COUNTY Councils, election of councillors to, 99; co-optation of aldermen from among councillors of, 99; term of office in, 100; presidents of, county magistrates, 100; elections to, by ballot, 100; expenses of elections to, defrayed out of county rate, 100; jurisdiction of, how far co-ordinate with that of Quarter Sessions, 100; does not extend to public house licensing, 100; mixed committees of old and new magistracy, 100; checks and limitations on borrowing powers of, 101; controlled in different parts of England by different classes, 102; judicial functions of magistrates unaffected by, 105; peers as chairmen of, 112; representatives of, on governing bodies of secondary schools, 140. COUNTY Councils Act, 1888, principle of, same as that of Corporation Act, 1835, 92; number of administrative counties under, 99; electoral divisions of counties under, 99; electors, 99; municipalities inside County Council area, dealt with by, 99. COURT, The, the federal head of Society. 408; central idea of Prince Consort's policy, 408; illustrations of the working of the idea, 409. COX, David, his pictures, 355; prices received by him for, in his lifetime, 355; prices paid for pictures by, now, 356. CRANBORNE, Viscount, title from Sir Christopher Gascoigne, Lord Mayor of London, 15. CRICKET, growth of, during Victorian era, 414; increased power of the bat, 415; pre-eminent position of W. G. Grace as a batsman, 415; and of Richardson as a bowler, 415. CRIME, statistics of, 366; close connection between ignorance and crime, 367. CRYSTAL Palace, magnificence of orchestra at, 348; maintained continuously since 1854, 348; concerts, influence and æsthetic value of, 349. D 'DAILY Telegraph' started in 1856 by Colonel Sleigh, 382. DANDIES, the toilettes of, 4. DARBY, J. L., founder of sect of Plymouth Brethren, 404; split among followers of, 404. DARWIN, Charles, publication by, of _Origin of Species_, 326; epoch in science created by, 326; doctrine of survival of the fittest enunciated by, 330; anticipated in point of time by Dr Maillet, 330; and foreshadowed by Erasmus Darwin and others, 331; relations of Herbert Spencer and, 331; apparent reaction against theories of, setting in, 331. DEATH-RATE, steady reduction in death-rate, due to progress of physical and surgical science, 394; from 23 per million in 1855, 394; to 21 per million in 1875, 394; and 18 per million in 1895, 394. DE LANE, John T., editor of the _Times_, sketch of, 5; his influence and power, 10; his personality kept in background, 11; Disraeli's remark, 'I had better postpone giving my views of De Lane till he is dead,' 380.