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INDEX.

N.B. The figures between [] refer to Part I.

ABLIS, burned, [188].
ACCIDENTS. -At Dowlais Iron Com-
pany's pit, No. 1 Voiheiw, 3; at a
Roman Catholic Chapel in Liverpool,
11; near Elephant and Castle station
of Metropolitan Extension Railway,
20; to Lady Lopes, 30; on Great
Northern Railway, near Newark, 67;
on Lancaster and Carlisle Railway,
78; to Hon. F. Charteris, 90; on
Mont Blanc, 96; to Irish Mail Train
at Tamworth, 112; from escape of gas
at Leeds, 130; to Liverpool express
train at Harrow, 132; to express train
at Brockley Whins, 136; on Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
line, near Barnsley, 138; on Great
Northern Railway, near Hatfield, 139.
ADAMS, GEORGE EDWARD, to be Lancaster
Herald, 236.

ADMIRALTY.-Mr. Childers, Admiral Da-

cres, Vice-Admiral Robinson, Captain
Lord John Hay, and the Earl of Cam-
perdown, appointed Commissioners,
238.

"ALABAMA" CLAIMS.-Reference to, in
President Grant's Message to Con-
gress, [297].
ALSACE and LORRAINE, their re-incorpo-
ration with Germany advocated by
the German press, [232]; resolutions
regarding at public meeting at Mu-
nich, [233]; opposed by Dr. Jacoby,
[234]; the subject of discussion
among German politicians, [235].
AMADEUS, DUKE D'AOSTA, offered and
accepts Crown of Spain, [283]; lands
at Cartagena, [ib.]
AMMERGAU Passion Play interrupted by
the War, [226]; Works on, by Mr. H.
Blackburn and Rev. M. M'Coll, [336].
AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF.-Attitude
towards England at close of year,
[110]; History of the year, [288].
AMIENS, Capitulation of, [218]
ANDERSON, W. G., to be a K.C.B., 240.

ANSON, REV. G. H. G., to be Archdeacon
of Manchester, 237.

ANTWERP.-The bank bullion and re-
serves moved from Brussels to, [286].
"ARDENNES, The Wild Boars of the,"
[189].

ARMY, The, Surrender of the Royal pre-
rogative over, [92]; statement by Mr.
Cardwell respecting, [103].

ARMY CONTINGENT (FRANCE).-Debates
on Ministerial Bill, [151].

ARMY OF NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERA-
TION, [230]; under new constitution,
[242].

ARMY, AUSTRIAN, Condition of, [252].
ARMY ESTIMATES moved by Mr. Card-
well, [75]; criticized by Sir John
Pakington and others, [77]; addi-
tional men and money voted, [97].
ARNAUD, COMMANDANT, shot at Lyons,
[220].

ART, Retrospect of, [352].

ARTHUR, PRINCE, to be a K.G.C. of St.
Michael and St. George, 237.
Ascor CUP, won by Sabinus, 63.
Assy, a fitter at the Creuzot Iron Works,
instigates a strike there, [133].
AURORA BOREALIS, The, 127.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, Preserved meat
trade, [80].

AUSTRIA neutral in Franco-German war,
[230].

AUSTRO-HUNGARY.-History of the year,
[246]; neutral in Franco-German
war, [251].

AUTUN, Garibaldi's head-quarters, [219].
AVRON, MONT, bombarded, [220]; occu-
pied by the Germans, [221].
AYLESBURY, Execution at, 30.

BABY FARMING, Trial for, 116.
BADEN.-Debate in North-German Par-
liament on question of admission

into the Bund, [223]; joins Prussia
in war policy against France, [228];
appeal circulated by French agents
against joining Prussia [ib.].
BAKER, MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM ERS-
KINE, to be a K.C.B., 236.
BALANCES of the public money, 235.
BALFOUR, MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE, to be
a K.C.B., 238.

BALL'S, DR., Speech on Irish Land Bill,
[30].

BALLOONS, Their use during siege of
Paris [183], [208].

BALLOT.-School Boards to be elected

by, [69]; discussed in Lords, [71];
Bill in Parliament, [81].

BANK NOTE ROBBERY from a Banker's
Clerk in London, 17.

BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT, [79].
BARING, WALTER, to be a third Secretary
in Diplomatic Service, 236.
BARNSLEY, Railway accident near, 138.
BATH.-Murder and suicide at, 103.
BAVARIA, Opening of Chamber, [222];
opposed to Ultramontanism, [225]
joins Prussia against France, [228];
opens negotiations for joining North
German Bund [233].

