Aberdare, Lord (Henry Austin Bruce), home secretary (1868), ii. 644;on Collier affair, ii. 385;on Ewelmcase, ii. 387;Licensing bill of, ii. 389-390;onAlabamacase, ii. 409note;on Irish University bill, ii. 439;Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 462;president of the council (1873), ii. 463note, 645;describes last cabinet meeting (1874), ii. 497;otherwise mentioned, ii. 421, 504; iii. 386.—— papers, extract from, on position in 1872, ii. 389.Aberdeen, Gladstone presented with freedom of, ii. 378.Aberdeen, 4th Earl of:—Chronology—on Wellington's anti-reform speech, i. 69;Gladstone's visit to (1836), i. 137;at Canada meeting, i. 641;party meetings, i. 239;on Maynooth resignation, i. 273;Gladstone's relations with, i. 280;estimate of Peel, i. 283;on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 292;on freedom in official position, i. 298;home and foreign policy of, contrasted, i. 367;learns Gladstone's views of Neapolitan tyranny, i. 390, 393-395;on Don Pacifico case, i. 395;Gladstone's Letters to, i. 392, 394and note, 396, 398, 399note2, 400, 401note3, 641, 642;views on papal aggression question, i. 405, 407;asked to form a government (1851), i. 405and note;leader of Peelites, i. 408;Reform bill of (1852), ii. 238;attitude of, towards first Derby administration, i. 417, 419, 429;on Gladstone's attitude towards Disraeli, i. 432;on possible heads for Peelite government, i. 443;Irish attitude towards, i. 444;undertakes to form a government, i. 445;Gladstone's budget, i. 464-466;letter to Prince Albert on Gladstone's speech, i. 468;letter to Gladstone, i. 469;attitude towards Turkey in 1828, i. 480;Crimean war, preliminary negotiations, i. 481-484, 487, 490;on Gladstone's Manchester speech, i. 483;on effect of Crimean war, i. 484;suggests retirement, i. 491-492;opposes postponement of Reform bill, i. 648;regrets of, regarding the war, i. 494, 536-537;defeat of, ii. 653;Gladstone's consultations with, in ministerial crisis (1855), i. 526, 530-535;on position of premier, ii. 416;Gladstone's projected letters to, on Sebastopol committee, i. 542note;discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 556;Lewis's budget, i. 560;Divorce bill, i. 570;Conspiracy bill, i. 575;approves Gladstone's refusals to join Derby, i. 578, 586;uneasiness regarding Gladstone's position, i. 581;Gladstone's visit to, i. 594;discourages Ionian project, i. 595;desires closer relations between Gladstone and government, i. 596;Arthur Gordon's letter to, i. 604;Bright's visit to, i. 626note2;death of, ii. 87.Foreign influence of, i. 392, 529;foreign estimate of, ii. 351; iii. 321.Gladstone's estimate of, i. 124, 393, 417; ii. 87, 639-644;his estimate of Gladstone, i. 613; ii. 170, 203;Gladstone's letters to, i. 425-426, 429, 463, 549; ii. 3.Palmerston contrasted with, i. 530.Patience of, with colleagues' quarrels, i. 520;loyalty to colleagues, ii. 639-640.Sobriquet of, i. 177.Trustfulness of, i. 197; ii. 113, 640, 642-643,Otherwise mentioned, i. 139, 142note, 270, 293, 294, 367, 420, 437, 458, 460, 482note, 520, 539, 543, 548, 584; ii. 184, 194; iii. 228.Aberdeen, 7th Earl of, iii. 385, 517.Abeken, H., ii. 332-333and note.Abercromby, Sir Ralph, iii. 314.Abolition,seeslave-holding.Acland, A. H. D., iii. 495and note.—— Arthur, i. 54, 59note, 74.—— Sir H. W., iii. 421.