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Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842 1885

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C

"Cabinet Portraits," Author's.
_Captain_, Loss of the.
Casey and Burke, Fenian prisoners.
Carey, James, informer.
Carlton Club, Overlooked meeting at.
Carlyle at Fryston,
his remark to Monckton Milnes on pension for Tennyson.
Carter, Mr., M.P. for Leeds.
Cattle plague in 1865.
Caucus, Plan of Liberal,
its effect upon Liberalism;
(_see also_ Birmingham and Bradford).
"Cave of Adullam," _Morning Star_ and.
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, Assassination of.
Central Liberal Association, Plan of.
Century Club,
author nearly poisoned at.
Chamberlain, Mr. Austen,
Mr. Gladstone's reference to speech of.
Chamberlain, the Right Hon. Joseph,
affected by Mr. Gladstone's reference to his son;
defeated Parliamentary candidate at Sheffield;
his dislike of W.E. Forster;
ruling spirit of Caucus;
and W.E. Forster;
his brothers blackballed at Reform Club;
resigns membership of Reform Club;
intrigues of;
his Socialistic Radicalism.
_Chambers's Journal_,
Author's contributions to.
Chester, Fenians at (1866).
Cholera at Newcastle.
Clerkenwell House of Detention,
Fenian outrage at.
Club Life in London in 1868.
Coles, Captain Cowper, Death of.
Commons, House of,
Author's first visit to;
its Parliamentary reporters in 1867;
autumn session of 1867;
gladiatorial combats of Disraeli and Gladstone in 1868;
dynamite outrage at;
(_see also_ Parliament).
Congress at Berlin in 1878.
Constituencies,
Creation of single-member;
cumulative vote in large.
Conversation Club at Leeds.
Cooke, Mr. W.H.
Cotton famine in 1864.
Coulson, miner, Heroism of.
Cowen, Joseph, Reminiscences of,
and Mr. Stead.
Cross, Miss Emily, actress.
Cumulative vote in large School Board constituencies.

D

_Daily News_ and Bulgarian atrocities of 1876.
Danube, Journey down (1878).
Davis, Mr. E.D., actor.
Derby, Earl of (13th), on Irish Church.
Derby, Earl of (14th), Memories of.
Devonshire Club.
Dickens, Charles,
at Newcastle;
author's leader on death of.
Disraeli, Benjamin,
affected by Mr. Gladstone's allusion to illness of Mrs. Disraeli;
on Irish Church in 1868;
his contemptuous treatment of an assailant;
Tory dislike of him in 1868;
author's personal encounter with;
and Bulgarian atrocities of 1876;
his triumph in 1878;
his power of playing to the gallery;
at Berlin Congress.
Donald, Robert, journalist.
Dynamite outrages.

E

Education Act, Passing of.
Edwards, Mr., Parliamentary reporter.
Elections, General (_see_ General Elections).
Elton, Mr. Charles.
Executions,
Memories of public;
of Barrett, the Fenian.
Exhibition of 1862, Opening of.

F

Fawcett, Henry, at Century Club.
Fenians,
Execution of Barrett;
at Chester in 1866;
outrage at Clerkenwell House of Detention;
at Manchester.
Flogging of garrotters.
Forster, Mrs. W. E.
Forster, Sir Charles.
Forster, W. E.,
Description of;
on Lord Houghton;
Radical hostility against;
suggested as Liberal leader;
his struggles with Bradford Caucus;
on Mr. Stead;
and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain;
is defended by _Leeds Mercury_;
his resignation of office in 1882;
on assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish;
author at residence of;
pioneer of Liberal Imperialism;
his political courage;
home life;
plots against his life;
his speech at Bradford;
and fate of General Gordon;
attends Household Suffrage demonstration at Leeds;
and Boundary Commission;
under police protection;
and Lord Hartington;
founder of the Imperial Federation League;
meets with an accident.
Fothergill, Mr., clerk in the W.B. Lead office.
Franchise Bill of 1884.
Franco-German war, Recollections of.
Fryston, Lord Houghton's seat, Author at.

