Snagg appointed Chief Justice, 254;
C. T. Smith appointed a Puisne Judge,
254.
CARBON PROCESS of M. Braun, [328].
CARDIGAN, EARL OF, Obituary notice of,
166.
CARDWELL, MR., becomes Secretary of
CARROLL, WILLIAM, M.D., Lord Mayor of
Dublin, knighted, 251.
CARTIER, GEORGE ETIENNE, created a
baronet, 252.
CHANCELLOR, LORD, Lord Cairns ap-
pointed, [9]; Lord Hatherley appointed,
[176].
CHANCERY, Sir C. J. Selwyn appointed
Judge of Appeal, 250; Vice-Chancellor
Sir W. Page Wood appointed Judge of
Appeal, ib.; George Markham Giffard
appointed a Vice-Chancellor, ib.
CHAMPNEYS, REV. CANON, to be Dean of
Lichfield, 253.
CHELMSFORD, LORD, succeeded in the
office of Lord Chancellor by Lord
Cairns, [9].
CHILD, SMITH, created a baronet, 253.
CHILDERS, MR., moves amendment on
Navy Estimates, [113]; becomes First
Lord of the Admiralty, [176]; a Privy
Councillor, 253.
CHURCH CONGRESS at Dublin, [124].
CHURCH, IRISH, vide IRELAND.
CHURCH IN WEST INDIES, Disendow-
ment of, [165], vide WEST INDIES.
CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION BILL.-Intro-
duced by Mr. Gladstone, [147]; read a
second time, passed through Committee,
and third reading affirmed, [148]; in
House of Lords referred to a Select
Committee, [149]; effect of alterations
by Committee stated and accepted by
Lord Russell, [ib.]; agreed to by
Lord Derby, [151]; protest by Bishops,
[152]; passed, [153]; amendments by
Peers accepted by Commons, and Bill
became law, [153].
CIVIL SERVICE.- Estimates introduced
and passed [121]; Mr. Childers' motion
for re-organization, [ib.]; opposed by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
withdrawn, [123].
CLARENDON, EARL OF, becomes Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs, [176].
CLEASBY, ANTHONY, Baron of Exchequer,
252; knighted, 254.
COBDEN MEMORIAL, THE, in Camden
Town inaugurated, [80].
COLERIDGE, MR. J. D., introduces Uni-
versity Tests Abolition Bill, [160];
second reading carried, [163]; but
further progress stopped from pressure
of business, [ib.]; becomes Solicitor-
General, [177]; Knighted, 254.
COLLIER, SIR R., becomes Attorney-
General, [177].
COLLISION in the Channel, [102].
COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS during year
reviewed, [185].
COMMONS, LIST OF NEW HOUSE OF,
[255].
COMMON PLEAS, Sir W. B. Brett ap-
pointed Justice, [252].
"COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER" Difficulty,
six thousand persons summoned at
Hackney, [21].
COOKE'S, MR. E. W., collection of glass,
[325].
CORK, EARL OF, becomes Master of the
Buckhounds, [177].
CORRY, MR., moves Navy Estimates, [111].
CRANWORTH, LORD, Obituary notice of,
[167].
CRETAN INSURRECTION, Debate in House
of Lords, [133]; Narrative of, [232].
CRICKET MATCH, Eton and Harrow, 83.
CRYSTAL PALACE.-Suicide from the
Tower, 18; Handel Triennial Festival,
72; Festival to Welcome Prince
Alfred, 81.
CUMBERLAND
AND WESTMORLAND,
Henry Lowther appointed Lord-Lieu-
tenant of, 253.
DACRES, VICE-ADMIRAL SIR S. C.,
becomes one of the Junior Lords of the
Admiralty, [177].
"DAILY TELEGRAPH," Action for Libel,
Risk Allah v., 217.
DEATHS of Eminent Persons, [188].
DE GREY AND RIPON, LORD, becomes
Lord President of the Council, [176].
DENISON, MR. J. EVELYN, elected Speaker
of the new House of Commons, [179].
DENMARK, [231].
