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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,"

[325].

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.

ASSOCIATION,

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,

31.

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].

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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-

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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].

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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
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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.

CHILI, vide SPAIN.

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,

171.

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].

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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.

DICKENS, CHARLES,

"Our Mutual

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].

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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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