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1856. NEUTRALITY OF THE BLACK SEA 1
1856. AN UP-TO-DATE MAIL STEAMER 2
1857. RUBINSTEIN IN LONDON 3
1857. FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS 4
1857. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA 5
1857. SIEGE AND RELIEF OF LUCKNOW 9
1858. “CONSPIRACY TO MURDER” BILL 12
1858. FORCING OF THE PEIHO RIVER 13
1858. ADMISSION OF JEWS TO PARLIAMENT 16
1858. AN INADEQUATE NAVY 17
1859. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS 18
1859. NAPOLEON III. AND ENGLAND 20
1859. PROGRESS OF VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT 22
1860. COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE 25
1860. ANTI-RITUAL RIOTS 27
1860. CHINESE WAR: CAPTURE OF PEKIN 29
1860. THE FIRST BRITISH IRONCLAD 29
1861. GARIBALDI AND THE GOVERNMENT 30
1861. THE BUDGET: ABOLITION OF THE PAPER DUTY 31
1861. BRITAIN AND ITALIAN UNITY 32
1861. LOSS OF THE COTTON-SUPPLY 33
1861. THE CASE OF THE “TRENT” 34
1861. THE AFFAIR OF THE “TRENT” 37
1862. THE PEABODY TRUST FORMED 38
1862. THE “ALABAMA” CRUISER 40
1863. WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH 41
1863. THE BUDGET: EATING THE LEEK 42
1863. DISTRESS IN THE COTTON MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS 44
1863. BRITAIN AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (I.) 46
1863. BRITAIN AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (II.) 47
1864. A POLICY OF MEDDLE AND MUDDLE 48
1864. ENGLAND AND THE ATTACK ON DENMARK 50
1865. THE ATLANTIC CABLE: SCENE IN IRELAND 52
1865. THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY (I.) 55
1865. THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY (II.) 57
1865. DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON 57
1866. THE CAVE OF ADULLAM 58
1866. SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE 60
1866. REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT MANCHESTER 61
1867. ATTEMPTED FENIAN RAID AT CHESTER 62
1867. REFORM BILL: THREE CORNERED CONSTITUENCIES 65
1867. ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES 67
1868. DISRAELI’S “MAUNDY THURSDAY” LETTER 69
1868. ABYSSINIAN WAR: CAPTURE OF MAGDALA 71
1868. DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE IRISH CHURCH 73
1869. IRISH CHURCH BILL: CRITICAL DAYS 75
1870. THE IRISH LAND BILL 78
1870. EDUCATION BILL: THE COWPER-TEMPLE CLAUSE 81
1870. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR 83
1871. MR. LOWE’S BUDGET: THE MATCH-TAX (I.) 84
1871. MR. LOWE’S BUDGET: THE MATCH-TAX (II.) 84
1871. PURCHASE IN THE ARMY ABOLISHED BY ROYAL WARRANT 85
1871. FIRST AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY 86
1871. BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS 87
1872. THE GENEVA ARBITRATION: THE INDIRECT CLAIMS 89
1872. AN EARLY ELECTION UNDER THE BALLOT ACT 90
1872. THE “ALABAMA” ARBITRATION AWARD 93
1873. REFUSAL OF DISRAELI TO TAKE OFFICE WITHOUT A MAJORITY 94
1873. FIRST LONDON HOSPITAL SUNDAY 98
1874. THE ASHANTEE WAR: FALL OF COOMASSIE 99
1874. FUNERAL OF DR. LIVINGSTONE 103
1874. DISRAELI ON PARTIES IN THE CHURCH 104
1875. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION 106
1875. PURCHASE OF SUEZ CANAL SHARES (AN OPPOSITION VIEW) 110
1876. DISRAELI’S AIMS IN POLITICS 114
1876. A SPIRITED SPEECH BY DISRAELI 114
1876. THE EASTERN QUESTION: SOME FIERY SPEECHES 115