• Oaths Bill, iii. 262
• O'Brien, Smith, Young Ireland agitation, ii. 141
• Ocean Monarch, emigrant ship, burnt, ii. 193
• O'Connell, Daniel, agitator, i. 106, 130, 425, 450;
  • arrest, i. 496;
  • release, ii. 1;
  • ii. 8, 141
• O'Connor, Feargus, people's charter, ii. 141;
  • Kennington Common meeting, ii. 168, 169
• Odessa, bombardment of, iii. 27
• Olozaga, Mons., iii. 51
• Oltenitza, ii. 432
• Omar Pasha, Turkish Commander, iii. 31
• Opera, Queen at the, ii. 14
• Oporto, Louis, Duc de, brother to King Pedro V of Portugal, iii. 332, 459, 465
• Orange, Prince of, see Holland
• —— Prince William Nicholas of (son of King William), iii. 185
• ——-River Free State, ii. 142; iii. 201
• Orders, right of British subjects to accept Foreign, ii. 5
• Oregon, end of boundary dispute, ii. 82
• Orleanists, and French Revolution, ii. 148-162;
  • blunders of, ii. 164
• Orleans, Duke of, i. 63, 94;
  • death, i. 408, 409, 415, 416
• —— Duchess of, ii. 334
• —— Princess Louise of, see Belgians, Queen of
• —— Princess Marie of, i. 65;
  • marriage and death, i. 144
• —— family, ii. 321, 360, 379; iii. 7, 139
• Orloff, Princess, iii. 387
• —— Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 86; iii. 204
• Orsini, of the Carbonari Society, execution of, iii. 261, 264, 274
• Osborne, Ralph Bernal, Secretary of the Admiralty, ii. 423; iii. 78, 275, 443, 444
• —— Queen's purchase of, ii, 35, 36;
  • Queen's occupation of, ii. 42
• Oscar, Prince, of Sweden, iii. 195, 397;
  • visit to the Queen, iii. 447, 448, 450
• Otho, King of Greece, ii. 199
• Oudh, placed under British control, iii. 159, 176;
  • Mutiny, iii. 224, 238;
  • Proclamation, iii. 262, 281, 282, 291
• Oudinot, Gen., ii. 208, 387
• Oultremont, Countess de, i. 210
• Outram, General (afterwards Sir James), war with Persia, iii. 159;
  • annexation of Oudh, iii. 177;
  • Indian Mutiny, iii. 249, 255;
  • Oudh, Proclamation, iii. 262, 291
• Overstone, Lord, see Loyd
• Oxford, Bishop of, see Wilberforce
• —— tracts, i. 373
• Owen, Sir Edward, i. 384

• Pacifico, Don, Claim against Greek Government, ii. 231, 235, 239, 240, 243, 248, 252, 253, 256
• Paget, General Sir Edward, G.C.B., i. 420
• —— Lady Adelaide, i. 121
• —— Lord, Lord Melbourne's page, i. 125
• Pakenham, Sir R., Minister at Lisbon, ii. 286
• Pakington, Sir John (afterwards Lord Hampton), First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 272, 278, 280;
  • French naval preparations, iii. 297, 328
• Palermo, occupation of, by Garibaldi, iii. 380
• Palmella, Duc de, ii. 72, 109
• Palmer, Colonel, i. 402
• —— Mr, ii. 273
• —— Sir Roundell, Solicitor-General, iii. 467, 477
• Palmerston, Viscount, his political power and views, i. 30;
  • i. 54, 62;
  • speech on Spanish affairs, i. 66;
  • i. 72, 82;
  • visits Queen Victoria, i. 92;
  • power of officials in public offices, i. 106;
  • i. 113, 119;
  • illness, i. 143;
  • Belgium and Holland, i. 145;
  • marriage, i. 201;
  • Eastern crisis, i. 227-240;
  • views on France, i. 233, 246;
  • China and opium trade, i. 260, 261;
  • votes for dissolution, i. 281;
  • Foreign Secretary, i. 308;
  • Morning Chronicle, i. 374;
  • and Lord Grey, ii. 59;
  • possible Foreign Secretary, ii. 60;
  • desire for peace, ii. 68;
  • and Lord Aberdeen, ii. 85, 86;
  • Spanish marriage question, ii. 90, 95, 97-103, 107;
  • incurs Queen's displeasure, ii. 136, 171, 182, 193, 195, 221, 222, 223-236, 240, 241, 248, 256;
