[166]; Sir G. Grey, Lord Palmerston,
[167]; Mr. Disraeli, [168]; motion ne-
gatived. Further debate raised by Mr.
Laing, Mr. Gladstone's speech, [169];
Lord J. Russell reviews the prospects of
the war and condition of the country,
[170]; replied to by Lord Palmerston,
[171]; subject renewed by Sir De L.
Evans, [172].
Financial Affairs-Estimates for the
Navy, Army, Ordnance, and Commis-
sariat, [174]; the Budget, [176]; de-
bate on the loan, [179]; debate on the
additional sugar duties and income tax,
[180]; debate on the Sardinian loan,
[181]; Turkish loan of 5,000,000%.,
with joint guarantee of England and
France, [182]; unexpected and formida-
ble opposition; narrow majority for Go-
vernment, [184]. The Indian Budget,
[184]; Mr. Bright alleges the use of
torture by the Indian Government for
collecting the revenue, [185]; debate
thereon, [186]; Parliament prorogued
by Commission, on the 14th of August;
speech of the Lords' Commissioners,
[186].
PATENTS, LIST OF, 478.
POETRY, 494.
PROMOTIONS-Civil Service Appointments,
Promotions, &c., 334; Army Promo-
tions and Appointments, 341; Navy
Promotions and Appointments, 352;
Ecclesiastical Preferments and Appoint-
ments, 356; Collegiate and Scholastic
Appointments, 358.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS-Table of Statutes,
18° & 19° Vict., 437.
Her Majesty visits the
Crimean wounded and invalids at the
Chatham hospitals, 50; Her Majesty
distributes war medals to the Crimean
soldiers, 89; Her Majesty's visit to
Paris, account of the proceedings, 132.
Racing Meetings-Epsom, 91; Ascot, 96;
Goodwood, 117.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS-at the central sta-
tion at Leeds, 3; boiler explosion on the
North-Eastern Railway, 12; at Glou-
cester, 12; accidents on the Aberdeen
Railway, 117; at the railway bridge,
Rochester, 126; dreadful accident on
the New York and Philadelphia Rail-
way, United States, 21 persons killed,
140; at Reading, five persons killed,
148; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire line, 149; on the Paris
and Versailles Railway, nine persons
Railway Accidents-continued.
killed; on the Lyons Railway, 16 per-
sons killed, 151; numerous accidents in
October, 152; suicide on the South
Devon line, 152; dreadful accident on
the St. Louis Railway, United States,
22 persons killed, 170; collision on the
Great Western line, 178; on the North
Kent line, 182; return of the number
of persons killed or injured by railway
accidents in the year 1855, 206.
Riots-Bread riots in London and Liver-
pool in February, 32; Sunday Riots in
Hyde Park, 106; bread riots in Hyde
Park, 157.
Robberies-Great bank robbery at Balla-
rat, 44; great robbery of gold during
transmission to Paris, 86; extensive
robbery of jewellery in Cheapside, 105;
robbery by a Dutchman at Amsterdam,
suicide of the thief at Liverpool, 112;
a thief stolen, 158; daring robbery of a
jeweller's shop at Portsmouth, 198.
RUSSIA-Sudden illness and death of the
Emperor Nicholas; he is succeeded by
his eldest son, Alexander II.; the young
Emperor's Manifesto, [199]; rumoured
insurrections in the interior of the Rus-
sian empire, [201]. See WAR WITH
RUSSIA.
SARDINIA-Treaty of Alliance with Sar-
dinia for a contingent army and a loan,
391; debate in Parliament on the Sar-
dinian loan, [181]; despatch, gallant
conduct of the Sardinians at the battle
on the Tchernaya, 404; melancholy
events in the Royal Family, 13; the
King's visit to England, 179.
Sebastopol for the events of the Siege,
see WAR WITH RUSSIA-Telegraphic
Despatches.
SHERIFFS for the year 1855, 210.
SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA-
wreck of the George Canning, 96 lives
lost, 2; of the steamship Mercury, by
collision, 10; of the Janet Boyd, 28
lives lost, 13; the Prince of Wales, 14;
of the Will-o'-the- Wisp, 18 lives lost,
26; the steamship Mauritius destroyed
by fire, 30; loss of the steamship Morna,
21 persons drowned, 40; the steam-
transport, Cræsus, burnt off Corsica,
72; of the John, on the Manacles rocks,
200 lives lost, 77; the Etna, floating-
battery, destroyed at Millwall, 79;
massacre of the crew of the brig Her
Majesty, 110; collision of the Vivid
and the Henry, off Dover, three lives
lost, 126; of the Enterprise, dreadful
sufferings of the crew; of the Catherine
Sharer, the St. Abbs, and the Abbotts
Reading, 166; gales and losses at sea
in November, 310 vessels wrecked, 169,
180; loss of the steamship Faith, 203;
return of wrecks in the year 1855,
205.
STATE PAPERS-TREATIES-Act of Acces-
sion of the King of Sardinia to the con-
vention of April 10, 391; Military
Convention between England, France,
and Sardinia, 393; supplementary con-
vention between England and Sardinia,
394; convention between England,
France, and Turkey, for the guarantee
of a loan, 395.
Despatches-Relative to the promo-
tion of Serjeants in the Crimean regi-
ments, 397; attack on Eupatoria, 398;
siege of Sebastopol,' 399; battle of the
Tchernaya, 404; fall of Sebastopol, 406;
expedition into the Sea of Azoff, 409;
capture of Kinburn, 422; operations in
the Baltic, 424; bombardment of Swea
borg, 425; battle of Kars, 432.
STATUTES, TABLE OF, 18 & 19 Vict.-i.
Public General Acts, 437; ii. Local and
Personal Acts, declared public and to be
judicially noticed, 442; iii. Private Acts,
printed, 450; iv. Private Acts, not
printed, 451.
STOCKS-Prices of, highest and lowest, 469.
SWEDEN AND NORWAY-Important Treaty
of Sweden with the Western Powers, by
which the latter guarantee the integrity
of the Swedish territories, [482].
TRIALS AND LAW CASES-Case of Messrs.
Strahan, Paul, and Bates, the bankers-
their examination at the Police Court
and Bankruptcy Court, 98; their trial
at the Central Criminal Court, 359; the
Burdon slow-poisoning case-trial of
Joseph Snaith Wooler, for the murder of
his wife, 375; trial of Baranelli for the
murder of Mr. Lambert, in Foley Place,
and execution, 4; singular trial of Dr.
George Smith and Robert Campbell for
arson, at Edinburgh, 10; execution of
Barthelemy for the double murder in
Warren Street, 14; trial of Elizabeth
Laws for the murder of Mrs. Bacon, at
Rochester, 17; of Mddle. Doudet, a
French governess, for cruelty, at Paris,
26; of Joseph Cleary for the attempted
murder of Mr. Leah, 33; of Thomas Mun-
roe for the murder of Isaac Turner at
Lamplugh, 34; of Sarah Newton for
poisoning her husband and son, at Bar-
net, 45; of Lazarus Hempstead for the
murder of his wife, at Halstead, 51;
Trials and Law Cases-continued.
of William Wright, for the murder of
Ann Collins, at Lydiard Tregoz, 53;
of Æneas Prendergast for the murder of
Maurice Prendergast, at Claremorris, 53;
of Charles King, the thief-trainer, 61;
murders by insane persons; trial of G.
H. Smith for the murder of his wife,
and of Rebecca Turton for the murder
of her husband, 110; of Joseph Mea-
dows for murder of Mary Ann Mason,
at Dudley, 113; of Joseph Richards
for murder of John Davies, at Brecon,
117; of Lieutenant Austin for cruel-
ties in Birmingham Gaol, 120; of
Fleming Coward for attempted murder of
James McNeill, at Maryport, 124; of
two boys for murder of a companion at
Liverpool, 138; of Abraham Baker for
murder of Naomi Kingswell, at South-
ampton, 154; of Isabella Jolley, for
murder of her mother, at Knightsbridge,
159; of Sutton for poisoning his
father, at Taunton, 181; of Jonathan
Heywood for murder of Martha Jones,
at Rochdale, 182; of the Rev. Vladimir
Petcherine for Bible-burning, at Dublin,
184; of William and Mary Aspinall for
starving their child, 193; the Cudham
murder-trial of R. T. Palin for murder
of Jane Beagley, 198; of Thomas Cor-
rigan for the murder of his wife in the
Minories, 204.
