• 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;
    • death, i. 386
  • 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;
    • successor, i. 182
  • 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;
    • Chartist fiasco, ii. 169
  • —— 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;
    • retirement, ii. 46, 94
  • Metchersky, Princess, iii. 387
  • Metternich, Prince, i. 190, 192, 231, 232, 236, 359, 487, 512; ii. 4, 114;
    • a fugitive, ii. 141, 170, 171;
    • Italian Question, iii. 370, 375, 412
  • 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;
    • Bill, ii. 367, 368, 374, 380, 388;
    • carried, ii. 388, 440; iii. 71
  • 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;
    • Indian Mutiny, iii. 251
  • 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;
    • repeal of, ii. 208, 219; iii. 2
  • 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;
    • Papal brief, ii. 273, 277
  • —— 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;
    • ill-health, ii. 376
  • 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