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

Chapter 84

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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. _35_

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,