The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 3, 1854-1861

by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

• Kaffir War, iii. [201]
• Kainardji, Treaty of, ii. [431], [452], [464]
• Kalampaka, engagement at, iii. [37]
• Karak, island of, iii. [4]
• Kars, fortress of, iii. [64], [159], [178], [179], [208]
• Keane, Sir John (afterwards Lord), Cabul, i. [142]
• Kellerman, General, and Convention of Cintra, iii. [175]
• Kellersberg, Baron, iii. [328]
• Kennedy, Mr, removed from Crown Office, iii. [61]
• Kennington Common, Chartist meeting, ii. [169]
• Kensington Palace, Queen's birth-place, i. [8];
  • Queen's early recollections of, i. [10];
  • proposal to build National Gallery on site of, ii. [315]
• Kent, Duchess of (Queen's mother), biography of, i. [3], [4], [8], [9];
  • character and disposition, i. [9];
  • Parliamentary Grant, i. [9];
  • education of Princess Victoria, i. [14]-17;
  • Parliamentary Grant increased, i. [19];
  • estrangement with William IV., i. [19];
  • visit to Belgium, i. [287];
  • ii. [177];
  • illness of, iii. [335];
  • Frogmore, iii. [399];
  • Edinburgh, iii. [405];
  • present at Volunteer Review, iii. [406];
  • death, iii. [420], [435]-439
• —— Duke of (Queen's father), politics and philanthropic views, i. [5];
  • biography, i. [8];
  • sudden death, i. [9]
• Kertsch, successful attack on, iii. [64], [126]
• Khalsad army, surrender of, ii. [216]
• Khyber Pass, i. [370], [402]
• Kinburn, citadel of, iii. [64]
• King, Mr Locke, ii. [288], [295]
• —— Rev. Bryan, iii. [417]
• Kinglake, Mr, Invasion of the Crimea, iii. [31], [36], [111]
• Kingstown (Ireland), Queen Victoria's visit to, ii. [225]
• Kinsky regiment, loss of twenty-four officers, ii. [219]
• Kirkpatrick, William, ii. [435]
• Kisseleff, General, Russian Ambassador, iii. [393]
• Klebelsberg, Countess, marriage, i. [13]
• Knatchbull, Sir Edward, Paymaster-General, i. [279], [309]
• Knightley, Rainald (afterwards Sir), M.P., iii. [76]
• Knollys, Sir William, K.C.B., iii. [39]
• Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. [208];
  • history of, ii. [242]
• Kokan, Khan of, iii. [45]
• Koller, Baron, Austrian Ambassador, ii. [267]-269
• Königsberg, crowning of King and Queen of Prussia, iii. [420]
• Kossuth, Louis, champion of Hungarian freedom, flight of, ii. [208];
  • visit to England, ii. [283];
  • reception by Lord Palmerston, ii. [324]-331, [440], [441]; iii. [432]

• Lablache, Luigi (Queen's singing master), i. [50], [62], [89]
• Labouchere, Mr (afterwards Lord Taunton), President of the Board of Trade, i. [262], [281], [308];
  • Government of 1855, iii. [91], [150], [190], [272]
• Labour Bill, Mines, i. [370];
  • Factories, ii. [1]
• Laeken, Royal Palace in Belgium, i. [34]
• Lagos, capture of, ii. [366]
• Lahore, ii. [217]
• Lamartine, M., ii. [173], [174]
• Lambeth Palace, i. [388]
• Landgravine, Princess Elisabeth, i. [212]
• Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry (1802-1873),
  • artist, i. [396], [397]
• Langdale, Lord, Master of the Rolls, i. [335]
• Lansdowne, Marquess of, Lord President of the Council, i. [74], [281]; ii. [83], [86], [236], [237];
  • Government crisis, ii. [290], [308], [310], [413]-417;
  • in the Cabinet, ii. [424];
  • Reform Bill, ii. [468];
  • and Lord John Russell, iii. [58];
  • formation of the Government of 1855, iii. [85]-89, [90], [93], [94], [97], [98,] [102];
  • Cabinet, iii. [103], [104];
  • his ministerial life, iii. [104];
  • iii. [190];
  • declines a dukedom, iii. [246]
• Laporte, i. [220]
• La Susse, French Admiral, ii. [26]
• Lavradio, M., Portuguese statesman, i. [58]
• Law, administration of, ii. [67]
• —— Lords, want of, iii. [145]
• Lawrence, Sir Henry, Military Administrator at Oudh, death at Lucknow, iii. [224], [242]
• Lawrence, Mrs George, courage of, ii. [217]
• —— Sir J., Oudh Proclamation, iii. [286]
• Layard, Mr, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, iii. [76], [98], [376], [443]-447
• Lee, Dr James Prince (afterwards Bishop of Manchester), ii. [131]
• Leeke, Admiral Sir Henry, capture of Bushire, iii. [159]
• Lefevre, Mr Shaw (afterwards Viscount Eversley), Speaker, i. [141], [176]; iii. [223], [230]
• Lefroy, John Henry, Inspector-General of Army Schools, iii. [220]
• Lehzen, Baroness (Queen's governess), i. [12], [14], [25], [122], [224]
• Leicester, Earl of, i. [350]
• Leigh, Mr Pemberton (afterwards Lord Kingsdown), ii. [284]; iii. [145];
  • declines Lord Chancellorship, iii. [271]
• Leiningen, House of, history of, i. [9]
• —— Prince of, marriage, i. [3];
  • death, i. [9]
• —— Prince Charles of (son of above), i. [13], [120], [125], [126]; ii. [188];
  • death, iii. [216], [217]
• —— Princess Feodore, see Feodore
• Leith, proposed dockyard at, iii. [151]
