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

Chapter 108

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interviews with the Pope; iii. 310, 356

Russell's _Modern Europe_, i. 38

Russia, Hereditary Grand Duke of (afterwards Alexander II), i. 154, 172

---- Nicholas, Emperor of, i. 234; visit to England, ii. 12; Queen's opinion of, ii. 12, 14, 15, 17; effect on foreign countries, ii. 19; on the French Revolution, ii. 165; dispute with France, ii. _357_; letters to and from the Queen on the Eastern Question, ii. 459-465; and Turkey, iii. 4, 5; and Napoleon, iii. 6; interview with Sir H. Seymour, iii. 26; death, iii. _63_, 111

---- Empress-Dowager of, widow of Emperor Nicholas, iii. 306

---- Alexander, Emperor of, _see_ Alexander

---- Empress Marie Alexandrovna (wife of Alexander), iii. _205_

---- and England, i. 86; protector of the Porte, i. 229; and Central Asia, i. 328; France and England, ii. 20; Poland, ii. _114_; dispute with France, ii. _356_; war with Turkey, ii. _431_; Eastern Question, ii. 437-444, 449-465, 469-471; iii. _1_, 4, 5, 17, 18; Ambassador leaves London, iii. _10_; England declares war with, iii. _20_; Napoleon's views on the crisis, iii. 24, 25; Prussia, iii. 29; repulse by Turkey, iii. _36_; defeat on the Alma, iii. _43_, 50; opinion of, in India, iii. 45, 46; Balaklava, iii. 50; Inkerman, iii. _53_, 54-56; death of Czar Nicholas, iii. _63_; fall of Sebastopol, iii. _64_; "Four Points" negotiation, iii. _65_, 120; Kertsch and the gravel pits (Redan) taken, iii. _126_; defeat on the River Tchernaya, iii. _135_; Austrian ultimatum, iii. 152; peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_, 182-185; procrastination in carrying out terms, iii. _159_, 179, _208_ _214_; Lord Granville's opinion of, iii. 204; reported treaty with France, iii. 328, _331_; Danish Question, iii. 439

Sailors' Homes, iii. 191

St Albans, Disfranchisement, ii. _381_

St Arnaud, Marshal, commands French Army in Crimea, death, iii. _1_, 28, _30_

St Cloud, Queen's visit to, iii. 136

St Edward's Chair, i. 121

---- Chapel, i. 121, 122

St Germans, Earl of, Postmaster-General, ii. 65

St Juan, Island of, United States claim to, iii. 373

St Leonards, Queen's visit to, i. 39, 40

St Leonards, Lord (Lord Chancellor), refusal to join Government of 1858,