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France: Napoleon’s intention to create a new aristocracy, 31;
and England’s alliance, 120;
overthrow and flight of Louis Philippe, 163, 171;
and the Spanish marriages, 171;
Revolution of 1848, 171;
and the ‘Don Pacifico’ affair, 175;
and the Crimean War, 225, 229;
the Orsini Conspiracy, 289, 290;
Commercial Treaty with England, 295, 296;
campaign with Italy, against Austria, 302, 303;
annexation of Savoy, 305
Free Trade: the question coming to the front, 121;
and Tory opposition, 132;
conversion of Peel, 137, 138;
and the Commercial Treaty with France, 296
French Revolution, its influence on the English people, 24, 36
Friends of the People, Society of the, 25, 63
Froude, Mr., on the improvements effected by the Reform Bill, 86, 87
‘Gagging Acts,’ the, 39, 40
Garibaldi, General, 300;
entry into Naples, 306;
visit to Pembroke Lodge, 307
Gascoigne, General, 73
Gatton, 23
Gavazzi, Father, 186
George III., his madness and blindness, 27;
and Catholic Emancipation, 59
George IV. and Queen Caroline, 41;
and Catholic Emancipation, 59;
death, 60, 64
Gibson, Milner, 141, 208, 287, 295
Gladstone, Mr., on the Colonial policy of the Melbourne Government, 117;
Colonial Secretary, 136;
and Sir Robert Peel, 176;
his attack on Disraeli’s Budget, 199;
and Disraeli’s claim to lead the Conservative party, 201 and note;
and Lord John Russell’s claim to the Premiership on the fall of the Derby Government, 202;
takes office under Lord Aberdeen, 207;
first Budget, 210;
and the income tax, 240;
resigns office, 258, 290;
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1859), 295;
tribute to Russell on his accession to the Peerage, 297, 298;
unseated at Oxford, 325;
Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Russell, 327;
introduces a Reform Bill, 328;
tribute to Lord Russell, 330;
ovation at Carlton House Terrace, 332;
and the Irish Question, 342, 363, 366
Glenelg, Lord, 112
Goderich, Lord, 52, 93
Gordon, Lady Georgiana, 3
Gore, Hon. Charles, 348
Gorham Case, the, 182
Gortschakoff, Prince, 261, 267
Goschen, Mr., 327
Graham, Sir James, 67;
withdraws from Lord Grey’s Ministry, 95;
accuses Lord John Russell of encouraging sedition, 119;
Home Secretary under Peel, 125;
declines the Governor-Generalship of India, 141, 202, 207, 232, 254, 258, 290
Grampound, 27, 40, 41;
disfranchised, 43
Granville, Lord, appointed Foreign Secretary, 182;
on Lord John Russell’s speech in defence of his late colleagues, 266;
fails to form a Ministry on the defeat of Lord Derby, 293;
becomes President of the Council, 295
Great Exhibition of 1851, 193, 200, 234, 308
Greece and the ‘Don Pacifico’ affair, 175
Greenock, Lord John Russell’s speech on the prospects of war, at, 227
Greville, Charles, comments of, 61, 69, 72, 73, 102, 130, 180, 207, 257, 286
Grey, (Charles, second) Lord, 15, 25;
and Lord John Russell’s efforts on behalf of liberty, 58, 61;
forms an Administration, 62, 65;
early labours in the cause of Reform, 63, 64;
characteristics, 65;
announcement in the House of Lords with regard to the introduction of the first Reform Bill, 68;
speech on the second Reform Bill, 76-78;
resigns office, but resumes power on the inability of the Duke of Wellington to form a Ministry, 83, 92;
changes in his Cabinet, 96;
proposes the renewal of the Coercion Act, 96;
resigns the Premiership, 99
Grey (Henry, third), Lord, 134;
Secretary to the Colonies under Lord John Russell, 141
Grey, Sir George, Home Secretary under Lord John Russell, 141;
and Irish crime, 153;
appointed Colonial Secretary, 245, 295;
Home Secretary, 327
Grillion’s Club, 27, 28
Grosvenor, Earl, 329, 330
Grote, George, 90, 110, 111, 320
Habeas Corpus Act, suspension of, 33, 34
Hampden, Dr., and the see of Hereford, 161
Hampden Clubs, 26
Harcourt, Archbishop, on religious tests, 57
Harding, Sir John, and the ‘Alabama’ Case, 315-317