;

BAZAINE, MARSHAL, Commander of 3rd
Corps of French Army, [158]; ap-
pointed to supreme conduct of the
War [162]; shut up with his army in
Metz, [164]; capitulates, [196]; is
sent to Wilhelmshohe, [197]; letter to
Le Nord in reply to M. Gambetta,
[199].

BAZEILLES, Burning of, [189].
BEAURY.-Conspiracy against Emperor
Napoleon's life, [141].

BEBEL, a leader of the Democratic work-
men's party in Germany, [224];
speech in Parliament, [239].
BECKER, MISS LYDIA, elected Member
of Manchester School Board, [73].
BELFORT blockaded, [218].
BELGIAN, Neutrality Treaties, 209.
BELGIUM, History of the year, [286].
BELGIUM. Its neutrality endangered by
the War [93]; feeling in England of
its insecurity, [97]; Debate in the
Commons on the difficulty, [98]; in the
Lords, [105]; Triple Treaty by Eng-
land, Prussia, and France to main-
tain its independence and neutrality,
[106]; French troops after the Battle
of Sedan, [118].

BELLEVILLE, Suburb of Paris.-The
Red Republicans attempt a revolution
on Rochefort's arrest,[131]; make ano-
ther attempt, [193]; on 31st October
enter Hotel de Ville and arrest several
members of Government, [201]; again
agitating, [221].

BENEDETTI, M., Ambassador from France

to North German Confederation [155];

remonstrances to King of Prussia re-
garding Prince Leopold's candidature
for Spanish Crown [ib.]; refused fur-
ther interviews, [156].

BENGAL.-Sir Richard Couch to be
Chief Justice at Fort William, 237.
BERGENROTH, GUSTAVE, Memorial sketch
of, by W. C. Cartwright, [315].
BERLIN.-Arrival of first French spoils,
[232].
BERNSTORFF, COUNT, Correspondence with
Earl Granville on neutrality of Eng-
land, [109].

BEUST, COUNT, Chancellor of Austro-
Hungarian Empire, Circular to re-
presentatives abroad, [248].
BEVERLEY disfranchised, [81].
BIOGRAPHY, Works of, [307].
BIRMINGHAM.-Explosion

at Messrs.
Kynoch's Cartridge Works 131; ex-
plosion at Messrs. Ludlow's Cartridge
Works, 141.

BISMARCK, COUNT, Meeting with Em-
peror Napoleon at Donchery, [169];
reply to Jules Favre's first Manifesto,
[176]; Circular on State of Paris,
[187]; his account of negotiations
with M. Thiers, [206]; Chancellor of
North German Confederation and
Foreign Minister, [222]; Circular of
1st October, [236]; receives Mr. Odo
Russell regarding Russian note on
Black Sea, [243].

BLACK SEA, Russian note about, [243].
BLANQUI, One of the Belleville agita-
tors, [201].

BOAT RACE, Oxford and Cambridge, 32.
BOHEMIA. The Czeck element in the

population increasing, [250]; Re-
script from the Emperor, read to
Diet, [252].

BOLTON, LIEUT.-COL. W. J., to be a Com-
panion of St. Michael and St. George,
240.
BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS, Mount Avron,
[220]; Rosny and Le Nogent, [221].
BOMBAY.-M. R. Westropp, to be Chief
Justice at, 237.

"BOMBAY," The, Collision with the
"Oneida," 14.

BONAPARTE, PRINCE PIERRE, assassinates
Victor Noir, [126]; is arrested, [128];
his trial, [135]; interview with the
Emperor at Jemelle, [169].
BONN. Students volunteering to serve
in Franco-German War, [231].
BOURBAKI, GENERAL, his mission to
the Empress Eugénie, [194]; Com-
mander of the Army of the North,
[195]; commander of the Army of
the Loire, [196].

BOURDEAUX. The Provisional Govern-
ment of France remove to, [216].
BOYER, GENERAL, Mission to Count
Bismarck, [194].

BRIDGWATER, disfranchised, [81].
BRIE, taken by the French, [214]; re-
taken by the Germans, [ib.]
BRIGHTON, Easter Monday Review at, 36.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION, Meeting at Liver-
pool, [366].

BROCKLEY WHINS, Railway Accident at,
136.

BRUSSELS.-F. C. Ford to be Secretary
of Legation at, 240.

BRYCE, JAMES, to be Professor of Civil
Law at Oxford, 237.