DENMARK, The Crown Prince of, at Ascot,
[71]; at Oxford, [74].
DERBY, EARL, resigns the Premiership,
[8]; calls attention in House of Lords
to Mr. Gladstone's resolutions on Irish
Church, [76]; Speech on the same, [99].
DERBY, THE, Won by Blue Gown, [65].
DISRAELI, MR., succeeds Lord Derby as
'Premier, [8]; Speech at Meeting of
Conservative Members [9]; statement
in House, [11]; statement of interview
with the Queen after the carrying of
Mr. Gladstone's first resolution on Irish
Church, and course proposed by Govern-
ment, [84]; letter to supporters inti-
mating resignation of Government
[174]; presides at Annual Dinner of
Literary Fund, 53; Speech at Mansion
House, 145.
DISRAELI, MRS., created Viscountess
Beaconsfield, 253.
Dock, Launch of Bermuda floating, 113.
DосKS, Opening of new, at Millwall, 28.
DOCKYARDS, MR. GRAVES' motion for the
diminution of, [114]; withdrawn, [ib.]
DORIA, WILLIAM, to be Secretary to Le-
gation at Lisbon, 250.
DOYLE, JOHN-(H. B.)—death of, [330].
DROWNING of seven pupils when bathing
near Christchurch, 62.
DUBLIN, visit of Prince and Princess of
Wales, 40; Church Congress at, 124;
arrival of Earl Spencer, new Lord Lieu-
tenant, 154; William Carroll, M.D.,
Lord Mayor of, knighted, 251.
DUFF, MR. GRANT, becomes Under-Secre-
tary for India, [177].
DUFFERIN, LORD, becomes Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, [177].
DURHAM, County Palatine of, J. R. Quain,
Attorney-General, 252.
DWYER, EDWARD, appointed Puisne Judge
at Cape of Good Hope, 251.
EARTHQUAKE, Shock of an, 2; in Peru
and Ecuador, 99; in England, 139; in
various parts of the world, [187].
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT OF 1850,
Earl Stanhope's motion for a Select
Committee upon its operation, [45];
discussion, [46]; Committee nominated,
and their Report, [ib.]
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, [331].
EDINBURGH, THE DUKE OF.-Attempt to
assassinate, near Sydney, 25; arrival
home, 79; Festival at Crystal Palace
to welcome, 81; at the Volunteer Re-
view at Wimbledon, 90; addresses of
sympathy to the Queen from both
Houses of Parliament, [143]; speech
at Sydney, [145].
EDINGUBGH, Terrific gale at, 5.
EDUCATION, Annual vote for, moved by
Lord Robert Montagu, and discussion,
[158].
EDUCATION, NATIONAL.-Bill brought in
by Mr. H. A. Bruce, [154]; a measure
on behalf of the Government introduced
into the House of Lords by the Duke of
Marlborough, [155]; read a second
time, [157]; withdrawn, [158]; Mr.
Bruce's Bill also withdrawn, [ib.]
EDWARDES, SIR HERBERT, Obituary
notice of, 168.
EGERTON, LORD, Lord-Lieutenant co.
Chester, 250.
ELCHO, LORD, motion for a Royal Com-
mission on Military Organization, [117].
ELECTION, GENERAL, writs issued and
elections rapidly proceeded with, [171];
aggregate results, [ib.]; total votes
recorded, [174].
ELECTION PETITIONS AND CORRUPT
PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.-Re-
port of Select Committee of 1867,
[38]; objections by the Judges to the
transference of jurisdiction to them,
[39]; Bill introduced, with proposition
to create a special tribunal, and discus-
sion, [ib.]; second reading moved, [40];
substituting another plan, [ib.]; in Com-
mittee, [ib.]; the principle of the Bill
affirmed by a division of 178 to 158;
new modification proposed by Mr.
Disraeli, [41]; made applicable to
England and Scotland, [42]; read a
third time, [ib.]; passed by House of
Lords, [ib.]
ENGLAND, History of the year, [1].
EPSOM RACES, the Derby, 65; the Oaks,
67.
ESTIMATES, Navy and Army, Civil Ser-
vice, [111].
