PATTON, G., appointed Queen's Advocate,
PEABODY, MR.-Autograph letter from the Queen, in acknowledgment of his muni- ficence to the poor of London, 18; dis- tributes the prizes of the "Working Classes Industrial Exhibition" at Guild- hall, 31.
PEARSON, F, B., a Judge of the High
Court, North-Western Provinces, India, 313.
PEEL, RIGHT HON, SIR R., appointed a
PEEL, RIGHT HON. J., appointed a Secretary of State, 315. "PEKING AND THE PEKINGESE," by D. F. Rennie, [308].
PERIODICALS, Statistics of, Messrs. Long- man's Catalogue, [315]; remarks on, [316].
PERSIA, Modern, History of, by R. G. Watson, [301].
PERTH, Shire of, Lord Kinnaird appointed Sheriff-Principal, 313.
PETRE, G. G., Secretary of Legation at Brussels, 315.
PHILADELPHIA, vide UNITED States. PHOTOGRAPHY, Important use of, in illustrating artistic works, [325]. PICTURES, Exhibitions of, vide ART, EX- HIBITIONS; important sales of, [324]. PITT, LIEUT.-COL. G. D., made a C.B., 317.
PLAGUE, vide CATTLE PLAGUE.
PLOWMAN, PIERS, Parallel extracts from twenty-nine MSS. of, [313],
PLUMPTRE, E. H., translation of Sopho- cles, [311].
POLLOCK, SIR F., created a Baronet, 316. POMPEII, Description of the ruins of, by T. H. Dyer, [325].
POPLAR, Great fire at, 34.
PORTUGAL, Sir A. B. Paget appointed envoy to, 314.
PRESIDENT, vide UNITED STATES. PRESSLY, C., made a K.C.B., 315. PRIM, GENERAL, vide SPAIN. PRINCE, vide ALFRED, AUGUSTENBURG, COUZA, CHARLES, CHRISTIAN, FREDE RIC CHARLES, PRINCE CONSORT, TECK, WALES, &c.; CHARLES OF BAVARIA, vide GERMANY; CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA, vide PRUSSIA.
PRINCE CONSORT (the late), Statue of, at Wolverhampton, inaugurated by the Queen, 182.
PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND, W. Hackett, Recorder of, knighted, 318. PRINCESS, vide CHRISTIAN, PRINCESS; HELENA; MARY; WALES. PRIVY COUNCIL.-Appointment of two new members, 314-318. PROCTER, vide CORNWALL.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, 312. PROUT, FATHER, vide MAHONY.
PRUSSIA. Opening of the Lower House, and speech of Herr von Grabow, Pre- sident, [210]; vote of the Lower House against the incorporation of Lauenburg, [211]; speech of Herr Gneist in the Lower House, ib.; speech of Herr Wagner in the Lower House, [213]; Royal Speech on closing the Diet, read by Count Bismark, ib.; the Lower House adjourned by Count Bismark, ib.; session of the Diet closed, [214]; decree of the King in Schleswig, pro- hibiting addresses, &c., in favour of the Duke of Augustenburg, ib.; commence- ment of dispute with Austria, ib.; sends circular to the minor States, requiring them to choose their side in the expected war, ib.; secret treaty with Italy, [215]; despatch of Count Bismark, April 30, [216]; threatens Saxony, [218]; motion passed in the Federal Diet to summon her to declare that her intentions are pacific, ib.; her troops enter Holstein to assert the right of a joint occupation with Austria, ib.; troops enter Saxony and take pos- session of Leipsic, [219]; proclamation of Prince Frederick Charles to the in- habitants of Saxony, ib.; overruns Hesse-Cassel, ib.; Prince Frederick Charles, with the first army, occupies Saxony and threatens Bohemia, ib.; the Crown Prince, with the second army, operates in Silesia, ib.; General Herwarth, with the third army, ready to march on the right flank of the first army, ib.; plan of campaign arranged by General von Moltke in Berlin, [221]; first army takes up its head- quarters at Hirschfield, ib.; great ad- vantages from the use of the needle- gun, ib.; first army crosses the Bohe- mian frontier, [222]; general order of Prince Frederick Charles to the first Army, ib.; forces back the Austrian and Saxon troops from Münchengrätz, ib.; second army passes into Bohemia at Reinerz and Landshut, ib.; general order of the Crown Prince to the second army, ib.; advanced guard of the second army repulses the Austrians near Nachod, [223]; part of second army repulses Gablenz at Trautenau, ib.; second army forces the Austrians back from Skalitz, ib.; general order of the Crown Prince, [223]; the Aus- trians, under Count Clam Gallas, re- pulsed near Gitschin, [224]; junction of the first and third armies near Turnau, in Saxony, ib.; the King joins the army at Gitschin, ib.; his address to the authorities of the town, [225]; disposition of the three armies on the 2nd of July, ib.; great victory at Kö- niggrätz, ib.; armistice of five days
