Lind, ii. 123; Duke of Wellington's statue, ii. 124; visit to Ardverikie, ii. 128; and Mr. Cobden, ii. 131; foreign policy, ii. 132-134; on the Swiss dispute, ii. 138; the Bishops and Dr Hampden, ii. 139; advance of money to Lord Melbourne, ii. 140 1848 Madame Adelaide's death, ii. 143-146; abdication and flight of King Louis Philippe to Claremont, ii. _149_-164; Princess Louise born 18th March, ii. _166_; Chartist demonstration, ii. 167-169; displeased with Lord Palmerston, ii. 171, 190, 191, 193, 195, 234, 240, 241, 256; position of the French Royal Family, ii. 176, 177; views on Foreign Policy, ii. 180; eulogy on Prince Albert, ii. 192; describes Balmoral, ii. 194; views of the Austrian and Italian Questions, ii. 197; stays at Osborne, ii. 197, 204; letter from Pope Pius IX., ii. 204; relations with France, ii. 206 1849 Receives the Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. _208_; correspondence with Pope Pius IX., ii. 209, 210; letter from Napoleon, ii. 210; memo. on French Republic, ii. 213, 214; Hamilton's attempt on her life, ii. 220; method of dealing with despatches, ii. 221, 222; on Schleswig-Holstein Question, ii. 223, 250, 251, 257, 258; visits Ireland (Cork, Dublin, Waterford, Kingston, Belfast), ii. 223-249; Coal Exchange opened, ii. _228_; thanksgiving after cholera epidemic, ii. 228; death of Queen Adelaide, ii. 230 1850 Pate's attack, ii. _231_, 253; the draft to Greece, ii. 234, 238, 240; Prince Albert's speech, ii. 240; Koh-i-noor Diamond, ii. 242; birth and christening of Prince Arthur, ii. 251; stays at Osborne, ii. 256; death of first Duke of Cambridge, ii. 256; duties of the Foreign Secretary, ii. 264; death of King Louis Philippe, ii. 265; visits Scotland, ii. 265; death of the Queen of the Belgians, ii. 266, 271, 272; Lord Palmerston and the Haynau despatch, ii. 269, 270; on Germany, ii. 274, 278; on religious strife, ii. 277, 278; Papal aggression, ii. 279-282 1851 Principle of diplomatic appointments, ii. 285, 286; memo. on Sir J. Graham joining the Cabinet, ii. 286, 287; resignation of Government, ii. 289, 304; difficulties in forming a Government, ii. 288-315; success of the Exhibition in Hyde Park, ii. 317, 318, 320; Guildhall ball, ii. 320; visit to Balmoral, Allt-na-Giuthasach and Lochnagar, ii. 321-323; Lord Palmerston and Louis Kossuth, ii. 325-331; death of King of Hanover, ii. 331; views on Franchise and Suffrage proposals, ii. 332; Louis Napoleon's _coup d'etat_, ii. 334; dismissal of Lord Palmerston, ii. 342-348; review of Foreign Affairs, ii. 351 1852 Crown of Denmark, ii. 358; women and politics, ii. 362; New Houses of Parliament, ii. 363; pressure of business, ii. 366; change of Government, ii. 368-377; Household appointments, ii. 373, 376; on Foreign Affairs, ii. 377, 380; visits Osborne, ii. 378, 390, 417; on Italy, ii. 386, 387; Louis Napoleon's position, ii. 390; visits Osborne, ii. 391; inherits Mr Neild's fortune, ii. 392; visits Balmoral, ii. 392; views on national defence, ii. 396, 398-400; death of the Duke of Wellington, ii. 392-396, 401, 402; her admiration of his character, ii. 394; Louis Napoleon becomes Emperor, ii. 397, 407, _408_; letter to him, ii. 407; secret Protocol, ii. 408; views on Princess of Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411, 422, 429; Lord Aberdeen's new Government, ii. 412-430; Lord Derby's tribute to, ii. 427 1853 French Emperor's marriage, ii. 433-435; Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-444, 449, 452-465; views on Lord John Russell's position, ii. 438; birth of Prince Leopold (afterwards Duke of Albany), ii. _444_; congratulations from the Emperor of Russia, ii. 444; views on India Bill, ii. 447; correspondence with Emperor of Russia on Eastern Question, ii. 459-465; Lord Stratford's despatch, ii. 469 1854 Opens Crystal Palace, iii. _2_; Press attacks on Prince Albert, iii. _1_, 3, 7, 8; on reception of Orleans family, iii. 6, 7; Reform Bill, iii. 8, 15; on competitive examinations, iii. 10, 11; desires augmentation of Army, iii. 12; Baltic Fleet sails, iii. 16; correspondence with King of