• Le Marchant, Sir John Gaspard, Lieut. Gov. of Nova Scotia, iii. [189]
• Lennox, Lady Caroline, i. [121]
• Leopold, Prince (afterwards Duke of Albany), birth, ii. [444]
• —— Duke of Brabant (afterwards 2nd King of the Belgians), i. [59]; ii. [6]
• —— 1st King of the Belgians, birth and parentage, i. [4], [22];
  • Queen's reminiscences of, i. [10], [11], [13], [22];
  • kindness to Duchess of Kent, i. [11];
  • influence on, and kindness to the Queen, i. [19], [22], [23];
  • in the Russian army, refusal of throne of Greece, i. [22];
  • accepts Belgian throne, gallantry in war, a model ruler, i. [23];
  • nature of correspondence with the Queen, i. [27];
  • Queen Victoria's first letter to, i. [32];
  • valuable advice to Queen Victoria, i. [37];
  • newspaper abuse of, i. [53];
  • birth of second son, i. [63];
  • visit to the Queen, i. [91];
  • Belgian interests, i. [134], [151], [152], [153];
  • England and France, i. [227]-251;
  • views on dissolution, i. [282]-289;
  • Queen's visit to, i. [492], [493];
  • friendship with Queen Victoria, ii. [10];
  • views on Czar's visit to England, ii. [19];
  • letters on King Louis Philippe's visit to England, ii. [23], [25];
  • birthday letter to the Queen, ii. [39];
  • on state of Germany, ii. [167];
  • failure of insurrection, ii. [172];
  • Louis Bonaparte, ii. [213];
  • state of France, ii. [238], [342];
  • on death of Sir Robert Peel, ii. [255];
  • illness of Queen Louise, ii. [266];
  • the Sovereign "People," ii. [379];
  • on Victor Hugo, ii. [391];
  • on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. [395];
  • the Empress of the French, ii. [436];
  • Eastern Question, ii. [441], [443];
  • Press attacks on Prince Consort, iii. [5];
  • visits the Queen, iii. [133];
  • on the conclusion of the war, iii. [172], [185];
  • iii. [195];
  • review of Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. [198];
  • as to decorating Duke of Westmorland, iii. [202];
  • Princess Charlotte's proposed marriage, iii. [207];
  • on death of Prince Charles of Leiningen, iii. [216];
  • marriage of Princess Charlotte, iii. [234], [240];
  • on the Queen's visit to Napoleon, iii. [295];
  • Napoleon's desire for war, iii. [315];
  • Napoleon and the Pope, iii. [382];
  • Italian Question, iii. [386];
  • Prince of Wales's visit to Canada, iii. [404];
  • Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, iii. [406];
  • letter to the Queen, iii. [414];
  • death of Duchess of Kent, iii. [435]-439, [451];
  • sympathy for Prince Consort's illness, iii. [471], [472]
• Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg, ii. [89], [97], [98]
• Letters, Sunday delivery, ii. [244]
• Lévis, Duc de, i. [507]
• Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, Chancellor of Exchequer, iii. [109];
  • Stamp Duties Bill, iii. [116];
  • Budget, iii. [224];
  • Income Tax, iii. [226];
  • financial crisis, iii. [255];
  • Home Secretary, iii. [348];
  • St Juan dispute, iii. [373]
• Lhuys, M. Drouyn de, French Foreign Minister, ii. [262];
  • and Russian loan, iii. [35];
  • Austria's proposed terms of Crimean settlement and resignation, iii. [120]
• Liberals (see Whigs), small majority, i. [176];
  • gains at election, 1839, ii. [126], [458];
  • Lord Palmerston's followers, the Liberal Party, iii. [110];
  • Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. [291], [292];
  • new Reform Bill, iii. [307];
  • Lord Palmerston forms a Government, iii. [307], [344]-349
• Liddell, Mr, iii. [239]
• Liechtenstein, Prince and Princess of, i. [433]
• Liège, iii. [453]
• Lieven, Princess de, i. [85], [88]
• Ligne, Prince de, i. [109]
• Lincoln, Abraham, President, United States, iii. [421]
• —— Bishop of (John Kaye), report as to Queen's education, i. [14]-16
• —— Earl of (afterwards fifth Duke of Newcastle), Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, i. [466]; ii. [84];
  • ii. [294], [300], [346], [350], [354], [360], [420], [448]-449, [455], [468], [471];
  • Secretary of State for War, iii. [1];
  • Marshal St Arnaud, iii. [30];
  • hospital at Scutari, iii. [61];
  • Lord J. Russell's resignation, iii. [73], [75], [80], [91], [97];
  • Knight of the Garter, iii. [145], [154], [156];
  • refuses to join Government of 1858, iii. [271];
  • Colonial Secretary, iii. [349];
  • tour with Prince of Wales, iii. [380], [405], [414]
• Lind, Jenny, ii. [123]
• Lindley, Dr, Irish Commissioner on potato disease, ii. [48]
• Lindsay, Lady Charlotte, i. [358]
• Lisbon, revolution, i. [54];
  • run on the bank of, ii. [90]
• Liverpool, bank failures, ii. [131]
• —— third Earl of, biography of, i. [50], [165];
  • Lord Steward, i. [169], [310]; ii. [85], [89];
  • death of, ii. [323]
• Llanover, Baron, see Hall, Sir B.