Civil Causes.-The Marriage Aet-
The Queen v. Giles-charge of false entry,
50; great will case-Sefton v. Hopwood,
60;
the Law of crossed Cheques-Car-
lon v. Ireland, 192; trial at Paris of
Mdlle. Doudet, a French governess, for
cruelty to an English family, 26.
UNITED STATES-Misunderstanding be-
tween the English and American Govern-
ments on the recruiting question, [283],
and on the Central American question,
[284]; strange difficulty in electing the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
[284]; the President, nevertheless,
delivers his Message to Congress-its
topics-foreign relations-Central Ame-
rica, [285]; the Sound dues, [291];
Treasury, [292]; Army, [293]; Navy,
[293]; Interior, [293]; Constitutional
theory of Government, [294]; Constitu-
tional relations of Slavery, [296]; Dis-
cussion on the Message, [301]; Dreadful
railway accident near St. Louis, 22
persons killed, 170.
UNIVERSITY HONOURS.
Cambridge, 475.
VIENNA, the Conferences at-Failure of
the negotiations for peace; history of
the proceedings; the Four Points,
[201]; extracts from the letter of in-
struction to the British plenipotentiary,
Lord John Russell, [202]; opening of
the Conferences, [203]; the two first
points, the Principalities and navigation
of the Danube, settled without difficulty,
[205]; the third point, the limitation
of the power of Russia in the Black
Sea, gives rise to dissensions; the Rus-
sian plenipotentiaries refuse to initiate
a proposal, and declare that Russia will
not consent to any limitation by treaty,
[287]; Turkey formally received into
the European system, [208]; proposal
of the allies respecting the Black Sea,
[209]; declined by the Russian pleni-
potentiaries, [212]; who make a propo-
sition for the opening of the Dardanelles
to ships of war of all nations, [213];
which is rejected by the allies, [214];
conferences virtually at an end; but
Count Buol suggests a further plan on
the principle of counterpoise, [215];
it is rejected by the other allied Govern-
ments, who insist on the principle of
limitation, and the conferences are
closed, [216]; views of M. Drouyn de
Lluys and Lord John Russell opposed
to their Governments on this subject,
[217]. (See PARLIAMENT [74, 84,
152].) Circular of Count Nesselrode
respecting the negotiations, [218];
speech of the Emperor of the French
to the Legislative Assembly in reference
to the conferences, [220]. .
WAR WITH RUSSIA-Gloomy prospects of
the Crimean army; dreadful privations
and sufferings of the troops, [189];
complete break-down of our military
system; report of Sir John McNeill and
Colonel Tulloch; heart-rending details,
[190]; painful narratives of eye-wit-
nesses, [193]; benefits of the "Times
Fund," [193]; manifestoes of the Em-
peror of Russia; their resolute tone,
[194]; treaty with the King of Sar-
dinia for his participation in the war,
[196]; circular of the Emperor of Rus-
sia, [196].
Operations in the Baltic-Numbers
of the allied fleets, [223]; massacre of
a boat's crew of the Cossack at Hango,
[223]; explanation of General de Berg,
[224]; of Prince Dolgoroucki, [225];
the passages into the Gulf of Finland
set with "infernal machines," one of
which explodes and injures several offi-
War with Russia--continued.
cers, [227]; bombardment of Sweaborg;
the fire entirely destroys the interior of
the fort, [228]; dissatisfaction at the
small effect of the naval operations,
[230].