Prussia on Eastern Question, iii. 16-19, 28-30, 31-33; declaration of war with Russia, iii. _19_; on the defenceless state of England, iii. 36; on the state of India, iii. 38, 53; views on Army promotions, iii. 39; disapproves of special prayers for illness, iii. 40; French Emperor's letter after Prince Albert's visit, iii. 41, 42; battle of the Alma, iii. 44, 49; treatment of Indian Princes, iii. 47; views on Austrian Alliance, iii. 48, 50; Balaklava, iii. 50, _51_; Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56; Crimean medal, iii. 56; condition of hospital at Scutari, iii. _61_ 1855 Visits the French Emperor, iii. _64_; King of Sardinia visits England, iii. _64_; opinion on the "Four Points" negotiations, iii. 65; confidence in Lord Aberdeen, iii. 66-68; on the duties of Ambassadors and Foreign Secretaries, iii. 68, 69; on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72-75; memo. on the crisis, iii. 74, 75; on Government's resignation, iii. 79; inability of Lord Derby and Lord John Russell to form a Government, iii. 80-96; Lord Palmerston forms a Government, iii. 96-104; letter to King of Prussia, iii. 107; visit to the wounded from Crimea, iii. 110; letter to Princess of Prussia on sudden death of the Czar, iii. 112; hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers, iii. 113; Crimean medals, iii. 116; visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. 117; review in Windsor Park, iii. _117_; investiture of the French Emperor, iii. _117_; letter from the Emperor, and reply, iii. 118, 119; Queen's opinion of French Emperor, iii. 122-126; distribution of medals, iii. 127; power of appointing Governor-General of India, iii. 127, 128; death of Lord Raglan, iii. 129; letter to Lady Raglan, iii. 129; message to the Army, iii. 130; Lord John Russell resigns, iii. 131, 132; Gen. Simpson's difficulties in the Crimea, iii. 134; Sunday bands, iii. 135; account of her visit to France, iii. 135-140; letter to French Emperor, iii. 137; first occupation of Balmoral, iii. _141_; Sebastopol taken, iii. 142; Queen's message, iii. 142, 143; Princess Royal's proposed marriage with Crown Prince of Prussia, iii. 146, 147; Queen's desire for a dockyard on the Forth, iii. 151; discusses proposals of peace, iii. 152-154 1856 Victoria Cross, iii. 160; correspondence with French Emperor on the ultimatum, iii. 162-164, 172, 185; views on the council of war at Paris, iii. 168, 169; views of King of Sardinia, iii. 198; England's policy, iii. 169; letter to Florence Nightingale, iii. 170; distribution of honours, iii. 171; Commission on the conduct of Crimean officers, iii. 174; question of marriage of Princess Royal, iii. 182, 188, 220; Queen's views on Treaty of Peace, iii. 182-188; peace fete at Crystal Palace, iii. 190; enquiries before appointments offered, iii. 190; memorandum on her husband's status, iii. 192-194, 196; Sunday bands, iii. 194; title of Prince Consort conferred, iii. _197_; review of Crimean troops, iii. _198_, 199, 200; proposed marriage of Princess Mary, iii. 206, 209; letter to Empress of the French as to Treaty of Paris, and reply, iii. 207, 213; Balmoral, iii. 209; defence of England, iii. 212; death of Prince Charles of Leiningen, iii. 216, 217; letter to Louis Napoleon, iii. 221 1857 Indian Mutiny, iii. _223_, 234, 236; China War debate, iii. _223_, _231_; French Emperor's feelings towards England, iii. 233; Princess Beatrice born, iii. 234; marriage of Princess Charlotte of Belgium, iii. _234_, _241_; Victoria Cross decoration, iii. 235; visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. 240, 242; views on defenceless state of England, iii. 241-242; urges reinforcements for India, iii. 242-246; on necessity of increasing the Army, iii. 245, 257, 260; anxiety for India, iii. 246; marriage of Princess Royal, iii. 253; death of Duchesse de Nemours, iii. 254; financial crisis, iii. 255; opens Parliament in person, iii. _256_ 1858 Prince Frederick William of Prussia (afterwards Emperor Frederick), married to the Princess Royal, iii. _261_; death of Duchess of Orleans, iii. _261_;

