Chapter 99

Powys, Captain, i. 426

Pozzo di Borgo, Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 67

Praet, Van, i. 134, 136

Prætorius, Dr, i. 361

Praslin, Duchesse de, murdered by her husband, ii. _115_, 128

Prescott (Canada), i. _136_

---- Mr, Deputy Governor of the Bank, ii. 130

Presentations, fatigue of receiving, i. 470, 471

Preston, riot, i. 424

Pretorius, Boer leader, ii. _200_

Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne on origin of term, i. 358

Primogeniture, i. _56_ _Prince_, loss of the steamer, at Balaklava, iii. _56_

Principalities, the Danubian, Russia's invasion of, iii. _1_, 12, _13_, 17, 32; relinquishment of Russia's protectorate, iii. _152_, _158_, 180, _233_, _262_

Prior, Matthew, i. 504

Privilege Question, i. _209_

Property, qualification, i. _56_

Protection, i. _278_; ii. 66, 293, 294; Lord Derby, ii. 384; abandoned by Disraeli, ii. _404_

Protectionists, ii. 66, _71_, 81, 83, 86, 123, 216, _231_; check to, ii. 233, 248, _283_, 289, 298, 315, 384, 468; iii. 88

Protestant, Prince Consort's declaration, i. 203-205; Low Church bigotry, ii. 37; Church in Ireland, ii. 83

Proxy, voting, i. _56_

Prussia (_see_ Prussia, King of), and Holland, i. 119; ii. 275, 278; Eastern Question, ii. _452_; alliance with Austria, iii. _1_; position in impending war, iii. 17, 115; and England, iii. 161; admission to war conference, iii. 171, 181

---- King of (Frederick William IV.), i. 365; visit to Queen Victoria, i. 376, 378-380; on Swiss quarrels, ii. 137; on French Revolution, ii. 150; declines Imperial Crown of Germany, ii. _219_; Diet of Erfurt, ii. 229; peace with Denmark, ii. 254; and Austria, ii. 276, 280; Queen Victoria's letter to, on his position, iii. 17; reply, iii. 28; Russia's influence over, iii. 31; letter from the Queen, iii. 107;