ACCIDENTS.-to Artillery Volunteers at
Irvine, 21; Bilston, 59; boating, off
Brittany, 88; Crystal Palace, 99; on
the Ebro, 87; Gibraltar Bay, 121;
Lanark Artillery, 21; Silvertown,
North Woolwich, 32; Steam-launch on
the Thames, 65; Tottenham Court
Road, 55; Walsall, 41; Woolwich,
127; Rev. H. Wright, 75
AERONAUTICS. · International contest at
the Crystal Palace, 106; fatal accident
in Paris, 112; simultaneous balloon
ascent, 89; navigable balloon, a, 30
AFRICA. ASSAB Bay, Italian occupation
of [325]

BELGIAN, Exploration Party, fate of the,

50. BONNY, Treaty of Peace with, 7
GORDON, Colonel, resigns the Governor-
ship of Central, 6; and the Slave Trade
[324]

MIDIAN, gold mines of [325]

NEW CALABAR, Treaty of Peace, 7
SAHARA railway, proposed, 34. SOUDAN,
Gessi Pasha defeats Saleima on the
Gazelle [324]

TUNISIAN railway, opening of a, 29, vide
EGYPT

AFRICA, SOUTH

BASUTO REBELLION, causes of the [336];
disarmament [334]; the objections to
[335]. CONSTITUTIONAL relations to the
Cape Parliament [336]. DEPUTATION
of Chiefs [337]. LEROTHODI'S men
repulsed [339]. MAFETENG, assault on
[339]. TAMBUKIS, rising of the [840]
CAPE Colony, the Budget [344]; General
Clifford assumes the Government of
[344]. CETEWAYO, the detention of
King [344]. CONFEDERATION, the pro-
posed [342]

DIAMOND robbery from the Post Office
[344]

GRAHAMSTOWN, the Dean of, and his
Bishop [344] GRIQUALAND, West,
annexation of [344]

ORANGE FREE STATE, threatened out-
break in the [345]

TRANSVAAL-ANSTRUTHER, death of
Col. [332]. BOERS, meeting at Won-
derfontein [325]; causes of disaffection
[327]; arrest of Messrs. Bok and Pre-
torius [328]; commencement of the
revolt [330]; despatch of troops, ib.;
the Republic proclaimed [331], 129;
appointment of a Provisional Govern-
ment [331]; treacherous attack on the

AFRICA, SOUTH, TRANSVAAL, cont.

94th [332]; outrages on British offi-
cers [333]; sympathy with, in the
Orange State [334]; sufferings of a
party of [345]. CONFEDERATION pro-
posed [342]. FRERE, Sir Bartle, recall
of [88], [342]. GLADSTONE Ministry
made champions of the Cause [328-9]
IRISH influence in the agitation [331].
LANYON, Sir Owen, tour of [329]; pro-
clamation [333]. POPULATION, esti-
mate of white [327]
ZULULAND, Sir G. Wolseley's settlement
of [345]
AFGHANISTAN. ABDURRAHMAN

re-

cognised as Amir [251], [256], 64;
disappearance of [250]; rumour of
death [272]. AHMED Khal, the battle
of [252]. AYUB Khan advances
against Candahar [257]; battle of
Maiwand [259]; letter from [269];
defeated at Mazra [271]

BURROWS, General, disaster to Brigade,
67; at Grishk [258]; engagement at
Maiwand [259]; retreat on Candahar
[262]

CABUL, proposed withdrawal from [250];
Mr. Griffin assumes the political con-
trol of [250]; negotiations with Ab-
durrahman [255]; who is recognised
as Ameer [256]; evacuation of [265];
Wali Muhammed, Civil Governor [247]
CANDAHAR, Shir Ali's administration
[251]; recognised as ruler [252]; a
protected State [254]: the siege of
[263]; the relief of [269]; Govern-
ment reasons for withdrawing from
[273]; easily accessible from Herat
[273]
DURBARS [246], [256]

FORT Battye, attack on [251]
GHAZNI, Ayub's advance upon [257];
Faction leaders [247]; co-operation of
Hasan Khan [248]

JELALLABAD, raid on Government cattle
[251]

KAKAR Pathans, outrages by the [264]
MAIWAND, the battle of [259], [274].
MASSEY, Gen., recall of [246]. Mazra,
the battle of [271]. MOHMANDS, rising
of the [248] MUSTAUFI Habibulla
and the Ghazni chiefs [247]; deported
to India [250]; MUSHK-I-ALAM, rising
under [254]

PADKHAS, cavalry engagement at [255]
RAILWAY from Sakkar to the Bolan Pass

AFGHANISTAN, cont.

