Albert, Prince, and Lord Palmerston, 177; letter on the defeat of the Turks at Sinope, 232; and Count Buol's scheme, 261; letter on the position of affairs in the Crimea, 263; death, and characteristics, 308, 309; last official act, 310 Alexander II., 259, 321 Alien Acts, the, 27 All the Talents, Ministry of, 63, 64 Alma, the battle of, 246 Althorp, Lord, 48, 56, 67, 79; and his part in carrying the Reform Bill, 81, 82, 87; characteristics, 81, 82, 88, 92; introduces the Poor Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 93, 96; and the Coercion Act, 96; succeeds to the Peerage as Earl Spencer, 100. _See also_ Spencer, Lord Amberley, Viscount, 356 America, war between England and, 21, 22; Napoleon's opinion of the war, 31; and the 'Trent' affair, 310-312; Civil War, 310, 313; and the Alabama Case, 312-319 Anti-Corn-Law League, its founding 121, 126, 131 Argyll, Duke of, 295, 327 Armenia, massacres in, 269, 353 Arms Bill, 146, 147; of 1847, 154 Auckland, Lord, 96 Austria, revolt in Vienna of 1848, 171; and the retention of Lombardy and Venice, 172, 300; and the Vienna Note, 227; and the Crimean War, 243; proposed alliance with England and France to defend the integrity of Turkey, 261; her power in Italy, 300; campaign against France and Italy, and battles of Magenta and Solferino, 302, 303; and the peace of Villafranca, 303 BAGEHOT, Walter, 86, 323 Ballot, the: Grote's attempts to introduce a bill, 90, 111 Bathurst, Lord, 50 Bedford, fourth Duke of, his 'Correspondence' edited by Lord John Russell, 278 -- Francis, fifth Duke of, 3 -- sixth Duke of, father of Lord John Russell, 3; opinion of English Universities, 11, 16; encouragement given to Lord John in political training, 14, 36; characteristics, 16; and Lord John's leadership of the Opposition, 103; and Joseph Lancaster, 115 -- seventh Duke of, 202 -- first Earl of, 2 Belgium: the question of its independence, 172, 340, 341 Bentinck, Lord George, 138, 140, 141, 150, 160, 201 Bessborough, Lord, 146, 151 Birmingham, unrepresented in the House of Commons, 23, 38, 51, 60, 71; great meeting on the Reform question at, 79, 296 Bismarck, Count, 321-323 Blandford, Lord, 59 Blessington, Lady, 42 Blomfield, Bishop, 115 Bradlaugh, Mr., 332 Bribery and corruption before the era of Reform, 23, 61; Lord John Russell's resolutions for the discovery and punishment of, 43 Bridgeman, Mr. George (afterwards Earl of Bradford), 16, 18, 20 Bright, John, on the influences at work in the repeal of the Corn Laws, 130, 131; on disaffection in Ireland, and the Arms Bill, 155, 156, 202, 206, 208, 287; relations with Lord John Russell, 294, 329; and the 'Adullamites,' 329