Chapter I: Part 1

INDEX

Aberdare, Lord (Henry Austin Bruce), home secretary (1868), ii. 644;
on Collier affair, ii. 385;
on Ewelmcase, ii. 387;
Licensing bill of, ii. 389-390;
on _Alabama_ case, ii. 409 _note_;
on Irish University bill, ii. 439;
Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 462;
president of the council (1873), ii. 463 _note_, 645;
describes last cabinet meeting (1874), ii. 497;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 421, 504; iii. 386.

---- papers, extract from, on position in 1872, ii. 389.

Aberdeen, Gladstone presented with freedom of, ii. 378.

Aberdeen, 4th Earl of:--
_Chronology_--on Wellington's anti-reform speech, i. 69;
Gladstone's visit to (1836), i. 137;
at Canada meeting, i. 641;
party meetings, i. 239;
on Maynooth resignation, i. 273;
Gladstone's relations with, i. 280;
estimate of Peel, i. 283;
on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 292;
on freedom in official position, i. 298;
home and foreign policy of, contrasted, i. 367;
learns Gladstone's views of Neapolitan tyranny, i. 390, 393-395;
on Don Pacifico case, i. 395;
Gladstone's Letters to, i. 392, 394 _and note_, 396, 398, 399
_note 2_, 400, 401 _note 3_, 641, 642;
views on papal aggression question, i. 405, 407;
asked to form a government (1851), i. 405 _and note_;
leader of Peelites, i. 408;
Reform bill of (1852), ii. 238;
attitude of, towards first Derby administration, i. 417,
419, 429;
on Gladstone's attitude towards Disraeli, i. 432;
on possible heads for Peelite government, i. 443;
Irish attitude towards, i. 444;
undertakes to form a government, i. 445;
Gladstone's budget, i. 464-466;
letter to Prince Albert on Gladstone's speech, i. 468;
letter to Gladstone, i. 469;
attitude towards Turkey in 1828, i. 480;
Crimean war, preliminary negotiations, i. 481-484, 487, 490;
on Gladstone's Manchester speech, i. 483;
on effect of Crimean war, i. 484;
suggests retirement, i. 491-492;
opposes postponement of Reform bill, i. 648;
regrets of, regarding the war, i. 494, 536-537;
defeat of, ii. 653;
Gladstone's consultations with, in ministerial crisis (1855),
i. 526, 530-535;
on position of premier, ii. 416;
Gladstone's projected letters to, on Sebastopol committee,
i. 542 _note_;
discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 556;
Lewis's budget, i. 560;
Divorce bill, i. 570;
Conspiracy bill, i. 575;
approves Gladstone's refusals to join Derby, i. 578, 586;
uneasiness regarding Gladstone's position, i. 581;
Gladstone's visit to, i. 594;
discourages Ionian project, i. 595;
desires closer relations between Gladstone and government,
i. 596;
Arthur Gordon's letter to, i. 604;
Bright's visit to, i. 626 _note 2_;
death of, ii. 87.
Foreign influence of, i. 392, 529;
foreign estimate of, ii. 351; iii. 321.
Gladstone's estimate of, i. 124, 393, 417; ii. 87, 639-644;
his estimate of Gladstone, i. 613; ii. 170, 203;
Gladstone's letters to, i. 425-426, 429, 463, 549; ii. 3.
Palmerston contrasted with, i. 530.
Patience of, with colleagues' quarrels, i. 520;
loyalty to colleagues, ii. 639-640.
Sobriquet of, i. 177.
Trustfulness of, i. 197; ii. 113, 640, 642-643,
Otherwise mentioned, i. 139, 142 _note_, 270, 293, 294, 367,
420, 437, 458, 460, 482 _note_, 520, 539, 543, 548, 584;
ii. 184, 194; iii. 228.

Aberdeen, 7th Earl of, iii. 385, 517.

Abeken, H., ii. 332-333 _and note_.

Abercromby, Sir Ralph, iii. 314.

Abolition, _see_ slave-holding.

Acland, A. H. D., iii. 495 _and note_.

---- Arthur, i. 54, 59 _note_, 74.

---- Sir H. W., iii. 421.

---- Sir Thomas, member of W E G, i. 59 _note_;
brotherhood formed by Gladstone and, i. 99;
advice to Gladstone on Jewish disabilities question, i. 376;
correspondence with Gladstone on popular discontent, ii. 172-174;
on Gladstone's position (1867), ii. 227;
otherwise mentioned, i. 54, 74, 148;
ii. 280, 430, 431;
iii, 495.

Act of Uniformity bill (1872), ii. 410.

Acton, Lord, recommended by Gladstone for a peerage, ii. 430;
correspondence with Gladstone on Vaticanism, ii. 509, 511, 515,
519-521;
compared with Döllinger, ii. 558;
letter on Gladstone's proposed retirement, iii. 172;
elected fellow of All Souls', iii. 421;
Gladstone's letters to, i. 481, 628; ii. 1, 214;
iii. 355-359, 413-416, 422, 456, 457, 544;
criticism of Gladstone, iii. 360-361;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 254, 617;
iii. 103, 351, 462.

Adam, W. P., commissioner of public works, ii. 463 _note_;
supports Gladstone's Midlothian candidature, ii. 584-585;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 586, 602, 620.

Adams, Charles Francis (American minister), hints withdrawal,
ii. 80 and _note 2_, 83;
Evarts coadjutor to, ii. 189;
breakfasts with Gladstone, ii. 212-213;
on _Alabama_ case, ii. 395-396;
work on the arbitration board, ii. 411-412.

Adderley, C. B., quoted, i. 362 _note 2_.

Adullamites, ii. 205, 211, 224, 225.

Advertisements, tax on, i. 459, 462 _and note_.

Affirmation bill (1883), i. 414 _note_; iii. 14, 18-20,
107 note, 312.

Afghanistan:--
Cavagnari in, iii. 151.
Reversal of conservative policy in, iii. 10.
Russian action in (1885), iii. 178, 183-185, 208 _note_.
War with, ii. 583;
Gladstone's references to, ii. 592, 595.

Africa South:--
Cape Colony--
Dutch sympathy in, with Transvaal, iii. 39-40 _and note 2_,
42 _note 2_, 43.
Representatives from, on South African situation, iii. 33.
Cape of Good Hope petition, ii. 545.
Confederation scheme, iii. 22-24, 31.
Frere in, iii. 2, 6.
Native affairs in, committee on, i. 358.
Orange Free State--
Advice from, iii. 32-33.
Sympathy in with Transvaal, iii. 39-40 _and note 2_, 43.
Transvaal--
Administration of, by Great Britain, iii. 31 _and note 1_.
Annexation of (1877), iii. 25;
Boer resistance to annexation, iii. 25-26, 31;
Gladstone's attitude towards, iii. 27;
Hartington's attitude to, iii. 27.
Cabinet abstentions on division regarding, iii. 35.
Commission suggested by Boers, iii. 35;
suggestion accepted, iii. 36 _and note 1_, 40;
constitution of commission, iii. 41;
Boer requests regarding, refused, iii. 41;
parliamentary attack on appointment, iii. 41-42;
Boer attitude towards, iii. 44;
Pretoria convention concluded by, iii. 44-45.
Conventions with, iii. 45 _and note_.
Forces in, iii. 31, _note 2_.
Midlothian reference to (1879), ii. 595;
(1885), iii. 248.
Misrepresentations regarding Boers, iii. 31.
Native struggles with Boers in, iii. 24.
Rising of, iii. 31-32;
course of hostilities, iii. 34-37;
armistice, iii. 39.
Self-government promised to, iii. 25, 28 _and note 2_, 29,
30 _and note 2_;
promises evaded, iii. 30, 33.
W. H. Smith's view of proceedings in, ii. 601.
Suzerainty question, iii. 45 _and note_.
Sympathy with, from South African Dutch, iii. 39-40 _and
note 2_, 42 _note 2_, 43.

Ailesbury, Lord, ii. 556.

Airey, Sir Richard, i. 651.

_Alabama_ claims--
Arbitration accepted on, ii. 405.
Gladstone's views on, ii. 394, 396-397, 406, 409, 538.
Indirect damages claimed by Sumner, ii. 399, 406-412.
Mixed commission proposed to deal with, ii. 397;
refused by United States, ii. 398;
accepted, ii. 400;
constitution of, ii. 400-401;
work of, ii. 401-405.
Origin of, ii. 393-394.
Parliamentary anxieties regarding, ii. 390.
Soreness regarding, ii. 392.

Albania, i. 605-608.