[275]. ROBERTS, General, criticism
of policy [246]; charges of cruelty
against [266];"great march" to re-
lieve Candahar [267], 87; defeats
Ayoub Khan [271]. RUSSIAN intrigue
[17]; discovery of papers [290]
STEWART, General, victory of Ahmed
Khal [252]; enters Ghazni [253];
takes command at Cabul [254].
WAR total cost of the [61], [275], 58
YAKUB Khan, sympathy shown for
[248]

AGRICULTURAL HALL. Vide Exhibitions
and Sports

AGRICULTURAL, Royal, Society at Carlisle,
58

ALBERT AND VICTORIA DOCKS, opening of,
50

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS, 233
AMERICA, UNITED STATES.—ASSEM-
BLY, disgraceful scene on the Funding
Bill, 131

BERNHARDT, Madlle., first appearance in,
115. BOSTON, 250th Anniversary Day,
[354]

CALIFORNIA, Chinese labour question
[303-4]. CENSUS, statistics of the, 74.
CHICAGO, public reception of Björnsen,
133; Republican convention [347], 48.
CHILD, death of Mrs. [356]. CHINESE,
attack on [360]; Emigration conven-
tion [301]; Railway excavators [303]
ELECTRIC Lighting, the Edison and
Brush systems [355]; Exhibition at
Boston, 88

FRANKLIN Expedition, return of the, 96
HUGHES, Mr. Thomas, "New Rugby"
Settlement [354]

IMMIGRANTS, statistics of [352], 119.
INDIANS, official report of, 53
LENOX, Mr. James, death of [355].
"LITTLE Western," voyage of, 67.
LOWELL, Mr. J. R., appointed English
Minister, 7

MISSISSIPPI Valley, tornado in the, 34.

MORMON Church Conference, 40.
Deaths of Mrs. L. MOTT and Gen.
MYER [356]

NEW York International Exhibition, the,
[355]

PANAMA Canal, the Lesseps and Nica-
ragua schemes [353]. PARNELL, Mr.,
mission on behalf of the Irish poor
[354]. PENSYLVANIA, fires in the oil
districts of, 42. PHILADELPHIA, Pan-
Presbyterian Synod, 96; railway fail-
ure, 43. POPULATION, rapid increase
of the [353] PRESIDENT, Election of
the [346]; Electoral campaign [349];
a forged letter of Gen. Garfield, ib.;
Republican victory [351], 113
RAILWAYS, activity in the construction
of [352]. RIPLEY, death of Dr. G.
[355]

SALT Lake City, conference at, 40; elec-
tion of a President, 103. STEAMER
collisions [355]. STRIKES and Trade
disputes, 21

TANNER, Dr., the extraordinary fast of
[335], 72. TENNESSEE, a fatal mar-
riage feast, 120; the new Rugby Set-
tlement" [354], 92. TRANSYLVANIA,

66

AMERICA, UNITED STATES, cont.
earthquake in, 100. TROTTING feat,
great [353]

WEATHER, the intensely cold, 134.
WEST Point Academy, outrage on a
coloured cadet [354], 31

ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. Vide Science
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC ARMAMENTS
increased [371]; AVELLANEDA, resig-
nation of President [369]; public ap-
preciation of [371]
BUDGET, the [371]

BUENOS AYRES made the permanent
Capital [370]; Exhibition, postpone-
ment of [371]; Presidential Election
[368]; Provincial Chambers closed
[369]; Revolution in [368-9]. Snow-
storm and floods with great loss of
cattle [371], 94

NAVY, important addition to the [371]
PARAGUAY, general condition of [371].
PANAMA Canal, the [372]

RAILWAY extension [370]. Roca, Gen.,
installation of [369], and popularity
[370]

URUGUAY, financial condition of [372]
ARMY, actual condition of the British, 30
ART, RETROSPECT OF.—ARCHÆOLO-
GICAL discoveries [419].

