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, 277

France: Napoleon's intention to create a new aristocracy, 31;
and England's alliance, 120;
overthrow and flight of Louis Philippe, 163, 171;
and the Spanish marriages, 171;
Revolution of 1848, 171;
and the 'Don Pacifico' affair, 175;
and the Crimean War, 225, 229;
the Orsini Conspiracy, 289, 290;
Commercial Treaty with England, 295, 296;
campaign with Italy, against Austria, 302, 303;
annexation of Savoy, 305

Free Trade: the question coming to the front, 121;
and Tory opposition, 132;
conversion of Peel, 137, 138;
and the Commercial Treaty with France, 296

French Revolution, its influence on the English people, 24, 36

Friends of the People, Society of the, 25, 63

Froude, Mr., on the improvements effected by the Reform Bill, 86, 87

'GAGGING ACTS,' the, 39, 40

Garibaldi, General, 300;
entry into Naples, 306;
visit to Pembroke Lodge, 307

Gascoigne, General, 73

Gatton, 23

Gavazzi, Father, 186

George III., his madness and blindness, 27;
and Catholic Emancipation, 59

George IV. and Queen Caroline, 41;
and Catholic Emancipation, 59;
death, 60, 64

Gibson, Milner, 141, 208, 287, 295

Gladstone, Mr., on the Colonial policy of the Melbourne Government,
117;
Colonial Secretary, 136;
and Sir Robert Peel, 176;
his attack on Disraeli's Budget, 199;
and Disraeli's claim to lead the