ABERCORN, THE DUKE OF, installed as
Grand Master of Freemasons at Dublin,

3.

ABERDARE, LORD, interposes as mediator

during the Iron and Coal trade Strike,
[65]; describes the result of Strike,
[67].

ABSTRACT OF REPORTS for 1875, 227.
ACADEMY. Vide Royal Academy.
ACCIDENTS.-Fatal boat, on the Tyne, 3;
alarming occurrence at Jerusalem
Chambers, 15; death from game at
football, 19; a runaway engine at
Stamford, 25; fatal carriage, in St.
James's Park, 29; to a jockey at Ep-
som, 31; a student drowned at Oxford,
47; to a pleasure-boat at Herne Bay, 51;
death by burning in Fleet Street, 52;
at Drury Lane Theatre, 60; to tourists
in Wales, 65; carriage, in Wharfdale,
79; fall of a factory at Liverpool, 81;
to a boatfull of Royal Marines at Ply-
mouth, 84; to the Dorking coach, 85;
to a lifeboat on the Mersey, 91; an
organist killed by lightning, ib.; a
lady killed by a catapult, 99; fatal
boat, at Maidenhead, 103; chemical
explosion in Holborn, ib.; death of a
lady from inhaling chloroform, 115;
explosion at Bremerhaven, 120; fatal
boat, on the Nile, 125.

"ACTORS AND THE ART OF ACTING," by
Mr. G. H. Lewes, [364].
"ADMIRAL POPOFF,' Russian circular
ironclad, Launch of the, [287].
ADULTERATION OF FOOD ACT, [47].
ADVENTURE ON AN UNINHABITED ISLAND,
42.

ADVOCATES' LIBRARY, EDINBURGH, Fire at
the, 14.

AERONAUTICS.-A perilous balloon jour-
ney, 33; Simmond's Flying Machine,
122; experiments at Chatham, 123.
AFRICA.-Langalibalele's sentence miti-
gated, [76]; Lord Carnarvon's despatch
to chief and tribe, [ib.]; resignation of
Sir B. Pine, Governor of Natal, [77];
Lord Carnarvon's policy and Sir Garnet

Wolseley's administration, [ab.];Reform
Bill, [78]; successful temporary ad-
ministration, [79]; Sir Henry Bulwer
appointed Governor, [ib.]; Lord Car-
narvon's legislation; selects Mr. J. A.
Froude as his semi-official representa-
tive, [ib.]; historical sketch of British
Colonies in South Africa, [80]; des-
patch to Sir Henry Barkly, [ib.]; objects
of the proposed Conference, [81]; op-
position in Cape Colony, [82]; Mr.
Froude and Mr. Molteno upon, [ib.];
award in the Delagoa Bay Arbitration,
[85]; news of Lieut. Cameron, 123.
AFRICAN PRINCE, Arrival of the son of
King Coffee, 38.

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT introduced
by the Duke of Richmond and passed
by the Lords, [42]; introduced in the
Commous by Mr. Disraeli, [ib.].
AGRICULTURAL RETURNS for 1874, 229.
ALARMING SCENE in a church, 4.
"ALBERTA AND MISTLETOE," Collision
between the, 73; the coroner's jury at
Winchester Assizes, 119, [132].
ALBERT HALL, Grand ceremony at, 30.
ALBERT MEMORIAL, Elevation of statue to
pedestal, [383].

"

ALBURY CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH,
exciting scene in, 4.

ALDBOROUGH, EARL OF, Obituary notice,
152.

ALDERSHOT, Review of troops at, 58.
ALEXANDER, Capt., Obituary notice, 152.
ALEXANDRA PALACE, Opening of, 33;
races, 47; hound show at, 61; inter-
national pigeon races at, 63.

ALDWICK MAIN COLLIERY, Explosion, 2.
"ALGERIA AS IT IS," by Mr. George
Gasken, [352].

AMERICAN REVIVALISTS, The, 28.
AMERICA. Vide United States; Southern
States of, [323].

"ANATOLICA," by Mr. Davis, [355].
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN, Obituary
notice, 145.

ARCTIC COMMITTEE, Report of the Ad-
miralty. Vide Science, [384].

