N.B. The figures between [] refer to Part I.
ABYSSINIA.-Imprisonment of British Subjects, debate on, [73]; Lord Chelmsford's motion, [74]; carried, ib. ACADEMY, ROYAL.-Anniversary Dinner, 52; Exhibition of, [331].
ACCIDENT, at a Concert Room at Dundee,
1; in a coal-pit near Wigan, 2; by falling in of a floor at Westininster, 10; ten cadets drowned at Erith, 24; Mr. Senior, a Poor Law Commissioner, run over by a railway train near Dublin, 27; fall of three Englishmen and a Swiss guide on the Matterhorn, 85; vide COLLISION, EXPLOSION, FIRE, RAILWAY.
ACT, for Public Works in the manufac-
turing districts, [4]; vide FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.
ADDRESS, in answer to Queen's Speech, moved by Lord Charlemont, [4]; agreed to, [10].
ESCHYLUS.-Translation of the "Aga- memnon," &c., by Miss A. Swanwick, [321].
AFRICA, Dr. Livingstone appointed Con- sul for the interior of, 296; Narrative of the Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries," by Dr. Livingstone, [319]. AIREY, LIEUT.-GEN. SIR R., appointed Governor of Gibraltar, 298.
AIRY, G. B.-" Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Cæsar," [322]. A. K. H. B.-"Critical Essays of a Country Parson," [325].
ALCOCK, SIR R. R., appointed Envoy Ex- traordinary, &c., in China, 297. ALFRED, PRINCE, formally recognized in Saxe-Coburg, as heir to the Duchy, 113; Lieut. A. B. Haig appointed Equerry to, 297.
ALGERIA, insurrection in, [194], [212];
visit of the Emperor of the French [212]; Proclamations by the Emperor ib.; Memorandum published by the Emperor, [214].
ALHAMBRA, THE.-Legal contest with the Theatrical Managers, [339]. AMBASSADORS, List of, 302. AMERICA, vide UNITED STATES. AMERICA (NORTH), BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN.-Probability of Federal Union, [3]; proposed Confederation not carried out, [150].
APPENDIX.-Public Documents and State Papers, 252.
APPOINTMENTS, 296.
APRIL, Chronicle for, 36.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Hon. R. Edwards appointed Plenipotentiary to, 297. ARMY, reduction of, [40].
ARMY ESTIMATES, reduction of, [39]. ARNOLD, M.-"Essays on Criticism,"
ART, Retrospect of (including account of Art Exhibitions), [327].
ARTHUR, PRINCE, present at inaugura- tion of memorial to the late Prince Consort at Tenby, 111.
ASIA MINOR, work on the Ruins of, by C. Texier and R. P. Pullan, [319]. "ASSAYE," THE, wrecked at Ross Bay in Ireland, 11.
BRITISH.-Annual con- gress, [342]; account of finances, [343]. ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL RIFLE.-An- nual meeting at Wimbledon, 93. "ATALANTA IN CALYDON."-Poem, by A. C. Swinburne, [324].
ATKINSON, M., executed at Durham, for murder of his wife, 35.
ATLANTIC CABLE.-Fourth attempt to
lay down, 118; account of three former attempts, ib.; failure of fourth attempt, 119.
ATLEE, F., appointed Consul at Paris, 297.
ATTORNEYS.- -Mr. Denman's motion against certificate duty, [38]; carried, [39]; without result, ib. AUGUST, Chronicle for, 111. AUGUSTENBurg, Prince OF, declared to have no claim to Schleswig and Holstein, [245].
AUSTRALIA, work on, by Rev. J. E. T. Woods, [318].
AUSTRIA.-Treaty of peace with Denmark, [2]; convention (of Gastein), for divid- ing Holstein and Schleswig, [239]; Field Marshal von Gablenz appointed Governor of Holstein, [244]; History of the year, [247]; change of Ministers, ib.; convocation of the Transylvanian Diet, [248]; manifesto of the Emperor announcing temporary suspension of functions of lesser Reichsrath, [250]; opening of Hungarian Diet, [251]; Petition to the Emperor as to repre- sentation of Transylvania in the Hun- garian Diet, [253].
AYR.-Statue of the late Earl of Eglin- ton, 147.
