i. 301;

his demands on the Allies, 302

Seebach, M. de, Saxon Minister in Paris, action of, as mediator, i. 313

Seymour, Sir Hamilton, delivery of Convention to Nesselrode, by, i. 77

Solferino, battle of, ii. 258

Stafford, Augustus, strictures of committee on, i. 62; damaging to Lord Derby's Government, 63, 64; his mission to Constantinople in aid of the wounded, 206, 207

Stanley, Lord, declines Lord Palmerston's offer of the Colonial Secretaryship, i. 292; succeeds Lord Ellenborough at the Board of Control, then takes Secretaryship of State for India, ii. 211

Stratford, Lord, his policy at Constantinople, i. 80; suspected by Lord Clarendon, 83; hostility of Emperor of Russia against him, 88; influence of, disputed by Baraguay d'Hilliers, 106; his despatches praised, 136; regarded as cause of war, 140; clamour against, for neglect of General Williams, ii. 10

Sugden, Sir Edward, note upon, i. 19

Tchernaya, battle of (1855), i. 283

Thouvenel, M., despatches of, _in re_ Savoy, ii. 296

'Times,' the, opposes the India Bill, i. 52; versatility of, on Eastern crisis, 174; letter in, defending Prince Albert, 130; on Lord J. Russell's position, 167; on French reinforcements, 202; attacks of, on Lord Raglan, 219; 'runs amuck' against aristocratic element in society, 243; hostility of, towards Palmerston Government, ii. 157; letter of French Emperor to King of Sardinia published in, 274; opposes French Commercial Treaty, 289; on Lord John's Reform Bill, 297

Victoria, H. M. the Queen's Speech, difficulties in composing, dissensions, i. 6; the Royal Family home life, 56-57; goes to Ireland, 82; comment of, on Lord Palmerston, 101; reply of, to autograph letter from Emperor Nicolas, 105; annoyance of, at attacks on the Prince, 131; speech of, on opening of Parliament, sends for Lord Derby, 233; for Palmerston, 238; visit of, to Paris, 281; pleased with the Emperor, 283; friendship of, for the Orleans family, 286; visit of, to Birmingham, ii. 202; letter of, to the Prince of Wales, 213

Wales, H.R.H. the Prince of, visit to Canada, ii. 272

Walewski, Count, presides at Congress, Paris, ii. 25

Wellington, Duke of, lying in state of, funeral of, i. 7; Disraeli's pompous panegyric on, 9

Windham, General Charles, his gallant conduct at the Redan, i. 288; letter from, _id._, 288; his defeat at Cawnpore, ii. 50

Wortley, Rt. Hon. J. Stuart, appointed Solicitor-General, ii. 65

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