- M'Caskill, Sir John, death, ii. 76
- M'Culloch, Mr, ii. 303
- Macaulay, T. B. (afterwards Lord Macaulay), Secretary at War, i. 141;
- China debate, i. 219;
- in favour of dissolution, i. 281, 308;
- on Somnauth Proclamation, i. 469;
- Maynooth grant, ii. 37;
- defeat at Edinburgh, ii. 126;
- peerage, iii. 245
- Macdonald, Captain, iii. 462
- —— Lt.-Col. Hon. Bosville, iii. 70
- —— Miss, ii. 220
- Macmahon, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265
- Macnaghten, Sir William, envoy at Cabul, i. 209,
383;
- MacNaghten, Daniel, assassin, i. 455-459;
- pronounced insane, i. 468,
469
- MacNeill, Sir John, iii. 175
- Madiai, release of the, ii. 443
- Magenis, Arthur Charles (afterwards Sir), Minister at Stockholm, iii. 133
- Magenta, Duc de, iii. 461
- Magnan, Marshal, iii. 136
- Mahmoud, Sultan, war with Pasha of Egypt, i. 141;
- Mahon, Lord (afterwards fifth Earl Stanhope), History of England, i. 436,
449
- Malakhoff batteries, attack on, iii. 64,
129
- —— Duc de, see Pélissier
- Malcolm, Major, i. 446
- Malegnano, Austrians defeated at, iii. 308
- Malmesbury, Earl of, memoirs, ii. 2;
- Foreign Secretary, ii. 372-374,
397;
- Napoleon's title, ii. 406;
- secret protocol, ii. 408;
- question of Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-410,
422;
- iii. 190;
- Foreign Secretary, iii. 272;
- Orsini incident, iii. 273, 274;
- Danish Question, iii. 280;
- and Italy, iii. 305;
- proposed congress to settle Italian difficulties, iii. 325-335,
341, 363;
- Peers and Money Bills, iii. 379;
- and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. 423,
429
- Malta, English Church for, i. 138
- Maltby, Dr Edward, Bishop of Durham, i. 122; ii. 273
- Mamelon, capture of, iii. 64,
126
- Manchester, riot, i. 422-424;
- —— Duchess of (afterwards Duchess of Devonshire), Mistress of the Robes, iii. 454
- Mangles, Mr, of East India Company, iii. 239
- Mann, Sir Horace, i. 389
- Manners, Lord John (afterwards seventh Duke of Rutland), ii. 17;
- Commissioner of Works, iii. 272;
- on John Bright, iii. 394;
- on new Foreign Office, iii. 443
- Manning, Marie, her execution, ii. 269
- Mansfield, Colonel, military adviser at Constantinople, iii. 154
- —— Earl of, i. 429
- Manteuffel, Baron, President of Prussian Ministry, iii. 19,
153, 181
- Maria, Donna, see Portugal, Queen of
- Mario, opera singer, ii. 253
- Maritime Law, International, iii. 183
-
Markham, General, death, of, iii. 153
- Marmora, General La, Sardinian General, iii. 66,
134, 135,
168
- Maronites, iii. 380
- Marriage Act, i. 43
- Marston, North, repair of church, ii. 392
- Martin, Rev. Francis, bursar, Trinity Coll., Cambridge, i. 348
- —— Sir Theodore, Life of Prince Consort, iii. 41,
137;
- last draft prepared by Prince Consort, iii. 469
- Mary, Princess, see Gloucester, Duchess of
- —— of Cambridge, Princess (afterwards Duchess of Teck),
proposed marriage of, iii. 206,
209
- Maryborough, Lady, i. 223
- Mason, Mr, Confederate Envoy, iii. 466
- Mathew, Father, ii. 88
- Maule, Mr Fox, see Panmure, Lord
- Maundy money, ii. 37
- Maurice, Rev. F. D., ii. 46
- Maximilian, Archduke, see Ferdinand
- Mayne, Richard, Commissioner of Police, ii. 169
- Maynooth Roman Catholic College, grant, ii. 30,