—— Sir Thomas, member of W E G, i. 59note;brotherhood formed by Gladstone and, i. 99;advice to Gladstone on Jewish disabilities question, i. 376;correspondence with Gladstone on popular discontent, ii. 172-174;on Gladstone's position (1867), ii. 227;otherwise mentioned, i. 54, 74, 148;ii. 280, 430, 431;iii, 495.Act of Uniformity bill (1872), ii. 410.Acton, Lord, recommended by Gladstone for a peerage, ii. 430;correspondence with Gladstone on Vaticanism, ii. 509, 511, 515, 519-521;compared with Döllinger, ii. 558;letter on Gladstone's proposed retirement, iii. 172;elected fellow of All Souls', iii. 421;Gladstone's letters to, i. 481, 628; ii. 1, 214;iii. 355-359, 413-416, 422, 456, 457, 544;criticism of Gladstone, iii. 360-361;otherwise mentioned, ii. 254, 617;iii. 103, 351, 462.Adam, W. P., commissioner of public works, ii. 463note;supports Gladstone's Midlothian candidature, ii. 584-585;otherwise mentioned, ii. 586, 602, 620.Adams, Charles Francis (American minister), hints withdrawal, ii. 80 andnote2, 83;Evarts coadjutor to, ii. 189;breakfasts with Gladstone, ii. 212-213;onAlabamacase, ii. 395-396;work on the arbitration board, ii. 411-412.Adderley, C. B., quoted, i. 362note2.Adullamites, ii. 205, 211, 224, 225.Advertisements, tax on, i. 459, 462and note.Affirmation bill (1883), i. 414note; iii. 14, 18-20, 107 note, 312.Afghanistan:—Cavagnari in, iii. 151.Reversal of conservative policy in, iii. 10.Russian action in (1885), iii. 178, 183-185, 208note.War with, ii. 583;Gladstone's references to, ii. 592, 595.Africa South:—Cape Colony—Dutch sympathy in, with Transvaal, iii. 39-40and note2, 42note2, 43.Representatives from, on South African situation, iii. 33.Cape of Good Hope petition, ii. 545.Confederation scheme, iii. 22-24, 31.Frere in, iii. 2, 6.Native affairs in, committee on, i. 358.Orange Free State—Advice from, iii. 32-33.Sympathy in with Transvaal, iii. 39-40and note2, 43.Transvaal—Administration of, by Great Britain, iii. 31and note1.Annexation of (1877), iii. 25;Boer resistance to annexation, iii. 25-26, 31;Gladstone's attitude towards, iii. 27;Hartington's attitude to, iii. 27.Cabinet abstentions on division regarding, iii. 35.Commission suggested by Boers, iii. 35;suggestion accepted, iii. 36and note1, 40;constitution of commission, iii. 41;Boer requests regarding, refused, iii. 41;parliamentary attack on appointment, iii. 41-42;Boer attitude towards, iii. 44;Pretoria convention concluded by, iii. 44-45.Conventions with, iii. 45and note.Forces in, iii. 31,note2.Midlothian reference to (1879), ii. 595;(1885), iii. 248.Misrepresentations regarding Boers, iii. 31.Native struggles with Boers in, iii. 24.Rising of, iii. 31-32;course of hostilities, iii. 34-37;armistice, iii. 39.Self-government promised to, iii. 25, 28and note2, 29, 30and note2;promises evaded, iii. 30, 33.W. H. Smith's view of proceedings in, ii. 601.Suzerainty question, iii. 45and note.Sympathy with, from South African Dutch, iii. 39-40and note2, 42note2, 43.Ailesbury, Lord, ii. 556.Airey, Sir Richard, i. 651.Alabamaclaims—Arbitration accepted on, ii. 405.Gladstone's views on, ii. 394, 396-397, 406, 409, 538.Indirect damages claimed by Sumner, ii. 399, 406-412.Mixed commission proposed to deal with, ii. 397;refused by United States, ii. 398;accepted, ii. 400;constitution of, ii. 400-401;work of, ii. 401-405.Origin of, ii. 393-394.Parliamentary anxieties regarding, ii. 390.Soreness regarding, ii. 392.Albania, i. 605-608.Albert, Prince, speeches at Suppression of Slave Trade meeting, i. 227;on Peel's retirement, i. 293;presented with Gladstone's translation ofFarini, i. 403note;Gladstone's budget submitted to, i. 464;on Gladstone's budget speech, i. 469;unpopularity of, ii. 426, 652;views on Roebuck committee, i. 537;estimate of Gladstone, ii. 28;onTrentaffair, ii. 74;on Danish question, ii. 93, 102;death of, ii. 89;Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 90-91;effect of his