Albert, Prince, speeches at Suppression of Slave Trade meeting,
i. 227;
on Peel's retirement, i. 293;
presented with Gladstone's translation of _Farini_, i. 403 _note_;
Gladstone's budget submitted to, i. 464;
on Gladstone's budget speech, i. 469;
unpopularity of, ii. 426, 652;
views on Roebuck committee, i. 537;
estimate of Gladstone, ii. 28;
on _Trent_ affair, ii. 74;
on Danish question, ii. 93, 102;
death of, ii. 89;
Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 90-91;
effect of his death on Gladstone's relations with the Queen,
ii. 91;
statue to, at Aberdeen, ii. 100;
otherwise mentioned, i. 242, 274, 541; ii. 14, 92.

Albert Victor, Prince, iii. 322.

Alderson, Baron, i. 381.

Alfred, Prince, ii. 98, 99, 105.

Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, ii. 499.

Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, iii. 116, 117.

Alexandretta, project to seize, ii. 573.

Alexandria, English and French fleets at, iii. 79;
bombardment of, iii. 81, 84, 85.

Alice, Princess, _see_ Louis.

All the Talents ministry, i. 446.

Allon, Dr., ii. 134-135, 255, 458.

Alsace, annexation of, ii. 346-348.

Althorp, Viscount, Gladstone's first intercourse with, i. 101;
dissuades Howick from moving for papers on Vreedenhoop, i. 105;
views on Ashley's factory proposals, i. 106;
Cobbett snubbed by, i. 114;
contrasted with Russell, i. 118;
action of, on tithe collection, i. 133;
Grey opposed by, i. 430;
otherwise mentioned, i. 103, 115, 649; ii. 436; iii. 503.

America:--
British North, ii. 607.
Canada, _see that title_.
United States, _see that title_.

American civil war, _see under_ United States.

Annuities bill, ii. 52-53, 125.

Anonymous articles by Gladstone, ii. 345 _note 1_; iii. 415.

Anson, Sir W. (warden of All Souls'), iii. 421.

Anstice, Prof., i. 55-56, 58, 59 _note_, 65, 74, 162, 134.

Antonelli, Cardinal, ii. 215.

_Antony and Cleopatra_ at Drury Lane, ii. 476.

Aosta, Duke of, ii. 327.

Appointments and honours, Gladstone's care in selections for,
ii. 428; iii. 97.

Arabi, iii. 73, 80, 83, 85-86.

Arbitration in _Alabama_ case, ii. 405, 411-412;
soreness at award, ii. 392, 413.

Arbuthnot, George, i. 519; ii. 182, 193.

Argyll, Duke of, on presbyterian view of a church, i. 158 _note_;
attitude towards Gladstone's budget, i. 466;
on postponement of Reform bill, i. 648;
attitude towards French treaty scheme, ii. 22;
on Paper Duties bill, ii. 33, 37;
ecclesiastical views, ii. 37;
supports Gladstone on estimates struggle, ii. 140;
views on Danish question, ii. 192;
advises dissolution on Reform bill, ii. 209;
in Rome, ii. 217;
the pope's estimate of, ii. 218;
views on annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, ii. 347;
on _Alabama_ case, ii. 403;
views on Gladstone's retirement, ii. 505;
views on J. S. Mill memorial, ii. 543;
on Bulgarian question, ii. 552;
Hawarden, ii. 582;
Indian secretary (1868), ii. 644;
lord privy seal (1880), ii. 653;
letter to Gladstone on outside influence, iii. 4;
views on Transvaal commission, iii. 41;
divergence of views from Chamberlain's, iii. 48-49;
resignation, ii. 654; iii. 90;
on Disturbance Compensation bill, iii. 113;
on franchise disagreement (1884), iii. 127;
suggested to effect conference between leaders on Franchise
bill, i. 135;
letter to Gladstone on election address, iii. 220-221;
views on Carnarvon's interview with Parnell, iii. 229 _note 1_;
on Irish situation, iii. 280-281;
refuses Gladstone's invitation to birthday dinner, iii. 322;
on land question, iii. 477;
Gladstone's letters to, i. 652; ii. 45, 73, 76, 288-290, 295,
462, 475, 500, 520, 524, 563, 564, 615, 636;
otherwise mentioned, i. 420, 492, 495, 536, 539, 624, 635-636;
ii. 47 _notes_; ii. 72, 183, 212, 459, 504, 644.

Aristotle, i. 131, 207 _note 2_.

Armellini, iii. 464.

Armenian atrocities, iii. 521, 522.

Armitstead, George, iii. 463 _and note_, 493, 525, 533.

Armstrong, E. J., ii. 195 _and note_.

Army:--
Cardwell's work for, ii. 359.
Commander-in-chief, position of in Parliament, ii. 362, 649.
Estimates for (1874), ii. 483.
Purchase abolished, ii. 361-365.
Short service system, ii. 626, 649.
War office, qualifications for, ii. 649.

Arnold, Matthew, views of, on _Peter Bell_, i. 220;
appointment sought by, ii. 540;
views on copyright, ii. 541;
poem on his father, iii. 483;
estimate of Wordsworth, iii. 448;
on Christianity, iii. 520.

Arnold, Dr. T., sermons of, read by Gladstone, i. 100, 135;
view of the church, i. 158;
attitude towards Newman, i. 165;
on Gladstone's first book, i. 176;
on Jerusalem bishopric, i. 308;
M. Arnold's poem on, iii. 483.

---- Mrs. T., iii. 358.

Ashley, Lord, on factory legislation, i. 106;
on Jerusalem bishopric, i. 308, 309;
votes against Gladstone at Oxford, i. 333.

---- Evelyn, ii. 51 and _note_, 153, 154, 252.

Asquith, H. H., iii. 495 _note_.

Athenæum Club, ii. 174.

Athens, i. 605; iii. 91.

Attwood, Thomas, i. 114 _note_.

Augustenburg, Duke of, ii. 116, 580.

Augustine, Saint, i. 117, 161, 207 _note 2; ii. 544.

d'Aumale, Duc, ii. 190.

Austin, Charles, i. 229; iii. 464.

Australia, convict transportation to, i. 359 _and note_.

Austria:--
Alliance with, Gladstone's view of, i. 546.
Berlin memorandum, ii. 549.
Berlin treaty obligation, attitude towards (1880), iii. 9.
Black Sea provisions of Treaty of Paris disapproved by, ii. 350.
Bosnia and Herzegovina transferred to, ii. 576; iii. 82.
Confusion in policy of, ii. 120.
Danubian provinces, quasi-independence of, opposed by, ii. 3.
Eastern question, attitude towards, ii. 549, 571.
Egyptian question, attitude towards, iii. 80, 82.
Excessive expenditure, effects of, ii. 53.
France, peace with, Lord Elcho's motion on, ii. 19 _note 2_
expects aid from, ii. 337;
alliance sought by (1870), ii. 323;
efforts to avert Franco-Prussian war, ii. 326;
neutrality during the war, ii. 344.
Ionian Islands despatch, attitude towards, i. 601.
Italy, tyranny in and war with, i. 390-402, 618, 620 _note 3_;
ii. 6 _et seq._, 641.
Midlothian references to, iii. 8.
Prussia--attitude of, i. 489;
war with, ii. 115, 210 _note_, 214.
Russia--policy towards, i. 488;
hostility of, ii. 4.
Sadowa, defeat at, ii. 115.
Slowness of, ii. 4.
Tariff negotiations with, i. 267.

Ayrton, A. S., ii. 460-461, 463-464, 651.

d'Azeglio, ii. 17.

Bach's passion music, ii. 582.

Bacon, Lord, cited, ii. 30.

Badeley, ----, i. 380 _note 2_.

Bagehot, W., ii. 62.

Baker, Sir Samuel, iii. 145 _note 2_, 161.

Balfour, A. J., Gladstone's communications with, on Irish
situation, iii. 259, 284;
Irish secretary, iii. 374;
on Irish rents, iii. 374;
compared to Halifax, iii. 378;
Irish administration of, iii. 378-379;
Mitchelstown, iii. 381-382;
on adverse bye-elections, iii. 427;
defends Irish policy at Newcastle, i. 428;
replies to Gladstone, iii. 490;
moves vote of censure on Irish administration, iii. 501;
tribute to Gladstone, iii. 510, 530.

Ball, Dr., ii. 264, 269.

Ballot, Gladstone's opposition to (1833), i. 99, 106;
his later views (1870-71), ii. 367-368;
recommended by committee, ii. 367;
government bill (1870), ii. 368-369;
results of, ii. 370.

