resignation, 229; resting in York-
shire, 229; address from the Cor-
poration of Scarborough and his
reply, 230; civic banquet to him
and his address to the members of
the Athenæum at Bristol, 230; con-
soled by favourable news from the
Crimea, 231; announces his intended
resignation to Lord Clarendon, 231;
memorandum on the state of public
affairs, 231; on the personal arrange-
ments of the War Department, 233;
urges on Lord Aberdeen the appoint-
ment of Palmerston as War Minister,
234; communications between him
and Lord Lansdowne on the re-
modelling of the War Department,
236, 237; expresses a belief that he
does not possess the confidence of
Lord Aberdeen, 236, 237; memo-
randum on the defects in the military
arrangements of the Government,
238; proposes to Lord Aberdeen
concert with the French Government
on a fresh plan of campaign, 241;
his visit to Paris and conferences
with the Emperor and his ministers,
241; declines to defend the Ministry
on Mr. Roebuck's motion on the
conduct of the Crimean War, and
resigns, 241; his retrospective me-
morandum, 243; his equivocal posi-
tion in the Aberdeen Ministry, 244;
his retirement virtually terminates
the Aberdeen Administration, 246;
supports Mr. Roebuck's motion, 246;
sent for by the Queen, but unable
to form a Government, 246; Lord
Palmerston asks his assistance in
forming a Government, 246; de-
clines, but agrees to represent Great
Britain at the Vienna Conference,
246; his letter to Lord Clarendon
explaining views on the same, 247;
letters of congratulation to him on
his acceptance of the mission, 248;
has interviews in Paris with the
Emperor and others respecting the
situation, 250; Palmerston's letter
respecting his acceptance of office on
reconstruction of the Cabinet, 250;
accepts the Colonial Office, 251;
interview with the King of the
Belgians in Brussels, 253; interviews
in Berlin with Baron Manteuffel,
the King and the Prince of Prussia,
253; fails to withdraw Prussia from
her isolated position, 253; goes on
to Vienna, 253;
interviews with

Count Buol on the four points of
the protocol of the Western powers
defining object of the Crimean War,
255; his difficulties, 255; opening
of the Conference, 255; perverse
action of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe,
257; recommends the acceptance of
Prince Gortchakoff's compromise re-
garding Russian force in the Black
Sea, 258; his embarrassment at re-
ceiving no reply from the Govern-
ment, 259, 260; is informed that his
colleagues cannot agree to his settle-
ment of the first point, 260; his
letters to Lord Panmure and Lady
John Russell on the subject, 260, 261;
and to Lord Clarendon and Lord
Lansdowne, 261; his account of the
new proposal concerning the Black
Sea, 264, 266; returns to London,
266; his letter to Lord Clarendon
on the effect of the resignation of
Drouyn de Lhuys, 268; withdraws
his resignation on the entreaty of
Lord Palmerston and Lord Claren-
don, 269; his note on the surrender
of his own opinions and the motives
which may have swayed the French
Emperor, 269; defends his own con-
duct and the policy of the Govern-
ment in the House of Commons, but
omits all reference to the Austrian
proposal, 271, 272; effect produced
consequently by Count Buol's version
of the affair, 271; attacked by Milner
Gibson in the House of Commons,
272; lame nature of his defence,
272; painful incidents connected
with Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's notice
of motion respecting his conduct at
Vienna, 273; sends his resignation
to Lord Palmerston, 274; explains
the circuinstances of his resignation,
274; deep impression made by his
language, 275; receives letters of
thanks from Lord Granville and
Solomon Hailes (a working-man),
276; his feelings towards the mem-
bers of the Cabinet, 277; and also
towards the subordinate members of
the Government, 278; record of his
political career to this date, 278;
resumes literary labours, 279; his
biography of Fox, 279; character of
his writing, 279; on moral and
political progress, 280; as a lecturer,
281; lets his London house, 283;
lengthened visit to Switzerland ani
Italy, 284; dines with Sir James