G

Galway, Lady, Dinner party given by.
Gambetta, M.,
his oration in 1877;
funeral of.
Garrotters, Flogging of.
Gaskell's, Mrs., Life of Charlotte Brontë.
General Election of 1868,
of 1874;
of 1880.
Germany, Commercial enterprise of.
Gladstone, Mr. Herbert, elected for Leeds.
Gladstone, Mr. Robertson, at Preston.
Gladstone, Mrs., and author.
Gladstone, W. E.,
at Newcastle in 1862;
appearance of;
at Manchester in 1865;
his courtesy in debate;
his attacks on Disraeli in 1868;
his Parliamentary colleagues in 1868;
and dissolution of Parliament in 1874;
resigns leadership of Liberal party;
intrigues against;
on Bulgarian atrocities of 1876;
unpopular with his party in 1879;
decides to contest Midlothian;
people's admiration for (1880);
his election at Leeds;
elected for Midlothian;
at Leeds in 1881;
his sympathy with social outcasts;
and death of General Gordon;
denies compromise with Lord Salisbury on Household Suffrage Bill;
under police protection;
his resignation in 1885.
"Gladys Fane," author's novel.
_Glasgow Herald_, Author's overtures to.
Golf, past and present.
Gordon, General, W. E. Forster on fate of
Granger, Richard, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Grant-Duff, Mr. (afterwards Sir) Mountstuart, attacks Disraeli.
Granville, Lord, at Exhibition of 1862,
his relations with Mr. Gladstone.
Great Exhibition of 1862, Opening of.
Greig, Mr., tours with author.
Grove, Sir George, editor of _Macmillan's Magazine_.

H

Harcourt, Sir William,
his futile attack on Mr. Gladstone in 1878.
receives news of assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke.
Harte, Bret,
visits Haworth.
Hartington, Marquis of,
elected leader of Liberal party;
and W.E. Forster;
sympathy with him on night of Phoenix Park murders.
Hartley New Pit, Disaster at.
Haworth, Author's visit to,
Bret Harte's visit to.
Héger, M., Influence over Charlotte Brontë of.
Houghton, Lord,
Geniality of;
author's indebtedness to;
on Lord Rosebery;
on Mr. Gladstone;
as poet;
as host;
his tolerance in matters of faith;
death of;
last occasion on which author dined with him.
Household Suffrage Bill (1867), Passing of.
Household Suffrage Bill (1884), Passing of.
Household Suffrage demonstration at Leeds.
Household Suffrage Parliament, Opening of (1868).
House of Commons (_see_ Commons, House of).
House of Lords (_see_ Lords, House of).
Hungary in 1878.
Hunter, Mr. Colin, A.R.A.
Hyde Park in 1862.

I

Imperial Federation League, Foundation of.
Innes, Mr., Exhortation to author by.
Invincibles, Plots of the Irish.
Irish Church Bill, Debates on.

J

Jackson, Mr. W.L., elected M.P. for Leeds.
Jeffcock,--, engineer, Heroism of.
Joicey, Sir James.
Journalism of the 'sixties; birth of the New.
Journalism, Provincial, in 1870.

K

Kingsley, Charles,
his reply to author's request for books.
Kitson, Sir James.
Kossuth, Louis, Visit of, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
"Kroumirs" in Algeria.