66

ARCTIC EXPEDITION-Organisation and
equipment, [69]; report of the Arctic
Committee and designs of the expedi-
tion, [71]; departure of the "Alert
and Discovery," 46; departure of the
'Pandora," 57; return of the "Valo-
rous," [72], 79; return of the "Pan-
dora," 96; discovery of letters and
despatches, [73]; death of Lady Frank-
lin, [74]; monument to Sir John and
Lady Franklin in Westminster Abbey,
[i]; report of the Admiralty Com-
mittee, [384]; letters from the "Dis-
covery" and "Alert," 214.

ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES-moved by
Mr. Gathorne Hardy, [29]; the Navy
Estimates moved by Mr. Ward Hunt,
[30].

ARMY MOBILISATION SCHEME, [135];
arrangement of the military forces,
[ib.].

ARMY STATISTICS, 234.

ARNIM'S, COUNT, Appeal and sentence,
[228].

ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS IMPROVEMENT BILL,
introduced by Mr. Cross, [43]; opposed
in committee and becomes law, [44].
ARTILLERY, ROYAL, Banquet to the Prince
Imperial, 12.

-

History of

ART, RETROSPECT OF, [373].
ASCOT RACES, Gold Cup day, 51.
ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE, 55.
AUSTRALIA.-Meeting in Sydney to con-
sider scheme of New Guinea annexation,
[103]; ministerial crisis, [104]; the
Budget, [ib.]; general condition of the
Colony, [105].
AUSTRO-HUNGARY.
the
year, [232]; meeting of the Reichsrath,
[ib.]; prosecution of Herr Ofenheim,
[233]; extraordinary incident at the
trial, [234]; resolutions to Government
from Diets for protection of native in-
dustry, [ib.]; ministerial crisis in
Hungary, [235]; new ministry, [236];
opening of new bed of the Danube at
Vienna, [ib.]; death, will, and funeral
of the Ex-Emperor Ferdinand, [237];
deaths of the Duke of Modena and Arch-
bishop of Vienna, [238]; report of the
Committee of Hungarian Delegation,
[239]; Count Andrassy's explanations,
[240]; notice of withdrawal from the
European Treaty of Commerce, [241].

BAKER, COLONEL, convicted, sentenced,
and dismissed from the Army for as-
sault in a railway carriage, 55.
BALACLAVA CHARGE, Banquet to the sur-
vivors of, 97.

BALLOON JOURNEY, A perilous, 33.
BANK HOLIDAYS.-Amusements on Easter
Monday, 24; Whit-Monday, 41

BANQUET to the Prince Imperial, 12.
BASKET BURIAL, exhibition of wicker
coffins at Stafford House, 53.
BATEMAN, MR., Obituary notice, 134.
BAVARIA. Vide Germany.

BAXTER, DR. W. R., Obituary notice, 148.
BAXTER, MR. DUDLEY, Obituary notice,

141.

BELGIUM.-History of the year, [262];
dispute with Germany, [263]; mar-
riage of King's daughter, Louise, to
Duke of Saxony, [266]; religions dis-
turbances at Ghent, Antwerp, &c.,
[267].

BENNETT, SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE, Obi-
tuary notice. 132.

BENN, MAJOR-GEN., Obituary notice, 153.
BESSEMER SALOON STEAMER, trial trip,

38.

BERKSHIRE, Jewel robberies in, 9.
BIANCONI, MR. CHARLES, Obituary notice,

146.

BICYCLE CLUB, London, 4.

BIGNOLD, SIR SAMUEL, Obituary notice,
129.

BIRCH, MURDER OF MR., at the Straits'
Settlement, [102].

BISMARCK, PRINCE.-Speeches upon Ec-
clesiastical Laws, [206], [212]; re-ap-
pearance after illness, [226]; speech
on the Penal Code Bill, [227].
BLACKFRIARS, Railway accident at, 105.
BLONDIN, Extraordinary feat of, 96.
BOARD OF TRADE REPORTS, 231.
BONAPARTIST Candidate returned for the
Hautes Pyrenees, [146]; secret com-
mittee, [167].

BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN in
1875, [325].

"BOSSUET AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES,"
[334].

BOULOGNE, Extraordinary scene at, 75.
BOYNE," Wreck of the, 72.
BOYTON, CAPTAIN PAUL.-Experiments
with life-saving dress, 17; voyage to
Greenwich, [ib.]; attempts to cross the
English Channel, 27; second voyage a
success, 44; directs a Boyton Re-
gatta," 70.

