Sinope Harbour, affair of, ii. _432_, 471; iii. 115

Slavery, abolition of, i. 20, 277, 377, 382

Slidell, Mr, Southern Confederacy Envoy, iii. 466, 468, 469

Smith, Mr Robert Vernon (afterwards Lord Lyveden), Under-Secretary
for War and the Colonies, i. _275_, 468; iii. 76;
Board of Control, iii. _109_, 127, 128;
annexation of Oudh, iii. _176_, _219_;
on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239;
iii. 272;
Oudh Proclamation, iii. _281_

---- Sir Harry, ii. _71_;
Governor of Cape of Good Hope, Boer War, ii. _142_;
wounded, ii. _200_;
Kaffir War, ii. _283_;
Orange River Free State, iii. 201

---- Sir Lionel, Governor of Jamaica, i. _141_

Smithfield, Cattle Show, Queen's visit to, iii. 419

Smyth, William, Professor of Modern History, i. 435

Smythe, George, member of "Young England" party, ii. _17_

Sobraon, defeat of the Sikhs at, ii. _74_, 77

Socialism, possibilities in Russia, iii. 205

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Prince Consort presides
at meeting, ii. _319_

Solferino, battle of, iii. _308_, _353_

Solyman Pasha, i. 246

Somerset, 11th Duke of, death, iii. 145

---- 12th Duke of, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 349;
Garter, iii. 441;
iii. 466.
_See_ Seymour, Lord

---- Lord Fitzroy, afterwards Lord Raglan ii. 393, 396;
Commander of Forces for the East, iii. _26_;
victory at the Alma, iii. 50;
Field-Marshal, iii. 52, 53;
Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56;
death of, iii. _64_, 128;
welfare of the Army, iii. 68, 69, 81

Somnauth, Gates of Temple of, i. 444-445, 468, 477

Sonderbund, the, ii. 138

Sooja, Shah, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1. _142_, _209_, 328, 444, 445;
Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242

Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III., i. 31;
death, ii. 147

Soult, Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, i. 111; ii. 268

South Africa, Natal insurrection, i. 427;
Sir H. Smith's proclamation in 1848, ii. _142_;
Dutch War, ii. 200

Southern, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, ii. 111, 118, 119, 120

Spain, disputed succession, i. _44_, 50, _57_;
and Portugal, i. 59, 61; ii. 119, 133;
Lord Palmerston on, i. 66;
battle at Bilbao, i. 67;
constitution, i. 82, 83;
condition of, i. 96, _102_;
the Fueros, i. 188;
Mission, i. 330;
guardianship of young Queen, i. _346_;
and France, i. 347, 350, 351, 374;
proposed marriage of the young Queen, i. 432, 485, 486, 487;
ii. _31_, 32, 44, _72_, 90, 96-109;
Don Carlos' abdication of claim to thr