• Lloyd, Thomas Davies, Baronetage, iii. [477]
• Lochnager, Queen's visit to, ii. [322]
• Loftus, Lord A., iii. [153]
• Login, Sir John, iii. [248];
  • Oudh Proclamation, iii. [286]
• Lombardy, ii. [178], [182], [183], [186], [191], [194], [198];
  • ceded to Sardinia, iii. [308]
• London, Bishop of (C. J. Blomfield), report on Queen's education, i. [14]-16,
  • i. [349];
  • Papal aggression, ii. [281]; iii. [416];
  • (A. C. Tait), Divorce Bill, iii. [231]
• Londonderry, Marquis of, Ambassador at Vienna, i. [420]; ii. [287];
  • Garter, ii. [391], [393]
• Longley, Charles Thomas, Bishop of Durham (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury), iii. [206]
• Lonsdale, John (Bishop of Lichfield), ii. [35]
• —— Earl of, ii. [392]
• Loodiana, ii. [74]
• Lords, House of, increase of appellate jurisdiction, iii. [158];
  • powers in Money Bills, iii. [379], [401];
  • throw out Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. [401], [403];
  • privilege resolutions, iii. [404]
• —— Justices, question of, ii. [44]
• Louis XVIII., character of, i. [53]
• Louis Napoleon, see Napoleon
• —— Philippe, King of the French, biography of, i. [4];
  • Belgian throne, i. [22];
  • attempted assassination of, i. [43], [243], [407];
  • letters to the Queen, i. [77]; ii. [27], [57], [78], [146], [160];
  • proposed visit to the Queen, i. [181], [182]; ii, [21]-22;
  • and English Government, ii. [1], [21], [27], [68];
  • letter from the Queen on resignation of Sir R. Peel and reply, ii. [69], [78];
  • ii. [89];
  • the Spanish marriages, ii. [71], [90], [102], [105], [107];
  • ii. [118];
  • abdication, ii. [141], [148];
  • death of his sister, ii. [143]-147;
  • flight of, ii. [149], [152], [153]-165;
  • gratitude to the Queen, ii. [160];
  • ii. [169];
  • Queen Victoria's view of his policy, ii. [170], [172];
  • position of, ii. [177], [183], [204];
  • illness and death, ii. [231], [238], [265];
  • compared with Napoleon III. in knowledge, iii. [124]
• Louis, Prince, of Hesse (afterwards Grand Duke Louis IV.), engagement to Princess Alice, iii. [405], [415], [418], [419]
• —— Mrs (Queen's dresser), i. [10], [14], [110];
  • death, i. [111]
• Louisa, Princess, of Hesse, ii. [358]
• Louise (Queen of the Belgians), marriage and correspondence with the Queen, i. [28];
  • her character, i. [34];
  • letter on the Queen's engagement, i. [192];
  • on death of the Duke of Orleans, i. [413], [414];
  • ii. [7];
  • on her father's visit to England, ii. [21], [22], [23];
  • sorrow at Madame Adélaïde's death, ii. [143]-145;
  • French Revolution and her father's flight, ii. [150];
  • illness, ii. [266];
  • death, ii. [266], [267];
  • ii. [271]
• —— Princess, of Belgium, birth, iii. [276], [397]
• Löwenstein, Prince William of, i. [490]
• Loyd, Mr Jones (afterwards Lord Overstone), ii. [130]
• Lucan, Lord, censure on, iii. [175]
• Lucca, Duke of, i. [148]
• Lucknow, iii. [177];
  • mutiny and siege of, iii. [224], [238];
  • relief of, iii. [248], [254], [259], [262], [278]
• Luitpold of Bavaria, Prince, iii. [458]
• Lushington, Dr Stephen, Admiralty Judge, i. [62], [277];
  • refuses a life peerage, ii. [284]; iii. [145];
  • on right to search ships, iii. [466]
• Luxemburg, i. [43], [102]
• Lyndhurst, Lord, Lord Chancellor, i. [163], [253], [308]; ii. [368]
  • on Russia's aggressiveness, iii. [35];
  • title of Prince Consort, iii. [196], [197];
  • Divorce Bill, iii. [231], [232]
• Lynedoch, Lord, death, i. [512]
• Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, K.C.B. (afterwards Earl Lyons), the Pope's appreciation of, iii. [310];
  • United States dispute, iii. [469]
• —— Sir Edmund, commands Mediterranean Fleet, iii. [116]
• Lyttelton, Lady (governess to the Royal children), i. [390], [394]; ii. [3]
• —— Lord, iii. [190]
• Lytton, see Bulwer Lytton

• M'Caskill, Sir John, death, ii. [76]
• M'Culloch, Mr, ii. [303]
• Macaulay, T. B. (afterwards Lord Macaulay), Secretary at War, i. [141];
  • China debate, i. [219];