36, 37,
75
- Mazzini, ii. 440; iii. 359
- Mecklenburg, Prince Charles of, i. 6
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederic William, Grand Duke of, i. 431,
435
- Medals, Peninsular, ii. 109-113;
- East India Company, ii. 200;
- Crimea, iii. 56, 116;
- distribution of, iii. 127
- Medjid, Abdul, Sultan, i. 182;
- interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. 27
- Meer Shere Mahommed, i. 481
- Meerut, revolt at, iii. 224
- Melbourne, Viscount, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, i. 20;
- Ministry, i. 24;
- i. 67;
- Queen's confidence in and appreciation of, i. 74,
79, 158,
159, 174,
189, 192;
- letter to Queen on accession, i. 74;
- interview with Queen, i. 76;
- arrangements for King William IV.'s funeral, i. 80,
81;
- King Leopold's appreciation of, i. 81, 82,
87, 116,
134, 145,
175, 190;
- Duke of Wellington's opinion of, i. 83;
- indisposition, i. 84;
- politics, i. 89;
- visit to the Queen, i. 92;
- Canadian troubles, i. 98, 99,
100, 103,
127-129, 133,
135-137;
- i. 102;
- Coronation arrangements, i. 114, 115;
- Belgium and Holland, i. 118, 135;
- ceremony, i. 122-125;
- Cabinet crisis, i. 147, 149,
150;
- resignation, i. 154, 155;
- advises the Queen, i. 155, 156,
160, 161,
162, 164;
- Queen's distress at parting, i. 156,
159;
- Queen's refusal of Peel's terms, i. 167;
- Prince Albert's declaration, i. 196;
- Turco-Egyptian Convention, i. 227-232;
- overtures to France, i. 231;
- Eastern difficulties, i. 237-239;
- criticism on his future correspondence with the Queen, i. 254,
330, 331,
340, 353,
360, 361;
- Ministry in jeopardy, i. 268-287;
- dissolution, i. 301;
- takes leave of the Queen, i. 306;
- portrait of, i. 333, 337;
- on division of high offices of State, i. 357;
- address from Derby, i. 369;
- visit to the Queen, i. 371, 372,
451, 512;
- serious illness, i. 376, 438;
- on his health, i. 449, 453,
458, 462,
467, 474,
483;
- Queen's visit to, i. 483;
- on old age, ii. 8;
- opinion of Emperor of Russia, ii. 17;
- crisis in Parliament, ii. 18;
- on Scotland, ii. 24;
- Queen's letters to, ii. 36, 42;
- Sir R. Peel's resignation, ii. 51, 52,
67;
- political views of, ii. 92;
- Queen's advance of money to, ii. 140;
- Queen's birthday congratulations to, ii. 164;
- death, ii. 203
- Melvill, Sir James, Chief Secretary, East India Company, iii. 299
- Mendizabal, Don Juan Alvarez y, Spanish statesman, i. 44;
- Queen's opinion of, i. 59
- Menschikoff, Prince, the Eastern Question, ii. 431,
442, 449
- Mensdorff-Pouilly, Comte Emmanuel de, marriage, i. 97,
396, 404;
ii. 333
- Meredith, Mr, ii. 48
- Metcalfe, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord), Governor-General of Canada, i. 454,
508;
- Metchersky, Princess, iii. 387
- Metternich, Prince, i. 190, 192,
231, 232,
236,
359, 487,
512;
ii. 4, 114;
- Meyendorff, Baron, Austrian Foreign Minister, ii. 457
- Meyer, Miss Eugénie, i. 461
- Michael, Grand Duke, visit to the Queen, i. 494,
501
- Miguel, Dom, i. 43; ii. 118;
iii. 10
- Milan, surrender of, ii. 190;
- insurrection, ii. 440;
- French Emperor and King Emmanuel enter, iii. 308
- Milanese rising against Austria, ii. 141
- Miles, Mr, M.P. for Bristol, on Sugar Duties, ii. 16;