## parting with the Princess Royal, iii. 263, 264;

defeat of the Government on Conspiracy Bill, iii. 265; formation of new Government, iii. 267-272; Prince of Wales's confirmation, iii. 278; enquiries into the state of the Navy, iii. 279, 297; Crown prerogatives, iii. 294, 295, 296; visit to the Emperor of the French, iii. _296_; Proclamation to people of India, iii. 298, 304; duties of Secretary of State, iii. 299; Princess Royal's reception by the Prussians, iii. 454-456 1859 Dissolution on new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; necessity for a strong Army and Navy, iii. 309; Queen's speech, iii. 313, 314; birth of first grandchild (present German Emperor), iii. 314, 324; letter to French Emperor advising peace, iii. _315_; Indian Army Question, iii. 316-320; opens Parliament, iii. _317_; letter to Emperor of Austria, and reply, iii. 322, 323, 324, 325; proposed congress to settle the Italian Question, iii. 325-334; Queen's speech, iii. 335-340; defeat of the Government, iii. 342; Lord Palmerston forms a new Government, iii. 344-349; Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351; views on the war between France and Austria, iii. 353, 354; conclusion of peace arranged between the two Emperors, iii. _354_, _359_, _360_; the Pope's opinion of England's policy, iii. 356-359; differences with Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell on England's Italian Policy, iii. 361-373, 374-377; objection to publication of divorce cases in daily papers, iii. 378; congratulates French Emperor on peace, iii. 378 1860 Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, iii. _379_; Prince of Wales visited Canada and United States, iii. _380_, _405_; difficulties with Lord John Russell over the Italian Policy, iii. 383; Gladstone's Budget statement, iii. 388; Earl Cowley's stormy interview with French Emperor, iii. 390-394; Prince of Wales visits Coburg and Gotha, iii. _396_; letters of thanks to Indian Civil servants, iii. 398; visit to Aldershot, iii. 400; Abolition of Paper Duties Bill thrown out by the House of Lords, iii. 400-403; engagement of Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse, iii. 405, 415, 418, 419; visits Holyrood, iii. 406; Balmoral, iii. 407; proposed meeting with the Emperor of Austria, iii. 408, 409; appeal from the King of Naples, iii. 409; reply, iii. 412; appointment of bishops, iii. 416, 417 1861 Death of Duchess of Kent, iii. _420_; third visit to Ireland, iii. _420_, 452; New Year's letter from French Emperor, and reply, iii. 423, 427; detailed account of death of the King of Prussia, iii. 424-426; happiness of the Princess Royal, iii. 430; wedding day anniversary, iii. 433; Garibaldi letter, iii. 434; death of the Duchess of Kent, iii. _420_, 435-439, 447, 448; Mr Layard as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, iii. 444-447; King of Sweden's visit to Osborne, iii. 447; his views on the Foreign Affairs, iii. 448-450; the Queen's views, iii. 450; visits Frogmore, iii. 451; visits Ireland, iii. 452; coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 456-458; Queen of Prussia on Foreign Policy, iii. 460; appreciation of her Highland servant, iii. 461; _Times_ newspaper's attacks on Prussia, iii. 462-464; America's right to search neutral ships, iii. 466, 468; Prince Consort's illness, iii. 468, 470; slight improvement, iii. 470; the crisis, iii. 472, 473; pathetic letter to King Leopold on death of Prince Consort, iii. 473, 476; death of Lady Canning, iii. 475; sympathetic letter to Viscount Canning, iii. 477

Victoria, Princess Royal, birth, i. 251; i. 319, 322, 358, 364, 436, 451, 493; ii. 3, 5; at opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. _228_; ii. 276, 317; riding accident, ii. 322; her character, iii. 156; question of marriage, iii. 146, 147, 182, 188, 195, 218, 221; confirmation of, iii. 185; birthday, iii. 216; iii. 240; marriage, iii. 253, _261_;

