The figures between [

ACCIDENTS. - COLLIERY, St. Helen's,

Lancashire, 11; Llest coalpit, Pon-
tyrhyl, 51. EXPLOSIONS, Barking,
Messrs. Hewett's works, 2; Bourges,
17; Bullfinch, torpedo boat, 44;
Douglas Gasworks, 75; St. Helen's,
Lancashire, chlorate factory, 27; Hon-
ley, Huddersfield, 39; Huy fortress,
21; Lagouban naval magazine, Toulon,
14; Marseilles, 16; Netherton, Dudley,
52; Refshaleo, military laboratory of,
29; Rochdale Works, 66; Sheffield,
66; Victoria Street, Westminster, 21.
MISCELLANEOUS, Champs Elysées, por-
tion of roadway gives way, 73; Leut-
schistz, 56; Osnaburgh Street, 16;
Palace Bridge, St. Petersburg, col-
lapses, 30; Pwllheli, N. Wales, boat
upset, 38; Stour Valley, canal em-
bankment, 56; Stratford, Connecticut,
49; Süsten Pass, 2; Traun, Gmunden,
57; Valparaiso, 49; Waesland Rail-
way, landing stage breaks in two, 67;
Zermatt, 53

ADDRESS, debate in the House of Lords,

[16], [203]; agreed to, [17], [204]; in
the House of Commons, [18], [204];
amendments, [19]; agreed to, [29], 64
AFGHANISTAN.-AMEER ABDURRHA-
MAN, relations with Great Britain,
[351]. VICEROY, his frontier policy,
[351]. WAZIRIS, punitive measures
against, [351]

AFRICA, CENTRAL.-BRITISH CENTRAL

AFRICA, Chiefs defeated, [386]. Coffee
crop, [386] Trans-African Railway,
result, [386]

EAST.-ABYSSINIA, [381]. BRITISH
EAST AFRICA, British expeditions, re-
sult, [382], 53; famine, [382]; Kenia,
Mount, ascended by Mr. J. H. Mac-
kinder, 60. GERMAN EAST AFRICA,
[381], 66. MADAGASCAR, diplomatic
correspondence, [11], 2; Gallieni, Gen.,
his measures, [382]; Ikongo, rising of
natives, [382]; Plague, [382]; ex-
Queen of, at Marseilles, [382], 12.
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA, [381];
Bundesrath seized, 76; Delagoa Bay,
munitions of war, prohibited from
landing, 51; Lorenzo Marques, two
police officers arrested, 53. UGANDA
mutineers, band of, dispersed, [382];
Mwanga, ex-King, captured, [382], 21;
railway, [382]. ZANZIBAR, [381]

] refer to PART I.

