Paget, Sir Arthur, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, letter from Colonel Seely, 175; in London, 176; interviews with Ministers, 177; instructions from the War Office, 178, 180; conference with his officers, 179, 185; on the employment of troops in Ulster, 186 Parliament, assembled, 23, 131, 167; dissolved, 23, 275; adjourned, 99 Parliament Act, 23, 27, 43-45, 53, 91 _Parliamentary Debates_, viii, 29 _note,_ 142, 179 note, 181 note, 185 note Parnell, Charles, saying of, 6; leader of the Nationalist Party, 6; downfall, 17 _Pathfinder_, H.M.S., 178 _Patriotic_, R.M.S., 128 Peel, Sir Robert, 138 Peel, W., at Belfast, 81 "People's Budget," 20; rejection, 42 Percival-Maxwell, Col., Privy Councillor, 284 Phoenix Park murders, 243 Pirrie, Lord, unpopularity in Belfast, 63; peerage conferred, 284 Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, 15 Plunkett, Sir Horace, Chairman of the Irish Convention, 257, 261; letter to Lloyd George, 264 Pollock, Sir Ernest, at Belfast, 81 Pollock, H.M., member of the Irish Convention, 257, 262 Portadown, meeting at, 108, 114 Portland, Duke of, signs the British Covenant, 170 Portrush, 55, 193 Presbyterian Church, General Assembly of the, 155 Presbyterians, political views, 12 Preston, George, subscription to the Indemnity Guarantee Fund, 156 Prisoners, release of, 256 Protestants, Irish, distrust of Roman Catholics, 9; dislike of clerical influence, 10 Ramsay, Sir W., signs the British Covenant, 170 Ranfurly, Earl of, organises the Ulster Loyalist Union, 30, 37; member of the Unionist Council, 35 Raphoe, Bishop of, member of the Irish Convention, 258, 260-262 Rawlinson, J.F.P., at Belfast, 81 Reade, R.H., 35 Reading, Mr. Asquith at, 24; election, 155 Redistribution Act, 275 Redmond, Capt., 275 Redmond, John, 174; on the national movement, 7; policy, 22; on Home Rule, 27, 54; with Mr. W. Churchill in Belfast, 63, 68; opinion of Sir E. Carson's speech, 133; protests against Amending Bill, 222; at Buckingham Palace Conference, 227; conditional offer of help in the war, 231, 233; tribute to, 239; patriotism, 239; refuses office, 242; at Dublin, 249; on the exclusion of Ulster, 250; manifesto, 254; at the Irish Convention, 260-262; death, 262; on the condition of Ireland, 298 Redmond, Major W., his speech in the House, 253; killed in the war, 253 Reform Club, Belfast, 122, 124, 191 Reid, Whitelaw, 274 Renan, E., on the root of nationality, 2 _Reynolds's Newspaper_, 89 Richardson, Gen. Sir George, Commander-in-Chief of the U.V.F., 161, 197; career, 161; characteristics, 162; at Belfast, 162, 217; reviews the U.V.F., 163-165 Rifles, seized by Government, 161, 195; purchase of, 198; packing, 201; landed in Ulster, 219 Roberts, F.M. Earl, 130, 188; letter to Col. Hickman, 161, 195; signs British Covenant, 170; congratulations to Sir E. Carson, 220; on the result of coercing Ulster, 224 Robertson, Rt. Hon. J.M., Secretary to the Board of Trade,