## parting from the Queen, iii. 263, 264;

reception by the Prussians, iii. 454-456; birth of the present German Emperor, iii. 313, 314; iii. 332; visit to the Queen, iii. 335; birth of Princess Charlotte, iii. 406; detailed account of death of King of Prussia, iii. 424-426; domestic happiness of, iii. 430; death of Duchess of Kent, iii. 435, 438

_Victoria and Albert_, Queen's yacht, ii. 42

---- Cross, iii. 160, 235

---- (Australia), governorship of, iii. 190

Vienna, Congress of, i. 3; Treaty of, ii. _72_, 114, 455, 469; Crimean Conference, its failure, iii. _63_, _64_; Conference of the Powers, iii. 104

Villafranca, peace concluded at, iii. _308_, _355_, _359_, _361_

Villiers, George William Frederick, afterwards fourth Earl of Clarendon. _See_ Clarendon

---- Hon. Henry Montagu, Bishop of Carlisle, iii. 417

---- Mr Charles, "Father of the House," i. 148; Free Trade motion, ii. 381, 399, 404; proposed for office, ii. 422

Viscount, meaning of term, i. 124

Vivian, Sir Hussey, Master-General of the Ordnance, i. 279

Volunteer Review, iii. 406

_Vor-Parlament_, ii. _192_

Waddington, Dr, Dean of Durham, i. 453

Walcheren Expedition, iii. 76

Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, afterwards King Edward VII., birth, i. 364; Order of Black Eagle conferred, i. 372; christening, i. 376, 380; education, i. 463, 475; Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. 17; present from the King of the French, ii. 27; Duke of Cornwall, ii. 100; Irish title, ii. 224; opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. _228_; Foreign Orders, ii. 390; confirmation, iii. 278; visit to Napoleon at Cherbourg, iii. _296_; visit to Rome, iii. 306, 311, 321; tour in Canada and United States, iii. _380_, _411_, 413, 414; visit to Coburg and Gotha, iii. _396_; visit to Ireland, iii. _420_, 452; goes to Cambridge, iii. _433_; death of Prince Consort, iii. 476

---- tollbar disturbances, i. _450_, 483, 492

Walewski, Madame, iii. 333

---- Count, ii. _133; coup d'etat_, Paris, ii. _334_, 339, 344, 347, 407; proposed marriage of Louis Napoleon, ii. _410_, 422, 429; Eastern Question, ii. 442; Prince Albert's visit to Louis Napoleon, iii. 42; want of transports, iii. 51; curious letter, iii. _85_, _154_; Treaty of Peace, iii. _160_, _213_, 215; right of asylum despatch, iii. _261_, _266_, 276; and war with Austria, iii. 333, _333_; resignation, iii. _383_

Walker, Colonel, iii. 410

Wallachia, iii. _262_

Walmer Castle, i. 436; Queen's visit to, i. 438, 443

Walpole, Spencer, ii. 374; Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388; on education, ii. 390, _391_, 428; iii. 76; Home Secretary, iii. 272, 278; withdraws from Ministry, iii. _307_

---- Sir Robert, i. 358

War, Secretary at, duties of, i. 100; power to appoint Commander-in-Chief, ii. _393_

Warburton, Mr, Corn Law debate, i. 218

Ward, Mrs Horatia, daughter of Lord Nelson, iii. 41; pension for her children, iii. 40, 41

---- Rev., Dean of Lincoln, ii. 46

Warre, Lieut.-Gen., Sir Wm., i. 423

Wasa, Princess Caroline Stephanie of, ii. 408

Washington, Prince of Wales's reception at, iii. _405_

Waterford, Queen's visit to, ii. 225

---- Marquess of, i. 388

Watson, Dr (afterwards Sir Thomas), Prince Consort's last illness, iii. 473

---- Admiral, iii. 250

Weikersheim, iii. 396

Weimar, Grand Duke of, i. 180; iii. 456, 458

Wellesley, Lord Charles, ii. 23

---- Sir Arthur (afterwards Duke of Wellington), and Convention of Cintra, iii. _175_