EXCHEQUER BALANCES, 249.
EXCHEQUER, CHANCELLOR OF, Mr. Ward
Hunt appointed, [9]; Mr. Lowe ap-
pointed, [176].
EXCHEQUER, COURT OF, Anthony Cleasby
appointed Baron, 252.
EXCHEQUER, Treasurer of, Commissioners
appointed for executing office of, 250,
254.
EXECUTION of a Woman at Maidstone,
31; of the Todmorden murderer, the
Droylsden murderer, and another, 32;
of Mapp at Shrewsbury, 35; of Michael
Barrett (the last public execution in
England), 63; at Maidstone (the first
private execution under the new Act),
101; at Newgate (the first in private),
119; of a woman at Lincoln, 156.
EXHIBITIONS.-National Portrait, [308];
Royal Academy, [315]; the Society
of Painters in Water Colours, [318];
Institute of Painters in Water Colours,
[319]; General Exhibition of Water-
Colour Drawings, [319]; the French
Gallery, [320]; the Winter Exhibition,
[ib.]; the Architectural Exhibition,
[321]; Great Exhibition at Leeds,
[ib.]
EXPORTS during 1868, [186].
"EXPLOSIVE BULLET TREATY," signed at
St. Petersburg, [230].
EXPLOSION at Moxley Iron and Steel
Works, 123; at the Green Pit, Ruabon,
128; at a Firework Manufactory in
Barnsley, 130; of a boiler in Waterloo-
road, 136; at Spring's Colliery, Hindley-
common, near Wigan, 148; at Haydock
Colliery, 156.
"EXTINCTEUR," Experiments with the,
on the Thames Embankment, 16.
EYRE, EX-GOVERNOR, Prosecution at
Bow-street Police Court, 19; Charge
of Mr. Justice Blackburn on case before
Queen's Bench, 206.
FAIRBAIRN, ANDREW, Mayor of Leeds,
knighted, 252.
FENIAN ALARMS, swearing-in of special
constables, 1.
FENIANISM, statistics of, in Lord Mayo's
speech, [5].
FENIANS.-Capture of Barrett, 2; Cap-
ture of Clancy, 3; Daring proclamation
in front of Mansion-house, 3; Arrests
and outrages at Cork, 9; Outrage in
Cork, 13; Prisoners (Clerkenwell explo-
sion) committed for trial, 19; Captain
Mackay sentenced, 30; Michael Barrett
executed, 63; narrative of trial of Bar-
rett and others, 174.
FEVERSHAM, LORD, created Viscount
Helmsley, 252.
FIELD, CYRUS, Banquet to, 81.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, Mr. Ward Hunt's,
[108]; Mr. Gladstone's general assent
[110]; Resolutions agreed to, [111].
FIRES. At the Oxford Music Hall, Lon-
don, 12; at Eastwell Park, 30; at
Northumberland House, Strand, 105;
at the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany's premises at Southampton, 115;
at the Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station,
FLOGGING IN THE ARMY, Mr. Otway's
motion to abolish it in time of peace
carried, [121]; provision extended to
marines on shore, [ib.]; passed after dis-
cussion in House of Lords, [ib.]
FOREIGN HISTORY, 189.
FORGERY, extraordinary charge of, 142.
FORSTER, W. E., a Privy Councillor, 253;
Vice-President of Committee of Council
on Education, 254.
FORTESCUE, MR. CHICHESTER, Secretary
for Ireland, [176].
FRANCE, political state of, [189]; the
Budget, [193]; Army Organization Bill,
[194]; Bill relating to the Liberty of
the Press, [199]; the right of holding
public meetings, [203]; pamphlet on
policy of Second Empire, [204]; discus-
sion on free trade, [205]; Emperor's
speech at Rouen, [206]; discussion on
Budget, [206]; new political map of
France, [209]; the Baudin subscription,
[210]; changes in Ministry, [211].
GIFFARD, GEORGE MARKHAM, to be a
Vice Chancellor, 250; knighted, 251.