AFRICA, SOUTH.-CAPE COLONY, Baden-

Powell, Col., in command of the
garrison in Mafeking, [219], [370];
Belmont, battle at, [225], [369], 70;
Bills, [368]; Boers, war with the, [369],
62; Budget, [367]; Buller, Sir R., in
command of the Natal Army, [371];
elections, [367]; Gatacre, Gen., his
operations, [230], [369], 73; Graspan,
battle at, [225], [369], 70; Kimberley
invested, [219], [369], [370]; Kitchener,
Lord, appointed chief of the staff, [233],
[371], 74; Mafeking invested, [219],
[369] 76; armoured train attacked,
[369], 62; Magersfontein, battle of,
[370]; Merriman, Mr., on the Budget,
[367]; Methuen, Lord, his engage-
ments, [225], [369], 71, 73; Milner,
Sir A., conference at Bloemfontein,
[103], [112], [188], [367], 30, 32; Mod-
der River, fighting on the, [225], [369],
71, 73; Parliament opened, [367], 41;
postage, penny, 54; Rhodes, Mr.,
elected president of the South African
League, 26; reception at Cape Town,
[367], 43; Roberts, Field-Marshal Lord,
appointed commander-in-chief of the
forces, [233], [371], 74; Schreiner, Mr.,
on the Customs Union, [368]; trade,
[371]; Wauchope, Gen., killed, [230],
[370]. NATAL, Beacon Hill, night
operation at, [373]; Budget, [371];
Buller, Sir R., attempts to cross the
Tugela, [230], [374], 74; Churchill,
Mr. W. S., taken prisoner, [373];
escapes, 75; Colenso, evacuated, [373],
67; Dundee, battle of, [219], [372], 64;
Elandslaagte, battle of, [219], [372]:
Glencoe, battle of, [372], 64; Lady-
smith invested, [219], [372]; attack on,
[373], 66; Ministry, the new, [372];
Nicholson's Nek, battle of, [219], [373]:
Parliament opened [371]; Rietfontein,
action at, [219], [372]; Roberts, Lieut.,
mortally wounded, [233], [374]; Sy-
mons, Gen. Sir W. P., mortally
wounded, [372]; White, Sir G., in
command at Ladysmith, [219], [372];
Yule, Gen., compelled to retire, [219],
[372], 65. ORANGE FREE STATE,
Bloemfontein, martial law proclaimed,
[375]; Boers commence hostilities, 62;
Steyn, Pres., on the military prepara-
tions, [374], 58; his proclamation,
[375], 64; Volksraad, proposals for

AFRICA, SOUTH, continued.

federation with the Transvaal, [374].
RHODESIA, Buluwayo, Northern Ex-
tension Railway, first sod turned, 31.
TRANSVAAL, Buller, Sir R., in com-
mand of the forces, [381]; dynamite
monopoly, [378], 52; Edgar tragedy,
[375], 12; elections, 10; Fischer, Mr.,
at Pretoria, 37; Forestier-Walker,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir, in command of the
forces, [378]; franchise question, [377],
[378], 16, 34, 39, 40, 43, 52; gold
seized, [380], 61; State Papers, 187-
219; Government and the Imperial
Government, despatches between,
[177]-[184], [188]-[201], [378]-[380],
25, 26, 57, 193-217; ultimatum, [199],
[380], 62, 217-219; Johannesburg,
Englishmen arrested, [376], 27; meet-
ings at, 5, 33, 34; Theron, Mr., fined, 23;
Joubert, Gen., invades Northern Natal,
[380]; Kruger, Pres., at Johannesburg,
19; conference with Sir A. Milner, [103],
[112],[188],[367], 30,32; offers to resign,
[378], 46; his message to the Americans,
62; proclamation, 64; Leader, editor of
the, arrested, 54; Milner, Sir A., con-
ference with Pres. Kruger at Bloem-
fontein, [103], [112], [188], [376], 30,
32; suzerainty question, [177], [378];
Outlanders' petition, [75], [375], 18,
187-192; grievances, [376]; exodus,
55; Volksraad, debate in the, [187],
55; on the "Grondwet," [377], 49

WEST.-ANGLO-FRENCH Agreement,
[385], 17. CONGO STATE, Batetelas
rebels, battles with, [383]; Rubber
trade, [384]. FRENCH SOUDAN, Bre-
tonnet, M., massacred, [385]; Klobb,
Col., killed, [384]; Voulet-Chanoine
mission, [384]. GAMBIA, Revenue,
[383]; trade, [383]. GOLD COAST,
Northcott, Lieut.-Col. H. P., ap-
pointed administrator, [383]. LAGOS,
Railway opened, [383]; rubber in-
dustry, [383]; Tugwell, Bishop, trial
against, 26. NIGERIA, Convention
between Great Britain and France
ratified, [384]; Lugard, Col., Gover-
nor, [384]; spirits, duty on, raised,
[384]. SIERRA LEONE, Railway, com-
pletion of, [383]

ALBANY, Duke of, his confirmation, 48
AMBASSADOR, appointment of, Choate, Mr.
J. H., 3

AMERICA, [386].-Vide Canada, Mexico,
Newfoundland, United States, West
Indies

RICA, [396].