Balmoral, Gladstone's visits to, ii. 97-106;
Queen's fondness for, ii. 426.

Bangor, bishopric of, i. 260 _note 1_.

Bank Charter Act (1833), iii. 300.

---- of England, Gladstone in conflict with, i. 518-519, 650-651.

Bankruptcy bill (1883), iii. 112.

Banks, abolition of private notes of, desired by Gladstone,
ii. 650-651.

_Baptist_, Chamberlain's article in, iii. 367 _and note 2_.

Baring, Bingham, ii. 534.

---- Sir E., administration of, iii. 119;
advises abandonment of Soudan, iii. 147;
agrees on fitness of Gordon for the work, iii. 149;
warns Granville of difficulties, iii. 149, 151;
telegram to, approved by Gladstone, iii. 150;
procures nomination of Gordon as governor-general of Soudan for
evacuation, iii. 152;
gives him an executive mission, iii. 153;
Gordon's request to, regarding Zobeir, iii. 155;
supports request, iii. 157;
forbids Gordon's advance to Equatoria, iii. 162;
advises immediate preparations for relief of Gordon, iii. 163;
position of, iii. 179;
advises abandonment of Khartoum expedition, iii. 180.

---- Sir Francis, Macaulay and Gladstone contrasted by, i. 192-193;
in whig opposition, i. 420 _and note 1_;
estimate of the coalition, i. 449-450 _and note 1_;
refuses to succeed Gladstone, i. 539.

---- T., i. 417.

Barker, Mr., i. 341, 345.

Barrow, ii. 536; iii. 467 _note_.

Bassetlaw election (1890), iii. 452.

Bath, Lord, ii. 617.

Bathurst, Lord, i. 142 _note_.

Baxter, W. E., ii. 463 _note_.

Beach, Sir M. Hicks, colonial secretary, iii. 26;
negotiations with Hartington on Franchise bill, iii. 134, 136;
moves amendment on budget (1885), iii. 200, 206;
views on Spencer's Irish policy, iii. 213;
in debate on the address, iii. 285;
gives notice regarding Irish bill, iii. 287;
on Collings' amendment, iii. 288;
on suggestion of withdrawal of Home Rule bill after second
reading, iii. 334;
speech on night of the division, iii. 337-338;
Irish secretary (1886), iii. 362;
denounces Parnell's bill, iii. 369;
repudiates policy of blackmail, iii. 369, 373;
retires from secretaryship, iii. 374.

Beaconsfield, Earl of (Benjamin Disraeli):--
_Chronology_--Views on slavery, i. 104-105;
Gladstone's first meeting with, i. 122;
on free trade, i. 265;
on Gladstone's Maynooth resignation, i. 279;
taunts Peel with inconsistency, i. 286;
on Peel's party relations, i. 289;
young England group of, i. 304-305;
motion on agricultural distress (1850), i. 354;
supported by Gladstone, i. 354-356;
on Cobden, i. 352;
view of the colonies, i. 361;
Don Pacifico debate, i. 368-369;
Peel's forecast regarding, i. 374;
on Ecclesiastical Titles bill, i. 414;
in Derby's cabinet (1852), i. 416;
on protection (1852), i. 425, 428;
Aylesbury speeches, i. 428-429, 452;
combination of, with Palmerston suggested, i. 431;
attitude towards Peel, i. 432;
on free trade, i. 432;
Herbert's speech against, i. 433, 435 _and note_;
budget of (1852), i. 435-440, 459;
defeat of, on house duty (1852), iii. 203 _note 2_;
acceptance of defeat, i. 441-442;
remark on coalition government, i. 446;
correspondence with Gladstone on valuation of furniture,
i. 457-458;
opposes Gladstone's attempted operation on national debt,
i. 472-473;
on Oxford reform, i. 507-508;
willing to yield leadership of Commons to Palmerston, i. 525;
views on Derby's failure to form a ministry, i. 527-528;
leadership of Commons by, discussed, i. 552, 555;
overtures to Genl. Peel, i. 555;
Derby's relations with, i. 555, 561;
conversant of Derby's communications with Gladstone, i. 559;
on Lewis' budget, i. 560, 561;
denounces China war, i. 564;
on ministerial blundering as occasion for international quarrel,
i. 576;
animosity against, i. 581;
attitude towards Graham, i. 584, 587;
Herbert's alleged attitude towards, i. 585;
letter to Gladstone, i. 586;
conversation with Vitzthum, i. 591 _note_;
remark to Wilberforce regarding Gladstone, i. 591 _note_;
schemes of, regarding government of India, i. 592;
Ionian schemes attributed to, i. 613;
opposes union of the Principalities, ii. 4;
Gladstone's renewed conflicts with, ii. 19;
on Gladstone's efforts for economy, ii. 42;
on excessive expenditure, ii. 48;
estimate of financial statements of, ii. 55;
on Danish question, ii. 118-120;
on Gladstone's franchise pronouncement, ii. 127;
on franchise (1859), ii. 200;
taunts Gladstone on Oxford speech, ii. 203;
on Reform bill (1866), ii. 205;
position in Derby government (1866), ii. 211;
Reform bill of 1867, ii. 223-236;
thirteen resolutions, iii. 300 _note 4_;
cabinet divisions of, iii. 175;
proposals for Ireland, ii. 242;
becomes premier, ii. 244;
on Irish church question, ii. 247;
on the bill, ii. 264, 265 _and note_, 274, 275, 280;
dissolves, ii. 248;
resigns, ii. 252;
on Irish Land bill, ii. 295;
taunts Gladstone on Irish policy, ii. 297;
on Franco-Prussian question, ii. 329, 335;
on crown prerogative, ii. 864;
watchfulness during 1872, ii. 390;
speech at Manchester, ii. 390;
strikes imperialist note, ii. 391;
on _Alabama_ case, ii. 401, 406, 407;
Irish University question, ii. 435, 414;
action during ministerial crisis, ii. 447-450, 452-456;
Brand's view of position of, ii. 456;
letter at Bath election, ii. 475;
on Gladstone's manifesto, ii. 488;
counter manifesto, ii. 488-489;
on the dissolution (1874), ii, 496;
letters from, on his wife's illness and death, ii. 546-547;
refuses adherence to the Berlin memorandum, ii. 549;
created Earl of Beaconsfield, ii. 550;
speech at Lord Mayor's feast, ii. 558;
at Berlin Congress, ii. 575, 577;
attack on Gladstone's eastern policy, ii. 579;
turn of popular feeling against, ii. 594;
election address (1880), ii. 605-606;
reception of defeat (1880), ii. 612;
_Daily Telegraph_ inspired by, ii. 622;
on mediocrity in cabinets, iii. 3;
apprehensions on Ireland, iii. 47;
peers created by, ii. 429 _and note_;
death of--tribute from Gladstone, iii. 89.
Deterioration in public life due to, iii. 475.
Eminence of, iii. 89.
Estimate of, ii. 245; iii. 539.
Gladstone's estimate of, i. 356;
Gladstone's antipathy to, i. 429, 432, 435, 436, 508;
contrasted with Gladstone, ii. 392, 561.
Judaism of, ii. 552-553, 558; iii. 475-476.
Novels of, i. 588.
Penetration of, ii. 122, 392; iii. 539.
Parliamentary courage of, i. 188;
debating method of, ii. 189;
parliamentary wit of, iii. 473.
Turkish sympathies of, ii. 349, 558, 563.
Otherwise mentioned, i. 424, 433, 437, 624, 631; ii. 85 _note 1_,
100, 187, 499, 501, 620; iii. 276, 465.

Beard, C, ii. 544.

Beatrice, Princess, ii. 96.

Beaufort, Duke of, on coalition with Peelites, i. 562.

Bedford, Duke of, ii. 229; iii. 241.

Beer duty, ii. 651; iii. 7, 187, 200.

Bekker, Dr., ii. 99.

Belgium:--
Bismarck's threat to, ii. 330.
Franco-Prussian treaty regarding, ii. 340.
Neutrality of, guaranteed (1870), ii. 341, 580.
Severance of, from Holland, ii. 2.

Benedetti, ii. 330-331, 333 _note_, 340.

Bennett, W. J. E., i. 380 _note 2_.

Benson, Archbishop, iii. 96, 105, 131, 460.

Bentham, Jeremy, i. 82, 144, 156, 200; ii. 60.

Bentinck, Lord George, quarrel with Gladstone, i. 301-302;
protectionist position of, i. 352; iii. 465;
on Irish University bill, ii. 444;
otherwise mentioned, i. 294, 296, 350, 416, 430, 437 _and note_.