GLADSTONE, MR., at Romsey, 93; speech
announcing the necessity for the discon-
nexion of the Protestant Church of Ire-
land from the State, [56]; lays on the
table of the House three resolutions
on the subject, [60]; moves the first
resolution, [79]; carried by a majority
of 65, [83]; introduces Church-rat
Abolition Bill, [147]; defeat in South-
West Lancashire, [171]; Returned for
Greenwich, [172]; on resignation of
Mr. Disraeli, is commanded by the
Queen to form an administration,
[176]; First Lord of the Treasury, [ib.];
speech at Greenwich on his re-election,
[180].
GLASGOW, visit of Prince and Princess of
Wales, 131.
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY, laying of Founda-
tion Stone of new buildings by the
Prince of Wales, 132.
GLYN, MR. GEORGE, becomes one of the
Secretaries of the Treasury, [177].
GORMANSTON, VISCOUNT, created a Baron
of the United Kingdom, 253.
GOSCHEN, MR., becomes President of the
Poor Law Board, [177]; Poor Law
Commissioner for England, 254.
GRANT, GENERAL, elected President of
the United States, [264].
GRANT, MAJOR J. A., Companion of the
Star of India, 252.
GRANVILLE, EARL, and the principal
members of the Opposition party left
the House of Lords during discussion
on Boundary Bill, vide BOUNDARY
BILL, [36]; becomes Secretary for the
Colonies, [176].
GREECE, connivance with revolution in
Crete, [232]; ultimatum of Turkish
Government, [ib.]; diplomatic rela-
tions broken off, [ib.]; conference pro-
posed by France, [ib.].
GREEN PIT, Explosion at the, 128.
GREGORY, REV. ROBERT, Canon of St.
Paul's, 253.
GUILDHALL, Presentation of the Lanca-
shire Cotton Famine Memorial Window
in, [91].
GUY, MAJOR-GENERAL P. M. NELSON,
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, 252.
GALES.-At Edinburgh, 5, and generally
throughout Great Britain, ib.; at Lon-
don 8; on the coast, 111; off the Land's
End, 134; throughout the kingdom,
150.
GERMAN (NORTH) CONFEDERATION, Lord
A. W. F. S. Loftus appointed Ambassa-
dor, 250.
GIBRALTAR, Hon. and Ven. Archdeacon
C. A. Harris appointed Bishop, 251.
HABEAS CORPUS ACT, Renewal of Sus-
pension in Ireland, [4].
HADDINGTON, EARL OF, appointed her
Majesty's Commissioner to
Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
251.
HANDEL TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL at Crystal
Palace, 72.
HANNEN, JAMES, Justice of Queen's
Bench, 250; knighted, 251.
HARRIS, HON. AND VEN. ARCHDEACON,
C. A., appointed Bishop of Gibraltar,
HARTINGTON, LORD, becomes Postmaster-
General, [176].
HARVEY, R. B., created a baronet, 252.
HARVEY, R. J. H., created a baronet,
253.
HATHERLEY, LORD, becomes Lord-Chan-
cellor, [176].
HAY, CAPTAIN LORD JOHN, becomes one
of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty,
[177].
HAYDOCK, Colliery Explosion, 156.
HAYES, GEORGE, Justice of Queen's
Bench, 252; knighted, 254.
HEAD, SIR EDMUND, Obituary Notice of,
168.
HERCULES, Launch of the, 9.
HISTORY, Works connected with or re-
lating to, [280]; smaller works on
same subject, [298].
HOLLAND, THE QUEEN OF, arrival of at
Torquay, 134.
HOOKER, (DR.), Address at opening of
British Association at Norwich, 105.
HOME, DANIEL DOUGLAS, Lyon versus,
Report of Trial, 187.
HORSE SHOW at Islington, 69.
HULL, Fatal disaster at, 122.
HUNT, MR. WARD, becomes Chancellor
of Exchequer, [9]; introduces Budget,
[108].
HURRICANE IN THE ISLE OF MAURITIUS,
24.
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE of the Year,
248.
INDIA, British Rule in, discussion in
House of Commons introduced by Lord
William Hay, [135].