  • attack on Portuguese Government, ii. 179, 180;
  • anti-Austrian sympathy, ii. 182;
  • France and Austria, ii. 186, 192, 193;
  • Lord Normanby's appointment to Paris, ii. 189, 206;
  • Italian policy, ii. 197;
  • despatch about Greece, ii. 199;
  • supplies arms to insurgents, ii. 211;
  • proposed removal of, ii. 212, 235;
  • methods for redress of wrongs, ii. 229;
  • hostility against Greece, ii. 231;
  • Haynau trouble, ii. 231;
  • case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. 231, 233-240, 243, 244, 252, 253;
  • draft to Greece, ii. 234, 235;
  • Prince Consort's memoranda on his Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261;
  • and Spain, ii. 240;
  • Lord J. Russell's offer to resign, ii. 243, 244;
  • speech on Foreign Policy, ii. 252;
  • Schleswig draft, ii. 258;
  • removal of, considered, ii. 260-263;
  • Press attacks on, ii. 263;
  • duties of a Foreign Secretary, ii. 263;
  • Haynau despatch, ii. 267-270;
  • Austria and Prussia, ii. 274;
  • reception of Kossuth, ii. 283, 325-331;
  • Louis Napoleon, ii. 283;
  • diplomatic changes, ii. 285, 312;
  • coup d'état, approval of, ii. 334-341;
  • difference with Lord Normanby, ii. 334-340;
  • dismissal from office, ii. 342-349;
  • inconsistency of, ii. 344;
  • absence from Council explained, ii. 350;
  • explanation in the House, ii. 362-364;
  • Militia Bill, ii. 367, 368, 385, 386;
  • refusal to serve under Lord Derby, ii. 369, 370;
  • and Lord John Russell, ii. 378, 379, 382; iii. 58;
  • power to appoint Commander-in-Chief, ii. 394;
  • his aims, ii. 403, 404;
  • Home Office, ii. 420;
  • illness, ii. 428, 430;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 432;
  • peculiar position of, ii. 451, 457;
  • objection to Reform proposals, ii. 465, 466; iii. 20, 22, 23, 24;
  • resignation, ii. 467;
  • withdraws his resignation, ii. 472;
  • speech at Reform Club, iii. 26;
  • Austrian alliance, iii. 51,
  • and the War Office, iii. 53;
  • iii. 57;
  • forms a Government, iii. 63;
  • on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72;
  • Premier, iii. 76-78;
  • position on Lord Derby's and Lord John Russell's failure to form a Government, iii. 84, 85, 87-96;
  • forms a Government, iii. 97-104;
  • letter to Napoleon, iii. 105;
  • Roebuck Committee, iii. 109;
  • Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 131;
  • Neapolitan affront, iii. 141;
  • Queen's congratulations on Treaty of Peace, 1856, iii. 186;
  • made K.G., iii. 187;
  • condition of defence, iii. 192;
  • obtains majority in House of Commons, iii. 223;
  • résumé of events, iii. 225, 226;
  • dissolution on China War debate, iii. 229, 231;
  • Indian Mutiny, iii. 234, 239, 241-248;
  • financial crisis, iii. 255-257;
  • Ministry defeated over right of asylum, iii. 261;
  • resignation, iii. 266-268;
  • iii. 272, 276;
  • India Bill, iii. 279;
  • iii. 288, 290;
  • his unpopularity, iii. 300;
  • new Reform Bill, iii. 307;
  • reconciliation with Lord J. Russell, iii. 307;
  • forms a Government, iii. 307, 344-348;
  • foreign affairs, iii. 324;
  • and John Bright, iii. 350;
  • Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351;
  • differences with the Queen on Italian policy, iii. 361-373; 374-378;
  • Peers and Money Bills, iii. 379, 401;
  • W. E. Gladstone's resignation, iii. 402, 403;
  • privilege resolution, iii. 404;
  • proposed visit of Emperor of Austria, iii. 409;
  • appointments of bishops, iii. 416;