  • in favour of dissolution, i. [281], [308];
  • on Somnauth Proclamation, i. [469];
  • Maynooth grant, ii. [37];
  • defeat at Edinburgh, ii. [126];
  • peerage, iii. [245]
• Macdonald, Captain, iii. [462]
• —— Lt.-Col. Hon. Bosville, iii. [70]
• —— Miss, ii. [220]
• Macmahon, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. [265]
• Macnaghten, Sir William, envoy at Cabul, i. [209], [383];
  • death, i. [386]
• MacNaghten, Daniel, assassin, i. [455]-459;
  • pronounced insane, i. [468], [469]
• MacNeill, Sir John, iii. [175]
• Madiai, release of the, ii. [443]
• Magenis, Arthur Charles (afterwards Sir), Minister at Stockholm, iii. [133]
• Magenta, Duc de, iii. [461]
• Magnan, Marshal, iii. [136]
• Mahmoud, Sultan, war with Pasha of Egypt, i. [141];
  • successor, i. [182]
• Mahon, Lord (afterwards fifth Earl Stanhope), History of England, i. [436], [449]
• Malakhoff batteries, attack on, iii. [64], [129]
• —— Duc de, see Pélissier
• Malcolm, Major, i. [446]
• Malegnano, Austrians defeated at, iii. [308]
• Malmesbury, Earl of, memoirs, ii. [2];
  • Foreign Secretary, ii. [372]-374, [397];
  • Napoleon's title, ii. [406];
  • secret protocol, ii. [408];
  • question of Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. [408]-410, [422];
  • iii. [190];
  • Foreign Secretary, iii. [272];
  • Orsini incident, iii. [273], [274];
  • Danish Question, iii. [280];
  • and Italy, iii. [305];
  • proposed congress to settle Italian difficulties, iii. [325]-335, [341], [363];
  • Peers and Money Bills, iii. [379];
  • and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. [423], [429]
• Malta, English Church for, i. [138]
• Maltby, Dr Edward, Bishop of Durham, i. [122]; ii. [273]
• Mamelon, capture of, iii. [64], [126]
• Manchester, riot, i. [422]-424;
  • Chartist fiasco, ii. [169]
• —— Duchess of (afterwards Duchess of Devonshire), Mistress of the Robes, iii. [454]
• Mangles, Mr, of East India Company, iii. [239]
• Mann, Sir Horace, i. [389]
• Manners, Lord John (afterwards seventh Duke of Rutland), ii. [17];
  • Commissioner of Works, iii. [272];
  • on John Bright, iii. [394];
  • on new Foreign Office, iii. [443]
• Manning, Marie, her execution, ii. [269]
• Mansfield, Colonel, military adviser at Constantinople, iii. [154]
• —— Earl of, i. [429]
• Manteuffel, Baron, President of Prussian Ministry, iii. [19], [153], [181]
• Maria, Donna, see Portugal, Queen of
• Mario, opera singer, ii. [253]
• Maritime Law, International, iii. [183]
• Markham, General, death, of, iii. [153]
• Marmora, General La, Sardinian General, iii. [66], [134], [135], [168]
• Maronites, iii. [380]
• Marriage Act, i. [43]
• Marston, North, repair of church, ii. [392]
• Martin, Rev. Francis, bursar, Trinity Coll., Cambridge, i. [348]
• —— Sir Theodore, Life of Prince Consort, iii. [41], [137];
  • last draft prepared by Prince Consort, iii. [469]
• Mary, Princess, see Gloucester, Duchess of
• —— of Cambridge, Princess (afterwards Duchess of Teck), proposed marriage of, iii. [206], [209]
• Maryborough, Lady, i. [223]
• Mason, Mr, Confederate Envoy, iii. [466]
• Mathew, Father, ii. [88]
• Maule, Mr Fox, see Panmure, Lord
• Maundy money, ii. [37]
• Maurice, Rev. F. D., ii. [46]
• Maximilian, Archduke, see Ferdinand
• Mayne, Richard, Commissioner of Police, ii. [169]
• Maynooth Roman Catholic College, grant, ii. [30], [36], [37], [75]
• Mazzini, ii. [440]; iii. [359]
• Mecklenburg, Prince Charles of, i. [6]
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederic William, Grand Duke of, i. [431], [435]
• Medals, Peninsular, ii. [109]-113;
  • East India Company, ii. [200];
  • Crimea, iii. [56], [116];
    • distribution of, iii. [127]
• Medjid, Abdul, Sultan, i. [182];
  • interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. [27]
• Meer Shere Mahommed, i. [481]
• Meerut, revolt at, iii. [224]
• Melbourne, Viscount, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, i. [20];
  • Ministry, i. [24];
  • i. [67];
