ii. 143, 213;

Gladstone's confidence in, i. 562. Graham's estimate of, i. 296.

_Life_ of, cited, 282 _and note_, 291 _note 1_. Originality of, ii. 59, 122; iii. 539. Palmerston's view of, i. 367. Stanley's estimate of, i. 239. Otherwise mentioned, i. 232, 244, 278, 423, 447; ii. 13, 23, 37, 58, 120, 156, 189; iii. 431.

---- Club:-- Chamberlain's speech at dinner of (1883), iii. 112-113. Gladstone's eulogy of Cobden at dinner of (1886), ii. 213.

Cockburn, Chief Justice, ii. 384, 395, 412.

Coercion, _see under_ Ireland.

Colborne, Capt., i. 228.

Cole, Mr., i. 59 _note_, 135.

Colenso, Bishop, i. 316; ii. 168-169, 313.

Coleridge, S. T., i. 159, 167, 176 _note._

---- Lord Chief Justice, recommends Northcote to Gladstone, i. 333 _note 1_; uneasy regarding Gladstone's views, i. 628; introduces bill for removing tests, ii. 313; made lord chief justice, ii. 463 _note_, 470; on the Greenwich seat question, ii. 469 _and note_; _Times_ libel action tried before, iii. 394.

Colley, Sir George, iii. 31 _and note 1_, 34-38, 42.

Collier, Jeremy, cited, iii. 467.

---- Sir Robert, ii. 383-386.

Collings, Jesse, iii. 288.

Collins, i. 169.

Colonial Society, ii. 401 _note 2_.

Colonies:-- Church in, ii. 168-169. Disraeli's views on, i. 361; ii. 606; speech on (1872), ii. 391. Gladstone's views on, i. 359-361, 363-364, 645. Home rule (Irish), attitude towards, iii. 323. Military expenditure for, i. 362 _and note 1_; reduction of troops in (1870), ii. 360 and _note_, 374. Protection adopted by, against England, ii. 132.

Combes, M., iii. 113 _note_.

Commercial treaties-- French, ii. 20-21, 46; various (1866), ii. 200.

Companies, Gladstone's bill for regulation of, i. 268.

Concert of Europe, Gladstone's view of, ii. 560, 564, 573, 575; iii. 80, 82.

Condé, cited, i. 188.

Congo debate (1883), iii. 110.

'Conservative,' adoption of name of, i. 422.

Conservative party:-- Changes in (1870-1885), iii. 177. Church the rallying point of, i. 154. Closure by guillotine introduced by, iii. 377. Coercion-- repudiated by, iii. 212-214, 257; revival of, a last resort for, iii. 278-279, 285; proposed by, iii. 287; Salisbury's 'twenty years' proposal, iii. 317. Electoral losses of (1886-1890), iii. 427. Factions in, i. 143. Fourth party among, iii. 2, 89, 108 _note_. Franchise extension not inimical to, iii. 129. Gladstone's early connection with, i. 245 _note_; his views on (1885), iii. 221. Ireland, traditional policy towards, iii. 242-243. Irish alliance with, iii. 188-190, 200, 203, 258, 260, 269-271, 274, 276, 284. Liberal aid to, on important measures, iii. 257-258; liberal seceders' union with, iii. 350. Nationalist support of, at general election (1885), iii. 244-245. O'Connell, attitude towards, i. 129, 138. Lord Spencer's policy, and, iii. 262. Tory democracy, iii. 173, 201, 240-241. Whig seceders' fusion with, i. 139.

Consistency, Gladstone's view of, i. 211-212.

Conspiracy to Murder bill, i. 574-576.

Constantinople:-- Meeting of the Powers at (1870), ii. 559. Patriarch of, ii. 532.

Convocation, revival of, ii. 162-163.

Conway, General, iii. 181.

Copyright, Gladstone's views on, ii. 59, 541.

Cordite vote, iii. 177 _and note_.

Corfu:-- British retention of, advised, i. 601, 619-620. Gladstone's arrival at, i. 602; house at, i. 613. Petition drawn up by, i. 615. University at, i. 605.

