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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1868 Excerpt: ... INDEX. A. Aberdeen, Lord, anecdote of, i. 430. Abolitionists in England, i. 291. Absenteeism, remedy for, i. 374. Accidents, how they happen to nations, ii. 113; political nature of, ii. 147. Acland, Mr., his' Imperial Poll-Book, ' ii. 232. Acland, Mr. T. D., his candidature at Birmingham, ii. 116. Adams, J. Q., abolitionist, i. 288. Adams, Mr., his appointment as Minister for the United States, i-132; his arrival, i. 187. Adderley, Mr., his statement about two provinces in British North America, i. 157; his objections to a 14?. franchise, ii. 169. Addison, anecdote related by, i. 407. Administrations, what rules them in the House of Commons, i. 154; suc-cessive, have shown no statesman-ship about Ireland, i. 354. Adullam, cave of, ii. 144. Atfghan war, costs of, should have been borne by England, i. 88; conduct of, i. 115; author of, i. 205. Africa, supply of cotton from, i. 209; tribes in, and their idols, ii. 357. Agency, legal, hateful system, ii. 247. Agitation, political, patriotism in Ire-land, i. 364; substitute for revolu-tion, ii. 97; for reform, what it is, ii. 241. Agricultural distress, Mr. Disraeli's comments on, ii. 289; Committee for, refused, ii. 331. 'Agricultural interest, ' does not in-clude labourers, ii. 304; is said to suffer distress, ib.; doubtfully, -. 35-Agricultural labourer, low condition of, in England, i. 232; condition of, ii. 341-2. Agricultural meetings, language held at, ii. 329. Agricultural Society, its gifts, ii. 283. Agricultural Societies, long since poli-tical, ii. 228. 'Alabama, ' case of the, i. 134, 220. 'Alabamas, ' builders and abettors of, i. 252. Alarms, of those who hear the speaker advocate extension of the franchise, ii. 17. Alban's, St., raid on, i. 125. Algiers, occupation of, by France, as violent as t