Berber, Gordon's arrival at, iii. 155;
Gordon shows Khedive's firman at, iii. 160;
route by, impossible for relieving force, iii. 163;
fall of, iii. 164;
reconnaissance towards, iii. 165;
railway from Suakin to, iii. 178.

Beresford, Lord, required to support Roman Catholic Relief bill,
ii. 649.

---- Major, relations with Disraeli, i. 369;
views on the Peelites, i. 418.

Berlin congress (1878), ii. 575, 577; iii. 82.

---- memorandum (1876), ii. 549.

Berlin treaty (1878), ii. 575-576; iii. 82, 522;
enforcement of, attempted (1880), iii. 8-10.

Bernard, Mountague, i. 628; ii. 401.

Berryer, M., ii. 140 _and note_, 221.

Bessarabia, ii. 574 _and note 2_, 577.

Bessborough, Lord, presides over Irish Land Commission,
iii. 54, 56;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 274, 292, 503.

Bethell, Sir R., _see_ Westbury.

Beugnot's _Chute du Paganisme_, iii. 387.

Biarritz, Gladstone's visit to, (1891-1892), iii. 463 _et seq._;
(1893), iii. 504, 508.

Biblical passages on special occasions, i. 201;
biblical studies, iii. 415-416, 421, 544.

Biggar, J. G., iii. 53.

Biggar, family settlement in, i. 9 _note_.

Binney, T., ii. 134.

Birmingham:--
Bright celebration at, iii. 111.
Gladstone's visit to (1877), ii. 570;
Gladstone's speech at (1888), iii. 387-389.

Biscoe, F., i. 50, 64, 80.

Bismarck, Prince, Napoleon III. in collision with, ii. 5;
rise of, ii. 114;
French diplomatic overtures reported by, ii. 319;
views on Belgium and Holland, iii. 320;
scorn for France, ii. 320;
hopeful of peace, ii. 322;
anxious for war with France, ii. 323-324, 329, 330-333, 335
_note 1_;
complaint against England, ii. 331;
condensed telegram incident, ii. 332-333;
on Franco-Prussian agreement regarding Belgium, ii. 340;
agrees to arrangement for neutrality of Belgium, ii. 341;
understanding with Russia regarding Black Sea, ii. 350;
interviews with Odo Russell, ii. 352-354;
estimate of Russian diplomacy, ii. 353 _note_;
on Egyptian question, iii. 79, 80, 89;
French suspicion of (1882), iii. 82;
Gladstone's annoyance with, iii. 121;
antipathy towards England, i. 122;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 356, 492; iii. 235.

Blachford, Lord (Frederick Rogers), i. 54, 59, 307; ii. 171-172.

Blackburn, Lord, ii. 383.

Blackheath, Gladstone's speech at (1871), ii. 380-381;
speech on Bulgarian atrocities (1876), ii. 552, 554.

Black Sea:--
Neutralisation of (1856), i. 550.
Russian claims in (1870), ii. 349-356, 398, 400.

Blakesley, J. W., i. 135.

Blanc, Louis, cited, ii. 79.

Blantyre, Lady, ii. 95.

de Blignières, iii. 119.

Blomfield, Bishop, i. 161, 175, 274.

---- Captain, i. 607.

Board of Trade:--
Cobden offered vice-presidency of (1846), i. 244.
Functions of, formerly, i. 240 _note_.
Gladstone vice-president of, i. 240-243, 250;
his views on, i. 243-245.

Boccaccio, i. 117.

Boers, _see under_ Africa, South.

Bohn, H. G., ii. 476.

Bonham, F. R., i. 285.

Boniface VIII., Pope, ii. 516.

Bonn Conference, iii. 422.

Boord, T. W., ii. 490.

Booth, General, ii. 530.

Borough Franchise bill (1864), ii. 125-131.

Bosnia:--
Austrian acquisition of, ii. 576, iii. 82.
Revolt in, 548, 567.

Bossuet, i. 134, 159, 382-383; ii. 518;
Gladstone compared with, i. 382-383;
denounced by de Maistre, ii. 518.

Bournemouth, iii. 526.

Bouverie, E. P., ii. 444 _note_.

Bowen, Lady, i. 607.

Bowen, Lord-Justice, ii. 469, 470.

Boycotting, _see under_ Ireland.

Bradlaugh, opinions of, iii. 11;
claims to affirm, iii. 12 _and note_;
to take the oath, iii. 13;
hostility to, iii. 13-14, 465;
elected again (1885), iii. 20;
carries an affirmation law, iii. 20-21.

Braemar, Gladstone's visit to (1892), iii. 493.

Braila, Sir Peter, i. 616.

Bramwell, Baron, ii. 383, 469.

Brancker, T., i. 61-62.

Brand, President, messages from, on South African situation, iii,
32-34, 39;
on Transvaal commission, iii. 41.

---- H. B. W., _see_ Hampden.

Brandreth, W. F., i. 111.

Brasseur, M., ii. 378.

Brassey, Sir Thomas and Lady, iii. 217.

Braybrooke, Lord, i. 223.

Brazil, _Alabama_ case, ii. 405, 412.

Brewster, Sir D., ii. 464.

Bright, John:--
_Chronology_--Gladstone's first meeting with, i. 257;
elected for Durham, i. 257 _note_;
_Life of Cobden_ submitted to, i. 282 _note_;
on Disraeli's agricultural distress motion, i. 354;
Palmerston's view of, i. 367;
Don Pacifico debate, i. 368;
estimate of Graham, i. 408;
on papal aggression question, i. 408, 410;
letter on the Crimean war, i. 494 _and note 3_;
on exclusion of dissenters from universities, i. 505;
Peelites sit with, after resignation from Palmerston cabinet,
i. 539 _and note_;
unpopularity of, i. 542, 548;
on Crimean war, i. 546; ii. 548, 574;
view of the eastern question, i. 547;
repulsed at election (1857), i. 564;
return to parliament (1858), i. 574;
letter to Gladstone, i. 578;
on Indian government, i. 593;
on the 'moral sense and honest feeling of the House,'
i. 625, 632;
unpopularity of, in Oxford, i. 630;
suggests commercial treaty with France, ii. 20;
on Paper Duties bill, ii. 34 _note_, 35;
attacks fortifications scheme, ii. 47;
Gladstone's protest against being classed with, ii. 49;
iii. 182;
letter against American war with England, ii. 75;
speech on American civil war, ii. 86;
Reform bill of 1858, ii. 199, 201;
remarks on death of Cobden, ii. 143;
Palmerston's remark on class attacks of, ii. 156;
views on Reform bill of 1866, ii. 201;
advises dissolution, ii. 208;
Reform campaign of 1866, ii. 227;
disapproved by Gladstone, ii. 223;
induced to join Gladstone's cabinet (1868), ii. 254;
president of board of trade, ii. 644;
on Irish Church bill, ii. 264;
views on Irish land question, ii. 282, 290-291, 294; iii. 55;
on Education bill, ii. 305, 309-310;
on civil service reform, ii. 315;
on Belgian neutrality guarantee, ii. 342;
on annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, ii. 347;
on great thinkers, ii. 366;
resignation (1870), ii. 381 _note_, 644, 650;
at Hawarden (1871), ii. 381-382;
succeeds Childers in the duchy, ii. 463 _note_;
on the Greenwich seat question, ii. 471;
chancellor of the duchy (1873), ii. 645;
at Hawarden (1873), ii. 474;
on Gladstone's retirement, ii. 505;
radical attitude towards, ii. 630;
chancellor of the duchy (1880), ii. 654;
on the Bradlaugh question, iii. 12, 15;
on Transvaal affairs, iii. 35, 36, _note 1_;
on suspension of Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, iii. 50;
resigns on bombardment of Alexandria, iii. 83, 90;
explanation in parliament, iii. 85;
Birmingham speech on 'Irish rebels,' iii. 111-112;
on Gladstone's view of Gordon's mission, iii. 177;
at Spencer banquet, iii. 214;
against home rule, iii. 291 _note_, 294;
again declines to join cabinet, iii. 303 _note_;
views on exclusion of Irish members from Westminster,
iii. 307, 326-327;
disapproves Land bill, iii. 326-327;
conversation with Gladstone on Home Rule and Land bills,
iii. 326;
letter to Gladstone, iii. 327;
long demur regarding vote on second reading, iii. 329;
letter to dissentients' meeting, iii. 336;
electioneering against the bill, iii. 342.
Co-operation, faculty for, i. 189.
Forster's estimate of, ii. 123.
Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 417, 418, 462; iii. 85, 349;
his appreciation of Gladstone, ii. 177-178, 233-234, 505;
Gladstone's letters to, ii. 462, 478, 599; iii. 84, 138.
Granville's estimate of, ii. 283.
Influence of, iii. 326, 336, 342.
Linguistic error of, iii. 476;
otherwise mentioned, i. 423, 447, 626 _note 2_, 631, 632; ii. 128,
202, 203, 205, 224, 226, 230, 235, 260, 446, 481, 485, 495,
498, 504, 563, 600, 617; iii. 13, 100, 288, 311.