AYTOUN, Professor, obituary notice, 182.
BAHAMAS, THE, W. H. Doyle appointed Chief Justice of, 298. BAINES, MR.-Bill for Extension of the Franchise, [103]; lost, [115]. BALLOON.-Perilous passage of Mr. Cox- well, 78; night ascent from Woolwich Arsenal, by Mr. Glaisher, 141. BALLOT, Mr. Berkeley's motion on, [115]; rejected, [116].
BANK, Attwood, Spooner, and Co's., at Birmingham, failure of, 28; of London, robbery at, 134.
BANK OF ENGLAND.-Great fluctuations in the rate of discount, [186]; amount of bullion in, at different times during the year, ib.; reserve of notes, ib. BANKRUPTCY, COURT of.-T. E. Winslow appointed a Commissioner, 298. BARING, SIR F. T., created Baron North- brook, 298.
BARNARD, REV. M. R., translator of Thiele's "Life of Michael Angelo," [314].
BAVARIA, answers the rebuke addressed by Prussia to the minor states of Ger- many, [230].
BEAL'S WHARF (Tooley-street), destruc- tive fire at, 152.
"BEATRICE," THE, loss of, off the French Coast, 8.
BELFAST.-Trial of the rioters of 1864,
BELGIUM.-Death of King Leopold L., [126]; funeral of King Leopold I., 175; inauguration of Leopold II., 176; Death of Leopold I., and accession of Leopold II., [228]; speech of the new King in the Chambers ib.; vide OBITUARY. BELHAVEN, LORD, appointed High Com- missioner to the Church of Scotland, 297. BENNETT, F. E., tran.lator o, Grimm's "Life of Michael Angelo," [14]. BENTINCK, MR.-Motion ca defences of Quebec, [61]; withdrawn, 64]; mo- tion on the Union Chargeability Bill, [118]; negatived, [119]. BENTONVILLE, vide UNITED STATES. BERKELEY, MR.-Motion on the ballot, [115] rejected, [116].
BERLIN, Lord A. W. F. Loftus appointed Ambassador at, 298.
BERRY, MISS, extracts from the Journal of, published by Lady Theresa Lewis, [325].
BноOTAN, vide INDIA.
BILL. For concentrating Courts, [4]; for revision of the Statute Law, ib.; as to Public Schools, ib.; for amendment of Patent Law, ib.; for Colonial De- fences, [47]; carried, [49]; for modi- fying law as to Clerical Tests, bought in by Lord Granville, [77]; carried, [78]; for Abolishing Tests in the Uni- versity of Oxford, [78]; withdrawn, [81]; for Altering Oath of Roman Catholic Members of Parliament, ib.; thrown out, [92]; on Church Rates, [94]; thrown out, ib.; for Extension of the Franchise, 103; lost, 115; Union Chargeability," [116]; [124]; various amendments, for Concentration of Courts [124]; for Administration of wich Hospital, carried, ib. ; Schools, postponed, [125]; viae Ja-
BIRCHIN-LANE, great robbery in, 26. BIRMINGHAM, great bank failure a, 28. BISHOPS, Debate on increasing th num- ber of, [93].
BISMARK, HERR VON, addresses a rebuke to the Frankfort Senate, [246]. BLACKFRIARS
Bridge. Foundation stone of new bridge laid, 99. BOARD OF TRADE, Mr. Göschen appointed Vice-President of, [160].
BOGLE, PAUL, vide JAMAICA. "BOMBAY," H.M.S., destroyed by fire, 5. BONER, C., "Transylvania, its Products and People," [320].
BOTALLACK MINE, (Cornwall), visit of Prince and Princess of Wales to, 99. BOUVERIE, MR.-Amendment to Mr. Hunt's motion as to Lord Chancellor Westbury, [145]; agreed to, [147].
CAIRNS SIR H., amendment on Bill for altering oath of Roman Catholic Mem- bers of Parliament, [86]; rejected, [87].
CALCUTIA, severe calamity at, [3]. "CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS," new selections published, [306].
CA. DGE, annual boat-race with O
MARQUIS.-Appointed Lord- nant of Brecon, 298.