  • overtures from Conservative leaders, iii. 420;
  • résumé of political situation, iii. 422, 423, 429;
  • Italian Question, iii. 427, 428;
  • Garibaldi letter, iii. 432, 434;
  • presses for Mr Layard's appointment, iii. 443-447;
  • Times newspaper, iii. 462-464
• Panmure, Lord (Mr Fox Maule), afterwards Earl of Dalhousie, Under Secretary for Home Office,
  and Secretary for War, i. 221; ii. 345; iii. 61;
  • War Minister, iii. 63, 90, 98, 104;
  • Crimean medals, iii. 116;
  • fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143;
  • G.C.B., iii. 146;
  • Land Transport, iii. 157;
  • no troops at the camp, iii. 196;
  • Indian Mutiny, iii. 235, 236;
  • increase of Army, iii. 256, 260;
  • new Cabinet, iii. 272
• Panshanger, Earl Cowper's residence, i. 151;
  • Queen's visit to, i. 296
• Papal aggression, ii. 272, 273, 277-282, 294, 299, 307
• Paper Duties, Bill for Abolition of, thrown out, iii. 401;
  • passed, iii. 420
• Paris, Comte de, birth, i. 243;
  • christening, i. 266, 267;
  • Federal Army, iii. 453
• —— question of an Ambassador, ii. 189;
  • coup d'état, ii. 334-340;
  • Queen's visit to, iii. 135, 136;
  • Treaty of, iii. 160, 167, 207, 208, 214
• Parke, Baron (afterwards Lord Wensleydale), i. 419; iii. 158
• Parker, Admiral Sir Wm., successes in China, i. 254, 370, 441;
  • G.C.B., i. 444;
  • Italy, ii. 128;
  • commands Mediterranean fleet, ii. 229, 235
• —— Society, i. 259
• Parks, the Royal, ii. 259
• Parliament, new Houses of, ii. 363
• Parliamentary reform, ii. 458
• Parma, Duke of, ii. 174
• Parma, Duchess of, iii. 355
• Pasha, the Capitan, treachery of, i. 179
• —— of Egypt, see Mehemet Ali
• —— Omar, see Omar
• Passport Question, iii. 277
• Pate, Robert, assault on the Queen, ii. 231
• Patriotic Fund, established, iii. 2
• Paul, Captain, ii. 157, 158
• Paxton, Mr, ii. 231
• Pedro, Dom, Emperor of Brazil, i. 43
• —— Prince (afterwards King of Portugal, King Pedro V.);
  • proposed marriage of, iii. 51, 207, 211;
  • marriage of, iii. 332;
  • death, iii. 420, 465
• Peel, Captain, of the Shannon, gallantry at relief of Lucknow, iii. 252
• —— Lady (wife of Sir Robert Peel), ii. 280
• —— Rev. John, Dean of Worcester, ii. 40, 41
• —— General Jonathan, War Secretary, iii. 272, 321
• —— Sir Robert, in opposition, i. 43, 56
  • Glasgow speech, i. 58, 60;
  • Hume's attack on, i. 60;
  • sent for by the Queen, i. 141;
  • Corn Laws, i. 148, 218, 465, 466; ii. 49;
  • Jamaica Government, i. 153;
  • i. 155, 156;
  • request to form a Ministry, i. 158;
  • Queen Victoria's impression of, i. 159;
  • difficulties as to appointment of Queen's Household, i. 159-173, 268-274;
  • and the United States, i. 260;
  • Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. 161;
  • Free Trade, i. 279; ii. 66;
  • vote of censure, i. 286;
  • i. 302, 305;
  • Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, i. 308;
  • interview with the Queen, i. 309;
  • Roman Catholics, i. 365; ii. 30;
  • King Leopold's opinion of, i. 462;
  • Queen's visit to, i. 509;
  • Queen's appreciation of, ii. 16, 64, 85;
  • Prince Albert's title, ii. 34;
  • resignation and interview with Prince Albert, ii. 48, 51;
  • his attitude, ii. 53, 54;
  • returned to office, ii. 58-66;
  • comprehensive scheme, ii. 66;
  • speech on opening of Parliament, ii. 73;
  • objection to Prince Albert's memo, of their conversation, ii. 76;
  • personal defence, ii. 79, 80;
  • resignation, ii. 82;
