Turkey and Syria-continued.

sacres at Damascus, [254]; conven-
tion by the Western Powers as to in-
terference in Syria, [255]; departure
of French troops for the East, [256];
vigorous conduct of Fuad Pasha in
punishing the guilty, [256]; appoint-
ment of Lord Dufferin as. British
Commissioner in Syria, [257].

Great conflagration at Smyrna, 148.
UNITED STATES.-Danger to the Union
from the question of slavery; the
Missouri compromise, [271]; the
Nebraska Bill, [272]; Question of
the election of a President in 1856,
[272]; Mr Buchanan's conduct, [272];
the Kansas bill, [272]; resolutions
of the House of Representatives
hostile to Mr. Buchanan; his pro-
test, [273]; contest for the Presi-
dency; the candidates, [275]; Mr.
Lincoln elected: his previous his-
tory, [276]; meeting of Congress,
[276]; Message of the President; its
topics-slavery and secession, [276];
relations with Great Britain, [284];
Kansas, [285]; African slave trade,
287; filibustering, [287].

Awful catastrophe at Lawrence, and
other disasters, 6; atrocities on board
American merchant ships, 14; dread-
ful murders on board an oyster-sloop
in New York Harbour, 39; hurri-
canes in the United States, 78;
dreadful disaster on Lake Michigan,
sinking of the Lady Elgin, with 300
passengers, 154; Niagara illuminated

United States-continued.

in honour of the Prince of Wales,
159; extraordinary performances of
Blondin at the Falls of Niagara, 166.
UNIVERSITY HONOURS.-Oxford, 339;
Cambridge, 342.

Volunteers.-Wonderful progress of the
Rifle Volunteer movement; Her Ma-
jesty receives the officers at a special
levée, 27; great review of Volunteers
in Hyde-park by Her Majesty, 87;
the National Rifle Association at
Wimbledon, 115; review by the
Queen at Edinburgh, 134; review at
Knowsley, 150; at Knavesmire,
Gloucester, and Camden Park, 151 ;
fatal accident at Dover to Artillery
Volunteers, 136.

Weather, the :-Wet, stormy, cold cha-
racter of the year; storms and ship-
wrecks in January, 3; the weather
and the parks, February, 19; great
storms on the 15th, 19th and 27th
February, 19, 23; the weather of the
Winter quarter, 45; destructive gale
in May, 75; dreadful losses of Yar-
mouth fishermen, 76; the weather of
the Spring quarter, 107; the wea-
ther of the Summer quarter, 160;
storms and shipwrecks in October,
168; hurricane at St. Kilda. 160;
storms and shipwrecks in Novem-
ber, 179; the "cold Christmas,"
198; the weather of the Autumn
quarter, 207.

Eclipse of the sun, 123; a comet,
124; fatal lightning storms, 132.