with Austria, [231]; compels the Ha- noverian army to capitulate, [232]; Prince Frederick Charles occupies Lun- denburg, [234]; army of the Elbe reaches Znaym, about fifty miles from Vienna, ib.; first army occupies Brünn, in Moravia, ib.; victory near Blumenau, [235]; preliminaries of peace with Austria signed, July 26, [236]; treaty signed at Prague, August 23, ib.; vic- torious conflicts with the Bavarian army, [239]; great increase of terri- tory in consequence of the war, ib.; opening of the Chambers (new session), [240]; the King's Speech, ib.; Herr von Forckenbeck elected President of the Chambers, [241]; Herr Grabow declines the presidency of the Cham- bers, ib.; Count Bismark's speech on the annexation of Hanover and other States, [242]; Address of the Upper House to the King, ib.; Bill of indem- nity to the Government for illegal tax- ation, [243]; Address of the Lower House to the King, ib.; Speech of the King in answer to Address of the Lower House, [244]; deputation to the King in favour of Hanoverian in- dependence, [245]; unfavourable an- swer, ib.; Bill for partial annexation of Holstein and Schleswig, [246]; tri- umphal entry of the army into Berlin, ib.; Bill for determining the mode of election to the North German Par- liament, ib.; speech of the Finance Minister on the question of a loan, [247]; enters into a confederation with fifteen small German States, ib.; speech of Count Bismark on the proposed annexation of Holstein and part of Schleswig, [248]; declares war against Austria, [254]; Lord A. W. F. S. Loftus appointed Ambassador to, 312. PRYSE, P., created a Baronet, 316. PUTNEY, The Annual Oxford and Cam- bridge boat-race at, 15.
QUEEN, THE, opens Parliament in person, [3]; Speech on the opening of Parlia- ment, [5]; institutes a new decoration, styled the "Albert Medal," 12; reviews the troops at Aldershott, 13; autograph letter to Mr. Peabody, in acknowledg- ment of his munificence to the poor of London, 18; presents new colours to the 89th regiment at Aldershott, 26; present at the marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge, 69; present at the marriage of Princess Helena, 80; visit to Aberdeen, to open the new water- works, 163; Speech of, on prorogation of Parliament, delivered by Lord Chelms-
ford, [179]; visit to Wolverhampton, to inaugurate a statue of the late Prince Consort, 182; Rev. B. M. Cowie ap- pointed Honorary Chaplain in Ordi- nary to, 313; Lady Charlotte Copley appointed an Extra Bedchamber Woman to, 314; Hon. Mrs. R. Bruce appointed a Bedchamber Woman in Ordinary to, ib.; signifies her consent to the mar- riage of Princess Mary of Cambridge and the Prince of Teck, ib.; the Hon. F. W. Stopford appointed Page of Honour to, ib.; Marquis of Normanby appointed a Lord in Waiting to, ib.; Lord O. Fitzgerald appointed Treasurer of the Household, ib.; Viscount Strath- allan and others appointed Lords in Waiting, 316; various appointments in the Household, ib.; Lieut.-Colonel Lindsay appointed a Groom in Waiting to, 317.
QUEEN OF THE FRENCH, vide MARIE AMÉLIE.
RACE, for the Championship of the Thames, 179; of American yachts, from New York to Cowes,-the "Hen- rietta" wins, 204; Oxford and Cam- bridge, vide PUTNEY; vide DERBY, THE, &c.
RAILWAY.-Fall of a bridge at Sutton, 35; London, Brighton, and South Coast, serious collision on, near Cater- ham, 36; Great Northern, extraor- dinary accident at Welwyn Tunnel, 65; South-Eastern, opening of new station in Cannon-street, 126; Metropolitan, accident on, by the fall of an iron girder, 201.