Events in the Crimea-The Russians
attack Eupatoria, and are repulsed with
loss, [230]; the Russians advance the
defensive works of Sebastopol into the
allied lines by fortifying the Mamelon,
[231]; desperate contests for the rifle-
pits, [231]; sortie of the Russians;
opening of a bombardment on 9th April,
which is ineffectual, [232]; general
description of the place by an eye-wit-
ness, [232]; General Canrobert resigns
the chief command to General Pelissier,
[233]; active operations of the new
commander; the French, after a severe
conflict, carry a place d'armes, [234];
expedition to Kertch, which is com-
pletely successful; Kertch and Yenikale
taken, [235]; the light squadron twice
sweep the Sea of Azoff, destroying im-
mense quantities of stores, [236]; the
Russians blow up and abandon the
fortress of Anapa on the Circassian
coast, [237]; the French capture the
Mamelon, the English the Quarries,
[237]; bloody repulse of the allies on
the 18th June from the Malakhoff and
Redan, [238]; gallant capture of the
cemetery by Brigadier Eyre, [241];
Prince Gortschak off's narrative, [242];
Death of Lord Raglan; General Simp-
son appointed to the command, [246];
desperate attempt of the Russians to
raise the siege; battle of the Tchernaya;
bloody defeat of the Russians by the
French and Sardinians, [246]; general
assault on Sebastopol on the 8th Sep-
tember; the English are repulsed with
great loss from the Redan, and the
French on other points; but the latter
take and hold the Malakhoff, [248]; nar-
rative of the subsequent events, [248];
Gen. Simpson's despatch, [254]; descrip-
tion of the interior of the Malakhoff by
an eye-witness, [256]; Prince Gortscha-
koff's narrative; his enormous losses,
[256]; the Russians, in consequence,
abandon the south city, [257]; general
order of Prince Gortschakoff, [258];
horrors of the interior of the city;
narratives of eye-witnesses, [260, 264];
successful cavalry engagement
Eupatoria, [265]; General Simpson re-
signs the command; General Codrington
succeeds, [265]; dreadful explosion of
the French siege-train, [265]; the Em-
War with Russia-continued.
peror of Russia proceeds to the Crimea
to inspect the actual state of the armies,
[266]; the allies attack and take Kin-
burn, [276]; the light squadron again
sweeps the shores of the Sea of Azoff,
[269].
The Campaign in Asia.-Neglect
and corruption of the Turkish officials;
General Williams appointed British
Commissioner with the Turkish army;
his great and successful exertions to re-
medy these disorders [270]; Kars forti-
fied and provisioned; the Russians lay
siege to the place, cut off all the com-
munications, and starve the town; but
General Mouravieff, alarmed by the ru
moured relief under Omar Pasha, orders
a general assault; heroic conduct of the
defenders, and the Russians are repulsed
with prodigious loss [271]; despatch of
General Williams [272]; the Russians,
nevertheless, persevere in their blockade;
the garrison and inhabitants are reduced
to famine, and surrender on favourable
terms [274]; the prisoners are treated
with chivalrous courtesy [278]; pro-
ceedings of Omar Pasha's army; he
lands at Redoute Kalé, and advances on
Kutais; defeats the Russians on the
Ingour [277].
Telegraphic Despatches.- Defeat of
the Russians at Eupatoria, 39; death of
the Emperor of Russia, 49; commence-
ment of the bombardment of Sebastopol,
in April, 71; capture of eight mortars
by the French, 80; completion of the
electric telegraph from Sebastopol to
War with Russia-continued.
Varna, 81; resignation of General Can-
robert, 90; capture of a place d'armes,
94; the expedition to Kertch and the
Sea of Azoff, 95, 96, 104; capture of the
Mamelon, 97; failure of the attack on
the Redan and Malakoff, 105-109;
death of Lord Raglan, 109; bombard-
ment of Sweaborg, the Russian account,
130; battle of the Tchernaya, 131;
destruction of a Russian man-of-war,
143; capture of the Malakoff, 143;
fall of Sebastopol, 143; Prince Gort-
schakoff's account, 145; cavalry engage-
ment near Eupatoria, 152; defeat of the
Russians at Kars, 157; capture of Kin-
burn, 158; defeat of the Russians by
Omar Pasha, 176.
Incidents of the War.-Sailing of the
Baltic fleet, 60; completion of the Cri-
mean telegraph, 81; the Queen's address
to the Crimean army on the capture of
Sebastopol; form of prayer and thanks-
giving for the victory; reception of the
news in England, 146; trophies of Se-
bastopol, list of the cannon, shot, shell,
stores, &c. found in the city, 167; visit
of the young Emperor of Russia to the
army in the Crimea, 173; dreadful ex-
plosion in the French camp before
Sebastopol, 175. See RUSSIA-VIENNA,
THE CONFERENces at.
WEATHER, THE-State of the Weather at
the opening of the year, 1; severe wea-
ther in January, amusements in the
Parks, accidents, 23; dense fog in Lon-
don, 175; the weather at the end of the
year, 205,
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