iii. 78
- Militia, reconstruction, ii. 141;
- Milner Gibson, Mr, iii. 223;
- Conspiracy Bill Debate, iii. 261,
264, 265;
- President of the Board of Trade, iii. 349;
- Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401,
403
- Milnes, R. Monckton (afterwards Lord Houghton), iii. 76
- Ministers of State, duties of, i. 106;
iii. 68, 69
-
Minto, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, i. 281,
308; ii. 86, 107, 115;
- special mission to the Vatican, ii. 128,
183;
- ii. 196, 236;
- Pope's opinion of, iii. 356
- Modena, Duke of, ii. 174
- Mohammedan schools, ii. 29;
- Moldavia, iii. 262
- Molé, Count, French Premier and Foreign Secretary, i. 95
- Molesworth, Sir William, at the Office of Works, ii. 422;
- Government of 1855, iii. 98;
- Board of Works, iii. 104;
- death, iii. 148
- Monro, Major, i. 315
- Montebello, battle of, iii. 308
- Montemolin, Count of, ii. 89, 90
- Montijo, Mdlle. Eugènie de (Empress of the French), parentage, marriage to Napoleon, ii. 434,
435, 436;
- ii. 437;
- visit to England, iii. 117;
- Queen's opinion of, iii. 122, 137;
- Queen's letter to, re Treaty of Paris, iii. 207,
208;
- attempted assassination of, iii. 261,
264;
- tour in Scotland and England, iii. 415;
- visit to the Queen, iii. 418,
419
- Montjoye, Madame de, ii. 165
- Montpensier, Duc de, i. 439, 501;
ii. 22, 23,
24, 32;
- engagement to the Infanta, ii. 72,
99, 100,
102, 107,
148, 149,
155, 164,
172
- Montreal, i. 508
- Moodkee, ii. 31, 75
- Mooltan, insurrection, ii. 196,
208
- Morning Chronicle, i. 374;
ii. 34, 86,
172; iii. 7,
8, 463
- Morning Post, iii. 337
- Morocco, ii. 4
- Morpeth, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Carlisle), see Carlisle
- Morris, Mr, Governor of the Bank, ii. 129
- Morton, Earl of, i. 499
- Mouravieff, General, takes Kars fortress, iii. 64
- Muich, Loch, Queen's visit to, ii. 321,
392
- Municipal Corporations, i. 43
- Munro, Lieutenant, duel, i. 485
- Munster, Earl of, Governor of Windsor Castle, tragic death, i. 387,
390
- Muntz, George Frederick, M.P., Birmingham, iii. 79
- Murat, Madame de, ii. 154
- —— Joachim, formerly King of Naples, iii. 428
- Murray, Sir George, Commander-in-Chief for Ireland, i. 420
- —— George, Bishop of Rochester, iii. 417
- Muscat, Imam of, list of presents for the Queen, i. 406
- Musgrave, Dr, Bishop of Hereford (afterwards Archbp. of York), ii. 135
- Mutiny Act, ii. 447
- Naas, Lord (afterwards Earl of Mayo),
- Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. 277
- Nagpur, annexation of, iii. 178
- Nana Sahib, perfidy of, iii. 238,
351
- Nanking, i. 370, 442
- Napier, Sir Charles (General), Scinde victory, i. 481;
- G.C.B., i. 484;
- Governor of Scinde, i. 503;
- receives the thanks of both Houses, ii. 1;
- succeeds Lord Gough, ii. 208,
215;
- resignation, ii. 259
- —— Sir Charles (Admiral), i. 252;
- commands the Baltic Fleet, iii. 1,
2, 10,
16;
- capture of Bomarsund, iii. 36
- —— Sir George, Governor of Cape Colony, i. 427
- Naples, cholera panic, i. 52;
- slight on English Government, iii. 140,
141;
- seizure of the Cagliari, iii. 262,
275;
- triumphal entry by King of Sardinia and Garibaldi, iii. 380;
- flight of Francis II., iii. 380,
