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Commercial Politics

by R. H. Gretton

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Editor
Winbolt, S. E. (Samuel Edward), 1868-1944
Title
Commercial Politics (1837-1856)
Credits
Produced by Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54461
Release Date
March 31, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.COMMERCIAL POLITICS (1837-1856)
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA (1837).
  4. 4.AFFAIRS IN CANADA (1837).
  5. 5.THE STATE OF ENGLAND (1838). — I. Rural Districts. — II. Mining Districts. — III. Factory Towns. — A.— Source. —Lord Beaconsfield’s Sybil , bk. iii., chap. iv. — B.— Source. —Lord Beaconsfield’s Coningsby , bk. iv., chap. ii.
  6. 6.IRELAND AND HER LANDLORDS (1838). — A.— The Tipperary Magistrates to the Lord Lieutenant. Cashel, April 7, 1838. — B.— Drummond to the Tipperary Magistrates. Dublin Castle, May 22, 1838.
  7. 7.THE CHARTER OF COLONIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (1839).
  8. 8.THE BEDCHAMBER PLOT (1839). — I. The Queen and Lord Melbourne. — A.— Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria. May 9, 1839. — B.— Queen Victoria to Viscount Melbourne. Buckingham Palace, May 9, 1839. — C.— Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria. May 9, 1839. — II. The Tory Side of it. — A.— Source. — The Croker Papers , vol. ii., p. 346. (London: 1884.) — B.— Source. — The Greville Memoirs : 1837-1852, vol. i., p. 208. (London: 1885.)
  9. 9.THE QUEEN’S MARRIAGE (1840). — I. The Wedding Day. — II. The Prince Consort’s Position.
  10. 10.THE CHARTIST PETITION (1842).
  11. 11.THE RAILWAY BOOM (1842).
  12. 12.THE CORN LAWS AND THE MANUFACTURERS (1842).
  13. 13.IMPRISONMENT FOR ABSENCE FROM CHURCH (1842).
  14. 14.A CHARTIST IN PRISON (1843).
  15. 15.A CHARTIST HYMN (1843).
  16. 16.FORETASTES OF DARWINISM (1844).
  17. 17.THE OPENING OF MAZZINI’S LETTERS (1844).
  18. 18.AGRICULTURE AND FREE TRADE (1845).
  19. 19.PEEL’S CHANGE OF VIEWS (1844).
  20. 20.LORD J. RUSSELL QUICKENS THE PACE (1845).
  21. 21.THE BOMBSHELL (1845).
  22. 22.PEEL AND HIS COLLEAGUES (1845).
  23. 23.FREE TRADE (1846).
  24. 24.PEEL’S DEFENCE OF HIS METHOD (1846).
  25. 25.IRELAND: THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (1846).
  26. 26.ENGLAND AND THE YEAR OF REVOLUTION (1848). — I. — A. Lord Palmerston to Lord Normanby (British Ambassador in Paris). — B. To Lord Westmorland, Ambassador at Berlin. February 29. — C. To Lord Ponsonby, Ambassador at Vienna. February 29. — D. To Lord Normanby. April 11. — E. To Lord Ponsonby. November 12. — II.
  27. 27.CONQUEST OF THE PUNJAB (1849).
  28. 28.CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT PEEL (1850).
  29. 29.DON PACIFICO (1850).
  30. 30.THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPRICS (1850).
  31. 31.THE HAYNAU AFFAIR (1850).
  32. 32.PALMERSTON AND KOSSUTH (1851). — A. Lord John Russell to Lord Palmerston. — B. Lord Palmerston’s Reply.
  33. 33.THE GREAT EXHIBITION (1851).
  34. 34.PALMERSTON AND THE COUP D’ÉTAT (1851). — I. — A. Lord Palmerston to Lord Normanby ( British Ambassador in Paris ). December 3, 1851. — B. The Same to the Same. December 6, 1851. — C. Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians. — II. — Lord Palmerston to his Brother. January 22, 1852.
  35. 35.RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA (1853). — A. Lord Aberdeen to Lord John Russell. — B. Lord John Russell to Lord Clarendon. March 20. — C. Lord Aberdeen to Lord John Russell. August 26. — D. Memorandum by Lord John Russell for Lord Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston, and Lord Clarendon. September 3. — E. Sir James Graham to Lord John Russell. December 11. — F. Lord John Russell’s own account of the sleeping Cabinet.
  36. 36.THE QUAKER DEPUTATION TO THE TSAR (1854).
  37. 37.HORRORS OF THE CRIMEAN HOSPITALS (1854).
  38. 38.THE CRISIS AT THE ALMA (1854). — I. The “Times” Account. — II. A Footnote.
  39. 39.THE MORNING OF INKERMANN (1854).
  40. 40.“MUDDLING THROUGH” BEFORE SEBASTOPOL (1854-55). — I. The “Times” Account. — II. Extracts from Officers’ Letters. — III. From “The Morning Herald.”
  41. 41.THE ANGEL OF DEATH (1855).
  42. 42.WHY PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FAILED (1855).
  43. 43.Untitled

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