BOXING-DAY ENTERTAINMENTS, 126.
BRASSEY, Letter from Mr. T., and effect
upon the colliers' strike, [66].
BRAZILS.-Speech of the Emperor at the
opening of the Chamber, [322]; reli-
gious disturbances, [ib.].

BREMERHAVEN, Diabolical crime at, 120.
BRIDGWATER, Great tidal wave at, 107.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY

SOCIETY, Memorial to Government
from, [127], 225.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION, Annual meeting of
the, at Bristol, [388]; opening of
Forty-eighth Congress, 77.
BRIGHTON, Swimming feats of two ladies
at, 83.

BROCK, REV. DR. WILLIAM, Obituary

notice, 150.

BROOKFIELD, SERMONS AND BIOGRAPHI-
CAL NOTICE OF REV. W. H.," [336].
BROWN, Funeral of Mr. John, sen., 97.
BRUNNOW, COUNT, Obituary notice, 138.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, A mad dog at, 83.
BUDGET, introduced by Sir Stafford North-

cote, [31]; proposition of Sinking Fund,
[32]; Mr. Lowe and Mr. Gladstone
criticise and attack the scheme, [ib.];
Sinking Fund embodied in a Bill,
[33].

BUFFET, MINISTRY OF M., [169].
BULKELEY, SIR RICHARD, Obituary notice,

145.

BUNKERS' HILL, Centenary, [313]; fatal
colliery explosion at, 32.
BURMAH. Vide China.

BURTON'S, MRS., "Inner Life of Syria,
Palestine," &c., [353].

BUTLER, MAJOR, "Akimfoo; or, the His-
tory of a Failure," [345].
BYRON MEMORIAL, proposed, 62.

CABINET, The, 243.

CABMEN'S SHELTERS.-Opening of the
first erection in St. John's Wood, 8.
CAIRNES, PROFESSOR JOHN ELLIOTT,
Obituary notice, 143.
CAMBERWELL-Panic at Messrs. Moody
and Sankey's service at, 59.
CAMBRIDGE, DUKE OF, presides at the
award of prizes at Royal Military
Academy, 10.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY DEGREES, 250.
CAMERON, LIEUTENANT, safe arrival at
Loanda, 123.

CANADIAN OIL WORKS CASE.-Trial of
Charlton v. Hay and others for alleged

false prospectus, 173.
CANADA, Lord Dufferin on the prosperous
condition of, [106]; Guibord burial
case at Montreal, [108]; serious bread
riots, [109]; the mob addressed by the
Mayor, [ib.]; letter from the Premier,
[ib.]; conflict between the police and
the mob, [110.]

CARLYLE, Address to Mr. Thomas, on his
eightieth birthday, 116.
CARNARVON, LORD.-South African policy
attacked in the House of Lords, [77];
proposed Federal Constitution, [79];
despatch to Sir Henry Barkley, [80].
CARRIAGE ACCIDENT in St. James' Park,
29; death of the footman, 30.
CARRIER PIGEON RACES, 63.
CATAPULT, A, discharged at the Royal

train, 39; a Lady killed by, 99.
CATTLE SHOW at Agricultural Hall, 117.
CENSUS OF BRITISH INDIA, 227.
CHADWICK, Mr. JAMES, Obituary notice,

129.

"CHARGE OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE in
the case of 'The Queen v. Castro,'"" [360].
CHARITY MISPLACED, 41.

"CHARLES DICKENS," Wreck of the, 104.
CHARLTON V. HAY, alleged false pros-
pectus case, 173.

CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOLS, Opening of the
new, by Prince of Wales, 25.
CHILDERS, Accidental death of wife of
Right Hon. H., M.P., 115.
CHINA.-Massacre at Burmah, [97]; Sir
D. Forsyth's Mission to Mandalay,[ib.];
negotiations with Imperial Government,
[99]; Mr. Wade's Message and deci-
sion of the Chinese, [ib.]; statement
to British Consul, [100]; Malay out-
break, 101; murder of Mr. Birch, 102;
Malays punished by British troops,
[ib.]; history of the year, [194]; death
of Emperor of China and appointment
of successor, [ib.]; dispute with British
Government, [195]; Imperial decree,
[ib.]; murder of Mr. Margary at Man-
wine, 16.

