Russia, Emperor Nicolas of, impending war with, i. 64; indignation against, 64; difficulties of, in Eastern crisis, 70; English and French fleets sail for Dardanelles, i. 69, 70; hopes of peace with, 75; war declared against, by Turkey, i. 93; aims at forming Holy Alliance between himself, Austria, and Prussia, 99; defeated by Manteuffel, 100; autograph letter of, to the Queen, 105; Turkish fleet destroyed by, 111; enormous preparations of, for war, 125; asks for explanations from England, 130; secret correspondence with, published, 149; increased indignation of public against, 149; war declared against, 149; pretended acceptance of the 'Four Points,' 222; death of, 248; Emperor Alexander II. refuses terms of Vienna, 258; fall of Sebastopol, 285; ultimatum to, sent by Palmerston, 306; accepts proposals of peace, ii. 7; coronation of Czar at Moscow, 54 Rutland, Duke of, death of, ii. 76 St. Arnaud, Marshal, reluctance of, to engage in battle of Alma, i. 188 Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel, King of, visit to Windsor with M. de Cavour, i. 301; his demands on the Allies, 302 Seebach, M. de, Saxon Minister in Paris, action of, as mediator, i. 313 Seymour, Sir Hamilton, delivery of Convention to Nesselrode, by, i. 77 Solferino, battle of, ii. 258 Stafford, Augustus, strictures of committee on, i. 62; damaging to Lord Derby's Government, 63, 64; his mission to Constantinople in aid of the wounded, 206, 207 Stanley, Lord, declines Lord Palmerston's offer of the Colonial Secretaryship, i. 292; succeeds Lord Ellenborough at the Board of Control, then takes Secretaryship of State for India, ii. 211 Stratford, Lord, his policy at Constantinople, i. 80; suspected by Lord Clarendon, 83; hostility of Emperor of Russia against him, 88; influence of, disputed by Baraguay d'Hilliers, 106; his despatches praised, 136; regarded as cause of war, 140; clamour against, for neglect of General Williams, ii. 10 Sugden, Sir Edward, note upon, i. 19 Tchernaya, battle of (1855), i. 283 Thouvenel, M., despatches of, _in re_ Savoy, ii. 296 'Times,' the, opposes the India Bill, i. 52; versatility of, on Eastern crisis, 174; letter in, defending Prince Albert, 130; on Lord J. Russell's position, 167; on French reinforcements, 202; attacks of, on Lord Raglan, 219; 'runs amuck' against aristocratic element in society, 243; hostility of, towards Palmerston Government, ii. 157; letter of French Emperor to King of Sardinia published in, 274; opposes French Commercial Treaty, 289; on Lord John's Reform Bill, 297