Chapter XXX (5)

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