INDIA, COUNCIL OF, Lieut.-Col. Sir H.
C. Rawlinson appointed member of,
252.
INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE, 112.
IRELAND, Condition of, [2]; Lord Stan-
ley's speech at Bristol, [3]; renewal
of suspension of Habeas Corpus Act,
[4]; discussion in House of Lords, [6];
Church Question, raised in House of
Lords in discussion on Habeas Corpus
Suspension Act [7]; The Affairs of
Ireland the prominent topic of the
Session, [44]; Bills on the subject
of Land Tenure introduced by Mr.
Pim and the Marquis of Clauricarde,
[45]; Mr. Pim's abandoned, [ib.]; the
Marquis of Clanricarde's referred to a
Select Committee, [ib.]; Ecclesiastical
Titles Act of 1850, Earl Stanhope's
motion for Select Committee, [46];
their appointment and report, [ib.];
Mr. Maguire's motion as to the state of
Ireland, [ib.]; discussion, [48]; Earl
Mayo's speech, [ib.]; debate adjourned,
[50]; Mr. Horsman's speech, [ib.];
Mr. Lowe's, [51]; Mr. Mill's, [52];
Mr. Hardy's, [ib.]; Mr. Fortescue's,
[53]; Mr. Newdegate's, [54]; Mr.
Bright's, [ib.]; Sir Stafford North-
cote's, [56]; Mr. Monsell's, [ib.]; Mr.
Gladstone's, in which he declares the
necessity for the disconnexion of the
Church of Ireland from the State, [ib.];
Mr. Disraeli's, [58]; Mr. Maguire's
motion withdrawn, [59]; Mr. Glad-
stone's three resolutions laid before the
House, [60]; notice of amendment by
Lord Stanley, [ib.]; debate commenced,
[ib.]; by Mr. Gladstone, [ib.]; Lord
Stanley's speech, [63]; Lord Cran-
bourne's speech, [64]; division, with
majority against the Government of 60,
[72]; division on going into Committee
of 56, [ib.]; public meetings in St.
James's Hall, [73]; debate in House of
Lords originated by Lord Derby, [78];
Mr. Gladstone moves his first resolution,
and debate thereon, [79]; division, with
majority of 65, [83]; adjournment of
House to consider Ministerial position,
[84]; Mr. Disraeli's statement, [84];
discussion thereon, [85]; public meet-
ing in St. James's Hall, [89]; Mr. Glad-
stone's second resolution moved in
Committee, [90]; carried, [91]; third
resolution, [ib.]; and agreed to, [ib.];
address presented to her Majesty, and
reply thereto, [93]; Suspensory Bill
introduced, [94]; second reading car-
ried by a majority of 54, [96]; and
passed, [97]; debate in the House of
Lords on second reading [ib.]; nega-
tived by a majority of 95, [106].
IRELAND, Reform Bill introduced, [24];
read a second time, [25]; Mr. For-
tescue's motion as to Universities nega-
tived, [26]; Sir Colman O'Loghlen's
motion to abolish right of voting by
freemen negatived [ib.]; Col. French's
motion to reduce the county franchise
to 81. negatived, [27]; Sir John Gray's
motion for the ballot rejected, [ib.];
read a third time, [29]; in the House
of Lords accepted, but with expressions
of dissatisfaction, and passed, [30].
IRISH ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN, 11.
ITALY, History for the Year, [211].
JENNER, WILLIAM, M.D., created a ba-
ronet, 250.
JERSEY, Major-General P. M. Nelson
Guy appointed Lieutenant-Governor,
JOCELYN, HON. W. N., Secretary to Le-
gation at Stockholm, 252.
JOHNSON, MR. REVERDY, at Sheffield,
114; at Lord Mayor's banquet in
Guildhall, 145.
KEAN, MR. CHARLES, Obituary notice of,
169.
KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD, Foundation
stone laid, 30.
KEMPE, REV. J. E., Chaplain in Ordinary
to her Majesty, 250.
KENNEDY, SIR ARTHUR EDWARD, ap-
pointed Governor of the West Africa
Settlements, 250.