death on Gladstone's relations with the Queen, ii. 91;statue to, at Aberdeen, ii. 100;otherwise mentioned, i. 242, 274, 541; ii. 14, 92.Albert Victor, Prince, iii. 322.Alderson, Baron, i. 381.Alfred, Prince, ii. 98, 99, 105.AlexanderII., Emperor of Russia, ii. 499.AlexanderIII., Emperor of Russia, iii. 116, 117.Alexandretta, project to seize, ii. 573.Alexandria, English and French fleets at, iii. 79;bombardment of, iii. 81, 84, 85.Alice, Princess,seeLouis.All the Talents ministry, i. 446.Allon, Dr., ii. 134-135, 255, 458.Alsace, annexation of, ii. 346-348.Althorp, Viscount, Gladstone's first intercourse with, i. 101;dissuades Howick from moving for papers on Vreedenhoop, i. 105;views on Ashley's factory proposals, i. 106;Cobbett snubbed by, i. 114;contrasted with Russell, i. 118;action of, on tithe collection, i. 133;Grey opposed by, i. 430;otherwise mentioned, i. 103, 115, 649; ii. 436; iii. 503.America:—British North, ii. 607.Canada,see that title.United States,see that title.American civil war,see underUnited States.Annuities bill, ii. 52-53, 125.Anonymous articles by Gladstone, ii. 345note1; iii. 415.Anson, Sir W. (warden of All Souls'), iii. 421.Anstice, Prof., i. 55-56, 58, 59note, 65, 74, 162, 134.Antonelli, Cardinal, ii. 215.Antony and Cleopatraat Drury Lane, ii. 476.Aosta, Duke of, ii. 327.Appointments and honours, Gladstone's care in selections for, ii. 428; iii. 97.Arabi, iii. 73, 80, 83, 85-86.Arbitration inAlabamacase, ii. 405, 411-412;soreness at award, ii. 392, 413.Arbuthnot, George, i. 519; ii. 182, 193.Argyll, Duke of, on presbyterian view of a church, i. 158note;attitude towards Gladstone's budget, i. 466;on postponement of Reform bill, i. 648;attitude towards French treaty scheme, ii. 22;on Paper Duties bill, ii. 33, 37;ecclesiastical views, ii. 37;supports Gladstone on estimates struggle, ii. 140;views on Danish question, ii. 192;advises dissolution on Reform bill, ii. 209;in Rome, ii. 217;the pope's estimate of, ii. 218;views on annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, ii. 347;onAlabamacase, ii. 403;views on Gladstone's retirement, ii. 505;views on J. S. Mill memorial, ii. 543;on Bulgarian question, ii. 552;Hawarden, ii. 582;Indian secretary (1868), ii. 644;lord privy seal (1880), ii. 653;letter to Gladstone on outside influence, iii. 4;views on Transvaal commission, iii. 41;divergence of views from Chamberlain's, iii. 48-49;resignation, ii. 654; iii. 90;on Disturbance Compensation bill, iii. 113;on franchise disagreement (1884), iii. 127;suggested to effect conference between leaders on Franchise bill, i. 135;letter to Gladstone on election address, iii. 220-221;views on Carnarvon's interview with Parnell, iii. 229note1;on Irish situation, iii. 280-281;refuses Gladstone's invitation to birthday dinner, iii. 322;on land question, iii. 477;Gladstone's letters to, i. 652; ii. 45, 73, 76, 288-290, 295, 462, 475, 500, 520, 524, 563, 564, 615, 636;otherwise mentioned, i. 420, 492, 495, 536, 539, 624, 635-636; ii. 47notes; ii. 72, 183, 212, 459, 504, 644.Aristotle, i. 131, 207note2.Armellini, iii. 464.Armenian atrocities, iii. 521, 522.Armitstead, George, iii. 463and note, 493, 525, 533.Armstrong, E. J., ii. 195and note.Army:—Cardwell's work for, ii. 359.Commander-in-chief, position of in Parliament, ii. 362, 649.Estimates for (1874), ii. 483.Purchase abolished, ii. 361-365.Short service system, ii. 626, 649.War office, qualifications for, ii. 649.Arnold, Matthew, views of, onPeter Bell, i. 220;appointment sought by, ii. 540;views on copyright, ii. 541;poem on his father, iii. 483;estimate of Wordsworth, iii. 448;on Christianity, iii. 520.Arnold, Dr. T., sermons of, read by Gladstone, i. 100, 135;view of the church, i. 158;attitude towards Newman, i. 165;on Gladstone's first book, i. 176;on Jerusalem bishopric, i. 308;M. Arnold's poem on, iii. 483.