  • account of his speech, ii. 82, 83;
  • takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85, 87;
  • and Prince Albert, ii. 93;
  • ii. 115;
  • supports the Ministry, ii. 123;
  • accident and death, ii. 231, 253-255
• —— Frederick (afterwards Right Hon. Sir Frederick), maiden speech, ii. 219
• Peelites, ii. 359, 368, 375, 403, 404;
  • position in Government of 1852, ii. 412, 413, 414; iii. 63;
  • Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 75;
  • Government of 1855, iii. 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 93, 94, 98, 101, 108;
  • retirement of, iii. 109;
  • Chinese debate, iii. 223, 231;
  • conspiracy debate, iii. 266;
  • return to power, iii. 307
• Peers, right of audience, i. 335, 343;
  • powers in Money Bills, iii. 379
• Pélissier, General (afterwards Duc de Malakhoff), Commander of the French army, iii. 64, 126, 129;
  • Queen's congratulations to, iii. 143;
  • becomes Duc de Malakhoff, iii. 143;
  • iii. 154, 276, 314, 333
• Pennefather, Chief Justice of the Irish Queen's Bench, i. 352
• Penny postage introduced, i. 141, 176
• People's Charter riots, i. 141; ii. 141
• Pepys, Henry, Bishop of Worcester, death, iii. 416
• Percy, Lord Henry Hugh Manvers, K.C.B., V.C., gallantry at Inkerman, iii. 55
• Perekop, Isthmus of, iii. 44
• Perim, Island of, iii. 391
• Perry, Sir Erskine, ex-Chief Justice of Bombay, Indian Mutiny debate, iii. 239
• Persia, Turkey, and England, iii. 4;
  • war with England, iii. 159;
  • siege of Herat, iii. 199;
  • hostilities terminated, and terms of peace, iii. 223
• Persigny, M. de, French Ambassador in London, iii. 121, 165, 213, 215;
  • interview with Earl of Clarendon, iii. 232;
  • Orsini incident, iii. 273:
  • resignation, iii. 276;
  • iii. 333;
  • war with Austria, iii. 353, 369, 375;
  • visit to the Queen, iii. 384, 396
• Peshawur, ii. 218
• Peterborough, Bishop of, see Davys
• Pfordten, M. von der, iii. 151
• Philippe (second son of King Leopold I., afterwards Count of Flanders), i. 65, 146
• Phillimore, Dr, Counsel to the Admiralty, iii. 467
• Phillips, Mr T. (Mayor of Newport), knighted, i. 201
• Philipotts, Henry, Bishop of Exeter, ii. 140; iii. 417
• Philpott, Canon Henry, Bishop of Worcester, iii. 416
• Phipps, Maria Henrietta Sophia, marriage of, iii. 169
• —— Hon. Sir Charles, ii. 184, 378; iii. 89, 286, 430
• Pianori, Giacomo, iii. 122
• Piccolomini, Max, i. 395
• Piedmont, war with Austria, ii. 178, 190, 191, 386, 387;
  • invasion of, iii. 308
• Piedmontese, ii. 178, 191
• Pierri, execution of, iii. 261
• Piræus, fleet sent to, ii. 231
• Pitt, William, i. 391
• Pius IX., Pope, ii. 115;
  • flight to Gaëta, ii. 204, 208;
  • letter to the Queen, ii. 204;
  • reply, ii. 210;
  • Papal brief, titles for English bishops, ii. 232, 273;
  • papal aggression, ii. 273-282;
  • and England, iii. 310;
  • invasion of the Papal States, iii. 380;
  • iii. 415
• Playfair, Dr, Irish Commissioner, potato disease, ii. 48
• Plombières, compact of, iii. 308, 385
• Poerio, iii. 312
• Poles and Russia, ii. 15, 17
• Polk, President (U.S.A.), ii. 30
• Pollock, General (afterwards Sir George), successes in Afghanistan, i. 370, 402, 442;
  • G.C.B., i. 444
• Pollon, Count, Sardinian Minister, i. 148
• Ponsonby, Lord (Ambassador at Constantinople), i. 232, 234; ii. 114
• Poor Law Act, i. 20, 102, 108, 382;
  • State maintenance of the poor, ii. 67;
  • commission, ii. 130
• Pope, see Pius IX. and Gregory XVI.
