Lord John Russell by Stuart J. Reid (books that read to you .txt) 📕

Bill of 1852, 196; defence of Lord Clarendon, 196; edits ‘Memoirs and Journal of Thomas Moore,’ 204; accepts Foreign Secretaryship in the Aberdeen Administration, 206; his vacillation in taking office under Lord Aberdeen not due to personal motives, 205; retires from Foreign Office, 210, 221; on the projects of Russia, 218, 224, 225; and the Vienna Note, 227; speech at Greenock on the prospects of war, 227; memorandum to the Cabinet on the eve of the Crimean War, 228; Reform Bill of 1854, 236, 239, 241; resignation, 241; resumes his seat in the Cabinet, 242; speech in the House of Commons on withdrawing his Reform measure, 242, 243; proposes a rearrangement of the War and Colonial departments, 244, 248, 251; presses Lord Aberdeen to take decisive action with regard to the Crimean War, 248; memorandum on the Crimean War, 251; proposed resignation, 251, 252; resignation on Roebuck’s motion to inquire into the condition of the Army in the Crimea, and his speech on the question, 254-257; becomes Colonial Secretary in Palmerston’s Government, 258; plenipotentiary at second Congress of Vienna, 259-263; consents at Palmerston’s request to remain in the Ministry, 263; explanations in the House of Commons regarding the failure of the Vienna Conference, 264, 265; announces his resignation (1855), 265; speech in defence of his late colleagues against Roebuck’s motion of censure, 266; his mistake in joining the Coalition Ministry, 271; leisure, travel, &c., 272; literary labours, 272-281, 354; and the pension for Moore, 278; remarks on his own career in ‘Recollections and Suggestions,’ 281, 336; allusions to Joseph Lancaster, 282; work in the cause of education, 282-285, 339; scheme of National Education (1856), 284; opposes Lord Palmerston on the ‘Arrow’ question, 287; speech in the City and re-election, 287, 288; supports Palmerston at the Indian Mutiny crisis, 288; on the Conspiracy Bill, 289, 290; supports Lord Derby in passing the India Bill, 290; thanked by Jews for his aid in removing their disabilities, 291; attacks Disraeli’s Reform Bill, 292; renewal of friendly intercourse with Palmerston, 293; relations with Cobden and Bright, 294; joins Palmerston’s Administration (1859) as Foreign Secretary, 295; introduces a new Reform Bill, 296; raised to the Peerage, 297; acquires the Ardsalla estate, and receives the Garter, 298; his work at the Foreign Office, 299, 300; intervention in Italian affairs, 304, 339; protests against the annexation of Savoy by France, 305; receives Garibaldi at Pembroke Lodge, 307; his reception in Italy, 307; and the ‘Trent’ affair, 311; and the ‘Alabama’ case, 313-319, 341; on the Polish revolt, 321; and the Schleswig-Holstein difficulty, 322, 323; as Foreign Secretary, 323, 324; on Palmerston’s vivacity, 325; second Premiership on the death of Palmerston, 325; tribute to Lord Palmerston, 327; defeated on the questions of Reform and Redistribution of Seats, 331; Mr. Lecky’s reminiscences of him, 335-339; relations with colleagues and opponents, 336, 337, 347; speech on the maintenance of the independence of Belgium, 340; letter on the claims of the Vatican, 341, 342; letters to the ‘Times’ on the government of Ireland, 343; and Home Rule, 338, 343, 344; independent attitude towards the throne, 344; relations with Lord Aberdeen, 346, 347; Lord Selborne’s impressions of him, 345; his private secretaries’ impressions of him, 347, 348; life at Pembroke Lodge, 351-353; stories about doctors, 350; visit of Bulgarian delegates, 352; friendships, 355; his use of patronage, 355; his children, 356; home life, and his children’s reminiscences, 356-361; Dr. Anderson’s recollections, 361; a meeting with Carlyle, 362; Lord Dufferin’s recollections, 363; religious faith, 364; interview with Spurgeon, 365; at Cheshunt College, 365; Nonconformist deputation, 366; ‘Golden Wedding,’ 367; death, 367; opinion of Lord Shaftesbury, 368; a remark of Sir Stafford Northcote’s, 369 Russell, Hon. Rollo, 360, 367 Russell, William, Member of Parliament in the reign of Edward II., 2 Russell, Lord William (of the