—— Mrs. T., iii. 358.Ashley, Lord, on factory legislation, i. 106;on Jerusalem bishopric, i. 308, 309;votes against Gladstone at Oxford, i. 333.—— Evelyn, ii. 51 andnote, 153, 154, 252.Asquith, H. H., iii. 495note.Athenæum Club, ii. 174.Athens, i. 605; iii. 91.Attwood, Thomas, i. 114note.Augustenburg, Duke of, ii. 116, 580.Augustine, Saint, i. 117, 161, 207note2; ii. 544.d'Aumale, Duc, ii. 190.Austin, Charles, i. 229; iii. 464.Australia, convict transportation to, i. 359and note.Austria:—Alliance with, Gladstone's view of, i. 546.Berlin memorandum, ii. 549.Berlin treaty obligation, attitude towards (1880), iii. 9.Black Sea provisions of Treaty of Paris disapproved by, ii. 350.Bosnia and Herzegovina transferred to, ii. 576; iii. 82.Confusion in policy of, ii. 120.Danubian provinces, quasi-independence of, opposed by, ii. 3.Eastern question, attitude towards, ii. 549, 571.Egyptian question, attitude towards, iii. 80, 82.Excessive expenditure, effects of, ii. 53.France, peace with, Lord Elcho's motion on, ii. 19note2expects aid from, ii. 337;alliance sought by (1870), ii. 323;efforts to avert Franco-Prussian war, ii. 326;neutrality during the war, ii. 344.Ionian Islands despatch, attitude towards, i. 601.Italy, tyranny in and war with, i. 390-402, 618, 620note3; ii. 6et seq., 641.Midlothian references to, iii. 8.Prussia—attitude of, i. 489;war with, ii. 115, 210note, 214.Russia—policy towards, i. 488;hostility of, ii. 4.Sadowa, defeat at, ii. 115.Slowness of, ii. 4.Tariff negotiations with, i. 267.Ayrton, A. S., ii. 460-461, 463-464, 651.d'Azeglio, ii. 17.Bach's passion music, ii. 582.Bacon, Lord, cited, ii. 30.Badeley, ——, i. 380note2.Bagehot, W., ii. 62.Baker, Sir Samuel, iii. 145note2, 161.Balfour, A. J., Gladstone's communications with, on Irish situation, iii. 259, 284;Irish secretary, iii. 374;on Irish rents, iii. 374;compared to Halifax, iii. 378;Irish administration of, iii. 378-379;Mitchelstown, iii. 381-382;on adverse bye-elections, iii. 427;defends Irish policy at Newcastle, i. 428;replies to Gladstone, iii. 490;moves vote of censure on Irish administration, iii. 501;tribute to Gladstone, iii. 510, 530.Ball, Dr., ii. 264, 269.Ballot, Gladstone's opposition to (1833), i. 99, 106;his later views (1870-71), ii. 367-368;recommended by committee, ii. 367;government bill (1870), ii. 368-369;results of, ii. 370.Balmoral, Gladstone's visits to, ii. 97-106;Queen's fondness for, ii. 426.Bangor, bishopric of, i. 260note1.Bank Charter Act (1833), iii. 300.—— of England, Gladstone in conflict with, i. 518-519, 650-651.Bankruptcy bill (1883), iii. 112.Banks, abolition of private notes of, desired by Gladstone, ii. 650-651.Baptist, Chamberlain's article in, iii. 367and note2.Baring, Bingham, ii. 534.—— Sir E., administration of, iii. 119;advises abandonment of Soudan, iii. 147;agrees on fitness of Gordon for the work, iii. 149;warns Granville of difficulties, iii. 149, 151;telegram to, approved by Gladstone, iii. 150;procures nomination of Gordon as governor-general of Soudan for evacuation, iii. 152;gives him an executive mission, iii. 153;Gordon's request to, regarding Zobeir, iii. 155;supports request, iii. 157;forbids Gordon's advance to Equatoria, iii. 162;advises immediate preparations for relief of Gordon, iii. 163;position of, iii. 179;advises abandonment of Khartoum expedition, iii. 180.