KERR, CAPTAIN LORD F. H., Groom-in-
Waiting to her Majesty, 250.
KIMBERLEY, LORD, becomes Lord Privy
Seal, [176].
KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, MR., becomes
Under-Secretary for the Home Depart-
ment, [179].
KNOLLYS, FRANCIS, Usher to her Ma-
jesty, 250.
KNOX-GORE, F. A., created a baronet,
253.
LANCASHIRE COTTON FAMINE, Memorial
Window in Guildhall, Presentation of,
91.
LANCASHIRE, Religious Riots in, 55.
LAND TENURE in Ireland Bills, vide IRE-
LAND TRANSFER ACT, Commissioners
appointed, 251.
LAYARD, MR., becomes Chief Commis-
sioner of Works and Buildings, [177].
LEEDS, Opening of Art Treasures Exbi-
bition, by the Prince of Wales, 61;
mayor of, knighted, 252.
LEIGHTON, REV. F. K., to be Canon of
Westminster, 253.
LIBEL, Action for, Risk Allah v. Daily
Telegraph," 217.
LICHFIELD, Rev. Canon Champneys ap-
pointed Dean of, 253.
LINCOLN, Execution of a woman at, 156.
LISBON, William Doria to be Secretary to
Legation at, 250.
LITERARY FUND, Annual dinner of, 53.
LITERATURE, Retrospect of, [280]; works
on general, [294]; light, of the year,
[305]; summary for year, [307].
LIVERPOOL, Fall of a warehouse at, 138.
LOFTUS, LORD A. W. F. S., Ambassador
to North German Confederation, 250.
LONDON, Lord Mayor's Day, 144; muni-
ficent gift of Mr. Peabody to the poor
of, 149.
LONGFELLOW, MR., at Cambridge, 74.
LONGLEY. DR., Archbishop of Canter-
bury, Obituary notice of, 165.
LORDS, HOUSE OF. - Interesting discus-
sion on Habeas Corpus Suspension Act
in Ireland, [6]; change of procedure-
abandoning of voting by proxy, [14];
Earl Granville and the principal mem-
bers of the Opposition left the House
during discussion on Boundary Bill, [36]
(vide BOUNDARY BILL); premature de-
bate on Mr. Gladstone's resolutions on
the Irish Church Question originated
by Lord Derby, [76]; explanations as
to Ministerial course, [84]; debate on
Suspensory Bill, [97], and rejection by
a majority of 95, [106].
LOWE, MR., becomes Chancellor of the
Exchequer, [176].
LOWTHER, HENRY, Lord Lieutenant of
Cumberland and Westmorland, 253.
LUDWIG, ex-King of Bavaria, death of,
[330].
LYON v. HOME Trial, [187].
M'GEE, THOMAS D'ARCY, Assassination
of, in Canada, 34.
MACKONOCHIE, REV. A. H., Trial of Mar-
tin v.
MCNEILE, REV. HUGH, D.D., Dean of
Ripon, 252.
MAGDALA, Capture of, [139].
MAGUIRE'S, MR., motion as to the state
of Ireland discussed, [48]; withdrawn,
[59], vide IRELAND.
MANCHESTER, Murphy riots at, 116;
fatal panic at a music hall, 94.
MANSEL, REV. H. L., appointed Dean of
St. Paul's, 253.
MAROCHETTI, BARON, Sketch of his life,
[329].
MARLBOROUGH, DUKE OF, a Knight of
the Garter, 251.
MAYNE, SIR RICHARD, Obituary notice
of, 170.
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.-Various motions
proposed in House of Commons during
discussions on Mr. Gladstone's Resolu-
tions as to grant, [91]; motion by
Colonel Greville-Nugent carried, [97];
Suspensory Bill rejected by House of
Lords, [107].
MAYO, LORD.-Speech introducing the
suspension of Habeas Corpus Act in
Ireland, [4]; introduces Reform Bill
for Ireland, [24]; speech on Mr. Ma-
guire's motion as to the state of Ire-
land, [48]; Viceroy of India, 254.
MAURITIUS, Hurricane in the Isle of, 24,
[186].
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