ABERGELE ACCIDENT.-Trial of the brake-
men of the goods-train, 27.
ABYSSINIAN WAR.-Supplementary vote
asked and voted, [131]; dissatisfac-
tion at cost, [ib.]; a Select Committee
appointed to investigate the affair,
[132].

ACCIDENTS.-Hunting in Yorkshire, 11;
Fall of a chimney-stalk in Glasgow,
17; Fall of a railway arch at Bethnal
Green, 18; Mr. Druce, Q.C., 37; Dela-
bole Slate Quarries, Cornwall, 39;
Rev. Julius M. Elliott on the Schreck-
horn, 82.

ACTON, SIR JOHN E. E. D., created Baron
Acton, 276.

ADMIRALTY, Cruise of the Lords of, 86.
ADMIRALTY ORGANIZATION, Discussion in
House of Commons on, [138].

ADMIRALTY CONTRACTS, Discussion in
House of Commons on the mode of
making, [140].

ALABAMA CLAIMS.-Position of contro-

versy at beginning of year, [2]; re-
jection of the Reverdy Johnson Treaty,
[192]; discussion in House of Lords,
[ib.]; in House of Commons, [193];
details of the Reverdy Johnson Treaty,
[282]; statement of Mr. Motley as to
its rejection, [285]; despatch of Mr.
Fish, [286]; answer of Lord Cla-
rendon, [288]; Mr. Sumner's speech,
[296]; correspondence between H. M.
and U. S. Governments, 250.
ALDERSHOTT, Visit of Her Majesty to, 36.
ANGLESEY, County of, Hon. W. Ö. Stan-
ley, appointed Lord Lieutenant, 273.
ANTIGUA, Sir B. C. C. Pine, appointed
Governor, 273.

ARGYLL, DUKE OF, Statement on Indian
Finance and Railways, [143]; lays
before the House of Lords the Scotch
Education Bill, [163].

ARMY CONTINGENT, FRANCE.-Marshal
Niel's statement in French Chambers,
[214].

ARMY ESTIMATES moved by Mr. Card-
well, [132]; carried, [133].
ART, Retrospect of, [352].
ARTHUR, PRINCE, Visit to Ireland, 33.
ARUNDEL SOCIETY, [363].

ASCOT RACES, the Cup Day, 55.
ASSESSED TAXES, Mr. Lowe's plan for re-
adjusting, [123].

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH, Sir James Fergusson,
Bart., appointed Governor, 272.
AUSTRALIA, WESTERN, F. A. Weld, ap-
pointed Governor, 273.

AYRTON, A. S., to be First Commissioner
of Works, 275.

BAHAMA ISLANDS, Sir James Walker to
be Governor, 273.

BALANCES of the public money, 271.
BALL, DR., Speech on second reading of
Irish Church Bill, [34]; Speech on
third reading, [67]; remarks on Mr.
Fawcett's motion condemnatory of
restrictions on scholarships and fellow-
ships of Trinity College, Dublin, [158].
BALLOT, THE.-Mr. Bruce, the Home Se-
cretary, states his experience at last
election converted him to, [16].
BANKRUPTCY BILL, brought in by Sir R.
Collier, Attorney-General, [170]; dis-
cussion on second reading, [172];
and in Committee, [173]; second read-
ing in House of Lords moved by the
Lord Chancellor, [ib.]; referred to a
Select Committee and passed, [174].
BARBADOES, Mr. R. W. Rawson appointed
Governor, 273.

BARNET, Collision on Great Northern
Railway at, 85.

BAZLEY, THOMAS, made a Baronet, 275.
BELGIANS, KING OF THE.-Arrival at
Windsor, 131; presentation of national
address at Buckingham Palace, 133;
and one from the National Rifle Asso-
ciation, [ib.]; entertainment at the

Mansion House, 137; return to Bel-
gium, 138.

BELGIUM, Visit of the English Volun-
teers to, 97.

BELL, SYDNEY SMITH, knighted, 275.
BINGLEY, Boiler Explosion at, 55.
BIOGRAPHY, Works of, [324].
BISHOPS, vide Episcopate.

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE, opened by the
Queen, 121.

BLACKWALL, Murder and suicide at, 19.
BLUNT'S HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION,
[337].