>N, CAPTAIN.-Imprisonment in Abyssinia, [73]; and vide ABYSSINIA. CAMERON, MR.-"Our Tropical Posses- sions in Malayan India," [320]. "CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?"-Novel, by Antony Trollope, [324].
CANADA, debates on defences of, [53]; vote of £200,000 for defences of, [61]. "CAPE TOWN, BISHOP of, v. COLENSO," [209].
CARADORI ALLEN (singer), death of, [339].
CARDWELL, RIGHT HON. E.-Bill for Colonial Defences, [47]; carried, [49]; despatches to the Governor of Jamaica, 287.
CARLYLE, T.-" History of Friedrich II. of Prussia," [312].
CARMICHAEL, ELIZABETH, commits mur- der and suicide at Hackney, 29. CATTLE PLAGUE, alarming visitation of, [160, &c.]; statistics at the commence-
ment, [162]; particulars of previous visitations, ib.; recommendations of Commission on, [163]; orders in Coun- cil, [166, &c.]; rise in the price of meat and milk, [170]; statistics in Novem- ber, [171]; statistics during the last three weeks of the year, [172]; form of Prayer ordered by Her Majesty, [172]; first Report of the Commission on, 252; separate report of Earl Spencer and other members of the Commission, 265; separate report of Mr. M'Clean, a mem- ber of the Commission, 266; supplement to the Report of the Commission, 267; second Report of the Commission, 270; Commission, appointment of, 298. CATTLE SHOW, (Smithfield Club), 169. CEYLON, Sir H. G. R. Robinson appointed Governor of, 296.
CHANCELLOR, THE LORD, vide WEST- BURY, CRANWORTH.
CHANNEL, THE.-Collision of the "Fanny Buck" and Samphire," 171.
CHARLEMONT, EARL OF, moves address in answer to Queen's Speech, [4]; made a Knight Companion of the Order of St. Patrick, 181.
CHARLESTON, vide UNITED STATES. CHELMSFORD, execution of F. C. Kohl at, 10.
CHELMSFORD, LORD.-Motion on impri- sonment of British subjects in Abys sinia, [74]; carried, ib.
CHELSEA HOSPITAL.-Major Gen. Hutt appointed Secretary to the Commis- sioners, 296.
CHESTER. Statue of the late F. M. Lord Combermere, 148.
CHINA, Sir R. R. Alcock appointed Envoy Extraordinary in, 297; (and Japan,) Sir E. Hornby appointed Supreme Judge, 297.
CINQUE PORTS, THE, Earl Granville ap- pointed Warden of, 299.
CHAMBERS, C. H., translation of Gastaldi's "Lake Habitations, &c., of Italy," [322].
"CHASTELARD," tragedy, by A. C. Swin- burne, [324]
CHRONICLE OF REMARKABLE OCCUR- RENCES, 1; and vide January, February, &c.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, vide SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF.
CHURCH RATES, bill relating to, [94]; thrown out, ib.
CLARENDON, EARL OF, appointed Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs, [159], 298. CLERGY.-Bill for modifying law as to Clerical tests, [77]; carried, [78]. COASTGUARD, reduction of, [44]. COBDEN, RICHARD, death of, [126]; obituary notice, 187.
COBURG, visit of the Queen to, 113; inauguration of statue of the late Prince Consort, 120.
COCKAYNE, REV. O.-"Leechdoms, Wort- cunning and Starcraft in Early Eng- land" vol. ii., [321].
COLENSO, BISHOP.-"The Pentateuch, &c.," Part v., [317].
"COLENSO, v. BISHOP OF CAPE TOWN," 209.
COLLEGE, DRAMATIC, at Woking, opening of, 65.
COLLIER, ADMIRAL SIR G.-" France on the Eve of the Great Revolution," pub- lished by Mrs. C. Tennant, [325]. COLLISION, on the Great Western Rail- way, near Didcot Junction, 9; on the Midland Railway, near Colney Hatch, 126; on the London and North. Western Railway, at Wolverhampton, 140; of the "Culloden" and "Rover," near Liverpool, 156; of the "Fanny Buck" and "Samphire," in the Channel,
COLNEY HATCH, Railway Collision near, 126.
COLOMBIA, G. B. Matthew appointed Plenipotentiary to, 298.
