Lord John Russell by Stuart J. Reid (books that read to you .txt) 📕

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">90, 111 Bathurst, Lord, 50 Bedford, fourth Duke of, his ‘Correspondence’ edited by Lord John Russell, 278 — Francis, fifth Duke of, 3 — sixth Duke of, father of Lord John Russell, 3; opinion of English Universities, 11, 16; encouragement given to Lord John in political training, 14, 36; characteristics, 16; and Lord John’s leadership of the Opposition, 103; and Joseph Lancaster, 115 — seventh Duke of, 202 — first Earl of, 2 Belgium: the question of its independence, 172, 340, 341 Bentinck, Lord George, 138, 140, 141, 150, 160, 201 Bessborough, Lord, 146, 151 Birmingham, unrepresented in the House of Commons, 23, 38, 51, 60, 71; great meeting on the Reform question at, 79, 296 Bismarck, Count, 321-323 Blandford, Lord, 59 Blessington, Lady, 42 Blomfield, Bishop, 115 Bradlaugh, Mr., 332 Bribery and corruption before the era of Reform, 23, 61; Lord John Russell’s resolutions for the discovery and punishment of, 43 Bridgeman, Mr. George (afterwards Earl of Bradford), 16, 18, 20 Bright, John, on the influences at work in the repeal of the Corn Laws, 130, 131; on disaffection in Ireland, and the Arms Bill, 155, 156, 202, 206, 208, 287; relations with Lord John Russell, 294, 329; and the ‘Adullamites,’ 329 Brougham, Lord, 56, 67; and the Reform Bill cry, 74; speech on the second Reform Bill, 78, 83; opinion of Lord John Russell, 110 Buccleuch, Duke of, 134, 136 Bulgaria, massacres in, 269, 352 Bulwer, Sir H., 174 Buol, Count, 261, 263 Burdett, Sir Francis, 25, 26; his motion for universal suffrage, 35; 70 Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 89 Byng, Hon. Georgiana, 3 Camelford, 40 Campbell, Lord, 157 Canada: the rebellion, 110; Earl of Durham appointed Governor-General, 110 Canning, Mr., 43; his Ministry, 50; death, 51 Capital crimes, 107 Cardwell, Mr., 290 Carlisle, Earl of, 96 Carlyle, Thomas, and the Chartists, 166, 167, 358, 362 Caroline, Queen, proceedings against, 41 Cartwright, Dr., 5 Cartwright, Major, 5, 25, 26, 38, 39 Cassiobury, 36, 112 Castlereagh, Lord, 21, 40, 63 Catholics: political restrictions against them, 48; agitation for Emancipation, 58, 59; passing of the Emancipation Bill, 59; and the decree of Pius IX., 182-184; and the Durham Letter, 184-188 Cato Street Conspiracy, 40 ‘Cave of Adullam,’ 329 Cavour, Count, 300, 301, 302 Chadwick, Sir Edwin, 162 Chartist movement, 163; and Feargus O’Connor, 165-168; and its literature, 166 Chatham, Lord, on borough representation, 24, 25, 26 Chelsea Hospital, 62 Cheshunt College, 365 China, opium war against, 121 Church of England, the, and its adoption of Romish practices, 185, 186 Clare, Lord, 6, 7 Clarendon, Lord, 119, 141; his Vice-royalty of Ireland, 153, 182, 196; at the Foreign Office, 221, 224, 231; on Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, 260; Count Buol’s proposals, 262, 263, 327 Clive, Mr. Robert, 16, 20 Clubs for the advancement of Reform, 26 Cobbett, William, 26, 64 Cobden, Richard, and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 131, 132, 134; and Wellington, 136, 202, 206, 208, 287; relations with Lord John Russell, 294; negotiates the Commercial Treaty with France, 295, 296; death, 325 Coercion Act: Lord Grey proposes its renewal, 96; Lord John Russell’s speech, 97, 98; and O’Connell, 98, 99; Peel’s proposal for its renewal, 140 Conspiracy Bill, the, 289, 290 Conyngham, Marquis of, 96 Corn Laws, 121; John Bright on the influences working for their repeal, 130, 131; of 1670 reproduced in 1815, 131 n.; Sir Robert Peel proposes their gradual repeal, 138; bill for repeal passes both Houses, 139; total repeal carried by Russell, 145 Cranworth, Lord, 327 Crime, excessive penalties for, 24 Crimean War: causes, 213-235; outbreak, 