—— Sir Francis, Macaulay and Gladstone contrasted by, i. 192-193;in whig opposition, i. 420and note1;estimate of the coalition, i. 449-450and note1;refuses to succeed Gladstone, i. 539.—— T., i. 417.Barker, Mr., i. 341, 345.Barrow, ii. 536; iii. 467note.Bassetlaw election (1890), iii. 452.Bath, Lord, ii. 617.Bathurst, Lord, i. 142note.Baxter, W. E., ii. 463note.Beach, Sir M. Hicks, colonial secretary, iii. 26;negotiations with Hartington on Franchise bill, iii. 134, 136;moves amendment on budget (1885), iii. 200, 206;views on Spencer's Irish policy, iii. 213;in debate on the address, iii. 285;gives notice regarding Irish bill, iii. 287;on Collings' amendment, iii. 288;on suggestion of withdrawal of Home Rule bill after second reading, iii. 334;speech on night of the division, iii. 337-338;Irish secretary (1886), iii. 362;denounces Parnell's bill, iii. 369;repudiates policy of blackmail, iii. 369, 373;retires from secretaryship, iii. 374.Beaconsfield, Earl of (Benjamin Disraeli):—Chronology—Views on slavery, i. 104-105;Gladstone's first meeting with, i. 122;on free trade, i. 265;on Gladstone's Maynooth resignation, i. 279;taunts Peel with inconsistency, i. 286;on Peel's party relations, i. 289;young England group of, i. 304-305;motion on agricultural distress (1850), i. 354;supported by Gladstone, i. 354-356;on Cobden, i. 352;view of the colonies, i. 361;Don Pacifico debate, i. 368-369;Peel's forecast regarding, i. 374;on Ecclesiastical Titles bill, i. 414;in Derby's cabinet (1852), i. 416;on protection (1852), i. 425, 428;Aylesbury speeches, i. 428-429, 452;combination of, with Palmerston suggested, i. 431;attitude towards Peel, i. 432;on free trade, i. 432;Herbert's speech against, i. 433, 435and note;budget of (1852), i. 435-440, 459;defeat of, on house duty (1852), iii. 203note2;acceptance of defeat, i. 441-442;remark on coalition government, i. 446;correspondence with Gladstone on valuation of furniture, i. 457-458;opposes Gladstone's attempted operation on national debt, i. 472-473;on Oxford reform, i. 507-508;willing to yield leadership of Commons to Palmerston, i. 525;views on Derby's failure to form a ministry, i. 527-528;leadership of Commons by, discussed, i. 552, 555;overtures to Genl. Peel, i. 555;Derby's relations with, i. 555, 561;conversant of Derby's communications with Gladstone, i. 559;on Lewis' budget, i. 560, 561;denounces China war, i. 564;on ministerial blundering as occasion for international quarrel, i. 576;animosity against, i. 581;attitude towards Graham, i. 584, 587;Herbert's alleged attitude towards, i. 585;letter to Gladstone, i. 586;conversation with Vitzthum, i. 591note;remark to Wilberforce regarding Gladstone, i. 591note;schemes of, regarding government of India, i. 592;Ionian schemes attributed to, i. 613;opposes union of the Principalities, ii. 4;Gladstone's renewed conflicts with, ii. 19;on Gladstone's efforts for economy, ii. 42;on excessive expenditure, ii. 48;estimate of financial statements of, ii. 55;on Danish question, ii. 118-120;on Gladstone's franchise pronouncement, ii. 127;on franchise (1859), ii. 200;taunts Gladstone on Oxford speech, ii. 203;on Reform bill (1866), ii. 205;position in Derby government (1866), ii. 211;Reform bill of 1867, ii. 223-236;thirteen resolutions, iii. 300note4;cabinet divisions of, iii. 175;proposals for Ireland, ii. 242;becomes premier, ii. 244;on Irish church question, ii. 247;on the bill, ii. 264, 265and note, 274, 275, 280;dissolves, ii. 248;resigns, ii. 252;on Irish Land bill, ii. 295;taunts Gladstone on Irish policy, ii. 297;on Franco-Prussian question, ii. 329, 335;on crown prerogative, ii. 864;watchfulness during 1872, ii. 390;speech at