RAPHAEL, Life of, by Baron von Wolzogen, translated by F. E. Bunnett, [305]. RAWLINSON, REV. G., "History of the
Five Great Monarchies," vol. 3, [300]. READE, C., "Griffith Gaunt," [313]. REFORM.-Question of, discussed in the debates on the Address, [10] &c.; meeting in Trafalgar-square, 74; Par- liamentary Reform the great question of the session, [100] &c.; Bill on, in- troduced by Mr. Gladstone, [102]; meeting at Guildhall, 109; demon- stration at Manchester, 137; meeting at Leeds, 141; debates on, [100] &c.; Representation of the People Bill," "Redistribution of Seats Bill," ib.; amendment of Lord Dunkellin, [154]; amendment carried, [157]; resignation of Earl Russell's Cabinet in consequence of defeat on the subject of, [158]; con- versation on in the Houses, after the resignation of the Ministry, [158] &c.; meeting at Glasgow, 162; meeting
at Edinburgh, 179; meeting in the grounds of Beaufort-house, Kensington, 188; meeting in St. James's-hall, 191. REMBRANDT.-Photographs of his etch- ings, by Mr. Cundall, [325]. RENNIE, D. F., Peking and the Pe- kingese," [308].
RENNIE, G. (engineer), Death of, [337]. REVENUE. Slight decrease, [185]; rea- sons of, ib.; account of gross public income and balances of public money, 310, 311.
REVIEW, of Volunteers in Hyde-park, 72; of Volunteers at Wimbledon, 88. RÉVILLE, DR., "Apollonius of Tyana," [306].
REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA.-Work on his paintings of English children, by F. G. Stephens, [325].
RICASOLI, BARON, vide ITALY.
RIOTS, in Hyde-park, 98; discussion on in both Houses of Parliament, [177]. ROBERTS, DAVID, R.A., Life of, by J. Ballantine, [306].
ROBERTS, W., a Judge of the High Court, North-Western Provinces, India, 313. ROBINSON, C. C., execution of, for murder, at Stafford, 5.
ROBINSON, W. C. F., Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands,
ROLT, J., appointed Attorney-General, 317; knighted, ib. ROME.-Intentions of the French Govern- ment as to the withdrawal of troops, &c., [192]; commencement of with- drawal of French troops, [206]; fare- well address of the French commander, General Montebello, [207]; the Pope's reply, ib.; end of the French occupa- pation, [208]; History of, by Dr. Mommsen, translated by the Rev. W. P. Dickson, vol. iv., [302].
ROSE, LIEUT.-GEN. SIR H., created Baron Strathnairn, 317.
ROSETTI, MISS C., "The Prince's Pro- gress," [314].
Ross, A., a Judge of the High Court, North-Western Provinces, India, 313. ROSSLER, R. (and M. Meinecke), discovery of a new metal, [336].
Ross-SHIRE, Sir J. Matheson appointed Lord-Lieutenant of, 316. ROTHERY, C. F., Assistant-Justice, Ba- hama Islands, 316.
ROUHER, M., vide FRANCE.
ROUMANIA, vide MOLDAVIA AND WAL-
ROYSTON, LORD, appointed Controller of the Household, 316.
RUSKIN, J., "The Crown of Wild Olive," [314].
RUSSELL, EARL, resigns the premiership,
[158]; a Commissioner for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Exche-
quer, &c., 314; "Life and Times of Charles James Fox," vol. iii., [303]. RUSSIA joins England and France in endeavouring to prevent Continental war, [197].
RYVES AND RYVES . THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL, 223; verdict, 258.
ST. AUBYN, E., created a Baronet, 316. ST. CHRISTOPHER (and Nevis), Captain Mackenzie appointed Lieut.-Governor, 318; E. Herbert appointed Colonial Secretary, ib.
ST. LEGER, THE, 133; won by Lord Lyon, 135.
ST. PETERSBURG, Hon. W. Stuart ap- pointed Secretary of the Embassy at, 315.
ST. VINCENT, G. Trafford appointed Chief Justice, 318.
SANDHURST, Gen. Sir G. Wetherall ap-
pointed Governor, 317.
SARAWAK, Ten Years in, by C. Brooke, Tuan-Muda of Sarawak, [308].
SARGENT, SIR C., a Judge of the High Court, Bombay, 313.
SAXONY.-Threatened by Prussia in con- sequence of having strengthened her army, [218]; proclamation of Prince Frederick Charles to the inhabitants of, [219]; invaded by the Prussians, who take possession of Leipsic, [219]; J. S. Lumley appointed Envoy to, 314. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, G. D. Engleheart appointed Treasurer to Prince and Princess Christian of, 315; Lieut.-Col. G. G. Gordon, equerry, ib.; vide CHRIS- TIAN, PRINCE.
SCHUBERT, FRANZ, Life of, by Dr. Von Hellborn, translated by E. Wilberforce, [305].