CENTRAL.-COSTA
HONDURAS, [396]. NICARAGUA, revo-
lution, [396]

SOUTH. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC,
Arbitration treaty, [399], 51; Budget,
[399]; Congress opened, [399]; Con-
version Bill, [399]; Roca, Pres., his
message, [399]; wool production,
[400]. BOLIVIA, Paudo, Gen., elected
President, [401]; revolution, [401].
BRAZIL, coffee, export duty on, [400];
Congress opened, [400]; Cotton fac-
tories, [400]; Salles, Pres. C., his
message, [400]; Venezuela boundary
question, [401]. BRITISH GUIANA,

AMERICA, SOUTH, continued.

Gold industry, [402]; reciprocity
treaty with the United States, [402].
CHILI, Ministry, changes in the, [401];
Nitrate, [401]; Valparaiso Bay, tidal
wave, [401], 49. COLUMBIA, insurrec-
tion, [402]. PERU, Congress opened,
[402]; rebellion crushed, [402]. URU-
GUAY, Cuestas, Señor, elected Pre-
sident, [402], 13; Monte Video, new
port at, [402]. VENEZUELA, Arbitra-
tion Commission, [235], 59; award,
[403], 60; revolution, [402], 57; State
Papers, 220; Arbitration Treaty, 220
ANGLO-FRENCH Agreement, for Central
Africa, [73], 19; protests against, by
Italy and Turkey, [74], 19
ANGLO-RUSS. Agreement with China, [102]
ANNIVERSARIES, celebration of, Australia,

foundation of, 6; Cromwell, birth of,
24; Goethe, birth of, 53; Kingston-on-
Thames, 24; Parnell, Dublin, 61
ARDILAUN, Lord, purchases the Muckross
estate, 70

ARMY, mobilisation of the seventh division,
[233], 74; Reserves called out, [199],
[206], [233], 61, 63, 74
ART.-Retrospect of:-

BRITISH Museum, 115

NATIONAL Gallery, 114; Ireland, 115;
Scotland, 115

NATIONAL Gallery of British Art, 114
NATIONAL Portrait Gallery, 114
ROYAL Academy, 117

SALES, 117

SOUTH Kensington Museum, 116
VICTORIA and Albert Museum, 116
WALLACE Gallery, 114

ASIA, [351].—Vide Afghanistan, Burmah,
China, Hong-Kong, India, Japan,
Korea, Siam

ASSOCIATION, Imperial South African,
meeting at Sunderland, [153]
AUSTRALASIA, [403].-Vide Fiji, New
South Wales, New Zealand, Polynesia,
Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
AUSTRALIA, SOUTH.-Budget, [412].
COMMONWEALTH Bill, 48, 49. FEDER-
AL Bill, [412], 30. Federal Enabling
Bill, [411]. MINISTRY, defeated, [412];
the new, [412]. PARLIAMENT opened,
[412]. Population, [412]. REVENUE,
[412]. TENNYSON, Lord, Governor,
[412], 7

WESTERN.-BUDGET, [413]. COOL-
GARDIE, convention of miners, [413].
FEDERAL Bill, [412]. PARLIAMENT
opened, [412]. Population, [413]. RE-
VENUE, [413]. WOMEN'S Suffrage, [412]
AUSTRIA HUNGARY. — ANTI-SEMITIC
riots, [297], 21. Ausgleich Bill, 15, 32,
41. BANFFY, Baron, resignation, [297],
10. Bohemia, Polna, Jew found guilty
of murder, [297], 57. CLARY-ALDIN-
GEN, Count, Premier, [296], 60; re-
signation, [296], 75. Ex-lex period,
[296], 2. FLORINS, issue of, 68.
GERMANS and Czechs, conflict between,
[294]. Goluchowski, Count, on foreign
policy, [297]-[299]. Gratz, meeting at,
8. JEWS, agitation against, [297].
LANGUAGE decrees, withdrawal, [296],
63. PROTESTANTISM, conversion to,

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, continued.