COLONIAL AFFAIRS, remarks and debates on, [51].
COLONIAL DEFENCES.-Bill introduced by Mr. Cardwell, [47]; carried, [49]; Mr. Marsh's motion on, [49]; debates on, [53].
COLONIES, Mr. Forster appointed Under Secretary for, [160].
COLUMBIA, vide UNITED STATES. COLVILE, SIR J. W., appointed a mem-
ber of the Judicial Committee, 298. COMBERMERE, F. M. VISCOUNT, (the late); statue of, at Chester, 148; obituary notice, 190.
COMMERCE, satisfactory condition of, [186]; state of, in France, [201]. COMMISSION, on public schools, [4]; on other endowed schools, ib.; on the Cattle Plague, recommendations of, [163]; for trying Fenian prisoners, 181]; in Prussia, on the Schleswig- Holstein succession question, [245]; for inquiring into the law of marriage, 296; for investigating the origin, &c., of the Cattle Plague, 298; vide JAMAICA.
COMMON PLEAS, COURT OF, Montague E. Smith appointed a justice of, 296. COMMONS, HOUSE OF, list of Members before and after general election, 303. COMPANIES, development of "limited liability" system, [187].
CONFEDERATE STATES, vide UNITED STATES.
COOK, DUTTON, "Sir Felix Foy," [324]. COOKE, WINGROVE, death of, [327].
CORBETT, THE QUEEN v.-Trial under the Foreign Enlistment Act, 165. CORK.-Arrests for the suppression of the Fenian Movement, [176].
CORNHILL, great Jewel Robbery in, 13. CORNWALL.-Visit of the Prince and
Princess of Wales to Botallack mine and other places, 99.
COUNTY COURTS, Bill for equitable juris- diction of, [4].
COURTS, Bill for concentration of, [4]; carried, [124]; and vide COUNTY COURTS.
COWELL, MAJOR J. C., made a Knight Commander of the Bath, 297. COXWELL, MR., perilous voyage in a balloon, 78.
CRANWORTH, LORD, appointed (for the second time) Lord Chancellor, [149]; receives the great seal from Her Majesty, 297.
CRICKET MATCH, Harrow v. Eton, 86. CRYSTAL PALACE.-Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 136; presenta- tion of prizes to the London Rifle Brigade, 167.
"CULLODEN," collision with the "Rover," near Liverpool, 156.
CUMING, HUGH, death of, [351]. CURRY, a soldier, murders an officer at
Brompton barracks, 114; trial and execution, 117.
CUST, SIR E., "Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years' War," [310]. CZAREWITCH, THE, funeral of, at St. Petersburg, 68.
DACRE, LORD, appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, 298.
DART, J. H, translation of Homer's Iliad, [320].
DAVIS, PRESIDENT, vide UNITED STATES. "DE PROFUNDIS," novel, by W. Gilbert, [323].
DE VERE, MAJOR, murder of, by a soldier, 114; trial and execution of the mur- derer, 117.
DEATH, of eminent literary characters during the year, [326]; of eminent artists, [338]; of eminent musicians, [339]; of eminent scientific men, [350]; and vide OBITUARY for memoirs of emi- nent persons deceased.
DECEMBER, Chronicle for, 167. DENMAN, Mr.-Motion against Attorneys Certificate Duty, [38]; carried, [39]. DENMARK.-Treaty of peace with Austria and Prussia, [2].
DERBY, THE, numerously attended, 61; Prince of Wales present at, ib.; won by Gladiateur," a French horse, 62. DERBY, EARL OF, speech on the Address, [5]; speech at the anniversary dinner of the Royal Academy, 53.
Friend," [323]. DIET, (German), independence of, vindi- cated by Bavaria, [230]; Gastein Con- vention announced to, [243]; dissatis- faction occasioned by the Convention, [244]; (Hungarian), vide HUNGARY; (Transylvanian), vide AUSTRIA. DILLWYN, MR.- Motion on the Irish Church, [22]; debate adjourned, [27]. DIXON, W. HEPWORTH." The Holy Land," [316].
DOCUMENTS AND STATE PAPERS, vide APPENDIX.
DONCASTER, vide ST. LEGER.