BRITISH Museum, the [420]. BURLING-
TON Club [425]
DUDLEY Gallery [424]
FINE Art Society [425]
GROSVENOR Gallery [424]

LEGISLATION, Government Votes &c.
[425]

NATIONAL Gallery, the [421]. NATIONAL
Institutions [420]

PORTRAIT Gallery, the National [421].
Prix du Salon, 47. PUBLIC Exhi-
bitions [422]. PUBLIC Works [421]
RUBENS' Works, report on, 12. Royal

Academy [422]; Election of Associates,
35, 49; ladies eligible for election, 6
SCHUMANN Memorial at Bonn, 37. Scor-
TISH ACADEMY, meeting of, 14
WATER COLOURS, INSTITUTE OF [424];
Society of, ib.

ASIA, Central, explorations in [292], 98;
RUSSIAN influence in [290-2]; negoti-
ations with [193]

TEKKE Turkoman, expedition against
the [288]

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.-AGRAM de-

stroyed by an earthquake, 115. AUSTRO-
SERVIAN railway scheme [197]
BEER, the production of, 71. BOHEMIA,
the Czech movement [180]. Brünn,
meeting of the Constitutional party
at, 95. BUDA PESTH, rioting at [180],
6, 9; Statue of Count Szechenyi, 44
CAVALLOTTI, Signor, expelled, 33
DANUBE, rules for the navigation of [187].
DUEL between Count Maythenyi and
M. Verhovay [180], 5.

EDUCATION, report on, 32. EMPEROR'S
tour of inspection, 46; at Jochl, 73;
and Germany [186]; reception of the
[183]; Galician welcome to [184].
EMPRESS Visits Ireland, 12; accident
to, 13.

GLADSTONE, Mr., upon [47], [50] 35
LADY MARY HAMILTON's marriage, 46, 35

AUSTRIA-HUNGARV, cont.

IBIS, immigration of the, 75. IRRI-
DENTIST demonstration [180]
KAROLYI, Count, and Mr. Gladstone,
[47], [50], 85

LAKE of Zirknitz frozen, 13. LEMBERG,
festivities at [184]. LOWER Danube,
state of the, 108

MONTGELAS, dismissal of Count, 133
NANTDERS destroyed by fire, 20. NAVAL
demonstration, the [185]

PRAGUE, disinterment of St. Adalbert,
23. POLITICAL demonstrations [188]
REICHSRATII, Bohemian Landowners
Act [181]. Eastern Question and
Baron Haymerle's policy [185]. Minis-
terial changes [180-1]. Riots at Pesth,
9. Russian influences and the German
alliance [182]

RUDOLPH, Archduke, betrothal of, 21.
RUTHENIAN nationalities [183]
SERVIA, commercial relations with [186].
STATE loan, 2

TAAFE Ministry, home policy of the [187]
VIENNA, Geographical Society appeal,
108

AUSTRALIA.-CHINESE, Report of the
Commission, 61

FINANCIAL position of the Colonies [388]
NEW SOUTH WALES, Chinese labour
question [383], 61. Inter-colonial
Congress [383], [378]. "Orient,"
rapid passage of the, 40. Parliament,
the Budget, and Educational Bill [382].
Railway extension [383]. Sydney
Exhibition (Garden Palace) [382).
Tobacco, growth of [381]. Vine, cul-
ture of the [382].

NEW ZEALAND.-Agricultural land, de-
mand for [386]. Maoris, Prisoners'
Act [387]; troubles with the, ib.
Ministry, the Hall [386]. Vogel, Sir
Julius retires [387]

QUEENSLAND.-Darling Downs, the crop

of [385]; frozen meat exportation, ib.
sugar crop, ib.

SOLOMON ISLANDS, attack on a British
steamer, 119

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-Adelaide, shipping

disasters at [381]; vintage [383];
the wheat crop, ib.

TASMANIA, acclimatisation of salmon in,

60

VICTORIA.-Exhibition, opening of the

Melbourne [375]; statistics of [879-
80], 99. Financial resources and lia-
bilities [380]. Frozen meat from,
[378], [383], 14. Grain, first expor-
tation of [378]. Inter-colonial con-
gress [383]. Kelly bushranger gang
51. Parliament assembly [374];
Berry Cabinet [375]; Constitutional
reform [374]; Finance deficiencies
[876; General Elections for [375];
Reform Bill [376]; Service Cabinet
[376]; resignation of, 377

BALLOON. Vide Aeronautics
BANK OF ENGLAND, rate of discount, 49
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, annual
meeting, 36