  • The Pope and the Congress, famous pamphlet, iii. 382
• Porte, the, i. 179;
  • and Austria, i. 191;
  • convention of 1828, i. 229, 232;
  • and Mehemet Ali, i. 237;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 431, 441-444, 449, 452-465, 469; iii. 1, 12, 13, 20;
  • Turkish success, iii. 36;
  • Alma, iii. 43, 50;
  • Inkerman, iii. 53;
  • Four Points Negotiation, iii. 63, 65;
  • protection of Christian subjects, iii. 152
• Portland, third Duke of, i. 357
• —— fifth Duke of, iii. 227
• Portugal, revolution, i. 43, 54, 92;
  • and England, i. 57, 149, 356; ii. 111, 118, 134;
  • and Spain, i. 59, 62; ii. 119;
  • new Ministry, i. 92;
  • slave trade, i. 115;
  • insurrection, ii. 72, 90;
  • civil war and constitutional troubles, ii. 109, 116, 117, 119, 120, 129;
  • Lord Palmerston's attack on, ii. 179;
  • case of Don Pacifico, ii. 231, 234, 235, 239, 240, 243
• —— King of (Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg), i. 45;
  • Queen's opinion of, i. 46;
  • Commander-in-Chief, i. 47, 55;
  • Queen's letter to, on slave trade, i. 115;
  • and Lord Howard de Walden, i. 133
• —— Maria da Gloria, Queen of, i. 4, 43, 44, 94;
  • letter on Queen's engagement, i. 200;
  • dismissal of Ministry, ii. 109, 134; iii. 10
• —— Stephanie, Queen of, iii. 332, 466
• —— Prince of, the Pope sponsor to, i. 392
• Post Office, inauguration of penny post, i. 141, 176;
  • Sunday delivery, ii. 244
• Pottinger, Sir Henry, successes in China, i. 254, 265;
  • G.C.B., i. 444;
  • i. 446, 447, 449
• Powys, Captain, i. 426
• Pozzo di Borgo, Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 67
• Praet, Van, i. 134, 136
• Prætorius, Dr, i. 361
• Praslin, Duchesse de, murdered by her husband, ii. 115, 128
• Prescott (Canada), i. 136
• —— Mr, Deputy Governor of the Bank, ii. 130
• Presentations, fatigue of receiving, i. 470, 471
• Preston, riot, i. 424
• Pretorius, Boer leader, ii. 200
• Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne on origin of term, i. 358
• Primogeniture, i. 56
• Prince, loss of the steamer, at Balaklava, iii. 56
• Principalities, the Danubian, Russia's invasion of, iii. 1, 12, 13, 17, 32;
  • relinquishment of Russia's protectorate, iii. 152, 158, 180, 233, 262
• Prior, Matthew, i. 504
• Privilege Question, i. 209
• Property, qualification, i. 56
• Protection, i. 278; ii. 66, 293, 294;
  • Lord Derby, ii. 384;
  • abandoned by Disraeli, ii. 404
• Protectionists, ii. 66, 71, 81, 83, 86, 123, 216, 231;
  • check to, ii. 233, 248, 283, 289, 298, 315, 384, 468; iii. 88
• Protestant, Prince Consort's declaration, i. 203-205;
  • Low Church bigotry, ii. 37;
  • Church in Ireland, ii. 83
• Proxy, voting, i. 56
• Prussia (see Prussia, King of), and Holland, i. 119; ii. 275, 278;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 452;
  • alliance with Austria, iii.1;
  • position in impending war, iii. 17, 115;
  • and England, iii. 161;
  • admission to war conference, iii. 171, 181
• —— King of (Frederick William IV.), i. 365;
  • visit to Queen Victoria, i. 376, 378-380;
  • on Swiss quarrels, ii. 137;
  • on French Revolution, ii. 150;
  • declines Imperial Crown of Germany, ii. 219;
  • Diet of Erfurt, ii. 229;
  • peace with Denmark, ii. 254;
  • and Austria, ii. 276, 280;
  • Queen Victoria's letter to, on his position, iii. 17;
  • reply, iii. 28;
  • Russia's influence over, iii. 31;
  • letter from the Queen, iii. 107;
  • iii. 454;
  • account of his death, iii. 420, 423-426
• Prussia, Queen of, iii. 425, 426
• Prussia, Prince of (afterwards King William I.), visit to Queen Victoria, ii. 172, 251, 253;
  • a refugee, ii. 176;
  • Queen's appreciation of, ii. 256;
  • coronation, iii. 455, 456-459;
  • interview with Napoleon, iii. 467
• —— Prince Frederick William of (afterwards Emperor Frederick),
  question of marriage, iii. 142, 146, 147, 182, 195, 205, 220;
  • marriage to the Princess Royal, iii. 253, 261, 455;
  • birth of a son (present Emperor), iii. 314;
  • death of the King of Prussia, iii. 423-426;
  • coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 456-459
• —— Marie Louise Augusta, Princess of (grandmother of present German Emperor), ii. 106, 318, 319;
  • Queen writes to, on death of Czar, iii. 112
• Pulteney, Mr (afterwards Earl of Bath), i. 391
• Punjab (see India), ii. 142, 196;
  • annexation of, ii. 208, 220; iii. 178
• Puseyites, ii. 16, 273, 277, 282, 376