408;
- revolution doctrines, iii. 383,
397;
- absorption of, iii. 428
- —— Francis II., King of, amnesty granted, iii. 311;
- letter to the Queen, iii. 409;
- reply, iii. 412;
- character, iii. 418
- Napoleon I., Emperor, iii. 139,
274, 354
- —— Louis (afterwards Napoleon III., Emperor of the French), lands at Boulogne, i. 209,
228;
- President of the French Republic, ii. 141,
178;
- elections, ii. 204, 205;
- writes to Queen Victoria, ii. 210;
- ii. 212, 213;
- universal suffrage, ii. 283;
- coup d'état in Paris, ii. 334-340;
- assumes Imperial title, projected marriage, ii. 356,
406, 408,
422;
- Queen Victoria's opinion of, ii. 360,
362, 366,
374, 378;
- title of Emperor, ii. 389;
- his position, ii. 390;
- anecdote of, ii. 397;
- and England, ii. 398,
401;
- Queen Victoria's letter to, ii. 406;
- annoyance with the Powers, ii. 422;
- his title, ii. 433;
- Eastern Question, ii. 432,
442;
- marriage, ii. 434,
435;
- interview with Prince Albert, iii. 1;
- and Russia, iii. 6;
- interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. 24-26;
- visit from Prince Albert, iii. 41;
- visit to England with the Empress, iii. 63;
- Palmerston's letter to, iii. 105;
- proposes to take command at the Crimea, iii. 110,
111, 111;
- visit to England, iii. 117;
- festivities and investiture, iii. 117;
- letter to the Queen, iii. 118;
- and reply, 119;
- and Austria's proposed Crimean settlement, iii. 120;
- attempts on his life, iii. 121;
- Queen's opinion of, iii. 122,
122-126, 138;
- Queen's visit to France, iii. 135-137;
- attempt on his life, iii. 142;
- desire to terminate hostilities, iii. 150;
- correspondence with the Queen on the ultimatum,
iii. 162, 164,
172, 185,
188;
- council of war at Paris, iii, 165,
169;
- interview with Lord Clarendon, iii. 175;
- birth of Prince Imperial, iii. 181;
- Treaty of Peace, iii. 221;
- on proposed marriage of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, iii. 220;
- Egypt and Morocco, iii. 221;
- his feelings towards England, iii. 232;
- visit to England, iii. 240;
- attempted assassination of, iii. 261,
264;
- and the Carbonari Club, iii. 273;
- and Italy, iii. 305;
- confederacy with Sardinia, iii. 308,
331;
- entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace, iii. 308;
- Napoléon et l'Italie, iii. 313;
- war with Austria, iii. 313-315, 321,
332, 333;
- proposed congress, iii. 326;
- rumoured treaty with Russia, iii. 329;
- French victories, iii. 353;
- conclusion and terms of peace, iii. 354,
359, 361;
- annexation of Savoy and Nice, iii. 379,
385, 391-393,
397;
- policy in Syria, iii. 380;
- The Pope and the Congress pamphlet, iii. 382;
- Italian policy, iii. 385;
- stormy interview with Lord Cowley, iii. 390-394;
- New Year's letter to the Queen, iii. 423;
- reply, iii. 427;
- Italian Question, iii. 432;
- on death of Cavour, iii. 441;
- King of Sweden, iii. 448;
- Mexico, iii. 453;
- interview with King of Prussia, iii. 467
- —— Bonaparte, Prince Jerome, iii. 160,
331
- —— Eugène Louis Jean Joseph, Prince Imperial, birth, iii. 181,
182
- Narvaez, General, ii. 241
- Nasmyth, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. 36
- Nassau, Prince of, iii. 205
- National Gallery, ii. 315; iii. 196