Brodie, Sir B., i. 300, 455.

Broglie, Duc de, ii. 356.

Brontë, Charlotte, ii. 538.

Brooks, Mr., i. 441.

Brougham, Lord, loses Liverpool election, i. 20;
Wetherell on, i. 71;
estimates of, i. 75, 117, 133, 149;
on slave-apprenticeship system, i. 146;
view of social reform, i. 156;
estimate of Gladstone, i. 264;
on Conspiracy bill, i. 575;
oratory of, i. 75, 149; ii. 589;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 28, 181.

Broughton, Lord, i. 264, 288 _note_.

Brown, Baldwin, ii. 134.

Browne, Bp. Harold, iii. 95, 96 _note_.

Browning, Robert, iii. 417.

Bruce, Sir F. W. A., ii. 18 _note_.

---- Mrs., ii. 99, 103.

---- Lady Augusta, ii. 100-103.

---- Lord Ernest, i. 242.

---- F., i. 59 _note_.

---- Henry Austin, _see_ Aberdare.

---- J., _see_ Elgin, Earl of.

Brunnow, Baron, on war with Turkey, i. 479;
in disfavour, i. 486 _and note_;
on blunders, i. 576;
Gladstone desirous of an interview with, ii. 350-351.

Bryce, James, iii. 495 _note_, 497 _note 1_.

Buccleuch, Duke of, i. 374; ii. 584, 588.

Buckingham, Duke of, i. 242-243, 254.

Budgets:--
Disraeli's (1852), i. 435-440, 459.
Gladstone's--
his keenness regarding, ii. 55;
(1853), i. 460-472, 646-648; iii. 537;
(1854), i. 514-515;
(1859), ii. 19;
(1860), i. 474; ii. 24 _et seq._, 635;
(1861), ii. 38-39;
(1863), ii. 66, 67;
(1866), ii. 68, 200;
(1880), iii. 7;
(1885), iii. 187, 200.
Goschen's (1887), iii. 385.
Lewis' (1857), i. 559-562.
Lowe's, ii. 373.
Whigs', i. 459.

Bulgaria:--
Atrocities in (1876), ii. 548, 553, 567.
Division of, into northern and southern, ii. 576, 577 and
_note 1_.
Gladstone's first pamphlet on, ii. 552-554;
second, ii. 560, 562.
Resistance of, a breakwater to Europe, i. 477.

_Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East, The_,
ii. 552-554.

Buller, C., i. 65.

---- Sir Redvers, cited, iii. 372.

Bulteel, H. B., i. 58.

Bulwer, _see_ Lytton.

Bunsen, Gladstone's book approved by, i. 176;
Gladstone's view of book by, i. 321;
otherwise mentioned, i. 309 and _note 1_.

Buol, Count, i. 602.

Burgon, J. W., i. 503, 506.

Burke, Sir B., ii. 184.

---- Edmund, Gladstone influenced by, i. 203, 208;
attitude towards Turkey, i. 479 _note_;
Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 280, 469;
Macaulay's estimate of, iii. 280 _note_;
citations from, in home rule debate, iii. 314;
quoted, i. 25; ii. 51, 61, 366;
otherwise mentioned, i. 265; ii. 295, 424; iii. 125.

---- T. H., murder of, iii. 67 _and note_, 68, 391 _note 1_, 392.

Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, ii. 559.

Burnett, Mr., i. 341; ii. 477.

Burton, Sir E., cited, iii. 169 _note_.

Bute, Lord, i. 293.

Butler, Bishop, Gladstone's attitude towards, i. 161, 207 _note 2_;
ii. 544; iii. 520-521;
on over-great refinements, i. 210;
on habit, iii. 464.

Butt, Isaac, i. 503,

Buxton, Sir T. F., i. 105, 145.

Byron, i. 159.

Cabinets:--
Angularities a cause of friction in, ii. 419.
Authority of, Gladstone's views on, ii. 396.
Committees in, Gladstone's view of, ii. 289.
Consultation of, on succession to cabinet office, not necessary,
iii. 101 _note_.
Divisions in, iii. 175.
Gladstone's (1868), efficiency of, ii. 255, 414-415;
his estimates of colleagues, ii. 414, 417, 419, 421;
his censure of defaulters, ii. 418-419;
changes in, ii. 463 _note_;
cabinet of 1880, ii. 653;
of 1886, iii. 296 _note 2_;
of 1892, iii. 495 _note_.
Mediocrity in, iii. 3.
Peel's view of government by, i. 300.
Responsibility of members of, Gladstone's views on, iii. 113
_note_, 114.

Caird, Dr., ii. 98.

Cairnes, J. E., cited, ii. 70 _note_.

Cairns, Lord, on Irish Church bill, ii. 270, 274-280;
on Irish Land bill (1870), ii. 294.

Cambridge:--
Dissenters' disabilities at, ii. 313 _note 1_.
Famous sons of, iii. 476.
Gladstone's early visit to, i. 11;
visit in 1831, i. 80; in 1887, iii. 385;
his solicitude regarding, iii. 486.

---- Duke of, i. 171; ii. 455; iii. 105, 150 _note_, 524.

Cameron, Mr., i. 78.

Campbell, Lord Chancellor, ii. 33, 37, 39, 635-636.

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., Irish secretary (1884), ii. 654;
war secretary (1886), iii. 297 _note_;
war secretary (1892), iii. 495 _note_;
on Home Rule bill committee of cabinet, iii. 497 _note 1_.

Canada:--
American relations with, ii. 82, 86.
Assembly in, Gladstone's speech on, i. 360 _and note 1_.
Cession of, to United States suggested, ii. 401 _and note 2_.
Commercial relations with, Gladstone's despatch on, i. 359.
Constitution suspended (1838), i. 144, 641.
Duty on corn from, lowered, i. 255 _note_.
Ecclesiastical position in, ii. 161.
Fishery questions of, adjusted (1871), ii. 405.
Government of Canada bill (1840), i. 360 and _note 2_.
Revolt of (1837), Molesworth's view of, i. 361 and _note 5_;
Gladstone's opposition to indemnification of rebels in,
i. 353 _note_.
Irish constitution to approximate to, suggestions regarding,
iii. 215, 317.
Liberal policy towards, ii. 607.

Cannes (1883), iii. 102-104;
(1897), iii. 523;
(1898), iii. 526.

Canning, Lady, i. 139, 149.

---- Charles John, Earl, offered lordship of the treasury, i. 126;
in parliament, i. 137;
Russell's disapproval of, i. 536;
on Peelites' refusal to join Palmerston, i. 535;
death of, ii. 88;
otherwise mentioned, i. 54, 140, 420 _and note 2_, 539; ii. 193,
194, 317.

---- George, views on slavery, i. 25;
Gladstone's attitude towards, i. 25, 34, 38, 89, 208, 212;
call at Eton, i. 34;
attitude towards reform, i. 69, 70;
Peel's reference to, i. 126;
Peel contrasted with, i. 248;
age of, on entering cabinet, i. 261;
Palmerston a follower of, i. 367;
chancellor and first lord (1827), ii. 463;
wit of, iii. 473;
Wellington's treatment of (1827), iii. 485;
Turgot praised by, iii. 491;
otherwise mentioned, i. 9-10, 20, 21, 298, 372, 419, 420 _note 2_;
cited, ii. 394, 577, 589, 595; iii. 125, 465.

---- Stratford, _see_ Redcliffe.

Cardwell, Lord, withdraws from Oxford election, i. 328-329;
attitude of, towards liberals (1852), i. 419;
Gladstone's budget submitted to, i. 464;
favours dissolution, i. 467;
Russell's disapproval of, i. 536;
refuses to succeed Gladstone, i. 539;
Gladstone's relations with, i. 551, 552, 559;
on Paper Duties bill, ii. 31, 33, 37;
against economy, ii. 94;
estimate of Gladstone's position, ii. 171;
the pope's estimate of, ii. 218;
war secretary (1868), ii. 644;
on Irish land question, ii. 283, 292;
on civil service reform, ii. 315;
on suggested Antwerp expedition, ii. 339;
capacity of, ii. 359;
army reforms of, ii. 359, 626-627;
Gladstone's letter to, on qualifications for war office, ii. 649;
unpopularity of, ii. 389-390;
Gladstone's letter to, on quarrelsome colleagues, ii. 421;
objects to reduction of estimates, ii. 483-484;
peerage, ii. 497;
otherwise mentioned, i. 405 _note_, 420, 560; ii. 221, 243, 376,
410, 462, 478, 503, 504, 602, 636.