BAPTIST UNION, annual session, 36

BELASYSE, LADY, letter relating to, 10
BELGIUM. ANTWERP, report on the
works of Rubens, 12

BRUSSELS National Exhibition, the [229]
BUDGET, deficit in the [230]; and the
Vatican Ambassador's salary [226]
EDUCATION BILL [226]. ELECTIONS
[230]; trial of petitions, 17
INDEPENDENCE, Jubilee Fêtes [216].
INTERNATIONAL Congress on alcoholic
drinks, 71

JESUITS, immigration of French [229]
KING, Exhibition opened by the [229]
PRINCESS Stephanie, betrothal of the
[230]

TOURNAI, Bishop of, dispossessed of his
See [228]

VATICAN-Conduct of the Belgian Bishops

[227]; diplomatic relations suspended,
47; Baron d'Anethan and Cardinal
Nina [228]; ambassador recalled [229],

55

BEER, summary of the production of, 71
BESSEMER, Sir H., presented with the free-
dom of the City, 101

BIRMINGHAM, Cardinal Newman at, 10

Science College, inauguration of a, 99
BOLIVIA, vide Chili [364]

BOND STREET ARCADE, opening of, 48
BOODLE'S CLUB, meeting of old members, 42
BRAZIL.-ANTI-Slavery movement [361].

Argentine Republic, differences with
[363]. BUDGET, the [362]. CANADIAN
line of steamers, establishment of a
[363]. Chambers, opening of the [361].
Chinese Treaty [363]. Cotton mills,
erection of [362]. ELECTORAL Reform
Bill [361]. JANURIA sacked by ban-
dits [363]. MINISTERIAL. crisis [361].
PHOSPHATE deposits, discovery of
[363]. Railway extension [362].
Rio, yellow fever at [863]. Tramway
Tax disturbance at, ib.

BREAD REFORM LEAGUE, meeting of the,
130

BRIDGES, freeing of Metropolitan, 51
BRIGANDAGE. Capture of Col. Synge at

Salonica, 16, 22; released by Nico, 26
BRITISH ARCHITECTS, ROYAL INSTITUTE
OF, 48
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, 38
BRITISH REFORMATION SOCIETY, objections
to Government appointments, 41
BULGARIA and ROUMANIA.-ALEX-
ANDER, Prince, dissolves the National
Assembly [195]; visit to St. Peters-
burg, ib.

BRATIANO, M., attempted assassination
of [213]

DEPUTIES, meeting of [203]

FOKSCHARY and Jassy, incendiary fires
at, 10

GYMNASTIC Societies, outrages by the
[196] and the Porte [203]
MINISTERIAL changes [213]

NATIONAL Assembly dissolved [195]
PHILLIPOPOLIS, Greek Church seized by
the militia [195]

ROUMANIA, succession to the throne of,
128; independence recognised by the
Powers [197]; relations with Bulgaria
and Servia [196]. RUSTCHUK, the
governor reprimanded, ib.

BURDETT-COUTTS, BARONESS, letter from,
28; freedom of Haberdashers' Com-
pany conferred on, 112

BYRON, Lord, unveiling of statue of, 44

CAMBRIDGE DEGREES [259]
CAMBRIDGE, lady students obtain honours
at, 11

CAMBRIDGE SENATE and the Greek lan-
guage, 115

CANADA.-BELLE ISLE, a proposed break-
water for, 118

CATTLE, the stock of, [357]
DOMINION House of Commons, opening
of [358], 127; the Budget, 22; Deceased
Wife's Sister Bill, passing of the, 37;
Pacific Railway schemes [358], 32
HULL, great fire at, 30

IMMIGRATION into America, a statement
of [357]

LORNE, the Marchioness of, meets with a
serious accident, 14; the Marquess lays
the corner-stone of the Redpath Museum,
94; opens Parliament, 127
MACDONALD Administration, the [356]
RAILWAYS, increase in the traffic [357];
the Government and other schemes for
the Pacific [358]

CAPEL, Monsignor, application to commit
for contempt, 53

CATHOLICS. Vide Ecclesiastical

CHANNEL TUNNEL, renewal of Government
concession, 69

CHILI.-ARICA, bombardment and fall of,
[364-5]. "HUASCAR " ram, the suc-
cessful exploits of [364-5]. LIMA,
bombardment of [365], [367]. MEDIA-
TION proposed [366]; terms of peace,
ib.; refused [377]. MOQUEGUA and
Sorata occupied [364]; PIEROLA'S
Dictatorship of Peru [364], [367].
TORPEDOES, Successful operation of,
[365-6]

