ationalists were represented by such men as the Rev. Baldwin
Brown and the Rev. Guinness Rogers; the Baptists by Dr. Underhill; the
Presbyterians by Dr. McEwan; and the Unitarians by Mr. Middleton
Aspland.

INDEX

ABERCROMBY, Mr., 103

Aberdeen, Lord, Foreign Secretary in Peel's Cabinet, 125;
and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 132;
forms the Coalition Government, 203, 206;
early political life and characteristics, 209;
and the Secret Memorandum, 216, 225;
friendly relations with the Emperor Nicholas, 217, 233;
belief in the peaceful intentions of Russia, 225, 231;
vacillation on the eve of the Crimean War, 229, 234;
public prejudice against him, 233;
home policy, 240;
fall of his Government, 257;
relations with Lord John Russell, 346, 347

Adelaide, Queen, 82, 83

'Adullamites,' 329

Afghanistan, invasion of, 121, 170

'Alabama' Case, the, 312-319

Albert, Prince, and Lord Palmerston, 177;
letter on the defeat of the Turks at Sinope, 232;
and Count Buol's scheme, 261;
letter on the position of affairs in the Crimea, 263;
death, and characteristics, 308, 309;
last official act, 310

Alexander II., 259, 321

Alien Acts, the, 27

All the Talents, Ministry of, 63, 64

Alma, the battle of, 246

Althorp, Lord, 48, 56, 67, 79;
and his part in carrying the Reform Bill, 81, 82, 87;
characteristics, 81, 82, 88, 92;
introduces the Poor Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 93, 96;
and the Coercion Act, 96;
succeeds to the Peerage as Earl Spencer, 100.
_See also_ Spencer, Lord

Amberley, Viscount, 356

America, war between England and, 21, 22;
Napoleon's opinion of the war, 31;
and the 'Trent' affair, 310-312;
Civil War, 310, 313;
and the Alabama Case, 312-319

Anti-Corn-Law League, its founding 121, 126, 131

Argyll, Duke of, 295, 327

Armenia, massacres in, 269, 353

Arms Bill, 146, 147;
of 1847, 154

Auckland, Lord, 96

Austria, revolt in Vienna of 1848, 171;
and the retention of Lombardy and Venice, 172, 300;
and the Vienna Note, 227;
and the Crimean War, 243;
proposed alliance with England and France to defend the integrity of
Turkey, 261;
her power in Italy, 300;
campaign against France and Italy, and battles of Magenta and
Solferino, 302, 303;
and the peace of Villafranca, 303

BAGEHOT, Walte