May 12. W. H. Medhurst (Consul at Aug. 4. J. J. Peatfield; Consul at GuaHankow); Consul at Shanghai. temala. A. Raby (Consul at Jeddah); Consul at 8. H. S. Tremenheere, Sir F. N. SandSyra. ford, H. A. Hunt, A. Power, P. J. Keenan, Neill McLean ; Consul at Batavia. J. W. Bazalgette; C.B., Civil Division. H. E. Bulwer, Consul General in The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P.; Commissioner for the settlement of the 19. Rear-Admiral Richards, G. B. 22. Sir Edward Thornton, K.C.B.; Right Hon. James Stansfeld ; President Adam Ranken; Inspector of Schools. June 13. Major-General Pears; K.C.B., 29. Hon. J. C. Walter Vivian; Hon. E. Cardwell. of the Privy Chamber, in place of Cockburn; British Arbitrator in the AlaHon. Fred. Byng. bama Claims. Thomas John Elmore (Vice-Consul at 5. Patrick J. Hughes (Consul at KiuAlgiers); Consul at Nice. Kiang); Consul at Hankow. George Hartley; Vice-Consul for Angola William Gregory (Vice-Consul at and Dependencies. Tamsuy); Vice-Consul at Canton. George Phillippo; Puisne-Judge of S. Frederick Mayers ; Vice-Consul at British Guiana. Kiu-Kiang. 20. Earl de Grey and Ripon; Mar Martin Dohmen ;Vice-Consul Cancellier quess of Ripon. at Yeda, Dean of St. Paul's. William Ward; (Vice-Consul at Memel), 26. Robert Hamilton Lang; Consul 23. Francis Hicks; Knight. for Cyprus. Lord Tenterden; C.B., Civil Division. Sir Walter Morgan, Knt.; Chief Justice Henry Ernest Bulwer, C.M.G.; Gover of Madras. nor of Labuan. Robert Stuart, Q.C., Chief Justice of J. C. O'Dowd; Commissioners under the 11. Theodore Walrond, F. Goulburn, Pine; Knights Commanders of St. Michael and E. B. Malet; C.B., Civil Division. and St. George. C. G. Kemball ; Puisne Judge of Bom. S. Freeling, J. H. Darrell, F. S. Wigley, bay. C. P. Layard; Companions of St. Michael 14. Lieutenant-Colonel Howard El. and St. George. phinstone, R.E.; K.C.B., Civil Division. Oct. 6. Thomas Sidgreaves ; Chief Jus25. William Dougal Christie; C.B., tice of the Straits Settlements. Edward Graham Alston ; Queen's Advo- 10. Rev. J. B. Mozley, D.D. ; Regius Aug. 1. Baron Bloomfield, Ireland; Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and Canon Baron of the United Kingdom. of Christ Church. T. F. Wade (Secretary of Legation in - 17. Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew Buchanan China); Envoy Extraordinary and Minis (Ambassador to Russia); Ambassador to ter Plenipotentiary and Chief Superin Austria. tendent of British Trade in China. Right Hon. Lord Augustus W. F. S. 4. F. P. Smith, J.J. Chalk ; Knights. Loftus (Ambassador to Germany); AmJames Paget; Baronet. bassador to Russia. 1 Oct. 17. Odo W.L. Russell ; Ambassador Agent to attend the Geneva Arbitration on the Alabama Claims. dos; Baronet. Baronet. Denis Donohoe (Consul at New Orleans); Albany de G. de Fonblanque (Consul at Carthagena); Consul at New Orleans. William K. Green (Vice Consulat C. Louis St. John (Vice-Consul at Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Gordon, R.E.; 24. Right Hon. Lord Lawrence, Right Hon. Ă. Brewster, Admiral Sir M. Seymour, Sir F. Arrow, H. C. Rothery, T. Chapman, F.R.S. ; Commissioners to inquire into the of H.M.S. “Megæra." Sir R. P. Collier; Member of the Montague Bernard, D.C.L.; Member of Council, under the Act of the 4th William IV. 28. Rev. Alfred Barry, D.D.; Canon of Worcester, Dec. 1. Hugh Mallet; Consul at Car- William Robert Grove, Q.C.; Puisne Judge of the Common Pleas. 8. Sir B. C. C. Pine (Governor ci Antigua); Governor of the Leeward Edgar L. Layard; Consul for Grand - THE MINISTRY. THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury, Right Hon. W. Ewart Gladstone. Hatherley Hon. the Marquess of Ripon. Halifax. Robert Lowe. Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce. Right Hon. Earl Granville. Secretary of State, Colonial Depart 4, Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley. Right Hon. Edw. Cardwell. . G. Joachim Goschen. the Marquess of Hartington. Right Hon. James Stansfeld. Right Hon. William E. Forster. NOT IN THE CABINET. Commanding-in-Chief, F.M. H.R.H. Duke Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, Captain Robert of Cambridge. Hall, C.B., Rear-Admiral John W.Tar. Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, Right leton, C.B., and Earl of Camperdown. Hon. Earl Dufferin. President, Board of Trade, Right Hon. Works aud Public Buildings, Right Hon. Chichester P. Fortescue. Acton Smee Ayrton. Postmaster-General, Right Hon. William Junior Lords of the Treasury, William Monsell. Patrick Adam, Marquess of Lansdowne, Secretary to the Admiralty, G. J. Shaw and William Henry Gladstone. Lefevre. Grenfell Glynn and William Edward ridge. Solicitor-General, Sir George Jessel. Junior Lords of the Admiralty, Vice SHERIFFS FOR 1871. ENGLAND. (Excepting Cornwall and Lancashire.) BEDFORDSHIRE.