SCIALOJA, SIGNOR, vide ITALY. SCIENCE, Retrospect of, [327]. SCOTLAND.-W. Smythe placed on the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor, 314; G. Patton appointed Queen's Advocate, 316; E. S. Gordon appointed Solicitor-General, ib.; G. Burnett ap- pointed Lyon King of Arms, 317; work on the Early Races of, vide LESLIE. SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF, Lord Belhaven appointed High Commissioner, 314. SEA.-Loss of the "London," 6; loss of the "Amalia," 9; great losses in the early part of the year, 4; and vide SHIPWRECK.
SEPTEMBER, Chronicle for, 126. SEYMOUR, ADMIRAL SIR G. F., appointed Admiral of the Fleet, 317. SHARES, vide COMMERCE. SHERIFFS. For England, 319; for Wales, 320.
SHIPWRECK.-Numerous shipwrecks off the Irish coast, 170; vide SEA. SIGN-BOARDS, History of, by J. Larwood and J. C. Hotten, [315].
SIMPSON, J. Y., created a Baronet, 312. SKALITZ, vide AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA. SKEAT, REV. W. W., " Parallel Extracts from Twenty-nine MSS. of Piers Plow- man," [313].
SLADE, SIR A., licence to accept a Turkish Order of Knighthood, 316.
SMALE, J., Chief Justice of Hong Kong, 313.
SMITHFIELD.-Accident on the Metro- politan Railway, 201.
SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, 192. SMYTHE, W., placed on the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, 314.
SOCIETY.-Early English Text, publica- tions of, [313]; Arundel, [324]; Royal, anniversary meeting, presentation of medals, &c., [327]; Royal Astrono- mical, annual meeting, elections, and award of medal, [329]; Royal Geo- graphical, anniversary meeting, elec- tions, and award of medals, [330]; Archæological Institute, annual con- gress, ib.; for Exhibitions of various artistic Societies, vide ART, EXHIBI- TION; Old and New Philharmonic, vide MUSIC.
SOMERSET, DUKE OF, a Commissioner of the Admiralty, 312; a Lord, 313. SOPHOCLES, translation, by E. H. Plumptre, [311].
SPAIN. Military insurrection under Ge- neral Prim, [265].
STAFFORD.- Execution of C. C. Robinson for murder, 5.
STANFIELD, C., receives the Order of Leopold from the King of the Belgians, [321].
STANLEY, DEAN, "Lectures on the Jew- ish Church," part ii., [306]; (and F. Grant), Trustees for the National Por- trait Gallery, 313.
STANLEY, LORD, speech at King's Lynn, [169]; appointed a Secretary of State, 315.
STEPHENS, F. G., "English Children, as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds," [325].
STIGAND, W., "Athenaïs, or the First Crusade," [314].
STOPFORD, HON. F. W., Page of Honour to Her Majesty, 314. STRATHALLAN, VISCOUNT, and others, appointed Lords in Waiting, 316. STUART, HON. W., Secretary to the Em- bassy at St. Petersburg, 315. STUBBS, REV. W., appointed Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, 317.
SUICIDE, of Colonel Hobbs, 41; of G.
W. Green, by jumping from Clifton Suspension-bridge, 43; of Dr. Warder, at Brighton, 93.
SUITS, vide TRIALS.
SUTTON, Serious accident at, by fall of a railway bridge, 35.
SWITZERLAND, Lake Dwellings of, vide KELLER.
SYDENHAM, vide CRYSTAL PALACE.
TANKERVILLE, EARL OF, appointed Cap- tain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms, 316. TAYLOR, MISS ANNE, vide GILBERT, MRS. TECK, PRINCE OF, made an Honorary G.C.B., 315.
TELEGRAPH, vide ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. TEMPEST, C. H., created a Baronet, 316. TENNESSEE, vide UNITED STATES. THOMPSON, J. (wood engraver), Death of, [325].
TOWLE, G. M., "History of Henry V.," [299].
TRADE, vide COMMERCE.
TRADE, BOARD OF, vide BOARD OF TRADE. TRAFFORD, G., Chief Justice of St. Vin- cent, 318.
TRAUTENAU, vide AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA. TREASURY, the Earl of Derby and others
appointed Lords of, 316.
TREATY, vide AUSTRIA, ITALY, PRUSSIA. TREVOR, LIEUT.-COL. W. C., made a C.B., 317.
TRIALS.-Collection of the most remarka- ble, 223; "Ryves and Ryves v. the At- torney-General," 223; "The Bishop of Nat v. the Right Hon. W. E. Glad- stone and others," 259; judgment of the Master of the Rolls, 260; "Hunter v. Sharpe," 263; verdict, 272.