Carey, J., iii. 103.

Carlingford, Lord (Chichester Fortescue), views of, and
correspondence with, on Irish land question (1869-70),
ii. 283, 288, 290-293;
electoral defeat of (1874), ii. 491;
Irish secretary (1868), ii. 644;
president of board of trade (1870), ii. 644;
president of council (1883), ii. 654;
lord privy seal (1885), ii. 654;
against home rule, iii. 291 _note_;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 462, 504; iii. 50.

Carlisle, Lord, i. 624.

Carlow election (1891), iii. 458.

Carlton club, Gladstone's membership of, i. 98;
Gladstone insulted at, i. 441;
Gladstone withdraws from, ii. 29.

Carlyle, Thomas, on Gladstone's first book, i. 176 _note_;
Gladstone contrasted with, i. 195;
Gladstone attracted by, i. 219;
estimate of Gladstone, ii. 229-230;
supports Gladstone on the Bulgarian question, ii. 559;
death of, iii. 98;
Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 98-99, 425;
otherwise mentioned, i. 329; ii. 534, 582.

Carnarvon, 2nd Earl of, i. 75.

---- 4th Earl of, suggests Gladstone for Ionian Islands, i. 594;
on Irish Church bill, ii. 262 _note 1_, 268, 271;
resigns, ii. 574 _note 1_;
on Transvaal annexation, iii. 25;
address to House of Lords on Irish policy, iii. 211, 259;
interview with Parnell, iii. 228-231;
anxieties of, regarding National League, iii. 278;
resigns, iii. 279, 280;
otherwise mentioned, iii. 284, 287.

Carteret, i. 367; ii. 428, 542 _note_.

Castelcicala, i. 398, 399 _note 1_, 400.

Catholic emancipation, _see_ Roman catholic.

Cavagnari, iii. 151.

Cavendish, i. 380 _note 2_.

---- Lord F., Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 462;
appointed lord of the treasury, ii. 463 _note_;
appointed Irish secretary, ii. 654; iii. 66;
murdered, i. 67, 391 _note 1_;
Gladstone's tribute to, i. 69;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 195, 212, 446, 563.

---- Lady F., iii. 69-70.

---- Lord Richard, ii. 232.

Cavour, Count, interested in Gladstone's budget, i. 470; ii. 55;
Gladstone's interview with (1859), i. 618; ii. 5;
England a difficulty to, ii. 6;
dealings with Napoleon iii., ii. 7;
resigns, ii. 8;
Manzoni's estimate of, ii. 11;
development of aims of, ii. 15;
remarks on Italian free trade, ii. 17;
death of, ii. 17 and _note 3_;
prediction of, regarding Prussia, ii. 114, 115;
otherwise mentioned, i. 390, 401, 404, 480; ii. 13, 158, 356,
532; iii. 235, 475, 540.

Cecil, Lord Robert, _see_ Salisbury.

Cephalonia:--
Archbishop of, i. 603-604; ii. 532.
Condition of (1858), i. 599-600, 603-604.
Rising in (1848), i. 600, 603;
Gladstone's despatch on, i. 620 _note 3_.

Chaillé-Long, Colonel C., cited, iii. 169 _note_.

Challemel-Lacour, iii. 105.

Chalmers, Dr., Gladstone's estimate of, i. 59, 109-110, 170-171;
views on church establishment, i. 169-171;
otherwise mentioned, i. 137, 138.

Chamberlain, Joseph, on Education Act (1872), ii. 308;
supports the resolutions on Turkey, ii. 564;
with Gladstone calling on Cardinal Newman, ii. 570 _note_;
president of board of trade (1880), i. 240 _note_; ii. 630, 654;
popularity of, with radicals, iii. 3;
on Transvaal annexation, iii. 28-29;
abstains from voting in Transvaal division, iii. 35;
Argyll uneasy at speeches of, iii. 49;
on suspension of Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, iii. 50;
communications with Parnell, in. 64;
offers to yield Dilke his post, iii. 99;
Gladstone's correspondence with the Queen regarding, iii. 100-101;
views on liberty of speech for cabinet ministers, iii. 112-114;
social programme of, iii. 173-174;
on Crimes Act, iii. 192;
suggests central board of local government for Ireland, iii. 193;
opposes land purchase for Ireland, iii. 194-195;
resigns, iii. 195;
on conservative repudiation of Lord Spencer's policy, iii. 214-215;
view of Gladstone's election address, iii. 220;
Gladstone's conversation with, iii. 223-226 _and notes_;
Gladstone's attitude towards (Sept. '85), iii. 222;
antagonism to Hartington, iii. 233, 288;
opposes home rule, iii. 233, 234;
former nationalist leanings of, iii. 233;
Russian and Austrian speech of June 17th, iii. 233-234;
visit to Hawarden, iii. 247;
liberal losses attributed to, iii. 249;
on liberal losses at the elections, iii. 251;
agrarian policy of, iii. 250, 288;
advises leaving Parnell to Conservatives, iii. 267;
Parnell's attitude towards, iii. 275;
alleged desire for Irish secretaryship, iii. 291;
joins the cabinet, iii. 294-295;
local government board, iii. 297 _note_;
objections to proposed Home Rule bill, iii. 302;
resigns, iii. 302-303;
propounds federation views, iii. 316-317, 327, 339;
opposed to Land bill, iii. 332;
meeting of dissentients in Committee, iii. 335-337;
no terrors for, in dissolution, iii. 339;
Gladstone's comments on, to Acton, iii. 355;
speech at Birmingham, iii. 364, 365, 367;
Gladstone's comments on position of, iii. 366;
at round table conference, iii. 364 _note_, 367;
article in _Baptist_, iii. 367 _and note 2_;
gives up conference, iii. 368;
Gladstone's conversation with (Ap. '87), iii. 385;
Gladstone's reply to, on Home Rule bill (May '93), iii. 499-500;
Gladstone's letters to, iii. 92, 133;
otherwise mentioned, iii. 186, 191, 198, 264, 328.

Chancery commission, ii. 650.

Chandos, Lord, i. 628, 630.

Chantrey, Sir F., i. 112.

_Chapter of Autobiography_, publication of, ii. 249-250.

Charities and income-tax, ii. 65-66.

Charity, sums spent in, iii. 419-420.

Charles I., King, iii. 480-481.

Chartism, i. 276, 358.

Chatham, Lord, i. 223 _and note 1_, 367, 372; iii. 178.

Chester, speech at, on colonial policy (1855), i. 363.

Chevalier, Michel, Gladstone's letters to, ii. 336, 343.

Childers, H. C. E., on estimates (1865), ii. 140;
on civil service reform, ii. 315;
on Russia's Black Sea announcement, ii. 351;
retirement of (1873), ii. 463 _note_;
on the Greenwich seat question, ii. 472 _note_;
suggested for war office, ii. 625, 627;
first lord of admiralty (1868), ii. 644;
resigns (1871), ii. 645;
chancellor of the duchy (1872), ii. 645;
retires (1873), ii. 645;
war secretary (1880), ii. 654;
Colley's acknowledgments to, iii. 35 _note_;
efficiency of, in Egyptian campaign (1882), iii. 83 _note_;
chancellor of exchequer (1882), iii. 99, 654;
home rule views of, iii. 235, 291 _note_;
home secretary (1886), iii. 296 _note 2_, 297 _note_;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 339, 370 _note 1_, 376; iii. 187.

Chillingworth, i. 220.

Chiltern Hundreds, i. 288 _note_.

China:--
Opium question (1840), i. 225-226;
Gladstone's attitude towards, i. 226-227, 229, 239, 242, 244.
Tai-ping rising in, suppressed by Gordon, iii. 149 _note 3_.
War with (1857), i. 563-564;
(1859-60), ii. 18 _and note_, 30, 38.

China, collection of, ii. 213, 523 _and note_.

Chios, Archbishop of, ii. 532.

Christianity, Acton on, iii. 360-361.

Christopher, R.A., i. 536.

Church, Dean, _Oxford Movement_ by, i. 163 _note 1_, 168 _note 2_;
position of, at Oxford (1847), i. 334-335;
estimate of Gladstone, ii. 155, 177;
appointed to St. Paul's by Gladstone, ii. 433;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 430, 860; iii. 69-70, 96, 97.

