294,296Metemmeh, attack on,281Mexico, visit to,548Mex lines, keeping the,201Middleton, Captain R. W.,21Midwife, acting as,186Mikado, visit to,100Military instruction in schools,482Mine-dropping experiments,369Mines, trawlers to sweep for,554Mizentopmen,13Montagu's, the Hon. V., Reminiscences of Sir H. Keppel,111Montgomerie, Lieutenant R. A. J.,315Morant, Rear-Admiral,393Morley, Lord, and the Mahdi's skull incident,329Motor-car race,468Mullet, a huge red,153Mustard, a bottle of,323Nanking, Lord Charles' visit to,450Nares, Lieutenant George S.,7Nautilussubmarine,350Naval Brigade in Soudan,220casualties,267endurance of,328under Lord Charles,243,252Naval Defence Act,385,389,397Intelligence Department (Commercial Branch),482formed,347need for,345salaries reduced,353Works Bill,406Navigation inMarlborough,21Navy Estimates, signing the,357of 1888 challenged,357Navy, 1859, numbers and description,2League founded,397Lord Charles enters the,2the New,48the Old,34Nelson and his Times,414Nepal, Prince in,164Newchang,447Newspaper correspondent. See CorrespondentNew York, Lord Charles at,460Nile Column,220,250,319Nineteenth Century, article in,404Noel, Commander Gerard (Memorandum on Training),143Noel's, Captain, feat of seamanship,376Admiral, action in Crete,427Northbrook's, Lord, declarationreNavy,341North Sea incident,494Norwegian waters, cruise in,554Nucleus crew system,465Nuggar, wreck of Captain Gascoigne's,306Nuggars (native boats on Nile),227,228Officers' pay inadequate,407Oil fuel,483Olden, Quartermaster, saves raiding party,316Omdurman, report of fall of,271"Open Door" policy,425Operations, delicate,317Organisation for War,344plans in Mediterranean Fleet,511Orhwalder, Father, letter of,311Orontes,159Osborne,159Royal Yacht, appointed to,151boat-racing,152Osman Digna,214Ottley's, Lieutenant, invention of mines,369Pampero,70Parkes, Sir Harry, attack on,97Parliament (1874),140Parnell, Mr.,141Party system, views on,138,139Pay of officers inadequate,407Pekin, arrival at,434Personnel, deficiency in,397,403Petty officer rating,366Phillimore, Captain Augustus,41Physique, Lord Charles', viiiPieter Both mountain,104ascent of,105Pig, riding a,528Piggott, Captain C. R.,265,267Police, appointed Chief of,191Political events (1873-80),122Politics in Ireland (1872),128Polo-playing, first, in England,525Portage of boats. See WhaleboatsPortraits, family, xPrince George, accident to,490Prisons, Inspector of,76Probyn, Major-General,161Proclamation, issue of,193,289Promoted,27,64,73,110,146,169,414Promotion dinner,169of officers, question of,144to flag rank earlier advocated,40,404,483Provisions, sending, to officers at front,207Prussia, Prince Henry of,448Punishments,17Raleigh,159wreck of,112"Ram," proposal to abolish the,396Ramillies, hoists flag in,462Ranches in Mexico,549Rating, alteration in,365Rations, meagre,18,52Rent question in Ireland,129Reed, Sir Edward,50Rees, First Lieutenant W. S.,364Reform of discipline,17of prison rules,76party in China, views of,434Reforms advocated in House of Commons,143in China advocated, summary of,451Reis threatened,296Repairs, ability to execute,392,493new system in Mediterranean,512Requirements of the time,405Research,71Resignation from Board of Admiralty,353Review of 1897,409Richards, Sir Frederick,389,478Riot in Alexandria,178River Column. See NileRoberts, Lieutenant,2Rojdesvenski, Admiral,494Ross, Mr. John, great assistance given by,195appreciation of Lord Charles Beresford,180Routine of work on the Nile,233,241Royal Commission on Administration of the Navy and Army,355Family's interest in Navy,153Irish Regiment's fine march,317Marines,13heroism of,147Royle, Hon. Charles,172Russell, Dr. Wm. Howard,158,163Russian Baltic fleet incident,494Safieh, s.,283,290,291,295,314boiler injured,298,303raiding expeditions in,314,316Sail-drill inMarlborough,21Sailing feats,62Sail-making,62,71Saint Paul's Cathedral, Dean of, and Leighton Memorial,410Salisbury, Lord, on policy in Egypt,179and Lord Charles' Memorandum,347Sandwich Islands,57San Francisco,69,458Sanspareil,375Saving life,43,44Scarborough, Channel Fleet visits,489School, Bayford,5Schoolfellows,5Schooner in distress,57Scott, Captain Percy,466Scrapes, getting into,26,27,28,43,45,47,59,64Scurvy,55,68Seamanship,7feat of,42,376in theTribune,62Seignelay, salving of,378Serapis,158Servants, two