CHRISTMAS AT THE CAMP, 126.
CHRONICLE OF REMARKABLE

RENCES, 1.

OCCUR-

DARLINGTON Great Railway Jubilee, 88.
D'AUDIFFRET-PASQUIER, DUKE, elected
President of National Assembly, [171].
"DAYS NEAR ROME," by A. W. Hare,
[351].

DEATH IN A BAKER'S TROUGH, 19.
DÉJAZET, Funeral of Mdlle., 115.
DERBY, LORD, Speech on the Turkish
Question, [118]; explanation of Go-
vernment purchase of Suez Canal
shares, [122].

DERBY DAY, 43; ninety-sixth Derby
Stakes, 44.

DENMARK.-Opening of Icelandic Althing,

[271]; ministerial changes, [ib.];
Royal message, [272]; volcanic erup-
tion in Iceland, [ib.]; death of Hans
Christian Andersen, [ib.].

"DEUTSCHLAND," Wreck of the, 117.

DISSERTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS," [362].
DISRAELI, MR.-Speech on the Irish
Peace Preservation Act, [22]; intro-
duces the Agricultural Holdings Act in
the Commons, [42]; proposition to the
House for grants for Prince of Wales's
visit to India, [59]; speech on the
Turkish Question, [117].

DITCHER, REV. J., Obituary notice, 150.
"DOBELL, THE POETICAL WORKS OF MR.
SYDNEY," [371].

DONCASTER RACES, 87.

DONOUGHMORE, LORD, moves Address
on Queen's Speech, [7].
DORKING COACH, Accident to the, 84.
DOUGLAS, BISHOP, Obituary notice, 153.
DRURY LANE THEATRE, Accident at, 60.
DUBLIN.-Revival of old custom on St.

Patrick's Day, 21; great fire at a
whiskey distillery, 53; disgraceful
scenes at, 54; monster procession at
O'Connell Centenary, 68; banquets in
the Exhibition, 69; centenary celebra-
tion, [132]; riotous proceedings, [133].

DUFFERIN, LORD, speech at meeting of
Canada Club, [106].

DUNDEE, Daring burglary and singular
recovery of the property at, 108.
DYMOKE, MR., Obituary notice, 153.

"EARLY KINGS OF NORWAY, THE," by
Thomas Carlyle, [340].

"EARL RUSSELL'S RECOLLECTIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS, 1813–1873," 329.
EASTER-MONDAY. Vide Bank Holiday.
ECCENTRIC CLOCK, An, 81.

ECUADOR, Assassination of the President
of, [323].

EDINBURGH, DUCHESS OF.-Birth of a
daughter, 99; baptism of the infant
daughter, 122.

EDINBURGH, DUKE OF, presented with
service of plate by the City of London,
39; opens the Yorkshire Exhibition at
Leeds, 40; lays foundation-stone of
New Opera House, 123.

EDINBURGH, Fire at the Advocates'
Library, 14.

EGYPT.-History of the year, [281];
opening of the New International Court
by the Khedive, [.]; Suez Canal
finances, [282]; the Budget, [283];
Mr. Stephen Cave invited to supervise
the accounts, [ib.]; war with Abys-
sinia, [ib.]; Egyptian ships, at demand
of British Government, recalled from
Zanzibar, [284]; operations of Colonel
Gordon, [ib.].

EISTEDDFOD, The annual, 77.

ELLIOTT, VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES,
Obituary notice, 147.

66

ELLIS, MR. WYNN, Obituary notice, 150.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN THE EAST," by
Sir Henry Rawlinson, [353].
EPPING FOREST, Civic visit to, 95.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 31.
ESCAPE OF A LION from a menagerie at
Balsall Heath, 18.

ETON, Messrs. Moody and Sankey hold a
meeting at, 56; cricket match, 60.
EXECUTION OF FOUR CRIMINALS in one
day, 2.

EXETER REREDOS CASE, Judgment, 13.
EXPLOSIONS-at a fuse manufactory in
Cornwall, 11; of gas at the exhibition
of "The Roll Call," 16; of gas at
Westminster, 48; of chemicals in Hol-
born, 103; at Bremerhaven in Ger-
many, 120.

FACTORIES, Census of, 232.

FALCK, DR., introduces bill for the sup-
pression of convents in Prussia, [213];
speech upon, [214].
FENIAN LUNATIC, A, 39.