Hardinge, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount), 82, 249
Hartington, Lord, 292, 327
Henley, Mr., 291
Herbert of Lea, Lord, 232
Herbert, Sidney, 207, 244, 254, 258
Herschel, Sir John, 355
Hobhouse, Sir J. C., 70, 141
Holland, Lord, visit of Lord John Russell to the Peninsula with, 9-11, 30, 53, 57, 119;
and the Life of Charles James Fox, 276
Holland House, 8, 15, 143
Holy Places in Palestine, dispute concerning, 213, 218
Horsman, Mr., 329
Houghton, Lord, 294
House of Commons, abuses and defects in representation before the era of Reform, 22, 23;
presentation of the petition of the Friends of the People, 25, 26;
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 33, 34;
Sir Francis Burdett’s motion for universal suffrage, and Lord John Russell’s speech, 35;
and the ‘Gagging Acts,’ 39, 40;
Lord John’s first resolutions in favour of Reform, 40;
Lord John proposes an addition of 100 members, 43;
introduction and second reading of the first Reform Bill, 69-73;
dissolution, 74;
first Reform Bill, 69-73;
second Reform Bill, 75, 76;
third Reform Bill, 81;
the first Reformed Parliament, 88;
number of Protectionists in 1847, 160
House of Lords, and the proposed enfranchisement of Manchester, 52;
and the Test and Corporation Acts, 56, 57;
effect of the Duke of Wellington’s declaration against Reform, 61;
its rejection of Reform, 78;
urged by William IV. to withdraw opposition to the Reform Bill, 84;
passing of the Reform Bill, 84;
and the Jewish Disabilities Bill, 198, 291
Howick, Lord, 134
Hume, Joseph, 72, 80, 90, 121
Hunt, Mr. Ward, 330
— ‘Orator,’ 26
Huskisson, Mr., 56
Hyde Park, Reform demonstration in, 332
Indemnity Bill for Dissenters, 51
India, Napoleon’s prophecy as to the acquisition by Russia of, 31;
Duhamel’s scheme for its acquisition by Russia, 218;
Mutiny in, 288
India Bills, 210, 290
Inkerman, battle of, 247
Ireland: condition of affairs on the accession of the Duke of Wellington to power, 53;
agitation for Catholic Emancipation, 58, 59;
and O’Connell, 90;
Lord John Russell’s visit in 1833, 91, 92;
Poor Law Amendment Act, 93, 107;
Mr. Littleton’s Tithe Bill, 93;
Tithe Bill of 1835, 105, 107;
Municipal Bill, 105, 112;
passing of the Tithe Bill, 112;
Maynooth grant, 127, 128;
potato famine, 130, 146, 148, 149;
Peel’s proposal for renewal of Coercion Act, 140;
proposed renewal of Arms Bill, 147, 148;
revolt of Young Ireland against O’Connell, 147;
measures to relieve distress, 150-152;
crime, 153, 154;
Arms Bill (1847), 154;
Treason Felony Act, 157;
Encumbered Estates Act, 157;
emigration, 158
Irish Church: Mr. Ward’s motion, 95;
Peel’s accusation against Lord John Russell, 97;
Lord John’s motion of April 1835, 103, 104
Italy: Lord John Russell’s impressions, 37;
Lord John’s second visit, 48, 49;
and the retention by Austria of Lombardy and Venice, 172, 300;
accession of Victor Emmanuel II. to the throne of Sardinia, 301;
campaign, with France, against Austria, 302, 303;
the Peace of Villafranca, 303;
intervention of England, 304;
annexation of Savoy by France, 305;
entry of Garibaldi into Naples, and proclamation of Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy, 306
Jamaica Bill, the, 114
Jews: exclusion from Parliament, 57;
rejection in the Lords of bill for their relief, 89, 198, 210;
passing of the bill in 1858, 290, 291
Jones, Gale, 13
Keble, Dr., 183
Kennington Common, Chartist demonstration on, 166-168
King, Mr. Locke, 193
Kinglake, Mr., 266, 353
Kingsley, Charles, his ‘Alton Locke,’ 166
Kossuth, Louis, his visit to England, 179
Labouchere, Mr. (afterwards Lord Taunton), 116, 147
Lambton, Mr. (father of the first Earl of Durham), 25
Lancashire Cotton Famine, 319
Lancaster, Joseph, 115 and note, 281, 282
Lansdowne, Lord, 52, 141, 202, 205, 240, 251, 258
Lascelles, Mr., 23
Lecky, Mr. W. E. H., his reminiscences of Earl Russell,
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