at the Albert Hall, 21; Hull, 24; Reading, 24; Bury St. Edmunds, 25; opinion of Sir E. Carson's speech, 133; at Ladybank, 154; Manchester, 166; policy on the Ulster Question, 167-170; on the Curragh Incident, 180, 182; Secretary of State for War, 184; promises an Amending Bill, 221; on the landing of arms, 221; at the Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; on the postponement of the Amending Bill, 228, 230; defence of Home Rule Bill, 235; in Dublin, 244; on the settlement of the Irish question, 245; on the national danger, 266 _Attentive_, H.M.S., 178 Austrian rifles, 198 Baird, J.D., at Belfast, 81 Balfour, Rt. Hon. A.J., at Belfast, 13, 81; on election tactics, 25; on exclusion of Ulster, 95; resigns leadership of the Unionist Party, 60; how regarded in Ulster, 61; message from, 115; the "peccant paragraphs," 181 Balfour, Lord, of Burleigh, signs the British Covenant, 170 Ballycastle, 193 Ballykinler, training camp, 237 Ballymacarret, 225 Ballymena, meeting at, 108 Ballymoney, meeting at, 158 Ballyroney, meeting at, 108 _Balmerino_, s.s., 208, 209 Balmoral, Belfast, meeting at, 79-86, 101 Bangor, 214, 219 Barrie, H.T., 257 Bates, Richard Dawson, Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council, 35, 121; organises demonstration, 111; on board a tender, 214; Minister for Home Affairs, 282; knighthood, 284 Bedford, Duke of, Chairman of the British League for the support of Ulster, 147 Belfast, 46; Convention of 1892, 32-34, 109; meetings at, 52, 78, 157; services on Ulster Day, 117; City Hall, 119, 283; Covenant signed, 119-122; drill hall, opened, 148; riots, 151; review of the Ulster Volunteer Force at, 163; Customs Authorities, stratagem against, 217; reception of the King and Queen, 283 Belfast Lough, 46, 175, 211, 212 _Belfast Newsletter_, 102 note, 111 Benn, Sir John, 53 Beresford, Lord Charles, at Belfast, 81, 109; at the Ulster Club, 125; Liverpool, 127; member of a Committee of the Provisional Government, 145 Berwick, 149, 154 Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on the character of Sinn Feinism, 4; at Ilfracombe, 54; on the Home Rule Bill, 96; the right to fight, 138; member of a sub-committee on Ulster, 175; conduct in the Irish rebellion, 243; character of his administration, 245 Blenheim, meeting at, 97 Boyne, the, 2; battle of, 115; celebration, 224 Bradford, 172, 174, 175 Bristol, 150, 166; Channel, 208 _Britannic_, H.M.S., 224 British Covenant, signing the, 170 British League for the support of Ulster and the Union, formation, 147 Browne, Robert, Managing Director of the Antrim Iron Ore Company, 193 Brunner, Sir John, President of the National Liberal Federation, 167 Buckingham Palace Conference, 227 Budden, Captain, 196 Budget, 19; "The People's," 20 "Budget League," formed, 20 Bull, Sir William, 195 Bury St. Edmunds, 25 Butcher, Sir J.G., at Belfast, 81