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Oudh Proclamation, iii. _281_

---- Sir Harry, ii. _71_; Governor of Cape of Good Hope, Boer War, ii. _142_; wounded, ii. _200_; Kaffir War, ii. _283_; Orange River Free State, iii. 201

---- Sir Lionel, Governor of Jamaica, i. _141_

Smithfield, Cattle Show, Queen's visit to, iii. 419

Smyth, William, Professor of Modern History, i. 435

Smythe, George, member of "Young England" party, ii. _17_

Sobraon, defeat of the Sikhs at, ii. _74_, 77

Socialism, possibilities in Russia, iii. 205

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Prince Consort presides at meeting, ii. _319_

Solferino, battle of, iii. _308_, _353_

Solyman Pasha, i. 246

Somerset, 11th Duke of, death, iii. 145

---- 12th Duke of, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 349; Garter, iii. 441; iii. 466. _See_ Seymour, Lord

---- Lord Fitzroy, afterwards Lord Raglan ii. 393, 396; Commander of Forces for the East, iii. _26_; victory at the Alma, iii. 50; Field-Marshal, iii. 52, 53; Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56; death of, iii. _64_, 128; welfare of the Army, iii. 68, 69, 81

Somnauth, Gates of Temple of, i. 444-445, 468, 477

Sonderbund, the, ii. 138

Sooja, Shah, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1. _142_, _209_, 328, 444, 445; Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242

Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III., i. 31; death, ii. 147

Soult, Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, i. 111; ii. 268

South Africa, Natal insurrection, i. 427; Sir H. Smith's proclamation in 1848, ii. _142_; Dutch War, ii. 200

Southern, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, ii. 111, 118, 119, 120

Spain, disputed succession, i. _44_, 50, _57_; and Portugal, i. 59, 61; ii. 119, 133; Lord Palmerston on, i. 66; battle at Bilbao, i. 67; constitution, i. 82, 83; condition of, i. 96, _102_; the Fueros, i. 188; Mission, i. 330; guardianship of young Queen, i. _346_; and France, i. 347, 350, 351, 374; proposed marriage of the young Queen, i. 432, 485, 486, 487; ii. _31_, 32, 44, _72_, 90, 96-109; Don Carlos' abdication of claim to throne, ii. _31_; changes in Ministry, ii. _116_; and England, ii. _120_; and Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 175; and Lord Palmerston, ii. 240; Queen of Spain's desire for the Garter, ii. 323

---- Infanta of, i. _488_; ii. 32, 45, _72_, 97, 99, 103, 107; iii. _51_

---- Queen of, _see_ Christina

Späth, Baroness, i. 14, 18, 123

Spithead, accident, ii. 199

Spooner, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265

Spring Rice, Mr, Chancellor of Exchequer, i. 147

Stafford, Augustus, Secretary of the Admiralty, iii. 78

Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116; stamp on cheques, iii. 262

_Standard_, newspaper, iii. 8

Stanhope, Philip Henry, fourth Earl, i. 108

---- Lady Wilhelmina, i. 121, 123, 125

Stanley, Lord (afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby), thrice Prime Minister, i. _62_, 137; Colonial Secretary, i. 163, 306, 309; Corn Laws, ii. 49; resignation, ii. 54, 64; Protection dinner, ii. 87, _122_; vote of censure, ii. _244_, _247_, 248, 287, 288; failure to form a Government, ii. 290, 291, 293, 299, 300, 311, 315; Prime Minister, ii. 368-397; and the Church, ii. 376; adherence to treaties, ii. 377; the Queen's views on Militia Bill, ii. 380; Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380; question of dissolution, ii. 383; progress of democracy, ii. 384, 385; Protection, ii. 386; Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388, 389; Italy, ii. 386, 387; military appointments, ii. 392; national defences, ii. 396, 398-400; confusion of Parties, ii. 403-405; Budget, ii. 406; Princess Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411; resignation, ii. 412-414; attack on Lord Aberdeen, ii. 417, _418_, 419, 425; takes leave of the Queen, ii. 425; Roebuck Motion, iii. 78; failure to form a Government, iii. 63, 80-87, 90; on title of Prince Consort, iii. _197_, 197; China War debate, attack on Lord Palmerston, iii. 230; Conspiracy Bill, iii. _261_, 264, 265; forms a Government, iii. 268-272; Oudh Proclamation and resignation of Lord Ellenborough, iii. 282-_285_; possible dissolution, iii. 285, 286-289; vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290-293; competitive examinations, iii. 296, 297; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; Queen's letter to French Emperor, iii. 314; Indian Army Question, iii. 317-320; Queen's letter to Emperor of Austria, iii. 322; proposed congress to settle Italian Question, iii. 327-333; Queen's Speech, iii. 336-340; resignation on defeat of Government, iii. _307_, 324, 343

---- Lord (afterwards fifteenth Earl of Derby), Colonial Secretary,