close of his Journal, 315 Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir George, statement of, in the House, on a cancelled appointment, i. 171 Guards, the, return of, from Crimea, ii. 50 Guise, Duke of, death of, ii. 178 Handel Concerts, the, at Crystal Palace, ii. 109 Hardinge, Rt. Hon. Lord, struck with paralysis, ii. 50 Havelock, General Sir H., heroism, peril of, at Lucknow, ii. 132; death of, 151 Hayward, Mr., dinner at his house, political, i. 6 'Herald, Morning,' the, virulence of, against Prince Albert, i. 129, 130 Income tax, the, carried, i. 61 India, East, Company, charter of, expiring, Bill for future government of, passed (1853), i. 51; opposed by 'Times,' 52; difficulty of the question, 52; petition of, to Parliament, ii. 159-60; failure of Bill on, 182; the Bill withdrawn, 187; India Bill passed, in Commons, 205 Inkerman, battle of, i. 199 Jervis, Rt. Hon. Sir J., Chief Justice, Common Pleas, death of (1856), ii. 65 Jewish question, the, Lord Stanley's Liberal vote thereon, i. 44; Disraeli's silence on, 44; Oaths Bill defeated, 161; acquiesced in by the Lords, ii. 199; Bill passed, 205 Labouchere, Rt. Hon. H., takes office under Palmerston as Colonial Secretary, i. 295 Lancashire, distress in, ii. 139 Lansdowne, Rt. Hon. Marquis of, unwillingness to accept Premiership, i. 2; letter of, to Mr. C. Greville on Palmerston's resignation, 114; position of, at crisis, 115; Dukedom refused by, ii. 120 Leopold, King of Belgians, his _démêlés_ with French Emperor, i. 102 'Leviathan,' afterwards 'Great Eastern,' the, attempted launch of, ii. 128 Lewis, Sir G. Cornewall, joins the Palmerston Government as Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 247; character of, ii. 84; conversation of, on Gladstone's finance, 304 Liberal party, divisions among, i. 1; hostility of Radicals, 3; negotiations of, on Lord Derby's resignation, 15, 16; resentment of, against Lord J. Russell, 167; meeting of, at Willis's Rooms, ii. 249 Liddell _v._ Westerton, case of, ii. 88; judgment reversed by Privy Council, 99 Lieven, Madame de, on the Russian war, ii. 25; death of, 76; character of, 76-83 Littlecote House, ii. 192