BRYNN HALL, Colliery Explosion, 100.
BUDGET, English, [78]; vide Financial
Statement. French, [153]; Italian,
[274].

BULWER, SIR HENRY LYTTON, Speech
on Greek Massacre, [87].

BURGLARY at the American Minister's,
3.

BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN, brings the Em-

press Eugenie to England in his
yacht, [172].

BURNSIDE, GENERAL, enters Paris with
propositions from Count Bismarck,
[188].

BURROWS, GEORGE, to be a Physician
Extraordinary to her Majesty, 239.
BURY, VISCOUNT, to be a Knight Com-
mander of St. Michael and
George, 239.

St.

BUXTON, MR. CHARLES, M.P., Attempt
to assassinate, 42.

CAIRD, JAMES, to be C.B., 237.
CAIRNS, LORD, resumes the leadership
of the Conservatives in the Lords,
[6]; speech on the Address, [8];
speech on Triple Treaty as to Bel-
gium, [107].

CAIRNS, W. W., to be Lieut.-Governor of
British Honduras, 238.

"CAMBRIA," Wreck of the Steamer, 124.
CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF, Honours,
249.

CAMERON, COL. JOHN, to be a C.B., 238.
CAMPERDOWN, EARL OF, to be one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, 238.
CANADA, Fenian raid into, [118], [293];
Fishery Question referred to in Pre-
sident Grant's message to Congress
[294]; boundary-line in Hudson's
Bay territory [298].

CANROBERT, MARSHAL, Commander of
6th Corps of French Army [158].
"CAPTAIN," Loss of the Turret-ship, 107;
Message from the Queen, 115; Naval
Court of Inquiry, 118.

CARDWELL, Mr., moves Army Estimates,
[75]; speech on efficiency of the Army,
[103].

CARDIFF, Fatal conflagration at, 35.
CARLISLE, Railway accident near, 78.

CARLISLE, EARL OF, Statue in Phoenix-
park, Dublin, unveiled, 45.

CARNARVON, EARL.-Speech on Greek
Massacre, [89]; speech on Colonial
relations, [116].

CARTRIDGE WORKS, Explosions, 131, 141.
CASHEL disfranchised, [81].

CASSAULT, LIEUT.-COL. L. A., to be a
Companion of St. Michael and St.
George, 240.

CHAMBERLIN, BROWN, to be a Companion
of St. Michael and St. George, 239.
CHAMBORD, COUNT DE, Letter from, [179].
CHAMPIGNY, taken by the French, [214];
retaken by the Germans, [ib.].

CHANCERY, COURT OF.-George Mellish to
be a Judge of Appeal, 239.

CHANZY, GENERAL.-Commander of west
portion of Army of the Loire, [213];
fighting on the Loire, [216].

CHARTERIS, HON. FRANCIS, Fatal accident
to, 90.

CHATEAUDUN taken, [194].

CHATILLON, Defeat of the Germans at,
[219].

CHELSEA, Double murder in, 47; mur-
derer executed, 95.

CHERBOURG, French Fleet reviewed by
Empress at, [159]; threatened by the
Germans, [218].

CHICHESTER, Rev. R. Durnford to be
Bishop of, 237.

CHICHESTER, Bishop Gilbert of, Obitu-
ary notice, 150.

CHILD-STEALING, Colonel Hickie's, at
Maidenhead, 1.

CHILDERS, MR., moves Navy Estimates,
[73]; statement as to strength of
the Navy, [104]; one of the Commis-
sioners of Admiralty, 238.
CHINA, Affairs in, [299].
CHRISTIAN, PRINCESS.-Birth of a daugh.
ter, 45.

CISLEITHAN EMPIRE, [246].

on

"CITY OF BOSTON" steamer, Loss of, 21.
CIVIL SERVICE, The, thrown open, [91].
CLANRICARDE, LORD.-Amendment
Irish Land Bill in Lords, [49].
CLARENDON, EARL.-Speech on Greek
massacre, [90]; obituary notice,
146.

CLARK, SIR JAMES.-Obituary notice,
149.

CLARKE, CAPTAIN A. R., to be a C.B.,
238.

"CLEARING" (London Bankers), highest
amount of, [79].

CLERGY DISABILITIES ACT, [80].
CLUSERET, GENERAL.-Red Republican
schemes at Marseilles, [204].

COLES, CAPTAIN COWPER, Lost in ship
Captain," 110.

COLLISION between the "Bombay" and
"Oneida" steam-ships, 14; the "Nor-
mandy" and "Mary" steam-ships, 26.

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