[294], 15. REICHSRATH, reassembled,
[294]; scenes in the, [295], 6; prorogued,
[295], [296], 7. Riots, [295], [296], 52,
64. SZELL, M., forms new Cabinet,
[297], 11; on the bill for the repression
of electoral corruption, 25. THUN
Ministry, resignation, [296], 58.
WOLFF, Herr, received into the Pro-
testant Church, 20

Emperor of, at Bohemia, [295]

BALFOUR, Rt. Hon. A. J., on the Irish
Catholic University question, [72], 6;
deputation from the Crusade of Peace,
19; of societies, 36

BALFOUR, The Hon. J. B., appointed Lord
Justice General in Scotland, 68
BANK of England, rate of discount raised,
41, 60, 61, 71; reduced, 5, 7
BELGIUM. ANTWERP, Exhibition of
pictures and fêtes, inaugurated, 50.
Belgica arrives off Sandy Point, 18.
Brussels, Maison du Peuple, opening
of the, [323]; riots, [323], 37, 38.
Budget, [324]. ELECTORAL Bill, [323]-
[325], 39, 47, 53, 70. MINISTRY, the
new, [324]. NAEYER, M. de Smet de,
resignation, [323], 6; reconstituted,
48. Nysseus, M., resignation, [323],
6. PARLIAMENT opened, 69; scenes
in, [323], 19, 38. SOCIALISTS, hostile
demonstrations, [323], 38. VANDEN-

PEEREBOOM, M., resignation, [324], 47.
WILLEMS, V., sentenced, 7.
BILLIARD match, result, 20
BILLS.-AGRICULTURE and Technical In-
struction, Irish, [102], [162]; Appro-
priation, [162], [217], 49. CHURCH
Discipline, [100], 26. Clerical Tithe,
[139], see Tithe. Colonial Loans, [165].
Companies, [163]. Cottage Homes,
[63]. EDUCATION, [60]. Education,
Board of, [89], [166]. Education of
Children, [38]. FINANCE, [92], 27;
in committ e. [94]. Fish, undersized,
[145]. HALF-TIMERS, [115]. ILLEGAL
Commissions, [121]. Indian Tariff,
[124]. LONDON Government, [33],
[56], 18; in committee, [90]; report
stage, [119], 32; third reading, [120];
in the Lords, [125], 37. METROPOLITAN
Streets Act, [145]. Military Works
Loan, 35. Militia, [163]. Money
Lending, [61], [121], [145]. NIGER
Company, [145]. OLD Age Pensions,
[62]. PARISH Churches, Scotland,
[145]. Post Office and Telephone, [66],
[122]. Procedure, Scotch Private, [67].
RAILWAYS Regulation, withdrawn,
[77] SALE of Food and Drugs, [65],
[143]. Service Franchise, [64], [117].
Shop assistants' seats, [144]. Small
Houses, [64], [87]. TITHE Rent
Charge, [127]; second reading, [129],
38; in committee, [139], 41; third
reading, [140], 43; in the Lords, [142],
[164]. Tithe Rent Charge, Irish, [145].
Treasury Bills, [218].
Offenders, [125]
BOARD of Trade, annual report of the
Labour Department, 57; report on
railway accidents, 60

YOUTHFUL

BORNEO.-BRITISH NORTH, Co., consen
to administer the hinterland, 47
BRIDGE, Sir J., chief magistrate, resigna-
tion, 50

BRITISH Association, Dover, 56; members
of the, at Boulogne, 58

BRITISH Museum, Baron F. de Rothschild's
collection bequeathed to, 3
BUDGET, The, [83], 19, 22; Indian, [167]
BULGARIA.-ELECTIONS, [321]. MINIS-
TRY, changes in the, [320]. RAILWAY,
opening of, [321], 70

BULLER, Sir Redvers, in command of the
forces in South Africa, [371], [381].
63

BURMAH.-BURMO-CHINESE frontier de-
limitation, [352].

