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From Palmerston to Disraeli (1856-1876)

From Palmerston to Disraeli (1856-1876)

by Ewing Harding

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Editor
Winbolt, S. E. (Samuel Edward), 1868-1944
Credits
E-text prepared by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources
Category
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Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 53725
Release Date
December 12, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI — BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS.
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION — NOTE TO THIS VOLUME.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4.FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI (1856–1876) — NEUTRALITY OF THE BLACK SEA (1856). — Treaty of Paris.
  5. 5.AN UP-TO-DATE MAIL STEAMER (1856).
  6. 6.RUBINSTEIN IN LONDON: FIRST APPEARANCE AT A PHILHARMONIC CONCERT (1857).
  7. 7.FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1857).
  8. 8.REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA (1857). — Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord Palmerston.
  9. 9.SIEGE AND RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (1857). — Despatch from Brigadier-General Havelock to the Chief of the Staff to the Commander-in-Chief.
  10. 10.CONSPIRACY TO MURDER BILL (1858).
  11. 11.FORCING OF THE PEIHO RIVER (1858). — Extract from a Despatch received by the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the East Indian Station, dated May 21, 1858:
  12. 12.ADMISSION OF JEWS TO PARLIAMENT (1858).
  13. 13.AN INADEQUATE NAVY (1858). — Queen Victoria to the Earl of Derby.
  14. 14.VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS (1859). — Letter from the War Office to the Lords-Lieutenant.
  15. 15.NAPOLEON III. AND ENGLAND (1859). — Letter from Lord Cowley (English Ambassador at Paris) to Lord J. Russell.
  16. 16.PROGRESS OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT (1859).
  17. 17.THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE (1860).
  18. 18.ANTI-RITUAL RIOTS (1860).
  19. 19.CHINESE WAR: CAPTURE OF PEKIN (1860). — Reuter’s Telegrams.
  20. 20.THE FIRST BRITISH IRONCLAD FRIGATE (1860).
  21. 21.GARIBALDI AND THE GOVERNMENT (1861). — Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell.
  22. 22.THE BUDGET: ABOLITION OF THE PAPER DUTY (1861). — Mr. Gladstone’s Speech on the Budget.
  23. 23.BRITAIN AND ITALIAN UNITY (1861).
  24. 24.LOSS OF THE COTTON SUPPLY (1861). — Letter from Lord Palmerston to the President of the Board of Trade.
  25. 25.THE CASE OF THE “TRENT” (1861). — Letter from Commander Williams to Captain Patey.
  26. 26.THE AFFAIR OF THE “TRENT” (1861). — Waiting for an Answer.
  27. 27.THE PEABODY TRUST FORMED (1862).
  28. 28.THE “ALABAMA” CRUISER (1862).
  29. 29.THE WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH (1863). — Speech by the Duke of Argyll at a Banquet to Lord Palmerston in Edinburgh, April 1st, 1863.
  30. 30.THE BUDGET: EATING THE LEEK (1863). — Sketches in Parliament.
  31. 31.DISTRESS IN THE COTTON MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS (1863).
  32. 32.BRITAIN AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (1863). — Mr. Roebuck’s Speech on Motion in favour of Recognising the Southern States as a Government.
  33. 33.OPPOSITION TO MR. ROEBUCK’S MOTION (1863).
  34. 34.A POLICY OF MEDDLE AND MUDDLE (1864). — Attack on Earl Russell’s Foreign Policy by Lord Derby (February 4).
  35. 35.ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND TOWARDS THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN ATTACK ON DENMARK (1864). — Letter from Lord Palmerston to Lord J. Russell.
  36. 36.LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE: SCENE IN IRELAND (1865).
  37. 37.THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY (1865).
  38. 38.THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY: GENERAL PLEDGE OF THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD (1865).
  39. 39.DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON (1865).
  40. 40.THE CAVE OF ADULLAM: SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT ON THE FIRST READING OF THE REFORM BILL OF 1866.
  41. 41.SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE (1866). — From the Queen, Osborne, to the President of the United States, Washington. — From Andrew Johnson, the Executive Mansion, Washington, to Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. — The following Message was sent by the Earl of Carnarvon to Viscount Monk, Ottawa, Canada.
  42. 42.GREAT REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT MANCHESTER (1866).
  43. 43.ATTEMPTED FENIAN RAID AT CHESTER (1867).
  44. 44.REFORM BILL: THREE-CORNERED CONSTITUENCIES (1867). — To a Constituent.
  45. 45.ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES (1867). — Letter received by Mrs. Stern from her Husband, one of the Captives in Abyssinia.
  46. 46.DISRAELI’S “MAUNDY THURSDAY” LETTER (1868).
  47. 47.ABYSSINIAN WAR: CAPTURE OF MAGDALA (1868). — Despatches from the Commander-in-Chief ( Sir Robert Napier ). — Despatches from “Times” Special Correspondent. — Despatch from Special Correspondent of “New York Herald.”
  48. 48.DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE IRISH CHURCH (1868). — Speech on Mr. Gladstone’s Resolutions for Disestablishing the Irish Church.
  49. 49.THE IRISH CHURCH BILL: CRITICAL DAYS (1869).
  50. 50.THE IRISH LAND BILL (1870).
  51. 51.EDUCATION BILL: THE COWPER-TEMPLE CLAUSE (1870).
  52. 52.THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (1870). — Letter from Mr. Gladstone to John Bright (August 1, 1870).
  53. 53.MR. LOWE’S BUDGET: THE MATCH-TAX (1871).
  54. 54.OPPOSITION TO THE MATCH-TAX.
  55. 55.PURCHASE IN THE ARMY ABOLISHED BY ROYAL WARRANT (1871).
  56. 56.THE FIRST AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY (1871).
  57. 57.BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS (1871).
  58. 58.GENEVA ARBITRATION: THE INDIRECT CLAIMS (1872).
  59. 59.AN EARLY ELECTION UNDER THE BALLOT ACT (1872).
  60. 60.“ALABAMA” ARBITRATION AWARD (1872). — Summary of the Award.
  61. 61.REFUSAL OF MR. DISRAELI TO TAKE OFFICE WITHOUT A MAJORITY (1873). — Speech of Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons (March 20, 1873).
  62. 62.FIRST LONDON HOSPITAL SUNDAY (1873).
  63. 63.THE ASHANTEE WAR: FALL OF COOMASSIE (1874).
  64. 64.FUNERAL OF DR. LIVINGSTONE (1874). — David Livingstone, Died on the Shores of Lake Bemba, May 4, 1873; Buried in Westminster Abbey, April 18, 1874.
  65. 65.DISRAELI ON PARTIES IN THE CHURCH (1874). — Speech on Public Worship Regulation Bill.
  66. 66.THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION (1875). — Letters from the Captains. — No. 1. — No. 2.
  67. 67.PURCHASE OF THE SUEZ CANAL SHARES: AN OPPOSITION VIEW (1875).
  68. 68.DISRAELI’S AIMS IN POLITICS (1876).
  69. 69.A SPIRITED SPEECH BY THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD (1876). — The Earl of Beaconsfield at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet.
  70. 70.THE EASTERN QUESTION: FIERY SPEECHES AT ST. JAMES’S HALL (1876).
  71. 71.Transcriber’s Note

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