ii. 128

Lewis, Sir G. Cornewall, joins the Palmerston Government as Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 247; character of, ii. 84; conversation of, on Gladstone's finance, 304

Liberal party, divisions among, i. 1; hostility of Radicals, 3; negotiations of, on Lord Derby's resignation, 15, 16; resentment of, against Lord J. Russell, 167; meeting of, at Willis's Rooms, ii. 249

Liddell _v._ Westerton, case of, ii. 88; judgment reversed by Privy Council, 99

Lieven, Madame de, on the Russian war, ii. 25; death of, 76; character of, 76-83

Littlecote House, ii. 192

Lords, House of, debate on Protection, and Lord Derby's abandonment of it, i. 7; Lord Derby's speech on the Duke of Wellington, 9; speech of Lord Derby on Aberdeen Government, 18; Aberdeen's statement as Prime Minister, 25, 27; Lord Derby's repudiation of Disraeli's Budget tactics, 33; Aberdeen questioned by Lord Derby, ridiculous scene in House, 39; Duke of Argyll against Lord Ellenborough, 46; debate on Clergy Reserves, 46; debate on Canada Clergy Bill, majority for Government, 61; scene in House described by Mr. Greville, 61; debate on Legacy Duties, 65; division on Succession Duties Bill, 77; Lord Derby's remark on, 77; Lord Clarendon's speech on Peace or War, 78; slashing speech of Lord Derby, 132; Prince Albert vindicated, 133; Lord Aberdeen's declaration in favour of peace, 137; Clarendon's speech in defence of Ministers, 140; debate on alleged secret correspondence with Russia, 146; debate on the war, Lord Lyndhurst's speech, 166; Government majority on University Bill, 169; attack on Government policy by Lord Derby, 208; debate on Foreign Enlistment Bill, 208; Duke of Newcastle's defence, 234; Limited Liability Bill forced through the House, 280; the Queen's Speech criticised by Lord Derby, ii. 13; attack on Baron Parke's life peerage, 13; debate on life peerages, 15; _id._, 21; debate on Maritime Law, 47; debate on China question, 91; attack of Lord Ellenborough on Government at outbreak in India, 116; debate on the Divorce Bill, 118; Lord Derby's speech as Prime Minister, 172; Lord Lyndhurst's speech on Jews Bill, 190; debate on Lord Ellenborough, 196; debate on Jewish question, Bill passed, 205; Lord Chancellor's appointment of Lunacy Commissioner rescinded, 222; speech of Lord Derby, 287; debate on Gladstone's Budget and treaty, 298; debate on Paper Duties Bill, 311

Lucknow, capture of, and relief, ii. 130; bad news from, 142

Ludolph, Count, Neapolitan Minister, attack of Palmerston on, ii. 309

Lyndhurst, Rt. Hon. Lord, speech of, on the war, i. 166; speech of, on the Jews Bill, ii. 190

Macaulay, Rt. Hon. T. B., on Judges' Exclusion Bill, speech of, i. 66; new volumes of History of England, 305; broken health, _id._; retires from Parliament, ii. 11; made a peer, 120; death of, 278

McNeill, Sir John, report of, on suffering of troops, ii. 16

Marliani, an emissary from Cavour, ii. 239

Meerut, breaking out of Indian Mutiny at (May, 1857), ii. 112

Molesworth, Rt. Hon. Sir W., death of, i. 292

Monsell, Mr., Roman Catholic, difficulties in swearing him in as a Privy Councillor, i. 255

Montalembert, M., prosecution of, by Imperial Government, ii. 214

'Morning Post,' the, violent article against Prussia, ii. 1

Moustier, M. de, conversation of, with French Emperor, ii. 305

Mutiny, the Indian, progress of, ii. 121; day of humiliation for, 122; reinforcements for India, 124; exaggerated accounts of cruelties, &c., 136; defeat of Windham, 150

Napier, Admiral Sir Chas., dinner to, on his appointment to command Baltic fleet, i. 145; unpopularity of, on account of inactivity, 187

Napoleon III., Emperor of the French, comment on, by M. de Flahault,