Queen, Her Majesty the. _See_ Victoria, Queen. Queen's name, story of the, 7; speech, 7. Queensland, views in, and statistics of, *126. Raglan, Lord, 80, 84, *88. Railway Carriage, the Queen's, *16. Railways, early, 8, *9, *15, *16, *22. Ramnuggur, Battle of, 45. Reform Bills, 12, 129, 167; League, 129. Regalia, the, *106. Remnant of an army, *33. Repeal of Corn Laws, 38, 40. _Repulse_, H.M.S., *69, *75. Rice, Rt. Hon. Spring, 24. Rifles, examples of, *96; manufacture, *94. Roberts, General Lord, 147, 154, *155, 156. "Rocket," the, *9. Röntgen Rays, *192. Rorke's Drift, *149. Rosebery, Lord, premiership of, 179; resigns office, 180; resigns leadership of party, 182. Round Table Conference, 171. Royal Family, portraits of, *49, *175. _Royal Sovereign_, H.M.S., *69. Runjeet Singh, 31. Ruskin, Professor, 188, *191. Russell, Lord John, *5, *12, 14, *112; moves grant to Prince Albert, 27; proposes fixed Duty on Corn, 36; attempts to form a Ministry, 39; action respecting Papal Titles, 58; defeat of, 59; resumes office, 60; defeated on Militia Bill, 67; on Conspiracy to Murder Bill, 109; on Disraeli's Reform Bill, 110; action respecting Schleswig-Holstein, 125; raised to peerage, *127; becomes Premier, 127. Russell, Sir W. H., *83. Russia, political action of Czar, 73, 74, *75, 76; invasion of Turkey, 75; death of Nicholas I., 87; repudiates Treaty of Berlin, 138; invades Turkey, 145; anticipated War with, 167. Sacrament, Queen receiving, *10. Sale, General, 34. Salisbury, Lord, portrait, *146; in Disraeli's third Administration, 141; at Berlin Congress, 146; on Redistribution Bill, 167; first Administration, 168; second, 177; third, 180. Saloon, the Queen's, *16. Sanitation, 192. Schleswig-Holstein, War in, 124. Science, advances in, 190-192. Seamen, landing party of, *72. Sebastopol, siege of, 80, 81, *83, 86, 88, 89. Self-Denying Policy, *159. Shaftesbury, Earl of, *40. Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk, 31, 34. Shears for cutting steel, *165. Sibthorpe, Colonel, 27, 57. Sick Man of Europe, the, 73. Signal Cabins, *13. Sikh Wars, 43, 45; Sikh loyalty, 98. Smallpox, decline of, 191. Smith, Mr. W. H., 134, 171; death, 176. Sobraon, Battle of, *43, 44. Soudan, War in, 164, 167. Soult, Marshal, *10, 12. South Australia, statistics of, *128. Southey, Robert, *111. Speaker, the, *112, *176. Spencer, Herbert, *161. Sports, Royal, *73, *79. State Coach, the, *14. Steam-hammer, *70. Steamships, *21, *31, *38, *39, *62, *165, 185. _See also_ Navy. Stephens, James, 131. Stephenson, George, *185. Stewart, General, 147. Suez Canal Shares, purchase of, 143. Summer Palace, destruction of, 116. Surgery, Antiseptic, 191. Sussex, Duke of, 4, *5, *30, *37.