faithful,82Service in Soudan not credited to Lord Charles,312Seymour's, Admiral Sir E. H., book,149,159,395Shanghai, Lord Charles at,449Sharks,546Shendi,247,285Shipbuilding programme required,338,387transition from wood to iron,48Ship's personality,51Ships, weakness of,368Shooting incidents,535-43Shouting on deck,16Signalling incident at Alexandria,205value of knowledge of,374with merchant ships,382Signalmen, new drill for,466Smart, Rear-Admiral R.,41Souakim-Berber route,216Expedition,332Soudan War of 1884, summary of,211preparations,217withdrawal of troops from,333Southwell, Lord,117Spearing fish,70Spencer programme,388Sport in India,103in Japan,101Sporting incident,77,79Springs, hot, in New Zealand,79Squadron at Alexandria, details of,186Stealing stores,43Steam, prejudice against,20,49Steam Reserve, appointed Captain of,393Steamers on Nile, haulage of,228sent by General Gordon,283,284Stephenson, Admiral Sir H. F.,209Stewart, Captain W. H.,12Colonel, murder of,226Sir H., arrives at Korti,252wounded,275death of,326"Still" bugle-call, introduction of,16Sting-ray, a huge,153Stores, destruction of,323Stuart-Wortley, Lieutenant,256brings news of disaster,291voyage of,294Submarine, an early,68Nautilus,350Submarines purchased,464Suez Canal, purchase of shares,158Suffield, Lord,533Suite of Prince of Wales,157,161Surf-playing,88Surgical operation,162Sutherland, Duke of,164Sutlej,64,74Tahiti,87Talakawiyeh, s.,283,285292,294Talbot, Colonel the Hon. R.,268march with wounded,320Tamaai,216Tarpon fishing,545Tattooing,101Telegram, delayed,244Tel-el-Kebir, victory of,183,207Telephone, early working model of,150Téméraire, ashore at Alexandria,188feat of seamanship,376Temperance, an address on,511Teneriffe, flags at,47Terrible,466Tewfikiyeh, s.,283Tewfik Pasha,170,171Thompson, Colonel R. M.,460,488Three Admirals, the report of,362"Three Brothers'" race,520Thunderer, appointed to,146Tientsin, Lord Charles at,446Treaty of. See TreatyTokio, Lord Charles at,456Tombs, family, ixTorpedo, the Whitehead,141Trafalgar Centenary celebration at Malta,513Training, new system advocated,143of Cadets,6,7(Sir James Graham),9Training shipBritannia,6Illustrious,6Treaty of Tientsin,4Tribune,61Trincomalee, visit to,104Troopship service,159Tryon, Captain,159Sir George,371Tsung-li Yamen, visit to,435Turkish battleships, purchase of,145Turnpike incident,113Turtle, accident to,53Two-Power standard,360Undaunted, appointed to command,364as prize-winner,372high compliments paid to,382Undaunted, salvesSeignelay,378touches a rock,372Uniform, lack of rules regarding,8United States, third visit to,484Squadron, visit of,488Unpreparedness for war,338Valparaiso,56bombardment of,66Vancouver,59Vesuvius, ascent of,476Victoria, Queen, and change of officers,152commended by,329congratulated by,206Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, boat-racing,152Villiers, Mr. Frederic,187Voting in Parliament, independent,138Voyageurs,230,241accidents to,235Wad Habeshi,296effect of fight at,309Wadi Halfa,219,223,225Wales, Prince of, appointed A.D.C. to,157at dinner to Lord Charles,169visit to Portsmouth Dockyard,152visit to India,157War plans in Mediterranean Fleet,511Warrant-officers,13Warrior,42War Staff, constituted,397need of,478Washington, Lord Charles at,460Watch, keeping,52Watch-bills,12Waterfall, shooting the,88Waterford, elected for,130lose seat,156members of Parliament,141Waterford, Lord, death of,2,400Watertight compartments,396Wauchope, Major-General A. G.,8Weakness in new steel ships,368Wei-hai-Wei,447Whaleboats on the Nile,221,223,227,229,230,231,233,235,241portage,231White, Sir William,351Whitehead torpedo,141Wilkinson's, Mr. Spenser, "Command of the Sea" articles,397Wilson, Captain,375John Crawford,146Wilson, Vice-Admiral Sir A. K.,485Wilson's, Sir Charles, book,253report of Abu Idea fight,268voyage lo Khartoum,292Wingate's, Sir F. R., letter to Lord Wolseley,309Wolseley, Sir Garnet, appreciation ofhis campaign in Egypt,207appointed Commander-in-Chief, Soudan,218appointed to staff of,221arrival at Ismailia,182and staff at Cairo,221Wolseley, Sir G., at Wadi Halfa,234Woolwich, M.P. for,478Wyllie, Mr. W. L.,399Wyndham's Land Act,342Yokohama, arrival at,100York election,415resigns seat at,462Yuan Shih Kai,421,440Yung Lu, a talk with,438Zeriba of Desert Column,275Zohrab Pasha,225