Cassell's History of England, Vol. 5 (of 8) From the Peninsular War to the Death of Sir Robert Peel
CHAPTER XXII.
THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (_continued_).
Events in England--The Budgets of 1848--Repeal of the Navigation Act--The Jewish Disabilities Bill--Election of Baron Rothschild by the City of London--He is refused the Oath--Election of Alderman Salomons--He takes his Seat in Spite of the Speaker--Action in the Court of the Exchequer--The Bill finally passed--Colonial Self-Government--Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy censured by the House of Lords--The Don Pacifico Debate--Testimonial to Lord Palmerston--Peel's Last Speech--His Death--Testimony as to his Worth--Honours to his Memory 602
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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The Garden at Hougomont 1
Napoleon I. 5
The Agents of Britain and Sweden signing the Treaty against Napoleon 8
Carlton House, London (1812) 9
Marshal Beresford 13
The Fusiliers at Albuera 17
The Conscription in France: recruiting for Napoleon's Wars 21
Assassination of Spencer Perceval 24
Marshal Soult 29
View of Washington from Arlington Heights 33
Invasion of Canada: Red Men on the War Path 36
Duel between the "Guerrière" and the "Constitution" 37
The Cossack's Challenge 41
The Retreat from Moscow 45
Retreat of the French from Russia 49
Napoleon abandoning his Army 53
Marshal Ney 56
Flight of King Joseph Buonaparte from Vittoria 57
Pampeluna 61
Bernadotte (King of Sweden) 65
Napoleon's Interview with Metternich 68
View in Dresden 69
The Palace of Fontainebleau 73
Attempt of the Cossacks to capture Napoleon at Brienne 77
Alexander I. 80
Napoleon signing his Abdication 81
Elba 85
The Congress of Vienna 88
Sir Thomas Picton 93
Waterloo Views 96
Marshal Blucher 97
The Battle of Waterloo 101
James Town, St. Helena 105
Napoleon on Board the "Bellerophon" 109
New Orleans 113
Capture of Murat 116
Lord Castlereagh 117
The Mob of Spenceans summoning the Tower of London 121
The "Nottingham Captain" and the Agitators at the "White Horse" 125
William Cobbett 129
Old Bailey, London, 1814 132
Beaus and Belles of the Regency Period 133
Gibraltar 137
Surrender of the Peishwa 140
The Mint, London 144
Sir Samuel Romilly 145
The Peterloo Massacre: Hussars charging the People 149
View of Cato Street, London, showing the Stable in which the Conspirators were captured 153
Surprise of the Cato Street Conspirators 156
Charles, Third Earl Stanhope 161
Costumes at the Beginning of George III.'s Reign 164
St. John's Episcopal Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh 168
Rowland Hill preaching to the Colliers of Kingswood 169
Jane Austen 173
Laurence Sterne 173
Samuel Richardson 173
Oliver Goldsmith 173
Tobias Smollet 173
Dr. Johnson reading the Manuscript of the "Vicar of Wakefield" 176
Dr. Johnson 177
David Garrick as Richard III. 181
Exterior of the Cottage at Alloway in which Burns was born 185
Interior of Burns's Cottage at Alloway (two views) 186
William Wordsworth 189
John Keats 189
Robert Burns 189
Percy Bysshe Shelley 189
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 189
Waterloo Bridge, London 192
Menai Suspension and Tubular Bridges 193
James Watt 197
Costumes at the end of George III.'s Reign 200
Sir Joshua Reynolds 201
Great Seal of George IV. 205
Queen Caroline entering the House of Lords 209
The Pavilion, Brighton 213
George IV. 217
Landing of George IV. at Howth 220
Lower Castle-Yard, Dublin 221
Sir Walter Scott 225
Dalkeith Palace 228
George IV. holding a Levee in Holyrood Palace 229
Verona 233
The Admiralty, London 240
George III.'s Library, British Museum 241
Scene in Dublin: Painting King William black 245
Mr. Huskisson 249
Election Meeting in Ireland 253
Lisbon 257
Lord Liverpool 260
Devonshire Villa, Chiswick 261
Battle of Navarino: the "Asia" engaging the Ship of the Capitan Bey and Mohurrem Bey 265
Lord Byron 269
The Clare Contest: Father Murphy leading his Tenants to the Poll 273
Daniel O'Connell 277
The Four Courts, Dublin 281
The Flight of Lawless 285
Scene at the "Surrender" Banquet in Derry 288
The Marquis of Anglesey 289
Lord Anglesey leaving Ireland: Scene at Kingstown 293
Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, London 297
The Duke of Wellington's Duel with Lord Winchilsea 300
Lord Eldon 301
Captain Walpole Intercepting the Duke of Saldanha's Ships 305
Mr. Alexander's Levee in King's Bench Prison 309
Virginia Water 313
Revolution in Paris: Capture of the Hôtel de Ville 317
Lord Grey 321
Mob burning a Farm in Kent 325
O'Connell's House in Merrion Square, Dublin 328
Arrest of O'Connell 329
William IV. 333
Jedburgh Abbey 336