Manchester, ii. 390;strikes imperialist note, ii. 391;onAlabamacase, ii. 401, 406, 407;Irish University question, ii. 435, 414;action during ministerial crisis, ii. 447-450, 452-456;Brand's view of position of, ii. 456;letter at Bath election, ii. 475;on Gladstone's manifesto, ii. 488;counter manifesto, ii. 488-489;on the dissolution (1874), ii, 496;letters from, on his wife's illness and death, ii. 546-547;refuses adherence to the Berlin memorandum, ii. 549;created Earl of Beaconsfield, ii. 550;speech at Lord Mayor's feast, ii. 558;at Berlin Congress, ii. 575, 577;attack on Gladstone's eastern policy, ii. 579;turn of popular feeling against, ii. 594;election address (1880), ii. 605-606;reception of defeat (1880), ii. 612;Daily Telegraphinspired by, ii. 622;on mediocrity in cabinets, iii. 3;apprehensions on Ireland, iii. 47;peers created by, ii. 429and note;death of—tribute from Gladstone, iii. 89.Deterioration in public life due to, iii. 475.Eminence of, iii. 89.Estimate of, ii. 245; iii. 539.Gladstone's estimate of, i. 356;Gladstone's antipathy to, i. 429, 432, 435, 436, 508;contrasted with Gladstone, ii. 392, 561.Judaism of, ii. 552-553, 558; iii. 475-476.Novels of, i. 588.Penetration of, ii. 122, 392; iii. 539.Parliamentary courage of, i. 188;debating method of, ii. 189;parliamentary wit of, iii. 473.Turkish sympathies of, ii. 349, 558, 563.Otherwise mentioned, i. 424, 433, 437, 624, 631; ii. 85note1, 100, 187, 499, 501, 620; iii. 276, 465.Beard, C, ii. 544.Beatrice, Princess, ii. 96.Beaufort, Duke of, on coalition with Peelites, i. 562.Bedford, Duke of, ii. 229; iii. 241.Beer duty, ii. 651; iii. 7, 187, 200.Bekker, Dr., ii. 99.Belgium:—Bismarck's threat to, ii. 330.Franco-Prussian treaty regarding, ii. 340.Neutrality of, guaranteed (1870), ii. 341, 580.Severance of, from Holland, ii. 2.Benedetti, ii. 330-331, 333note, 340.Bennett, W. J. E., i. 380note2.Benson, Archbishop, iii. 96, 105, 131, 460.Bentham, Jeremy, i. 82, 144, 156, 200; ii. 60.Bentinck, Lord George, quarrel with Gladstone, i. 301-302;protectionist position of, i. 352; iii. 465;on Irish University bill, ii. 444;otherwise mentioned, i. 294, 296, 350, 416, 430, 437and note.Berber, Gordon's arrival at, iii. 155;Gordon shows Khedive's firman at, iii. 160;route by, impossible for relieving force, iii. 163;fall of, iii. 164;reconnaissance towards, iii. 165;railway from Suakin to, iii. 178.Beresford, Lord, required to support Roman Catholic Relief bill, ii. 649.—— Major, relations with Disraeli, i. 369;views on the Peelites, i. 418.Berlin congress (1878), ii. 575, 577; iii. 82.—— memorandum (1876), ii. 549.Berlin treaty (1878), ii. 575-576; iii. 82, 522;enforcement of, attempted (1880), iii. 8-10.Bernard, Mountague, i. 628; ii. 401.Berryer, M., ii. 140and note, 221.Bessarabia, ii. 574and note2, 577.Bessborough, Lord, presides over Irish Land Commission, iii. 54, 56;otherwise mentioned, ii. 274, 292, 503.Bethell, Sir R.,seeWestbury.Beugnot'sChute du Paganisme, iii. 387.Biarritz, Gladstone's visit to, (1891-1892), iii. 463et seq.;(1893), iii. 504, 508.Biblical passages on special occasions, i. 201;biblical studies, iii. 415-416, 421, 544.Biggar, J. G., iii. 53.Biggar, family settlement in, i. 9note.Binney, T., ii. 134.Birmingham:—Bright celebration at, iii. 111.Gladstone's visit to (1877), ii. 570;Gladstone's speech at (1888), iii. 387-389.Biscoe, F., i. 50, 64, 80.Bismarck, Prince, NapoleonIII.in collision with, ii. 5;rise of, ii. 114;French diplomatic overtures reported by, ii. 319;views on Belgium and Holland, iii. 320;scorn for France, ii. 320;hopeful of peace, ii. 322;anxious for war with France, ii. 323-324, 