Hudson, 284; at Florence, 285; in-
terview with Cavour, 286; returns to
England, 286; pleased with prospects
of eldest son's future, 286; writes
an epilogue for a play composed by
his children, 288; his social qualities,
289; his straitened pecuniary means,
289; assisted by his brother the
Duke of Bedford, 290; gives the
Palmerston Administration an inde-
pendent support, 290; his opinion
of Lord Clarendon's mission for the
conclusion of peace, 291; advocates
the cause of education, 291; reso-
lutions on education defeated, 292;
speech in the debate on the Address
at the opening of the session of 1857,
292; supports Mr. Locke King's
motion for reduction of county
franchise, 293; and Sir G. Lewis's
Budget, 293; in favour of Mr.
Cobden's resolution on the Arrow
affair, 294; doubts his chances of
return for the City, 297; is returned,
299; effect on the country of his
success, 299; attends meetings at
Sheffield and Birmingham, 299;
continues an independent supporter
of Lord Palmerston, 300; news of
outbreak of Indian Mutiny arrives,
300; answers Mr. Disraeli's attack
on Indian administration, 300;
moves an address assuring Crown
of the support of the House in the
Indian Mutiny crisis, 301; considers
the machinery of government for
India obsolete, 302; his scheme of
reform therein, 302; his letter to
Sir G. Grey on the French threats
against England, 303; opposed to
the alteration of the conspiracy laws,
303; answers Mr. Disraeli's speech
attacking the great Reform Act, 304;
his action on the Conservative Bill
for the better government of India,
305; his motives misunderstood,
307; efforts to enable Jews to sit in
Parliament, 307; Baron Rothschild's
acknowledgment of his aid, 308;
rises in popular estimation, 309;
visits Lord Derby at Knowsley, 309;

disinclined to disturb the Conserva-
tive administration, 309; on signs
of a crisis in Italy desires a congress
to settle the matter, 310; his remedy
for the bad form of government
imposed on Italy, 310; his distrust
of the Conservatives in this matter,
and on Parliamentary Reform, 311;

his objections to the Conservatives'
proposed measure of Reform, 311;
moves a resolution in conformity
with his views, and defeats the
Government, 312; issues his address
to the electors of the City, 312;
brings the Franco-Austrian question
prominently forward, 312; is blamed
for the dissensions in the Liberal
camp, 313; his letters to Sir James
Graham on the matter, 313; and to
Lord Granville, 314; assents to the
Queen's suggestion to serve under
Lord Granville, but stipulates to lead
the Commons, 314, 315; Granville's
letter on the question, 316; Lord
John's reply, 316; takes office as
Foreign Minister under Palmerston,
318; has the Italian question to deal
with on taking office, 319; defends
the conduct of Victor Emanuel, 321;
'Italy for the Italians' the watchword
of his policy, 321; events move in
favour of his policy, 322; his advice
to Victor Emanuel, 323; advises the
Queen to accept invitation to the pro-
posed congress, 324; letter to Lord
Cowley regarding Austrian inter-
vention, 324; his proposals on the
failure of the congress, 325; effects
Cavour's return to office, 326; his
policy the first step towards a United
Italy, 327; letter to and from Sir
James Hudson on the question of
Savoy, 328, 329; protests against
the annexation of Savoy and Nice to
France, 329; effect in the House of
Commons of his speech on the con-
duct of France, 331; supported by
Lord Palmerston, 331; assures
Count Apponyi as to the policy of
Great Britain in Italy, 331; is not
surprised at the insurrection in Sicily,
332; letters to the British Minister
at Naples on the same, 332; urges
on Cavour a policy of patience, 332;
writes to Lord Cowley on affairs in
Italy, 333, 334; declines the French
suggestion to stop the passage of
Garibaldi to Naples, 334; places
pressure on Cavour to abstain from
attacking Venice, 335; sides with
Sardinia in her hour of difficulty,
335; his famous despatch of October
27, 1860, 335; Palmerston credited
with its composition, 337; on the
use of the words 'revolution' and
' revolutionary,' 337; letter from his
nephew, Mr. Odo Russell, on the