Wellington, Duke of, Foreign Secretary, i. _30_; Reform Bill, i. 61, 89; on Canadian difficulty, i. 100; i. 106, 155; interview with the Queen, i. 157; convention of 1828, i. 229; i. _253_; illness, i. 259; i. 300; in the Cabinet, i. 309; Roman Catholic Question, i. 365; christening of the Prince of Wales, i. 376; Commander-in-Chief, i. 420; on duelling, i. _450_, 485; i. 509; Corn Laws, ii. 49, 63; ii. 55, 63, 65; on dissolution, ii. 81; statue, ii. 95, 123, _124_; Peninsular War medals, ii. 109, 113; on intervention in Portugal, ii. 123; on defence of England, ii. _141_; Queen's tribute to, ii. 219; Brevet promotions, ii. 227; Sir Charles Napier's resignation, ii. 259; views on formation of new Government, ii. 295; appeal to, ii. 308, 309; death, ii. _357_, 392; Queen's appreciation of, ii. 394; funeral arrangements, ii. 396; India's homage to, ii. 401; funeral, ii. 402

---- College, foundation stone, iii. 195

Welsh language, in schools, ii. 215

Wemyss, Earl of, _see_ Elcho

Wessenberg, Baron, ii. 197

Westbury, Lord, _see_ Bethell, Sir Richard

Westminster Abbey, the enthronisation, i. 121, 122

Westminster, Marquess of, K.G., iii. _227_

Westmorland, eleventh Earl of, Minister at Berlin, ii. 241, 250, 274; question of decorations, iii. 202

Weyer, Sylvain van de, Belgian Foreign Minister, i. 58, 61, 182, 205; visit to the Queen, i. 255; ii. 299, 362, 372; iii. 101, 109, 386

Whalley, Mr, M.P., iii. 402

Wharncliffe, first Baron, Lord President of the Council, i. 299, 309

Whateley, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, i. 62

Wheeler, General Sir Hugh, mutiny at Cawnpore, iii. _238_

Whewell, Professor, i. 348

Whig Party, and the Royal Family, i. 5; power of, i. 20; weakness of, i. _43_, _209_; Ministry of, i. _56_, 66, _102_, 106; resignation of, i. 154; resume office, i. 171; Queen's opinion of, i. 213; verge of dissolution, i. 230; defeat, i. _253_; in jeopardy, i. 268; vote of censure, i. 289; dissolution, i. 301; Cabinet, i. 308; Corn Law debate, i. 465; unable to take office, ii. _30_, 58-63; and Protectionists, ii. _71_; take office, ii, _71_; Irish Coercion Bill, ii. 79, 81, 82; and Cobden, ii. 84; jealousies, ii. 86; Factory Act, ii. _115_; intervention in Portugal, ii. _123_; Poor Law Commission, ii. 130; repeal of Navigation Laws, ii. _208_, 219; case of Don Pacifico and Mr. Finlay, ii. _231_, 233-239, _243_, _244_, _247_; suggested rearrangement of offices, ii. 236; Foreign Policy defended, ii. 252; in difficulties, ii. _283_; Government defeat and resignation, ii. 288, 291; return to office, ii. 314; attempted fusion with Peelites, ii. 359; Militia Bill, ii. 368; resignation, ii. 368, 385; confusion of parties, ii. 403; defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411, 412, 413, 423, 425; Lord Aberdeen forms a new Government, ii. 412-430; withdrawal of Reform Bill, iii. _16_, _23_; resignation of Lord John Russell, iii. 58, 61, _63_, 73-76; Lord Palmerston becomes Premier, iii. 76; Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 78; and Lord John Russell, iii. 86; Government of 1855, iii. 97, 102; Cabinet, iii. 103, 108, _109_; Lord John Russell accepts the Colonial Office, iii. _109_; dissolution on Chinese debate, iii. _229_; return to power, iii. _307_

Whiteside, Mr, iii. 239

Whiting, page to Queen Victoria, i. 12

Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), i. 333; ii. 35, 82, 135; Divorce Bill, iii. 231, 232

Wilkie, Sir David, i. 313

William I., King of Prussia, _see_ Prussia

---- King of the Netherlands, _see_ Holland

---- IV. of England (formerly Duke of Clarence), politics, i. 5; marriage, i. 8, 14, 24; succession to the Throne, i. 19; estrangement with Duchess of Kent, i. 19, _27_, 68; death and review of his reign, i. 19, 20, _56_; illness, i. 71, 72, 73; death, i. 74; his children, i. _258_

Williams, General Fenwick, gallant defence of Kars, iii. _64_

---- Mr, i. 374

Willis's Rooms, iii. _341_

Willoughby, Lord, receptions at Court, iii. 385

Wilson, James, Financial Secretary to Treasury, afterwards Privy Councillor, ii. 190