—Edward Henry Frederick Dawkins, of Muggerbanger Park, Esq. BERKSHIRE.—George Charles Cherry, of Denford House, Hungerford, Esq. BUCKS.-Christopher Tower, of Huntsmoor Park, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.— Thomas Richards, of Wimblington, Isle of Ely, Esq. CHESHIRE. — The Earl of Haddington, of Eaton Bank. CUMBERLAND.— William Banks, of Highmoor House, Esq. DERBYSHIRE.-Charles Rowland Palmer Morewood, of Alfreton Park, Esq. DEVONSHIRE.- Sir Lydston Newman, of Mamhead, Bart. DORSETSHIRE.—John Tregonwell, of Cranborne Lodge, Esq. DURHAM.-James Cookson, of Neasham Hall, Esq. Essex.—Robert Gosling, jun., of Hassobury, Farnham, Esq. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.- - William Playne, of Longfords, Minchinhampton, Esq. HEREFORDSHIRE.—Stephen Robinson, of Lynhales, near Kington, Esq. HERTFORDSHIRE.— Charles Longman, of Shendish, Hemel Hempsted, Esq. KENT.- Francis Philips, of Lee Priory, Ickham, Esq. LEICESTERSHIRE.—Harry Leycester Powys Keck, of Staughton Grange, Esq. LINCOLNSHIRE.—John Reeve, of Leadenham, Esq. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Thomas Cordes, of Brynglas, near Newport, Esq. NORFOLK.—Sir Henry Josias Stracey, of Rackheath Park, Bart. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—Sir Geoffrey Palmer, of Carlton, Bart. NORTHUMBERLAND.-John George Frederick Hope-Wallace, of Featherstone Castle, Esq. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.-James Thorpe, of Coddington, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE.—Sir Algernon William Peyton, of Swift's House, Bart. RUTLAND.—John Harry Lee Wingfield, of Tickencote, Esq. SHROPSHIRE.- -William Kenyon Slaney, of Hatton Grange, Esq. SOMERSETSHIRE.-Henry Kornish Henly, of Leigh House, Chard, Esq. COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.-Henry Compton, of Manor House, Minestead, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE.—Charles Walter Lyon, of Silver Hill, Esq. SUFFOLK.- Thomas Richard Mills, of Great Saxham, Esq. SURREY.-Money Wigram, of Esher-place, Esq. SUSSEX.—Walter Wyndham Burrell, of Cuckfield, Esq. WARWICKSHIRE.—John Thomas Arkwright, of Hatton House, near Warwick, Esq. WESTMORELAND.— William Henry Wakefield, of Sedgwick, Esq. WILTSHIRE.-John William Gooch Spicer, of Spye Park, Chippenham, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE.— William Hanford Flood, of Woollas Hall, near Pershore, Esq. YORKSHIRE.—Sir Henry Edwards, of Pye Nest, Bart. WALES. NORTH AND SOUTH. ANGLESEY.—John Jones, of Tre-anna, Esq., afterrwads John Wynne Paynter, of Maes-y-llwyn, Esq. BRECONSHIRE.- —Thomas John Evans, of Tymawr-yn-y-Glyn, Esq. CARDIGANSHIRE.—Sydney Henry Jones Parry, of Tyllwyd, near Newcastle Emlyn, Esq. CARMARTHENSHIRE.—William Du Buisson, of Glynhir, Llanelly, Esq. CARNARVONSHIRE.-John Griffith Wynn Griffith, of Llanfair, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE.-Samuel Pearce Hope, of Marchwiel Hall, Esq. FLINTSHIRE.—Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel, Esq. GLAMORGANSHIRE.- Vaughan Hanning Lee, of Lanelay, near Pontypridd, Esq. MERIONETHSHIRE.—Charles Edwards, of Dolserau Hall, Esq. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—John Robinson Jones, of Brithdir Hall, Esq. PEMBROKESHIRE.—Frederick Leopold Sapieha Manteuffel de Rutzen (commonly called Baron Frederick de Rutzen), of Slebech, Esq. RADNORSHIRE.—Sir John James Walsham, of Knill Court, near Walton, Bart. INDEX. N.B. The figures between [ ] refer to Part I. ABERDARE, Terrible colliery explosion, 104. Freedom of City, [105]. 78; fall from a cliff, 82; Hunting, 116. 155. First Lord; Mr. Goschen appointed First Lord, 314. mission meets at Washington, [94]; appointed a Commissioner, ib. Society of Arts Concerts at, 41. gram to Emperor William at Ver- [275]. the Looking-glass, (360). died, [281]. [212]; Bill for incorporation into Germany before the Reichstag, [226]. ment, [230]; Congress at Munich, [232]. drid on 2nd January, and takes the AMERICA, 282; vide United States. Minister, opposes Home Rule in Bo. as Minister for Foreign Affairs, [250]. [272]. [144]. Opens Cooper's Hill College, 80. sion, [59]. Speech of_Sir W. Mansfield, [18]; don Orphan Asylum, 16. by Mr. Cardwell, [33] ; Mr. Trevelyan's PURCHASE IN THE ARMY. France, [208]; Russia, [276]; Swe- den, [274]. provision to, [88]; Accident to, 55; De- |