Great Seal of William IV. 337
Attack on Sir Charles Wetherell at Bristol 341
Clerkenwell Green, London 342
Earl Grey Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne 344
Lord Brougham 345
Coronation of William IV.: The Royal Procession 349
Scene in Ireland: Visit of the Tithe-Proctor 353
Mr. Stanley (afterwards 14th Earl of Derby) 357
The Cathedral, Tuam 360
Agricultural Labourers at the Period of the First Reform Parliament 361
Mr. (afterwards Lord) Macaulay 365
Slavery Emancipation Festival in Barbadoes 369
Kennington Common, London, about 1840 373
Burning of the Houses of Parliament 377
Lord Althorp (3rd Earl Spencer) 381
Lichfield House, St. James's Square, London 384
Sir Robert Peel 385
The Mansion House, London 389
Conference between the Houses of Parliament, 1835 393
Irish Prisoners liberated during Lord Mulgrave's Progress 397
Joseph Hume 401
Irish Tramps 405
British Line-of-Battle Ships (1836) 408
Ripon Cathedral 409
Deputation of Constitutionalists before the Queen of Portugal 413
Arrival of the Mail Coach 417
Bell's "Comet" 420
Sir James Mackintosh 421
The Overland Route: Scene at Boulak 425
Dr. Chalmers 429
Joseph Mallord William Turner 432
Abbotsford and the Eildon Hills 433
St. George's Cathedral, Southwark 436
Thomas Moore 437
The Duke of Wellington at Almack's 440
Rotten Row in 1830 441
Niagara Falls 445
The Capture of the _Caroline_ 449
The Coronation of Queen Victoria 453
Chartists at Church 457
Buckingham Palace, from the Garden 461
Sir Rowland Hill, 1847 465
Marriage of Queen Victoria 473
Attack on the Chinese Junks 477
Queen Victoria 480
Dunford, near Midhurst, where Cobden was born 481
The Mob boarding the Grain Ship at Garry Kennedy 485
Richard Cobden 489
Seizure of Sir William Macnaghten 493
Arrival of Dr. Brydon at Jelalabad 497
Rescue of the British Prisoners from Akbar Khan 501
Whitehall Gardens, London 505
Capt. Thomas Drummond, Under-Secretary for Ireland 509
Free Trade Hall, Manchester 513
Charles Pelham Villiers 517
Maynooth College 521
The Great Seal of Victoria 525
O'Connell at the Meeting at Trim 528
Sir James Graham 529
O'Connell returning Home from Prison 533
Father Mathew and the Famine-stricken Poor 537
Father Mathew 540
On board an Emigrant Ship at the time of the Irish Famine 541
Fighting at the Barricades in Paris 545
Louis Philippe hears of the Revolution 549
Louis Blanc 553
Somerset House, London (River Front) 557
Trinity College, Dublin 561
Muster of the Irish at Mullinahone 565
Smith O'Brien 569
The Queen at Kilmainham Hospital 573
Frankfort 576
Louis Kossuth 577
Assassination of Count Lamberg 581
Giuseppe Garibaldi 584
Pius IX. quitting the Vatican in Disguise 585
The Chandni Chowk, Delhi 589
The Charge of the Cavalry at Meeanee 593
Thackwell at Sobraon 596
Arrival of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh at the British Camp 601
Benjamin Disraeli 604
Arrest of British Sailors by Greek Soldiers 605
COLOURED PLATES.
THE FORLORN HOPE AT BADAJOS. (_By Vereker M. Hamilton_) _Frontispiece_
PRISONERS OF WAR. (_By W. F. Yeames, R.A._) _To face p._ 18
MEN OF WAR OFF PORTSMOUTH. (_By Clarkson Stanfield, R.A._) " 34
THE FLIGHT OF THE FRENCH THROUGH VITTORIA, JUNE 21ST, 1813. (_By Robert Hillingford_) " 58
MAP OF THE STATES OF EUROPE IN 1815. " 87
QUATRE BRAS. (_By Vereker M. Hamilton_) " 97
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO: FRENCH CUIRASSIERS CHARGING A BRITISH SQUARE. (_By P. Jazet_) " 98
ON THE ROAD FROM WATERLOO TO PARIS. (_By Marcus Stone, A.R.A._) " 102
ON THE EVENING OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. (_By Ernest Crofts, R.A._) " 113
A VILLAGE HOLIDAY OF THE OLDEN TIME. (_By F. Goodall, R.A._) " 157
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. (_By George Wright_) " 194
A VILLAGE MERRYMAKING. (_By W. P. Frith, R.A._) _To face p._ 200
THE CORONATION OF GEORGE IV. (_By Pugin and Stephanoff_) " 214
SOLICITING A VOTE. (_By R. W. Buss_) " 250
THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. (_By D. O. Hill, R.S.A._) " 429
THE "FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE" TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP. (_By J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) " 441
THE QUEEN'S FIRST COUNCIL. (_By Sir David Wilkie, R.A._) " 444
QUEEN VICTORIA IN THE CORONATION ROBES, 1838. (_By C. R. Leslie, R.A._) " 449
H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. (_By F. X. Winterhalter_) " 466
RECEPTION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE BY QUEEN VICTORIA. (_By F. X. Winterhalter_) " 524
AN IRISH EVICTION. (_By F. Goodall, R.A._) " 569
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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ENGLAND.