SECOND PART OF THE LONG EUROPEAN PEACE.
Beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria—Troops during
Parliamentary elections—Coronation of the Queen—Fire at the
Tower of London, 1841—Rebellion in Canada—Two Guards Battalions
sent there, 1838, of which one the 2nd Battalion Coldstream
Guards—Return home, 1842—Visit of the Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
to England—European revolution—Bi-centenary celebration of the
formation of the Coldstream Guards, 1850—Death of the Colonel
of the Regiment, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge; succeeded by
General the Earl of Strafford—Exhibition in London—Death of the
Duke of Wellington—Changes and reforms up to 1854—Camp at
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