  • Queen's confidence in and appreciation of, i. [74], [79], [158], [159], [174], [189], [192];
  • letter to Queen on accession, i. [74];
  • interview with Queen, i. [76];
  • arrangements for King William IV.'s funeral, i. [80], [81];
  • King Leopold's appreciation of, i. [81], [82], [87], [116], [134], [145], [175], [190];
  • Duke of Wellington's opinion of, i. [83];
  • indisposition, i. [84];
  • politics, i. [89];
  • visit to the Queen, i. [92];
  • Canadian troubles, i. [98], [99], [100], [103], [127]-129, [133], [135]-137;
  • i. [102];
  • Coronation arrangements, i. [114], [115];
  • Belgium and Holland, i. [118], [135];
  • ceremony, i. [122]-125;
  • Cabinet crisis, i. [147], [149], [150];
  • resignation, i. [154], [155];
  • advises the Queen, i. [155], [156], [160], [161], [162], [164];
  • Queen's distress at parting, i. [156], [159];
  • Queen's refusal of Peel's terms, i. [167];
  • Prince Albert's declaration, i. [196];
  • Turco-Egyptian Convention, i. [227]-232;
  • overtures to France, i. [231];
  • Eastern difficulties, i. [237]-239;
  • criticism on his future correspondence with the Queen, i. [254], [330], [331], [340], [353], [360], [361];
  • Ministry in jeopardy, i. [268]-287;
  • dissolution, i. [301];
  • takes leave of the Queen, i. [306];
  • portrait of, i. [333], [337];
  • on division of high offices of State, i. [357];
  • address from Derby, i. [369];
  • visit to the Queen, i. [371], [372], [451], [512];
  • serious illness, i. [376], [438];
  • on his health, i. [449], [453], [458], [462], [467], [474], [483];
  • Queen's visit to, i. [483];
  • on old age, ii. [8];
  • opinion of Emperor of Russia, ii. [17];
  • crisis in Parliament, ii. [18];
  • on Scotland, ii. [24];
  • Queen's letters to, ii. [36], [42];
  • Sir R. Peel's resignation, ii. [51], [52], [67];
  • political views of, ii. [92];
  • Queen's advance of money to, ii. [140];
  • Queen's birthday congratulations to, ii. [164];
  • death, ii. [203]
• Melvill, Sir James, Chief Secretary, East India Company, iii. [299]
• Mendizabal, Don Juan Alvarez y, Spanish statesman, i. [44];
  • Queen's opinion of, i. [59]
• Menschikoff, Prince, the Eastern Question, ii. [431], [442], [449]
• Mensdorff-Pouilly, Comte Emmanuel de, marriage, i. [97], [396], [404]; ii. [333]
• Meredith, Mr, ii. [48]
• Metcalfe, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord), Governor-General of Canada, i. [454], [508];
  • retirement, ii. [46], [94]
• Metchersky, Princess, iii. [387]
• Metternich, Prince, i. [190], [192], [231], [232], [236], [359], [487], [512]; ii. [4], [114];
  • a fugitive, ii. [141], [170], [171];
  • Italian Question, iii. [370], [375], [412]
• Meyendorff, Baron, Austrian Foreign Minister, ii. [457]
• Meyer, Miss Eugénie, i. [461]
• Michael, Grand Duke, visit to the Queen, i. [494], [501]
• Miguel, Dom, i. [43]; ii. [118]; iii. [10]
• Milan, surrender of, ii. [190];
  • insurrection, ii. [440];
  • French Emperor and King Emmanuel enter, iii. [308]
• Milanese rising against Austria, ii. [141]
• Miles, Mr, M.P. for Bristol, on Sugar Duties, ii. [16]; iii. [78]
• Militia, reconstruction, ii. [141];
  • Bill, ii. [367], [368], [374], [380], [388];
  • carried, ii. [388], [440]; iii. [71]
• Milner Gibson, Mr, iii. [223];
  • Conspiracy Bill Debate, iii. [261], [264], [265];
  • President of the Board of Trade, iii. [349];
  • Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. [401], [403]
• Milnes, R. Monckton (afterwards Lord Houghton), iii. [76]
• Ministers of State, duties of, i. [106]; iii. [68], [69]
• Minto, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, i. [281], [308]; ii. [86], [107], [115];
  • special mission to the Vatican, ii. [128], [183];
  • ii. [196], [236];
  • Pope's opinion of, iii. [356]
• Modena, Duke of, ii. [174]
• Mohammedan schools, ii. [29];
  • Indian Mutiny, iii. [251]
• Moldavia, iii. [262]
• Molé, Count, French Premier and Foreign Secretary, i. [95]
• Molesworth, Sir William, at the Office of Works, ii. [422];
  • Government of 1855, iii. [98];