L

Labouchere, Mr. Henry, as war correspondent.
Lambert, Sir John, Chairman of Boundary Commission.
Lancashire cotton famine in 1864.
"Land of the Bey," Author's.
Leech, John, Verisimilitude of street scenes of.
Leeds: Characteristics of its inhabitants,
parliamentary election in 1874;
its Caucus meeting;
parliamentary election of 1880;
author's influence in its Liberal Association;
Mr. Gladstone's candidature for;
its Conversation Club;
Mr. Herbert Gladstone elected for;
W.E. Gladstone at (1881);
its Household Suffrage demonstration.
Leeds Liberal Association and W.E. Forster.
_Leeds Mercury_,
Author joins staff of;
author's duties on;
and Sunday labour;
its file;
its history;
its influence under Baines family;
its exclusion of betting and theatrical news;
author accepts editorship of;
inaugurating a new era;
on loss of _Captain_;
supports educational policy of Forster;
brought into line with London dailies;
publishes early news of dissolution of Parliament in 1874;
proposes candidature of Mr. Gladstone for Leeds;
defends W.E. Forster;
attempt to crush it;
its office under police protection.
Levy, Mr., owner of _Daily Telegraph_.
Liberal Imperialist, W.E. Forster the first.
Liberal Party,
Its defeat in 1874;
resignation of leadership by Mr. Gladstone;
suggested leaders of;
Lord Hartington leads;
effect of Caucus upon;
Caucus control of;
between 1874-80;
disruption of old.
Licensing system, Permissive Bill and.
Lincoln, Abraham,
Effect of death of;
author meets his granddaughter.
_Lion d'Or_, Author on board of.
London, Author's first visit to,
its streets in 1862;
its suburbs in 1867;
its club life in 1868.
Longley, Archbishop,
replies to author's request for books.
Lords, House of: Reporters in,
debates on Disestablishment of Irish Church.
Lowes, Mr., shorthand writer,
appointed editor of _Newcastle Journal_.
"Lumley Entail," author's novel.

M

Macdonell, James, journalist.
_Macmillan's Magazine_,
Author's contributions to.
Madras College, St. Andrews, Author at.
Magee, Bishop,
on Irish Church Disestablishment Bill.
Manchester, Fenian outrage at.
_Manchester Examiner_,
Author's overtures to.
_Manchester Guardian_,
Spirited management of.
Manson, Mr., editor of _Northern Daily Express_.
Marshall, Mr., proprietor of _Northern Daily Express_.
Marston Moor,
Author visits battlefield of.
Mathers, Mr., secretary of Leeds Liberal Association.
Mazzini, Giuseppe,
Visit of, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
McLennan, Mr. J.F.
Midlothian,
Mr. Gladstone decides to contest;
the election (1880).
Milan, Author "in pawn" at.
Milnes-Gaskell, Mr., at Thorns.
Milnes, Monckton
(_see_ Houghton, Lord).
Mohacs (Hungary) in 1878.
Morley, Mr. John,
author and;
at Leeds Household Suffrage demonstration;
and Mr. Stead.
_Morning Star_,
Author occasionally reports for,
its report of John Bright's reference to Cave of Adullam.
Mudford, Mr., of _Standard_,
as Parliamentary reporter;
Mr. Gladstone's opinion of.

N

Napoleon III., Death of.
Napoleon, Prince.
National Liberal Federation,
Origin of.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1842,
Percy Street Academy;
cholera at;
its great fire in 1854;
author's West End Literary Institute;
British Association at (1863).
_Newcastle Journal_,
Author on staff of.
Nicholls, Mr., husband of Charlotte Brontë.
_North American Review_
on author's "Charlotte Brontë,".
_Northern Daily Express_,
Author's first contribution;
description of.
Norway, Author's visit to.
Novel-writing, Author on.
Novikoff, Madame, and Mr. Stead.
Nussey, Miss, Memories of.

