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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXI.

COLONIAL HOME RULE AND FINANCIAL REFORM.

Mr. Roebuck and Emigration-Self-Government and the Colonies -Unsympathetic Whig Policy-Radicals

and the Colonial Office--The Peelites and Hudson's Bay Company-Financial Reform-Mr. Cobden

at Variance with Mr. Bright-Combined Agitators-The Demand for Retrenchment-Trade and the

Flag-Tories and Taxes-A reductio ad absurdum-A Raid on a Surplus-International Arbitration

-Parliamentary Reform-Parliament and the Jews-The Tories oppose the Alteration of the Parlia-

mentary Oath-Episcopal Prejudice-Tory Obstructionists-An Ordnance Department Scandal-Mr.

Delane's Attacks on Lord Palmerston in the Times-The Queen Remonstrates against Lord Palmer-

ston's Recklessness-An Anti-Palmerstonian Cabal-Lady Palmerston's Intrigues-Lord Brougham

Betrays the Cabal-Palmerston's Victory-Rome and France-The Second War-The Disaster of Chil-

lianwalla-Indignation of the Country-Lord Gough's Recall-Napier to the Rescue-The East India

Directors Oppose Napier's Appointment -The Convict War at the Cape-Boycotting the Governor

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CHAPTER XXII.

FAMILY CARES AND ROYAL DUTIES.

Education of the Prince of Wales-Selection of Mr. Birch as Tutor-The Queen's Jealousy of her Parental

Authority-Her Letter to Melbourne on the Management of her Nursery-Her Ideas on Education-

Prince Albert's Plans for the Education of the Prince of Wales-Stockmar's Advice-The Visit to

Ireland-The Queen at Waterford-" Rebel Cork" en féte-The Visit to Dublin-Viceregal Festivi-

ties-The Visit to the National Model Schools-Shiel's Speech -The Queen and the Duke of Leinster-

Farewell at Kingstown--The Queen Dips the Royal Ensign-Loyal Ulster-The Visit to the Linen

Hall-Lord Clarendon on the Queen's Visit-A Cruise on the Clyde-Home in Balmoral--The Queen's

"Bothie "-The Queen's University of Ireland--First Plans for the Great Exhibition-Opening of the

London Coal Exchange -The Queen's Barge-Death of Queen Adelaide .

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CHAPTER XXIII.

CLOUDS IN THE EAST AND ELSEWHERE.

Political Wreckage--Force triumphs over Opinion-The State of France-Election of Prince Charles Louis

Bonaparte as Prince-President-The Sad Plight of Italy-Palmerston's Anti-Austrian Policy-Defeat

of Piedmont---The Fall of Venice-Fall of the Roman Republic-A Cromwellian Struggle in Prussia

The Queen's Partisanship-Her Prussian Sympathies-The Hungarian Refugees in Turkey A Diplo-

matic Conflict with Russia--Opening of Parliament-Mr. Disraeli and Local Taxation-Parliamentary

Reform-The Jonahs of the Cabinet-The Dispute with Greece-Don Pacifico's Case-Coercion of

Greece-Lord Palmerston meekly accepts an Insult from Russia-French Intervention-A Diplomatic

Conflict in France-Recall of the French Ambassador-False Statements in Parliament-The Queen's

Indignation-The Don Pacifico Debate-The Civis Romanus sum Doctrine-Palmerston's Victory-

The West African Slave Trade

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CHAPTER XXIV.

SOME EPOCH-MARKING LEGISLATION.

The Colonies and Party Government-The Movement for Autonomy-Lord John Russell's Colonial Bill—

Tory Opposition to Colonial Federation-Mr. Adderley's Plan-Mr. Gladstone's Scheme for Colonial

Church Courts-The Colonial Bills Mangled in the House of Lords-More English Doles for Ireland-

An Irish Reform Bill-Lord John Russell Proposes to Abolish the Lord-Lieutenancy-The Queen's

Irish Policy-Her offer to Establish a Royal Residence in Ireland -The Bungled Budget-The Demand

for Retrenchment-The Tories Insist on a Reduction of Official Salaries-Lord John Russell's Com-

mission on Establishments-The Queen and the Church-The Ecclesiastical Appeals Bill-The "Gorham

Case "--Death of Peel-The Queen's Sorrow-A Nation in Mourning-Peel's Character and Career-The

Queen's Alarm about Prince Albert's Health-The Queen at Work-The Queen's Reading-Lamp. . 438