f, _see_ Leopold

---- Queen of, _see_ Louise

Belgium, dispute with Holland, i. _43_, _102_, 119, _142_, 145, 146;
independence of, i. 118;
King Leopold's views on, i. 152, 153;
and England, i. 134, 151; ii. 68;
and Germany, i. 379;
and Emperor of Russia, ii. 15;
abortive insurrection, ii. _172_;
neutrality of, iii. 171

Belsham, William, _History of Great Britain_, i. 467

Bengal Mutiny, iii. _224_

Bentinck, Lord George, attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. 79, 80;
ii. 87;
sudden death, ii. _208_

---- Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.B., wounded at Inkerman,
iii. _52_;
interview with the Queen, iii. 56, 60

Beresford, Lord John George de la Poer, Archbishop of Armagh,
ii. _224_

---- Major, iii. 78

---- Viscount, i. 420; ii. 393

Berkeley, Admiral, M.P., Gloucester, iii. 78

Bernadotte, Marshal, iii. 448

Bernard, Dr, trial of, iii. _261_, _274_

Bessarabia, cession of, iii. _152_, _158_, _208_

Bessborough, Earl of, _see_ Duncannon

Bethell, Sir Richard (afterwards Lord Westbury), Attorney-General,
Divorce Bill, iii. _232_;
India Bill, iii. _267_;
Lord Chancellor, iii. 442

Beust, Baron, Minister in Saxony, iii. 151, _151_, 171

Beverloo Camp, i. 41

Beyens, Baron, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, ii. 436

Beyrout, bombardment of, i. 238; iii. _10_

Bickersteth, Robert, afterwards Bishop of Ripon, iii. _206_, 217

Bilbao, battle at, i. 67

Birch, Mr, formerly tutor to Prince of Wales, iii. 431

Birmingham, Chartist riots, i. 179;
political condition, i. 506

Births, registration of, i. _43_

Bishops, seats in House of Lords, i. _56_;
and Dr Hampden, ii. 139;
appointments of, iii. 416, 417

Black Sea, Russia's Fleet, iii. 120;
neutralisation of, iii. _152_, _158_;
England sends fleet to, iii. _208_

Blagden, Mr, i. 14

Blanc, Louis, _organisation du travail_, ii. 168

Bloemfontein, ii. _200_

Blomfield, C. J., _see_ London, Bishop of

Bloomfield, Baron, ii. 256;
Minister at Berlin, ii. 285; iii. 161, 253

Boers, defeat of, ii. _142_, _200_

Bois-le-Comte, Mons., French Minister at Madrid, i. 96

Bolgrad, iii. _208_

Bomarsund, capture of, iii. _36_

Bonaparte, _see_ Napoleon

Bordeaux, Duc de (afterwards Comte de Chambord), i. 495, 498, 499,
506, 508;
visit to London, i. 509, 510; ii. 3, 177;
rumoured visit to England, iii. 7;
and the King of the Belgians, iii. 296

Borthwick, Peter, ii. _34_

Bourquency, Mons. de, iii. 15