, afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 165;
Labour Bill, i. _370_;
Factory Labour Bill, ii. 1;
Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 116;
Oudh Proclamation, iii. _282_, _290_

Asis, Don Francisco de, ii. _72_, 99

Aston, Mr (Diplomatic Service), i. 329, 432, 495

Athens, revolution at, i. 494; ii. _231_

Atherton, Sir William, Attorney-General, iii. _467_

Athole, Duchess of, ii. 376

Attock, fort of, captured, ii. 218

Attwood, Thomas, Birmingham Political Union, i. 69, 425

Auchterarder, Church case, i. _448_

Auckland, Baron (afterwards Earl of), Governor-General of India,
i. _142_;
policy in Afghanistan, i. _209_, 266, 373, 383;
ii. 10, 86

Audley, Baron, i. 124

Augusta, of Cambridge, Princess, afterwards Grand Duchess-Dowager
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, i. 434, 437, 440; ii. 256; iii. 264

---- Princess, of Saxony, i. 92

---- Princess, daughter of George III., i. 228; death, i. 230

Augustus, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, _see_ Saxe-Coburg

Augustus, Prince Ernest, afterwards Duke of Cumberland, iii. _456_

Aulaire, Ste., Ambassador, i. 321, 334, 508

Aumale, Duc d', i. 95, 493, 502; ii. 153, 167;
gallantry, ii. 192-_193_, 267, 337;
visit to New Lodge, iii. 386

Australasian colonies, self-government of, iii. _64_

Australia, emigration to, i. _102_;
wine from, ii. 41

Austria, Empress Elizabeth of, iii. 414

---- Emperor of (Francis Joseph), ii. 318;
attempted assassination of, ii. _440_;
King Leopold's opinion of, ii. 447, 448;
Queen's letter to, iii. 322, 323;
reply, iii. 324, 325;
proposed meeting with the Queen, iii. 408, 409

---- and the Porte, i. 191;
abdication of Emperor, ii. _141_;
Pope declares war against, ii. _141_;
ascendency in Lombardy, ii. 174;
and Italy, ii. 174;
war with the Piedmontese, ii. _178_, _182_, 186, 190, 193;
and England, ii. 183, 186, 190, 191, 198, 380;
declines mediation, ii. 193;
ascendency in N. Italy, ii. _208_;
ii. 229, 275;
and Prussia, ii. 276; ii. 379, 402;
and Eastern Question, ii. 440-444, 451, _452_;
alliance with Prussia, iii. _1_;
and Russia, iii. 13, 25;
proposed alliance with England, iii. _49_, 50, 51, 66;
men required, iii. 115;
negotiations broken off, iii. 118;
and the Four Points, iii. 120, 161, 165;
and France, iii. 168, 306;
and Italy, iii. _307_;
war with Sardinia and defeat, iii. _308_;
and the Papal States, iii. 313;
proposed congress, iii. _325_-334;
troops cro