RAILWAY, con-

struction of, [352]. Rice, export of,
[352]
BYE-ELECTIONS, [3], [69], [81], [112], [133]

CABLE, construction of, from Vancouver to
Queensland, 24

CAMBON, M. Paul, on relations between
nations, 7

CAMBRIDGE University, senior wranglers
at, 33

CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, Sir H., leader of
the Liberal party, [14], 8
CANADA. ALASKA boundary question,
[30], [393], [394], 11, 34, 65. CABLE

subsidy, 25. FOOT-GUARDS, reception
of, at Chicago, 54. LAURIER, Sir W.,
on free trade, [394]. MANITOBA, yield
of crops, [395]. Montreal, Banks,
failure of, 47. NOME, Cape, discovery
of gold at, [395]. ONTARIO, London,
riots at, 40. Ottawa, fishermen trained
for war service, 20. PARLIAMENT
opened, [393]; prorogued, [394]. RE-
DISTRIBUTION Bill, [394]. SAULANGES
Canal opened, [394]. TARIFF, pre-
ferential, 44. VOLUNTEERS for the
war in South Africa, [395], 64, 74
CARNEGIE, Mr. A., proposed contribution
to Birmingham University, 27
CENTENARIES, celebration of, Church Mis-
sionary Society, 21. Pushkin, birth
of, [306], 32. Royal Institution of
Great Britain,31. Washington, George,
74

CENTURY, controversy on the close of, 76.
CHAMBERLAIN, Mr., receives the degree of
honorary D.C.L. from Trinity College,

74

CHARITY Commissioners and governors of
St. Paul's School, settlement between,

7

CHESS tournament, result, 23.
CHINA.-AGREEMENTS, Great Britain and

Russia, [359]; Franco-Chinese, [361].
BELGIANS, demands of the, [359],
CHANG-YI appointed chief director of
the Northern Railways, [358]. Ching-
wang-tao, port reserved, 20. FRENCH,
demands of the, [357], 2. GERMAN
warships occupy Ngan-tung-wei, [360],
19. HAN-KAU, dispute about, [360],
53. ITALIANS, demands of the, [358],
13, 28, 47. KWEI-CHAU, British de-
mand for the removal of, 36. NANNING-
FU, new treaty port, opened, [358], 8.
Niu-Chwang Railway, [358], 12, 15.

P

CONFERENCES and CONGRESSES, -American

Republics, South, Presidents of the,
Rio de Janeiro, 50. Australian Pre-
miers, Melbourne, 7. Co-operative
Societies, Liverpool, 29. Geographical,
Berlin, 59. Goodfellows, National
Order of, Doncaster, 29. Independent
Labour party, Leeds, 20. Indian
National, Lucknow, 76. Irish National
League, Bradford, [108], 28. Irish
Nationalists, 70; Dublin, 20. Miners'
Federation, Edinburgh, [3], 3; Brus-
sels, 29. National Liberal Federation,
[70], [236], 14, 60, 73. Oddfellows,
Independent Society of, Middles-
brough, 29. Peace, Christiania, 47;
Hague, [107],[ 171], 21, 28, 29, 31, 37,
39, 43, 47, 65. Socialists, Hanover,
63; Leeds, [77]-[80]; Paris, 72.
Spanish Catholic, Burgos, 55, 58.
Trade Union, Plymouth, [238], 54.
Tuberculosis, Berlin, 29. Women,
International, London, 37
CONNAUGHT, Duke of, appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the forces in
Ireland, 76

Duke and Duchess of, received by the
Pope, 6

COUNTY Council, London, election of chair-
men, 15; report on the London
Government Bill, [80]
CRETE-CANDIA, Palace at, British flag
hauled down, 45. CANEA, Blonay, M.
de, financial adviser, 21. Constitu-
tion, the new, [321], 4, 24. MAHOME-
DANS emigrate, 25
CRICKET.-Australia and England, 31,