329, 330-333, 335note1;complaint against England, ii. 331;condensed telegram incident, ii. 332-333;on Franco-Prussian agreement regarding Belgium, ii. 340;agrees to arrangement for neutrality of Belgium, ii. 341;understanding with Russia regarding Black Sea, ii. 350;interviews with Odo Russell, ii. 352-354;estimate of Russian diplomacy, ii. 353note;on Egyptian question, iii. 79, 80, 89;French suspicion of (1882), iii. 82;Gladstone's annoyance with, iii. 121;antipathy towards England, i. 122;otherwise mentioned, ii. 356, 492; iii. 235.Blachford, Lord (Frederick Rogers), i. 54, 59, 307; ii. 171-172.Blackburn, Lord, ii. 383.Blackheath, Gladstone's speech at (1871), ii. 380-381;speech on Bulgarian atrocities (1876), ii. 552, 554.Black Sea:—Neutralisation of (1856), i. 550.Russian claims in (1870), ii. 349-356, 398, 400.Blakesley, J. W., i. 135.Blanc, Louis, cited, ii. 79.Blantyre, Lady, ii. 95.de Blignières, iii. 119.Blomfield, Bishop, i. 161, 175, 274.—— Captain, i. 607.Board of Trade:—Cobden offered vice-presidency of (1846), i. 244.Functions of, formerly, i. 240note.Gladstone vice-president of, i. 240-243, 250;his views on, i. 243-245.Boccaccio, i. 117.Boers,see underAfrica, South.Bohn, H. G., ii. 476.Bonham, F. R., i. 285.BonifaceVIII., Pope, ii. 516.Bonn Conference, iii. 422.Boord, T. W., ii. 490.Booth, General, ii. 530.Borough Franchise bill (1864), ii. 125-131.Bosnia:—Austrian acquisition of, ii. 576, iii. 82.Revolt in, 548, 567.Bossuet, i. 134, 159, 382-383; ii. 518;Gladstone compared with, i. 382-383;denounced by de Maistre, ii. 518.Bournemouth, iii. 526.Bouverie, E. P., ii. 444note.Bowen, Lady, i. 607.Bowen, Lord-Justice, ii. 469, 470.Boycotting,see underIreland.Bradlaugh, opinions of, iii. 11;claims to affirm, iii. 12and note;to take the oath, iii. 13;hostility to, iii. 13-14, 465;elected again (1885), iii. 20;carries an affirmation law, iii. 20-21.Braemar, Gladstone's visit to (1892), iii. 493.Braila, Sir Peter, i. 616.Bramwell, Baron, ii. 383, 469.Brancker, T., i. 61-62.Brand, President, messages from, on South African situation, iii, 32-34, 39;on Transvaal commission, iii. 41.—— H. B. W.,seeHampden.Brandreth, W. F., i. 111.Brasseur, M., ii. 378.Brassey, Sir Thomas and Lady, iii. 217.Braybrooke, Lord, i. 223.Brazil,Alabamacase, ii. 405, 412.Brewster, Sir D., ii. 464.Bright, John:—Chronology—Gladstone's first meeting with, i. 257;elected for Durham, i. 257note;Life of Cobdensubmitted to, i. 282note;on Disraeli's agricultural distress motion, i. 354;Palmerston's view of, i. 367;Don Pacifico debate, i. 368;estimate of Graham, i. 408;on papal aggression question, i. 408, 410;letter on the Crimean war, i. 494and note3;on exclusion of dissenters from universities, i. 505;Peelites sit with, after resignation from Palmerston cabinet, i. 539and note;unpopularity of, i. 542, 548;on Crimean war, i. 546; ii. 548, 574;view of the eastern question, i. 547;repulsed at election (1857), i. 564;return to parliament (1858), i. 574;letter to Gladstone, i. 578;on Indian government, i. 593;on the 'moral sense and honest feeling of the House,' i. 625, 632;unpopularity of, in Oxford, i. 630;suggests commercial treaty with France, ii. 20;on Paper Duties bill, ii. 34note, 35;attacks fortifications scheme, ii. 47;Gladstone's protest against being classed with, ii. 49; iii. 182;letter against American war with England, ii. 75;speech on American civil war, ii. 86;Reform bill of 1858, ii. 199, 201;remarks on death of Cobden, ii. 143;Palmerston's remark on class attacks of, ii. 156;views on Reform bill of 1866, ii. 201;advises dissolution, ii. 208;Reform campaign of 1866, ii. 227;