_Church and State_ (Coleridge), i. 167.

_Church Principles_, i. 181, 182, 224.

Churches:--
Anglican--
Antagonism of, to liberal party, ii. 307.
Catholic revival in, nature of, i. 159.
Clerical calling, Gladstone's leanings to, i. 81-82, 323-324,
382, 383, 635-641.
Condition of (1831-1840), i. 153.
Convocation, revival of, ii. 162-163.
Crisis in (1882), iii. 97.
Disestablishment--
Gladstone's speech against (1873), ii. 457-458 _and note_;
his attitude towards (1874), ii. 501-502, iii. 540;
his views on (1891), iii. 471;
Chamberlain's view of, iii. 225.
Evangelical party in, social reforms effected by, i. 156, 163;
Gladstone brought up in, i. 159, 208;
Tractarians in alliance with, i. 167;
anti-slavery work of, i. 200 _note_.
Gladstone's position regarding, iii. 541-543.
Gorham case, i. 316, 378-381, 632.
Guizot's views on, ii. 538.
Ireland, in, _see under_ Ireland.
Manning's views on outlook for (1846), i. 325.
Orders in, iii. 521.
Palmer's book on, i. 162, 167, 168 _note 1_.
Poetry in, iii. 484.
Preferments in, Gladstone's case with, ii. 430-433.
Rates, abolition of, ii. 161.
Ritualism in, ii. 501, 514.
Roman _versus_, Gladstone's views on, i. 317-318, 321.
State and--
Gladstone's views on, (1846), i. 324-326;
(1857), i. 570;
(1865), ii. 159-163;
growth of ideas on, i. 182-183;
views modified by Lady Hewley case, i. 322;
supremacy question, i. 381;
Gladstone's view of concessions, ii. 159;
conversation at Biarritz, iii. 470-471.
_State in its Relation with the Church, The_ (1838), i. 172,
175.
Welsh disestablishment question, Chamberlain's article on,
iii. 367 _and note 2_;
difficulty of, iii. 471;
advance of (1892-94), iii. 495.
Distinction of, from state, in general view, i. 155.
Gladstone's interest in, i. 152; ii. 507.
Nature of, Gladstone's ideas regarding, i. 87-88, 157-159.
Roman:--
Anglican _versus_, Gladstone's views on, i. 317-318, 321.
Infallibility dogma of, ii. 378, 511-512, 515, 516, 520.
Jansenists in, i. 325.
Jesuits of, ii. 516.
Neapolitan tyranny connected with, i. 397.
Old Catholic dissenters from, ii. 511, 513.
Papal aggression question (1851), i. 408;
views on, i. 405-410, 414, 415 _and note_.
Parnell leadership denounced by, iii. 448-449.
Proselytising of, ii. 188, 514.
Religion spoiling morality in, ii. 185.
Secession to, by Newman, i. 317;
by Miss Helen Gladstone, i. 318;
by Hope and Manning, i. 385-387;
second great tide of, i. 378;
Gladstone's views on, i. 312, 321;
Manning's views on, i. 317.
Syllabus (1864)--
importance of, ii. 508;
influence of, on Irish legislation, ii. 511;
contents of, ii. 516;
Gladstone's correspondence with Acton regarding, ii. 520.
Temporal power, Gladstone's views on, i. 403, 404; ii. 512-513,
519; iii. 414;
Vatican decrees in relation to, ii. 508, 517, 519.
Ultramontanes _v._ liberals, ii. 508-509, 511-513;
basis of ultra-montanism, ii. 518.
Vatican decrees (1870), ii. 502, 509 _et seq._;
in relation to temporal power, ii. 508, 517, 519.
Scottish, establishment question, iii. 248, 471.

Churchill, Lady, ii. 98, 102, 104.

---- Lord Randolph, party of, iii. 2, 89, 108 _note_;
on Dutch sentiment in South Africa, iii. 42 _note 2_;
on franchise extension in Ireland, iii. 142;
on Crimes Act, iii. 188-189;
revolt of, against 'the old gang,' iii. 200-201;
on Irish affairs, iii. 213, 278, 280;
on tory prospects after the defeat, iii. 289;
on Gladstone's chances of forming a government (1886), iii. 297;
on 'reconstruction' of Home Rule bill, iii. 335;
chancellor of exchequer, iii. 362;
resignation, iii. 363, 365-366;
Ulster plan of campaign encouraged by, iii. 371 _note_;
speaks on budget (1887), iii. 385;
on imprisonment of Irish members, iii. 426;
on Gladstone's reply to Balfour, iii. 502.

Churton, E., i. 111.

Civil Service reform, i. 509-512, 649-650; ii. 314-315.

Clanricarde, Captain, i. 608.

Claremont, i. 242, 243.

Clarendon, Earl of, addresses House of Lords, on Irish policy
(1850), iii. 211 _note_;
attitude towards Gladstone's budget, i. 466, 467;
on British policy preceding Crimean war, i. 481, 485;
efforts for peace, i. 487;
Aberdeen in conflict with, i. 495 _and note 3_;
attitude towards ecumenical council, ii. 510, 512;
satisfies Aberdeen, i. 535;
condemns Peelites' resignation, i. 542;
on Garibaldi's departure, ii. 111;
foreign secretary (1865), ii. 153 _note_;
the Pope's estimate of, ii. 218;
in Rome, ii. 222;
foreign secretary (1868), ii. 254, 644;
on civil service reform, ii. 315;
foreign policy of, ii. 317-318;
correspondence on reduction of armaments, ii. 321-322;
_Alabama_ case, ii. 397, 399;
death of (1870), ii. 324, 644;
Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 414, 417; iii. 490;
Granville's estimate of, ii. 417;
otherwise mentioned, i. 481 _note_, 491, 493, 526, 532, 624,
648; ii. 11, 106, 189, 210, 260, 270, 352, 512.

Clark, Sir Andrew, ii. 279, 423, 446, 462, 498, 504, 563; iii. 101,
102, 159 _note_, 216, 387, 520.

Clarke, Mr., i. 111.

Classical education, Gladstone's view of, ii. 312, 646-649.

Clémenceau, M., iii. 103.

Clerk, Sir G., i. 420.

Clifford, W. K., ii. 524.

Closure, _see under_ Parliament.

Clough, Arthur H., i. 329.

Clowes, Mr., ii. 552.

Clumber, i. 95, 121; ii. 144.

Clyde, Lord, ii. 359.

Coalition government (1853-59), i. 443 _et seq._;
cabinet harmony in, i. 495;
Crimean war's effect on, i. 484, 495, 521.

Coalitions, views on, i. 533.

Cobbett, i. 114; ii. 22.

Cobden, Richard:--
_Chronology_--
free-trade advocacy of, i. 249, 251;
Peel's eulogium on, i. 291-293, 295, 296;
views on colonial government, i. 362;
Don Pacifico debate, i. 368;
on Crimean war, ii. 548;
unpopularity of, i. 542, 548, 630;
view of the eastern question, i. 547;
on proceedings in China, i. 563;
repulsed at election (1857), i. 564;
declines to join Palmerston's government, i. 626;
visit to Hawarden, ii. 18, 20;
French treaty negotiations, ii. 20-21, 46, 77 _note 3_;
experience on expenditure committees, ii. 46;
Gladstone's protest against being classed with, ii. 49;
iii. 182;
writes against American war with England, ii. 75;
on Danish question, ii. 113, 119;
death of, ii. 143.
Co-operation, faculty for, i. 189.
Disraeli on, i. 352.
Forster's estimate of, ii. 123.
Gladstone's estimate of, i. 239, 249, 291, 292, 296 _note_;
ii. 143, 213;
Gladstone's confidence in, i. 562.
Graham's estimate of, i. 296.

_Life_ of, cited, 282 _and note_, 291 _note 1_.
Originality of, ii. 59, 122; iii. 539.
Palmerston's view of, i. 367.
Stanley's estimate of, i. 239.
Otherwise mentioned, i. 232, 244, 278, 423, 447; ii. 13, 23, 37,
58, 120, 156, 189; iii. 431.

---- Club:--
Chamberlain's speech at dinner of (1883), iii. 112-113.
Gladstone's eulogy of Cobden at dinner of (1886), ii. 213.

Cockburn, Chief Justice, ii. 384, 395, 412.

Coercion, _see under_ Ireland.

Colborne, Capt., i. 228.

Cole, Mr., i. 59 _note_, 135.