243, 246; Alma, 246; Balaclava and Inkerman, 247; siege of Sebastopol, 246, 247; privation and pestilence amongst the Allies, 248, 252; Roebuck’s motion in the House of Commons to inquire into the condition of the army before Sebastopol, and Lord John Russell’s speech on the question, 254-257; failure of Vienna Conference and renewal of the campaign, 267; fall of Sebastopol, 268; losses of Russia, and of the Allies, 268; treaty of Paris, 268 Croker, J. W., 80, 139 Dalling, Lord, 180 Denmark and the Schleswig-Holstein Question, 322, 323 Derby, Lord, Administration of, 199, 200, 202, 206; fails to form a Ministry on the resignation of Lord Aberdeen, 258; succeeds to the Premiership on the resignation of Lord Palmerston, 290; resignation, 293 Devonshire, Duke of, 49 Dickens, Charles, his tribute to Lord Russell, 354 Disraeli, Benjamin, and the ‘poisoned chalice,’ 135; attacks Peel on the proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, 138; and the Coercion Bill, 140, 141, 160; and ‘Sybil,’ 166; and the dismissal of Lord Palmerston, 180, 181; on Lord John Russell’s position after the issue of the Durham Letter, 188; his Budget of 1852, 199, 210; leadership of the Conservative party, 201; resolution condemning the Palmerston Ministry, 264; on the exclusion of Lord John from Lord Grey’s Cabinet, 273, 290; his Reform Bill, 291, 292; on the Prince Consort, 309; his ‘diabolical cleverness,’ 333 n. Dissenters. See Nonconformists ‘Don Carlos,’ by Lord John Russell, 279 ‘Don Pacifico’ affair, the, 175 Dufferin, Lord, 327, 363 Duffy, Sir Gavan, on Irish landowners, 149 Duhamel, General, his scheme for the acquisition of India by Russia, 218 Duncannon, Lord, 67, 91, 92; appointed Home Secretary, 99. See also Bessborough, Lord Dunkellin, Lord, 329, 331 Durazzo, Madame, 37 Durham, Lord, his advanced opinions and popularity with the Radicals, 66, 164; and the preparation of the Reform Bill, 67, 68; and the scene in the House of Commons during the introduction of the bill, 69, 89; resigns office, 92; appointed Governor-General of Canada, 110; defended by Lord John Russell, 111; popularity, 164 Durham Letter, the, 184-189, 191 East India Company, 89, 288, 289 East Retford, 51 Ebrington, Lord, 75; moves a vote of confidence in Lord Grey’s Government, 79; moves a second vote of confidence, 83, 91, 92 Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, 191-193 ‘Edinburgh Letter,’ the, 133 Edinburgh Speculative Society, 13 — University, Lord John Russell at, 11-14; and the influence of Professors Dugald Stewart and John Playfair, 12; and the Speculative Society, 13 Education at the beginning of the century, 24; Roebuck’s scheme, 89; Bill of 1839, 114, 115; measure for providing competent teachers for elementary schools, 159; Lord John Russell’s scheme of National Education, 284; Mr. Forster’s measure, 285 Egypt, war between Turkey and, 119 Elcho, Lord, 329 Eldon, Lord, 40, 50; and the proposed repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 57, 58, 63 Elections, Parliamentary, cost of, 23 Elliot, Hon. George, 195, 279, 347, 362 Encumbered Estates Act, 157 Erskine, Lord, 25 ‘Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution,’ by Lord John Russell, 274, 275 Factory Act, 159 Famine, Irish, 130, 146, 148, 149 Farnborough, Lord, 107 Fielden, Mr., 159 Fitzpatrick, General, 20 Flood, Mr., and Reform, 77, and note Fonblanque, Albany, 47, 84, 196, 197 Forster, W. E., and the Irish famine, 149; tribute to Lord John Russell for his work in the cause of education, 285, 327 Fortescue, Mr. Chichester, Lord John Russell’s ‘Letters on the State of Ireland’ to, 280, 342 Fox, Charles James, his influence on Lord John Russell, 8; on Parliamentary Representation, 25; and the Test and Corporation Acts, 54, 55; Russell’s Biography of him, 98, 272,