  • Board of Works, iii. [104];
  • death, iii. [148]
• Monro, Major, i. [315]
• Montebello, battle of, iii. [308]
• Montemolin, Count of, ii. [89], [90]
• Montijo, Mdlle. Eugènie de (Empress of the French), parentage, marriage to Napoleon, ii.[ 434], [435], [436];
  • ii. [437];
  • visit to England, iii. [117];
  • Queen's opinion of, iii. [122], [137];
  • Queen's letter to, re Treaty of Paris, iii. [207], [208];
  • attempted assassination of, iii. [261], [264];
  • tour in Scotland and England, iii. [415];
  • visit to the Queen, iii. [418], [419]
• Montjoye, Madame de, ii. [165]
• Montpensier, Duc de, i. [439], [501]; ii. [22], [23], [24], [32];
  • engagement to the Infanta, ii. [72], [99], [100], [102], [107], [148], [149], [155], [164], [172]
• Montreal, i. [508]
• Moodkee, ii. [31], [75]
• Mooltan, insurrection, ii. [196], [208]
• Morning Chronicle, i. [374]; ii. [34], [86], [172]; iii. [7], [8], [463]
• Morning Post, iii. [337]
• Morocco, ii. [4]
• Morpeth, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Carlisle), see Carlisle
• Morris, Mr, Governor of the Bank, ii. [129]
• Morton, Earl of, i. [499]
• Mouravieff, General, takes Kars fortress, iii. [64]
• Muich, Loch, Queen's visit to, ii. [321], [392]
• Municipal Corporations, i. [43]
• Munro, Lieutenant, duel, i. [485]
• Munster, Earl of, Governor of Windsor Castle, tragic death, i. [387], [390]
• Muntz, George Frederick, M.P., Birmingham, iii. [79]
• Murat, Madame de, ii. [154]
• —— Joachim, formerly King of Naples, iii.[ 428]
• Murray, Sir George, Commander-in-Chief for Ireland, i. [420]
• —— George, Bishop of Rochester, iii. [417]
• Muscat, Imam of, list of presents for the Queen, i. [406]
• Musgrave, Dr, Bishop of Hereford (afterwards Archbp. of York), ii. [135]
• Mutiny Act, ii. [447]

• Naas, Lord (afterwards Earl of Mayo),
  • Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. [277]
• Nagpur, annexation of, iii. [178]
• Nana Sahib, perfidy of, iii. [238], [351]
• Nanking, i. [370], [442]
• Napier, Sir Charles (General), Scinde victory, i. [481];
  • G.C.B., i. [484];
  • Governor of Scinde, i. [503];
  • receives the thanks of both Houses, ii. [1];
  • succeeds Lord Gough, ii. [208], [215];
  • resignation, ii. [259]
• —— Sir Charles (Admiral), i. [252];
  • commands the Baltic Fleet, iii. [1], [2], [10], [16];
  • capture of Bomarsund, iii. [36]
• —— Sir George, Governor of Cape Colony, i. [427]
• Naples, cholera panic, i. [52];
  • slight on English Government, iii. [140], [141];
  • seizure of the Cagliari, iii. [262], [275];
  • triumphal entry by King of Sardinia and Garibaldi, iii. [380];
  • flight of Francis II., iii. [380], [408];
  • revolution doctrines, iii. [383], [397];
  • absorption of, iii. [428]
• —— Francis II., King of, amnesty granted, iii. [311];
  • letter to the Queen, iii. [409];
  • reply, iii. [412];
  • character, iii. [418]
• Napoleon I., Emperor, iii. [139], [274], [354]
• —— Louis (afterwards Napoleon III., Emperor of the French), lands at Boulogne, i. [209], [228];
  • President of the French Republic, ii. [141], [178];
  • elections, ii. [204], [205];
  • writes to Queen Victoria, ii. [210];
  • ii. [212], [213];
  • universal suffrage, ii. [283];
  • coup d'état in Paris, ii. [334]-340;
  • assumes Imperial title, projected marriage, ii. [356], [406], [408], [422];
  • Queen Victoria's opinion of, ii. [360], [362], [366], [374], [378];
  • title of Emperor, ii. [389];
  • his position, ii. [390];
  • anecdote of, ii. [397];
  • and England, ii. [398], [401];
  • Queen Victoria's letter to, ii. [406];
  • annoyance with the Powers, ii. [422];
  • his title, ii. [433];
  • Eastern Question, ii. [432], [442];
  • marriage, ii. [434], [435];
  • interview with Prince Albert, iii. [1];
  • and Russia, iii. [6];
  • interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. [24]-26;
  • visit from Prince Albert, iii. [41];
  • visit to England with the Empress, iii. [63];
  • Palmerston's letter to, iii. [105];