seventeenth century), 1; Lord John Russell’s Biography of him, 274 Russell, Lord William, Lord John Russell’s brother, 6; wounded at Talavera, 14, 34; letter to Lord John, 49 Russia, and India, 31, 218; projects and demands with regard to Turkey, 223, 224; occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia, 224, 229; rejection of the Vienna Note, 226; destroys Turkish fleet at Sinope, 230; evacuates the Principalities, 243; operations in the Crimea, 246-252; death of the Emperor Nicholas, 259; fall of Sebastopol, and losses in the war, 268; and the Polish revolt, 321 Salamanca, battle of, 16, 17 Sardinia, and the Crimean War, 267 Schleswig-Holstein question, the, 172, 322, 323 Scott, Sir Walter, Lord John Russell’s first acquaintance with, 9; and the Edinburgh Speculative Society, 13, 91, 355 Sebastopol, siege and fall of, 246, 247, 268 Secret Memorandum, the, 216, 225 Sefton, Lord, 75 Selborne, Lord, on the ‘Alabama’ case, 312-319; impressions of Lord Russell, 345 Seymour, Sir Hamilton, 214 Seymour, Lord Webb, 12 Shaftesbury, Lord, and factory children, 89; and Lord John Russell’s support of Peel, 129, 130; and the Factory Bill, 159; special constable in 1848, 167; and Cardinal Wiseman’s manifesto, 187; on the Coalition Government, 211, 212, 368 ‘Shannon’ and the ‘Chesapeake,’ battle between the, 22 Shelley and the Peterloo massacre, 38 Sheridan, Mr., 25 Sidmouth, Lord, 21, 40, 63, 85 Simpson, General, 267 Sinope, destruction of Turkish fleet at, 230, 232, 233 Slave trade, 22, 48, 89 Smith, Rev. —, Vicar of Woodnesborough, a tutor of Lord John Russell’s, 6 Smith, Dr. Southwood, and the Public Health Act, 162 Smith, Sydney, friendship with Lord John Russell, 8; on Reform, 27; on the political situation after Canning’s accession to power, 50, 51; and ‘Dame Partington,’ 80; hopeful of the triumph of Reform, 84; and ‘Lord John Reformer,’ 90; on Lord John’s influence in the Melbourne Government, 113 Society of the Friends of the People, 25, 63 Solferino, battle of, 303 Spain, Lord John Russell’s visit with Lord and Lady Holland, 9-11; Lord John’s sympathy, 9, 10; Lord John’s second visit, 14, 15; Lord John’s third visit and adventures, 16-20; entry of Wellington into Madrid, 16; the Spanish marriages, 171, 172; Lord Palmerston’s interference, 174 Spencer, Lord, on the alliance of England with France, 120 Spurgeon, C. H., 365 Stanhope, Colonel, 14, 15 Stanley, Lord, and Irish affairs, 92, 93; Secretary for the Colonies, 93; and the Irish Church, 95; withdraws from Lord Grey’s Cabinet, 95; Secretary for the Colonies under Peel, 124, 134; succeeds to the House of Lords, 141; challenges Palmerston’s foreign policy, 176; fails to form a Ministry on the resignation of Lord John Russell, 193 Stanmore, Lord, 118, 119, 211, 231, 233, 347 Stansfeld, Mr., 327 Stewart, Dugald, 12 Stockmar, Baron, 101, 216 Sussex, Duke of, and the claims of Dissenters, 53 Sweden, and the Crimean War, 267 Syllogism, a merry canon’s, 19 Tahiti incident, the, 125 Tavistock, monastic lands granted to the first Earl of Bedford, 2; election of Lord John Russell as member for, 20, 62 Tavistock, Lord, elder brother of Lord John Russell, 6, 11 Tennyson, Mr., 90 Tennyson, Lord, his appointment as Poet Laureate, 355 Test and Corporation Acts; agitation for their total repeal, 53, 54; speech of Fox, 54, 55; their provisions, 54; jubilee of repeal, 366 Tithe Acts (Ireland): Mr. Littleton’s Bill, 93, 94; Bill of 1835, 105, 107; Bill passes through Parliament, 112 Tithe Commutation Act, 106, 107 Tooke, Horne, 26 Trafalgar Square demonstration on the Reform question, 332 Treason Felony Act, 157 Treaty of Paris (1856), 268 ‘Trent’ affair, the, 310-312 Turkey, war with Egypt, 119; and the custody of the Holy Places in Palestine, 213; the ‘sick man’ of Europe, 214, 215; oppression of Christian subjects, 217; reception of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, 222; and the Vienna Note, 224-227; ultimatum to Russia, 229; destruction of fleet by Russia at Sinope, 230; and the second Congress at Vienna, 259-262; and the Treaty of Paris, 268, 269 University of London, 106, 107; proposed enfranchisement of, 296