GUILDHALL School of Music, founded in 1880, 341; 3496 pupils at, at Christmas 1896, 341. H HALLÉ, Charles, born in Westphalia, 1819, 345; Beethoven's music popularized in England by, 346. HAMLEY, Sir Edward, sketch of, 308; his work on the _Operations of War_, 309. HANDEL, genius of, 344; recognized by George I. when Elector of Hanover, 344; his _Te Deum_ performed at St Paul's in Queen Anne's reign, 344; _Messiah_ produced at Dublin in 1741, 344. HELPLESS, the, legislative help for, distinctive of Victorian era, 388; initiated by Prince Consort, 388. HENRY VIII., privileges of people as enjoyed under Plantagenets, contracted under, 93; and under Elizabeth, 93; practically ceased to exist under the Stuarts, 93. HENTY, joint-founder of Melbourne, alive 1882, 25. HERCOMER, Professor, receives pupils into his studio, 353. HIGHER Grade Elementary Schools, in effect secondary schools, 148; sixty, under control of English School Boards, 149; thirty-nine of the, organized as science schools, 149; 4606 boys and 2023 girls, students at, 149. HIGHER Grade Schools Examination Board, 147. HOSPITALS, Prince of Wales's fund for relief of, from debt, 390; transformation in, during Victorian era, 391; in character of medical students at, 392; in management and organization of, 392; revenues of, modern and ancient compared, 392; St Bartholomew's in 1650 and in 1890, 392; special and general, 392; number of, in London, 392; game, flowers and other presents for, the fashion and rule, 393. HOUNDS, packs of, number of, in England in 1837, 413; number of, in England in 1897, 413; subscribers to and supporters of, in 1897, 414. HOUSE of Lords, debates such as formerly took place in House of Commons now confined almost exclusively to, 258; composition of, similar to composition of old House of Commons, 258; really a representative body, 264; socially indistinguishable from Commoners in many ways, 265; Peers in, created for political and social distinction, 266; Peerages in, conferred on Lord Carrington, Macaulay, and Tennyson, 265; later on, on Lord Armstrong, on widow of W. H. Smith and on Lord Glenesk, 265. HUDSON, George, the railway king, 6; his gorgeous chariot, 6; his personal appearance, 6; his house at Albert Gate, 6; entertains royalty, 7; his fall, 7, 30; hotel life at Calais, 7; compared with Beau Brummell, 7; born at York, son of a linen draper, 15; drives train conveying Queen and Prince Consort to Cambridge, 29; member for Sunderland, 30. HUXLEY, Professor, and spontaneous generation, 330; his observations anticipated by Schwann, 330.