one, ii. _31_;
changes in Ministry, ii. _116_;
and England, ii. _120_;
and Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 175;
and Lord Palmerston, ii. 240;
Queen of Spain's desire for the Garter, ii. 323

---- Infanta of, i. _488_; ii. 32, 45, _72_, 97, 99, 103, 107;
iii. _51_

---- Queen of, _see_ Christina

Spaeth, Baroness, i. 14, 18, 123

Spithead, accident, ii. 199

Spooner, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265

Spring Rice, Mr, Chancellor of Exchequer, i. 147

Stafford, Augustus, Secretary of the Admiralty, iii. 78

Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116;
stamp on cheques, iii. 262

_Standard_, newspaper, iii. 8

Stanhope, Philip Henry, fourth Earl, i. 108

---- Lady Wilhelmina, i. 121, 123, 125

Stanley, Lord (afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby), thrice Prime
Minister, i. _62_, 137;
Colonial Secretary, i. 163, 306, 309;
Corn Laws, ii. 49;
resignation, ii. 54, 64;
Protection dinner, ii. 87, _122_;
vote of censure, ii. _244_, _247_, 248, 287, 288;
failure to form a Government, ii. 290, 291, 293, 299, 300, 311, 315;
Prime Minister, ii. 368-397;
and the Church, ii. 376;
adherence to treaties, ii. 377;
the Queen's views on Militia Bill, ii. 380;
Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380;
question of dissolution, ii. 383;
progress of democracy, ii. 384, 385;
Protection, ii. 386;
Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388, 389;
Italy, ii. 386, 387;
military appointments, ii. 392;
national defences, ii. 396, 398-400;
confusion of Parties, ii. 403-405;
Budget, ii. 406;
Princess Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411;
resignation, ii. 412-414;
attack on Lord Aberdeen, ii. 417, _418_, 419, 425;
takes leave of the Queen, ii. 425;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 78;
failure to form a Government, iii. 63, 80-87, 90;
on title of Prince Consort, iii. _197_, 197;
China War debate, attack on Lord Palmerston, iii. 230;
Conspiracy Bill, iii. _261_, 264, 265;
forms a Government, iii. 268-272;
Oudh Proclamation and resignation of Lord Ellenborough, iii. 282-_285_;
possible dissolution, iii. 285, 286-289;
vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290-293;
competitive examinations, iii. 296, 297;
new Reform Bill, iii. _307_;
Queen's letter to French Emperor, iii. 314;
Indian Army Question, iii. 317-320;
Queen's letter to Emperor of Austria, iii. 322;
proposed congress to settle Italian Question, iii. 327-333;
Queen's Speech, iii. 336-340;
resignation on defeat of Government, iii. _307_, 324, 343