O

Oaks Pit, Explosions at.
Orsini, Felice,
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Paris, Recollections of siege of,
Communist rising of 1871;
in September, 1871;
in 1877.
Parliamentary Reform Demonstration in 1866.
Parliamentary trains in 1862.
Parliament, Opening of Household Suffrage,
its debates of 1869;
possibilities of reporter in;
its dissolution in 1874;
its dissolution in 1880;
stories of its reporters in 1867,
(_see also_ Commons, House of, and Lords, House of).
Parnell, C.S., and W.E. Forster.
Payn, James,
Author's first interview with;
his laugh;
his sense of humour;
his aversion to dining out.
Payne, Howard, Grave of, at Tunis.
Pears, Mr. Edwin,
and Bulgarian atrocities of 1876.
Percy Street Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Permissive Bill,
Licensing system and.
Peterloo, "Battle" of.
Phoenix Park murders.
Piccadilly Circus in 1862.
Piccadilly,
French Imperialists in.
Pollock, Sir Frederick.
Postance, Rev. Henry.
Potter, Mr. Tom,
at Century Club.
Press, The
(_see_ Journalism _and_ Reporters).
"Press-gang" at the Reform Club.
Preston,
Description of.
_Preston Guardian_,
Author joins staff of.
Prince Consort,
Death of.
Prince Imperial,
burial of.
Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII.),
in Upper Teesdale;
illness of;
thanksgiving service at St. Paul's for recovery of.
_Punch_,
London street scenery in.

R

Reade, Mr., Consul-General at Tunis.
Reform Club, Author elected member of,
in 1878;
"press-gang" at;
excitement upon news of Phoenix Park murders;
Mr. Chamberlain's brothers blackballed;
proposal to abolish blackballing;
Mr. Chamberlain resigns membership.
Reform demonstrations in 1866.
Reid, Alexander, brother of author.
Reid, Eleanor, daughter of author.
Reid, James, brother of author,
Death of.
Reid, John Paul, brother of author.
Reid, Mrs., author's first wife,
her marriage;
death.
Reid, Mrs. (Lady), author's second wife.
Reid, Mrs., mother of author,
love of literature;
death of.
Reid, Rev. Alexander, father of author,
his interest in public affairs.
Reid, Stuart J., brother of author.
Reid, Thomas Wemyss (Sir Wemyss),
Parentage and ancestry of;
year of birth; earliest recollections;
at St. Andrews in 1850;
first connection with printing office;
at Madras College;
has attack of brain fever;
returns home;
at Tynemouth;
at Whitley;
in peril of housebreakers;
at Dr. Collingwood Bruce's school;
youthful literary aspirations;
junior clerk at W.B. Lead office;
his first contribution to Press;
makes acquaintance with newspaper work;
learns shorthand;
founds "West End Literary Institute,";
appointed chief reporter on _Newcastle Journal_;
experiences as reporter;
first attempt at leader-writing;
meets with accident at a Dickens reading;
first visit to London;
resigns reportership on _Newcastle Journal_;
at public executions;
joins staff of _Preston Guardian_;
his experience at a commercial dinner;
his studious habits;
newspaper experiences at Preston;
joins staff of _Leeds Mercury_;
his newspaper duties;
as a leader-writer;
his Imperialism;
reporting reminiscences;
appointed London correspondent;
his first marriage;
admitted to Reporters' Gallery;
first experience of London club life;
contributes to magazines;
his first novel, "Lumley Entail,";
has personal encounter with Disraeli;
obtains original and authentic parliamentary news;
death of his first wife;
accepts editorship of _Leeds Mercury_;
forms good resolutions;
changes editorial system;
settles in Leeds;
visits to Fryston;
his first Continental tour;
is denounced by advanced Radicals;
on drink question;
his second marriage;
brings _Leeds Mercury_ into line with London dailies;
protests against Caucus system;
his contributions to Brontë literature;
elected member of Savile Club;
in Paris in 1877;
elected member of Reform Club;
at London clubs in 1878;
nearly poisoned at Century Club;
tours through Europe;
injures his knee;
on board _Sidon_;
travels from Constantinople by overland route;
his influence in the Leeds Liberal Caucus;
proposes candidature of Mr. Gladstone for Leeds;
sends out tickets for Mr. Gladstone's banquet at Leeds;
at Tunis;
and Mr. Stead;
defends W. E. Forster;
on novel-writing;
overlooks Carlton Club meeting;
suggested police protection for;
visits Tangier;
visits Norway;
Reporters,
Duties of newspaper;
stories of Parliamentary;
possibilities of Parliamentary.
Reservoir dam, Bursting of Bradfield.
Riddell, Mrs., novelist, Reminiscences of.
Robinson, Sir John, editor of _Daily News_.
Rosebery, Earl of,
Lord Houghton on;
and W. E. Forster.
Ross, Mr., head of _Times_ Parliamentary corps.
Royal Institution,
Author's lecture on Charlotte Brontë at.
Russell, Lord John, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Russell, Mr. Alexander, of _Scotsman_.
Russell, Mr. Charles, editor of _Glasgow Herald_.