Colenso, Bishop, i. 316; ii. 168-169, 313.

Coleridge, S. T., i. 159, 167, 176 _note._

---- Lord Chief Justice, recommends Northcote to Gladstone, i. 333
_note 1_;
uneasy regarding Gladstone's views, i. 628;
introduces bill for removing tests, ii. 313;
made lord chief justice, ii. 463 _note_, 470;
on the Greenwich seat question, ii. 469 _and note_;
_Times_ libel action tried before, iii. 394.

Colley, Sir George, iii. 31 _and note 1_, 34-38, 42.

Collier, Jeremy, cited, iii. 467.

---- Sir Robert, ii. 383-386.

Collings, Jesse, iii. 288.

Collins, i. 169.

Colonial Society, ii. 401 _note 2_.

Colonies:--
Church in, ii. 168-169.
Disraeli's views on, i. 361; ii. 606;
speech on (1872), ii. 391.
Gladstone's views on, i. 359-361, 363-364, 645.
Home rule (Irish), attitude towards, iii. 323.
Military expenditure for, i. 362 _and note 1_;
reduction of troops in (1870), ii. 360 and _note_, 374.
Protection adopted by, against England, ii. 132.

Combes, M., iii. 113 _note_.

Commercial treaties--
French, ii. 20-21, 46;
various (1866), ii. 200.

Companies, Gladstone's bill for regulation of, i. 268.

Concert of Europe, Gladstone's view of, ii. 560, 564, 573, 575;
iii. 80, 82.

Condé, cited, i. 188.

Congo debate (1883), iii. 110.

'Conservative,' adoption of name of, i. 422.

Conservative party:--
Changes in (1870-1885), iii. 177.
Church the rallying point of, i. 154.
Closure by guillotine introduced by, iii. 377.
Coercion--
repudiated by, iii. 212-214, 257;
revival of, a last resort for, iii. 278-279, 285;
proposed by, iii. 287;
Salisbury's 'twenty years' proposal, iii. 317.
Electoral losses of (1886-1890), iii. 427.
Factions in, i. 143.
Fourth party among, iii. 2, 89, 108 _note_.
Franchise extension not inimical to, iii. 129.
Gladstone's early connection with, i. 245 _note_;
his views on (1885), iii. 221.
Ireland, traditional policy towards, iii. 242-243.
Irish alliance with, iii. 188-190, 200, 203, 258, 260, 269-271,
274, 276, 284.
Liberal aid to, on important measures, iii. 257-258;
liberal seceders' union with, iii. 350.
Nationalist support of, at general election (1885), iii. 244-245.
O'Connell, attitude towards, i. 129, 138.
Lord Spencer's policy, and, iii. 262.
Tory democracy, iii. 173, 201, 240-241.
Whig seceders' fusion with, i. 139.

Consistency, Gladstone's view of, i. 211-212.

Conspiracy to Murder bill, i. 574-576.

Constantinople:--
Meeting of the Powers at (1870), ii. 559.
Patriarch of, ii. 532.

Convocation, revival of, ii. 162-163.

Conway, General, iii. 181.

Copyright, Gladstone's views on, ii. 59, 541.

Cordite vote, iii. 177 _and note_.

Corfu:--
British retention of, advised, i. 601, 619-620.
Gladstone's arrival at, i. 602;
house at, i. 613.
Petition drawn up by, i. 615.
University at, i. 605.

Corn Laws:--
Gladstone's support of, i. 106, 114, 231-232, 249;
modification of views, i. 252-254, 260-262, 264.
Graham's defence of, i. 114.
Repeal of--
Peel's policy regarding, i. 282-287, 290;
results of, i. 426;
liberal aid to tories for, iii. 257, 284.

Correspondence in the Octagon, ii. 526-547.

Corrie, Messrs., i. 9.

Corry, H., i. 351 _note 1_, 420.

Corrupt Practices bill (1883), i. 97 _and note 1_; iii. 110.

Court gossip, Gladstone's view of, ii. 254.

Cousin, Victor, i. 163; ii. 220-221.

Coutts, Miss Burdett, ii. 168.

Cowan, Sir J., ii. 609; iii. 517 _note 3_, 535 _note_.

Cowley, Lord, ii. 28.

Cowper, Lord, iii. 65, 324, 362.

---- William (Lord Mount-Temple), i. 234; ii. 154.

Craik, Sir Henry, cited, ii. 302 _note_.

Cranborne, Lord, _see_ Salisbury.

Cranmer, Archbishop, iii. 466-467.

Craven, Mrs., i. 320, 383.

Crawford, R. W., ii. 207, 210, 233.

Creighton, Bishop, ii. 535.

Crimea, Catherine's seizure of, i. 478.

Crimean war:--
Coalition government wrecked on, i. 484, 495, 521.
Committee on, Roebuck's motion for, i. 521, 523, 537-539, 542.
Course of, i. 494-495, 545-548.
End of, i. 550.
Gladstone's view of, i. 484, 492, 544-546, 652-653;
Gladstone charged with 'starving,' i. 629.
Ignorance of facts of, among politicians, i. 547.
Illusions of, ii. 4.
Income-tax renewal necessitated by, i. 474.
Kinglake's book on, i. 480-481 _and note_.
Napoleon III. strengthened by, ii. 4.
Newcastle and Herbert, charges against, i. 651-652.
Objects of, i. 545.
Origin of, i. 478.
Popular British opinion on, i. 489-490.
Responsibilities for, i. 481.
Turkish position after, ii. 548.

Croke, Dr., iii. 449.

Cromwell, ii. 287, 555; iii. 480.

Crown:--
Critical wave against, ii. 425-426.
Gladstone's attitude towards, ii. 423-427.
Prerogative of, Gladstone charged with resorting to, ii. 364-365.

Crown Princess, ii. 100, 472.

Crowther, Rev. ----, i. 58-59.

---- ---- ii. 217.

Cullen, Cardinal, opposes Irish University bill, ii. 434,
439-440, 443;
Gladstone's meeting with (1877), ii. 571;
mentioned, i. 397.

Cumberland, Duke of, i. 127, 141, 279.

Currie, Sir Donald, iii. 115, 517.

Customs, articles liable to, in various years, ii. 25 _and note_.

Cyprus:--
British acquisition of, ii. 607.
Convention regarding, ii. 576, 578; iii. 522.
Gladstone's Midlothian reference to, ii. 592; iii. 27-28.
Seizure of, projected, ii. 573.

_Daily News_, ii. 495, 625 _and note_.

_Daily Telegraph_, ii. 622; iii. 430 _and note_.

Dale, R. W., ii. 134-135, 304, 305, 570.

Dalhousie, Lord, i. 350; iii. 303 _note_.

Dalkeith, Lord, ii. 584, 612.

Dalmeny, ii. 588, 609-610; iii. 239, 491.

Dalrymple, Mr., iii. 248.

Dante:--
Gladstone's appreciation of, i. 202, 207 _note 2_, 215, 223;
iii. 423-424, 488, 550.
Scartazzini on, iii. 387.

Darbishire, Mr., ii. 136.

Darfur, iii. 146, 149 _note 3_, 157.

Daru, ii. 321-322.

Darwin, ii. 536-537, 562.

Davidson, Bishop, i. 498 _note 1_.

Davis, Jefferson, ii. 72, 79-81.

De Retz, iii. 255.

De Tabley, Lord, ii. 193.

December, important events in Gladstone's life in, ii. 256.

Delane, Mr., i. 153, 624; ii. 270, 439, 552.

Demerara, i. 22-24, 224.

Democracy:--
Fair play a natural tendency of, iii. 308.
Gladstone's feeling for, ii. 77; iii. 123, 125, 133, 203, 610-611;
iii. 88;
his efforts against besetting vice of, ii. 250-251;
his faith in, i. 621, 650; iii. 173;
his moulding of opinion of, iii. 537;
their devotion to Gladstone, iii. 89, 90, 250, 330.
Mazzini's work for, iii. 478.
Oxford in relation to, ii. 35.
Spendthrift tendency of, iii. 537.

Denison, Bishop Edward, censure of Hampden opposed by, i. 161.

---- Archdeacon, Gorham case, i. 380 _note_ 2;
withdraws support from Gladstone, i. 451;
condemnation of, for heresy, i. 557;
otherwise mentioned, i. 54, 71, 79, 98 _note_.

---- J. E. (Speaker), ii. 198.

Denmark:--
Gladstone's cruise to (1883), iii. 115-117 (1894), iii. 517;
tribute from, ii. 532.
Schleswig-Holstein question, see _that title_.

Deputations, i. 256.