34, 38, 43, 50; Australians, close of
their season, 55; County Champion-
ship, 54; Eton and Harrow, 42; Eton
and Winchester, 36; Marlborough and
Rugby, 48; Oxford and Cambridge,
39; Surrey and Somersetshire, 30
CRIMINAL CASES.-ANSELL, Mary Ann,

executed, 43. FITZHARRIS, J., and
others, released, 52

CROMWELL, Oliver, proposed erection of a
statue to, 66

CROSS unveiled, Kentish martyrs, 33
CRYSTAL Palace, National Co-operative
Festival, opened, 50; pony show, 41
CURZON, Lord, Governor-General at Cal-
cutta, 2

DEMONSTRATIONS in the Albert Hall, [10],
7; Trafalgar Square [193], 59

DENMARK.-BILLS, various, [840], [342].
Budget, [338], [340]. COPENHAGEN,
Jacobsen, Herr C., presents his art
collection to the city, 4. EMPLOYERS
and workmen, agreement between, 54.
LAW, Report on the reform of the
Administration, [342]. MINISTRY,
changes in the, [340], 53. ODENSE,
meeting at, [340]. RIGSDAG assembled,
[338]; reassembled, [340]. SCHOOL
Bill, [339]. TAXATION Bills, [341]
DRAMA, The. ADAPTATIONS, 120;

comedies, 119, 120, 121; comic operas,
121; farces, 121; melodramas, 120,
121; plays, 119, 120; revivals, 120
DUELS.-Banffy, Baron, and Herr Hor-
ansky, 1. Mendes, M. C., and M.
Vanor, 29

DUFFERIN, Marquess of, elected Lord
Rector of Edinburgh University, 67

EARTHQUAKES.-Aidin, 58; Austria, S.E.,
33; Ceram, 60; Darjeeling, 59; Hun-
gary, W., 33; Peloponnese, 5; Rome,
43; Yakutat Bay, 54
ECCLESIASTICAL. - CANTERBURY and
York, Archbishops of, deputation of
laymen, 24; hold an Ecclesiastical
Court, 26; decision, [171], [174], 5, 47,
57; CHURCH Association, reply to the
English Church Union, 14; CHURCH
Congress, London, [176], 62; CHURCH,
Crisis in the, [10], [236]; CONVOCA-
TION, Houses of, meeting, [170], 40
ENGLISH Church Union, meeting, 12,

61

FISHER, Rt. Rev. G. C., appointed
Bishop Suffragan of Ipswich, 27
HALIFAX, Lord, on the Archbishops'
decision, [175]. HARCOURT, Sir W.,
his letter on the Lambeth decision,
[174]

LONDON, Bishop of, gives notice of sus-
pension to two vicars, 68

ST. PAUL'S Cathedral, decision of the
Decorations Committee, 27
EGYPT.-BUDGET Estimates, [364]. CATH-

OLIC Coptic Church, Patriarch of the,
enthroned at Alexandria, 44. FLAM-
ANT, M., occupies Insalah, 75. GAR-
STIN, Sir W. E., his report of the
Soudan, 17. IBRAHIM Ali, at Omdur-
man, 25. JUDICIAL reform, [365], 7,
28. KARNAK, nine columns of the
temple fall down, 61. Kitchener,
Lord, at Berber, 23 opens the Atbara
bridge, 53; return to Cairo, 67. NILE,
rise of the, [364], 60. PLAGUE, cases
of, in Alexandria, 32. SOUDAN,
administration of the, [12], [366], 2, 5;
Khalifa, expedition against, [366], 12,
65; death, [229], [366], 70; Mahdist
insurrection, [366], 53; Wingate, Sir
F., his victory, [366], 26, 70
ELCHO Challenge Shield, handed to the
Lord Mayor, 64

ELECTIONS.-Bow and Bromley, 65; Clack-

mannan and Kinross, 75; Edinburgh,
South, [133], 34; East, [133], 36;
Elland, 14; Exeter, 67; Harrow, [81],
20; Hythe, [69], 13; Lanark, [69], 11;
Londonderry, 10; Norfolk, [70], 16;
Oldham, [134], 40; Osgoldcross, [134],