Corn Laws:-- Gladstone's support of, i. 106, 114, 231-232, 249; modification of views, i. 252-254, 260-262, 264. Graham's defence of, i. 114. Repeal of-- Peel's policy regarding, i. 282-287, 290; results of, i. 426; liberal aid to tories for, iii. 257, 284.

Correspondence in the Octagon, ii. 526-547.

Corrie, Messrs., i. 9.

Corry, H., i. 351 _note 1_, 420.

Corrupt Practices bill (1883), i. 97 _and note 1_; iii. 110.

Court gossip, Gladstone's view of, ii. 254.

Cousin, Victor, i. 163; ii. 220-221.

Coutts, Miss Burdett, ii. 168.

Cowan, Sir J., ii. 609; iii. 517 _note 3_, 535 _note_.

Cowley, Lord, ii. 28.

Cowper, Lord, iii. 65, 324, 362.

---- William (Lord Mount-Temple), i. 234; ii. 154.

Craik, Sir Henry, cited, ii. 302 _note_.

Cranborne, Lord, _see_ Salisbury.

Cranmer, Archbishop, iii. 466-467.

Craven, Mrs., i. 320, 383.

Crawford, R. W., ii. 207, 210, 233.

Creighton, Bishop, ii. 535.

Crimea, Catherine's seizure of, i. 478.

Crimean war:-- Coalition government wrecked on, i. 484, 495, 521. Committee on, Roebuck's motion for, i. 521, 523, 537-539, 542. Course of, i. 494-495, 545-548. End of, i. 550. Gladstone's view of, i. 484, 492, 544-546, 652-653; Gladstone charged with 'starving,' i. 629. Ignorance of facts of, among politicians, i. 547. Illusions of, ii. 4. Income-tax renewal necessitated by, i. 474. Kinglake's book on, i. 480-481 _and note_. Napoleon III. strengthened by, ii. 4. Newcastle and Herbert, charges against, i. 651-652. Objects of, i. 545. Origin of, i. 478. Popular British opinion on, i. 489-490. Responsibilities for, i. 481. Turkish position after, ii. 548.

Croke, Dr., iii. 449.

Cromwell, ii. 287, 555; iii. 480.

Crown:-- Critical wave against, ii. 425-426. Gladstone's attitude towards, ii. 423-427. Prerogative of, Gladstone charged with resorting to, ii. 364-365.

Crown Princess, ii. 100, 472.

Crowther, Rev. ----, i. 58-59.

---- ---- ii. 217.

Cullen, Cardinal, opposes Irish University bill, ii. 434, 439-440, 443; Gladstone's meeting with (1877), ii. 571; mentioned, i. 397.

Cumberland, Duke of, i. 127, 141, 279.

Currie, Sir Donald, iii. 115, 517.

Customs, articles liable to, in various years, ii. 25 _and note_.

Cyprus:-- British acquisition of, ii. 607. Convention regarding, ii. 576, 578; iii. 522. Gladstone's Midlothian reference to, ii. 592; iii. 27-28. Seizure of, projected, ii. 573.

_Daily News_, ii. 495, 625 _and note_.

_Daily Telegraph_, ii. 622; iii. 430 _and note_.

Dale, R. W., ii. 134-135, 304, 305, 570.

Dalhousie, Lord, i. 350; iii. 303 _note_.

Dalkeith, Lord, ii. 584, 612.

Dalmeny, ii. 588, 609-610; iii. 239, 491.

Dalrymple, Mr., iii. 248.

Dante:-- Gladstone's appreciation of, i. 202, 207 _note 2_, 215, 223; iii. 423-424, 488, 550. Scartazzini on, iii. 387.

Darbishire, Mr., ii. 136.

Darfur, iii. 146, 149 _note 3_, 157.

Daru, ii. 321-322.

Darwin, ii. 536-537, 562.

Davidson, Bishop, i. 498 _note 1_.

Davis, Jefferson, ii. 72, 79-81.

De Retz, iii. 255.

De Tabley, Lord, ii. 193.

December, important events in Gladstone's life in, ii. 256.

Delane, Mr., i. 153, 624; ii. 270, 439, 552.

Demerara, i. 22-24, 224.

Democracy:-- Fair play a natural tendency of, iii. 308. Gladstone's feeling for, ii. 77; iii. 123, 125, 133, 203, 610-611;