- Navigation Laws, i. 278;
ii. 184;
- Navy, African squadron, ii. 366;
- Admiralty appointments, ii. 373;
- national defences, ii. 396, 398;
- bombardment of Odessa, iii. 26;
- Bomarsund, iii. 36;
- battle of the Alma, iii. 44;
- Balaklava and Sebastopol, iii. 50;
- hurricane at Balaklava, iii. 56;
- second Baltic expedition, iii. 115;
- want of a dockyard in Scotland, iii. 151;
- retrenchments, iii. 188;
- position of, iii. 191;
- peace establishment, iii. 191;
- fleet sent to Black Sea, iii. 208;
- want of ships and state of, iii. 242,
279, 297;
- use for Indian Mutiny, iii. 250;
- proposed increase, iii. 312, 330;
- change in naval uniform, iii. 402
- Neild, J. C., leaves fortune to Queen Victoria, ii. 392
- Neill, General, death of, iii. 254,
259
- Neipperg, Count, marriage i. 439
- Nelson, Lord, proposed pension for children of his adopted daughter, iii. 40,
41
- Nemours, Duchesse de, see Victoire, Princess
- —— Duc de, i. 63, 65;
- at Constantin, i. 96;
- marriage, i. 149;
- i. 414, 439,
495, 498,
506;
ii. 5, 148,
153, 154,
164, 167,
173, 185,
204, 354,
360;
iii. 6;
- death of his wife, iii. 254
- Nesselrode, Count, Russian Minister, ii. 452,
456; iii. 12
- Netherlands, King of the, see Holland, King William Second of
- Neuchâtel, ii. 138;
- rising in canton of, iii. 214
- Neuilly, Queen's visit to, iii. 136
- Neumann, M. de, Austrian Minister, i. 46,
232, 497
- Newcastle, Duke of, see Lincoln, Earl of
- New Forest, ii. 282
- Newhaven, King Louis Philippe's flight to, ii. 159
- Newman, Mr, ii. 130
- Newport, riot at, i. 141, 201
- New Zealand, native troubles, ii. 31;
- constitution granted, ii. 357
- Ney, Edgar, ii. 387
- —— General, iii. 182
- Nice, annexation to France, iii. 379,
385, 391-393,
397
- Nicholas, see Russia, Emperor of
- —— Prince, of Nassau, visit to the Queen, ii. 354
- Nicholson, General, death of, iii. 254
- Nicolas, Grand Duke, iii. 457
- Nicols, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jasper, Commander-in-Chief, India, i. 444
- Nightingale, Miss Florence, iii. 2;
- arrival at Scutari, iii. 62;
- Queen's letter of thanks to, iii. 170;
- presentation to, iii. 170
- Nine Elms Station, ii. 133
- Ningpo, i. 441
- Norbury, Lord, assassination of, i. 144
- Norfolk, Duchess of (governess to Royal children), i. 397,
484, 485;
- —— Duke of, Coronation, i. 122;
- refusal of Garter, iii. 227
- Normanby, Marquess of, Canada, i. 129;
- Home Secretary, i. 141,
308;
- Lord-Lieut. of Ireland, i. 143, 281;
- i. 509:
ii. 100, 104;
- Ambassador-Extraordinary at Paris, ii. 190,
192, 206;
- coup d'état, Paris, ii, 334-341;
- Palmerston's conduct to, ii. 334, 336,
338, 341,
344, 354,
363
- Normanby, Marchioness of, coup d'état in Paris, ii. 336-341
- Normandy, ii. 4
- North, Colonel, iii. 76
- —— Lord (afterwards Earl of Guilford), i. 358
- Northumberland, Duke of, ii. 303, 305,
306, 392
- —— Duchess of, first Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, i. 64;
- Norton, Mrs. ii. 48
- Norway and Sweden, iii. 134. See also Sweden
- Nott, General (afterwards Sir William), Afghanistan, i. 370,
402, 443,
444
- Nottingham election, i. 264
- Novara, battle of, ii. 219
- Nuneham, Queen's Visit to, i. 291