Wimpole, i. 504

Winchester, Marquess of, ii. 393

Windsor, Queen's opinion of, i. 85; beauty of, i. 372

Wiseman, Cardinal, made Archbishop of Westminster, ii. _232_, _273_, 278

Woburn Abbey, Queen's visit to, i. 295

Wodehouse, Lady, iii. 205

---- Lord (afterwards Earl of Kimberley), iii. 377

Women and Politics, Queen Victoria's view of, ii. 362

Wood, Sir Charles (afterwards Viscount Halifax), Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 84, 86, 109, 130, _132_, 139, 312, 324, 359; Seals of Office given up, ii. 375; Board of Control, ii. 421; and Disraeli, ii, _428_; India Bill, ii. 447; and Lord John Russell, iii. 59; Government of, 1855, iii. 93, 97, 98; India Board, iii. 104; first Lord of Admiralty, 1855, iii. _109_, 149, 253; position of Naval Force, iii. 191; financial crisis, iii. 256; Secretary for India, iii. 349; Italian Policy, iii. 366; Indian titles, iii. 394; Indian Civil Service, iii. 398; artillery in India, iii. 473; letter on death of Prince Consort, iii. 474

Woods, Sir William, i. 204

Woolwich Arsenal, ii. _22_

Worcester, Deanery of, ii. 40; See of, iii. 416

Wordsworth, Rev. Dr Christopher, Headmaster of Harrow, i. 348

Woronzow, Prince Michael, i. 494

Worsley, Lord, i. 287

Woulfe, Stephen, afterwards Chief Baron for Ireland, i. 62

Wrangel, General von, iii. 454

Wuertemberg, Alexander, Duke of, marriage, i. 4

---- Crown Prince of, iii. 458

---- King of, marriage, i. 1; visit to the Queen, i. 90

---- Prince Alexander, of, i. 89, 144, 145, 199

Wuertemberg, Princess Alexander of, death, i. 144, 150

---- Queen of, i. 11; visit to Frogmore, i. 13

Wyse, Mr, British Envoy at Athens, ii. 229, 234, 235, _243_

Yang-tze River, i. _442_

Yeh, Chinese Governor, and Sir John Bowring, iii. _223_; ultimatum, iii. _223_

York, Duke of, character, i. 5, 10

---- Prince Consort's visit to, ii. 184

Yorke, Sir Joseph, death, i. _384_

Young, Sir John, High Commissioner, iii. _309_

"Young England" party, ii. _1_, 16

Zichy, Count Eugene, i. 115

Zollverein, i. 289

Zouaves, iii. 136

Zurich, Treaty of Peace at, iii. _308_, _374_

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Transcriber's note:

ERRATA

Page 20: extraneous "the" removed. (...what they are--the the Queen...)

Page 111: _so-fond_: hyphen removed

Page 142: 'as replaced with 'at'. (The great event has at length taken place...)

Page 171: 'Fiday' corrected to 'Friday' (Lord Clarendon starts for Paris on Friday.)

Page 209: (indistinct) 'a s' corrected to 'pas', to conform with wording of earlier draft (...ces dangers seront ecartes a l'instant que la France s'unira a nous pour tenir un langage ferme a la Russie qui tache de nous desunir et il ne faut pas qu'elle y reussisse.)

Page 261: 'eighy' corrected to 'eighty' (...joined with eighty-four Liberals and four Peelites...)

Page 281, Footnote 28: 'wote' corrected to 'wrote'.

Page 325: 'sentimens' [sic; instead of 'sentiments'] (Lord Cowley a ete aupres de moi le digne interprete des sentiments de votre Majeste, ....)

Page 325: 'independans' [sic; instead of 'independants'] Etats independans.

Page 325: 'sentimens' [sic; instead of 'sentiments'] C'est dans ces sentimens que je renouvelle a votre Majeste....

[The omission of 't' in the above words may have been a personal idiom. They have been left as such.]

Page 390: Date corrected from 7th March 1863 to 7th March 1860.

Page 432: 'preseved' corrected to 'preserved' (...by which the peace of Europe may be preserved.)

Page 444: '1831' corrected to '1851' (...your Majesty's sanction to that was obtained in 1851-52,...)

Page 503: 'annxation' corrected to 'annexation'