THEATRE, The, position of, in early Victorian times, 41; advice of Matthew Arnold, to organize, 209; Macready, first organizer of, 1827 to 1851, 209; difficulties experienced by him in attempt, 209; dulness of, long after it became respectable, 212; Lord Lytton's _Money_, dramatized for, 212; Robertson's _Society_ produced at Prince of Wales's, 212; revival of popularity of, 213; caused by production of Robertson's plays, 213; Lyceum, under Bateman, 214; Miss Bateman as Leah at, 214; first appearance of H. Irving at, 214; opinions expressed by George Lewes and George Eliot on Irving at, 215; result of influx of strangers into London, on Victorian, 218; the suburban, of recent times, 218; status of, raised by succession of high-class actors, 219. TOLLEMACHE, Lord, of Peckforton, sketch of, 12; the harness and trappings of his team, 12. TROLLOPE, Anthony, sketch of, 12; his sturdy cob, 12. U UNIVERSITIES, advice to settlers in East End, from, 130; extension lectures of, 180; Oxford and Cambridge brought to people's doors by, 180; revolution in domestic life at the, 180; less noticeable at Oxford than at Cambridge, 180; unattached or non-collegiate students at, 181; a return to mediæval usage, 181; comparative cost of education to unattached students at, 182; fellows and tutors of colleges at the, 189; altered habits and duties of fellows and tutors, 189; alteration due to extension lectures and similar causes, 190; scope of, extension lectures, 190; synopsis of course, distributed beforehand, 190; local schools and colleges in communication with, 192. UNIVERSITY settlement in East End of London, 115; clubs for adults encouraged by, 117; dominant idea of, 120; multifarious duties of a settler in, 121. URBAN population, increase of, during last twenty years, 435. V VANDERBILT, Commodore, sells fleet of ships to buy railway shares, 34. VICTORIA, colony of, indebted mainly to gold for its progress, 24; gold raised in, between 1851 and 1859, 89 millions, 25; imports rose to £30 per head of population, 26; exports to £56 per head of population, 26. VICTORIAN squire, often a self-made man, 200; seldom violates old traditions, 200; life of, at hall or manor, 200; not very different from his predecessor, 200; supports the subscription pack, 201; breeds shorthorns, 201; and becomes a judge of cattle, 201. VOLUNTEERS, instructions to Lords-Lieutenant in 1859 to raise, 303; Prince Consort's influence in securing issue of, 303; first review of, in Hyde Park, 23d June 1860, 303; number of, in 1860, 119,000, 303; in 1886, 226,752, 303; 800,000 men, still of military age, in Great Britain, have been, 304. W WAGES, increase of, of working classes, in Victorian era, 43.