BOAT RACES, Oxford and Cambridge, 24 ;
International (Havard and Oxford), 86.
BOWLES, ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM, to be
Admiral of the Fleet, 273.

BRADY, RIGHT HON. MAZIERE, made a
Baronet, 272.

BRANDENBURG SYNOD, Reply of the King

of Prussia to a deputation from, [273].
BRIGHT, MR., Speech on Irish Church
Bill, [35]; letter to his constituents
at Birmingham, [71]; explanation
asked in House of Lords by Lord
Cairns from Government respecting
it, [82]; reply by Lord Granville,
[ib.]; Colonel North brings the sub-
ject before the House of Commons,
[92]; Mr. Gladstone's reply, [ib.]
BRISTOL, meeting of the Social Science
Congress at, 102; dreadful cata-
strophe at the theatre, 152.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION, Annual Meeting at
Exeter, [374].

BROUGHTON, LORD, Obituary notice of,
158.

BRUCE, HON. F. J., to be Page of Honour
to Her Majesty, 272.

BRUCE, MR., moves for appointment of
Committee on Municipal and Parlia-
mentary Elections, [16]; declares his
conversion to the ballot from his ex-
perience at last election, [ib.]; brings
forward Habitual Criminals Bill,
[175].

BUDGET, English, [121]; vide Financial
Statement, Indian, [144]; French,
[208]; Spanish, [257].

BUENOS AYRES, H. G. McDonnell ap-
pointed Secretary of Legation at, 273.
BULLION in Bank of England and Bank
of France, [202].
BULLS, PAPAL, [267].

BURGOS.-The Civil Governor murdered
by priests, [254].

CADIZ, C. FITZWILLIAM, to be Attorney.
General for Tobago, 272.
CAIRNS, LORD, asks explanation in House
of Lords from Government respecting
Mr. Bright's Letter to his Constituents
at Birmingham, [82]; speech on Irish

Church Bill, [89]; states terms of
compromise arranged with Lord Gran-
ville on Irish Church Question, [115].
CAIRNS, WILLIAM WELLINGTON, to be
Lieutenant-Governor of St. Christo-
pher, 272.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.-J. R. Seeley,
Professor of Modern History, 275;
Honours, 284.

CAMPBELL, MELFORD, to be President of
the Council of the Turks' and Caicos
Islands, 272.
CANTERBURY, ARCHBISHOP OF.-Enthrone.
ment in Canterbury Cathedral, 9;
Speech in House of Lords on Irish
Church Bill, [76]; serious illness,
[170].

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-R. Graham to be
Collector of Customs, 273; H. M. H.
Orpen to be Sub-Collector of Cus-
toms at Cape Town, ib.; C. W. Pear-
son to be Sub-Collector of Customs at
Port Alfred, ib.

CARDWELL, MR., moves Army Estimates,
[132]; speech on army of reserve,
[137].

CARLISLE. Dr. Harvey Goodwin to be
Bishop, 275.

"CARNATIC," wreck of the, 92; official
inquiry, 138.

CARRINGTON, LORD.-Trial for an as-
sault, 79.

CARYSFORT, LORD, moves address in
House of Lords in answer to the
Royal Speech, [7].

CASTELAR, SEÑOR, proposes an amnesty
for political offences in Spain, [255];
speech in Spanish Cortes on the state
of Spain and policy of the Govern-
ment, [262].

CATTLE DISEASE.-Two Bills brought in
for the Prevention of Contagious
Diseases, [17]; Lord Robert Mon-
tagu moves the second reading of
his Bill, [ib.]; debate and rejection,
[18]; Government measure intro-
duced by Mr. W. E. Forster, [ib.];
passed into law, [ib.].

CAUSTON, JOSEPH, knighted, 276.
CHALONS.-Visit of the Emperor Napo-
leon to the Camp, [222].

CHAMBERLAIN, THE LORD, letter to ma-
nagers of London Theatres on Inde-
cency on the Stage, 7.

CHANCERY.-Sir G. M. Giffard to be a
judge of the Court of Appeal, 272.
CHARTRES.-Visit of Emperor and Em-
press of the French, and speech of the
Emperor, [220].

CHAUCER SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS, [323].
CHESTER, The Prince of Wales at, 108;
opening of the Town Hall, 111.
CHEVALIER, M. MICHEL, Speech in French
Senate on the Senatus Consultum,
[239].

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