  • proposes to take command at the Crimea, iii. [110], [111], [111];
  • visit to England, iii. [117];
  • festivities and investiture, iii. [117];
  • letter to the Queen, iii. [118];
  • and reply, [119];
  • and Austria's proposed Crimean settlement, iii. [120];
  • attempts on his life, iii. [121];
  • Queen's opinion of, iii. [122], [122]-126, [138];
  • Queen's visit to France, iii. [135]-137;
  • attempt on his life, iii. [142];
  • desire to terminate hostilities, iii. [150];
  • correspondence with the Queen on the ultimatum, iii. [162], [164], [172], [185], [188];
  • council of war at Paris, iii, [165], [169];
  • interview with Lord Clarendon, iii. [175];
  • birth of Prince Imperial, iii. [181];
  • Treaty of Peace, iii. [221];
  • on proposed marriage of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, iii. [220];
  • Egypt and Morocco, iii. [221];
  • his feelings towards England, iii. [232];
  • visit to England, iii. [240];
  • attempted assassination of, iii. [261], [264];
  • and the Carbonari Club, iii. [273];
  • and Italy, iii. [305];
  • confederacy with Sardinia, iii. [308], [331];
  • entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace, iii. [308];
  • Napoléon et l'Italie, iii. [313];
  • war with Austria, iii. [313]-315, [321], [332], [333];
  • proposed congress, iii. [326];
  • rumoured treaty with Russia, iii. [329];
  • French victories, iii. [353];
  • conclusion and terms of peace, iii. [354], [359], [361];
  • annexation of Savoy and Nice, iii. [379], [385], [391]-393, [397];
  • policy in Syria, iii. [380];
  • The Pope and the Congress pamphlet, iii. [382];
  • Italian policy, iii. [385];
  • stormy interview with Lord Cowley, iii. [390]-394;
  • New Year's letter to the Queen, iii. [423];
  • reply, iii. [427];
  • Italian Question, iii. [432];
  • on death of Cavour, iii. [441];
  • King of Sweden, iii. [448];
  • Mexico, iii. [453];
  • interview with King of Prussia, iii. [467]
• —— Bonaparte, Prince Jerome, iii. [160], [331]
• —— Eugène Louis Jean Joseph, Prince Imperial, birth, iii. [181], [182]
• Narvaez, General, ii.[ 241]
• Nasmyth, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. [36]
• Nassau, Prince of, iii. [205]
• National Gallery, ii. [315]; iii. [196]
• Navigation Laws, i. [278]; ii. [184];
  • repeal of, ii. [208], [219]; iii. [2]
• Navy, African squadron, ii. [366];
  • Admiralty appointments, ii. [373];
  • national defences, ii. [396], [398];
  • bombardment of Odessa, iii. [26];
  • Bomarsund, iii. [36];
  • battle of the Alma, iii. [44];
  • Balaklava and Sebastopol, iii. [50];
  • hurricane at Balaklava, iii. [56];
  • second Baltic expedition, iii. [115];
  • want of a dockyard in Scotland, iii. [151];
  • retrenchments, iii. [188];
  • position of, iii. [191];
  • peace establishment, iii. [191];
  • fleet sent to Black Sea, iii. [208];
  • want of ships and state of, iii. [242], [279], [297];
  • use for Indian Mutiny, iii. [250];
  • proposed increase, iii. [312], [330];
  • change in naval uniform, iii. [402]
• Neild, J. C., leaves fortune to Queen Victoria, ii. [392]
• Neill, General, death of, iii. [254], [259]
• Neipperg, Count, marriage i. [439]
• Nelson, Lord, proposed pension for children of his adopted daughter, iii. [40], [41]
• Nemours, Duchesse de, see Victoire, Princess
• —— Duc de, i. [63], [65];
  • at Constantin, i. [96];
  • marriage, i. [149];
  • i. [414], [439], [495], [498], [506]; ii. [5], [148], [153], [154], [164], [167], [173], [185], [204], [354], [360]; iii.[ 6];
  • death of his wife, iii. [254]
• Nesselrode, Count, Russian Minister, ii. [452], [456]; iii. [12]
• Netherlands, King of the, see Holland, King William Second of
• Neuchâtel, ii. [138];
  • rising in canton of, iii. [214]
• Neuilly, Queen's visit to, iii. [136]
• Neumann, M. de, Austrian Minister, i. [46], [232], [497]
• Newcastle, Duke of, see Lincoln, Earl of
• New Forest, ii. [282]
• Newhaven, King Louis Philippe's flight to, ii. [159]
• Newman, Mr, ii. [130]
• Newport, riot at, i. [141], [201]