TRINIDAD, Hon. A. H. Gordon appointed Governor of, 316.
TRINITY HOUSE, Prince Alfred installed as Master of, 14.
TROLLOPE, T. A., "Gemma," [313]. TUNSTALL, Serious colliery explosion near, 198.
TURNER, C. A., a Judge of the High Court, North-Western Provinces, India, 313.
UNITED STATES.-Debate on our rela- tions with, [88]; Amendment of the Constitution proposed by the Reconstruction Committee, [269]; adopted in part, [270]; history of the year, [269]; statistics of colour and representation, ib., note; conflict
between the President and Congress on the Reconstruction question, [270]; second amendment proposed by the Reconstruction Committee, ib.; resolu- tions of the Virginian Legislature on the Reconstruction question, [271]; speech of the President to the Commit- tee of the Virginian Legislature, ib.; public meeting at Washington in sup- port of the President's policy, [272]; the President's speech, ib.; Tennessee admitted to the Union, [273]; resolu- tion making the consent of Congress necessary to the admission of Representa- tives or Senators from the lately insur- gent States, ib.; vote of the House of Representatives against receiving a communication from the Governor of North Carolina, ib.; Act of Congress admitting coloured persons to citizen- ship, [274]; provisions of the Freed- men's Bureau Bill, ib.; the Freedmen's Bureau Bill vetoed by the President,
ib.; insufficient majority against the veto, [275]; Civil Rights Bill vetoed by the President, [275]; the veto over- ruled in the Houses, [276]; proclama- tion declaring the insurrection to be ended in ten States, ib.; Colorado ad- mitted as a new State, ib.; new Neu- trality Bill brought forward in the House of Representatives, ib.; message of the President as to the Reconstruc- tion Amendment, ib.; serious riot in New Orleans, [277]; convention at Philadelphia in favour of the President's policy, ib.; opposition conventions, [279]; proclamation declaring the blockade of Matamoras by the Emperor of Mexico to be null and void, [280]; progress of the President through the Northern and Western States, [281]; bitter speeches against the President's policy, ib.; speech of the President at a public dinner at New York, [282]; result of the elections unfavourable to the President, [284]; the President's Message to the new Congress, ib.; His- tory of, by Mr. Bancroft, vol. ix., [302]. UNIVERSITIES, Bill to enable Dissenters
to hold Fellowships at, [78]; dropped, [79]; List of Honours obtained in the examinations, 321; and vide CAM- BRIDGE, EDINBURGH, OXFORD.
VENETIA, vide AUSTRIA, ITALY, PRUSSIA. VICTOR EMMANUEL, vide ITALY. VICTORIA, Hon. J. H. T. Manners Sutton appointed Governor and Commander- in-Chief of, 314. VIENNA, vide AUSTRIA.
WALES, PRINCE OF, present at the anni- versary dinner of the Royal Academy, 38; present at the annual dinner of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 42; present at the Derby, 48; accident to, in Rotten-row, 76; Viscount Hamilton appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to, 314.
WALES, PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF, pre- sent at the Review of Volunteers at Brighton, 21; visit to the Horse Show at Islington, 52; present at the Inter- national Horticultural Exhibition, 53; present at Ascot on the Cup Day, 59; present at the marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge, 71; present at the mar- riage of Princess Helena, 80, 81; present at the meeting of the National Rifle As- sociation at Wimbledon, 87; present at the review, 88; visit to York, 111; at Horton Kirby, 82.
WALES, PRINCESS OF, lays the foundation stone of the Home for Little Boys, at Horton Kirby, 82; Viscountess Walden appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to, 313. WALEWSKY, COUNT, succeeds the Duc de Morny (deceased), as President of the Corps Législatif in France, [194]. WALLACHIA, vide MOLDAVIA AND WAL-
WALPOLE, RIGHT HON. S. H., appointed a Secretary of State, 315.
WALSH, RIGHT HON. J. E., appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland, 317. WARDER, MRS. E. V. and DR., mysterious death and suicide at Brighton, 93. WASHINGTON, vide UNITED STATES. WATKIN, MR., Question as to our relations with the United States, [88].
WATSON, R. G., "History of Persia," [301].
WATSON, T., created a Baronet, 314. WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH, Life of, by Miss E. Meteyard, vol. ii., [305].
WELWYN TUNNEL, vide RAILWAY. WETHERALL, GENERAL SIR G., appointed
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