DOYLE, W. H., appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas, 298. DRAINAGE.-Opening of the outfall near Plumstead, 37.
DRAMA, THE, no novel features, [339];
vide DRAMATIC COLLEGE.
DROUYN DE LHUYS, M.- Diplomatic despatch on the Convention of Gastein, [242].
DUBLIN.-Arrests for the suppression of the Fenian movement, [175]; vide IRELAND.
DUBLIN, ARCHBISHOP OF.-Amendment to Clerical Tests Bill, [77]; withdrawn, [78]; "Social Aspects of the Thirty Years' War," [325].
DUNDEE.-Accident at a Concert-room, 1. DURHAM.-Execution of Matthew Atkin- son for murder of his wife, 35. DUTY, vide MALT DUTY, &c.
"EAGLE SPEED," THE, wreck of, with great loss of life, 144.
EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY.-New edition of "Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight," [321].
EASTLAKE, SIR C. L., death of, [338]; obituary notice, 192.
EDEN, MR., ill-treatment of, in Bhootan, [7].
EDINBURGH, the Theatre Royal burnt down, 3; execution of Dr. Pritchard for murder, 107. EDUCATION, NATIONAL, Sir J. Paking- ton's motion on, [94]; carried, [96]; Mr. Walter's amendment, [95]; carried, [96] vote for, [96]; agreed to, [97]: (in Ireland,) vote for, [97]; agreed to, [99].
EDUCATION (in France), vide FRANCE. EDWARDES, HON. R., appointed Pleni- potentiary to the Argentine Republic, 297.
EGLINTON, EARL OF (the late), statue of, at Ayr, 147.
ELCHO, LORD. Amendment to Mr. Baines's bill on the Franchise, [104]; carried, [115].
ELPHINSTONE, MAJOR H. C., made a Knight Commander of the Bath, 297. EMPEROR, vide FRANCE, &c. ENGLAND.-History of the year, [1]; peaceful and prosperous condition at the commencement of the year, [1]; maintains neutrality in America, [2]; combines with France, &c., against Japan, [3]; legislation, [4]; financial affairs, [27]; general prosperity during the year, [185]; recognizes conclusion of Civil War in the United States, [291]; account of Gross Public Income of the United Kingdom, 294; " Eng- land as seen by Foreigners in the days of Elizabeth and James I.," [306]. EPSOM, vide DERBY, THE; OAKS, THE. ESSAYS, by various authors, [325]. ESSEX, Lord Dacre appointed Lord-Lieu- tenant of, 298.
ETON, cricket match with Harrow, 86. EXECUTION, of F. K. Kohl at Chelmsford, for murder, 10; of Matthew Atkinson, at Durham, for murder, 35; of Curry, a soldier, for murder of an officer, 118. EXHIBITION, INTERNATIONAL, at Dublin, opened by the Prince of Wales, 56; of miniatures, [327]; intended National Portrait Exhibition, ib.; "New General Exhibition," [330]; of the drawings of the late John Leech, [334]; of the pictures, drawings, &c., of the late D. Roberts, ib.; vide ART.
EXPLOSION, of a gasometer at Nine Elms, 153; of fire-damp at Merthyr Tydvil, 178.
EYRE, GOVERNOR.- Despatch respecting arrest of G. W. Gordon, in Jamaica, [267]; despatches relating to the out- break in Jamaica, 277.
FAGAN, G., appointed chargé d'affaires in Venezuela, 297.
FALCONER, Dr. H., death of, [350]. "FANNY BUCK," THE, Collision with the "Samphire," in the Channel, 171. FAYETTEVILLE, vide UNITED STATES. FEBRUARY, Chronicle for, 13. FENIAN MOVEMENT, general account of, [172, &c.]; arrest of Stephens, called the "Head Centre," [178]; two police officers fired at and wounded, [179]; escape of Stephens from prison, [180]] Commission for trying the prisoners, [181]; Constitution and bye-laws of the so-called "Fenian Brotherhood," [183]; remarks on the trials and on the charac- ter of the movement, [182]. FINANCIAL STATEMENT, Mr. Gladstone's, [31]; favourably received, various reductions, ib.; for India, [50]; agreed to, [51].
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