effect of the despatch in Italy, 339;
uses his influence to complete the
union of Italy, 339; visited by
General Garibaldi, 339; visits Scot-
land with his family, 340; projects
a new Reform Bill, 341; nature of
the measure, 341; the Bill received
with indifference, 341; withdraws
it, 341; writes to Palmerston on the
prospects of Reform in the then-
existing House of Commons, 341;
his feelings on withdrawing the Bill,
342; derived his chief support in
the Cabinet from Mr. Gladstone,
343; is a loyal supporter of Mr.
Gladstone's financial measures, 343;
his letter to Palmerston on the Paper
Duty Repeal Bill, and the expendi-
ture on fortifications, 344 ; accom-
panies the Queen to Germany, 344;
kills his boar, 345; at a Palace con-
cert, 345 n; marriage of his second
daughter, Victoria, to Mr. Villiers,
345; summoned to Woburn on the
Duke of Bedford's serious illness,
346; death of the Duke, 346; Lord
John's affection for him, 346; increase
of his income, 347; goes to the
House of Lords, 347; Punch on the
transition, 347 and n; Mr. Disraeli
and Mr. Gladstone on the change,
347, 348; his language on the eve of
the great American civil war, 349;
directs the British Consul at Charles-
ton to continue his functions, 352; his
reply to Mr. Seward's despatch re-
specting agents of Southern Confede-
racy, 352; a deputation sent him
from the Southern States, 352; re-
cognises their belligerent rights,
353; advises neutrality, 353; his
despatch on the powers of blockade
entrusted to the President by Con-
gress, 354; writes to Lord Palmer-
ston on the question of raising the
blockade, 355; his despatch on the
case of the Trent, 358; private
instructions to Lord Lyons, 358;
greatly affected by the death of the
Prince Consort, 359; letter to his
daughter Victoria, 359 n; attends the
Queen at Gotha, 360; letters from
and to Lord Palmerston on the war
in America, 360, 361; his view of the
military, political, and social aspects
of affairs in America, 363; his des-
patch to Mr. Adams, 365; corre-
spondence regarding the Alabama,
365; is prepared to detain that

vessel, but his proposal not approved
by Cabinet, 367; Mr. Adams' de-
mands of redress for injuries inflicted
by the Alabama, 368; his answer
thereto, 369; views as to arbitra-
tion, 369; letters to Lord Palmer-
ston and Mr. Gladstone, 370, 371;
view of the convention signed by
Lord Stanley consenting to arbitra-
tion, 372; his opinion three years
afterwards, 373 n; displeased with
the action of the Alabama com-
mission, 374; thinks the questions
arising out of the escape of the
Alabama should not be tried by ex
post facto law, 375; gives notice
to move address on the indirect
claims in the Alabama arbitration,
376; makes a great impression by
his speech on this occasion, 377;
Mr. John Forster's opinion of the
speech, 378; hurt by the conduct
of Mr. Gladstone's Government
respecting the Alabama, 378; his
account of the early history of the
Polish insurrection, 380; his sym-
pathies with the Poles, 381; nature
of his despatch to Russia on the
subject, 381; controverts the Russian
arguments as to the right of Europe to
interfere in Poland, 382, 383; thinks
both Danes and Germans to blame
in the Schleswig-Holstein question,
388; efforts at conciliation, 388, 389;
his despatch accepted by Austria and
Prussia as the basis of negotiation,
390; his advice not accepted by
Denmark, 390; counsels modera-
tion, 391; effect on the German
Diet of his despatch to Sir A.
Malet, 392; urges Germany and
Denmark to accept mediation, 396;
Germany accepts his offer, 396; but,
influenced by English Press, Den-
mark refuses, 398; his opinion of
the damage done by the English
Press, 397, 398; procures the repeal
of the objectionable ordinance of
Denmark, 398; sends Lord Wode-
house to Copenhagen on a mission of
peace, 399; failure of the mission,
400; letter to Sir A. Paget on the
obstinacy of Denmark, 400; at-
tempts to separate the questions of
Schleswig and Holstein, 401; letter
from Palmerston on this subject, 401;
fails in his proposal to prevent the
war, 402; his proposals for united
action on the part of France and