S

St. Andrews in 1850,
its Sabbaths.
St. Cloud in 1871.
St. James's Hall, London,
John Bright at;
political meeting in 1876 at.
_St. James's Magazine_,
Author contributes to.
St. Paul's Cathedral,
Thanksgiving service for recovery of Prince of Wales in.
Sala, G. A.,
Reminiscences of;
his election to Reform Club;
his encyclopaedic knowledge;
on blackballing at clubs.
Savile Club,
Author elected member of.
Schnadhorst, Mr.,
Character of.
Shaw, Mr., Irish leader.
Sheffield,
Flooding of lower part of;
Mr. J. Chamberlain's Parliamentary defeat in 1874.
Shepard, Consul, at Haworth.
_Sidon_, Author on board.
Single-member constituencies,
Creation of.
Slingsby, Sir Charles,
Death of.
Sothern, E. A.,
Reminiscences of.
_Standard_, The,
Mr. Gladstone's opinion of.
Stead, Mr. W. T.,
accepts editorship of _Northern Echo_;
his theories on journalism;
on Eastern Question;
and Madame Novikoff;
attacks Joseph Cowen;
and author;
on staff of _Pall Mall Gazette_;
appointed editor of _Pall Mall Gazette_;
his foreign politics.
Stoddart, Mr., editor of _Glasgow Weekly Herald_.
Swinburne, Mr.,
on author's "Charlotte Brontë,";
author's abortive visit to house of.

T

Tangier in 1884.
Tay Bridge,
Destruction of.
Tennant, Mr.,
M.P. for Leeds in 1874.
Thackeray, W. M.,
at Newcastle.
Thanksgiving Service for recovery of Prince of Wales.
Thatched House Club.
Thirlwall, Bishop,
on Irish Church Bill.
Thornton, Miss Kate
(_see_ Reid, Mrs., author's first wife).
_Times_, The,
Use of its front page during siege of Paris;
on loss of ship _Captain_.
Toulmin, Mr., proprietor of _Preston Guardian_.
Tower of London,
Dynamite outrage at.
Townsend, Mr. Charles, of Bristol.
Trains, Parliamentary, in 1862.
Trench, Archbishop,
on Irish Church Bill.
Tunis in 1881.
Tynemouth about the 'forties.
Tyne, River, in 1842.

U

United Kingdom Alliance,
Policy of.

V

Venables, George,
Recollections of.
Versailles in 1871.
Victoria, Queen, and John Bright.

W

W----, Captain, at Tangier.
Washbourne, Dr.,
and Bulgarian atrocities of 1876.
Weaving in 1850.
Wemyss, Thomas, grandfather of author.
Westbury, Lord,
on Irish Church Bill.
Westminster Hall,
Dynamite outrage at.
White, Sir William, at Bucharest.
Whitley in 1849.
Wilkes, Mr. Washington, Death of.
Wombwell, Sir George,
and Charge of Light Brigade;
his narrow escape from drowning.
Workman, English, in 1878.
Wright, Mr., an official of the Reporters' Gallery in 1867.

Y

Yorkshire Club,
Author at.

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