• New Zealand, native troubles, ii. [31];
  • constitution granted, ii. [357]
• Ney, Edgar, ii. [387]
• —— General, iii. [182]
• Nice, annexation to France, iii. [379], [385], [391]-393, [397]
• Nicholas, see Russia, Emperor of
• —— Prince, of Nassau, visit to the Queen, ii. [354]
• Nicholson, General, death of, iii. [254]
• Nicolas, Grand Duke, iii. [457]
• Nicols, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jasper, Commander-in-Chief, India, i. [444]
• Nightingale, Miss Florence, iii. [2];
  • arrival at Scutari, iii. [62];
  • Queen's letter of thanks to, iii. [170];
  • presentation to, iii. [170]
• Nine Elms Station, ii. [133]
• Ningpo, i. [441]
• Norbury, Lord, assassination of, i. [144]
• Norfolk, Duchess of (governess to Royal children), i. [397], [484], [485];
  • Papal brief, ii. [273], [277]
• —— Duke of, Coronation, i. [122];
  • refusal of Garter, iii. [227]
• Normanby, Marquess of, Canada, i. [129];
  • Home Secretary, i. [141], [308];
  • Lord-Lieut. of Ireland, i. [143], [281];
  • i. [509]: ii. [100], [104;]
  • Ambassador-Extraordinary at Paris, ii. [190], [192], [206];
  • coup d'état, Paris, ii, [334]-341;
  • Palmerston's conduct to, ii. [334], [336], [338], [341], [344], [354], [363]
• Normanby, Marchioness of, coup d'état in Paris, ii. [336]-341
• Normandy, ii. [4]
• North, Colonel, iii. [76]
• —— Lord (afterwards Earl of Guilford), i. [358]
• Northumberland, Duke of, ii. [303], [305], [306], [392]
• —— Duchess of, first Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, i. [64];
  • ill-health, ii. [376]
• Norton, Mrs. ii. [48]
• Norway and Sweden, iii. [134]. See also Sweden
• Nott, General (afterwards Sir William), Afghanistan, i. [370], [402], [443], [444]
• Nottingham election, i. [264]
• Novara, battle of, ii.[ 219]
• Nuneham, Queen's Visit to, i. [291]

• Oaths Bill, iii. [262]
• O'Brien, Smith, Young Ireland agitation, ii. [141]
• Ocean Monarch, emigrant ship, burnt, ii. [193]
• O'Connell, Daniel, agitator, i. [106], [130], [425], [450];
  • arrest, i. [496];
  • release, ii. [1];
  • ii. [8], [141]
• O'Connor, Feargus, people's charter, ii. [141];
  • Kennington Common meeting, ii. [168], [169]
• Odessa, bombardment of, iii. [27]
• Olozaga, Mons., iii. [51]
• Oltenitza, ii. [432]
• Omar Pasha, Turkish Commander, iii. [31]
• Opera, Queen at the, ii. [14]
• Oporto, Louis, Duc de, brother to King Pedro V of Portugal, iii. [332], [459], [465]
• Orange, Prince of, see Holland
• —— Prince William Nicholas of (son of King William), iii. [185]
• ——-River Free State, ii. [142]; iii. [201]
• Orders, right of British subjects to accept Foreign, ii. [5]
• Oregon, end of boundary dispute, ii. [82]
• Orleanists, and French Revolution, ii. [148]-162;
  • blunders of, ii. [164]
• Orleans, Duke of, i. [63], [94];
  • death, i. [408], [409], [415], [416]
• —— Duchess of, ii. [334]
• —— Princess Louise of, see Belgians, Queen of
• —— Princess Marie of, i. [65];
  • marriage and death, i. [144]
• —— family, ii. [321], [360], [379]; iii. [7], [139]
• Orloff, Princess, iii. [387]
• —— Count, Russian Ambassador, i. [86]; iii. [204]
• Orsini, of the Carbonari Society, execution of, iii. [261], [264], [274]
• Osborne, Ralph Bernal, Secretary of the Admiralty, ii. [423]; iii. [78], [275], [443], [444]
• —— Queen's purchase of, ii, [35], [36];
  • Queen's occupation of, ii. [42]
• Oscar, Prince, of Sweden, iii. [195], [397];
  • visit to the Queen, iii. [447], [448], [450]
• Otho, King of Greece, ii. [199]
• Oudh, placed under British control, iii. [159], [176];
  • Mutiny, iii. [224], [238];
  • Proclamation, iii. [262], [281], [282], [291]
• Oudinot, Gen., ii. [208], [387]
• Oultremont, Countess de, i. [210]
• Outram, General (afterwards Sir James), war with Persia, iii. [159];
  • annexation of Oudh, iii. [177];
  • Indian Mutiny, iii. [249], [255];
  • Oudh, Proclamation, iii. [262], [291]
• Overstone, Lord, see Loyd
• Oxford, Bishop of, see Wilberforce
• —— tracts, i. [373]
• Owen, Sir Edward, i. [384]