CHINA-CHUNG How's Russian Treaty
[291]; much dissatisfaction with
[296]; arrested and sentenced to death
[287]; European Consuls intercede for
[297]; reprieved [193]. COTTON Mills,
proposed erection of [301]. CROCHER,
Mr., on Chinese labourers [303]
EMIGRATION and the United States
[302-5]. EUROPEAN explorations, 98
FOREIGN trade of [299]

GORDON, Col., memoraudum and advice
of [288], [298]

KULJA, the disputed province of [287];

Treaty, provisions of [294]; disappro-
val of [295]; Li-Hung-Chang's me-
morial [296]; National movements
[301]

RUSSIAN war preparations [297]
TAPEING Rebellion, loss of life from the
[292]
UNEXPLORED [436]

CHINESE Opium Trade, letter from Mr. H.
N. Lay, 107

CHINESE Views on Free Trade, 88
CHRONICLE of remarkable events, 1
CHURCH Congress at Leicester, 98
CHURCH Missionary Society's Report, 37
CITY of London ancient civic custom, 127
Statement of income and expenditure of

CITY of LONDON, cont.

the Corporation of the, 91; Freedom
conferred upon the King of the Hel-
lenes, 49

CITY Parochial Charities, Report of the
Royal Commissioners, 31

CITY of London Schools, foundation-stone
of the new, 104

CIVIL LIST, annuities, salaries, and pen-
sions, 262

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS, the, 232
COBDEN CLUB ANNUAL DINNER, 58
COFFEE TAVERNS, Annual Report, 17
COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Vide Mining
COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS, Unrepaid ad-
vances made to, 274

COLONIAL INSTITUTE, The Royal, 17
COMMERCE, Associated Chambers of, 16
COMMON LAW JUDGES, Meeting of, 123
CONSOLS above par, 113

CO-OPERATIVE CONGRESS, the Annual, 41
CREMATION, 19, 49

CRIMINAL CASES.-Attempt to wreck a
train, 92; a Forger's letter to the
Governor of Newgate, 107. CHISLE-
HURST, Double murder at, 110. EXE-
CUTIONS, Charles Shurety, 2; recovery
of a hanged convict, 33; Thomas
Wheeler, 123. Harley Street murder,
46. ITALIAN CHURCH, murderous
outrage, 5; sentence, 14. REPRIEVE,
forging of a, 2. SHEFFIELD nurse
poisoning case, 129. VITRIOL-throw-
ing, 78. WEST of England Bank

trial, 38

CYPRUS, Floods in, 133; Count Mocenigo's
claim to, 40; revenue of, 59.

DARTMOOR PRISON, Mutiny at, 116.
DENMARK.-Army and Navy Bills [243].

Brandes, Dr. E., the election of [244].
Budget, the [245]. Census, the, 12.
Scandinavian Bill of Exchange Act
[244].

DISRAELI FAMILY PEDIGREE, 14.
DOMINICA, Eruption in the Island of [439].
DRAMA, THE.-Comédie Française, visit

of the [427]; 200th anniversary of,
106. GREEK PLAYS at Oxford, 47.
JÜDISCH DEUTSCH performances, 28.
NEW PLAYS and reproductions [425-6].
NEW DRAMAS at the Odéon, 27.
THEATRES, Haymarket, re-opening of
the, 11; Prince of Wales's, 16. Vide
Obituary.

EARTHQUAKES.-Agram destroyed, 115;
Shocks felt in America, 100; Manilla,
61; Odessa, 133; Portugal, 106; Scot-
land, 122; Spain, 106; Switzerland, 96
EASTERN QUESTION. THE ANGLO-TURK-
ISH Convention, 71

BERLIN Conference, the second [200], 48,
49; termination of, 53

"CORTI Compromise" [198]
DULCIGNO, cession of, 121 [112], [207],
[210]

FRENCH policy [143]

GOSCHEN, Mr., mission of [199]; GRAN-
VILLE, Lord, circular [199]. GRECO-
TURKISH Frontier Question [197],
[211], [212]

LIBERAL Government Policy [62]