Great Britain, 402; Lord Palmer-
ston's answer to the memorandum,
402; he and Lord Palmerston in
favour of stronger measures than
their colleagues, 404; his letter to
Lord Granville on putting the fleet
in inotion, 406; considers it impolitic
for this country to take an active
part in the war, 409; his speech
announcing the failure of the con-
ference, 409; is defeated in the
Lords, 409; but is victorious in
the Commons, 409; letter to Lord
Cowley on the result of the division,
409; summary of his policy through-
out the Danish question, 410; his
reputation not maintained thereby,
411; difficulties of his situation,
411; presented with addresses by
Sunderland and Newcastle, 413;
his language on the occasion, 413;
receives the Order of the Garter, 414;
visits Ireland, 415; on the legisla-
tive successes of the previous thirty
years, 416; marriage of his eldest
son, 418; his speech on the occasion,
418; visits Bowood to say farewell
to the widow of the poet Moore,
419; his letter to Lord Palmerston
on the income-tax, 419; birth of a
grandson, 420; on Lord Palmerston's
death asked by the Queen to carry
on the Government, 421; letter from
Mr. Gladstone on the subject, 422;
invites Lord Clarendon to take the
Foreign Office, 422; his difficulties
in forming a Government, 423; in-
troduces changes in administration,
423; is of opinion that a stable
Ministry must be either frankly
Liberal or frankly Conservative, 424;
frames another measure of Reform,
424; its nature, 424; the Bill intro-
duced by Mr. Gladstone, 425; dis-
satisfaction among Liberals at the
incompleteness of the measure, 425;
accepts Mr. Kinglake's compromise,
425; his Bill passes the second
reading by a very small majority,
426; decides to persevere with Reform
Bill, and introduce additional mea-
sures, 426; appeals to Lord Grosve-
nor to reconsider his position, 426;
his Government defeated on Lord
Dunkellin's amendment, 428; the
Cabinet decide to tender resignation,
428; letters to the Queen on the
crisis, 428-431; his action quickly
vindicated, 432; completes his 'Life

of Fox,' 433; his letters to Mr.
Chichester Fortescue on The State

of Ireland,' 434; his imaginary
colloquies between Bishop Burnet
and Archbishop Tillotson on the
Athanasian Creed, 434; further
literary work, 435; his 'Recollec-
tions and Suggestions,' 435; joy of
his wife at the termination of his
official career, 436; reads an address
at the town hall of Tavistock, 436;
again visits Italy, 437; witnesses
the entry of Victor Emanuel into
Venice, 437; visits his brother-in-
law, Sir H. Elliot, at Florence, 438;
charged by the Times with jobbery
regarding the supposed promotion
of Mr. (afterwards Sir H.) Elliot in
the diplomatic service, 438 n; corre-
spondence with Sir James Hudson
and Sir A. H. Layard on the same,
438, 443 n; decides on moving for
a commission to inquire into the
revenues of the Irish Church, 444;
his eldest son begins his parlia-
mentary career, 445; marriage of
his eldest daughter, 445; visits Ire-
land with his wife and youngest
daughter, 445; received with grati-
tude by the Irish people, 445; pro-
poses a series of resolutions affirm-
ing the necessity of improving the
national education, 446; decides to
abstain from taking office, 446, 447;
on the disestablishment of the Irish
Church, 448; presides at a meeting
in St. James's Hall in support of
Mr. Gladstone's policy regarding the
Irish Church, 449; visits Scotland,
&c., 449; invited by Mr. Gladstone
to become a member of the Cabinet
without other responsibility, 450;
refuses the offer, 450; advocates the
reform of the Irish Land Laws, 451;
warmly supports Mr. Gladstone's
Bill for the disestablishment of the
Irish Church, 451; votes with the
Conservatives on some points of the
Bill, 452; congratulates Mr. Glad-
stone on the passing of the Irish
Church Act, 452; his proposal re-
garding life peers, 453; invested
with the Grand Cross of the Order
of St. Michael and St. George,.453;
visit to the continent, 453; dines
with the Emperor and Empress of
France, 454; lines on a visit to
Adisham, 455; his speech on the
Irish question, 456 n; takes an active

part in the passage of the Irish Land
and Education Acts, 456; on the
neutrality of Belgium, 457; letter
from the King of the Belgians, 457;
his sympathies with the Germans in
the Franco-Prussian war, 458; on
the Treaty of 1856, 458; does not
approve of the policy of Mr. Glad-
stone's Government, 459; opposed
to the abolition of purchase in the
army, 459; again visits the continent,
460; his failing health, 461; in-
troduces a measure for the better
government of Ireland, 462; takes
an active interest in the struggle for
religious liberty between the Pope
and the Emperor of Germany, 452;
letters of thanks from the Emperor,
464; and Prince Bismarck, 465;
domestic afflictions, 466; defends
the cause of liberty in Eastern
Europe, 466; letter from Garibaldi,
467; visited by Mr. and Mrs. Glad-
stone, 468; his death, 468; tributes
to his memory, 469, 470; reflections
on his character and political career,
471; his readiness in debate, 476;
Sydney Smith's witty observation
on his physique, 477; the character
of his oratory, 477; his amiable
domestic nature, 482
Russell, Lord (Lord Tavistock's son),
afterwards eighth Duke of Bedford,
i. 162

Russell, Lord William (grandson of the
fourth Duke of Bedford; murdered
by Courvoisier), i. 2; loses his seat
for Surrey, in 1807, 30; residing at
Geneva, 119

Russell, Lord William (George Wil-
liam), son of the sixth Duke of Bed-
ford, i. 2; interested in Mrs.
Witty's' welfare, 22; aide-de-camp
to Sir George Ludlow, 36; gets a
troop in the 23rd, 37; wounded at
Talavera, 53; aide-de-camp to Gen-
eral Graham, 53; characteristic post-
script to a letter to his father, 54 n;
unexpected meeting with Lord John
at Portsmouth, 61; meets him again,
at Vera, 75; on Lord Wellington's
staff, 69; member for Bedford, 73;
marries Miss Rawdon, 96; aide-de-
camp to the Duke, 97; returned again
for Bedford, 110; his letter to Lord
John on the latter's political obliga-
tions, 137; on marriage, 157; Lord
John offers his official residence to
him, 171; at Whitehall, 184 n; his

sympathy with Lord John's ill health,
203 ; approves of the speech of
Lord John's which 'upset the coach,'
209 ; letter to Lord John from
Stuttgart, 243; and from Berlin,
386; death of, at Genoa, 448
Russell, Lord Odo (the late Lord
Ampthill), his letter to Lord John,
on the effect in Italy of the latter's
famous despatch, ii. 338, 339 n;
correspondence with Lord John on
the struggle for religious liberty, 463,
465

Russell, William (Lord John's cousin),
ii. 113

Russell, Lord Wriothesley, offered and
declines the bishopric of Lichfield,
i. 337 n; at Chenies, 450; on Lord
John's resignation, ii. 242

Russia, war of, with Turkey, i. 158;
aids in suppressing the Hungarian
rebellion, ii. 48; action in the
matter of the Polish refugees, 134;
destroys the Turkish fleet at Sinope,

201

Rutherford, Mr., i. 418; ii. 145

STE-AULAIRE, M. (French minister in
London), ii. 9

St.-Germans, Lord, ii. 166, 167
Salamanca, battle of, i. 62, 65
Saldanha, Duc de, coup d'état of, ii.
9; untrustworthiness of, 9; con-
ditions imposed by him on the
Queen of Portugal, II; despotism
of, II

Salisbury, Lord, his proposal to give
the clergymen of the Irish Establish-

ment their glebes supported by Lord
John, ii. 452

Sandon, Lord, his amendment to
Molesworth's vote of want of con-
fidence in Lord Glenelg, i. 309
Sanfedisti, the, ii. 34
San Jacinto, the, ii. 357
Santa Cruz, Marchioness of, i. 67
Scarborough, address of its citizens to
Lord John, ii. 230
Scheldt, blockade of the, ii. 190
Schleswig-Holstein question, the, ii.
37, 44, 132, 380
Schwarzenberg, F., ii. 45
Scott, Sir Walter, in Selkirkshire, i.

32; at Edinburgh, 46; offer of pe-
cuniary assistance from Lord John,
188

Scrope, Poulett, i. 295
Seaford, Lord, i. 171 n